Nalod wrote:mythfaze wrote:Phil unequivocally hurt Melo's trade value.Without all that drama, we would have been able to get a better package for him -- even if just marginally.
Was he worth more than a bag of chips to begin with? Nah. Did we need to trumpet that fact for the world to hear? Definitely not.
Watching Thunder fans lose their minds on Twitter after the last L was unbelievably satisfying.
Do you think GM's on other teams care more about Phils words then what tape would tell them about Melo's game?
Teams employ scouts to watch other teams as well.
Then there is the contract.
You really think other teams were like "hey, I thought Melo was a team first win at all cost kind of guy who's body and ability defies age, but wow, Phil's saying Melo holds the ball too long and needs to move on if he want to win?, Wow, that's came as a shocking surprise!!!" We never would have seen there was anything but sugar plums and fairies in Melo's world!!!
No of course not.
But there is a reason agents will leak rumors to the press about teams being interested in signing or trading for their players: to drive up their stock. These things have an impact, even if it is just a marginal one.
So Phil's antics had an impact -- even if a small one -- on Melo's trade value.
A far more likely scenario is that after GMs watched Phil trash his own player, they all felt empowered to offer even less in a trade than they otherwise might have.
Why?
Cause Phil was going to have a real difficult time playing hardball with counteroffers right after he basically said publicly that his asset was only worth that bag of chips.