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Split98 · 04-02-2013, 02:22 AM

Couple thoughts:

- Some people seem to be fairly high on Cundari, so not as terrible a trade as people are making it out to be
- Bouw was having one good year after being an appalling $6+M waste of space on this team since he came over
- Another 1st is great
- Dealing players with NMCs obviously handicaps you when the GM on the phone knows he's one of the few options. Imagine if I was selling a car, and the guy I'm selling it to knows that it needs to go by tonight and only him and another guy are looking at it. I'm not getting the highest value.
- I'm glad he moved before deadline. I think pulling the trigger when STL made the offer prevents the offer from declining as STL looks at or makes other trades during the trade frenzy. Had Bouw not had a NMC, this would have been a different story obviously as the bidding war would have been intense.

04-02-2013, 02:22 AM	#973
Split98 Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ontario Exp:	Couple thoughts: - Some people seem to be fairly high on Cundari, so not as terrible a trade as people are making it out to be - Bouw was having one good year after being an appalling $6+M waste of space on this team since he came over - Another 1st is great - Dealing players with NMCs obviously handicaps you when the GM on the phone knows he's one of the few options. Imagine if I was selling a car, and the guy I'm selling it to knows that it needs to go by tonight and only him and another guy are looking at it. I'm not getting the highest value. - I'm glad he moved before deadline. I think pulling the trigger when STL made the offer prevents the offer from declining as STL looks at or makes other trades during the trade frenzy. Had Bouw not had a NMC, this would have been a different story obviously as the bidding war would have been intense.