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

now and 4 life · Post #561 » by **now and 4 life** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 4:30 pm

This is not the signing I would whine about. It is better than the Amir signing.

Tha Cynic · Post #562 » by **Tha Cynic** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 4:34 pm

Meh, it's all good. I don't think there's anything to look forward to. Hopefully, this doesn't add more problems for the future GM. There's no point getting all worked up over what BC does; he's become known for making bad moves.

rottenzombie · Post #563 » by **rottenzombie** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 4:35 pm

Realistically, for all those of you saying we need a star player first, what star player is left out there for us to sign? David Lee?

And for those of you saying we need a full rebuild, is a 4/20 contract that much of a big deal?

Kc17 · Post #564 » by **Kc17** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 4:37 pm

Seriously, from what I've gathered, the only people hating on this signing are BC haters, Racists, and those who haven't seen Kleiza play. Great signing imo, very similar to the Jack one last season.

sanity · Post #565 » by **sanity** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 4:37 pm

Its non-guaranteed. I don't mind this

Colangelo has been wanting Kleiza for YEARS... I hope Linas doesn't forget how to play basketball once he arrives here

JD225 · Post #566 » by **JD225** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 4:39 pm

It's just a filler signing if you ask me. If Wright is gone and we luck out and trade Hedo we need another wing. Nothing wrong with this signing.

Southward1 · Post #567 » by **Southward1** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 4:39 pm

rottenzombie wrote:Realistically, for all those of you saying we need a star player first, what star player is left out there for us to sign? David Lee?

And for those of you saying we need a full rebuild, is a 4/20 contract that much of a big deal?

It's not that it's such a big deal, it's that it's a completely useless signing. This team is bad and by the time this team has the pieces and are ready to make the move to be a competitive team, Kleiza will be an expiring or even a free agent.

deeps6x · Post #568 » by **deeps6x** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 4:42 pm

dagger wrote:
kem416 wrote:Kleiza can fill it up. Period.
Consistency was his issue. But that may be because he was on a loaded team in Denver.
Not sure how he did last year however.
I like it. But lets see what else BC has up his sleeve before we determine if he "fits" or not.

He played for Olympiakos, the Euroleague finalist. Was a teammate of Childress.

As they are both SFs, who started?

MrBojangelz71 · Post #569 » by **MrBojangelz71** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 4:43 pm

Kc17 wrote:Seriously, from what I've gathered, the only people hating on this signing are BC haters, Racists, and those who haven't seen Kleiza play.

That sums up 85% of this board.

bonjovi0308 · Post #570 » by **bonjovi0308** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 4:43 pm

heemer wrote:What are you guys expecting?

This guy is just a solid rotation player. Get over it, we're not pulling in a star, were not making the playoffs but we are going to need rotation players. $5M /yr for an outright signing is actually reasonable for any player with a record of past production. Look at every other contract being given out.

Some haters will never be pleased unless Lebron would sign with the Raptors for 4/20. :roll:

super_balls · Post #571 » by **super_balls** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 4:44 pm

I'm praying to GOD this is a sign we trade Turkoglu or Calderon to Miami for Chalmers, picks & TPE along with Bosh if we S&T :pray:

lobosloboslobos · Post #572 » by **lobosloboslobos** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 4:45 pm

at this point with so many haters hating on every move I really, really hope the raps turn out to be fun and promising next year just so everyone can stfu and enjoy being a raps fan again

DreamTeam09 · Post #573 » by **DreamTeam09** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 4:45 pm

Tha Cynic wrote:Meh, it's all good. I don't think there's anything to look forward to. Hopefully, this doesn't add more problems for the future GM. There's no point getting all worked up over what BC does; he's become known for making bad moves.

I have been reading alot of negative comments from you recently. :lol:

bonjovi0308 · Post #574 » by **bonjovi0308** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 4:46 pm

SaNdMaN835 wrote:Linas Kleiza is a good player and we need shooters but i dont see how the 4 year contract fits into our plans. hes not exactly young either.

hopefully Denver matchs this

He will be 29 and Amir will be 28 4 years later..obviously Kleiza will be part of our young gunz core. He might not be our starting SF sometime in the future, but at least a useful core nevertheless.

super_balls · Post #575 » by **super_balls** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 4:47 pm

bonjovi0308 wrote:
heemer wrote:What are you guys expecting?

This guy is just a solid rotation player. Get over it, we're not pulling in a star, were not making the playoffs but we are going to need rotation players. $5M /yr for an outright signing is actually reasonable for any player with a record of past production. Look at every other contract being given out.

Some haters will never be pleased unless Lebron would sign with the Raptors for 4/20.

Or Maybe it's because this won't allow us to use a TPE if we get one via Bosh S&T... PLUS the fact it is less likely that we rebuild and stay a F*cking Treadmill team.

Condi Rice · Post #576 » by **Condi Rice** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 4:48 pm

bonjovi0308 wrote:
SaNdMaN835 wrote:Linas Kleiza is a good player and we need shooters but i dont see how the 4 year contract fits into our plans. hes not exactly young either.

hopefully Denver matchs this

He will be 29 and Amir will be 28 4 years later..obviously Kleiza will be part of our young gunz core. He might not be our starting SF sometime in the future, but at least a useful core nevertheless.

Hmm, so our core is composed of euro-leaguers and other teams' castaways... the future bodes well

bonjovi0308 · Post #577 » by **bonjovi0308** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 4:48 pm

FTW wrote:Great deal.... if this was made one year ago Bosh might still be here.

But Weems and Amir probably won't.

Local_NG_Idiot · Post #578 » by **Local_NG_Idiot** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 4:50 pm

Southward1 wrote:It's not that it's such a big deal, it's that it's a completely useless signing. This team is bad and by the time this team has the pieces and are ready to make the move to be a competitive team, Kleiza will be an expiring or even a free agent.

Or maybe he plays up to expectations or better and makes himself a tradeable asset on a reasonable contract that whatever GM is here could potentially package him up for something of greater worth in a year or two.

Heck, what role player outside of Jose and Bargs (who were considered core) have made it past a season or two on this team with BC running the ship?

R1G · Post #579 » by **R1G** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 4:54 pm

This board is borderline unreadable now.. people are so quick to cut down BC for ANYTHING he does.

I love how people's opinions change when they look at 1 highlight of Kleiza scoring 41, since everyone is making judgements before they even know who he is, or watch him play.

Arm chair GMs, thinking you can do better. We got a 25 year old tough, role player, who can shoot the 3 and take it to the basket. For less than half of what we're paying Hedo. How can you not like the signing.

I know that most of the uneducated fans are just bashing BC solely because Kleiza is a Euro.. well he played in the NBA, and did well.. and is the opposite of a 'soft' Euro.

Maclin9 · Post #580 » by **Maclin9** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 4:55 pm

I love this signing. If we aren't going to be very talented, we may as well have tough guys that play hard and are easy to cheer for.

He attended the same high school in Maryland as Kevin Durant did, played a much different game in college than he does now. He was a rebounding machine that could get to the line easily.

Also has ties to the Nuggets ownership; the Kroenkes are bigtime Missouri supporters. Missouri fans had a pretty good idea he was going to be a Nugget awhile before it happened; I wouldn't be surprised if they gave him a heads up on whether this would be matched or not.