02 Aug 2015 06:28:14
This went down Friday:
GS/PHI
GS trades Gerald Wallace, cash, rights to swap the worst of the OKC/MIA picks with the Warriors 2016 1st.
PHI trades Jason Thompson.
Makes sense for the sixers, and I love it for the Warriors. With the Lee trade and now this one, they've saved $22m in just tax savings for pretty much nothing. Thompson won't play a ton, but he's still solid. And he's only guaranteed $2.5m in 2016.
ROSTER
Curry/Livingston/Craft
Thompson/Barbosa/Clark
Barnes/Iguodala/Rush
Green/Speights/McAdoo
Bogut/Ezeli/Thompson
+Kevon Looney and Michael Frazier in D-League
02 Aug 2015 13:20:42
"Mekes sense for the sixers. " How exactly does this make sense for the Sixers? They traded a player that can contribute for a player that cannot contribute. In return, they received the rights to swap either the Miami/OKC pick for the Warriors pick.
As for the pick swap, unless the Warriors get hit with an injury of some sort, they'll go pretty far into the playoffs. Utilizing this pick swap is a long shot to happen, and if it does happen, it will be near the end of the first round. Big freaking deal.
This indicates to me the Sixers are not serious about competing this year. Instead of getting a competent PG, they're shedding players (again).
02 Aug 2015 22:41:10
^Did you think the sixers would compete this year? Gerald Wallace is a good locker room presence and it's not like Thompson is a beast. Plus wallaces contract expires after next year, while Thompson costs $2.5m if you waive him.
03 Aug 2015 14:53:51
@warriors There going to waive Wallace anyway. There trying to move Landry to in some reports. He thought sixers could win 30 games