KidA23
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Not that anyone cares, but Marcus Thornton and the Kings have been Louisiana hot sauce since the Carl Landry / Thornton trade. The Kings have won 4 in a row and Thornton is averaging 22 points and 5 rebounds on 47% shooting since the trade.
Seems like there have been a few midseason trades this year that, at least in the VERY short term, have been quite lopsided. The Knicks' struggles since the 'Melo trade need no introduction, while the Nuggets have shot up to the #5 seed with Gallo, Chandler, Felton, and co. While the Nets have been more competitive with D-Williams despite his recent wrist injury (and their improved play is also the result of the emergence of Kris Humphries--yes, THAT Kris Humphries who committed to Duke and then transferred to Minnesota), the Jazz have been downright awful since acquiring Harris and Favors from the Nets.
Obviously, the projected time frame of some of when these trades are to benefit their respective participants makes all the difference. The Jazz' situation is an obvious one. However, it doesn't seem so clear to me that even accounting for this, some of these trades STILL weren't really lopsided. Devin Harris is 27, in his prime, and still basically sucks and hasn't ever led a team to a winning record of any sort. In New York, Dolan would clearly--and has tried to--say that the 'Melo trade "wasn't about this year," but how much different can the Knicks be expected to be next year with no additional cap space, virtually the same roster, and an already-aging-and-wearing-down Billups will only be older? Will a 2-week training camp together really be enough for that mismatched roster to stop sucking and be decent next year?
And I liked the addition of Landry to the Hornets their present situation, but with the West injury, that team is toast regardless. Yea, Thornton wasn't ever going to "blow up" with CP3 and Jack dominating the ball, but they gave up a very young and very explosive player to an intraconference team in order to make a "run" this year with a middling roster that is no better than 7th in the West anyway. I dunno.
Seems like there have been a few midseason trades this year that, at least in the VERY short term, have been quite lopsided. The Knicks' struggles since the 'Melo trade need no introduction, while the Nuggets have shot up to the #5 seed with Gallo, Chandler, Felton, and co. While the Nets have been more competitive with D-Williams despite his recent wrist injury (and their improved play is also the result of the emergence of Kris Humphries--yes, THAT Kris Humphries who committed to Duke and then transferred to Minnesota), the Jazz have been downright awful since acquiring Harris and Favors from the Nets.
Obviously, the projected time frame of some of when these trades are to benefit their respective participants makes all the difference. The Jazz' situation is an obvious one. However, it doesn't seem so clear to me that even accounting for this, some of these trades STILL weren't really lopsided. Devin Harris is 27, in his prime, and still basically sucks and hasn't ever led a team to a winning record of any sort. In New York, Dolan would clearly--and has tried to--say that the 'Melo trade "wasn't about this year," but how much different can the Knicks be expected to be next year with no additional cap space, virtually the same roster, and an already-aging-and-wearing-down Billups will only be older? Will a 2-week training camp together really be enough for that mismatched roster to stop sucking and be decent next year?
And I liked the addition of Landry to the Hornets their present situation, but with the West injury, that team is toast regardless. Yea, Thornton wasn't ever going to "blow up" with CP3 and Jack dominating the ball, but they gave up a very young and very explosive player to an intraconference team in order to make a "run" this year with a middling roster that is no better than 7th in the West anyway. I dunno.
