Celtics/Cavs

[Jiggy O]

admin said:

Then I see no reason for the Celtics to deal him for such a low offer.

Maybe this will help you understand.

nuthinbutnet.info/nbl/playstand.htm

[WillC]

Oh so you want to lose that 8th place seed and fall out of the playoffs? j/k

There's no one I'd prefer not to argue with than you, Jiggy. I guess I just hate Randolph with a vengeance and, like Ducky, don't even see how he's worth expiring, let alone Paul Pierce (albeit with a few other pieces thrown in to balance it out).

[Jiggy O]

The thing is, Will, you'll get little to no arguement from me. Bad value for Pierce? Yes...defintely!!! But bad value is the best I could do. A team as talent-laden as mine should not be clinging to the 8th seed. Something had to be done; someone had to be blamed, that's just how I see it. I'm not gonna blame the youth, that's for sure. And with the number of different ways I tried to make this team work, I can't blame myself either. People can say what they want about my trades, or whatever other aspect of my GM skills, but I know as well as most other long standing GMs around these parts that my depth charts cannot be fucked with. And the fact is, that I can manipulate most players' skills to accomplish pretty much anything I want from them. If Pierce was underachieving, I could've changed that. But I don't think he was. I think that he's just declining. Am I supposed to hold onto him because of his name value and wait for him to get even worse? Spencer chose Caron Butler over him for chrissakes. And I don't blame him because name value aside, he's arguably better that Pierce is. Getting three replies in a thread specifically designed to move a "big name" star is quite telling, if you ask me. I did what I did and I'm not deluded about it. I didn't get good value. I didn't get good value. I didn't get good value.

That said, I can remember a couple of other "bad trades" that I made in NBN. I was a lotto team and gave up waaaaay to much to get Daniel Gibson. Boom. I won it all that year. I was clinging to the 8th seed and gave up waaaay too much to get CJ Miles. Boom. I won it all that year too. Not to say that I'm winning it all this year because I'm not. But I did some number crunching and decided that Randolph will help. Just as I did with Gibson and Miles in the past, I made the offer. I probably could've gotten some so-so players and a few picks from one team in particular, but since I'm...y'know...making the damn draft files, that's not really the proper thing to do.

So Zach Randolph it is then.

[Tigertecz]

Ouch. Nice trade KG.

[allhailmaniac]

Done.