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2013 NBA Offseason |OT2| The Rich Get Richer, The Poor Get Andrea Bargnani
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Hasphat'sAnts
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They offered James Harden $12mil a year for 4 years. That's about as low ball of an offer as you're gonna see for a top 10 player.
... which is less than what Eric Gordon got...
Eric Gordon said:
Yeah, great job, Bennett.
wtf? this is seriously the dumbest thing I've ever read on this forum
if you wanted an infantry based shooter, there's plenty of them out there. this is the equivalent of buying NBA 2K and complaining it's not a football game
obijkenobi
Member
They will use it to sign a max player. Those just grow on trees
Nobody's saying Gordon is better than Harden, and everybody (Presti and Bennett included) understand that Harden is a max-type player. We were still offering him an ungodly sum of money, potentially mortgaging our future, and offering him the chance to compete for championships with his friends for years to come, and the max deal was more important to him.
Good for him, and there's no reason for either side to be bitter about it. He got his money, and we're still contenders.
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My point about cap room is that we still have a large amount of flexibility in the next 2-3 years to make moves and add pieces, while still contending for titles. This is something most observers of the league don't realize.
And I never said we'd sign a max player. Just that we should be able to add a nice piece or two to an already strong core with that kind of cap room.
Hasphat'sAnts
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You know how we make fun of Kahn for messing up the Kevin Love deal?
That was a deal Harden was perfectly fine with! How do you mess this up!?
That was a deal Harden was perfectly fine with! How do you mess this up!?
obijkenobi
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Rudy Gay is a difference maker though.
Actually they were offering him way less than market value, insuring their future, and keeping him in a more minor role than he was capable or deserved. But he still agreed to the deal if Presti threw in a trade kicker. Presti decided to trade him for a Kevin Martin rental, during negotiations, instead.
I feel like I've heard this before.
Red Blaster
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ph33 ph33 have you tried the popeyes chicken waffle thing yet
i had it for lunch today and it was pretty good for the most part except the honey maple sauce, that shit was sickly sweet.
i had it for lunch today and it was pretty good for the most part except the honey maple sauce, that shit was sickly sweet.
At least the Mavs actually won a title before blowing it up.
Also, Dallas signed Dejuan Blair for the minimum.
We haven't blown up shit. We won 60 games last year and still have 2 of the best 10 players in basketball.
No, it takes true talent to take a team that actually won a title and turn it into the never-ending nightmare of the late lottery/8th seed.
GremlinFool
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Can you explain to me how replacing Kevin Martin with Jeff Gomes and having a hobbled Westbrook makes you a title contender for the coming season? In detail, if possible.
Psychological Intellect
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Gomes might not even make the roster, so the very premise of that question is faulty. And there's no indication that YNB will be less than 100% when he comes back. It wasn't a major injury.
Jeff Gomes un-Gomes'd himself this past year, you remember that.
obijkenobi
Member
Gondo got his new avatar for it. Don't forget that.
GremlinFool
Member
Even better: explain to me how losing a top 3 candidate for sixth man of the year and replacing him with nothing makes OKC a title contender.
Psychological Intellect
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Something something Ibaka.
Psychological Intellect
Banned
Didn't jay z sell whatever small percentage of the nets he owned?
He got this.
or because jay is Durant's agent?
Haven't gone yet but I intend on trying it...I'm anticipating the sweetness so I think I'm going to counter that with cajun gravy dipping instead of the sweet sauce.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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These wounds will not heal.
What would you have given up?
friskykillface
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ca
Well okay then.
Late but smh
Nets at Celtics for the first game for both these teams
Bobcats at Celtics confirmed
like we had enough strippers
ItWasMeantToBe19
Banned
Favors and two firsts would have killed every other offer the Thunder got.
This and the DMC max speculation and Monta Ellis continuing to get paid to play basketball really shows how obsessed front offices still are with raw PPG numbers.
Well no shit, but this is also with the benefit of hindsight. Remember, the Raps, Wiz, and Ws were all hesitant to deal Jonas, Beal, and Klay.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Yeah, teams were stupid, but I am upset with how we could have gotten him if our team wasn't stupid then
Late but smh
Nets at Celtics for the first game for both these teams
Bobcats at Celtics confirmed
Douche Molecules said that no one cared tho.
Eh, the Thunder is not going to have much cap room 2 years from now. You can't just look at the guaranteed total at this moment and say hey cap room. There are players that you have to either extend between then or let go, and if you don't get more pieces on board, Durant is not going to sign that extension either.
Oh and you will also be competing against big market teams like Nets, Knicks, Clippers, Rockets. So good luck.
Oh and you will also be competing against big market teams like Nets, Knicks, Clippers, Rockets. So good luck.
AlphaSnake
...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
That is so creative.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
WojYahooNBA
Detroit and Milwaukee are nearing a sign-and-trade agreement to send Brandon Jennings to the Pistons, league sources tell Y! Sports.
Detroit and Milwaukee are nearing a sign-and-trade agreement to send Brandon Jennings to the Pistons, league sources tell Y! Sports.
So much for the Pistons playoff hopes. Milwaukee has that 8th seed locked up now.
The Frankman
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Now this is actually interesting. Brandon Knight is automatically gone, who else goes to the Bucks?
The Frankman
Banned
It really isn't. The key is who gets sent from Detroit.
Top 5 Detroit Salaries:
Villanueva - $8.58 for 1 year
Stuckey - $8.5 for 1 year
Jerebko - $4.5 for 2 years
Monroe - $4.086 for 1 year
Knight - $2.793 for 1 year
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