Posted by fishmike:
again.. why must we do anything? Where is the harm in letting the current nucleus get some time to play together, UNLESS you think guys like KT will have less value at the deadline than they do now. Expiring contracts always rule the deadline deals... having $10mm worth of them isnt a bad thing to have.
It's not that we HAVE to do anything; it's that I would LOVE to get a talented young combo guard like Jamal while giving up only players who are not part of the team's future and probably not even part of the team this next season. Dikembe's, Othella's, and Trybanski's expiring contracts probably won't get you a better player than Jamal even at the deadline. (Also, you have to realize thst having three expiring contracts worth $10 mil is not nearly as good as one worth $10 mil--because they take up three roster spots on the team they're traded to.)