Official Speculation Thread (Pt. XLIV Off-Season Edition)

silent1900 · Post #661 » by **silent1900** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:00 am

Vuvecic? Vujecic? Vucevic? Vujicic?

mattyBoi · Post #662 » by **mattyBoi** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:00 am

People trying to defend this trade, you are making yourselves look infinitely stupid. Just stop right now. Step out of your **** Magic bubble and listen to the rest of the world laugh at you.

magicman123 · Post #663 » by **magicman123** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:01 am

thelead wrote:
TDJacksonville wrote:traded for Kobe and traded for Gasol.

Kobe was drafted for the lakers... And they drafted Marc Gasol.

kobe was drafted by the hornets, and traded to LA

warren4prez · Post #664 » by **warren4prez** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:02 am

FFBlitzace wrote:I don't see what makes this so much different than the Houston deal (which apprently never quite as lucrative as we liked to fantasize).

Instead of rookies, we get them in the form of draft picks. We get Harkless, who most of us liked leading up to the draft. Vujevic was promising in spurts last year. Afflalo is a good player. We dump J-rich.

This is far and away better than letting him walk. Far and away better than trading for veterans and being mediocre.

It's not our dream deal, certainly, but I think the level of freak out in here is unwarranted.

That is what gets me Affalo contract is longer than JRICH so if we are looking to shed salary why bring in more salary.

CaliMagicGuy · Post #665 » by **CaliMagicGuy** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:02 am

i actually feel sick to my stomach right now.

arkknight1988 · Post #666 » by **arkknight1988** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:02 am

finally some youth on the wings. We are set to tank the next 2 years.

Top 5 pick/jameer
Afflalo/Liggins
Harkless
Nicholson/Davis
Top 5 pick(Noel?)/Oquinn

thelead · Post #667 » by **thelead** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:03 am

magicman123 wrote:
thelead wrote:
TDJacksonville wrote:traded for Kobe and traded for Gasol.

Kobe was drafted for the lakers... And they drafted Marc Gasol.

kobe was drafted by the hornets, and traded to LA

That's what I meant. Kobe was drafted by the hornets knowing they were going to trade him to LA

IGotDaMagicInMe · Post #668 » by **IGotDaMagicInMe** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:05 am

warren4prez wrote:
FFBlitzace wrote:I don't see what makes this so much different than the Houston deal (which apprently never quite as lucrative as we liked to fantasize).

Instead of rookies, we get them in the form of draft picks. We get Harkless, who most of us liked leading up to the draft. Vujevic was promising in spurts last year. Afflalo is a good player. We dump J-rich.

This is far and away better than letting him walk. Far and away better than trading for veterans and being mediocre.

It's not our dream deal, certainly, but I think the level of freak out in here is unwarranted.

That is what gets me Affalo contract is longer than JRICH so if we are looking to shed salary why bring in more salary.

Afflalo is actually good though, better q is why harrington

SEBAS-07 · Post #669 » by **SEBAS-07** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:05 am

arkknight1988 wrote:finally some youth on the wings. We are set to tank the next 2 years.

Top 5 pick/jameer
Afflalo/Liggins
Harkless
Nicholson/Davis
Top 5 pick(Noel?)/Oquinn

The great youth of someone who will be 27 years old when the season starts and has a bad contract.

fbeye343 · Post #670 » by **fbeye343** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:05 am

anyone find it strange that espn is the only media reporting this?

thelead · Post #671 » by **thelead** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:06 am

IGotDaMagicInMe wrote:
warren4prez wrote:
FFBlitzace wrote:I don't see what makes this so much different than the Houston deal (which apprently never quite as lucrative as we liked to fantasize).

Instead of rookies, we get them in the form of draft picks. We get Harkless, who most of us liked leading up to the draft. Vujevic was promising in spurts last year. Afflalo is a good player. We dump J-rich.

This is far and away better than letting him walk. Far and away better than trading for veterans and being mediocre.

It's not our dream deal, certainly, but I think the level of freak out in here is unwarranted.

That is what gets me Affalo contract is longer than JRICH so if we are looking to shed salary why bring in more salary.

Afflalo is actually good though, better q is why harrington

And by the time we're ready to contend again will be 32 years old and playing somewhere else.

Post #672 » by **FFBlitzace** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:06 am

Well Afflalo is actually a good player. He also happens to be on the right side of 30. He's a positive asset rather than a negative one.

TDJacksonville · Post #673 » by **TDJacksonville** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:06 am

thelead wrote:
TDJacksonville wrote:traded for Kobe and traded for Gasol.

Kobe was drafted for the lakers... And they drafted Marc Gasol.

who cares that he was picked for the lakers. for all practical purposes he was a Hornet that got traded for starting center. sure marc was picked by them but he never played for them at all so they dont deserve credit for him being in a good starter. kobe sure ill give them some credit for screwing the hornets with Vlade for Kobe

backasswards · Post #674 » by **backasswards** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:06 am

This trade is garbage for us. Not sure how people can try and convince themselves that this is good.

Look at the talent Denver got for Melo.

Look at what the Hornets got for CP3.

Now compare that to what we are reportedly getting for Dwight. How you can come away satisfied is completely insane.

IGotDaMagicInMe · Post #675 » by **IGotDaMagicInMe** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:07 am

This would be a great trade if we got bynum too. I'm not too sure about harrington but i like afflalo and mo no mo. I really wish we couldve gotten a pg in this, any pg besides duhon

AshBlackstone · Post #676 » by **AshBlackstone** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:07 am

warren4prez wrote:
FFBlitzace wrote:I don't see what makes this so much different than the Houston deal (which apprently never quite as lucrative as we liked to fantasize).

Instead of rookies, we get them in the form of draft picks. We get Harkless, who most of us liked leading up to the draft. Vujevic was promising in spurts last year. Afflalo is a good player. We dump J-rich.

This is far and away better than letting him walk. Far and away better than trading for veterans and being mediocre.

It's not our dream deal, certainly, but I think the level of freak out in here is unwarranted.

That is what gets me Affalo contract is longer than JRICH so if we are looking to shed salary why bring in more salary.

This. Affalo is just a role player, and not worth taking on with the number of years on his deal. Just terrible.

MagicMan89 · Post #677 » by **MagicMan89** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:07 am

People step back from the ledge. We are very flexable for the next couple years and for once every single asset on the team is tradable. We have 4 young (cheap) bigs, dump J.Rich, get more athletic at SG/SF.

kasedafk_1 · Post #678 » by **kasedafk_1** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:08 am

This has to be some kind of sick joke.

Mule Tears · Post #679 » by **Mule Tears** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:08 am

MagicMan89 wrote:People step back from the ledge. We are very flexable for the next couple years and for once every single asset on the team is tradable. We have 4 young (cheap) bigs, dump J.Rich, get more athletic at SG/SF.

Are we flexible too?

Optimus_Steel · Post #680 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:08 am

I wont believe this until there is press conference because there have been so many bogus "reports". In the other hand, we dont want to add salary, we are tanking and adding salary plus a talent like Bynum or Gasol does not help that tasks. We want: multiple draft picks, young players with upside, cap space, hard core tank job. Hope we can accomplish that.