The article mentions all this. It's actually defending the decision considering the point in time it was made and for all the reasons you guys mentioned.
Schilling was a punk back then, he talked to Ryan, matured over a winter and became a legend...sadly in a Philly uniform.
Wade is a terrible GM. How could not predict that turnaround. I mean lots of players bottom out at 30 and then come back to win the Cy Young. (sarcasm)
Bourn turned out to be a pretty good get for Lidge anyway. Two seasons over 4 WAR is nothing to scoff at. We have him under team control for a few more years, too... Lee is about to be a highest-dollar free agent.
Didn't the Rockets have a chance to have Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler, and Michael Jordan on draft day if they only traded Ralph Sampson to the TrailBlazers?