Yahoo: Raps sign Linas Kleiza to 4 year 18.8M offer sheet

Denisaur9 · Post #61 » by **Denisaur9** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 12:58 pm

thats the contract Amir should have gotten! that means Turk has to be gone cant have 16 mil tied up at SF and Weems being arguably the best player.

This is his Garbajosa replacement.

wajr · Post #62 » by **wajr** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 12:58 pm

kedineking wrote:anyone that think this is a good signing is very lost just putting more money into a team thats not going anywhere and seems like we want to go all white like back in the day

Just stop. Ignorance at it's finest.

Spragga · Post #63 » by **Spragga** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 12:59 pm

I would be all for Trading Hedo and having Kleiza and Beasley man the 3.

theonlyeastcoastrapsfan · Post #64 » by **theonlyeastcoastrapsfan** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 12:59 pm

This is a good deal for less than the MLE. Good Player, tough player. Nice pickup. Don't count BC out yet.

BTW, if we somehow do make the playoffs, which we couldn't do this year with Bosh, are you really still going to be upset at making the playoffs?

turner10 · Post #65 » by **turner10** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 12:59 pm

highlights of him scoring 19 points in 6 minutes aha..guy can fill it up..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksghsIVO_fk

danny-callahan · Post #66 » by **danny-callahan** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 1:00 pm

I really like Kleiza as a player. He was solid off the bench in his days in Denver and performed very well for Olympiakos.

Good singing, good value. I'm happy with this.

Fran Vasquez · Post #67 » by **Fran Vasquez** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 1:00 pm

ahhaha another euro, this is hilarious
now you just need to have fran vazquez rights, and you are set

Dr Octagon · Post #68 » by **Dr Octagon** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 1:00 pm

Jack/Banks
DD/Weems/Beli
Kleiza/Weems
Amir/Davis
Bargs/ Alabi

Does't look too impressive, but at least there's some youth.

Fran Vasquez · Post #69 » by **Fran Vasquez** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 1:00 pm

danny-callahan wrote:I really like Kleiza as a player. He was solid off the bench in his days in Denver and performed very well for Olympiakos.

Good singing, good value. I'm happy with this.

yeah, his final against barça was awesome

barrist · Post #70 » by **barrist** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 1:00 pm

I'm happy about this because all the kids will be pitchfork angry about another Euro.

rdtx2005 · Post #71 » by **rdtx2005** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 1:01 pm

gotta love the mindless Euro bashing on here..

timdunkit · Post #72 » by **timdunkit** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 1:01 pm

YOU FACKING PEOPLE ARE (Please Use More Appropriate Word) ....

There I had to get that out of my system. Seriously, Kleiza is going to add 1-2 wins to a 20 win team? OMG BIG WHOOOPIE DOOO!!! Kleiza is 25 years old people so he's young enough to keep for long term. He's going to bring grit and toughness to this team and possibly some leadership.

BUT GET IT TO YOUR THICKHEADS!! LINAS KLEIZA IS NOT CHANGING THE PATH TO THIS LOTTERY BOUND TEAM!!

Kid Canada · Post #73 » by **Kid Canada** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 1:01 pm

RINSE wrote:Why are people saying Kleiza is unathletic?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtGWE-ph ... re=related

Whenever Melo was injured, Kleiza filled in admirably for him.

because the majority on here have probably seen him play twice and hes white so they assume hes slow.

wajr · Post #74 » by **wajr** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 1:01 pm

Spragga wrote:I would be all for Trading Hedo and having Kleiza and Beasley man the 3.

+1

Maybe this upcoming season will be more fun than we all think. Obviously were going to take our bumps and bruises but this will be a young and energetic team with guys looking to make a mark. We just need to rid ourselves of Jose Calderon and possibly Hedo Turkoglu.

Ripp · Post #75 » by **Ripp** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 1:02 pm

Spragga wrote:He will take all of Hedo's minutes. He actually plays hard.

Hes prob on of the only Raps who could score 40 in a game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Np8WO4Q ... re=related

Cool mix, thanks. I think we should be open-minded about this deal...the contract is extremely small. Could easily work out very well.

Randle McMurphy · Post #76 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 1:02 pm

This doesn't look like the first step of any rebuilding process to me. In fact, it looks like more of the same retooling that we see every offseason.

Not that Kleiza is a bad player, of course, he's a decent role guy with toughness, but I just don't see the point as it pertains to turning this team into a contender in the long-term.

Neutral 123 · Post #77 » by **Neutral 123** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 1:02 pm

For **** sakes.

TheMainEvent · Post #78 » by **TheMainEvent** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 1:03 pm

I think Kleiza is a pretty decent addition... but I much prefer Brewer

whysoserious · Post #79 » by **whysoserious** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 1:03 pm

Throwback24 wrote:I guess BC thinks we can still contend, let's see his other moves. As a stand alone signing, it's not too bad and he's not over paying.

The thing is there's a lot of teams that are top heavy in the Eastern Conference, there's still two, maybe three playoff spots that are up for grabs in the East.

NY is the only non-playoff team that got a star and even with Amare, I don't think they've improved that much because the rest of that team still sucks.

I'm not suggesting we are a playoff team but we could surprise, considering how average the bottome half of the conference is.

StartingBench · Post #80 » by **StartingBench** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 1:03 pm

I don't understand this, but it's still early. I assume he has some other deals in the works.