well, well, well. I'm not sure I like this trade from the Suns point of view at all.
Sure they gid rid of an unfavourable contract in Rip who did little in return for all the bucks, but
- they gave up one of their cornerstone young talents in Terp (who did very good since Kobe left)
Mike James is a very good PG. He average about 13ppg, almost 5 rebounds, 7apg and 1.6spg for me when he was playing PG for my team. Now that he's playing out of position, he's still averaging 10ppg , 4.6rpg, 5.+ apg, and 1.6 spg. And rating wise, mike james also got the better end.
- took back a similar high contract in older James (albeit shorter) thus freeing up only 3mio cap space
high but deserving and a shorter one.
- who in addition plays the same position as the other young cornerstone Havlicek
He can play a james and havlicek backcourt and diddle at the sf position.
- and gave up on of the better backups in Glover for worse scrubs
What has Glover done so far? He's averaging mediocre stats.
I think that this deal is a fair deal for both teams. Suns got to dump RIP's contract and got a very solid player in Mike James.
For the sixers, I need a SG/SF type player because AI is now playing the PG position. I felt that RIP, Glover and Terp can help me at that spot.