Memphis Thinks They got the Worst of the BATTIER/GAY Trade!!

Well clearly you didn't read the article, or the NYT piece on Morey. Misleading thread title.

 

That article says nothing about what Memphis thinks. It's just posing questions and describing the article.

 

Was It the Worst Trade
in Grizzlies' History?

I honestly exited out the article when I read that at the beginning.

 

lol we'd have advanced last year if we had gay instead of battier.

 

Morey -- Please, please offer Shane Battier to Memphis in exchange for Rudy Gay. Take a scrub to make the money right. See if they give you a grateful bear hug.

 

They won at least 45 games in the 3 years before the trade. They've won 22, 22, and are now on pace for 24 wins in the 3 succeeding years. They've gone through 4 different coaches. They've sucked both with and without the veteran "star" players they retained after the trade (Gasol and Miller).

Let's suppose that Battier for Gay was actually a steal for them. What went horribly, horribly wrong otherwise to account for them losing about 25 more games each year?

 

PWNED!!!

 

i think he meant about kwame for gasol?

 

I have yet to figure out what this means or for what the initials signify.

 

Yeah but I don't think it is all Gay's fault for all that. I don't just don't see how you can say that was the worst trade in the history of that franchise.

I just don't see it.

 

I have yet to figure out how I was PWNED based off what I said.

 

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And I wasn't trying to "pwn" anyone. It was a sincere question. I can't figure out how its possible that Rudy Gay is so much better than Battier, and yet the team is so dramatically worse. It's not like there was a huge drop in talent otherwise. The team got more athletic and added more promising young talent.

Here's a thought. Perhaps, as intriguing as athletic, offense-oriented players are, it actually takes veterans who knows how to defend to win a lot of games. Maybe that's why playoff teams tend to be older and wiser, and lottery teams tend to be young and inexperienced.

 

Slip of the thumbs
February 16
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This was my thought when I read the response to my observation.

 

LMFAO!!!!!

 

I've figured out these Rudy G. fans. They either a) don't care about winning, or b) don't understand what makes teams win.

Shane Battier = less athletic Robert Horry.
Rudy Gay = more athletic Sam Mack.

 

If you're looking for scoring or highlights, I guess you'd go with Gay.

However, you can't argue that Battier usually plays on winning teams (including Memphis) while Gay has yet to prove he can make a team better (winning-wise).