3. After discussing the options with Eja, Eja/Jay's trade will stand -- with a slight revision. Given the choice, BATF swapped out Matthew Dellavedova for Jordan Farmar. The revised trade then is:
Revised BATF trade #1
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Anthony Davis, Xavier Henry, James Johnson, Matthew Dellavedova, (pick that became Tyler Ennis), Eja's 2015 2nd rounder, Toines Boys 2015 2nd rounder
David Lee, Jeff Teague, Ty Lawson, Marc Gasol, BATF's 2015 first rounder
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First, thanks GC, I couldn't have been fun or easy to handle this, but it should be clear to all by now that Lucky left the league in good stead. Among my own take aways, I wish the above trade hadn't been announced in advance of the draft or approved on an accelerated schedule. Though please don't anyone construe this as criticism, since this is obvious to me only now in retrospect. There was some pounding on the league constitution after the fact that has left a sour taste in my mouth. And I wonder if it might have spared us *some* amount - certainly not all - of this aggravation, or at least it would've let us hold the draft then consider the trade. Going ahead it may be best to observe a stricter timeline? Particularly given that making future 1sts available to trade ahead of the draft was a measure that failed to pass.
Totally agree.
I've mentioned before that a few of my actions thus far could be described as my "getting my sea legs" as commish. I'm hoping that things will be much smoother with some trial-by-fire experience under my belt. (I think I count 17 cliches in that sentence...)
4. Apparently LarryBird17 & Jay had made a deal on or around draft day. Since I believe LB17 negotiated this in good faith (even if there were serious issues with how it was submitted & confirmed -- which I've gone over with LB17), and since BATF signed off on it, I'm going to let it go through -- also with a minor revision:
Revised BATF trade #2
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LB17 trades Lebron James, Rajon Rondo, 2014 #38 pick*
BATF trades Anthony Davis
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On the topic of "not fun" what does everybody think of the surprise Trade #2 revelation? James and Rondo is another gross overpay on Anthony Davis, who won't outproduce Lebron alone, this season or next. I'm tempted to put this one to a vote, since I now have regrets that I didn't vote against the last deal to avoid stirring up trouble - and yet we had trouble anyway.
I think there are clearly two mind sets when it comes to votes/vetoes:
1. Vote/veto only in the case of collusion -- which is hard to prove IMO of course..
2. Vote/veto if one GM gets less (perceived) "value"
I'm pretty firmly in the first camp -- though there could be an instance (and I'll be very honest that I think the original Davis-for-four-ex-Lucky17ers was close) where the values are so lopsided that it threatens one team's future -- and/or league stability. I don't relish though putting any "big" trade to a vote.
I think reasonable folks -- ie everyone here but Champkind <zing?> -- can differ on what a player is worth. I'd hope so or else we'd never have any trades
So I worry that voting/vetoing seems too often about subjectively who we individually think "won" the trade (even though we won't know that for a few months). But I could be wrong.
RE: this specific trade. I think it's hard to say a trade involving arguably the #2 and #3 fantasy players as lopsided. Lebron and Davis are both REALLY good. A team built around either *could* win a fantasy title. Or not. It's about all the other moves too, IMO.
Just my 2cents.
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