Trade Grades
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Cavaliers get: PF Channing Frye
Magic get: SG Jared Cunningham, second-round pick
Blazers get: C/PF Anderson Varejao (waived), top-10 protected 2018 first-rounder (via Cleveland)
What do you do when you trade away your best power forward (Tobias Harris)? Well, obviously, the next logical step is to trade away your second best power forward!
Wait... what?
I was among those who believed that trading away the 23 year old Harris for two veterans meant that the Magic were climbing towards "win-now" mode, rather than "win-soon". But now all of a sudden, they're trading away the solid veteranpower forward, Frye, in exchange for a second-rounder and this Cunningham dude? The only possible explanation for these two moves, the only areas where they are consistent with one another, is clearing cap space. But since when has Orlando ever been a top free agent destination (Hi, Dwight Howard)?
Look, the trade itself isn't awful. Frye probably wasn't worth too much more than the second-rounder anyways. But trying to figure out the team's direction just baffles me. The front office needs to start figuring things out.
Grade: C
Click here for link to Cleveland Cavaliers Trade Grades
Click here for link to Portland Trail Blazers Trade Grades
Cavaliers get: PF Channing Frye
Magic get: SG Jared Cunningham, second-round pick
Blazers get: C/PF Anderson Varejao (waived), top-10 protected 2018 first-rounder (via Cleveland)
What do you do when you trade away your best power forward (Tobias Harris)? Well, obviously, the next logical step is to trade away your second best power forward!
Wait... what?
I was among those who believed that trading away the 23 year old Harris for two veterans meant that the Magic were climbing towards "win-now" mode, rather than "win-soon". But now all of a sudden, they're trading away the solid veteranpower forward, Frye, in exchange for a second-rounder and this Cunningham dude? The only possible explanation for these two moves, the only areas where they are consistent with one another, is clearing cap space. But since when has Orlando ever been a top free agent destination (Hi, Dwight Howard)?
Look, the trade itself isn't awful. Frye probably wasn't worth too much more than the second-rounder anyways. But trying to figure out the team's direction just baffles me. The front office needs to start figuring things out.
Grade: C
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