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« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2007, 02:10:16 PM » |
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I definitely lost out talent wise, but I'm in a little bit of a "win now" mode, and thinks this makes me better.
I liked Barkley, a lot. but I never quite found out how to best use him. Maybe that's my fault, but he also brings certain traits that are hard to build a team around. He's actually a better perimeter defender than post defender, but moving him to SF takes a dip in his rebounding #'s, one of his better traits. He had problems holding his own defensively at PF, and didn't have the steals or blocks to overcome that.
In Munson I get a top flight defender, and a better outside shooter, as evidenced by 80+% career ft shooter. After giving up Bol (and losing his shotblocking), and getting Sampson (and getting his inside scoring), I felt Munson fit my team better. He won't crowd the paint, will give me the shotblocking I lost in the previous trade (3.6 and 3.7 per game the last two years), and provides equal rebounding as Barkley. I think he fits in great as a 3rd option.
My top 4 options are now Sampson, Blackman, Munson and Brice, two A- defenders and two A defenders. This team is clearly in a win now mode (as they are 25, 27, 30 and 34 years old respectively. I do worry about giving up a 22 year old with B potential for a 30 year old, but I'm sick of building for the future. I would have liked to have gotten another tradeable commodity back in the deal, but in the end I'm happy with the player and fit I acquired.
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