Magic pay Big Baby 4 years/26 mil

Is Otis Smith the worst GM in the NBA?

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Ryan Rusillo agrees.

Now the Q is, how can the Warriors take advantage of him?

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Given the wisdom of our other moves this offseason, I’m surprised we didn’t get in on the bidding for Big Baby.

Is Otis Smith the worst GM in the NBA?

Glass houses, stones, etc. ;-)

There will be no extra point!

by Sleepy Freud on Dec 14, 2011 12:16 PM PST reply actions

I should have clarified

They traded Bass’s 2 years/8 mil for Big Baby’s 4 years/26.5 mil

by tafkasam on Dec 14, 2011 12:21 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah, that is probably dumber than anything we’ve done this offseason. Though perhaps not quite as dumb as the Rashard Lewis contract…

There will be no extra point!

by Sleepy Freud on Dec 14, 2011 12:35 PM PST up reply actions

Smith must be delusional

how is this supposed to convince Howard to stick around?

"There’s no such thing as off the charts, just get a bigger piece of paper. If you can’t figure that out you shouldn’t be charting anything" - Skep

by Duby Dub Dubs on Dec 14, 2011 1:18 PM PST up reply actions

Dwight mentioned Big Baby as one of the guys he wants to play with

by bObaBaLLa on Dec 14, 2011 2:13 PM PST up reply actions

A prime example (along with wanting to play with Stephen Jackson and Monta) of why players shouldn't make personnel decisions.

by Spider Jerusalem on Dec 14, 2011 3:07 PM PST up reply actions

Lewis' contract wasn't that bad.

He’s an excellent player who helped them get within two games of a title.

by Spider Jerusalem on Dec 14, 2011 2:09 PM PST up reply actions

I know his RAPM is amazing but...do you really think he's worth the max for 7 years?

Ron Paul 2012

by GovernorStephCurry on Dec 14, 2011 2:21 PM PST up reply actions

I will say that he's earned his money a lot more than Rudy Gay, Joe Johnson, Arenas, Carmelo, Amare did/will.

Otis Smith most certainly overpaid for him (and I don’t think anyone else was going to give him that much money but I’m not privy to that information, obviously), but given the make-up of the Magic, Lewis’ skillset, and the fact that he was a big part of what turned them into perennial title contenders, I think it’s far from a faux pas.

by Spider Jerusalem on Dec 14, 2011 3:04 PM PST up reply actions

Really?

Lewis is a good player. But 6years, 118 million!?

by tafkasam on Dec 14, 2011 2:44 PM PST up reply actions

I didn't say it wasn't bad, I said it wasn't /that/ bad.

Otis has done a lot dumber things (trading a productive player with a giant contract for an unproductive one with an even giant-er contract, mainly).

by Spider Jerusalem on Dec 14, 2011 3:05 PM PST up reply actions

Or the Hedo trade. The Hedo trade is still the most harmful (since the amnesty claused saved them from Arenas).

by Spider Jerusalem on Dec 14, 2011 3:06 PM PST up reply actions

You have to admit, it's a bad sign when you're justifying rashard lewis contract with the argument "He's done worse"

by tafkasam on Dec 14, 2011 4:26 PM PST up reply actions

I'm not justifying Lewis' contract by saying Otis has done worse.

I’m justifying Lewis’ contract by saying that a lot less productive players get max contracts, thus the conclusion that Otis has done worse (as in things that did not in any way help his team and in fact made them actively worse, something not true of Rashard Lewis).

by Spider Jerusalem on Dec 14, 2011 4:32 PM PST up reply actions