AussieCeltic wrote:GeorgeSears wrote:yoyoboy wrote:Sabonis is an awesome player. People weirdly seemed to forget that in acting like the Kings traded a superstar for some chump.
He's having another great year, All-star caliber, dare I say ALL-NBA. Yet, you have these absolute buffoons on ESPN. There's this guy called "Jacoby" on Jalen and Jacoby's show, I don't even know his first name, he's been screaming all day that the NBA needs to investigate the Kings for making the deal because according to him it was so egregious. 
The reality is that the best player in that deal was Sabonis... Haliburton hasn't shown that level yet.
 
Exactly. I said the same in the trade thread that I thought it was pretty fair both sides.
The media gets a narrative and runs with it. 
Sabonis is an upgrade for right now and the near future. Haliburton is nice piece to lead a rebuild for Indy.
 
I said the same and told Sacramento fans so as well. Never understood why everyone was so up in arms about the trade. It's like they got obsessed with the idea of what Hali *could* be they forget what Sabonis actually is-a 25 yr old two time all star whose low post presence perfectly compliments Fox
 Everyone just wanted to make "Kangz!!" jokes.
They just need some more shooters. Barnes is nice, but they need a cpl more. They're getting there though.
It was an even trade.