toad wrote:jrodmc wrote:It's amazing. Results are defined as getting out of the "junior varsity" regular season. Player A is on Team D. Team D makes the playoffs every year.
Team K hasn't smelled the playoffs in nearly a decade.
Player A goes to Team K, Team K is now in the playoffs each year.
How is the trade of Player A a wash for Team K?
Why is this so difficult? Why was Team K suddenly in the playoffs every year? Was it the superb coaching? Brilliant management and ownership? Was it the sudden influx of fabulous talent around Player A? Was it the MSG facade upgrade? Was it part of a league conspiracy in the Eastern conference?
Stop it. Team K was already going to the playoffs the year PlayerA came in. I think we played .500 after the trade. Team K with Player A isn't going to make the playoffs every year unless you're going to conveniently ignore this year's debacle. Team D is getting a lotto pick thanks to the trade. They're not regretting the trade at all.
Oh please, wake up. We were going to the playoffs with a broken down Stat and Nate Robinson? Really? Gallo on the IR and Wilson and Moz were going to drag you to the playoffs like they've done with Denver? Where was Stat the second half after the trade?
So Team D is happy to have missed the playoffs while we went to the second round? I'll conveniently ignore going down to the wire this season and missing the playoffs while you ignore that they never made it out of the first round. And Team D is also very happy they had to wait 4 years to get a lottery pick while missing the playoffs?