OFFICIAL: Kings trade Webber to Philly!!!!!
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I'm with you on this. I think that trading someone with Webb's passion and desire is ridiculous. I think that it is a slap in the face to Webb and everything he has meant for this team. He was traded for no one, and this is unexcusable. I hope I feel better in the morning, but right now I'm wondering what kind of team I've been routing for.
I honestly do not know.
My heart is broken. I have watched other trades, and been sad, but not like this. Not in the middle of the season and not for what seems like nothing close to what we had.
I honestly think the heart of our team left. I honestly think the drive and desire of Chris Webber was a main motivator. I do not know what's going to happen...
I am crying.
My heart is broken. I have watched other trades, and been sad, but not like this. Not in the middle of the season and not for what seems like nothing close to what we had.
I honestly think the heart of our team left. I honestly think the drive and desire of Chris Webber was a main motivator. I do not know what's going to happen...
I am crying.
Marcos Breton wrote an article in the Bee a while back on Chris Webber. It was for the most part another one of those cirtical pieces, but what always stuck with me because as much as it hurt, I thought it was true, is that look at every team's Chris has left, the Warriors and Wizards and they are almost left in shambles. The warriors are still getting over and trying to get back even some of the sucess they experienced with Chris, ditto for the Whiz (who are doing ok this season), and now, we will probably suffer the same fate.
You know I see some of these screen names on this board all the time but with comments like this I wonder if we watch the same time. What about Mike Bibby. What about Peja who we might keep now because his main problem whether he says it or not is gone. Also we have Brad Miller, oh and by the way Cuttino Mobley. Hey we have Mo evans, and Darius Songaila. We have a lot of talent here.
Although it's a bad trade, people are overreacting. A lot of these comments are just out of hand.
Second of all: To all the people supporting a Peja trade because we could afford to give up offense to get some defense and rebounding - we definitely did that. Just not the way you hoped.
Don't look at the trade in terms of who got a better deal - look at our team before and after. The only question mark is our passing - can our offense flow the way it has? Is peja really getting a good deal - in the past year, we've seen three of our best passers gone! Personally, I think that despite this, webber being gone will open up our offensive game - we have no great individual passers left - but we still have our attitude and our system. His style often caused stagnation.
Brad has to step up in not just scoring, but in creating. Mike may have to play a little more traditional pg. And Cat has to learn our system.
Second of all: To all the people supporting a Peja trade because we could afford to give up offense to get some defense and rebounding - we definitely did that. Just not the way you hoped.
Don't look at the trade in terms of who got a better deal - look at our team before and after. The only question mark is our passing - can our offense flow the way it has? Is peja really getting a good deal - in the past year, we've seen three of our best passers gone! Personally, I think that despite this, webber being gone will open up our offensive game - we have no great individual passers left - but we still have our attitude and our system. His style often caused stagnation.
Brad has to step up in not just scoring, but in creating. Mike may have to play a little more traditional pg. And Cat has to learn our system.
We could at least get Dalembert. Miller could play 4 and Dalembert would provide some defense at 5. But we got nothing for an all-star player. Actually it would be much better if we got nothing because all we got is tweener players with bad contracts.
I understand that Webber's value is not that high but couldn't we at least get some promising player or a draft pick?
I understand that Webber's value is not that high but couldn't we at least get some promising player or a draft pick?
I'm not trying to be disrespectful. The guy can shoot, but he can't move which limites his defensive capabilities or fast break capabilities. Being respectful is one thing, but dealing with reality is another. You have to deal with the reality that Webbers play will regress from here, as he can play less and less because of his knee.
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