You could be wrong about this, and I hope you are. I'm thinking the team runs a bit more and Afflalo gets the green light, i.e. is encouraged to be more aggressive. He's the undisputed star of the 2nd unit. This could make him even happier than before.
Nice I'm excited about this trade for sure. But it will be interesting come next offseason with so many people that we have to try and re-sign and I imagine we will try to re-sign Afflalo as well.
I just really can't help comparing this move to signing Jimmy Jackson. He was a guy who could have been starting elsewhere in the league, but he was a big physical shooting guard who could shoot the three and defend. I really hope we can keep Afflalo long term. I think he could be exactly the kind of guy that gets us over the hump.
Love the trade. Mixed on the inclusion of Claver. Think he had more, a lot more, more than what we had a chance to see. Think it's one of those things that could come back to bite us. I also think we lose a couple digits in the iq category. But Afflalo, huge. And it will be a comedy scene with Gee and Mr. Rice
We went to the WCF that year, got swept by the Spurs, traded Jackson and Rider for Steve Smith and should have won it all the next season. So, if Afflalo is Jackson, that makes Wes Rider. Who's Smitty in this scenario? BNM
Good thing these are athletes, not mathletes! Seriously, how could any trade that moved TRob and Barton hurt the collective team IQ? BNM
How do we lose a couple digits in the IQ category while we gave up two of our lowest IQ players? Unless you mean we RAISED a LOT of digits...
Clearly, this move to acquire a guy with the initials "AA" was a subtle hint to a certain star player to seek help for his fish-like drinking tendencies.
Clavers inclusion doesn't matter. Stotts wasn't going to use him this year and he is a FA this summer, no way he's coming back.
Older former All-star 2 guard, not quite on his way out, but slowing down. Played 4 years of college ball in a Great Lake state, drafted 5th overall by the Heat, spent his career in the SE prior to coming here. Sounds like Dwyane Wade to me.
The shorthand way of looking at it is that the team that got the best player wins. Our team also suffered with an abundance of marginal players of roughly equal ability. That situation can cause chemistry problems, which thankfully never came to fruition here. It has been alleviated.
I've thought about Wade as a third star. I guess his health would play a big role. The guy is just making so much money though...
