Official: Nets Use mMLE On Andrei Kirilenko

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[NyCeEvO]

YEAH!!!!!

I told ya'll! Patience is a virtue!

[Ronito]

Jonny Black. Props.

[De8]

wow did not think this would happen!! im excited

[Howard Cosell]

YEAH!!!!!

I told ya'll! Patience is a virtue!

Incredible value for the Nets.

AK wanted a multi year deal....and he wanted to start, this was important to him.

He gets 1 year and he will be playing behind KG and Pierce.

[therealbig3]

Wow, incredible.

As one of King's biggest critics...the time for bitching about him is officially over. We just had by far the best offseason in the league, and we didn't lose ANYONE of worth.

Major props to King.

[jeff1624]

Wow, incredible.

As one of King's biggest critics...the time for bitching about him is officially over. We just had by far the best offseason in the league, and we didn't lose ANYONE of worth.

Major props to King.

We lost Marshon Brooks. That alone reduces this offseason from A+ to B-.


I'm stunned right now. Getting Kirilenko is huge for us... Wow.

[N Ireland Nets]

Jonny Black. Props.

[Rich Rane]

[Rich Rane]

Props to King and Prokhorov for a wonderful offseason.

[Pen Island]

CHAMPIONSHIP.

[624]

where did that come from?????


absolute steal. awesome pickup and will give more rest to PP/KG at the 3/4.




So if Bogs agreed to come here this never would have happened or did Billy know the whole time?

[Cruzeirao]

That's great news!!!!

Welcome Kirilenko.

[CalamityX12]

hot damn... wow...

only 3.1? what took so long? lol

[jeff1624]

where did that come from?????


absolute steal. awesome pickup and will give more rest to PP/KG at the 3/4.




So if Bogs agreed to come here this never would have happened or did Billy know the whole time?

Wouldn't have been possible. And Billy didn't know the whole time, the beatwriters make up a good point, it had more to do with the market drying up.

Props to King nonetheless. This has been a fantastic offseason. Couldn't have wished for anything better. The only hiccup might be the Jason Kidd hiring, but all in all wow...

[treiz]

Wow, incredible.

As one of King's biggest critics...the time for bitching about him is officially over. We just had by far the best offseason in the league, and we didn't lose ANYONE of worth.

Major props to King.

Agree, as another of his biggest critic we have to give credit where it's due and I must say BK has just had himself a damn fine off-season. Delighted with this signing and what BK has done this year

We as Nets fans should lay off him for at least 2 years now for what he's done this year

Now we shall wait for Knick fans to somehow argue they are still better than us

[Da_Kidd]

BOOM

[therealbig3]

Everyone's screaming about under the table money on the GB...but couldn't it honestly just be a lack of options from Kirilenko's end? There were a bunch of teams that were interested in him, but they went in other directions and they ended up not having the money to pay him what he wanted. So if he was going to take a big paycut to play for a good team, wouldn't it be logical that he would pick here, since he's friends with Deron and Proky?

IDK, I'm not ignoring the possibility that Proky COULD be paying him under the table, just that there's a valid reason not to think that as well.

[NyCeEvO]

I'm not ashamed to brag but I so called this as well as the contract offer.

At 7:48pm last night, E and I had a short exchange in the Bogs thread (viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1261281&start=105):

I called this yesterday.

I knew something was wrong when Monday and Tuesday passed and nothing happened.

Even though it's super-unlikely, we should make a hard-pitch to AK. Give him a player option for next season, so we can get his bird rights and offer him a lot more to stay going forward.

Dude,

If we pull off AK without a cash offer under the table or one of Proky's Russian mob guys visiting AK for tea...I will be over the moon. I love that guy. He isnt the guy he used to be...but man he would be such a massive get for 3.2mil!

For clarity purposes...

1- No, I dont have a problem with an under the table offer so long as we dont get caught. Not that it would matter. What can the NBA do? Take away our picks for the next 4 years like they did with Joe Smith? I think we took care of that already...lol.

2- Yes, I was implying that a Russian Billionaire most likely made his money involved with a lot of shady people. Ask anyone in finance what it takes to be an Oligarch you will here the same answers.

LOL, I thought the exact same thing!

Proky...get one of your goons to pay for his family's stay in NY and get him whatever he needs.

Btw, whenever people ask or question how Proky made his money, I always stay silent cuz I know it all wasn't through legitimate means.

In the Offseason Thread at 1:12am this morning I wrote:

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But maybe he'll take 3yr/$10mil from us....

AK is such a huge pipe dream, but if we got him, we'd be legit contenders.

E, where ya at bro!?!?

[Rich Rane]

where did that come from?????


absolute steal. awesome pickup and will give more rest to PP/KG at the 3/4.




So if Bogs agreed to come here this never would have happened or did Billy know the whole time?

Who?