Garbage Minus One Out, Disaster In

by CatchAndShoot on Jan 17, 2007 9:41 PM PST

Let's face, the majority wanted Troy out of Warriors since God knows when. Mike has been playing good off the bench this season and yet it still doesn't cut it. Keith McLeod was our best free throw shooter, great, our best free throw shooter was a bench warmer. Ike had a holy crap lot of talent, and we just wasted him! He's the only player that the Warriors MIGHT regret trading. But to think about that, if Ike play by Nellie's rules. I kind of doubt he will ever play up to everybody's expectations and will never become the star, or even coming close to one.

The disaster now? Is for Al Harrington, Stephen Jackson, that guy, and Josh Powell to adjust to Nellie's system. Josh Powell seems like a great big dump right now, but let's see if we can do what we did with Matt Barnes to him. And here's my opinions about the trade and if it was worth it or not:

Troy for Al- Satisfying at the moment, although Troy does have better rebouding skills than Al. We'll have to see about this one.

Mike for Stephen- For somebody who was 6-9, Mike had handles. Stephen has just as much, don't get me wrong. But both of them lack rebounding. Also, Stephen isn't used to coming off the bench. We'll also have to see about this one.

Ike for that guy- RIPOFF! Forgive me, I cannot spell that guy's name. Ike has better FG%, rebounding, free throw, and foot work. That guy, looks pretty good to be the next one to get a superkick from a Cav and following Dunleavy's footstep.

Keith for Josh- Okay, get the idea. We're talking about Josh Powell, not Josh Howard. And again, we lost our best free throw shooter and he was a bench warmer.

One more thing, we did get was expirience, Al and Stephen isn't at the point where they're about to retire.

Starting Line-up

G:B-Diddy
G:J-Rich
F:Matt Barnes(Turnover Prone) or Mikael Pietrus (Foul!) or Stephen Jackson (REBOUNDING PROBLEMS!)
F:Al Harrington
C:Andris Biedrins
1B:Monta Ellis
-you decide the rest-

Poll

Did we get a good deal?

Yes

15 votes

No

3 votes

18 votes | Poll has closed

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BARNES IS NOT STARTING

DUDE, COME ON.

RIP mAC dRE aka aNDrE mACAsSi aka MuHaMMeD I-E aka pILL cLinToN

by jmefrisco on Jan 17, 2007 10:17 PM PST reply actions

well,

I would've put Stephen on the starting line-up if his defense isn't as consistent as the Warriors's free throw or LBJ's defense.

by CatchAndShoot on Jan 17, 2007 10:25 PM PST up reply actions

Pietrus would still be ahead of him.

RIP mAC dRE aka aNDrE mACAsSi aka MuHaMMeD I-E aka pILL cLinToN

by jmefrisco on Jan 17, 2007 10:28 PM PST reply actions

Alright.

Yeah, that would probably be a good choice, he just got to keep out of foul trouble, and he be good.

by CatchAndShoot on Jan 17, 2007 10:36 PM PST up reply actions

sarunus

don't sleep on him. dude can shoot

by AJC3317 on Jan 17, 2007 10:52 PM PST reply actions

sarunus also is a 92% free throw shooter

so stop complaining about losing free throw shooting. He is a great offensive backup to baron.

by racsan on Jan 17, 2007 10:58 PM PST reply actions

player by player comparisons are stupid

what if we got KG, then three random fillers? I know that's an extreme example, but just illustrates stupidness of player by player comparisons.
Another thing to illustrate this: your comparing Ike to Sarunas and you say Ike has better fg%, rebounding, free throw, and footwork. Ummmmmm Sarunas is a GUARD. OF COURSE Ike has better fg% and rebounding. Conversely, Sarunas has a better outside shot, ball-handling skills, and passing skills. You know why? Because you're comparing a power forward's skill set to a point guard's skill set! (as for your mentioning of ft, might want to look it up before saying Ike is better...)
Have a nice day

by gsw4life on Jan 18, 2007 3:34 AM PST reply actions

Dude

in a KG for pieces trade, it's bad, but for this trade, it's quite OBVIOUS that this was player for player all the way through.

And I'll stick to my guns in saying Ike is a better player than Saurnas. Tim Duncan is a PF, and Pops Mensah-Bonsu is a guard, but I think we can all agree on who is better....

by Zorgon on Jan 18, 2007 11:16 AM PST up reply actions

I looked it up

"That guy" (yeah, I know, copying and pasting the name is a bitch): career 91.4% FT
Ike Diogu: career 80.7% FT

Nice analysis, dude ;-)

by Sleepy Freud on Jan 18, 2007 7:00 AM PST reply actions

I agree with you

on the fact that this probobly could turn out to be a disaaster trade. I'm a bit bias in saying that we lost on every piece of the trade (which I believe we did) but you seem to come across as a nice unbias source. It's a nice objective opinion, and although a lot of people will hate on you for this, I think it's a nice diary.

by Zorgon on Jan 18, 2007 11:14 AM PST reply actions

One more thing...

You can't equally weigh each player vs. player comparison. The McLeod-Powell comparison shouldn't be worth as much as the Harrington-Murphy comparison. That makes no sense because neither player will have the impact.

Also, you don't mention the salary cap ramifications nor the difference in athleticism. If you are a good athlete you'll do well in Nellie's system. So while Dun and Murph will contribute more to Indiana than they did here, I bet the same is true for Al and SJ here.