Carney traded (along with Booth)

[phillychuck]

I saw on another mb that Carney, Booth, and a future #1 were traded to Minnesota for their 5.3 million dollar trade exception.

Link:

Here

Just noticed that this was mentioned in the Brand? thread, but I'd think trading away Carney merited its own discussion.  I hate to give up on his upside, but if it nets Brand I'm OK with it.

[jemagee]

I've never been a huge fan of carney's upside that much anyway and would have liked to see him moved to memphis for a PG who are rumored to have been interested.

If the sixers don't have a handshake agreement with brand that he'll agree IF they get the cap room, i'm going to be rather put out.

PS - i don't believe this trade has actually happened yet - ESPN is reporting it still as a rumor just now - during a sportscenter break

[bebopdeluxe]

jem:

Adrian Wojo-however-you-spell-it is reporting the trade on Yahoo Sports, and he's a pretty well-respected and connected guy...doubt that he would put it out there as a done deal if he hadn't heard from some pretty good sources...

Brand's agent, Falk, is an agent with a decent rep throughout the league...while trading Carney for cap room for a bigger offer for JSmith is something that still may not work (ATL could still match), trading for more cap room - right after Brand and Falk fly to Philly for a meeting - would certainly seem to suggest that Brand's interest is legit.  Carney is still - in NBA salary terms - relatively cheap and showed some real potential last spring...it would really suck if we were dumping him for nothing, IMO.

[jemagee]

Adrian Wojo-however-you-spell-it is reporting the trade on Yahoo Sports, and he's a pretty well-respected and connected guy...doubt that he would put it out there as a done deal if he hadn't heard from some pretty good sources...

Except no other source is reporting it as a done deal and the time stamp on wojos article is around 8-9 hours ago...so ini the last 8-9 hours no one else has confirmed this, or the sixers?

Hence my doubt, everyone else is reporting this as possible while one rather suspect media outlet is reporting it as done...

[shadowTerp]

I'm hoping this was made public in the hopes that we can find something slightly better... as in taking out either Carney or the #1.  I'm not a fan of losing both (even though I understand why and agree with it).

[jemagee]

I somehow think it wouldn't need to be leaked to the papers to be made clear to other GMs.

I picture some sort of 'email' group where you can contact all the GMs of the NBA teams at once

[bebopdeluxe]

jem:

I'm not talking about a "suspect media outlet"...I'm talking about a guy who is - first and foremost - a newspaper reporter (The Record of NJ)...a guy who wrote on the NBA for ESPN before moving over to Yahoo Sports...it is his cred that is on the line...and based on his history, he has more "cred" to lose in the media world than many who type in the blogosphere...

But he could be wrong, too.

[jemagee]

Are you sure wojnarksi works or has worked for espn.com?  PUt his name in on a search and espn and i get nothing showing up...there's a wojohowski, or whatever, who covers college ball...

[bebopdeluxe]

jem:

Check my edit...

[TheGuiltyParty]

I somehow think it wouldn't need to be leaked to the papers to be made clear to other GMs.

I picture some sort of 'email' group where you can contact all the GMs of the NBA teams at once

Actually... according to Chad Ford on Draft Day, the Spurs GM sent out a mass e-mail to all GMs letting them know that the Spurs were interested in moving the #26 pick in the draft. I find that funny. Perhaps the league should, or even has, set up a private message board with a Trade Checker for GMs to post their ideas. Oh... this makes me ticklish.

[jemagee]

Well I always figured there was some mass communication outlet, even if for the NBA to send out missives and change in protocol...it would be awesome if someone found it and or hacked into it

Who needs capologists when you have a trade checker? 

[jemagee]

Bebop....missed the edit, but I look at it this way, credibility is affected by who you are working for, this woja fella has taken a few steps back, he's not working for ESPN or FOX Sports or the Sporting news, he's working for yahoo sports, and while i like the yahoo sports functionality for following scores and such i don't think of them as even the top 5 quality sources for sports news on their own...they should stick to aggregating news from other more reliable sources actually...i think the fact that he works for espn after jobs at more reputable places is telling to me...plus again, it's been more than enough time and no one has confirmed this deal (then again, has anyone from the sixers or t'wolves denied it other)

I believe it's a deal talked abou, i believe even the framework may be agreed upon, i don't believe it's a done complete deal.  I think Woja is jumping the gun and drawing conclusions (incorrectly) based on available information, i believe it's bad journalism.

[bebopdeluxe]

jem:

I appreciate what you are saying about Yahoo Sports...and because of the position that they occupy in the sports-reporting hierarchy, the pressure to make a splash or "break" a story...however, my point still stands - this is not some young-gun out to make a name for himself - this is a guy who has covered the NBA for years for some very reputable media outlets...a guy who probably has some pretty good league contacts (perhaps even better contacts than Howard Eskin)...based on that, I do give the guy a credibility grade above his current pay scale...

But - again - he could be wrong.

[jemagee]

I have better contacts than howard eskin in the nba

Thing is, with all his journalistic experience, he should know better than to make sure he has the story locked, and maybe he does or maybe he doesn't but the fact that no one else has it, and espn has some pretty good connections withy the nba, is just fishy to me - i think he's jumping the gun...and it's not even a major story

[tk76-]

Suffice to say he should have added the term "have agreed to a deal in principle."