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Originally Posted by Dissonance19
No, people assume there were better deals out there. But as I said before, it's not as simple as you would think just looking at a roster deciding what you would do. You need someone to have interest. If other teams were offering those better deals, they would have explored it. Supposedly, Chicago couldn't even pull the trigger for a KG deal that was on the table last trading deadline, because Paxson protects his younger talent.
And once again, you don't get that much in return for superstars, why would Gasol net more?
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Well, according to some rumor mills Atlanta and Memphis had talks on draft night about Gasol for the #3 pick. I don't think it's that there were no better deals, but I think Memphis wanted cap space over average, young talents.