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[QUOTE="Knicks411, post: 312023, member: 767"]
The sign and trade part was semantics; I probably shouldn't even have brought it up. Can't help myself sometimes. (Lebron was an UFA as well; I think they did use the trade exception they got for dealing Lebron, can't remember the trade, and obviously no where close to fair value. But the cavs knew he was leaving anf at least got the exception.)
 
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[COLOR=#000000]I was looking at it from the standpoint of KG ended up cherry picking his location. He didn't want to go to Boston until they got Ray Allen. You're right he was loyal to Minnesota and didn't really want to leave, but both he and Lebron got to pick where they were going, and they each ended up going to the place where they could play with other great players.  It wasn't identical.    (And just for the record drawing the parallel shouldn't be seen as a knock on KG. I have no issue with it). But the fact that he didn't want to go there until Allen got traded there does kind of tell you he was going there to chase a ring, to steal a phrase from earlier in the thread. Which again; no problem. But it isn't like he just so happened to be traded to Boston out of luck.[/COLOR]
 
[COLOR=#000000]Did KG have a no trade at the time? I know there are very few, so I don't remember if he had one or it was just a function of no one willing to trade for him without an extension. And also, to bring this back to the Dwight discussion, the KG trade is just another example of how when a team trades a superstar, they never win the deal no matter what.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000]Another point in favor of KG's greatness, btw. (I remember thinking before the trade Boston woulodn't have the depth to make it work. I was clearly wrong). [/COLOR]
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