Was the Batum for Vonleh/Henderson trade the best deal in the NBA this summer?

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  1. BigGameDamian

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    Hakeem Olajuwon!! Just call him Deam part 2.
     
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    Um no...
     
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    You are never allowed to say we overvalue players again.
     
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    Short Answer: Yes

    Long Answer: Yes, of course, definitely, for sure, Without a doubt, By all means, uh uh

    Really Long Answer: Yes
     
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    You make a great argument of how Cliff Alexander is similar to Batum.
     
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    You made the connection, but I agree. They both certainly dropped for reasons that I believe were misguided/misinformed and both dropped from a lofty perch to a place where paid scouts and managers along with the more distant observers of amateur basketball would underrate their current and/or potential ability. That's the beauty of due diligence though, when it pays off.
     
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    Best trade of all time, for any team
     
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    And that turned out to be right - Batum did have heart issues.
     
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    BOOM!

    That was a mic drop moment right there, BG.
     
    PtldPlatypus, Oct 7, 2015
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    That's right. I'm out.

    I quit S2, bitches.
     
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    This is correct. Someone leaked some information on his health that caused him to drop.
     
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    All these months later I'm still trying to figure out WTF Charlotte was thinking. Or if they even were thinking. Good for us and God bless Neil. Only the dumbest of owners would hire Michael Jordan to evaluate talent. Oh wait.....isn't Jordan the owner....? This was (and gets more so every day) an incredibly great trade.
     
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    Maybe that is the Olshey zone? No team will trade a top five pick for junk, but there are a lot of guys that fall between 6 and 25 that for whatever reason never get a chance to prove themselves. Those are the guys that seem available for a reasonable price. If you have the golden gut and are on the lookout for those guys then you could do quite well. Time will tell if Neil has that gut, but don't Harkless, Vonleh, Plumlee, Davis and Aminu fit that profile?

    Regarding Harkless, I sure would like to know how the bargaining went down. Did they just come to Olshey with the idea or did he just hold firm and they caved. I would have certainly thought an early second rounder would easily have been worth it, but 55-protected is just ridiculous.
     
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    I tried to explain it in another thread:
     
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    Hey you never know they could get the last laugh. Everybody said the same thing when Sac dumped a top 5 lottery pick couple years ago in even shorter time than Vonleh and they ended up being right.. You just never know
     
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    You're dead to me.
     
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    Okay Mr. wonderful
     
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    Look who has time to finally post from his tour with Mr. Trump. He finally let you come up for some air, eh?
     
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    I'd have been happy with a Batum for Hendo straight up trade. Vonleh was icing on an already sweet cake.
     
    UncleCliffy'sDaddy, Oct 7, 2015
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