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97277, RE: Sooooo
Posted by murph71, Fri Aug-10-12 08:35 AM
>Well yea it's a horrible deal. I just don't understand acting
>like the Nets were offering Westbrook/Ibaka or something.

Nah...that was never the point...But I would always take an offensive minded big man over a streaky SG anytime...I would also rather take unprotected picks over protected picks...



>They were offering 2 average players, and late draft picks because
>the Bobcats/Cavs backed out. We might not be having this convo
>if the Nets didn't trade for Gerald Wallace.


A Big man that averages nearly 20 points a game is not average...We can make jokes about Lopez all day, but a lack of true big men in the league increases his value...If Lopez was playing in the era of say Ewing, Dream, O'Neal and the like, then yeah, you would have a point...

The irony is, Cleveland backed out because people were balking that they were helping Brooklyn get Howard (after Cleveland's owner Dan Gilbert bitched and moaned about small market teams not being able to keep their franchise players and the thought of super teams...he got cold feet...)

All this to say, Orlando fucked up....