He is actually pretty good on high screens. Though he is definitely worthless of offense. I'd say he's a decent fit for our frontcourt since we have currently no player on the roster over 6'4 who can defend.HomeRunBaker said:
Boston doesn't need to. The Nets will find someone to give them salary relief for Joe Johnson and Deron Williams. The owner would like to clean up the payroll to facilitate a quicker sale. Having a team with only one long term deal makes it attractive for a new ownership group looking to make a free agency splash.Eddie Jurak said:
how about Ty Lawson, Roy Hibbert, or David Lee as backup plan using the trade exceptions or Gerald Wallace expiring contract plus Babb, Pressley and other flotsam?Eddie Jurak said:
the1andonly3003 said:
Anyone who thought that simply hasn't been paying attention to the NBA. The top tier guys ignore us, the second tier guys sometimes maybe allow us to meet with them.......and we end up with Marquis Daniels masquerading as Al-Farouq Aminu.Jed Zeppelin said:
Agents don't get paid their commission to earn their clients less. Aside from home grown stars who don't want to uplift their family like Wade and Duncan who ever takes less money to play one place over another? The less desirable destinations (I include Boston on this list) do have to overpay or not acquire the player they want....this is why the Ramon Sessions got 4/$16m from Minnesota back when that wasn't backup guard money, it's why the Celtics lost out on Antonio McDyess who would rather live in Detroit 7 months a year, and why we had to include a 15% trade kicker to Mark Blount's deal to avoid losing him to the two teams who offered him the full MLE back then.bowiac said:
He'd get a chance to build it his way instead of LeBron's way which suits his personality much better. With the salary cap/tax increasing next summer this could be a VERY interesting situation for his UK guys......he would already begin with Boogie and WCS. This would be great for the league and its entertainment value.Ed Hillel said:
Well it probably comes down to front office control and relationship with the owner. I bet he says no for the same reason he said no to CLE. The owners are nutjobs who are very hands on.Ed Hillel said:
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Sure, washed up bench players who are ring chasing would come here or go anywhere.....we know that. Take the ring chasing out of the equation and none of those players are in Boston nor would we have wanted them here.moondog80 said:
I really doubt this. Cal has too many of HIS point guards out there to run his team/system. There is already Bledsoe talk and Cal isn't even there yet.amfox1 said:
Well, for one, the NBA is distinct in that there is a cap on contract offers; when max-level players are being offered the same amount of money from several teams, they are more likely to focus on secondary preferences like city nightlife, weather, etc. Within the confines of the salary cap, the Patriots can offer players whatever they want; and the Sox can offer 5/$95m to Pablo freakin' Sandoval. Not hard to convince players to play in Boston when you can outbid other teams.moondog80 said:
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Wilco's Last Fan said:
It's all he really can do is throw maxes at as many guys as possible in the hope one bites. This is a rough offseason, lot of teams willing to give maxes to re-sign guys because they know the cap is going up. So teams like CLE and CHI who might have had real trouble matching a max offer won't think twice, and with the cap going up less teams are looking to move out guys on the overpaid side. It's just a perfect storm for not being able to get anybody.RedOctober3829 said:
It's because a max FA like Butler would be passing on a 5th year and a larger contract. When a player like Monroe (or Aldridge) does this the vultures in NY and LA or a successful home town team like the Spurs come calling. The best player we've acquired in the past 30 years refused to come here even though he didn't have a no-trade clause......but we can continue beating this horse dead every summer.moondog80 said:
Yeah, we had to trade for a Top-20 All-Time scorer to get someone to leave the Timberwolves. When the deal was ready to get done prior to that Garnett said No. Well let's sit back and watch this summer and next summer load up with the Cap Space we have......wake me up when it happens I'll be napping.Rudy Pemberton said:
Yes, they had to show they were a legit contender to get him to leave the place he had spent his whole career and become fond of. So what?HomeRunBaker said:Yeah, we had to trade for a Top-20 All-Time scorer to get someone to leave the Timberwolves. When the deal was ready to get done prior to that Garnett said No. Well let's sit back and watch this summer and next summer load up with the Cap Space we have......wake me up when it happens I'll be napping.
The Red Sox is a clear difference as it is a non-cap league, so spending power makes a huge difference in terms of both usually being the clear most money, and the ability to stack the roster with other top money players.moondog80 said:
What big name high dollar FA have come to the Patriots? The Red Sox players don't have to spend November through March dealing with Boston winters.moondog80 said:
when they showed up, they were a shell of themselves (throw in Shaq, Jermaine O'Neal, etc)...Celts got a bunch of passed their prime guys to take $ to come here...no one nearing the end of their prime came to Boston to chase a championshipmoondog80 said:
NBA players are an anomaly, generally speaking NFL/NHL/MLB players don't put as great a weight (if any) on playing in warm weather/big cities as the NBA guys. Absurd to me how much that drives NBA players.moondog80 said:
Hanley Ramirez took less to come here. The A's outbid us on Adrian Beltre. The extension Schilling agreed to when he agreed to come was way below market.Cellar-Door said:
This is clear with the Lakers recent track record of unparalleled success in the free agent market...Cellar-Door said:
