http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/11/16/weird-team-makes-weird-trade-with-bad-team-news-at-11/ Unbiased opinions from extremely biased people Wed, 23 May 2012 04:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/11/16/weird-team-makes-weird-trade-with-bad-team-news-at-11/comment-page-1/#comment-28853 Hardwood Paroxysm » Blog Archive » Oh Ye of Little Faith Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:52:39 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=3820#comment-28853 [...] Moore is absolutely right: the Cap’n Jack to Char Town deal is weird. And to a lot of people, it brings a special kind of hell to the Bobcats and financial relief to the Warriors. And hey, who am I to disagree? Paying Stephen Jackson’s contract is going to be a mega bummer, and GS was lucky to get such financial relief despite having little to stand on (sit on?) at the negotiating table. A few years down the line, when Jackson’s contract appreciates and his value depreciates, this trade will really hurt. It will likely prevent the ‘Cats from having the financial flexibility they clearly want, the locker room may be in shambles, and yet another franchise will be held captive to Jackson’s inflated sense of self-worth. [...] [...] Moore is absolutely right: the Cap’n Jack to Char Town deal is weird. And to a lot of people, it brings a special kind of hell to the Bobcats and financial relief to the Warriors. And hey, who am I to disagree? Paying Stephen Jackson’s contract is going to be a mega bummer, and GS was lucky to get such financial relief despite having little to stand on (sit on?) at the negotiating table. A few years down the line, when Jackson’s contract appreciates and his value depreciates, this trade will really hurt. It will likely prevent the ‘Cats from having the financial flexibility they clearly want, the locker room may be in shambles, and yet another franchise will be held captive to Jackson’s inflated sense of self-worth. [...]

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