Markji wrote:K-O-T - In your opinion, do you think that this trade could have been completed without giving up either Mozgov and/or our 2014 pick if negotiations had been handled better before and during the weekend? (Meaning we give up Curry, Felton, Chandler, AR or trade for 1st round pick, and Gallo and maybe a 2nd round pick or 2??)
I have ZERO idea. When there are capable people in the room (and I give Walsh that credit) I tend to think things happened as they were going to.
The reason I can't answer the question of "if things were handled better before", is because I don't know they were handled badly at all.
I've seen different versions of this entire process, people are gravitating toward the version they like best.
I think 'Melo really might have went to NJ.
I think sometime as close to very recently, Denver would have really liked to have held onto Anthony.
I know if the names that we know had SOME involvement Walsh is probably the most astute, experienced and professional.
None of that is definitive, but at the end of the day my faith in Walsh isn't limited to the first time he's involved in something I'm thrilled with (which btw, I'm not. I would like liked to held into Mozgoz too). I'm not a "yeah-but-what-have-you-done-for-me-lately" sort of person.
i think just after the job he's done, buying into the Dolan-Isiah Thomas narrative is just a little too convenient for my tastes.
My respect for Walsh extends to not assuming he's sitting there selling himself out.
Your mileage may vary.