RE: Big Dog apparently traded to Atlanta for trinkets and trash

[bird <birdwl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "Orion" <jlyell@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> As I have said, strange trades do happen, but they won't if you don't put
> them on the table.
>
> The list response would have been: Why would Milwaukee want a broken down
> Toni Kukoc, and Leon Smith for an all-star?
What, are you going to use every seemingly out-of-the-ordinary trade to 
support your deeply held belief that the Boston Celtics can trade their 
crap for Olowakandi, Brand and Odom?

I think it might help if you looked at the possible *reasons* behind these 
trades.  Might Milwaukee's decision be based on the Bucks' collapse last 
year?  They had to trade of the "Big Three", goes their thinking maybe, 
and moving Robinson allows them to play Tim Thomas more.  The senator sure 
is paying Thomas enough money.  Then there's Robinson's troubles with the 
law -- teams have moved players for less.  Plus, everybody's acting like 
Kukoc is nothing.  He's not near what he was, which was a pretty good 
supporting player indeed.  But, couldn't he contribute, in a backup role, 
to the Bucks?  Sure he could.  He's tall, he can pass well, can still 
score some, and can play both forward positions.  He's broken down in the 
sense that his age is increasing and skill decreasing, but he's hardly 
completely broken.  In short, there are reasons for this trade that 
present themselves to anyone looking hard enough at it.  Sometimes, in 
many of the trade scenarios thrown around here, there's no reason for the 
team Boston is "trading" with to do the deal.

I'm surprised that your response didn't include "Why couldn't we get 
Robinson?  We could have traded Shammond Williams, Bremer and Darius 
Songaila for him!"

Bird