BRIGGS wrote:--->Amare+Paul >>>> Amare, Chandler, Douglas, Gallo. So Chris Paul with a bad knee is worth more than two potential 20 point scorers who are 6-8 and 6-10 and a guy who can become a high caliber 6th man who is also 23? Then we play Felton at 6 feet as a 2G. Big names sound fancy at times--but we have built a team---lets let the team play out and if we see great opportunity to use an ending contract + picks OR even better straight FA where we pay nothing. I like free. We just signed Felton--lets give him a chance in this system. If he goes 17-8-3--then why do we need Chris Paul
You cannot deal for Paul at this point as if he is the guy we have known for the past few years. You can't deal for him without seeing a season of play following his injury. And you can't have a backcourt of Paul and Felton.
I think you have to look at the trade in this way:
Amare + Paul(off serious injury) + Randolph+ Azubuike (SG? off injury)+ Felton (backup PG) >>>> Amare, Gallo, Randolph, Chandler/Asubuike, Felton, Douglas
And if you carry the Paul/Melo gambit to completion, are you then talking about trading Randolph and other assets to get Anthony, too?
I would like to see Paul play a season following his surgery to see if he has lost anything and can take the pounding of a full year, and also see how Felton performs for us this season. I now think Walsh put this team together to compete for the year, not be broken up for trades, even though I understand he would have to listen to a good proposal.
(Because the guys I'm bringing here now are meant to come here and stay here. In other words, they're the kind of players you'd want even if you did have the cap flexibility to go out and get another player," Walsh said."So it isn't like everyone should be looking over their shoulder. The days of just basically making deals to clear cap space are for the most part over. That doesn't mean you won't do it again, but that isn't the prime motivating factor. These guys are on the team because they have ability, because they can be part of a good situation. And now our opportunity is to look and see if you're going to be optimistic that all of them can go forward as we add players to make the team better."
If you trade everything + the kitchen sink for Melo, at least you are getting a player who is uninjured and not recovering from a serious injury. With Paul you are talking about a guy who is an unknown quality at this point in terms of health and durability.
If I have to go on a long trip I will take a perfectly working Civic over a buggy Porsche that can't go over 55 yet, with an axle that just might not make the full trip.
You have to differentiate between Anthony and Paul at this point. Paul is someone to revisit at the end of the year. To trade for him now and give up major assets is a mistake that can come back to haunt us.
As Briggs also said earlier- you want to come into the trade from a position of strength. I think this team is going to be competitive, and I think if will make the playoffs, unless there are key injuries, and if we do well, the value of the players we have will increase- so if we do want to make a big trade, we may not have to give up as much as we would have to give up now.
No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities- C.N. Bovee
7/14/2010 11:52 AM
