Resetting. Dumping salary, get out of long term contracts, get picks and tradable assets. Probably what they should have started doing when Wall got hurt.
NBA: Important NBA trade for Monte's future
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Resetting. Dumping salary, get out of long term contracts, get picks and tradable assets. Probably what they should have started doing when Wall got hurt.
It'll be interesting to see what the Wizards do. I don't think Chris Paul will play a minute in Washington--whether they find a third team for that trade or if they outright waive him. But Monte and Jones obviously seem a bit redundant, plus the Wizards have Delon Wright, who's older but played 24 minutes a game last year. I imagine at least one of those three will also get traded, whether in the off-season or maybe Washington will wait until the deadline.
I think that the Celtics got a lot of value for basically only trading Smart, but I also don't entirely get the fit. Considering the Celtics' issues with turnovers and playmaking, it seems odd to trade Smart. Though he was part of those issues, this trade doesn't help them in that area, and I'm not sure what the path is to improve in that area. I actually thought that Monte might be a good fit for them, given those issues, but if he was going to end up there, it probably would have been in this trade.
I think that the Celtics got a lot of value for basically only trading Smart, but I also don't entirely get the fit. Considering the Celtics' issues with turnovers and playmaking, it seems odd to trade Smart. Though he was part of those issues, this trade doesn't help them in that area, and I'm not sure what the path is to improve in that area. I actually thought that Monte might be a good fit for them, given those issues, but if he was going to end up there, it probably would have been in this trade.
I don’t think they can afford Monte as he is 2 mil higher than what Brown turned down. I saw a Denver writer mention that they wouldn’t be able to match any of Browns offers. Who knows, NBA caps are confusing.
I'd be surprised to see anyone in a Bullet's uni.
Is Golden State going the Laker route? Let's see how old of a team we can put on the court.
Surprised Wizards got anything back so decent trade for them.
Living in Denver, everyone misses Monte and feel bad that he wasn't on this years team.
The NBA cap is really weird and draft picks are valued very strangely.
The NFL hard cap and draft is way easier to understand.
He was a huge piece for years just that it seemed only he and joker could stay healthy.
Yeah CP3 to Golden State makes no sense. Paul going to come off the bench or they really going to have a 2 PG starting lineup?
Warriors are dumping Poole's extended contract for Paul's one year deal. Warriors are paying a massive luxury tax bill.
Poole no longer fit with the team and was not happy there so they got what they could for him.
My guess is Paul will simply take on Poole's role and be the first guard off the bench. At his age he can be very productive but probably can't handle starter minutes anymore.
They will also almost certainly lose DiVincenzo so they need experienced guards.
