Selling High
Click on the image to see the trade on ESPN's Trade Machine. H/T @RajPrashad.
This is the ugly road I fear the Nets would inevitably have to go down to acquire a player as talented as Josh Smith. I see two schools of thought here: you believe Lopez is playing above his head and want to secure the most value for him as possible, and you do it; or, you think that Lopez is just a flat-out better, younger, cheaper (in the long-term) basketball player than Smith, and dealing Lopez leaves the Nets with a gaping hole at center roughly equivalent to the one they have at power forward now, just with less depth.
I'm in the latter. Pass.
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Mopo
February 12, 2013
Who loses on the wall of shame trade?
Max Weisberg
February 12, 2013
Hmmm…number 5.
Too bad I don’t even think the Nets are really that interested inJosh Smith though.
kromesome
February 12, 2013
None of the wall of shame trades links are working for me. Anyone else?
Mopo
February 12, 2013
A few things:
1) Brook is dominant and humble. He must stay.
2) Blatche is prob the most valuable player in the league as far as production:contract (no rookies)a great trade pc.
3) As long as Deron is on this power trip, we will get nowhere.
Max Weisberg
February 12, 2013
Blatche has been terrible and is on a downward trend. He was great when Avery was here but as soon as PJ has taken over its been all down-hill. He is also gaining weight.
He played decently last night though.
DWILL-of-the-GODZ
February 12, 2013
Hey Max What were you saying to me about Taylor the other day?
I told you so
Max Weisberg
February 12, 2013
Here’s what I said:
“Taylor still has a ton of learning to be done and I don’t believe he’s ready for consistent minutes in the NBA”
I hate to downplay how well he played last night, but you have a habit of jumping to conclusions. I’m fully supportive of him getting more minutes, he showed he deserves them, but let’s not act like he’s going to be consistently playing as well as he did every night.
Fair?
BrooklynLopez
February 12, 2013
Blatche got fat again (or at least fat by NBA standards). He’s been having trouble leaping as a result. I would trade him while he still has some value.
jdunkftw
February 12, 2013
I think this post blew up the Trade Machine
William Rausch
February 12, 2013
Let’s be nice to Andray, he just had to put his dog down.
Max Weisberg
February 12, 2013
Sorry…
ANDRAY: YOU’VE BEEN GREAT! DON’T WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING.
kenji
February 13, 2013
this year is a waste-so to speak–no one is beating Lebron James in a playoff series
therefore,no short term gain trade will be made that will mortgage the future away—this summer or before the 2014 trading deadline will be a different story
the owner wants to win it ALL-he knows that he cant do it this year-no one available short of a healthy Dwight Howard with a better attitude can help them achieve this in future years–Lopez will always be a major liability on defense–teams are taking advantage of his lack of quickness!!
Jon C
February 16, 2013
Got to agree that Blatche is tremendously valuable. $1 million for a center who can score and rebound. This in a league where just two years ago Kwame Brown got a $10 million contract to play a season for the Warriors. Even though he is playing worse during the last few weeks, he is still a bargain at his current contract. Other teams will think he has finally “got it” or at least they can coach him to “get it”. Or heck they can hire Avery Johnson to just hang out with him. Anything for a scoring center is worth it. He will get a nice contract next season from someone.