Trade Grades
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Mavericks get: C/PF Zaza Pachulia
Bucks get: Second-round pick (from Dallas)
I love everything about this deal for Dallas. They were spurned badly by superstar C DeAndre Jordan’s sudden change of heart in free agency. So badly, in fact, that they let starting C Tyson Chandler walk away due to the assumption that they would land Jordan. After these unfortunate series of events, the Mavericks desperately a quality center, and got one in Pachulia for next to nothing. The big man is on a very reasonable 1 year/$5.2 million deal, and averaged a solid 8.3 points and 6.8 rebounds per game last season in Milwaukee. The Turk figures to have as good a shot as anyone to start next to franchise-star PF Dirk Nowitzki this upcoming season.
Grade: A
Trade Grades
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Wizards get: SF Jared Dudley
Bucks get: Protected second-round pick (from Washington)
Dudley is a very solid role player who averaged 7.2 points per game last year while on a reasonable $4.25 million expiring deal. He’s also an excellent defender and a great three-point sniper, a skillset that is valued very highly in the NBA today. So on the outskirts, one would assume that the Bucks got robbed, as they got essentially nothing in exchange for the 30-year-old. But you would be partially wrong: Milwaukee was absolutely loaded on the wing this summer, and that was before the team drafted rookie SG Rashad Vaughn and signed SF Chris Copeland. Though perhaps it would have made more sense to simply keep Dudley and use the draft pick and money on other positions, I’m only grading one trade here. And that one trade made sense in order to avoid a complete logjam on the wing.
Grade: B+
Major thanks to Corbin Fields (@ctuck_fields) for his significant contribution to this trade grade
Thanks to Jakob Flores (@jakeswgr.102613) for his contribution to this trade grade
Click here for link to Milwaukee Bucks Trade Grade
Mavericks get: C/PF Zaza Pachulia
Bucks get: Second-round pick (from Dallas)
I love everything about this deal for Dallas. They were spurned badly by superstar C DeAndre Jordan’s sudden change of heart in free agency. So badly, in fact, that they let starting C Tyson Chandler walk away due to the assumption that they would land Jordan. After these unfortunate series of events, the Mavericks desperately a quality center, and got one in Pachulia for next to nothing. The big man is on a very reasonable 1 year/$5.2 million deal, and averaged a solid 8.3 points and 6.8 rebounds per game last season in Milwaukee. The Turk figures to have as good a shot as anyone to start next to franchise-star PF Dirk Nowitzki this upcoming season.
Grade: A
Trade Grades
Click here for link to Washington Wizards Trade Grades
Wizards get: SF Jared Dudley
Bucks get: Protected second-round pick (from Washington)
Dudley is a very solid role player who averaged 7.2 points per game last year while on a reasonable $4.25 million expiring deal. He’s also an excellent defender and a great three-point sniper, a skillset that is valued very highly in the NBA today. So on the outskirts, one would assume that the Bucks got robbed, as they got essentially nothing in exchange for the 30-year-old. But you would be partially wrong: Milwaukee was absolutely loaded on the wing this summer, and that was before the team drafted rookie SG Rashad Vaughn and signed SF Chris Copeland. Though perhaps it would have made more sense to simply keep Dudley and use the draft pick and money on other positions, I’m only grading one trade here. And that one trade made sense in order to avoid a complete logjam on the wing.
Grade: B+
Major thanks to Corbin Fields (@ctuck_fields) for his significant contribution to this trade grade
Thanks to Jakob Flores (@jakeswgr.102613) for his contribution to this trade grade