ATLHawksfan21 wrote:Teague for the headcase Sanders. What has Teague done to receive so much hate from every one on this board? I can't wait to watch him make every one of you eat crow next season.
You do realize that Sanders is straight useless on offense right? and our scheme requires 5 guys that can actually contribute something on that end.
What makes you think other would think that Teague has done something "wrong"? 1st, as noted in my Q1, I think that at 15, it will be clear that the most talented prospect we could pick up will be a PG, and in the NBA, you draft the most talented player and work everything else later. At some point, we'll have to clear the logjam at PG and Teague would be the one who I'd think would be the best opportunity to sell high and the one that we could actually get something worthwhile for.
2nd, you have to give talent to get talent and Sanders is talented. He's .5 years younger than Teague, and he's one of the - if not the - top rim protectors in the league. Sanders has DPotY potential if he can keep his head on straight; while I wouldn't build an O around him, I do think he isn't useless on O - he's much better than someone like Asik for example. Yes, Sanders deserves his share of critics for his off court antics and drug use, but I also don't think that MIL would accept Teague as the centerpiece of a deal for him - so forth straight up - if his head was screwed on straight.
If we're selling high to buy low, then we could be very big winners in that deal. Sure, stocks are fickle and maybe you think you're selling low when it's actually still in free fall (just ask those who bought into MCI/Worldcom in the final days), but I do think that giving Sanders a veteran locker room like we could provide would clean up some of his act.
azuresou1 wrote:For example, back in 2009 the Wizards traded the #5 pick to pick up Randy Foye and Mike Miller. They could have drafted Steph Curry, Rubio, DeRozan, etc. with that pick. Instead, they picked up two moderately talented role players to add to a 19 win team.
EVERYONE knew this was a horrible trade as soon as it was made. Yet it was still made, because Ernie Grunsfeld didn't want to get fired.
This was right after he extended Arenas to a 6 year, $111M deal despite Arenas not having played in a year and a half due to injuries, a contract for which Gilbert is STILL getting paid.
I don't necessarily agree with how he said it, but you might have proved Baller2014 point more than countered it. The reason that WASH team fell had nothing to do with why the pundits thought Grunfeld's gamble was bad - Arenas actually played heavy minutes in the 1st 32 games before his suspension; instead WASH's fall was due to something the pundits didn't necessarily know - a locker room culture that was toxic and apparently big money gambling and guns were commonplace. IF WASH makes the playoffs and puts together a deep run (not necessarily out of the ? - their top 8 or so had a good balance of stars and role players, young and old), then there would have been pundits eating crow about that trade... well, the ones who hold themselves accountable - not too many do.