While it's true that a lot of people thought Neal was a good signing, there were people already throwing out warning bells as well. Fans and even reports tend to look at a player's overall history and maybe not so much the recent.
Trades and signings can never be judged right away anyway, as we see time and time again. Look at the O'Reilly trade - it was widely considered iirc a bunch of junk going to Buffalo, and look at Tage Thompson now.
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