We Are Stuck With Him - The Lance Stephenson Thread II

Eoghan · Post #941 » by **Eoghan** » Tue Feb 17, 2015 9:00 pm

I for one am glad that Lance isn't as hungry as Big Al. Al needs those calories to climb out of his big bed every morning.

Post #942 » by **yosemiteben** » Tue Feb 17, 2015 9:27 pm

At some point self-interest has to kick in for Lance. If he plays at this rate to finish the season and we get stuck with him through next season and he doesn't improve, he can look forward to all low ball offers in his free agency. He'll be a 26 year old that has proven nothing except bringing distractions and frustration. He has millions of dollars at stake.

Cho could not have structured that contract better to incentive Lance to not screw it up. Long enough to not be viewed as an aberration if he's terrible, short enough to really benefit and cash in if he's productive.

Liver_Pooty · Post #943 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 2:02 am

Eh, nothing new
"Point guard Norris Cole (Miami Heat), shooting guard Lance Stephenson (Charlotte Hornets) and power forward Taj Gibson (Chicago Bulls) are three more players making the rounds on the NBA trade-rumor mill. The Milwaukee Bucks are said to have a strong interest in Gibson, and some interest in Cole."
http://www.foxsports.com/ohio/story/thu ... mes-021615

Liver_Pooty · Post #944 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 3:28 am

[tweet]https://twitter.com/rick_bonnell/status/567886658168815616[/tweet]

Liver_Pooty · Post #945 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 3:50 am

[tweet]https://twitter.com/HornetsHardball/status/567893418891964416[/tweet]

TheKingofSting · Post #946 » by **TheKingofSting** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 3:52 am

We can only hope the reverse curse works here.

Liver_Pooty · Post #947 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 7:40 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/QCHspencer/status/568132032242569218[/tweet]

Post #948 » by **yosemiteben** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 7:43 pm

Liver_Pooty wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/QCHspencer/status/568132032242569218[/tweet]

Can you imagine waiving him in his first year? Wow.

LofJ · Post #949 » by **LofJ** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 7:43 pm

Is he speaking about something he's heard from our front office or is he just saying that we could simply waive him if push came to shove?

Liver_Pooty · Post #950 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 7:45 pm

LofJ wrote:Is he speaking about something he's heard from our front office or is he just saying that we could simply waive him if push came to shove?

Probably saying we could and would waive him if push came to shove. I've mentioned that on here a couple times. I think its entirely possible we buy him out.

Post #951 » by **yosemiteben** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 7:46 pm

LofJ wrote:Is he speaking about something he's heard from our front office or is he just saying that we could simply waive him if push came to shove?

I'm sure he's observing that they could pull a Josh Smith. There's no way he knows what Cho is thinking.

LofJ · Post #952 » by **LofJ** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 7:48 pm

Liver_Pooty wrote:
LofJ wrote:Is he speaking about something he's heard from our front office or is he just saying that we could simply waive him if push came to shove?

Probably saying we could and would waive him if push came to shove. I've mentioned that on here a couple times. I think its entirely possible we buy him out.

I really hope we don't have to do that. It would not be fun having his $9 million cap hit next season with nothing to show for it. We better damn well hope Henderson opts in if we go that route.

BlackOutBuzz · Post #953 » by **BlackOutBuzz** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 7:57 pm

If we cut him we'd use the stretch provision and take the $18m hit over 5 years instead of 2, so $3.6m per year. Highly doubt we'd do that though.

Flip Murray · Post #954 » by **Flip Murray** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 8:18 pm

i'm just on reddit laughing at people who want their team to sign lance.

tondi123 · Post #955 » by **tondi123** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 8:19 pm

Well if we thought trading him was difficult before, good luck now that we've aannounced we are considering cutting him. No reason for anybody to trade for him now.

Post #956 » by **yosemiteben** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 8:22 pm

tondi123 wrote:Well if we thought trading him was difficult before, good luck now that we've aannounced we are considering cutting him.

We didn't. And part of the attraction of the trade is you get to dump salary in exchange for taking him on.

Post #957 » by **JDR720** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 10:38 pm

This Percy dude has been saying a lot of stuff recently, I dont think he has been right once but I actually think this time he could be right.

BeesWax · Post #958 » by **BeesWax** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 10:47 pm

Throw enough stuff out there and eventually you have to get something right.

Vanderbilt_Grad · Post #959 » by **Vanderbilt_Grad** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 11:09 pm

I think that it's far more likely that the Hornets waive Lance over the summer if they do go that way. Stretching 9 mil over 5 years at that point isn't a big deal cap wise. It also gives them time to see what happens with Al, Hendo, and others in terms of opting out ... and time to see if Lance can turn it around.

HornetJail · Post #960 » by **HornetJail** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 11:42 pm

Liver_Pooty wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/QCHspencer/status/568132032242569218[/tweet]

That's crazy talk. 100% crazy talk. That would be the stupidest thing this franchise has ever done, with an honorable mention for trading a 1st for Tyrus Thomas and then signing him to 5/40. I fully guarantee that if we waived him he'd go and revert back to Indiana form. What's the point in not letting him play out his contract? I don't believe this garbage.