I apologize for my ignorance of Trenton Hassell and his game. I'm sure he's a talented player, the Chicago roster is filled with alot of young talent. However IMO when you're dealing with a Rashard Lewis, a player that at only age 22, is putting up nearly 17 points a game at a 46% clip and shooting 38% from behind the arc, playoff faults aside, you can't expect to simply trade even value for where he is at in his game right now. I mean for someone as young as that, its quite impressive. Jalen Rose as nice a player as he is right now, will be 30 when the season starts. I'm think you Have to take that into account when dealing with trades such as these.
Take for example, your two budding stars, Tyson Chandler and Eddie Curry. How long do you think they will take before they reach their full potential. I'd say 3 to 4 years, but for the sake of argument lets say they both become stars two years from now.
By that time Jalen Rose will be 32 and on the immediate downside of his career while Rashard Lewis will be what, 24 wantin some more? As a Sonics Fan, I would not do Rashard Lewis for Jalen Rose straight up simply for the point I made above, however if you add young talent like Marcus Fizer and Trenton Hassell to the work (Young but unproven talent) You have something that benefits both teams in the long-run.
We as fans of our respective teams sometimes tend to overrate our own players simply because we see more of their potential, then as to where they are at right now in their game. I know I have done that plenty of times with Radmanovic and Lewis, and I'm sensing a little bit of that in these trade talks (which will of course probably never happen).
But oh well, its for the fun and for the discussion anyway, so feel free to counter-point anything I have layed out. Its always enjoyable discussing a team with their fans.
eja Drobnak
