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I think the circumstances affected the Luka deal as much as or even more than Harrison's negotiating skills. 

I think he rightly believed the news getting out would've resulted in premature pandemonium, and would've led to Dumont realizing that the safest course available to him was to stop the trade, due to public outcry and Duffy raising hell. Since Harrison wanted A) wanted Luka gone and B) wanted Anthony Davis in exchange, I think he took a little less (thought not as much less as we might've initially felt, if Shams was right last week about Davis' value on the open market right now) just to get the thing done. 

It MIGHT mean he's a terrible negotiator, and there's other things to point to that could support that claim, but I also think it's too early to assume all the "good stuff" was Lindsey and all the "bad stuff" was Harison.

In other words, apples and oranges with this Holiday deal. But yeah, I think Cronin is delusional, and that's not even from an angle of what the deal was, it's more about WHY THE HELL DOES PORTLAND EVEN WANT JRUE HOLIDAY?! Are he and Jerami Grant supposed to get them into the playoffs?? In the West?????

I don't think it's up for debate the Nico is a terrible negotiator.  He'll be responsible for one of, if not the worst trade, in league history.  The fact that he still has a job make me worry for the future of the franchise.  Bad deals happen all the time.  We've been on the beneficiary end of them.  I still don't think that's a great way to judge someone's value.  I know I would have asked for a lot more if I was on the phone with Boston, but seeing as how I don't think we are a contender, a position of greed is easier to operate from which makes Portland's decision in the trade all the stranger.  Maybe they can flip Jrue again and pickup assets.  *shrug*