ace wrote:JasonIsDaMan wrote:CoolBreeze44 wrote:JasonIsDaMan wrote:BizarroJerry wrote:Disappointed we couldn't get Gary Neal. Looks like he's going to Charlotte with Ridnour.
MIL absolutely fleeced MJ. Serenity now Lloyd.
Explain your thought on this, I'm not sure what happened. How did Milwaukee get over?
1. Sessions and Adrien are having the best two seasons of the 4 players traded.
2. Sessions and Adrien are both expiring, where as Neal is not.
3. Neal has a history of complaining (does that history consist of once? Yes, but hasn't he only played on two teams?)
4. MIL didn't have to give up a pick for a guy they were clearly trying to dump.
The only thing I would have done differently if I was MIL was I would have steered those two expirings to SAC for some of their cap crap, SAC's 2nd and/or the right to swap 1st's. SAC is in trouble this summer.
1. Jeff Adrien's 2.3 pts and 3.3 rebs each game are better than Neal's double-figure scoring? That's laughable. Neal is the best player in the trade, and Ridnour is still an effective backup PG.
2. Charlotte likely doesn't care about the expirings because they are in the playoffs and want to improve, not tank. How big of a FA destination is Charlotte anyway?
3. He complained this year because he was recording DNP-CDs. The guy played a key part on a Finals team last year. He should be pissed.
4. Not everyone is David Kahn and has to give up picks to trade guys.
1. Jeff Adrien plays 5 minutes a game. If he is in fact averaging 2.3/3.3 in 5 minutes (I have no idea, I just looked at his PER/Roland), that's pretty good. Ridnour is the worst of the four players. If he's so effective, why has he been traded twice since July 4th?
2. Having cap room is always better than not having cap room. How you think they got Ben Gordon and DET's pick?
3. Really? If he's SO key, I guess that's why San Antonio is having such a bad season. Oh wait, nevermind. The fact is he took the best deal he was offered and his checks still cleared the bank even with all those DNPCD's.
4. ....or could it be that MIL was trading with Basketball GM Satan (if he was "basketball jesus" as a player, what else should we call him?)? Nobody else allows MIL to unload a malcontent for free.
Like I said, the only way MIL could have stomped this trade harder was to send the expirings to SAC for picks. SAC has $66m committed to 11 players this summer, none of them are Isiah Thomas, and Hetero IS NOT opting out.