by Rens on Wed Aug 18, 2004 9:30 pm
Yay my team is starting to look real nice.
My first goal was to find a taker for Jalen Rose's contract. He's a good player, but I didn't like the inflexibility the contract gave me. I understood I wouldn't get an ending contract for him (tried to trade him to GS for Dale Davis, offering to take Fisher's long deal to make up for it but didn't even get a response lol). So I had to look for something else.
I got in touch with the Pacers GM who was desperate to deal Croshere. Also a big contract, but more than $5M less than Rose's and just as long. I also needed a veteran C, so I offered him Rose for Pollard, Croshere and Tinsley. Wouldn't bite. After some bargaining it came down to Rose for Pollard, Croshere, Eddie Gill and a 2nd rounder. Pretty nice if you ask me.
After that my PF position was kinda stacked. Bosh was my starter I knew for sure, but Marshall AND Croshere would be kind of redundant. I looked to shop Croshere but ofcourse there aren't many takers for his contract. So I went Marshall shopping. After getting a vet C I felt like I wanted another project. Someone like Darko. The Pistons had said before they had the hots for Marshall so I felt like we could work something out. It swung around a few times (Even offered Carter for Sheed, Darko and Prince) but it went down as Marshall and some C I had signed for Darko and Delfino and a 2nd rounder in 2006.
Then I turned around and traded Moiso with the Pistons 2nd rounder for Beno Udrih, my new future at PG.
I'm not sure what I'll do next, it's said that Yao is available, I'd take on a bad contract to get Yao for Vince, but I don't think he'd do that. Plus my wing positions would be really depleted. I'm starting Carter and Peterson now, with Murray, Delfino and Alvin Williams backing up.
Well that's it for now... perhaps there's more in the future.