It's too bad that Noel doesn't understand the situation as well as a certain poster around here. Then he'd know there was no problem at all.
Mike
He doesn't understand the situation at all obviously. Otherwise he wouldn't have opened his mouth further diminishing his own trade value and making it more likely he gets stuck there.
I'm beginning to think that Noel is just really dumb. Like all time level dumb.
Or, he could be telling Philly to trade him NOW, no matter the return, or he'll Greg Monroe them next year.
Mike
And then Philly gets two more years of him, which doesn't seem like a bad deal for Philly. If Noel really wanted out, he wouldn't crush his own value, because it makes it far less likely he is the guy that gets moved.
Classic Hinkie-think. Yeah, keeping an unhappy lottery pick on the roster for two years when he's surrounded by other very young players couldn't possibly go wrong.
And try and understand this logic. If Noel gets traded NOW, he gets an entire season with a new team to up the value of his next contract. If he stays in Philly for this season, even if he gets traded at the deadline, his value will continue to decline. Or the alternative, he wants one of the other bigs traded NOW. Not at the trade deadline. Not next offseason. NOW.
It is in Noel's best interest to get something done as quickly as possible, so it makes perfect sense to try and up the pressure on Philly to do something as quickly as possible. It's not like anyone has given him any reason to trust that his current management knows what the heck they are doing.
Mike