As most of you know I thought this was a bad deal at first because of the pick swap--I had it as an F---I changed my mind to a C when the pick swap was in our favor. Still not sure. Yes, I like having an extra pick. No, I did not like giving up Ramon, as I see him as someone who could have been a part of the core long term (now I am not in the front office, I do not know if he was opting out FOR SURE, I do not know what other teams were going to offer--I do not know if he could have been sold on playing 28 to 30 min per game as backup PG, sharing some minutes with Kyrie---I get all the issues we probably had--I get that we probably HAD to trade him.)
One thing to think about--go back draft Ramon came into the league--if there was a re-draft, he goes top 10 with almost no problem. So the net of our trade was a top 10 pick in quality player, a late first (Eyenga), took on $5 million to get a late first and optional pick swap. The Lakers are saving $10Million and got a starting PG--all for one late first round pick and swapping a few spots next year (after watching the game last night, I do not see them dropping much next year unless someone gets hurt and is out the year).
Now for a comparison trade, the Rockets gave up a crappy "big", took back Fisher, who they bought out for NOTHING and got the Mavs pick. THAT is an A deal for the Rockets. Why didn't we take Fisher?? Why didn't we offer to add any of our crappy bigs (Hollins? Erden? Jordan Hill sucks, so don't try to even tell me he was a diff maker here--Hollins could have been 6 fouls a game for them) plus maybe even add Parker (SF D, three pt shooter to play spot minutes?) and take Fisher back with Walton and get both picks??
Also for those of you who think Sessions sucks--go watch the Lakers play with him--and he is just getting used to his new team and offense....PLUS 40 in 99 minutes when he is on the floor so far. How long before potato head sees this and lets him play 35 minutes a night?? Per 36 numbers so far..17.3, 8.6, 4.7 shooting 56%,42.9% and 78.6%..PER of 23.7 with a USG rate of just 20. I know small sample size---but once he gets the offense down, I think his assist numbers might go even higher--his shooting probably won't stay that high, but I do see him around 45% from the floor and 35 to 38% or so from three.