Trade Grades
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Pistons get: PG/SG Steve Blake
Nets get: SF Quincy Miller (waived)
This was Brooklyn’s second attempt of clearing cap space by getting rid of point guards in the span of just three days. The other being the buyout of infamously overpaid PG Deron Williams, who is now with the Mavericks. Since Miller was waived, it’s pretty clear that the Nets’ only intention here was to shed Blake’s $2.1 million salary. As they try to climb under the luxury tax, that’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it leaves Jarrett Jack and Shane Larkin as the only point guards left on the roster. And while potentially serviceable, I’m not sure that duo really screams “playoffs!”.
Grade: B-
Click here for link to Detroit Pistons Trade Grades
Pistons get: PG/SG Steve Blake
Nets get: SF Quincy Miller (waived)
This was Brooklyn’s second attempt of clearing cap space by getting rid of point guards in the span of just three days. The other being the buyout of infamously overpaid PG Deron Williams, who is now with the Mavericks. Since Miller was waived, it’s pretty clear that the Nets’ only intention here was to shed Blake’s $2.1 million salary. As they try to climb under the luxury tax, that’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it leaves Jarrett Jack and Shane Larkin as the only point guards left on the roster. And while potentially serviceable, I’m not sure that duo really screams “playoffs!”.
Grade: B-