We’re not
even at the NBA draft and we have our first trade of the NBA offseason. ISN’T
THIS WONDERFUL?!?!?! The Knicks are sending Tyson Chandler and Raymond Felton
to the Mavericks for Jose Calderon, Samuel Dalembert, Shane Larkin, Wayne
Ellington and the 34th and the 51th pick in this year’s draft. I’ll
do a quick pros and cons list for this trade.
Dallas Mavericks
Pro: They got rid
of Jose Calderon’s contract which expires after the 2016/2017 season
Cons: Everything!
Chandler and Felton looked awful last year and they gained 3 million dollars in
their cap for this year, the Mavs got worse in this trade.
New York Knicks
Pros: They got
rid of Raymond Felton!!!!
They also got Shane Larkin who was drafted last year and is
obviously on a rookie deal until 2016/2017 season. Larkin had an okay rookie
season but has the potential to be a good point guard in the NBA.
The Knicks also
get the 34th pick in the draft, in this deep draft that could catch
the Knicks a good young player. The 51th pick is late but hey you never know
could grab someone decent.
Jose Calderon and
Samuel Dalembert combined are better than Felton and Chandler so in that sense
it’s a good trade.
Calderon is also
one of the best three point shooting point guards in the league. He shot 49%
from three last year.
Wayne Ellington
is a very good three point shooter and could be a sleeper in this trade.
Cons: My con is Jose Calderon, he is
going to be 33 when the season starts and he has a long contract it ends after
the 2016/2017 season he makes 7 million dollars in all three years. Paying an
average point guard 7 million isn’t good.
Advance Stats
Okay so I dug around a bit I found a
stat that was a little surprising to me Chandler had a real plus minus of 3.86
which is 7th among centers while Dalembert was -.39 which was 35th
among centers. Felton had a real plus minus of 0.91 27th among point
guards while Calderon had a -1.70 46th among point guards.
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