So wait -- we traded two MVPs for a hodgepodge of lower 1st rounders?

kingkingston · Jan 20, 2021

JCDenton said: ↑

Break it down for me. How do you manage to not come away with multiple very high picks in this situation? I can't decide which was dumber:

1. Initially trading for CP3 (arguably defensible at the time)

2. Extending him for big dollars (LOL!)

3. Packaging him with substantial draft consideration to get Westbrook, even though they had similar trade value . . .in the end, OKC even got a first-rounder for him whereas we could only trade Westbrook for someone worse and more injury prone (wowwww)

4. Trading Westbrook for a completely washed John Wall (man . . .)

5. Trading Harden, MVP and top scorer, without getting back high picks and young talent ()

Let's put it another way. Could we get an elite franchise cornerstone with our grab bag of garbage picks? Of course not. We got robbed left and right. Morey the Moron is gone, but it's still the same story. The biggest slap in the face is that even though we suck after this, we don't control many of our own picks and are dependent on the team we traded our MVP to sucking more than us.
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Did you go in to the future and see where the draft picks ended up ?

jacoby · Jan 20, 2021

I'm embarrassed for OP.

don grahamleone · Jan 20, 2021

TimDuncanDonaut said: ↑

I'm a risk averse person, so I prefer a proven players over uncertain draft picks. That said, even if one believes picks have low intrinsic value, if the perceived value is high among NBA GMs, then they are valuable. If a right deal comes along, cash them in. Hope is a powerful thing to sell.
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So............................................ are you in the:

"What a great idea! Let's tank the season less than 15 games into it for an inknown commodity! Not smart."

-camp?

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https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/adam-morrison-people.105106/

hakeem94 · Jan 20, 2021

don grahamleone said: ↑

So............................................ are you in the:

"What a great idea! Let's tank the season less than 15 games into it for an inknown commodity! Not smart."

-camp?

I love this thread:
https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/adam-morrison-people.105106/
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don grahamleone · Jan 20, 2021

hakeem94 said: ↑

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VoR · Jan 20, 2021

JCDenton said: ↑

Break it down for me. How do you manage to not come away with multiple very high picks in this situation? I can't decide which was dumber:

1. Initially trading for CP3 (arguably defensible at the time)

2. Extending him for big dollars (LOL!)

3. Packaging him with substantial draft consideration to get Westbrook, even though they had similar trade value . . .in the end, OKC even got a first-rounder for him whereas we could only trade Westbrook for someone worse and more injury prone (wowwww)

4. Trading Westbrook for a completely washed John Wall (man . . .)

5. Trading Harden, MVP and top scorer, without getting back high picks and young talent ()

Let's put it another way. Could we get an elite franchise cornerstone with our grab bag of garbage picks? Of course not. We got robbed left and right. Morey the Moron is gone, but it's still the same story. The biggest slap in the face is that even though we suck after this, we don't control many of our own picks and are dependent on the team we traded our MVP to sucking more than us.
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We trade $90 million dollars away from a season that won't be making any money.

pr0wler · Jan 20, 2021

heypartner said: ↑

since GF analogies are popular today,

when your drop-dead gorgeous GF leaves you, it's quite common to try to forget her with a hodgepodge of 1st Dates
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Or as Bill Worrell would say, a hodgepodge of number one date choices.

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