D Howard - The next LaDouche

hands11 · Post #1 » by **hands11** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:15 pm

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Get on board early.

hands11 · Post #2 » by **hands11** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:31 pm

As crazy as this may sound, I do not want Howard. I think he is a punk. Well punk may not be the right word but I am not really a fan. He has to much LaDouche in him.

He should stay put and stop holding that team ransom. If he did that, they wouldn't keep reaching so hard to find the final piece to keep him there by they over paying and make bad choices.

He just isnt the player I want on my team making 20M a year. Thats just me.

They have been a top team in the league. Getting over the hump takes dialing in the right final pieces. Given time, they should be able to do that. Gil is off the books now so they have more cap room. He can win where he is if he is that good. Add a few draft picks. A FA cheap here and there. It can work. They could rebuild that team in two years.

Winning it all is really hard. All you can ask for is to be in the running year after year.

imraged · Post #3 » by **imraged** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:49 am

Turkoglu has a player option in 13/14 for $12M that he'll almost certainly accept. Davis, Duhon, J Rich, and Q Rich combine for ~$23M in 13/14. None of those players are valuable assets until their contract is expiring. Add in Howard's max deal if he were to re-sign and they're already at ~$55M (current cap is ~$58M, doubt it'll be much different by then) for 13/14 and that's without whatever it may cost to extend Anderson and Redick.

So we're talking at least three more years (what should be the prime of his career) waiting around for a FO that's already screwed up once to get another shot. Why would he have any faith in them to get it right when they've made terrible move after terrible move for the past three years?