Koolaid_Man
02-23-2011, 08:04 PM
After reading another story on how Deron is unhappy with the trade I've come to the realization that it's good for the league when only a few teams have a chance to win it all. Let's face it when lesser teams make it to the finals no one watches because it's "boring"...take Utah for example I think if they lucked up and actually made it to the finals and NJ made it in the east people would sincerely be upset..No one wants to see that shit. It would be awful...and turn fans in general away from the game. I think just making the playoffs is good enough for these teams. I mean Utah has never won shit and yet the people keep coming back year after year...sure owners by and large are not as profitable as Dr. Jerry Buss but they're still making shit loads of money...if they don't like it...Contraction is a viable option...
Deron Signaled He Wouldn't Re-Sign; Nets Offer Only Jazz Considered
Feb 23, 2011 18:57 PM EST
http://www.realgm.com/images/nba/4.2/wiretap/photos/2006/Williams_Deron_uta_091221.jpg
The Jazz received signals from Deron Williams that he wanted to pay in a larger media market and was set to leave Utah when he could get out of his contract.
"We were running the risk of losing [Williams]," said Kevin O'Connor.
O'Connor explained that the team wanted to strike early so as not to be put in the position that the Nuggets faced when Carmelo Anthony decided he wanted out of Denver.
The Nets offer was the only acceptable one for Utah and once Anthony was sent to New York, the Nets moved forward on what O'Connor termed their "Plan B."
O'Connor said the Jazz never contacted the Knicks about the widely reported offer the team had made for Anthony, which Denver ultimately accepted.
Via Brian T. Smith/Salt Lake Tribune (via Twitter) (http://twitter.com/tribjazz)
Read more: http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/211335/Deron_Signaled_He_Wouldnt_Re_Sign;_Nets_Offer_Only _Jazz_Considered#ixzz1Epiyl4qC
Deron Signaled He Wouldn't Re-Sign; Nets Offer Only Jazz Considered
Feb 23, 2011 18:57 PM EST
http://www.realgm.com/images/nba/4.2/wiretap/photos/2006/Williams_Deron_uta_091221.jpg
The Jazz received signals from Deron Williams that he wanted to pay in a larger media market and was set to leave Utah when he could get out of his contract.
"We were running the risk of losing [Williams]," said Kevin O'Connor.
O'Connor explained that the team wanted to strike early so as not to be put in the position that the Nuggets faced when Carmelo Anthony decided he wanted out of Denver.
The Nets offer was the only acceptable one for Utah and once Anthony was sent to New York, the Nets moved forward on what O'Connor termed their "Plan B."
O'Connor said the Jazz never contacted the Knicks about the widely reported offer the team had made for Anthony, which Denver ultimately accepted.
Via Brian T. Smith/Salt Lake Tribune (via Twitter) (http://twitter.com/tribjazz)
Read more: http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/211335/Deron_Signaled_He_Wouldnt_Re_Sign;_Nets_Offer_Only _Jazz_Considered#ixzz1Epiyl4qC