HopelessKnick wrote:jbk1234 wrote:?s=20&t=c4xwvCN0YOnDN12laea4eQ
This is why I like this trade:
1) It shows the utter dysfunction between the FO and coaching staff. It is now blatantly obvious that there is a mjaor dysfunction between them.
2) It publically reveals the utter stupidity of Leon Rose. It is like a public confession: "Hi knick fans. This is Leon Rose and yes I'm as stupid as ****. Please forgive me but I'm just an imbecile that convinced a man even more stupid than me giving me a position I have no business holding and I hired a pitiful human being (Rosas) to help me out of this mess. Of course we are all hiding our wives atm but it is what it is."
3) I can root even harder for Cam Reddish now because he may help us out on the Lakers much more than he could have done under Thibs the imbecile as a knick. Think about it: If Reddish helps the Lakers in any capacity (and he does play next to two great players) and has a great start to next season in a contract year wanting to prove himself while he couldn't get any minutes under Thibs and Leon traded for him and had to trade him again: Well neither Thibs nor Leon would survivr the type of **** they'd be facing by next year's deadline.
If this trade happens, we are essentially a great 3-4 month stretch of Reddish play away from being rid of Leon and Thibs. I like how this is shaping up. You know Reddish would get tons of open looks and opportunities next to Lebron.
Think you're missing the point in the Cam trade if this was to happen.
I think the logic was:
Trade the pretty well protected Charlotte 1st round pick (top 18 protected or whatever), for Cam, with the intention of then flipping him at the deadline for something better than the pick you gave up.
So in the Lakers/Toronto scenario, we could end up dumping the salaries of Burke and Noel (freeing up space to sign Brunson in the offseason), plus getting back maybe the Lakers 2027 (which may be more valuable if it has less protections than the Charlotte pick had), plus maybe a 1st or some 2nds from the Raptors. So essentially you've change one first into a better first, plus gained either another first or second round pick, plus dumped salary, all for basically holding onto Cam for a week or two.
This is the kind of stuff Brock does (remember that first draft where we somehow turned a pick into a higher pick for somehow nothing? Or when we took on that Utah F for a pick in a salary dump, then flipped him to the Twolves for another second rounder or two?). Maybe this was in the works for a while and explains the Lakers Knicks deal from a few weeks ago where we helped them out cutting a little salary)
Plus the Mavs want Dragic and he wants a buyout to sign with them, so maybe you work something out for brunson using that, as in this deal we'd then be able to show the Mavs we can sign Brunson in the offseason outright.
Doubt it happens, but I think that would be the logic behind it
