OT: Baron Davis for Mo Williams

[B-Roy]

http://twitter.com/#!/SpearsNBAYahoo

Clippers have agreed in principle to trade G Baron Davis to Cavaliers for G Mo Williams, sources tell Y! Sports.

Wow really? Am I the only one who fails to see how this does anything for either team?

 

[SheedSoNasty]

I agree, there's been a lot of fishy trades going on.

 

[maxiep]

Chucker A for Chucker B.

 

[Mamba]

I really don't get this trade...

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

He went to L.A. and got lazy and out of shape.

Welcome to Cleveland, Baron!

 

[craigehlo]

Marc Spears: Clippers have agreed in principle to acquire guards Mo Williams and Jamario Moon from Cleveland for guard Baron Davis and a 2011 1st round pick (Clippers pick), sources tells Y! Sports.

 

[Sug]

In other news a dog pooped on the carpet and a cat pooped on a carpet. They took a moment to think about what happened, and moved on.

 

[B-Roy]

...

LOL

Clippers giving up their first rounder to drop salary. Typical Clippers move. This is exactly why they will NEVER be good.

 

[illmatic99]

It's probably highly protected anyway, so not really a big deal.

 

[maxiep]

I really don't get this trade...

Sure you do. It's the Clippers. Has a team ever done less with more opportunities?

 

[oldmangrouch]

If that pick is unprotected - or even top 3 protected - the Cavs did very well.

 

[B-Roy]

It's probably highly protected anyway, so not really a big deal.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ys-daviswilliams022311

Unprotected.

Leave it to the Clippers ROFL.

 

[Mamba]

Wow. Absolutely wow.

The Clippers strike again

 

[illmatic99]

Surely they had another team's pick? Even the Clippers aren't that stupid to trade their own pic.... are they? WTF

 

[Mamba]

This just confirms that the Clippers' are going to ride Griffin's star power for as long as they can with no true intentions of building a real team.

 

[Eastoff]

This just confirms that the Clippers' are going to ride Griffin's star power for as long as they can with no true intentions of building a real team.

this.

p.s. fuck your team =[

 

[Natebishop3]

Choooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

 

[oldmangrouch]

Choooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Meh, who wants a top 8 pick anyway.

 

[B-Roy]

Meh, who wants a top 8 pick anyway.

Would you take Baron Davis for that pick?

 

[Natebishop3]

Would you take Baron Davis for that pick?

I would. I'd cut his ass if I had to. The way I see it, we won't be under the cap anytime soon with Roy, Aldridge, etc. Why not take on some excess to get a lottery pick? Maybe use it to turn around and get something better?

 

[alex42083]

Great deal for the Cavs... the Clips are idiots for giving up their lottery pick.

 

[B-Roy]

I would. I'd cut his ass if I had to. The way I see it, we won't be under the cap anytime soon with Roy, Aldridge, etc. Why not take on some excess to get a lottery pick? Maybe use it to turn around and get something better?

Davis is owed ~35 Million for the rest of his contract. That's a steep steep price to be paying for a lottery pick, even for Paul Allen. We like to throw around the "Paul has so much money it doesn't matter" card around, but you have to admit, even that is too much for Paul to stomach for something that may or may not even turn out to be a good pick. This draft isn't particularly deep and add to the fact that you'd likely be losing Andre as well as Joel, and it's a definite no go imo.

 

[Natebishop3]

Davis is owed ~35 Million for the rest of his contract. That's a steep steep price to be paying for a lottery pick, even for Paul Allen. We like to throw around the "Paul has so much money it doesn't matter" card around, but you have to admit, even that is too much for Paul to stomach for something that may or may not even turn out to be a good pick. This draft isn't particularly deep and add to the fact that you'd likely be losing Andre as well as Joel, and it's a definite no go imo.

How much did we dump on Stevie Franchise before we cut him?

 

[B-Roy]

How much did we dump on Stevie Franchise before we cut him?

We've heard reports that Paul is trying to be more conservative with his money.

Just because they've unwisely dumped millions before, doesn't mean they should do it again. For example, the Blazers had a payroll of over 100 million earlier this decade, they'd be stupid to try that again.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Would you take Baron Davis for that pick?

He has 2 years left on a horrible contract....but....he won't get paid during the lock-out anyway. If the team doesn't want to deal with him in 2012 - buy him out.

 

[Run BJM]

We've heard reports that Paul is trying to be more conservative with his money.

Just because they've unwisely dumped millions before, doesn't mean they should do it again. For example, the Blazers had a payroll of over 100 million earlier this decade, they'd be stupid to try that again.

Unless you've got a championship core in place and you want to spend extra on better role players, being financially savvy is to one's benefit in the NBA. Bogging yourself down with big, untradable deals when you're not in contention is no way to build a champion.

BTW my favorite part about this trade is that Baron is getting teamed up with Byron Scott again. You guys may not remember but Scott ran Baron out of town when and they had a lot of issues with one another before he was pawned off onto GS.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

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Clippers have agreed in principle to trade G Baron Davis to Cavaliers for G Mo Williams, sources tell Y! Sports.

Wow really? Am I the only one who fails to see how this does anything for either team?

It's actually sort of funny. Davis is like Paul Pierce in that he only plays hard when he's on a team that's going to the playoffs. Otherwise, he barely goes thru the motions and collects his pay. Seems like Cleveland is a fitting place for him.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Meh, who wants a top 8 pick anyway.

This looks like a pretty weak draft.

 

[oldmangrouch]

This looks like a pretty weak draft.

True - but have you looked at the Blazer bench recently? Rebuilding the bench may not be the #1 priority......but it needs to be done. After the Claver/Babbitt/Williams fiascos, even this draft looks pretty good.

 

[BalancedMan]

I see the value of this trade from both sides. Clevland need to blow up, start acquring picks as much as possible and shedding salary so that in a few years they can have young talent and recruit a big FA or two to join. As for Clippers, they have enough salary that they're (Kaman, Baron) that they're probably too far along to completely blow up, but they get a younger PG in Williams and also an energetic swingman in Moon. They probably wanted a better SF, but the Clippers were known to be looking for a SF. Moon can play 20 minutes a game and while he doesn't provide much offensively, he won't need to with Griffin, Gordon, Williams and Kaman getting touches. He's a good defender, very much a glue guy who has shown down the ability to make open three's in the past. I can see it from both sides.