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Your take that Holt was cheap lost its freshness 2 years ago and you've just been making the same post ever since then. Thats all I'm saying. Keep making the same post if you want.
:yawn When you have a fresh take, that'll be your first.
Your take that Holt was cheap lost its freshness 2 years ago and you've just been making the same post ever since then. Thats all I'm saying. Keep making the same post if you want.
So I was ahead of the curve. Isn't there a cold front to warn us about?
Props for being ahead of the curve. Are you going to harp on it some more?
Weather updates are in the club. Try to catch up.
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pop saying a trade isn't going down doesn't mean .
Said the same thing the day before they acquired Nazr Mohammed.
He went off for 31 tonight in first game back.
The longer this draws out, the more I believe the Spurs had a window to push hard for a deal and they missed it. Contrary to what some people believe, I think NBA scouts are human and recent success or recent disappointment from players they are interested in definitely sways their desire. I think the Spurs were either playing hard to get or were legitimately concerned with trading both Beno and Barry. Since the situation has evolved to where that trade looks far less palatable for the Clippers. Whats worse is that once you see the ugly side of a player when you're scrutinizing them closely, I don't think you forget that easily. So even if Beno and Barry catch fire, it isn't likely the Clippers will regard them as highly again.
I suppose anything is possible, but I think the 10% chance LJ posted earlier is by far too generous. And sadly, there aren't many players out there to trade for that can make the type of impact a player like Magette can make. If anything the Spurs are likely to pursue some average player who won't make a big impact.
Considering the other names bandied about for Maggette, I don't see the problem. All a GM has to think is that a player will fit in his system. Zeke still took Malik after he let his man score because he pulled his shirt over his head.
If all Elgin is doing is looking for the best player, he'll keep Maggette.
I'm with Chump here. It all depends on the other offers the Clips get for Maggette. It seems like all the teams that are in have already made their offers and Baylor is trolling to get something more. There aren't any other teams likely to join the hunt (we have Miami, Utah, SAS, Toronto, possibly Cleveland... they're trying to get the Nets involved), so it's a matter of playing them off each other to get a first round pick out of someone. None of this has changed and my guess is no one is revising their offers about now.
Cassell is the real issue with LA. He's the engine that makes them good. He's back, hence they win tonight. If they're winning there's less concern for a trade and more time to wait for one of the listed teams to get desperate. Cassell puts them in a position of strength.
I've felt that, failing to get what they want, the Clips are best off waiting until summer to deal Maggs. To me that's the most likely scenario.
Then the Spurs are screwed if that happens.
Long time until Feb 22. There's no overbearing heat on anybody to trade at this point
Other than maggette there is no one that fits what the Spurs need, that would be available.
No trades again.
Better hope Dallas gets knocked out in the first or second rounds.
Since I never heard of any trade the Spurs have made until it actually happened, I can't be sure of that.that would be available
I have to think the window has passed, too, though the Spurs can get it done by including their 2007 first rounder. Pop seems against giving up both bench ball-handlers, but I'm not terribly concerned about that. (Can't Ginobili simply playmake off the bench? Isn't Blaylock still available?) Some here are for it losing the first, I'm against. Tough call.
That's my thought too. It's not like when they traded for anybody else in the past, we were all sitting here thinking about that particular player. So I'm sure there's a ton of trade options that the Spurs would consider that none of us are talking about.
That being said, I don't think they are out of the Maggette race either. (Though I am still skeptical about Maggette because of health)
There are some pretty bright minds in here (with lots of time on their hands). And a finite stock of players. It seems likely we could come up with the player if we wanted to.
I get the feeling no one bit on Elgin's demand for a first rounder, and he's waiting for teams to get more desperate--and being only 2.5 games out of eighth place after dealing with multiple injuries, he not panicking yet either.
If someone bit on that first rounder demand, I think Maggette would be gone by now.
Question is who does it.
I've only guessed half a trade in my time here. I can't remember any others, though it's not from a lack of brainpower here.
Sometimes it could depend on getting into other teams' trades:
I’ve been hearing all sorts of interesting things regarding the Hawks (and that $8 million in cap space) and the interest teams have in dealing with them or trying to enlist their help in getting a deal done.
The best one sent my way over the weekend: a three-team deal involving the Hawks, Portland and Washington. How does this one grab you. The Blazers send Jamaal Magloire to Washington, the Wizards send Brendan Haywood and Jarvis Hayes to the Hawks and the Hawks send Salim Stoudamire, Esteban Batista and Lorenzen Wright to the Blazers?
http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/sha...id=blogs_hawks
Wish the Spurs could get in on that and get Brendan Haywood.
If your washington, why would you trade Brendan Haywood and Jarvis Hayes for Jamaal Magloire!?!?!?
Id rather have Haywood.
The Wiz might just want to get rid of Haywood's contract. That actually might give them some cap space next summer.
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