Final Details of the Lee trade and contract
by ADLC on Jul 9, 2010 9:56 PM EDT
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PrintWith all the post about Lee getting traded I figured someone needed to put all the details in one place with his new contract and the players being moved. There is a lot of bad information, and I just wanted to clarify it.
To get the trade done Lee agreed to a new deal for 6 years, $80 Million. Golden State gives New York Anthony Randolph, Ronny Turiaf and Kelenna Azubuike none of whom are expected to sign new contracts. No cash or draft picks are expected to be moved. Turiaf's contract may be bought out. Golden State now is about $3mil under the cap plus the midlevel exemption.
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hahaha
I still can’t really what the hell the warriors are doing with their franchise, complete disarray in my opinion, but then again, I’m not a huge basketball fan
Adoptive parent of Kyle Nicholson
this was a good deal for them, though
david lee is a solid power forward. He gives them a better interior presence to balance out the dynamic Curry/Ellis combo. Randolph is the only meaningful asset here. Azuibuike and Turiaf are replaceable, although I’ve long been a Turiaf fan. Randolph showed signs last year, and may very well develop, but they still have Brandan Wright and Andris Biedrins as long big men.
in terms of the year 2010, I agree
but signing Lee to 80 million over 6 years kind of hurts any future plans GS could have, since Ellis and Biedrins are both signed under pretty expensive multiyear deals as well if I remember correctly. I was kind of hoping the Warriors to stick with short contracts for a couple years to have a lot of flexibility in a few years, instead they keep tying up more and more future dollars
Adoptive parent of Kyle Nicholson
Ouch
I read a lot here but never post, so fitting that a random Warriors post catches my eye…
I love David Lee. He hustles and cares and is efficient and is a good guy, but the Warriors just basically tied their future to a solid, but unspectacular big man with inflated stats from a run-and-gun Knicks team. While Randolph oozes potential, who knows if he’ll ever reach it, so I don’t have a problem with Lee as a solid short-term upgrade. But he’ll never be a star and a 6/$80 M player better be a star.
The unfortunate aspect is that the Warriors are tying their fate (aka cap space) to a few players that, while good #2/3 options on a great team, are not cut to be stars. Can you imagine a Curry/Ellis/Lee/Biedrins core making making a deep run into the playoffs? I don’t think so. And now because you’ve locked yourself into these deals, you don’t really have the flexibility to acquire max money guys who are actually worth it.
Sadly, the Warriors consistently spend years ridding themselves of extravagantly overpaid long-term contracts (Murphy, Dunleavy, Richardson, Jackson, Maggette, Fisher, Foyle.. soon to be Ellis, Biedrins, Lee), then blow the money off on similar overpays. Rinse, repeat.
I don’t know why we all stick with this team. I complain regularly about Brian Sabean, but I don’t even bother anymore with Chris Cohan. It’s not worth the effort.
Also
The Warriors have the best fans in the NBA. I don’t know how else to put it. We’ll never abandon them… ownership doesn’t realize how good they have it.
Still like the
Montero offer more. He could of dropped 30 on a nightly basis for GS
"This has got to hurt"
by Da.aron on Jul 9, 2010 11:55 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Wrong Lee and Wrong Sport :)
funny though! I also was sad to see the Knicks give up on Lee.
"Fantasy, reality, science Fiction. Which is which? Who can tell?"
I feel like
the Knicks have never valued David Lee as highly as other folks. That said, landing Anthony Randolph is a good gamble. He showed some steps this year. Granted, that was with that GS offense, but in D’Antoni’s offense, he should get some freedom as well. Considering Lee was a FA, getting a really young upside guy like Randolph is a nice gamble.
I don't know about that..
Lee’s a great offensive player, but he’s so useless defensively that he’s pretty limited in terms of upside.
He could score 30 a game and I’d still have a problem with his defense, you just can’t have a revolving door with absolutely no hops in the middle of the paint.
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by Satchel Price on Jul 11, 2010 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions
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