re: pels talk trade deadline thread

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what people are taking issue with is that ORL knew what their options would be with ibaka at the end of this season when they traded oladipo and a pick to get him in the first place

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It seems like the lack of fit, compounded with his impending FA and the lack of desire to re-sign him, that prompted this move, rather than just the threat of him leaving this offseason. I'm sure the move was made last summer with the thought of re-signing him if it worked out on the court. It didn't work out, thus the trade.

It's fair to rate last summer's trade as a failure, but it's short sighted to rate this trade a failure because of the OKC trade, IMO.