SSBA

Wiz trade:

Larry Hughes
Kwame Brown
1st round pick

Lakers trade:

Laram Odom

WIZ GET RAPPPEEEDDD

agreed
I get a young prospect in kwame and give him a chance to prove himself and hughes will be a very good player for me.

you should specify what year the pick is.

Brown and Hughes are FA's at year's end.

Plus, Thomas at C, Odom at PF, and Jamison at SF will shore up my frontcourt for year's to come.

btw, the pick is a 2006 1st rounder.

yikes...

hmmm, i guess my first sim league trade didn't go over too well.

I don't think you did bad, Wiz.  I think you got the best player in the deal.  I think Odom having a contract is also a very good thing.  Combine those two things and I think you did well.

Did you give up talent?  Yeah, but you had good depth.  You created a hole in your lineup at the 2 guard, but you weren't winning a championship this year anyway.  So I think giving up more talent to get the best player isn't a bad thing.

And for the Lakers, they're now in a rebuilding mode.  The pick can come in handy, and they have the potential to add two key players.  Not bad from either side, IMO.

your draft pick will probably be top ten, if not top five, if you are not a wizard with your DC and strategy (sorry for the bad joke  :P )

On the other hand, Lamar Odom is very talented, and you would have had to pay a mint to Kwame and Larry to keep them there. I'm not sure that either are going to be worth what they are asking for (especially Kwame.)

If it was a 2008 draft pick, I would have liked it better.

Eh...I disagree.  Strongly.  In fact, I think he could make the playoffs.

If so then I like it for the Wiz. Kwame's greed is high, he'll be asking for 8 mil +. Larry, I think, will be worth his asking price.
Larry Hughes and a non-lotto pick for Odom is a good trade.

Yeah, it really depends on 2 things.
1) Re-signing.  If he loses either of the 2 players, Wiz def. got the better deal.
2) Draft pick.  Top 5 and it's a great trade for the Lakers.  Non-lotto and I like it a lot for the Wiz.

Ultimately, that's unknown.  But right now I think Odom's definitely the best player.

Don't know if I agree completely (to be nit picky.) If he re-signs one of those guys, and the pick is a top ten, then it's a wash I think (top 3 and it's a steal for the Lakers.) This year's draft is pretty strong.

My judgement against Kwame is biased by the last sim. He asked for and received a max deal that I don't think he deserved (with similar ratings.) His C potential makes it a little hard for me to imagine that he deserves a deal like that.

Bottom line for me: Wiz need to be successful to make this trade work in their favor.

Well, Wiz better win, or this is gonna go down as a bad trade for them.

If both Hughes and Brown walk, then Wiz get better deal.

But if they both resign, and the pick is high. Splizzouch.

BTW, I think analyzing "debatable" trades like this is good for the "noobs."

I agree. WQiz ASked me to comment on this trade in a PM.

*edit*

In order for the trade to go through I had to cut someone from the lakers, as you can only have 15 players on your roster.  I cut Luke Walton.  LakersGM, if you want someone else cut let me know and I'll re-add Luke.

No one makes such detrimental mistakes in his (or her? (is koreanangel still a member?)) first year that it will ruin him in the next 10 years. Every trade in the first year is a "questionable trade."

Could i please get jumaine jones cut instead and have walton back on my roster?

Even if I lose BOTH to free agency I will still have a little cap room left and potentially more if i can get some smaller expiring deals. I wanted to rebuild my team, and thats what im doing. I'm giving Kwame a chance the chance that he need, if he doesnt impress then ill let him walk.

done.  It'll show up tomorrow nght when I upload day 4 of free agency.