Posted by OasisBU:
You gotta love NY fans...give a guy a few months here on a team that is struggling and his career is "done" - lets be realistic here, you cant just trade every single player after they dont produce immediately. They guy is having personal issues, health issues, and coaching issues with the system.
That doesnt mean you give him away. I would say if there was a #1 draft pick unprotected and maybe a second rounder or a future #1 protected added in, as well as an ok player that will fill a need - then you do it. But what exactly are we getting from this trade scenario?
When a player is good in NY eveyone overvalues him, when he is bad - he becomes extremely undervalued. I thought the trade of KT for Q was a good one and I stand by it. If this team was performing like it should, Q would be a valuable piece. There is a lot more to this then just general health and mental stuff.
The locker room is probably a huge part of the problem every player is having right now. No team spirit or pride. Give them a few wins and see what happens. Dont make a trade just to make a trade.
Hated the trade from the word go. True, we needed to move Thomas, but not for a specialist like Q-Rich.
I agree that NY overrates good players and undervalues bad ones, but like I said, I never like the trade to begin with. We could have gotten better value for KT, who plays a position that half the league is trying to trade for now.
"Man, who knows with this team." Aguirre.
1/5/2006 4:11 PM
