Insider: Hollinger...The Kings didn't get fleeced

[SacTownKid]

As Petrie said, this trade provides flexability. I remember hearing Adelman say that he shouldn't bench Webber when he goes through rough stretches b/c, something along the lines, that these guys make too much money to do that. When I heard that I almose broke my computer screen. Hopefully this changes things.

 

[Bricklayer]

As Petrie said, this trade provides flexability. I remember hearing Adelman say that he shouldn't bench Webber when he goes through rough stretches b/c, something along the lines, that these guys make too much money to do that. When I heard that I almose broke my computer screen. Hopefully this changes things.

That's not what he meant by flexibility I think -- he meant flexibiltiy to rebuild the team. These guys weren't the point. They were just the salaries which matched.

 

[BigSong]

#3 team in the East now. Assuming health of course. Shaq stubs a toe, and who knows what can happen?

#3 ? way too many ifs in your equation. big gamble.

 

[Bricklayer]

#3 ? way too many ifs in your equation. big gamble.

They weren't even a good team. They were wallowing in medicocrity. There is nothing worse than being stuck as a 35-40 win team. Not bad enough to ever get good. Not good enough to be remotely interesting. So they took a gamble. Good for them. If it gives them no more than 1 good playoff run this year its still a relief and gives both the fans and Iverson new life. They took on no more salary than they got rid of. Its a good risk.

 

[Packt]

I've read my fair share of the articles and I just don't buy any of the reasoning’s. You really have to stretch and reach to get any positives out of this deal. And any of the possibilities won't be seen until next year at the earliest, and we could've waited till the off-season. There's a risk of Webber re-injuring the knee but it's a risk I would've taken to try to win it this year. This is just me, but an injured Webber should've still been able to acquire the talent we got in return.

I guess what disappoints me most, is that we had a shot at it this year, no matter how miniscule, we had a shot. To slam the window, and cut losses now just doesn't sit well with me.

 

[4cwebb]

They weren't even a good team. They were wallowing in medicocrity. There is nothing worse than being stuck as a 35-40 win team. Not bad enough to ever get good. Not good enough to be remotely interesting. So they took a gamble. Good for them. If it gives them no more than 1 good playoff run this year its still a relief and gives both the fans and Iverson new life. They took on no more salary than they got rid of. Its a good risk.

Just to clarify, I think you're pointing to #3 in the East as being a 3-seed as winners of the Atlantic, right?

Regardless, I too think this was a good trade for Philly...the thing about CWebb is that he has always been the man on his team, probably since he started playing basketball. He was the man here in Sactown, and it was going to be very difficult for him to step aside and let Peja even play in Role 1A.

But after the injury, while he is still putting up numbers, he was taking too much of the Kings' offense to get those numbers (or at least it could be construed that way). And the injury has accelerated his decline in status to some degree...where Barkley waited until his mid-30s to realize that he couldn't win a title as Option #1, I think the injury *should* have made CWebb realize that it might be difficult for him to win a title as option #1.

But with this cast of Kings, even though there are other great offensive players, in all honesty, none hold a candle to the player CWebb was when he was their age. No one else on the Kings' roster has anywhere near the raw talent to just be a superstar that CWebb possessed at 26, 27 or 28. This is one of the reasons he had to be traded. He was showing he could be Mr. Clutch, that he could lead this team, but he was not always showing a willingness to recognize his limitations, to let Peja be Option 1A, or even Option 1 when he was having a terrible night shooting the ball.

But now he goes to Philly, and he's finally teamed with another player who has been everything he has been. AI has always been the best player on his teams, has always been the man, and he's not as long in the tooth as CWebb, although he's been around the block enough times to have earned CWebb's respect. And CWebb can comfortably and without losing any face take a backseat to AI. Philly is AI's team. Has been for 9 years. Mentally, this is a much easier transition for CWebb that it was for him to make in a Kings' uniform. That is why, if CWebb stays healthy, this trade works for Philly.