Reply With QuoteMaybe Jesus has told Donald to pay his FAs.
Oh so now suddenly Donald Sterling has changed the management philosophy for his club and will start taking on large long term contracts? Yeah right.
Maybe Jesus has told Donald to pay his FAs.
Why don't you two convince the front office of what you're finally coming around to:
Offer Brand a contract.
Finally coming around to?
Hmmm... what was it that I said on July 1?
1) Inquire about a S&T for Brand (which we have done and been turned down).
2) Offer Elton Brand a contract if other top F&A options have been exhausted (which they have).
Thanks for participating, Ghost Writer.
Ghost...signing Odom and Brand does not necessarily mean he is carrying the mimimum payroll and Arenas may find the Clips appetizing compared to Denver...
This is a very black and white issue...
If Sterling does commit to signing key FA's Brand will stay. If he doesn't Brand will leave. Sterling either has to put up or shut up.
But make no mistake about it...Sterling is willing to pay the max to keep Brand..Sterling left that 6th year off just to see if Brand will take the bait if it is offered...he won't, money his not his absolute concern..Brand is a quality individual.
If Brand doesn't see a commitment to winning he is gonna walk.
The plot thickens with the hiring of the asskissing yesman Dunleavy, but hopefully Brand will see through the charade..because we all know Sterling isn't going to carry a big payroll..
If Sterling makes overtures towards fielding a winner..Brand will accept the Clippers offer, we have read he is considering it yes?..That is the only longterm offer he will be accepting this offseason.
Apart from Brand becoming disenfranchised and pressuring Sterling to trade him...
If Sterling drops the ball and loses Magette or fails to lock Odom up..Brand will walk..and our efforts should be concentrated on making him walk our way, even if it is next season.
Interesting little bit in a J.A. Adande column from the LA Times. It's not breaking news, but just a bit telling:
Did you notice that while the Lakers are clipping coupons and buying Hall of Famers on the discount rack, the Clippers laid out $65 million to restricted free agent Elton Brand, only to be told, "We'll get back to you."
Maybe the kid is trying to help the Spurs work something out so as not to get outbid or maybe a sign and trade. Who knows? I just thought it was interesting.
Sorry, scott. As the annoting, unimaginative bas child of MarcusBryatnt, I often blend you two together.
A week ago, I drew limited support for pursuing Brand at all costs.
Don't worry about it, Ghost Writer. As the top graduate from the T Park Typographical Ins ute, I often just laugh at you.
Like I said, you are annoting.
I think the being a restricted free agent is pretty ed....the NBA needs to take that out of their CBA. Seriously. Not that but the thing where an player has to take what their team matches, its almost run like as if they could care less about where a player wants to play.
Or perhaps the NBA could adopt the NFL's RFA process in which it costs you a draft pick to sign another team's RFAs. When you sign another teams RFA, you send back a pick in the round that the player you are signing was originally drafted in.
The only problem with that is that the NBA draft isn't quite as significant as the NFL draft, where you can get 2-3 starters in just about any given year of the draft. That makes draft picks in the NFL much more valuable, making you think twice about signing an RFA.
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