02-06-2020, 06:00 PM
(02-06-2020, 05:55 PM)mavsluvr Wrote:(02-06-2020, 05:20 PM)Baller AI Wrote: The thing is, courtney lee is not an asset to this team based on where we are in the teambuilding phase, unless his expiring was used for a trade to match salary, in addition with our TE. Holding on to him and not using the rest of the TE is a loss for us based on the opportunity cost. Simply put it was bad asset managementTrading and free agency aren't like going into a retail store, where you exchange your fungible cash for your choice of items you like and can pay for.
In a market without much of a medium of exchange, you have to find a situation where the other guy has specific assets that you want, you have specific assets the other guy wants, both of you agree on the value of all the assets, and the deal can be made within the rules. It is an inherently opportunistic business. Teams need to keep assets on hand so they will have something to deal with when opportunities arise. They used the majority of the TPE. They tried to trade Lee, but Memphis wanted Justise Winslow. Sometimes, opportunity knocks, but it doesn't always.
If I had a coupon to buy rattlesnakes for 50% off, I wouldn't go buy rattlesnakes just because the coupon was expiring today. I would happily let its value expire, because I don't want any rattlesnakes. They just didn't find anything they liked for the price they would have had to pay. I guess the rest of the league wasn't lining up around the block to nab Courtney Lee. Go figure.
TPEs are very limited and restrictive tools. That's why they're not used very often.
The fact that something doesn't work out as a best case scenario doesn't mean the decision-making process was bad. Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't, but a proper evaluation of the process isn't totally results-driven.
