Danny Darko wrote:Kilroy wrote:Don't even need to sell it... Just give it back to Jim... Clearly, he wasn't the problem...
MozDeng want to say hello.
Not sure I trust any Buss now.
Joey and Jesse seem to be doing good jobs, but as far as franchise decisions, I think I'm over seeing which of his kids didn't suffer from genetic variation or lack of meaningful experience.
Nobody wants to recognize that the Deng and Moz deals A) were a direct result of the pressure Jeanie and her arbitrary deadline created, and B) Neither of those deals were all that bad for us in the long run, nor did they prevent us from making any significant moves.
We had been unable to sign any significant free agents for 2 seasons because no one wanted to play with Kobe... Jeanie was on the news saying if we weren't competing for a Championship, she was going to fire Jim... So the next FA period opens and we sign the first 2 free agents that meet our needs and will return our call... We over-pay, but we time the deals to end when the top free agents start coming online...
There was no one of significance we were going to sign to play out Kobe's contract with him anyway, so what good would keeping maybe what?... $10M in cap space? What good would that have done us?
Jim and Mitch never got the chance to play out their plan... Magic and Jeanie started doing their bash media-blitz, and when they saw that public opinion was where they wanted it, Jim and Mitch were out....
We've had cap space for the last 2 seasons... What did we do with it? We signed LeBron, and although I personally think he was coming here regardless for the media opportunities, I'll give Magic some credit for that... Still, what good did saving the money get us?
So I'll counter Moz/Deng, with Rondo/Chandler/Beasley/KCP... And I'll double counter with the unimaginably bad way the AD trade was handled, and I'll triple counter with the fact that Jim/Mitch saw the value in Russell and Randle, but Maginka/Jeanie dumped them... All in the space of 2 seasons... Also remember the Dwight "Please Stay" banners... That was all Jeanie...
I think it's pretty clear that the negative public perception of Jim was being carefully orchestrated by Jeanie... All the leaks we have now... Seems logical the leaks we had then were coming from her too...
Never have rice at Hanzo's house...