AbeVigodaLive wrote:sjm34 wrote:AbeVigodaLive wrote:sjm34 wrote:Adelman wouldn't have blinked twice at the 1st round pick. You are also making the Wes trade look worse than it really was. While I think it was a foolish move, you have to realize it allowed the wolves to sign AK with the additional cap space, so it would have been the same as trading Wes and the 1st for AK, which wouldn't have been a horrible move. I blame Kahn for the situation that was created, because he committed to Roy way too early in the FA process.
We don't know whether Adelman would have blinked or not. Assuming how a person we don't know thinks is dangerous and pretty pointless.
We do know that Johnson AND a 1st was traded for two 2nd rd. picks. Phoenix didn't care about AK or Brandon Roy. They fleeced the Wolves in that deal. Getting to that point where that was allegedly the best deal out there is all Kahn.
I fail to see how anybody would want to pin the blame on Adelman.
Assuming you know the hierarchy is just as dangerous and pointless, but yet it didn't stop you. Just as Phoenix didn't care about AK or Roy, I don't care about Phoenix. If the trade had made us a PO contender, I would have lived with it. The 1st rounder would likely have been around 20 (which we readily give away anyhow) and Wes was regressing under Adelman.
Mark, I had no stance on Wes leaving or Adelman wanting him gone. My point was just to question where the blame should land. If I remember correctly, you were the one touting Wes in his last season with the wolves. I believe you had made a post picking out his best 11 game stretch and then tried to suggest he was turning things around.
To be fair, I do have about 60 years of NBA history on my side, for the most part.
And the team didn't make the playoffs. In fact, they didn't come close. Heck, if we were playing that game, we can go back and say we can live with picking Jonny Flynn over Steph Curry.
Bottom line: The trade didn't work then. It looks disastrous for the future. And GMs/Presidents are the ones who are judged by those transactions... because ultimately... it's their call.
LMAO.....got it.....you are just trying to figure out who to blame.......and you think that I was a Wes fan......
Either you have a very bad memory......or you are an idiot. Tuff to tell