Posted by TMS:
i make this trade in an eyeblink... it helps our franchise in unmeasurable ways, namely getting rid of a poisonous loser that has brought this franchise to even lower heights than before he got here (as if that was even possible)... also gets rid of his cap killing contract, adds a very solid role player off the bench that will bring some much needed toughness down low, & also we still get a mid 1st round pick for Walsh to play with... i don't see any downsides to this whatsoever.
gimme a break w/this talk about what core of players we'll have left to offer a bigname FA... no bigname FA can even come here to begin with as long as Zach's contract is on the books, so that's not even an applicable point in this discussion.
a #6 pick has no guarantees of ever panning out anyway, especially in a 2-3 man deep draft like this year... if Walsh feels there's value at the lower picks enough to make this deal i have a hard time being opposed to it.
Of course you make this trade. I find it unbelievably amazing that people think there is a better Zach Randolph deal out there. The truth is, THIS IS the best trade and one I make in a millisecond. Don't even care about the sixth pick if it's not Derek Rose. We're ripping Philadelphia off with this deal.
This is the kind of trade Isiah should have been making the past 2 seasons. We need to unload before we reload. Any team that trades for Zach Randolph and that contract must be on crack. And I love Evans. Much better teammate, hard worker and he doesn't have a bad contract. In other words, VALUE=CONTRACT. This is how you build an NBA team so when you do need to make trades, you can get comparable value back that better fits the team you are trying to build. Our entire roster needs to be VALUE=CONTRACT.
