Woj: Dudley, 1st round pick traded to Bucks for Delfino and Raduljica

[SwishSquared]

I wonder what the protections are on that pick. To think Dudley's so bad that nobody wanted him, even with a first rounder attached, shows how badly he's fallen. I know Ariza only shows up in contract years, but the way he played this past season would have been perfect for this Clippers squad. I guess Clips had their hands tied though since they're hard-capped this year at $81M. This brings their roster to 14 spots right?

[qrich]

I keep reading contradictory reports on whether Delfino is going to play this year or not.

[SwishSquared]

I keep reading contradictory reports on whether Delfino is going to play this year or not.

From Woj's article:

He is expected to miss part of the 2014-15 season as he recovers from the injury, a league source told Yahoo Sports.

I guess he's coming back mid-year?

[qrich]

From Woj's article:

I guess he's coming back mid-year?

Initially, I believe Woj said he was done for the year as a whole.

If he is back mid-season, I cna live with it more.

[qrich]

http://nyloncalculus.com/2014/07/22/...im-protection/

Miroslav was a decent rim protector.

[qrich]

Delfino will be stretched.

CDR will be signed. One of Udoh/Miroslav will be the fourth big, other will be fifth or not signed/waived

[ImKobe]

Dudley is garbage

addition by subtraction

Keeps lighting my teams up on 2K14

[wally_world]

One of the Suns system players that never have a good season once they left the team. Raja Bell, JDud, and PJ Tucker is the current one.

[3peated]

Dudley is garbage

addition by subtraction

this. he's one of those players who can look good on a shit team, but not an actual contributor

[SwishSquared]

The fact that they didn't just stretch Dudley is a little surprising, honestly. If they don't hold onto Radiluca, then it really makes little sense. If you keep Miroslav and stretch Delfino, then the difference in cap space going forward is having like ~$2.3M less for next 3 years vs. $1.7M less for next 5 if you stretch Dudley. With the cap expected to rise, the Dudley hit wouldn't be that bad. This seemed like poor asset management, but I could be wrong depending on their future moves. I figured Clips would want to keep picks to add depth every year, but maybe it wouldn't matter if Doc keeps drafting SGs lol.

[morbius]

LAC freed some space by getting rid of Dud, poor Delfino will probably be used for injured player exception or waved.

Raduljica is unknown at this time, Doc will probably get rid of him the same way he did with Milicic in Boston. He is a decent rim protector and not much else. It will be interesting to watch him in the world championship with Serbia, he might have improved on his pre-NBA game, though I doubt it.