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Originally Posted by TwinkieFoot
As much as you can say things about Gerald Wallace being a "potential all-star," Zach Randolph is an all-star caliber player. He is a particular player you can build your offensive attack around with his talent, which does not come along very often. Yes he does come with some baggage but Wallace's game is not near as much as Randolph without it. You do take a chance bringing in Randolph but is there really a significant loss considering it's much easier to find a Gerald Wallace? With the right players around him, Randolph can win games which was evident when he actually helped Portland to the playoffs early in his career and nearly defeat the Mavericks.
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I'm not saying that Zach isn't an "all-star" caliber player, I'm saying that you won't get a potential all-star in return for him. Just remember who you gave up to get Randolph, Steve Francis and Channing Fyre, no allstars there. If Randolph was worth that much 6 months ago, what exactly did he do in the past 6 months to elevate his trade value? Just imagine this, 6 months ago, Portland's GM already called every other GM asking if they are interested in trading for Randolph and the Knicks trade was the best they could come up with. Now, 6 months later, what makes you think that now with a desperate Isiah on the phone, a GM that's the joke of the league, people would suddenly be more interested in Zach than 6 months ago? It's unlikely, and moreover if some sucker indeed purpose a better offer, the obvious question would be why didn't you get Randolph for cheap 6 months ago and why are you now getting taken advantaged by a retard. It doesn't look good, in fact, it looks pretty darn moronic, or should I say "Isiah-esque".
The need for the Blazers to trade Randolph 6 months ago is at least comparable with the need that the Knicks need to get rid of Randolph. It's not like NY is all of a sudden on higher trading grounds because their team is satisfied with or without the trade. Zach and Eddy do not fit on the same team, it's not working now and it's not going to work later. They need to get rid of Zach, everyone in the league knows it. With the recent locker room fiasco, I would say that Randolph might worth less than when he was in Portland. The fact that the Blazers made the drastic improvement this year with basically the same team as last year -Randolph would make him seems even less worthy of his gigantic contract.
I still stand by my statement earlier. Only way that a team would want Randolph is if the team is either in need of short term fix/has injury problems/mediocre and has other overpaid/expiring/misfitting players. They might roll the dice and gamble on someone like Randolph. Otherwise, nobody is going to trade an integral piece of a franchise for someone like him. Some Knicks homer might disagree, but this isn't NBA-Live and GMs aren't idiots, at least GMs outside NY aren't. In a video game you'd trade a 86 rating guy and get a 86 back, but this isn't a game.