Philly did that trade at the start of free agency when the rest of the league hadn't decided to use their cap space or not. When the Blazers made this deal there were other teams in the league that could've absorbed next seasons salary.
You did not see selling your future to buy Rondo and Bellinelli with a questionable coach choice to pair with that roster was going to be a disaster?
I saw it as desperation to keep Cousins somewhat happy. The thing that is crazy is their roster should be able to get them to the playoffs this season.
I think this could end up biting us in the ass. I think Frazier's value was in the lockerroom. It's weird: if we were in "win now" mode, we would've kept Varejao. He's a lot more useful than Cliff Alexander, and if healthy, he's been better than any of our bigs have ever been. And, though this is saying very little, Tim Frazier is more useful than Luis Montero. But if we're in "go young" mode, why get Roberts?
Because Roberts is a 3rd stringer and we got a 2nd round pick to take him, which ALSO brings us to the salary floor. There's nothing strategically "off" on any of these trades, if you just think hard enough.
Getting to the salary floor is a total non-event. If anything, it might piss the players off, because if you end up below it, the players get a bonus. 2nd round picks are fun at draft time, but honestly, who cares?
Most everything had started to take shape at that time. I guess by not doing this, we were able to get the #2's from Cleveland and screw OKC with our offer sheet. I will take C+ moves though. Not all of our transactions are going to be homeruns and it has no chance of setting our franchise back.
It's an asset, bottom line. I'd rather use it as such as sweetener to get another deal done than pick a player.
Olshey has made a habit of tinkering at the deadline. We have made a habit of being worse in the second half of the season. Coincidence?
That shows us giving nothing for Roberts, because what we gave hasn't been announced. Also, the 2nd we gave for Varejao isn't far below the 1st we got for him, if we remain at .500.
I cannot imagine any scenario in which a trade was not run past Dame before being finalized. In the end, Dame wants to win, and I can't believe he thinks Tim was a longterm part of a winning team.
ya really think his "tinkering" of switching backup PG's will effect the team in a negative way? Hell, Rberts as a lot better than Frazier and our backup PG plays very little minutes
At some point dame is gonna have to realize this team isn't his own personal friends club and we as a fanbase are going to have to stop worrying every time we trade or cut one of his friends. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
