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I don't think "might as well" is in the vocabulary of someone that will have to spend millions of dollars in this economy.
I agree. With Amare looking more and more like hes gonna stay, this is gonna help the Spurs in their pursuit of Wallace. I think Joe D has to honor the wishes of Sheed, after all, Sheed was a big part in gettin Joe that ship'. And the Pistons dont seem to be going anywhere this year anyway, might as well develop your new young talent and let Sheed go.
I don't think "might as well" is in the vocabulary of someone that will have to spend millions of dollars in this economy.
Joe D. has no choice, does he really wanna risk the chance of Sheed turnin on him and the team and rebelling against Michael Curry and cancering the team even more. It's clear a guy like Sheed who wants to win does not wanna be on a team in a "rebuilding" type of mode.
I don't see how Joe's respect for Rasheed would lead him to make such an incredibly questionable business move.
So he walks after the season.
Sheed turning on Dumars and rebelling against Curry does what exactly? The season is already bad. It's not like he'd up a potential championship season anyway.
Dumars will make a move only if he believes it helps the team, and helps it right now.
Dumars doesn't make decisions based on only emotion, loyalty, or respect. Those things can factor in only if the move is a sound business move first of all. If it's not a good business move in his opinion, then it doesn't matter what the player wants or what Dumars thinks of that player.
Dumars has not made a move purely based on respecting a player's wishes before. He's not going to start now.
If you know Sheed at all, he's not the type of player that will demand a trade. He might want one, but he won't demand one, and he won't act up just to make the trade happen.
And, there aren't any indications that Sheed is demanding one. Saying he would like the idea of joining the Spurs does not in any way mean he's demanding a trade.
As I just wrote above, Joe Dumars will make a trade if he feels it helps the team and helps the team now. He won't make a trade to appease a player's wishes or demands. He's never worked that way.
What's the excuse for the iverson trade then?
No excuse. Dumars made the trade because he felt it would help the team. Dumars was wrong. It hasn't worked out that way, but he didn't do it "only" to dump Billups' salary.
Giving Rasheed up for nothing doesn't help the team at all and it's obvious that it doesn't.
Dumars will make a move if he "believes" it helps his team. His belief can end up being wrong. But, he won't make a move that from the outset is clear won't help the team.
It definitely doesn't help Detroit if they just let his contract expire and he walks while Detroit gets nothing in return.
how so? we have neither the expiring contracts to match the salary of sheed, nor the assets to make up for that lack of expirings.
if the options are trade with us or let him expire, im not sure our package comes out on top.
We ain't gettin' Sheed.
If Rasheed walks the Pistons get cap room. Cap room during a summer where very few teams will feel like spending money and free agents will be looking for whatever they can get. Letting Sheed walk to get the cap space very well could be Dumars' whole plan. And it's not a bad one.
Yes it does. The cap space created by Rasheed and AI's expiring contracts would be enough for Detroit to sign two players to max deals.
sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed!
Ahh...the voice of reason.
I know, and hopefully he's trying to get that big man that we need.
If Joe had any morals, he would do it. Come on Joe, have a heart!!
All these trade speculations drive me nuts, I'd love to hear right now yes the spurs adquire x or the spurs adquire nothing except a manu injury.
Yeah, me too. I just want it to be over.
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my friend's dad hasn't talked to RC or anyone that works for the spurs Fo since last week so I don't know if the trade is going to happen or not last week there was a deal on the table supposdly we'll see what happens tommorow if not then it's going to be tough to win the championship unless LA gets knocked out by someone if they play us
I hate to say it but if nothing happens the spurs are truly ed.
its true. I realized this at the Knicks game.
I think during the knicks the players had everything else in mind (manu injury) they know without him end of story.
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