If we trade our draft pick this year...

[spectre]

Yeah, we can only take back half of Crash's salary until June 30th:

73. What is "Base Year Compensation?" How does base year compensation affect trades? Why does it exist?

I think NY would take that deal...as Slam said they'd still lose Starbury's 21 million and have what, 16 million in expirings? They're also going to need players with value to trade for those guys as well as to pair with them once they come.

But unless Mayo's coming I don't think I want to lose Crash.

With Barbosa I'm still worried about his defense, but getting another defensive player in Westbrook as well as the 15th does intrigue me. Slam as you know I lean more towards Ohara's rotation; I don't have any problem bringing in backups at kind of designated times (say 2 minutes left in the 1st, 10 minutes left in the 2nd), but I want at least 2 and sometimes 3 starter types in there at all times.

I've always hated the "blue team" concept of throwing 5 bench guys out there to go against 2/3 starters.

I dunno. Adding Westbrook would help, but a lot of minutes would have to be allocated to Felts/Barbosa/Swish and they're going to suffer defensively. Badly.

Wouldn't Barbosa be a better addition to Crash?

[Slam]

But unless Mayo's coming I don't think I want to lose Crash.

100% agree. Unless we got Mayo it would defeat the purpose of moving Crash (in this type of deal).

Slam as you know I lean more towards Ohara's rotation; I don't have any problem bringing in backups at kind of designated times (say 2 minutes left in the 1st, 10 minutes left in the 2nd), but I want at least 2 and sometimes 3 starter types in there at all times.

I know mate, it's one of the very few things we don't agree on. I just think that the problem with the deep rotations you have guys wanting to get paid big dollars (unless they are on rookie deals of course) but not playing big mins. I rather invest heavily in my starting 5 and rely on them getting us over the line with role players filling out the roster.

I also like the continuity of the blue team concept. You need the right players to do it (for eg, Hammer can, Ely can't), but with the right mix, I think it's the dominate way to go.

[Greg_UK_EO50]

great conversation guys.


i have to agree eith Slam here, the starting 5 should be getting the big bucks to win the game. its nice to have a deep bench if you have an owner who doesn't care about the luxury tax, but when funds are tighter i would prefer to spend on the starters.

Greg