jlprk
The ESPN mod is insane.
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You said Sergio had no trade value when Pritchard finally got around to trading him. I said that's because Pritchard runs cars into the ground by waiting too long to trade because he always says he's unsure of their talent so he needs more years to evaluate. So you have rolled your eyes a couple of times, saying that I said he should be more sure of himself. I don't see how that disproves the fact that he could have gotten more for Sergio, Webster, etc. earlier in their careers while other teams still valued them, had he recognized their true talent level as even many on this board did, instead of running the cars into the ground before trading them, which gave him the excuse of having a zero talent in Sergio, so that's why he got so little. I remember Sergio was hot property after his rookie year, and Pritchard is supposed to be such a good evaluator of talent, so why didn't he sell high?
Yes, it was linear. This did not require genius: He traded a player making $1M per year, which allowed him to bid $1M more for any free agent, such as Millsap or Miller. There was no more complexity to it than that. No Miles-like making a player disappear from the cap, no LaFrentz-like insurance scam. A simple linear dumping of a player.
Every ditching of any player by any GM carries those results. It was nothing special. It seems to have a doubling effect (he used it on 2 FAs, not just 1) only because he was a failure at getting Millsap, so he tried, tried again to spend every penny of Paul Allen's wide open wallet by offering Miller much more than anyone else thought he was worth. That's the only reason 2 FAs (Millsap & Miller) were involved, not any fancy sleight of hand. Every time someone lists those 2 FA attempts as apparently double reason to praise Pritchard, they are forced to mention his failure to acquire Millsap.
The cash payments were all for the full $3M, according to the articles and Oregonian blogs at the time of the trades, except maybe the Sergio one was for his $1.5M salary, since that one is new to me. But even if you're right and they were all for $2M (they weren't--if it had been less than $3M, Pritchard would have announced it to stop everyone from thinking it was the full amount), it still shows that Pritchard can't make a trade on his own, like other GMs, without the Paul Allen advantage greasing the wheels to get a motivated seller. So that whenever we hear that Pritchard got more than he gave in a trade, without mention of the payment on the side which was the only difference between his offer and offers from competing GMs, we should realize that genius was not required, because the other owner values millions of dollars like most people, while our generous owner doesn't.
So Pritchard wasn't responsible for getting Roy and Aldridge. Too easy....I'll throw this fish back into the water. I claim to be a humanitarian, after all.
Yes, it was linear. This did not require genius: He traded a player making $1M per year, which allowed him to bid $1M more for any free agent, such as Millsap or Miller. There was no more complexity to it than that. No Miles-like making a player disappear from the cap, no LaFrentz-like insurance scam. A simple linear dumping of a player.
Every ditching of any player by any GM carries those results. It was nothing special. It seems to have a doubling effect (he used it on 2 FAs, not just 1) only because he was a failure at getting Millsap, so he tried, tried again to spend every penny of Paul Allen's wide open wallet by offering Miller much more than anyone else thought he was worth. That's the only reason 2 FAs (Millsap & Miller) were involved, not any fancy sleight of hand. Every time someone lists those 2 FA attempts as apparently double reason to praise Pritchard, they are forced to mention his failure to acquire Millsap.
The cash payments were all for the full $3M, according to the articles and Oregonian blogs at the time of the trades, except maybe the Sergio one was for his $1.5M salary, since that one is new to me. But even if you're right and they were all for $2M (they weren't--if it had been less than $3M, Pritchard would have announced it to stop everyone from thinking it was the full amount), it still shows that Pritchard can't make a trade on his own, like other GMs, without the Paul Allen advantage greasing the wheels to get a motivated seller. So that whenever we hear that Pritchard got more than he gave in a trade, without mention of the payment on the side which was the only difference between his offer and offers from competing GMs, we should realize that genius was not required, because the other owner values millions of dollars like most people, while our generous owner doesn't.
So Pritchard wasn't responsible for getting Roy and Aldridge. Too easy....I'll throw this fish back into the water. I claim to be a humanitarian, after all.
I'm specifically recalling KP on Rome. If not I'll try to find a link this evening
