KiwiMatt wrote:Cavs A
Getting Love not only gets them past CHI in the East but makes them favorites to win the whole thing. Without getting Love they were 2 years away from getting past a healthy CHI let alone winning it all. LeBron - Irving - Love is one scary three headed monster. You could start Mark Madsen and Anthony Peeler next to them and they'd still probably win the whole thing. Another key to this being such a great trade for them is they have retained a solid back up big in Tristan Thompson and a starting caliber SG in Dion Waiters.
Wolves A -
Let faces it none of us were expecting this haul 2 months ago. As Cam said we were expecting a package of mediocre picks, Olynyk and vets from BOS as a good pay day. Instead we now have 2 consecutive 1st overall picks and a very good player in Thaddeus Young. Wiggins is going to be a superstar, mark my words. And the most scariest thing is he hasn't stopped growing and he is already 6' 8" with a 7' wingspan and is only 19 years old. I also think Anthony Bennett will develop into a decent starting PF in this league. And what better guy to help him than Thaddeus Young! Bravo Flip and Milt, they handled the whole situation perfectly.
Philly C
From their point of view Young was only going to be wearing a 76ers uniform for one more season before he inevitably opted out. Kind of the same situation as we were in with Love (except Thad is twice the professional as Love and never complained). The MIA pick will be late teens to early 20's which IMO isn't good enough for a top 12 PF in this league. They wanted LMAM as a mentor for fellow Cameroon Embiid which is fair enough and maybe a change of scenery is exactly what Alexey Shved needs to get out of his funk, although I struggle to understand why they preferred him to Barea. Just goes to show how little value Barea has in the the league. Philly are 2 years away from being 2 years away from competing and they know it. They've thrown in the towel before the seasons even begun. It's all very well having all these young prospects and picks, but every team needs vets and they have none worthy of mention now.
Side note:
If only we have drafted the Greek Freak instead of Bazz. Him and Wiggins would have formed a formidable wing combo for years to come!
3 reasons Philly would prefer Shved to Barea which makes this pretty simple.
Shved makes less money. Philly lieks that cap space and Shved gives them over a million more of that.
Shved is a young player with theoretical potential. Maybe they get some sort of steal in this deal. Unlikely yeah, but alot more potential than Barea except maybe trading him to a playoff team for a 2nd rounder or something.
JJ is a competitive SOB he doesn't have the standing in the league to control where he goes, but you can bet he would be pissed he got traded to the Siberia of basketball. Shved might be happy to get to play basketball and with basically no expectations.
Also lets not get greedy the Bucks need some hope too. =) I'd cheer for them more but I'm not a fan of Kidd the way he forced his way out out from the Nets and onto the Bucks.
