ginobiliflops wrote:I'm so tired of hearing about the damn lakers pick that won't even come to fruition for years.
The thing is the pick, assuming the worst case scenario for us and LAL ends up transferring it at #4 this year, is only 40% likely to give us a guy who produces 20 combined points, rebounds, and assists. Knight alone provides about 30 of those.
Also, to the guy above, IT is not a combo guard. He has no prayer in hell of ever guarding a 2 guard in the NBA. Just because you have the ability to score and don't pass a ton doesn't make you a 2 guard. Also, he's always put up big numbers and no team thought he was even worth the $7 mil/year Phoenix gave him, so how was he somehow equal value to Knight? I promise you he wasn't at the time of the trade, so calling it even and then saying we just threw in the pick is insanity. IT, like it or not, is a no go for plenty of teams due to his height, and accordingly he simply isn't valued that much. Yes, he made an all-star team, so would Knight have last year if he played on Boston. It's the East. At the end of the day IT's a good player who I like a lot, but his ballstopping and height make him less valuable league-wide than his numbers and production. That was the case in SAC, it was the case when Phoenix moved him, and even if we kept him it wouldn't have changed that.
Overall, it's pretty simple. Knight is way better than this board gives him credit for. He's not my favorite, and I hate how he plays, but the dude has talent and puts up numbers that few others can at the same age. With a disciplined coach he could be really good. That said, I do hope he's moved and I would rather have the pick, so if I could go back in time I'd not make the trade, but people acting as if it's some inexcusable action are just so ridiculously overstating things. His contract is not untradeable. He has plenty of value in this league, and the Lakers could very well kill it in FA now that Kobe is gone, meaning that becomes a late lotto pick. Half this board considers those valueless. Yet, half the board hated IT all of last year and suddenly throws blame around for moving him.
