Chuck Texas wrote:Birdie,
I'm not arguing with you about spending money when it makes sense to. I was in favor of the Thunder matching Kanter for instance. And yeah Cuban should have given Tyson a long-term deal in the summer of 2011. He was plenty young enough to make a long-term deal viable and we knew he fit beautifully alongside Dirk.
I just don't think that Chalmers/Birdman are that essential and thus there is a real argument for moving them if possible. But I won't kill them if they don't. Any time a team is willing to spend in order to increase their chances to win even slightly isn't something I'd heavily criticize. But in terms of value they aren't worth what they cost or close to it.
hahaha, no argument here Chuck, I'm not that stubborn to understand/accept where you're coming from or why you said what you said. No beef here. I totally get it and like I said, I'm neither right nor wrong because I'm not Mickey Arison. I can only speak for myself and pontificate from my throne of virtual billions that mean nothing to me.
Yea, that's where you and me differ here, while I don't think Rio/Birdman are extremely crucial, I do think they still hold "some" value to hold onto for depth/chemistry purposes. Is that worth 27mil + 9mil in salary, in a vacuum, probably not but then you can make the argument, Luol Deng is 10+mil, if you got rid of him, you save that same exact kind of money. I'd consider moving Deng and signing Dorell Wright to the min, I don't think you lose much there in that scenario.
no way.
