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thor19 wrote:Other team think that cp3 is making that kind of money and averaging 4pts , 2 ast , 0.5 rbs , 5 tov and shooting .198 3p% . His number will improved now that he is not with harden
bisme37 wrote:If there were magnets in basketballs so strong they changed the path of the ball as it flew through the air, wouldn't the ball then stick magnetically to the rim when it got there?
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
slick_watts wrote:this is good news. returning their picks is the baseline? nice. hope it's true. giving one pick back would be highway robbery.
Balkman32 wrote:slick_watts wrote:this is good news. returning their picks is the baseline? nice. hope it's true. giving one pick back would be highway robbery.
I just don’t see a need to attach an asset. Over the next 2 years having that contract on our books isn’t awful. By the 2021 draft he is an expiring deal in a loaded free agent class. Who else do you want to give the money too before 2021?
Balkman32 wrote:slick_watts wrote:this is good news. returning their picks is the baseline? nice. hope it's true. giving one pick back would be highway robbery.
I just don’t see a need to attach an asset. Over the next 2 years having that contract on our books isn’t awful. By the 2021 draft he is an expiring deal in a loaded free agent class. Who else do you want to give the money too before 2021?
slick_watts wrote:this is good news. returning their picks is the baseline? nice. hope it's true. giving one pick back would be highway robbery.
retrobro90 wrote:
Some late night teasing from what has become this board's most trusted insider
jake_swivel wrote:Balkman32 wrote:slick_watts wrote:this is good news. returning their picks is the baseline? nice. hope it's true. giving one pick back would be highway robbery.
I just don’t see a need to attach an asset. Over the next 2 years having that contract on our books isn’t awful. By the 2021 draft he is an expiring deal in a loaded free agent class. Who else do you want to give the money too before 2021?
I think a lot of fans are forgetting this is a business. The rebuilding process is going to have a negative impact on revenue. Eating $120 million for a non-contributor is the kind of loss that would affect any business on earth. It turns the bagmen gun-shy.
The closer the thunder stay to being in the black while keeping flexibility, the more likely management is to spend when it makes sense to spend.
Keeping a disgruntled Chris Paul has a negative effect on culture, and doing so for three damn years on a team that will be filled with young players isn’t just a sideshow. It is the kind of distraction that teaches everyone else to be disgruntled and selfish.
Cut the cancer out even if you have to lose assets to do so. Take that flexibility and trade it for solid vets with contracts the other team needs to get rid of (like the clippers just did and many other teams have done in the past) and rebuild the assets you lost to get rid of Paul.
In doing this, you’re putting yourself in a situation to draft high, which for at least the next two years is imperative if you want a shot at a superstar. It’s the most likely way we end up with one, and with restricted free agency, it’s the most likely way you keep one over the life of two contracts.
Don’t be impatient in trading him. If you have to play him for a couple months to improve his value, do so. But keeping him for the length of his contract is bad business and bad team building.
Dadouv47 wrote:2021 miami pick could be worth a lot. Miami is really bad with some bad contracts with still 2 years left on their deals. No good free agent next year.
Let CP3 play with the Heat on NB2K and we will have a nice pick in 2021. Then we can trade him during his last year for a desperate contender (or even next offseason when almost every team miss on free agents because it will be the worst free agency class in years)
bisme37 wrote:If there were magnets in basketballs so strong they changed the path of the ball as it flew through the air, wouldn't the ball then stick magnetically to the rim when it got there?
Old Man Game wrote:Why has the whole, 'OKC has to trade Paul because he wants that' discussion thus far focused only on the Thunder's responsibility to make this happen. To the extent agents can pressure an organization to do certain things why can't the agent also pressure Miami (for instance) to do the deal and back down from a demand of excess draft picks? Is it just because we presume Pat Reilly has no problem telling agents to screw off whereas Presti has shown a clear willingness to give in to players and agents time and again?
Old Man Game wrote:
Even the way this guy words his tweets seems to give away something odd about how he's getting information. "It doesn't appear …" Almost like he's looking over someone's shoulder. Not saying that's for sure just sayin'
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