I knew 3 mill was the max cash limit, but didn’t realize teams wouldn’t ask for the full amount past the first round. Of course, now that I look for an actual dollar amount, I can only find “cash considerations” as the traded asset.

Jax Raging Bile Duct :<Fourth, you keep saying we paid 3.5 mill for two second rounders. Do you realize we bought Vaden as a 2nd round pick this past draft? It’s common to buy a 2nd round pick for 3 mill.

Actually, you quoted the price for a first round pick (the maximum amount of cash that can exchange hands in a deal). I imagine second round picks are much less expensive.

Gar :This makes me wonder why Etan’s contract will be easy to flip at the deadline, but Watson’s wouldn’t have been. Anyone know?

I don’t know that Watson’s contract would have been hard to flip, but keeping him on the team with what, I have to assume, was becoming a surlier attitude by the day, would have been more than it was worth to hold onto.

The really nice part of Thomas’ contract for trading puroposes, as opposed to holding onto Atkins and Wilkins, is that it is much easier to trade one person once the season has begun than multiple people. Once rosters are limited to fifteen players, sending out more players than you are receiving is difficult.

I don’t think you’re hearing what we’re trying to say bro.

Crow said first that we’ve been shopping guys like Watson, Atkins and Wilkins for a while now, and there have been no bites. It’s no surprise that the team that finally bit on the deal traded us a guy who’s never played for them before.

Second, it’s much easier to move a single contract than it is multiple contracts, and Etan’s is expiring.

Third, you have one bench spot taken with a non-producer, not two. That alone is worth millions.

Fourth, you keep saying we paid 3.5 mill for two second rounders. Do you realize we bought Vaden as a 2nd round pick this past draft? It’s common to buy a 2nd round pick for 3 mill.

The real value in this trade is the open roster spot and the easier to move expiring contract.

You have a point about the jokes being awful if we use a D-Leaguer as a scape-goat. We can always use Royce though because he didn’t will our team to victory and technically he is not one of us ordinary folk since he runs the site. @Royce it’s all on you to will us to 35+ wins this season…get on it ;).