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Plea to Rod and Proky: Please Do Not Sign Tyrus Thomas!
Posted: Fri Jul 9, 2010 7:22 pm
by vincecarter4pres
For all that is holy, please Rod and Proky do not sign Tyrus Thomas!
He will immediately become an albatross contract.
He will immediately effect our ability for short and long term trade and free agent options.
He is a low BBIQ, knucklehead, chucking, 45% FG shooting, Stromile Swift clone.
He will effect Favors' and even Lopez' developement and progress.
Just don't do it!
There are so many better options.
We as Nets fans have suffered through numerous terrible seasons, especially recently to get to this point to have a complete rebuild, please do not botch this all up and have the time and effort and resources wasted for mediocre scrubs like this.
Don not saddle us and ruin our chances going forward, this loyal group deserves more!
Sincerely,
A dedicated Nets fan since the very early 90's
Re: Plea to Rod and Proky: Please Do Not Sign Tyrus Thomas!
Posted: Fri Jul 9, 2010 7:30 pm
by Jersey Generals
Re: Plea to Rod and Proky: Please Do Not Sign Tyrus Thomas!
Posted: Fri Jul 9, 2010 7:48 pm
by vincecarter4pres
http://www.nj.com/nets/index.ssf/2010/0 ... s_who.htmlAnd just like that, Tyrus Thomas gets a five-year, $40 million contract from the Bobcats, with a 17.5 percent bonus up front.
That means his first-year salary is $12 million, a chatty agent tells us.
Peanut Butter Jelly With a Baseball Bat!
Re: Plea to Rod and Proky: Please Do Not Sign Tyrus Thomas!
Posted: Fri Jul 9, 2010 8:03 pm
by jeff1624
Re: Plea to Rod and Proky: Please Do Not Sign Tyrus Thomas!
Posted: Fri Jul 9, 2010 8:06 pm
by Talentfull
Hell Yes! I'd rather go for broke and start Favors this season.
Re: Plea to Rod and Proky: Please Do Not Sign Tyrus Thomas!
Posted: Fri Jul 9, 2010 8:15 pm
by bkzmanny93
has that 5 yr 40mil contract really been. i dont totally dislike the tyrus thomas idea but 5yrs is a long time and 40 mil is a LOT of money for him. 12 mil upfront? thats insane.i want LUIS SCOLA
Re: Plea to Rod and Proky: Please Do Not Sign Tyrus Thomas!
Posted: Fri Jul 9, 2010 8:22 pm
by Basileus777
I love Michael Jordan.
Re: Plea to Rod and Proky: Please Do Not Sign Tyrus Thomas!
Posted: Fri Jul 9, 2010 8:24 pm
by Preludepunk27
Life is good. Though the PF crop is weak and small, I'm so happy about this.
As long as we don't waste our money on Al Harrington now, I'll be happy. Give me Brian Skinner, Craig Smith and Anthony Morrow and lets call it the day.
Re: Plea to Rod and Proky: Please Do Not Sign Tyrus Thomas!
Posted: Fri Jul 9, 2010 8:47 pm
by deviljets7
vincecarter4pres wrote:http://www.nj.com/nets/index.ssf/2010/07/nets_pass_on_tyrus_thomas_who.html
And just like that, Tyrus Thomas gets a five-year, $40 million contract from the Bobcats, with a 17.5 percent bonus up front.
That means his first-year salary is $12 million, a chatty agent tells us.

Re: Plea to Rod and Proky: Please Do Not Sign Tyrus Thomas!
Posted: Fri Jul 9, 2010 9:05 pm
by SpeedyG
Let the kid play dammit!
Re: Plea to Rod and Proky: Please Do Not Sign Tyrus Thomas!
Posted: Fri Jul 9, 2010 9:41 pm
by jerseyjac
my prayers were also answered today...
Re: Plea to Rod and Proky: Please Do Not Sign Tyrus Thomas!
Posted: Fri Jul 9, 2010 10:36 pm
by ecuhus1981
I was already at amber alert for our front office after the TrOut signing. I was going to go over the deep end if they got into a bidding war for TT.
Honestly, I can at least envision Travis earning his contract with us. We could do worse with $7mil/year than an athletic SF who can hit an open 3. He's a reliable professional, a good teammate and a weapon.
Tyrus, on the other hand, seemed like a poor fit with Avery, and has never, EVER even been a consistent 4th option in the league. Paying him 2nd/3rd option money would have been a gigantic mistake; as others have said, I'm glad MJ shielded us from it!
Re: Plea to Rod and Proky: Please Do Not Sign Tyrus Thomas!
Posted: Fri Jul 9, 2010 10:50 pm
by Netaman
agreed with most - very glad we didn't get him.
If Haslem comes cheap (2-3 years, 5 mil per) I'd be happy with that. He's a good leader and would help the team on the glass and defensively. They need to get a star somehow though.
Re: Plea to Rod and Proky: Please Do Not Sign Tyrus Thomas!
Posted: Fri Jul 9, 2010 10:57 pm
by BrooklynBulls
Go get Scola instead. Oh yes.
Re: Plea to Rod and Proky: Please Do Not Sign Tyrus Thomas!
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 5:30 am
by vincecarter4pres
^^Dude, your sig is money.
