I love this trade. I think that David Lee could be a guy we resign that retires here. Just the kind of vet we need, one who is pretty good in the short-term, and who will probably age okay, but is a locker-room chemistry guru.
As I said in the other thread, the last time we acquired a 32 year old former all-star with injury concerns, it was met with widespread anger... but shortly after acquiring Ray, we traded for a legit franchise savior and it all made sense.
This situation is different for a number of reasons.
#1 - Ray was obviously better than Lee.
#2 - We actually gave up assets (our highest draft pick in the past 18 years) to acquire Ray... this time we gave up nothing.
#3 - I don't think there's necessarily going to be a follow-up trade here. Getting Lee was just a no-brainer. Even if the goal is to showcase him and then trade him eventually, you stand a chance of getting a draft pick for Lee mid season... you wouldn't have that option with Wallace.
My guess is that if people are unhappy with this trade it's because they haven't been paying attention for the past couple weeks and didn't realize we sank our "cap space" dreams the second we agreed to sign Amir and Jerebko. That ship sailed. Now we just have to maximize our assets.
But honestly, I haven't really read this thread closely. What are people mad about?