Is that better than - $6.3 mil TE - about $16 mil in expiring contracts with Battier, Jeffries, and Hayes -NY's 2011 pick (probably) and NY's 2012 pick -Expendable youth in Taylor, Budinger, Hill, Patterson, Brooks, stashed talent in Europe (Sergio Llull) ?????????????????????????
I like this trade. Both teams move guys that are too good to be on the bench and too similar to the players ahead of them. As Rocket fans, you guys probably have a skewed perspective of Ariza. As much as he sucks as a go-to guy, he's just as nice as a garbage man and will flourish alongside Chris Paul (is David West still on that team?). Bayless is the kind of player I expect to succeed and yes, his play in NO will knock the last wheel off of the Blazer bandwagon. That team can do no right at this point and has had horrible luck.
