What grade do you give the Presti for draft day transactions?

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What grade do you give the Presti for draft day transactions?

A+
10
45%
A
7
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A-
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B+
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5%
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Re: What grade do you give the Presti for draft day transactions? 

Post#21 » by bondom34 » Sat Nov 19, 2016 3:34 am

spearsy23 wrote:Grading it now is foolish, this was a boom or bust move that could quite literally make or destroy the franchise.

Kinda glad he proved he could win a trade value wise though

Bumping this for early season thoughts.

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Re: What grade do you give the Presti for draft day transactions? 

Post#22 » by spearsy23 » Sat Nov 19, 2016 3:41 am

bondom34 wrote:
spearsy23 wrote:Grading it now is foolish, this was a boom or bust move that could quite literally make or destroy the franchise.

Kinda glad he proved he could win a trade value wise though

Bumping this for early season thoughts.

I'm standing by an A.

Knowing what we know now I'm torn. Great trade value wise, and I believe Durant was leaving anyway, so I give it an A.

On the other hand he has said getting younger was part of the issue, so if I wasn't inclined to believe he was leaving anyway I'd be much lower even though it's looked great so far.
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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Re: What grade do you give the Presti for draft day transactions? 

Post#23 » by Pillendreher » Sat Nov 19, 2016 10:56 am

spearsy23 wrote:On the other hand he has said getting younger was part of the issue, so if I wasn't inclined to believe he was leaving anyway I'd be much lower even though it's looked great so far.


That shouldn't matter in my opinion. If you have a regressing player, you sell high. That's what we did. It doesn't really matter if your teammates are young or old. What matters is their performance.
"I don't know of any player that, when the shot goes up, he doesn't want it to go in," Donovan said
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Re: What grade do you give the Presti for draft day transactions? 

Post#24 » by spearsy23 » Sat Nov 19, 2016 7:04 pm

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spearsy23 wrote:On the other hand he has said getting younger was part of the issue, so if I wasn't inclined to believe he was leaving anyway I'd be much lower even though it's looked great so far.


That shouldn't matter in my opinion. If you have a regressing player, you sell high. That's what we did. It doesn't really matter if your teammates are young or old. What matters is their performance.

Of course it matters. If you lose a player like Durant because you traded away a respected veteran piece then you made a bad move even if you win the trade. Again, I'm not inclined to believe Durant, but if I was (and if I thought he was referring specifically top this move) then I'd say it was a horrible decision. There's a reason guys like LeBron and dirk have had some say in front office decisions.
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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Re: What grade do you give the Presti for draft day transactions? 

Post#25 » by Pillendreher » Sat Nov 19, 2016 7:07 pm

spearsy23 wrote:
Pillendreher wrote:
spearsy23 wrote:On the other hand he has said getting younger was part of the issue, so if I wasn't inclined to believe he was leaving anyway I'd be much lower even though it's looked great so far.


That shouldn't matter in my opinion. If you have a regressing player, you sell high. That's what we did. It doesn't really matter if your teammates are young or old. What matters is their performance.

Of course it matters. If you lose a player like Durant because you traded away a respected veteran piece then you made a bad move even if you win the trade. Again, I'm not inclined to believe Durant, but if I was (and if I thought he was referring specifically top this move) then I'd say it was a horrible decision. There's a reason guys like LeBron and dirk have had some say in front office decisions.


If your supposed 'leader' still needs father figures around him in his 9th season, there's something wron with him and not the front office. Presti has to make sure this team is good going forward and can't keep declining players because Durant needs leadership. That's ridiculous.
"I don't know of any player that, when the shot goes up, he doesn't want it to go in," Donovan said
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Re: What grade do you give the Presti for draft day transactions? 

Post#26 » by spearsy23 » Sat Nov 19, 2016 7:14 pm

Pillendreher wrote:
spearsy23 wrote:
Pillendreher wrote:
That shouldn't matter in my opinion. If you have a regressing player, you sell high. That's what we did. It doesn't really matter if your teammates are young or old. What matters is their performance.

Of course it matters. If you lose a player like Durant because you traded away a respected veteran piece then you made a bad move even if you win the trade. Again, I'm not inclined to believe Durant, but if I was (and if I thought he was referring specifically top this move) then I'd say it was a horrible decision. There's a reason guys like LeBron and dirk have had some say in front office decisions.


If your supposed 'leader' still needs father figures around him in his 9th season, there's something wron with him and not the front office. Presti has to make sure this team is good going forward and can't keep declining players because Durant needs leadership. That's ridiculous.

That's incredibly naive. If getting rid of a declining player means Durant leaves then you keep that player.
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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Re: What grade do you give the Presti for draft day transactions? 

Post#27 » by Old Man Game » Sun Nov 20, 2016 5:43 am

I think the trade was good. Solid B+.

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Re: What grade do you give the Presti for draft day transactions? 

Post#28 » by Patches Perry » Wed Nov 23, 2016 6:06 am

A- just because I'll reserve the pluses for deals involving bringing a superstar here.

Durant was gone in May. This deal had nothing to do with him going.

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