re: If we hadn't traded Buddy for Boogie, I'd be mad about not getting Murray

Murray gets the nod for youth but Buddy has been no slouch since the allstar break either.

On a far worse team where he doesn’t have the luxury of great players to draw attention away:

Buddy post all star: 29 MPG, 16ppg, 46% FG, 44% 3P, 5 REB, 3 AST, 58% TS%

Murray post all star: 34mpg, 17ppg, 42% FG, 38% 3P, 4 REB, 4 AST, 56% TS%

Again, Murray has the nod for youth and growing room for his ceiling, but both have been producing fairly neck and neck. The one major thing I would give to Murray right now is getting to the line. He is averaging nearly 4 FTA’s a game to Buddy’s 1 FTA. Though one has to wonder how good Buddy would look this year on a good team that plays to his strengths. You know, a team that could draw away defenders and give him a ton of open looks from three thanks to two superstar big men drawing all the attention. I think we would have to concede that if Buddy were on a similarily good team like Murray is, his numbers would look even better. Still, with hindsight, I think you have to go Murray in a do-over. Though I don’t quite think the gap between the two is as large as some are making it out to be. At least currently. That could obviously change over the course of a career.