Re: To trade or not to trade?

[Kim Malo <kmalo19@idt.net>]

At 11:46 AM 7/8/98 -0500, Shawn Roth <ufpdev!shawnr@uunet.uu.net> wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>   I think that if tried to trade Walker as soon as the Lockout is over
>   (sometime in the next century the way this is going) we will not get equal
>   value for him.
<snip>

>   I'm sure that my views are not held by many people, but let me know what you
>   think?

This is what I consider to be the biggest error people make in talking about
trading him -this harping on getting equal value. You don't look to get
equal value, you look to improve your team. They are not the same thing at
all. If you feel that the downside of AW is more destructive than the upside
is beneficial, and you can fill other needs on your team that will make the
team better, then a trade makes sense. Even if you do not get equal value
for AWs talents in return. If it does not improve your team in any way, or
not improve it enough to be worth the intangibles -like the message it sends
to prospective FA- then it makes no sense to trade him even if you do get an
equal value player in return.

-Kim
Kim Malo
kmalo19@idt.net