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laploutocratie wrote:Thomas Robinson is a hard worker that just hasn't been in the right situation thus far. Miami is the PERFECT place for him as he'll be able to provide great energy and rebounding for 20-30 minutes as a 4. Great story as well. Miami should really look into signing him.
The Trademaker wrote:I rather try and pluck Archie Goodwin from the suns. I've always liked him since he was at Kentucky and he looks like he could be the back up wing behind wade or you could even give him a shot at PG as a bigger guard.
Rapaz wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/569287351874260992[/tweet]
He's a South Florida guy. If he gets his s it straight and plays again, I'm sure the Heat will be among the teams he considers.
JLop wrote:
Would you like to see Andrei Kirilenko in a Heat uniform?
"The reason Boston made the trade is to save money," said Van Gundy, the Pistons coach and team president. "We're paying Tayshaun more money. If he was going to get bought out, he should have done it in Boston. They should let him be bought out. That's not on me to buy him out. That's not part of the deal.
"We weren't told of this until after we made the trade by Tayshaun's agent. Why would we trade guys who are making less money to take on more money to waive him? That would have been the dumbest personnel move ever.
"It's not on us."
Van Gundy was asked if the Pistons should give a veteran like Prince, who doesn't fit in their long-term plans, the chance to play for another championship.
"I understand he didn't get what he wanted but the question you're asking should be asked of (Celtics president) Danny Ainge, not of us," Van Gundy said. "We didn't break any agreement with him. There's no reason for us to buy him out. They could have bought him out if that's what they wanted to do.
"We wouldn't have traded for a guy to take on an additional $1.2 million ... to waive the guy. Why would we do that? And then we'd still need another guy at that position. If that were the case, we would have kept the guys we traded out and Boston could have waived him."
gom wrote:I read somewhere (twitter I think) AK47 is going to CSKA in Moscow.
Pure_Basketball wrote:We didn't signs Robinson, Nets signed him. Can't believe we just let a former 5th pick, at only 23 years old who's not a chucker, super athletic and averages 13 boards per 36 just sign for the min for another team when we are desperately lacking a power forward to play out the season. spo better not have convinced Riley that Luol Deng is better as a power forward.
KingDavid wrote:Pure_Basketball wrote:We didn't signs Robinson, Nets signed him. Can't believe we just let a former 5th pick, at only 23 years old who's not a chucker, super athletic and averages 13 boards per 36 just sign for the min for another team when we are desperately lacking a power forward to play out the season. spo better not have convinced Riley that Luol Deng is better as a power forward.
We can only sign a player for $1 million or else we go in to repeaters tax. I think $1.4 is the vet minimum. He probably was offered more money in BKN if he plays well for these 10 days. We didn't "let" him get away. He decided where to go. Don't lose perspective.
Pure_Basketball wrote:We didn't signs Robinson, Nets signed him. Can't believe we just let a former 5th pick, at only 23 years old who's not a chucker, super athletic and averages 13 boards per 36 just sign for the min for another team when we are desperately lacking a power forward to play out the season. spo better not have convinced Riley that Luol Deng is better as a power forward.