The case against Connaughton

[julius]

Ahh...everyone gets their "whoosh" once in a while. Today was mine. All good; keeps me humble.

We're limited to "once in a while" now?


I'm screwed.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

We're limited to "once in a while" now?


I'm screwed.

Forutnately, "a while" is an indeterminate amount of time. Just recalibrate yours to about 10 minutes or so, and you're good to go.

 

[BonesJones]

This may come as a shocker but the only reason any NBA player is in the league is they possess an attribute that lends itself to the game of basketball...

And whats Pat's...?

 

[H.C.]

PAtty C is a hustler player. He'll never be anything more than that.
When he got minutes before the end of the season. He was very much miss.
He had a game or two when he had an impact on the defensive end. But for the majority of the time he was miss.(and I'm not talking about his shot)

PatC experiment is over. Kudos to him for being a 2 sport athlete. But NBA basketball is over for him.

 

[stampedehero]

OK, I tried your thought exercise, and I got stuck at '25 and a millionaire.' What does being called 'filler' supposed to do to me? I'm still going to be 25 and a millionaire in this scenario right?

In this forum he was called a filler for a trade>

 

[Destroyer of Worlds]

And whats Pat's...?

GOT EMMMM. Nailed it. What does Pat do well?? He is mentally stronger than Meyers, that's about it.

Exactly. Luckily for Pat he doesn't make much (in the grand scheme of things)

 

[Boob-No-More]

I'm not sure if this is a case for Pat, or against Pat, but he does have some value...

For example, this trade doesn't work without him:

But works with him:

If we trade him before the 25th, the team we trade him to has the option of declining his 2017-18 team option and knocking almost $1.5 million off their payroll and salary cap.

BNM

 

[blue9]

I think Pat is a lot better than he's given credit for. He's not great by any means. But, I believe that if given a consistent role with the team he could provide at least 80% of what Evan Turner provided us last season. And 110% of what Aminu provided us. Like I said - not great. But given his salary, I'd rather have him on the team and get rid of Turner*/Aminu.

*For some odd reason, I'm slightly hopeful that Turner will be good this season...or at least significantly better than he was last season. I have no reason to feel this way, but I do.