not a bad trade but i think there are better defenders here than swift.
also with both inside palyers still young and improving i think you should have waited at least to the next deadline.
gasol is one of the better all around players maybe he can play with ferry but i doubt it.
Lol... There certainly are better defenders then Swift. But I tried trading Gasol for those better defenders/rebounders earlier in the season, and no one was interested.
I think Gasol is a great player, and a guy that will score 22 ppg for another 4-5 years. And his C handle (which is where he is much better then Swift) makes him a great primary option. But Araujo is my first option, and Hinrich played very, very well as my 2nd option (16 ppg and 9.3 apg on 51% field, and 52% from 3 in 15 games as a second option)
There is a good chance I will regret this trade later, possibly right after TC.
But Gasol has a history of fouling out (averages about 10 DQ's per season, which is very high)
In the 15 games when I had my settings figured out, I had one major problem. Araujo only averaged 33 mpg because of foul trouble, 3.7 fpg (and 26 ppg in that span as well).
And Gasol averaged 3.3 fpg in that same time frame.
In 90% of those games, either Gasol or Araujo was in foul trouble. Just cannot win when your best players are fouling out...
I am hoping that Swift's help defense will keep Araujo on the court for about 36 mpg. And when Araujo is on the court for over 35 mpg, he averages 30 ppg and 12 rpg.
I thought Gasol and Hinrich would be the cores of my team, but have decided that the Araujo/Hinrich combo is better the Gasol/Hinrich. I just have to find the complementary players...
Very sad to see Gasol go. Hope he has an excellent career in Detroit (preferably starting after 2010
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