was trading jesus shuttelsworth the right move?

today we do a sports entry. maybe some other stuff along with it.

authors warning: copious amounts of beer were consumed today, so while i'm doing my best to have straight thoughts, they may come out a bit jagged.

recently the nba draft was held. i turned in my fan membership about 8 years ago when it started to become a 2 man game. for some reason, i like games to be played where all five (in this case) players are involved. i digress.

i listened to the draft on my way home from work - thanks seattle traffic - and was actually intrigued for the first time in years. i'll put this on the fact that the supes (supersonics) had the 2nd overall pick. go team.

now here's what i want to touch on. the trading of ray allen to the celtics was a good thing seattle. i know a lot of people are sore about it, but get over it. really.

jesus s. is 32. he's coming off a season that he played 50ish games. he had not one, but both, his ankles operated on. he was on the books for $14+ million. and, most telling of all, only one shooting guard in the history of the nba has not declined in years 12-14 (reggie miller), which he would've been ours for.

look, he was drafted the year before i graduated high school, and played with the likes of donyell and donny marshall. fun.

i know that the trade to the celtics for this jeff green kid brings on the "whaddyawhooooodya, why?" - and i'm not sure anyone can answer that. but this i can say. while i think the trade was good for a now "fully" rebuilding sonics club and the outcome of it was short of desirable, it's a good thing for the club.

they'll turn it around, most likely after they move, but you never know. part of me even wants to don the old sonics shirts and actually spend some hard earned money on tickets. after all, we do have the best player from the draft on our team now.

of course, then again, i might be like the typical seattle fan and say "show me" first. and it'll be too late. good thing football is coming soon.

tomorrow: seattle's international beer fest. bomb.

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i'm positing my first blog. okay. fun.

i haven't decided what my format is, why i'm doing this, where the direction will be - you know the fun things to think about before actually committing to something like this. lord knows i have a hard enough time ever keeping up (redundant alert) my myspace. however, i'm sure that in due time, something will be decided. of course, that is always subject to change.

cheers and keep posted.