Disappointed by Casspi trade?
2012-01-11Omri Casspi’s start to the season surely has some questioning the trade that brought him here. I came across a handy website that could make you feel better (in addition to a future first round pick and J.J. Hickson only shooting 39.7% from the field this year).
According to one statistical method (regularized adjusted +/-), Hickson was:
The NBA\’s worst player in 2011
And just for fun; of 11,504 two-man combinations that were employed by NBA teams from 2008 – 2011, the worst defensive pairing was (drumroll, please)…..Mo Williams and J.J. Hickson
And to think we didnt trade Hickson for Amare a few years back ….. sad
That isn’t a defense for JJ or me blasting the trade.
It’s just hilarious.
To be fair, by the same metric that JJ Hickson was the worst player in the league last season, Nick Collison is a top-5 player.
Dave,
The future first rounder is pretty conditional. Like lottery protected this year, top 13 next year, top 12 in 2014, top 10 in 2015 & 2016. Eventually the Cavs should end up with a mid-first round pick…unless the Kings are horrible forever.
Thanks Kevin for making us feel better! Hickson has shown some life in January avging 9 RPG lately due to starter injuries. Yes, I saw his games and know he is a bad fit with the Cavs. Was that future first unconditional?
I think the most telling stat is this one: The second worst player in the league was Sasha “my defense is my offense” Pavlovich. Thats all you need to know
Yeah, people who called the Cavs stupid for trading a player who averaged around 14 ppg clearly didn’t watch any Cavs games.
Not to mention he was complete mental jello.
not to mention those shoes…