Reply With QuoteI'll take it over Bob Johnson. If you don't think MJ wants to win, you're wrong
Michael Jordan defends deadline trade
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=6161698
This just goes to show that Jordan has to try to convince people that it was not just a salary dump. Honestly if it was such a good trade why the hell do you need to defend it. Plenty of Celtics fans were mad about losing Perkins, but you don't see their owner and GM writing letter after letter and making excuses.
Imo both trades were bullshit if he is really trying to rebuild.
I'll take it over Bob Johnson. If you don't think MJ wants to win, you're wrong
If you don't think he is trying to save money you are wrong. Just a difference of opinion. I never said either he doesn't want to win. Who doesn't want to win? Until he proves he is really trying to win I will be a skeptic of the order of his priorities.Originally Posted by CatNation
Last edited by WrxErik; 02-26-2011 at 11:42 PM.
and you would rather your owner and gm being hush about the situation? they are being criticized, it is right for them to attempt to defend their own trade rather than allowing the fans to rage without answer.
I guess the difference is when your owner has actually proved he is capable of building a winner he doesn't have to respond to shit.
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Hey atleast hes coming out and telling the media (and fans) what the deal is. Good move on his part.
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sorry he hasn't turned us into a perennial contender in all of his ONE year as majority owner. how is he supposed to build you a winner if you won't let him build his own team without ripping him? this is still basically Bob Johnsons core. This move is one step in letting him actually build HIS team the way HE wants it. now isn't the time to spend, I agree with him. get some guys worth spending on first
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I agree with Erik for the most part. I'm not saying MJ isn't trying to win either, but I do wonder what his priority is right now. And when you rebuild you don't trade an expiring for an expring in order to waive the incoming expiring. You also don't trade away a fair-market value contracted former all-star (who happens to be your franchise player) for a half-injured role player and two borderline 15-man roster guys. That's not how I saw the Sonics/Thunder rebuild.
How did the Sonics rebuild then? They went looking to rebuild the Allen/Lewis team, they traded Allen (who is on a much higher level than Wallace ever will be) for a pick and Wally Z. They traded Lewis, who at the time was a 26/27 year old averaging 22 ppg, basically same tier player as Wallace for ONE second round pick. They lucked up in the draft and got Durant. We aren't going to be able to go the Sonics rebuild model by holding on to Wallace and gunning for 40 wins every year.
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