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I still have no idea why Demps didnt go after Jordan Hamilton at the trade deadline. Unless I'm missing something, it was just Aaron Brooks for Hamilton straight up. Brooks is not better than Roberts. Connelly wouldn't have sent his old boss spare part for spare part?

McNamara said (speculated I assume, Bruins can clear it up for us) that we didn't offer Roberts. If that's true that says 1 of 3 things.

1) Seats are hot and the FO thinks Roberts will help us win more than adding Hamilton to the mix.
2) They plan, or at least want the option of bringing back Roberts. If you trade a player you can't get him back for a year now. Why give up Roberts for a guy you can just sign in FA?
3) They have no interest in Hamilton. Maybe Demps is targeting another SF, or a big with his MLE money.

I'm leaning towards 1. Gordon, Tyreke and Rivers are not real PGs. Not that Roberts' TO rate is any better than those 3, but I know I don't want Gordon being the primary ball handler.

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Posted by corndeaux

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Posted on 3/7/14 at 3:40 pm to TigerinATL

If it was 1, they must have had hope Holiday was coming back. I can't believe they thought they were making a run to respectability without him. Which means Roberts is even less important.

This comes back to the system they run that relies on lots of ball pounding by a pg. Dumb to keep Roberts to “run" the offense.

And why in the world would they not want the rights to a younger player at a position of need?

Even if they don't want to keep Hamilton, you know what you have in Roberts. You know Holiday, Evans, and maybe Gordon/Rivers, are coming back. You can find a Roberts again.

ETA: And Pierre Jackson may be on board next season. I just don't see it

This post was edited on 3/7/14 at 3:59 pm

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