Jack Brickman
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Grant's move today makes me want to dance:
Bump. Grant certainly develops into a trade genius... getting first round picks for Sessions and Leuer ;-) What's next, another 1st rounder for Boobie?
I'll give Grant a 10 the day he can use all these assets to bring in a bonafide star from a trade or free agency. Danny Ferry was an amazing swindler too, he never got us Bibby, Jason Kidd, Gerald Wallace, Andre Igoudala, Zach Randolph, Amare or anybody else.
It's a blessing in disguise that he never got those pieces, perhaps LeBron would have stayed, and thus none of this possible?
Bottom Line is Danny Ferry could never bring us in a complimentary star player. Im not even talking about superstar like Melo or Westbrook I'm talking about a fringe all-star...... Josh Smith, Randolph, Iggy, Amare..... I don't consider any of them to be superstars, they are all fringe all stars, and Danny Ferry couldn't land ANY of them, or anything comparable to them.
Hopefully Chris learned something from Danny..... Ultimately, if you want to be a great gm you have to know when to pull the trigger. It's debatable if the Cavaliers really had any of those deals on the table, but let's be realistic, everyone's available..... you just have to be willing to pay the high price.....
Grant has a LOT of ammo to play with, let's see if he can land us some players, that's the only thing separating himself from being a great GM. So far so good.
I'll give Grant a 10 the day he can use all these assets to bring in a bonafide star from a trade or free agency. Danny Ferry was an amazing swindler too, he never got us Bibby, Jason Kidd, Gerald Wallace, Andre Igoudala, Zach Randolph, Amare or anybody else.
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You don't take reaches in the NBA (Thompson), even if they do in fact pan out (Waiters). Take BPA always. ALWAYS.
Your logic is completely flawed and that of the average fan. What you consider a reach was most likely considered the closest thing to a "sure thing" by the people doing the draft. I have to trust a guy that dedicates his life to evaluating talent, and has every tool available used to judge a player to decide who is the BPA over an armchair GM.
Know this thread was dug up from earlier in the season but was thinking how what Chris Grant had been looking for in trades needs to change. All his deals so far have primarily been financially based with the Cavs taking on other teams contracts or helping them with luxury tax issues and getting draft picks for doing it. That's fine and he's done a nice job accumulating picks. Now the trades he makes need to be about talent and trying to acquire the right pieces to improve the team. He hasn't had to do that yet on the trade market so it will be interesting to see what happens.