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Thursday, June 29, 2006

Craziness

Yep, that's what this year's draft is about. The picks being switched and traded like there was no tomorrow. Some were even questionable. Well, I think they were questionable. Maybe someone can shed light into some of the moves that I thought were questionable. Here are some of them:

1. Boston - Portland trade
Boston gets:
G Sebastian Telfair, C Theo Ratliff and 2008 second-round pick

Portland gets:
Rights to No. 7 pick (Randy Foye), F/C Raef LaFrentz and G Dan Dickau

First, Telfair has skills, and to trade him for Dickau is weirder. Sure, Dickau exploded 2 years ago when Baron Davis was injured (they were still in the Hornets then), but Telfair is still young and has potential. Dickau on the other hand is growing old, but we'll see. The questionable move here is Ratliff for LaFrentz. I don't know what style of play the Blazers will be running this year, but I think they're trying to run and gun like the Suns. Three-point shooters and runners are what they're after right now, especially when they traded Foye to get Brandon Roy.

Foye made twice the number of Roy's threes (although he also attempted twice as many) so if they're running and gunning, the logical choice would be Foye, which they traded for Minnesota. Which is just weird. But it's not as questionable as the other trades...

2. Minnesota - Portland trade:
Minnesota gets:
Rights to No. 7 pick (G Randy Foye)

Portland gets:
Rights to No. 6 pick (G Brandon Roy)

Boy, Portland sure is trading in high gear right now. Minnesota's pick was one pick higher than Portland's. They should've taken advantage of this and asked Portland for more cash or a throw away player (who knows, they might get the next Boris Diaw) instead of just trading outright.

3. Memphis - Houston trade
Memphis gets:
Rights to No. 8 pick (F Rudy Gay) and F Stromile Swift

Houston gets:
F Shane Battier

Waitaminute. Waitaf*ingminute. The news said they only traded Gay for Battier. Hmm. This isn't so questionable after all, since they will also be getting Stromile Swift back (why the hell did they trade him away in the first place?), BUT the real question here is why Memphis is giving away Shane Battier. This guy can do almost everything and he is the second-option for the Grizzlies. He can rebound, block, score, steal, and all and they traded it all for a rookie? Hmm, yeah, Gay has potential, but to trade Battier for him isn't a good idea. Maybe they should've just traded Brian Cardinal for him, even if they didn't get Stromile Swift. Sure, Gay and Battier both have the same position, but Cardinal also is in that position. It would've been better to start Battier then have Gay come off the bench first.

I SURELY doubt they'll be starting Brian Cardinal next season. If they do, then I guess I'll be waiting for the offseason as early as December.

4. Phoenix - Portland
Portland gets:
Rights to No. 27 pick (G Sergio Rodriguez)

Phoenix gets:
Cash considerations

Jason, do you know anything about this? I seriously don't get the point. Cash considerations? Pfft.

Well that's all for today. I don't want to look into the late first round and second round trades. I've been shaking my head for the past 5 minutes here.

Disclaimer:
I'm no expert draft analyst or anything but I just comment on what I see and know about. So if any of you could just kindly shed some light here on these trades, then please do so.

Sources:
Yahoo! NBA

Comments

Blazers wanted Brandon Roy and they found out about the Wolves and Rockets plans to draft Roy and Foye then trade them. So they grabbed Foye to get their intended target: Roy

Memphis gets more athletic. They wanted to change their style which produces 0 playoff wins so far. Seems like a good trade for both teams.

Suns don't need to draft anybody. If they draft somebody, they end up paying him for nothing. No one they draft will crack the Phoenix rotation. They play maybe 8-9 guys max so why waste cap space and roster space?

Besides all this, the single greatest moment was watching the whole Knicks drafting debacle. I don't know if Renaldo Blackamn will ever be good or bad player but it is already of the most surreal moments I have ever witnessed. I didn't know what to think...
 
one thing i have read about gay is that he is more of a defender than a scorer.

what the grizzlies need is a scorer that'll complement pau gasol(because he's their only scorer)

the grizzlies' defense is already good, but what they really lack is offence.

i do hope gay has some tricks up his sleeve, otherwise the grizzlies postseason card will still show 0 Wins.

as for the suns, why not trade for a better player? like hm take away james jones and trade him for a 'slightly' better player + the pick? hehe
 
Wasn't Stromile Swift acquired through free-agency?

Anyway, the Portland-Minnesota trade wasn't an outright player-for-player trade. The Blazers also included "cash considerations" in the deal. So Minnesota drafts at 6, saves money by trading down to a 7 (and therefore paying the rook less), and they actually get paid to do it. Crafty money-saving tactic. Wolves brass seem to be pretty adept at that, at the very least.

Heck, if the Wolves had found a loophole somewhere in the CBA at the time, the Joe Smith deal would've been absolute genius. (Obviously they didn't and damn them to hell for putting the Wolves in this rut.)

Go Foye!
 
g'day, this is an interesting blog, would you like to link to me?

cheers

morris: http://thegreatestblogexperiment.blogspot.com/
 
Houston got Swift as a FA last year, then traded him back with Gay for Battier.
 
The Suns' moves were perfect, I'll say. They put themselves in a very good position to keep their main rotation intact. And then some. Yehey.

This article paints a pretty clear picture why. This one, meanwhile, suggests that these moves will allow the Suns to retain their No.1 priority of the offseason, Tim Thomas, and still get a new face--albeit, from free agency (which is arguably better than getting a raw talent).

Besides, doesn't everybody love cash?
 
if you've already got millions, a few thousand won't matter much hehe

i don't like teams who don't make moves in the offseason. boring sae old team. boo.

kings and grizzlies pa rin ako hehe sana matrade sa grizlies si AI hhahahaha
 
ako mas gusto ko yung intact ang team. don kasi nadedevelop ang chemistry saka minsan makikitan mong nagogrow together as a team
 
The Suns next season may pretty much be the "same old team", but I really, really doubt they'd be "boring". Haha.

GO SUNS!
 
yeah excitign sila maglaro pero what i meant about boring is yun nga, no new face, same old team. much like detroit last year. hehe

wala same starting lineup and all pero magaling pa rin naman. at sumabog offense nila hehe...but we'll see...tignan natin kung ano mangyayari kay diaw pag andyan na si amare
 
That's simply what happens when a team reaches championship caliber.
 
Here's an article from TrueHoop writer, Henry Abbot. He explains that "if you want to be a title-contending team, you have to act with the conviction that your most precious resource is... roster spots".

"You just don't see top teams taking on players they don't want."
 
From the BSG's Draft Diary:

9:34 -- Stephen A. on the No. 20 pick: "I'M A BORN AND RAISED NEW YORKER, OK? YOU HAVE GOT TO GET A DOG ON THIS ROSTER, I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU FIND HIM. I DON'T CARE, YOU GOT TO GET SOMEONE WHO WILL BE IN PEOPLE'S FACE, SOMEONE WHO'S HARDCORE. YOU LOOK AT ISIAH THOMAS AND HIS DRAFT HISTORY ... YOU KNOW THAT HE KNOWS TALENT ... THIS PICK HAS GOT TO WORK. IT'S GOT TO WORK!"

I was watching the draft live and this rant was just too good to be true.
 
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