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I really wanted Jermaine O'neal

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I really wanted Jermaine O'neal 

Post#1 » by Dalakerbox » Thu Jul 8, 2010 8:56 pm

...and hate that he signed with the Celts. that's all! :evil:
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Re: I really wanted Jermaine O'neal 

Post#2 » by popeye64821 » Thu Jul 8, 2010 9:32 pm

i kinda did as well, we need a bavkup center or someone who can grab those boards hopefully for us caracter turns out to be the big man i believe he can be..
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Re: I really wanted Jermaine O'neal 

Post#3 » by driver » Thu Jul 8, 2010 9:35 pm

He signed for full MLE. I don't think there was ever a way for him to come LA.
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Re: I really wanted Jermaine O'neal 

Post#4 » by Dalakerbox » Thu Jul 8, 2010 9:41 pm

I know, I figured we couldn't sign him, but hated it was the freakin Celts man
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Re: I really wanted Jermaine O'neal 

Post#5 » by fareweatherfan » Thu Jul 8, 2010 9:46 pm

he will do less for them than Sheed did. this signing is completely irrelevant.
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Re: I really wanted Jermaine O'neal 

Post#6 » by red_ace » Thu Jul 8, 2010 10:05 pm

JO says he's healthy. I've heard that one before.
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Re: I really wanted Jermaine O'neal 

Post#7 » by slifersd » Thu Jul 8, 2010 11:39 pm

red_ace wrote:JO says he's healthy. I've heard that one before.


He ain't lying, that is him being healthy at this moment in time. Missing 15-20 games a season while playing like a guy who can't actually jump any more is realistically his physical condition right now.
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Re: I really wanted Jermaine O'neal 

Post#8 » by Rain_Maker » Fri Jul 9, 2010 6:08 am

thank god we didnt trade bynum and odom for him several seasons ago :D:D:D
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Re: I really wanted Jermaine O'neal 

Post#9 » by Mamba Venom » Fri Jul 9, 2010 6:55 am

We needed a PG far more than a big man

Celts needed a big man far more than a PF
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Re: I really wanted Jermaine O'neal 

Post#10 » by JustAwesome » Fri Jul 9, 2010 7:23 am

Celtics make more sense for O'Neal than the Lakers did. In Boston, he has more of an opportunity to contribute. In LA, he would have had to compete for playing time with Odom, Gasol, and Bynum. In Boston, Garnett is willing to give up some minutes to make it to the playoffs, Perkins gets into foul trouble and has injurie issues, and Wallace is gone.

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