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Hughes signing, you happy with it? 

Post#1 » by Dexmor » Sun Apr 11, 2010 4:32 pm

My espn pepps get on me for liking the Hughes signing and want him gone. I think it was a good move. Am I crazy or was a good signing?
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Post#2 » by Battery » Sun Apr 11, 2010 4:45 pm

Did we have another choice??? We sort of ran out of time at the trade deadline after trading Flip, so we're kind of lucky Hughes became available and wanted to play for us.
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Post#3 » by Fred Williamson » Sun Apr 11, 2010 4:46 pm

he took and made a lot of shots yesterday. But normally, he misses 70% of them.

So, yeah, I still want him gone because sooner or later, it will cost us wins
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Post#4 » by W_HAMILTON » Sun Apr 11, 2010 6:39 pm

Yes.
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Post#5 » by SKR » Sun Apr 11, 2010 7:52 pm

I almost like it. Well, i'm neutral about it. It is nice to have a scoring option off the bench, but I would have prefered someone else. Maybe someone from the Dleague.
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Post#6 » by fatlever » Sun Apr 11, 2010 8:03 pm

today i am happy... ask me again next week after he goes 2-for-9 with 4 turnovers.

however, as long as DJ is shooting lights out, those two make a good pair.
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Post#7 » by TheChosen1 » Sun Apr 11, 2010 8:52 pm

Fred Williamson wrote:he took and made a lot of shots yesterday. But normally, he misses 70% of them.

So, yeah, I still want him gone because sooner or later, it will cost us wins


He just needed time to get back in game shape. Larry Brown said he was nowhere near basketball shape when we got him. So the Hughes we will see from here on out is the Hughes of the last 2 games.
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Re: Hughes signing, you happy with it? 

Post#8 » by fatlever » Sun Apr 11, 2010 8:55 pm

my only beef with hughes is the fact that he is a "shooting guard" that cannot shoot. he is a career 40% shooter and is shooting 31% for the bobcats and 35% for the sesaon. if getting in "game shape" can get him back to 40% levels, i will be a little happier. i do appreciate his defense, playmaking and FT shooting though.

i guess i just yearn for the day the bobcats actually have a guard that can really shoot while at the same time, not be a defensive liability. that would be nice. but, for now, i will gladly take hughes as a welcome addition to the playoff roster.
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Post#9 » by BigSlam » Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:01 pm

He doesn't look to create for others as much as I would like, but I think that has more to do with LB's direction than anything, but all in all I am still happy with the signing.

As Battery pointed out considering our options how could we not be happy?
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Re: Hughes signing, you happy with it? 

Post#10 » by fatlever » Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:02 pm

i mean, it beats the hell out of dontell jefferson.
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Post#11 » by TheChosen1 » Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:10 pm

fatlever wrote:i mean, it beats the hell out of dontell jefferson.


yea we shouldn't complain we got him for nothing and he is contributing.
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Post#12 » by Rich4114 » Mon Apr 12, 2010 2:33 am

Yes, but I don't like how much LB plays him. We lost a few games now because he was in there launching Bricks instead of Graham. I actually trust Graham offensively more than Hughes except at the FT line.
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Post#13 » by countryboi » Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:35 am

fatlever wrote: i guess i just yearn for the day the bobcats actually have a guard that can really shoot while at the same time, not be a defensive liability. that would be nice. but, for now, i will gladly take hughes as a welcome addition to the playoff roster.


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Post#14 » by chrbal » Mon Apr 12, 2010 8:18 pm

This is about what I expected, except I figured he would hit at least 1/3rd of his shots, but still. This is why I didn't/don't want the Bobcats to commit to him, as opposed to Dexmors' "Lets lock him up now, before he plays" plan.
I'd like to see him play less, but honestly this is what I expected to happen.

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