Grade the Trade

[tbhawksfan1]

the traded pick has as much chance to be a second

took on over 40 bad salary, sent out starting PG and recieve two seconds... good trade? No

[FlipFlopShot]

Well, a clean slate ain't free.

[ChokeFasncists]

...Too bad there was no bidding war between the Bucks and the Pacers...

He's not too far from Collison, but I think Collison is a better fit for IND, and for MIL, Bledsoe just played like a top 10 PG there, at this moment.

Yea, that must have been just some wishful thinking on DS's part

[tbhawksfan1]

Well, a clean slate ain't free.

Neither is trading for and buying out $27M Smelo

[tbhawksfan1]

By the time the pick conveys only Westbrook will remain nothing else happening. What will OKC do. They compete for the next three but Westbrooks last year will either be a win season but with long odds or entering rebuild.

I think chances are high that the pick will come in as a second. Westbrook will be like 34 in his expiring season. Will OKC be in a competitive enough place to keep and re-sign him or choose to move him for assets before he expires, entering a rebuild?

Schro was the only starter quality player in the trade as Melo wasn't going to play for OKC or ATL.

So TS traded Schro and Moose for Anderson, a couple of seconds and an already guaranteed tank as all cap is gone.

Expiring Lin, Anderson and 2-3 seconds for all that cap.....? and we jettisoned our starting PG and Moose....

We could have moved Dedmon, Moose and taken on salary for guaranteed FRPs instead.....

[dms269]

By the time the pick conveys only Westbrook will remain nothing else happening. What will OKC do. They compete for the next three but Westbrooks last year will either be a win season but with long odds or entering rebuild.

I think chances are high that the pick will come in as a second. Westbrook will be like 34 in his expiring season. Will OKC be in a competitive enough place to keep and re-sign him or choose to move him for assets before he expires, entering a rebuild?

Schro was the only starter quality player in the trade as Melo wasn't going to play for OKC or ATL.

So TS traded Schro and Moose for Anderson, a couple of seconds and an already guaranteed tank as all cap is gone.

Expiring Lin, Anderson and 2-3 seconds for all that cap.....? and we jettisoned our starting PG and Moose....

We could have moved Dedmon, Moose and taken on salary for guaranteed FRPs instead.....

What teams were going to give us guaranteed FRPs for those two? We did jettison our starting PG, the same PG that was one of the worst starting Pgs in the NBA last season and it frees up $31 million in future salary.

[tbhawksfan1]

https://www.peachtreehoops.com/2018/7/20/17597012/dennis-schroeder-was-among-top-isolation-scorers-in-nba-last-season

[Jamaaliver]

Since I can NOT make any educated decision about this trade can some other Hawks Fans with more knowledge give me what you thought of this trade and how you would grade it for the Hawks and Thunder? Definitely, seems to me that the Hawks are sacrificing the 2018/19 Season for the future! I hope they are right!

Bill Simmons considers the Melo Trade a panic move on our part?!?

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[kg01]

Since I can NOT make any educated decision about this trade can some other Hawks Fans with more knowledge give me what you thought of this trade and how you would grade it for the Hawks and Thunder? Definitely, seems to me that the Hawks are sacrificing the 2018/19 Season for the future! I hope they are right!

Bill Simmons considers the Melo Trade a panic move on our part?!?

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There's literally no reason to ever listen to a word he ever says. He exhausted his usefulness years ago.

[macd-gm]

That seems stupid. OKC was going to release him.