It's not what I want to believe, it's what happened. I do agree that NBA presidents, GMs, owners, coaches lie to the press, but in this case it's backed up by the fact that Hammond was offering CV to everyone, and Yi to no one. Once Kiki offered Jefferson, a player Skiles wanted for a long time, their plan changed.
I'm going to judge it now and say the Nets traded a player who was expensive and playing selfish, loser basketball for a top prospect, and that is a win. Formerly good players like RJ sometimes turn things around and prospects don't always pan out, but considering RJ's contract, it's a miracle they got someone as good as Yi for him. Either way, RJ wasn't taking the Nets anywhere, so unless somebody knows of a better prospect who was available - this was a stroke of luck. Thanks, Chinese government!
I'm hoping Nets got the better of this trade. Hoping Yi turns into something special, and Simmons regains some or all of his pre-injury form. But I still believe Bucks traded us two guys they wanted to get rid of. Remember, Bucks traded Jabbar (although he might have still been Alcindor at the time).
thats very true and i think everything will pan out but i think there is a good chance that rj will get a chance to be an allstar there with that team and i also think yi has a golden opportunity to be a star here
they also traded ray allen flip murray and kevin ollie in what seemed like a good trade for gary payton and desmond mason. that didnt turn out alll that greatt either
Well I hope they make the playoffs, since they really could use a boost in fan support right now. I mean, you suffer through year after year of losing. You have a shot at a no.1 pick and instead of getting someone like Chris Paul or Deron Williams, you get Andrew Bogut. While Bogut is a very good player, he's not either one of those guys. Then you have a prospect as talented as Yi and you give him up after one year. It's simple, they have to make the playoffs. I personally would have kept Yi. When you're in a situation where you can't make any moves that would change your franchise like say the Celtics did last year, you don't give someone up like Yi after one year IMO.
RJ will do fine with the Bucks and Redd. I think he is better in Simmons and Yi but I still like that trade for the Nets because it gives us 2 startes and mostly a player with alot of potential in Yi. Bucks could be a pretty good team I think but it sucks that the conference improved so much because they probably wont make it
