by Zanchief » Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:06 am
Nash would have been cool for financial reasons, but he'll be 39 years old at the start of the season next year. Not the smartest move for a rebuilding franchise. It would have been a huge boon for the cable companies that just bought MLSE though, since they care more about marketing the team accross canada rather then gate revenue.
Dwight, ugh. Bad for the league. Kind of happy BKN didn't lose everything in trading for a rented Deron, but these super teams are out of control.
Barnes was huge. A couple of things that make it even huger. GSW owed there pick to another team if it was above 7. They tanked hard. Like disgracefully bad, put your star players on IL with phoney injuries, shut the team down in mid-january, the league should probably investigate this, bad. In doing so they entered a tie with the Raptors. The tie breaker was determined with a coin flip. GSW won, so they get to keep their pick. Then, Barnes slips, a guy the raps were huge on, and GSW gets to draft him. I'm hoping career ending injury or huge bust, or karmaic reasons. GSW stinks perennially though, so no biggie. I'm sure they'll blunder some trade back into irrelevance in no time. Although I love Bogut and will be rooting for him.