Suns / Lakers

[the goat]

Suns receive:
Rex Chapman
Jim Lampley

Lakers receive:
Mychal Thompson
Andre Moore

Accept. Hope I didn't just trade away a future star for a salary dump

[lukeyrid13]

No, that's trash. Chapman is on his rookie deal and was just a top 10 pick.

This is easily a veto for me. Worst case, you eat another 6 million next offseason. Is the difference between 12 million in cap and 18 million worth a top 10 pick?!

[Skyhooker]

Yeah. Insane.
I would've given you salary dump plus a pick.
Veto.

Whatever?
I changed my mind. I hope he turns into a 28 ppg player.

[the goat]

Oh, did I mess this one up?

Chapman's first 2 TCs: +2, +0

Guess I should fire my talent evaluators

[Craig]

Yeah he's probly a bust but you never know with this stupid game.

Accept I guess lol

[dd10snoop28]

his combined first 2 tc's were average. he has the value of a middle of the road 1st rounder at this point so don't think it's veto worthy.

[Craig]

Oh do people still think he's good? lol

[vincent1469]

pre-TC this would have been bad but Rex had a disappointing sophomore TC and dropped in potential. I dont think hes worth that much that its veto worthy anymore.

[offtheheezy]

As much as I like the spice, Chapman sucks . Unless he gets a Kevin Willis boost next year. Could've gotten more for him but I don't think it's veto worthy.

[offtheheezy]

In fact, the fact the Lakers felt the need to do this to dump Lampley just makes the Lakers/Celtics deal look that much worse

[lukeyrid13]

On second blush, (I've been out of town and not as in tune, so didn't see his TC) Chapman isn't as good as I thought he was.

Still think it's not a great deal for the Lakers and they could definitely get better value or wait more than 2 hours to see if a team will accept the Blazers 90 1st for the salary dump instead. But, cat's out of the bag now on that I suppose.

[Boom]

Trade is fine.

[Cellar-door]

This isn't a good trade, but it's not veto worthy to me... there is a clear answer to what the Lakers are getting, which is salary relief, and Chapman hasn't lived up to the pedigree.

[UOducksTK1]

Trade is fine.

[Oregon Ownage]

This bleeds into the other deal.............. but if the Lakers want to dump Chapman and not get anything in return (other than 6 mil in cap space next season) then he is hurting himself in the long run and is also not getting good value in return for a player that could command more. This is where the fine line is tough to tow b/c on one hand Chapman was the #7 pick last year and now he is being used to dump a contract and if I were a Lakers fan, I would be up in arms (if I were the Lakers, I would get the best asset back).

On the other hand (commish side), I have to make a determination if the deal should go through and I use different calculations (who is the GM, will they be here for the long run, can they be trusted to rebuild/build up a roster, etc.) from this potential deal and whether it severely hampers the team (unrealistic outlook, move makes no sense, etc.).

In this case, Chapman looks destined to be a role player (barring any article upgrades or a random jump in TC) but not the type of player you would expect from the 7th pick. Lakers are in full tank and have shown that they would rather just unload an asset than wait to get something back in return. Knowing that, GM's should reach out and see what they can get b/c this deal has been available since he was acquired the other day. Be active, send/respond to PM's and you too can be in the position of getting the player.

Done