ha ha ha silly trade thread.....who's better Sefalosha or Harden?
Harden by a 100 miles.
If the Knicks get the right veteran pass-first PG or a new Headcoach with a basic system....both TD or Fields value will rise above Sefalosha.
We had Billups last year when Fields fell off the map; and we had MDA here when Fields was touted as the best draft pick of his class.
Douglas I agree needs to be better utilized. We need a pass-first PG so Douglas' career isn't butchered to Joba Chamberlain proportions, by jerking him around between the job of a PG on a team with Melo and Amare and Chandler....and doing what he naturally does well, which is a scoring, tempo altering offensive spark off the bench who can also play pesky, momemtum-altering defense.
He gets abused by Rondo & Co. precisely because he should never be in such a spot in the first place. The same way his offensive game is better off the bench, so to is his defense. :2cents:
But OKC isn't a team run by fools, and there's a reason Sefalosh *still* is starting and getting quality minutes, even as Harden puts up all-star like numbers while displaying both range and slashing, and playmaking.
Sefalosh is a good team player, a good defender, and a veteran of consistence...And when you have a team with Durant (Melo), Westbrook (Amare), and Ibaka (the equivalent of our Chandler for this comparison), there is an additional level of value put on a player like Sefalosha.
Don't get me wrong, Harden is a beast -- and my starting fantasy SG
eace: -- and he is on track to get the starting gig and a monopoly on the minutes....But there's a reason that despite all this Sefalosha has staved off a Harden monopoly.
It is related to his objective value, and subjective value to OKC.
Both values would apply to us.
Sefalosha and Shumpert is a winning guard combo. Even if Baron Davis was a big fail, and we didn't use our MLE on a PG, I personally believe
Shumpert
Sefalosha
Melo
Amare
Chandler
could win. In part because of the stability, consistence, and defense that Sefalosha would bring.
And of course, if Baron is a boom, and/or we use a ML type deal on a pass-first starting PG, we are all the stronger then with Shumpert and Sefalosha as our 2 guards.
edit -- I don't think we'd have to give up both Douglas and Fields in that trade scenario, but, who knows.