Point guard rankings

[Chef]

I don't think it's a terrible mistake because I don't see Felton coming back and being a thorn in our sides on the court. Will he play well? probably, will NY's record versus the Bobcats improve? doubtful (and not because of Felton's presence). What will happen is another team in the east OVERPAID for talent in giving Felton what they did....that ultimately helps the Bobcats as NY will have less flexibility in free agency (being closer to the cap because of what Felton is on the books for). Just like we benefited when Atlanta re-signed Joe Johnson on a max contract....he is overpaid, that will help the Bobcats.

terrible mistake by not trading him two years ago or last year and getting something for him. we definitely could have gotten rid of bad contract with him or gotten some draft picks.

[BlockParty]

terrible mistake by not trading him two years ago or last year and getting something for him. we definitely could have gotten rid of bad contract with him or gotten some draft picks.

If we could've gotten alot for him (picks or dumping a bad contract), we would've done that. The interest wasn't there because teams were clearing cap space galore for the Summer of Lebron. And the teams with interest (including NY) would not have signed Raymond past the 2009-10 season even if they had interest (and they wouldn't give up draft picks or take on bad contracts if they had no guarantee he wouldn't move to another team).

It boils down to bad decision making (in hindsight) that we didn't package the stay-puff marshmellow May and Raymond for CP3 or Deron Williams. After that mistake, they guaranteed May for at least 1 season too many (not having seen him work on the micro-fracture repaired knee).

Raymond was a servicable asset for the organization, but as an organization, we sealed the deal with him when we decided to hire Larry Brown. If anything, Raymond worked out better than could be predicted in Brown's system and DJ's demise last season ended any hopes of moving Raymond during the season as we were moving forward in our first playoff run.

[spectre]

Larry Brown didn't want to trade Felton. Walsh said he tried to make a deal last year but LB wasn't interested (something about "can't trade his heart"). Felton would have had to approve of it, but since he ended up there anyway you'd think something could have been done.

Agreed with BP that making the playoff run probably factored into LB's reasoning.

We COULD have moved him the year before at the deadline. Dallas was very motivated to trade for him and had been for a couple of years.

[spectre]

Reasons for Concern? pt. 2 - QCH

As promised, the 2nd installment of the tradeoffs we've made...this one at the PG spot.

[SWedd523]

I still think the loss of Tyson is overstated

[spectre]

I still think the loss of Tyson is overstated

Out most of the season like last year...I'd agree. IF (Big "if) he can log 65-70 games I think we'd really be regretting the loss along with losing Theo...esp. against the penetrating guards who can dish in the paint. Those two were the only ones who were decent at defending that.

The (lack of quality) depth overall is bothersome at the 5.

[LiquidWayno]

I'm amazed how we got 4 deep at the 5 year after year without a single legit NBA starter.