dakomish23 wrote:R-DAWG wrote:dakomish23 wrote:
That is false. It's not that we traded picks. It's who we traded them for. Boston traded what looks like will be the 27th pick in the draft for mini Zeke. Bad deal??? 
Trading a 1st and 2 2nds for a gigantic bust who the team was dying to dump is why we are where we are. Or trading two 2nd rd picks for Felton. Or two 2nd rd picks for Camby. Or a first for Francis. Or two firsts for Curry with zero protection. I can keep going. 
Pay the price for someone who's worth it. Fix this cancerous issue that has permeated into every fiber of our franchise. It is long overdue for this organization to come to a long term solution at PG.
In reality we need to tear it down before building it up.  It easy for Boston to trade picks when they own so many other teams picks.  Turn Lopez, Afflalo and even Carmelo into picks so next time were ready to contend, in 2 or 3 years, we have extra picks to build it up.
It's a process.  Until James Dumbass accepts that we will continue to be a joke.
 
You didn't address the original point Is it wrong to trade picks or or wrong to trade picks for garbage?
You know why Ainge got that pick?? Because CLE was dying to dump Zeller to offer Lebron a max. They were one of a few teams with cap space. How many teams will have cap space in 2016? 2017? You aren't getting picks for salary dumps the next few years. 
There is no such thing as building the right way. There are just good and bad architects. Draft. Trades. FA. Use all of them to make the best team possible.
 
They wanted to dump Jack, not Zeller.  But anyway, they collect picks and then deal them.  Sure, it's a process but the process starts with liquidating win now assets for future picks.  The Knicks have ignored this for 15 years.
Before the Knicks trade a 2018 1st for an average PG, no matter how big an upgrade that would be, they should move Melo and rebuild the right way.