Diaw had a really down year and yet everyone thinks he'll be a hot commodity on the trade market?
Sometimes I don't get Suns fans--they don't understand anything about trade value. They see a guy who is underperforming, what do they do? Talk about trading him for Kevin Garnett!
KG for diaw is rediculous I agree, but I think you underestimate NBA GM's and their willingness to look at the rosy side of things to a fault. A lot of teams look to make changes and certainly if they are set in their thinking enough the trigger is pulled. This is where a good GM really makes a difference, the dealing that goes on is does not always work out like some cyber geek's transaction on realgm but it happens and people are willing to sometimes look past recent performace and project.
Same case with Amare, while most of you and your friends were willowing in depression about Amare having no trade value, I disagree, I bet 95% of the GM's would have asked for Amare first in any big deal proposed. Because the potential is something they tends to see while fans tend to see the immediate.
Although fans like to think 'they understand" trade values and how to game a GM online in reality you and I don't know crap about what goes on behind the doors and what type of pressure these guys are under to make changes. You can't punch pressure into an internet algorythm and shoot out a trade scenario.
All I know is I see a lot of people on the internet telling me, never, no way, stupid but good GM's seem to pull deals off time and time again all while stretching for players who have potential. Why is that?
