Re: Aldridge pans trade for C's

[Kestutis.Kveraga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Kestutis Kveraga)]

--- You wrote:
Aldridge's lead: "You never trade your best player (or
second-best player) for anyone other than the other
team's best player (or second-best player)." Amen,
brother David, Amen. 
--- end of quote ---

The problem with this reasoning is the implication that all teams' first- and
second- or nth-best players have about the same level  of ability. Aldridge
does not seem to consider that your team's second-best player may be worse than
another team's 4th or 5th best player. There's  a big difference between LA's
second-best player (Kobe) and, say, Denver second-best player (I guess Andre
Miller, although you could argue for Jon Barry or Marcus Camby), or whoever
Golden State's second-best player is. If Aldridge thinks teams should trade
players based on their rank with their respective team, he's a lunatic. 
And that's without going into expiring contracts, "sleeper" players with a lot
of potential, or how a particular player fits into a particular team. 
Kestas