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you are strange
its called creating a buzz, I hear ya.. he isn't very good, but 8 of the spurs aren't very good either.
you are strange
nice...
that is the only buzz he can get
can not get one with sex
son, don't make me slap you again.
RC: We are interested in Pietrus.McCandless declined to say which team Pietrus is nearing a deal with, but said the teams that expressed interest other than the Heat were New Jersey, New York, Detroit, San Antonio, Seattle, Atlanta, Orlando, Boston and the Los Angeles Lakers.
McCandless: How much are you willing to offer my client?
RC: Don't know. We are waiting on Maggette's answer.
McCandless: *click*
I still like Azubuike as the fallback plan
brand is also going to be a sixer
exactly... this guy timvp fully understands.
RC: We are interested in Pietrus.
McCandless: We have a full midlevel offer from Orlando.
RC: *click*
950 AM Radio in Philadelphia is reporting that Elton Brand has signed with the Philadelphia 76ers. No terms of the deal have been released yet.
Many believed that Elton Brand would return to the Los Angeles Clippers, after he chose to opt out so the Clippers could add other talent. The Clippers had to renounce their rights to both Elton Brand and Corey Maggette to be able to sign Baron Davis. Then, they hoped to sign Brand too.
Today, the Sixers traded a future first round pick, Rodney Carney and Calvin Booth to Minnesota so they could add a $2.9 million trade exception and increase the salary cap space they had.
No one knew whether it would be Josh Smith or Elton Brand that space would be offered to. But 950, an ESPN affiliate, is reporting that a deal is done.
Brand is familiar with the area, because his doctor who performed ACL surgery for him last year is located in North Delaware, which is about 15 minutes from Philadelphia.
Brand played in only a handful of games last year due to that injury and expects to be at full strength this year.
Deals can be officially signed tomorrow, July 9th.
People need to realize that the odds of signing J.R or Azubuike are probably smaller than the Spurs landing Magette. Both Denver and Golden State will more than likely match any Spur offer.
This is the Pietrus topic special ed.
...................I cannot understand how anyone does not realize this is yet another brick on the road towards signing a used up player that noone wants.
Pietrus getting this kind of money spells DOOM for the spurs summer.....The market has been set....Magette, Posey, players of this caliber will all be expecting MAD money now, more than the MLE. And they will get it, from teams who have the money to throw at them.
The timvp saying "this is both good and bad" is a total sign of upcoming bloadage. When timvp slightly admits the going is getting tough its because he's being mad optimistic and things are really alot worse than they seem.
This is the worst news we could possibly hear thus far. And to make things worse, this was the "sure thing" FA most of you all said the Spurs could get.
75% of the players mentioned besides Pietrus in this thread will ask for more, because Pietrus was at the bottom of that crop of players....
Man, I consider this bad news... Pietrus is a better than average player and a good fit for the Spurs, and there was no waiting period involved worrying & wasting time to see if a team would match. That's a good plan B gone. James Jones has verbally agreed with Miami. Azubuike will have many offers to choose from, as will Smith. If Maggette goes to Boston, maybe the Spurs emerge as the best option for Posey... though New Orleans or the Lakers might be attractive to him too. If all of those guys are gone, Gomes could be plan E or F. Minnesota has added Love, Carney, Booth, Cardinal, and Collins recently, which could mean Gomes is expendable, especially since he'll be due a big raise. He's not an absolute perfect fit, and not really a swingman, but could play some time at SF in a big line up, and I still think a PF Gomes/C Duncan tandem is better than PF Duncan/C Oberto. Still, my biggest fear is the Spurs get shut completely out of the FA market, which would generally be bad, and if the Hornets or Lakers are among the teams landing any of those guys, downright depressing considering there's a good chance Barry leaves too.
Orlando had hopes for Maggette too, but took the safer route with Pietrus. We'll see if holding out pays off for the Spurs.
I say we offer Pietrus the whole MLE and try to get him away from the Magic.
We are not landing Magette, JR Smith, or James Posey. These were always pipe dreams from the start. The market is now set, and ty players like Pietrus will command a full MLE. It may seem dumb, it may go against every plan discussed in this forum, but we have to pony up for this guy because the parameters are changing. It's quite simple actually.
If we don't overpay Pietrus, we end up with Michael friggin Finley.
Yeah I was really a ray of sunshine last year concerning the Scola trade.
Pietrus truthfully sucks. I wouldn't mind him because he's damn athletic but I don't think he was a very good fit. He's dumber than Elson ... which makes him one of the top three lowest IQ'ed players in the league.
If the Spurs lost out on Pietrus because of an unsuccessful Maggette quest (and we should eventually know the "behind-the-scenes" here) that will have been a major miscalculation.
Pietrus will likely blossom in Orlando (and could have in SA).
This is not a comparative situation. If there is no serious interest then they aren't going to offer him money. Hee just turned down $7 mil this year and unless someone offers him a decent amount more than that then we are in a prime spot.
Orlando is out.
The Sixers appear to be going after a bit more size to go along with Dalembert.
Really at this point my major concern is that the Warriors offer him a large contract $9 mil or so so they can have a 4th or 5th guy at the swing position. They may be that desperate but from a roster standpoint it really doesn't make all that much sense.
Pietrus would suck, would be a bad long term contract and eventually would be another player Spurs dumped assests to get rid of.
It would still be less money than Malik Rose or Rasho made. I don't think the MLE is overly outlandish for Pietrus, Posey, or Gomes. It might be slightly out of proportion, but not on a scale with Marbury, Redd, or Zach Randolph. Or even $4+/gal for gas... it beats saving a little bit of money and losing elite status as a team.
You forgot about the Clippers.
no one can predict the clippers
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