Rendall on the skewing of the draft in 2010:
"Unfortunately for the system this year and next year, everyone is out 10 picks," Rendell said. "If you have players coming in, you're getting bargains, if you have players going out and nothing coming in, you're in a worse position. The 33 really was 23 last year, so it's actually a better deal than Mumford, it was our second-round pick."
I thought the reference would have been pretty well known.
Really? Apparently Reid, Rohan, Mitchell, Parker et al were being shopped around for high picks in order to satisfy the trade. Indeed, there were crows fans on this thread's partner gloating about how Sydney were going to have to lose Parker or Rohan.
That said, I think the club was aware of it, considering everybody in the league who had an interest would have been aware of it, but if given the choice between 23 and 33 I would have thought the choice would have been pretty easy. Unless Brisbane or the Suns decided they were going to disregard that agreement.