Is this really a good thing for the Spurs? They no longer have a small forward (having Jefferson is perhaps better than having nobody...), just lost a massive $15 million trade chip and only have the MLE and LLE to make up for it. They could have used that money to add someone of importance to last year's team. Now they'll have to use (parts of) it to get back to last year's level instead of improving the team.
Our situation with Kidd last year was somewhat similar: Had he left and gone to New York, we would have been forced to use parts of our available pieces (Stack & MLE) for a new point guard and couldn't have added Marion and Gooden to a team WITH Kidd.
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