That is what I felt like watching David Kahn’s draft. At #16 James Anderson (Big 12 player of the year) is still available — Wolves pick ultra-white Luke Babbitt, OK, fine, whatever, Babbitt is a shooter and he comes cheap. Then they trade Babbitt and Gomes for the 2 years and $10MM left on Martell Webster’s contract. O….K….?? Was someone else beating down the Blazers’ door for Martell Webster (9 points, 3.5 boards)? You couldn’t find a guy with those stats for less than $5MM? Is James Anderson clearly and obviously worse than Martell Webster? If not, then why are you paying a guy $10MM when you could have paid a guy $3MM who is just as good?
And the “Red Paper Clip” award [named after the guy who through a year's worth of trades took a paper clip and made it into a house] goes to OKC’s Sam Presti who did the following:
Start With Damian Wilkins (the red paper clip — virtually worthless)
1) Trade Damian Wilkins for the Wolves’ #2 pick (#32 overall).
2) Trade the #32 to Miami for the #18 and Daequan Cook
3) Trade the #18 to New Orleans for the #11 and Mo Peterson.
The #11 was Cole Aldrich — likely the Thunder’s starting center next year.
So, for nothing, Presti got his starting center and two solid bench players.
On the other hand, David Kahn took the #23 pick and traded it for the #30 and the #35.
IMMEDIATELY thereafter, the #24 pick was traded for the #27 and #31 picks!!!!!!!!
So, you got 7 positions WORSE of picks in trades made about 3 minutes apart. Wow. This is like watching the next customer at the car dealership trading his 2003 car in for $9,000 when your 2004 model with fewer miles brought you $7,500.
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