Dragic is better than Bradley. It would be an improvement to our backcourt. Financially it works. Dragic is a free agent. If we keep him, great. If he walks, great. I don't care either way. Bradley is overpaid. I'd rather have the cap space than lock up money for a role player.
Not sure why the Suns would do this, though. They have way too many guards as is. They apparently are looking for a 1st rounder for Dragic. Maybe a 3rd team could get involved. Doesn't really make sense for them to take Bradley, but at least they wouldn't need to worry about losing their free agent for nothing.
Boston's bigger problem is lack of a starting center. I'd call the Nets and offer them Gerald Wallace, Brandon Bass and a protected pick for Brook Lopez. Lopez only has one more year after this so if it's a failure, so be it. It doesn't hurt our financial situation too bad, because Wallace is stuck on the books next year as well... just puts us on the hook for an extra 5 mil next year (Lopez =15 mil, Wallace = 10 mil). Not sure why the Nets do this, but apparently they were willing to trade Lopez for Kendrick Perkins a few weeks ago.
If we want to make a playoff push, that's the kind of silly moves we should make.
Um duh? Dragic's an all star caliber player. Everyone would do that, but what in the world makes you think it's a possibility?
The funniest part though is you go on to say that's still a good deal even if Dragic doesn't want to stay in Boston. What??
Heh... these two comments seem to conflict with each other.
"Obviously I'd trade Bradley for Dragic! DUH!!!" ... "You'd be dumb to trade Bradley for Dragic!!"
Make up your mind.
I said I'd do the deal... it would be a win. Even if he walks, I'd be fine with it, because I see Bradley as a marginal replaceable asset that is overpaid. Just clarifying that my original post never suggested giving up Bradley AND a 1st. I said I'd be completely comfortable trading Bradley for Dragic right now... and hope that he'd stick around.
Read.
I said you'd be dumb to trade Bradley for absolutely nothing (if Dragic doesn't want to be here). How am I supposed to make up my mind without any information on the subject? Clearly this is something Danny would ask about before making a trade. My mind's perfectly made up one way or the other, it just simply depends on what Dragic's answer is. But I have no clue why, if I'm pretending to be a GM, that you want me to pretend to be a handicapped GM who can't ask questions or learn background info.
So please explain to me the conflict, I agreed that obviously Dragic is a better player, but I'd only trade for him under condition. FYI, you can't necessarily just make a trade because the other player is better, you've always got to think about the future. Just like how trading for KG/Pierce because they're better than Wallace/Hump wasn't a great move, I can't believe I have to explain this.
You've already decided that you'd trade Bradley for bag of balls just to get him and his contract off the roster. Congratulations. There's no reason to tell me to make ignorant decisions though. You're asking "What's x + 4? Make up your mind," but not telling what "x" is. All I said was "5 if x = 1, or 6 if x = 2" Literally only requires the most basic logic to get from A to B. If Dragic wants to be here, then yes, if he doesn't, then no. Even a machine could compute that for you if you like
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