[ESPN] Warriors trade J-Rich to Bobcats for #8 Wright

horrible trade for bobcats.

 

Bad trade for BOTH teams.

 

Horrible trade for Charlotte. What are they thinking?

 

The warriors traded one of their biggest contracts when they had to decide on biedrins, ellis, barnes and pietrus this offseason.

Good trade for the warriors, they got killed on the boards against the Jazz, they increase their frontcourt depth and unclog their 2/3 spots.

 

I dont think it hepls either team a lot.

 

Actually, it was a salary dump for GS. JRich was due a sh*t ton of money over the next few years, and they still have to resign Matt Barnes, Monta Ellis, and Mikael Pietrus.

 

J-Rich is hella good, but you can never tell about draft picks..bad trade in my opinion

 

I think this proves we did not get enough in Battier, even though I love him, J-Rich is an All-Star player who was traded for a player no more valuable than Rudy. Near blockbuster move.

 

If they keep Jackson and trade Harrington for something of value I will give GS my blessing. LOL. But Richardson was such a big piece of their playoff run.

 

100% salary dump move for the Warriors. Plain and simple.

I question JRich's value as a veteran on a very young team. He is not a leader or the type of player who will help tutor younger players. His best role is as a 2nd or 3rd cog on a veteran team. Perhaps he could have a couple of career years and help the Bobcats win some games for a change.

 

Agreed. I still don't think Battier alone warrants a top 10 pick.......

 

I actually like this for GS. Wright is really good, athletic and talented and will fit in well with nellieball.

 

Anybody catch when they asked about him going one on one versus Jordan and he responded with something like "Jordan don't want none of this"... well, he apparently didn't because Jordan traded him a bit later. Just thought that was funny.

 

someone explain to me why this trade is even possible? JRich makes like 70 million, so how can u just swap him for Brandon Wright? Doesn't Charlotte have to include more in the deal to financially make it work?

 

because charlotte is under the cap they don't have to adhere to the 15 percent rule, they just have to have enough space to absorb j-rich's deal.

 

Charlotte is way under the salary cap. I think they are the only team in the NBA that could have done this kind of deal.

 

This is a good trade for both teams.

Charlotte gets a proven scorer with star appeal, as well as a legit shot at making the playoffs.

GS gets a young big man with massive potential who's already better than any of the bigs they have on the roster.

Everybody wins.

 

cats were dumb in this trade, jrich with his bad contract to a team with cap space who could have used it to lure a major star this year or next year to the team with a lot of young talent and now they've gone and overpaid for richardson and on top of that lose wright in the process.

i expect wright to do pretty well in nellie's system. richardson was big in the gs run this year but honestly i felt that their run had more to do with monta,jackson,harrington and of course my bruins barnes and davis. richardson played extremeley well but a lot of times was the odd man out. wright gives them a shot blocking, rebounding athletic prescence.

great move by mullin, being able to just shed 12 mill off the payroll and landing a top 5 or even top 3 pick in any other draft at the same time.

 

this is like jordan bringing in stackhouse for the wizards all over again.