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David Aldridge of TNT reported Saturday that a three-team deal among the Kings, Denver and Indiana would have brought Pacers forward Jermaine O'Neal to Sacramento. Petrie, however, was adamant that he was not in three-team discussions, nor was he pursuing O'Neal.
I have no idea what you're talking about, and clearly, neither do you.
David Aldridge reported on TNT during Saturday's All-Star game coverage that the Kings were involved in three-team talks that would have sent Ron Artest to Denver, Brad Miller to Indiana and brought Jermaine O'Neal to Sacramento. Another version of the rumor popped up soon thereafter that had Denver forward Nene headed to Indiana instead of Miller. Either way, Petrie shot it down.
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Bucky O'Hare wrote:Thank God. The last thing we need is an aged, overpaid, injury prone jabroni like Brad Miller. If we move J.O., I wish we'd target young players, draft picks, and/or expirings.
cdash wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Check out Brad Miller's numbers this year. Go ahead. They are great. He is better than JO at this point, and he had one year of being injured. I dont think he solves a great deal of issues for us, but your claims about him are outlandish.
As for Petrie shooting the rumors down, come on people, what else was he going to say? Remember oh, say, two weeks ago when Cuban told someone he was smoking crack about that Kidd deal? Not only that, but he would not include Van Horn in any deals? Yeah, exactly.
cdash wrote:As for Petrie shooting the rumors down, come on people, what else was he going to say? Remember oh, say, two weeks ago when Cuban told someone he was smoking crack about that Kidd deal? Not only that, but he would not include Van Horn in any deals? Yeah, exactly.
KingInExile wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
The big difference between Petrie and Cuban, though, is that Petrie has the credibility to take what he says at face value. If there was something going, he would not have lied and said "we have nothing working". He would have just refused to answer the question with a line of "that's not something I'm willing to talk about right now". If he says the Kings are not looking at JO or talking to the Pacers, then that is what is going on.
Also, ask yourself, why would he acknowledge that he has talked recently with Denver then turn around and lie about not talking to the Pacers? Does that make sense?
Bucky O'Hare wrote:cdash wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Check out Brad Miller's numbers this year. Go ahead. They are great. He is better than JO at this point, and he had one year of being injured. I dont think he solves a great deal of issues for us, but your claims about him are outlandish.
As for Petrie shooting the rumors down, come on people, what else was he going to say? Remember oh, say, two weeks ago when Cuban told someone he was smoking crack about that Kidd deal? Not only that, but he would not include Van Horn in any deals? Yeah, exactly.
Why do we want him?
He's about to turn 32.
He doesn't play defense.
He's injury prone.
He's a jump shooter with a sub-par FG%.
He's not any sort of long-term solution. He's another quick fix band-aid, and history tells us those type of moves are mistakes. The only plus I can see is that his contract is smaller and shorter than J.O.'s.
I know for a fact that young players, draft picks, and expirings are what we need, but since Bird is an ignorant hick who has no clue what he's doing, I could live with this deal. Knowing how inept and inbred Bird is, it could be much worse.
cdash wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
You cant take anything that people in their position say at face value. Whether it is Petrie, Cuban, Colangelo, or whoever, they never tell the media anything they dont want them to know. He absolutely would have said "we have nothing working". These guys didnt get to where they are for being stupid (some of them got there by being a big name though), and if they even leave any shred of doubt, they know the media will take it and run with it. You are naive if you believe everything these guys say to the media.
Also, it makes plenty of sense that he would acknowledge the Denver talks and not the Pacer rumors (which I never heard and I watched the AS game). There was nothing material to any rumors with Indiana. No names were bantied about, no nothing. That means he was probably pretty confident that it was merely speculation and that there wouldnt be a plethora of other media members questioning him about it. The Artest to Denver rumors are everywhere, and everyone knows they are shopping Artest, so it wouldnt make a great deal of sense to deny those rumors now would it?
So you would rather believe speculation attributed to David Aldridge....and you call ME naive?
KingInExile wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Give me a break. I come in here as a courtesy to point out that the Kings' GM personally refuted the rumor. It's up to you whether or not you want to believe what he has to say. Obviously you would rather believe the fantasy rumors that come from ESPN.
