Translation: Holt wanted Malik's contract off the books and the Spurs are happy they got a player as good as Mohammed under the cir stances...and they pulled the trigger now because someone else will offer the Knicks a better deal for him in the offseason or they might not be able to move Malik...again. And Mohammed is a project that is not going to bear as much fruit this season as having Malik Rose would have...
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And that's the truth.
And Pop saying it was for financial reasons is quite revealing if you think about it. That's the first time he said it that way...I think he was smarting from last nights loss and was letting us know which direction to look in if this trade ends up costing us. Kinda like he did when Tony almost went unsigned.