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Bobcats Acquire Neal/Ridnour for Sessions/Adrien

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Bobcats Acquire Neal/Ridnour for Sessions/Adrien 

Post#1 » by fatlever » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:39 pm

starting a new thread since trade is official. Carry on here.
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Post#2 » by vorbis » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:41 pm

if he doesn't get traded somewhere else by 3pm, Ridnour will be just as impactful of an addition. could do a lot worse for a backup guard.
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Re: Bobcats Trade for Gary Neal 

Post#3 » by fatlever » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:41 pm

Steve Kyler ‏@stevekylerNBA 1m

RT @ESPNSteinLine: ESPN has learned deal will send Luke Ridnour and Gary Neal to Charlotte for Ramon Sessions and Jeff Adrien
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Re: Bobcats Trade for Gary Neal 

Post#4 » by yosemiteben » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:41 pm

"You have to have a third point guard." http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/0 ... -last.html

Well there you go.
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Re: Bobcats Trade for Gary Neal 

Post#5 » by fatlever » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:44 pm

In: Gary Neal: 2 years/6.5 mil; Luke Ridnour 1 year/4.4 mil
Out: Ramon Sessions: 1 year/5mil; Jeff Adrien 1 year/900k

sad to see Sessions and Rocky leave us.
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Re: Bobcats Trade for Gary Neal 

Post#6 » by Eoghan » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:45 pm

Pros: Acquired two guys that can make threes.

Cons: Chemistry hit.
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Re: Bobcats Trade for Gary Neal 

Post#7 » by fatlever » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:45 pm

Rick Bonnell ‏@rick_bonnell 3m

BREAKING: Bobcats acquire Luke Ridnour and Gary Neal for Ramon Sessions and Jeff Adrien.


and bonnell gets credit for breaking the news. good job rick.
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Re: Bobcats Trade for Gary Neal 

Post#8 » by fatlever » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:47 pm

BrotherDave wrote:Pros: Acquired two guys that can make threes.

Cons: Chemistry hit.


the chemistry mix is always the concern for mid-season trades. we have been playing our best ball during the past month, so its risky to make a trade that involves a key player.

that being said, we definitely upgraded our shooting. ridnour is money from 15-20 feet.
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Re: Bobcats Trade for Gary Neal 

Post#9 » by Snidely FC » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:49 pm

Sad for Sesh and Rocky.
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Re: Bobcats Trade for Gary Neal 

Post#10 » by Tupik » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:49 pm

Love this trade. I've always liked Ridnour, he gives us much-needed shooting and is a very good distributor. I think he'll easily replace Sessions' role, even though Sessions is most def one of the best backup PGs out there. I'm not much of a Gary Neal fan, but you can't say no to more shooting.
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Re: Bobcats Trade for Gary Neal 

Post#11 » by DY_nasty » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:49 pm

fatlever wrote:
BrotherDave wrote:Pros: Acquired two guys that can make threes.

Cons: Chemistry hit.


the chemistry mix is always the concern for mid-season trades. we have been playing our best ball during the past month, so its risky to make a trade that involves a key player.

that being said, we definitely upgraded our shooting. ridnour is money from 15-20 feet.

i look forward to mcbob/ridnour making white chocolate proud
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Re: Bobcats Trade for Gary Neal 

Post#12 » by yosemiteben » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:49 pm

fatlever wrote:
BrotherDave wrote:Pros: Acquired two guys that can make threes.

Cons: Chemistry hit.


the chemistry mix is always the concern for mid-season trades. we have been playing our best ball during the past month, so its risky to make a trade that involves a key player.

that being said, we definitely upgraded our shooting. ridnour is money from 15-20 feet.

Also, assuming Ridnour gets PT, we now have a person on the second line that is a solid distributor instead of primarily looking for his own shot. Maybe we'll see a boost in scoring from Biz and Zeller?

With that said, big fan of Sessions and sad to see him go.
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Re: Bobcats Acquire Neal/Ridnour for Sessions/Adrien 

Post#13 » by vorbis » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:50 pm

biyombo minutes + adrien minutes now = biyombo minutes, unless another big is acquired before the deadline. this might be a small statement of confidence in biyombo's play of late.
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Re: Bobcats Trade for Gary Neal 

Post#14 » by countryboi » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:51 pm

i am not really mad at this deal. sessions played like a combo guard anyway why not get a guy that can shot...i dont see how he is better than pargo though
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Re: Bobcats Trade for Gary Neal 

Post#15 » by -Ian- » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:51 pm

This deal was first reported (or tweeted) by ESPN's Marc Stein...

[tweet]https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/436555387148328962[/tweet]

And then a few minutes later, here comes Rick...

[tweet]https://twitter.com/rick_bonnell/status/436556260058886144[/tweet]

And then Woj...

[tweet]https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/436556897995751424[/tweet]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/rick_bonnell/status/436557032179892224[/tweet]

Does Yahoo! have a feud with ESPN?

I don't seem to get why these scribes are kind of competing on who will break it first.

ON TOPIC:

I hope Neal lights up the score board for us like he did back with the Spurs. I'm also interested to see how Ridnour can contribute for the Bobcats.

Though I'm kinda sad to see Sessions and Rocky go. :(
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Re: Bobcats Acquire Neal/Ridnour for Sessions/Adrien 

Post#16 » by Eoghan » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:52 pm

I was hoping we'd get Ersan somehow as our stretch 4 and gifted Giannis Antetokounpo for our troubles. I figured Herb Kohl would be like "Get rid of that dern African Antenna Coon Bow, I thought he was supposed to be a nice Greek boy."
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Re: Bobcats Acquire Neal/Ridnour for Sessions/Adrien 

Post#17 » by vorbis » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:54 pm

of course haywood will be back soon, and seeing as how clifford sees him as the team's "best rim-protector" biyombo might disappear just like before. le sigh.
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Re: Bobcats Acquire Neal/Ridnour for Sessions/Adrien 

Post#18 » by fatlever » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:56 pm

@ian

bonnell broke the news with this tweet

Rick Bonnell ‏@rick_bonnell 18m

BREAKING: Bobcats have acquired Gary Neal.

that was earlier than the others that followed with more info.
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Re: Bobcats Acquire Neal/Ridnour for Sessions/Adrien 

Post#19 » by KembaWalker » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:58 pm

not sure how to feel about this. I think Ramon is the best player in the trade and I love Adrien as a towel waver and thought he should be playing over Zeller.
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Re: Bobcats Acquire Neal/Ridnour for Sessions/Adrien 

Post#20 » by Snidely FC » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:58 pm

If anyone had any doubts after the Jefferson signing, this is definitive statement that we have moved out of the rebuilding phase solidly into the CHI/SA/Larry Brown approach of only signing/trading for mature vets.

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