A Quick Take on the Warriors-Pacers Trade

By Craig Kwasniewski

The Golden State Warriors and Indiana Pacers (FYI - two of the five NBA teams not named after their host city) had a blockbuster trade today. According to yahoo.com, the trade goes as follows:

Golden State Traded:
-Troy Murphy
-Mike Dunleavy
-Ike Diogu
-Keith McLeod

Indiana Traded:
-Al Harrington
-Stephen Jackson
-Sarunas Jasikevicius
-Josh Powell

So what's my initial impression? Indiana is looking to improve their "image" by bringing in a bunch of white guys. Given the gun/stripper incident with Jackson and given the conservative fanbase, a trade of some kind was imminent. But did they really need to send off two of their best scorers for two overrated white guys? Also, weren't they supposed to rebuild? So how is taking on two horrible contracts gonna help?

Brett summed up the trade in an email, "Larry Bird is smoking crack."

Murphy lost his starting center job and Dunleavy has been trade bait the minute after he signed that ridiculous contract a last season. Now Golden State ships two players they never really needed (plus a big with decent upside in Diogu) and get two good scorers that'll make up for the Richardson injury. Does this mean that Jason Richardson will be traded soon?

Both Jackson and Harrington will thrive at Nellie-ball. I expect a similar season-ending push like what happened after the Warriors initially traded for Davis a few years ago. Given the depth of the Western Conference, all that means is a seven seed and a first-round loss to Phoenix...which will be fun to watch.

To me, the biggest upside of the trade is the end of the asenine Dunleavy-to-Clippers trade rumor that's been going on the past two years.

Comments

[Dan]

Here is my reaction on the trade. Both teams need help and trading for players who have under achieved do not help either team. THe best player in my eyes is Ike Diagu. He should be a double- double type of person in the league. My gut feeling is that the pacers will now have cap problems and still be a lottery team. he Warriors play in the WEST and have no hope for at least 3 or 4 years to make the playoffs since the West is do dominate.

[dave]

huh? all i'm saying is stephen jackson in oaktown . . . somebody's gonna get shot. the warriors get a little better, but still not good enough in the west. the pacers get worse in the east, where they had a legit shot. not anymore.

[coach]

the pacers will have time now to play ball and not be disctracted by all the b.s.
i think the 2 'white' ballers and diogu will be fit right in in indiana and rick carlisle's syatem .the crowd will slowly come back in hoosier town .
plus , i predict that dunleavy will have an all star year !

[dan]

The year Dunleavy (AKA the white shadow) makes the all star team is the day I eat my hat. That is one of the most ridiculous yet funny things I have heard in a long time.

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