Bucher: Minnesota a darkhorse for McGrady

Post #81 » by **C.lupus** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:20 pm

shrink wrote:This discussion makes me feel old.

Just pop a video of 21 Jump Street into your VCR and you'll feel much better.

Post #82 » by **revprodeji** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:42 am

shrink wrote:This discussion makes me feel old.

I was in 7th grade during KG's rookie year.

SSUBluesman · Post #83 » by **SSUBluesman** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:39 pm

shrink wrote:We got Sam and Spree here when Brandon's big deal was finally expiring, and Taylor went over the lux, so this is the opposite of what you're saying.

We also traded Wally and Kandi's expiring deal for Blount and Davis -- again Taylor tried to get talent and didn't let the deal expire and save the money.

Was there any other time we had a big expiring deal to try to bring in talent?

I used Sam/Spree to refute your point that the team could not "afford" to put other high priced players around KG/Wally. I criticized Taylor for being unable to commit to improving the team (of which him going over the luxury tax would be a part). Nothing was contradictory.

This is an example of my complaints. It was a half-***ed attempt to "improve" the team (yea, Ricky Davis improves teams, just look at MIA this year), while also breaking up Wally's bigger contract into smaller (and in Ricky's case, shorter) pieces. I'm pretty sure I've complained (although quite awhile ago) about this team's willingness to accumulate mediocre players (Marko, T-Hud, Hassell, etc.) making millions of dollars instead of putting that money towards a legit sidekick for KG and building from there.

Spree.