SI.com - Mixed results: Rewards of deadline deals take time to develop

[bigbadred00]

I guess the view is that it's easier to move one of three $6.5m contracts than to move one $20m that is partially damaged goods.

I think Petrie is satisified with KT and Skinner and Corliss is the ultimate good guy no matter the circumstance and is great in locker room (so I guess and from what little I hear). KT continues to get 14/10 most nights (and will hopefully cut down dum TO's) and is a keeper now with Artest. Skinner is a much better defender than Miller but not much scoring. Corliss is used where the matchups make sense and is a really good presence on the bench.

So don't think Petrie is trying to move any of those tho' Corliss can fit in several other places better than here, where they need a low post banger and 8-10 pts a night. What do we really need other than time to play together?

With SAR, Cisco, Skinner and Price off the bench, they are doing quite well, most of the time. They all need some consistency

But when Geoff is ready to deal, having 3 pieces at $6.5m or so will be much easier than one partially damaged $20m.

I love Webber, that's why maybe I'm a little skewed. But get this one, WE DID move Webber. I don't know what we've done but we have or have not tried to move Kenny, Skinner or Corliss, but they haven't moved. Therefore, it was easier to move Webber (trade went through right?) then move the guys we have who haven't led us anywhere. I like KT, don't get me wrong, I think Skinner would work if he was allowed to play and Scoreless Corliss, whatever, thing is, is the team better off before the trade? Until Artest got here, not really. Will KT, Skinner and Corliss ever lead us anywhere? Nope. Will Webber do anything with Philly, probally not. But with Webber last year we weren't necessarily a bad team until the injuries piled up. I don' know, maybe I'm bitter, but I still don't see moving the contracts as being that simple. If it was that simple, I think we would have moved Skinner already (he's very underutilized).