Trade means Morey planning to reshape team in 2010

McGrady, Cook, and Landry to Milwaukee for RJ, Ridnour, and Charlie V.

Git 'er done Morey.

 

what makes u think this is a good trade?? dun wanna bash u but this is ridiculous

 

I actually think Morey would rather build without Yao. Its Les saying he is untradable. But lets see how correct you are because I am not impressed with him this season. (Morey that is)

 

Your delusions that Rafer is anything but a substandard starting PG are no better than my hopes that this team can get it together and possibly make a deep playoff run. With McGrady, without McGrady...it never seems to be enough. If he's out people are going to tell us we can't win without him. If he plays people are going to tell us he's not strong enough to lead this team to great places. Like everybody else, i'm just tired of the T-Mac drama. We have a good enough team without him to make some noise and that's all I care about right now.

Of course this team will begin to reshape and reload a bit. Our pre-existing contracts and current make up suggested that long before this thread based on this "Rafer's value/contract > Lowry/Cook's value/contract, therefore this is the first step towards rebuilding" inaccuracy that started this thread in the first place. I'm pretty sure trading Rafer Alston had nothing to do with T-Mac's last year approaching, Artest expiring this year, Barry approaching retirement, Landry being used as trade bait and Scola expiring after next year.

 

Orlando upgraded at the PG spot because Rafer is taking over for Anthony Johnson and not Jameer Nelson. If Nelson is not injured, the Magic dont look to do this trade, and when Nelson is healthy is when Rafer loses the starting job. Thats not a knock on Rafer, I didnt hate him. But it is silly to think he is all star quality which is what Nelson was this year.

You are right about the trade being about changing of the guard. I do think the Rox like Lowry a lot, but everyone knew including Rafer that the change was going to happen at some point and AB would become the starter. You say that Lowry is just a back up, but that was what Rafer was going to become as well.

 

Now come to think of it. If Morey want to rebuild the team, he would have kept the 1st round draft right from Magics.
In stead he trade the draft right to Grizzlies to get Lowry. And Lowry played 15 minutes in the 1st game. Morey must see some "Wafer" in Lowry .

 

This is getting ridiculous. You're probably the only basketball fan on the planet that thinks Rafer is anything but a substandard starting PG. You speak as if we just traded away Steve Nash or Jason Kidd for Mike Conley or Sebastian Telfair. You speak as if the point hasn't clearly been our weakest position in the Yao/T-Mac era. You speak as if there's no chance for Lowry and Brooks to IMMEDIATELY justify this trade. You speak as if there's a snowballs chance in hell somebody could even joke about Rafer starting over a healthy Jameer Nelson. I give up....I can't even process this type of nonsense.

....and again, trading Rafer Alston has nothing to do with Artest expiring this year, McGrady's final year next year, Barry approaching retirement, Landry being mentioned in trade talks or Scola's deal expiring after next year. The fine tweaking of this roster was imminent long before this trade happened which makes this thread really quite useless.

 

Morey knows Brooks' time is here and that by trading rafer now... he can get a pg with a future AND get Rafer off his hands for a good price. The trade was done because the Magic were desperate and needed a PG and the opportunity to sell Rafer high was here. That's it. It's all business.