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Why not go to our special FA insider? I understand that Sheed once ate some Greecey French Fries so I'm sure KBP has the true inside line on what's going on...
Yea im not losing sleep on this. It's down to the Celts or Spurs, well, unless the mavs (not sure their cap sit and dont want to look up) or another team pays significantly more than the MLE. Sheed has to know this is his last shot though at another le, so I look for him to go to Celts or Spurs. Celts scare me cuz you know GayG is going to be all "mother er get up to boston, yeeee yaa mofo" and in his ear. TD will be all chill, hopefully sheed goes with his heart and where he thinks he can really win. But I'm really not counting on anything, nor should you guys cuz there's a good chance he goes to boston-don't get ur hearts broken, ha.
I really hope he does pick soon though, I mean we gotta go get mcdyess pronto if he picks boston. I don't want to end up with some stain fill in like the last 5 years. Oh yea, just thought of something that i think will affect his decision greatly. He might be lookin for who is willing to give him the longer contract. Say Boston throws up like 3/4 years and we only will do 2, he'll prob go for the team showing more commitment. Personally 4 years is WAY too long, 3 is really pushing it, hopefully 2 year deal.
Why not go to our special FA insider? I understand that Sheed once ate some Greecey French Fries so I'm sure KBP has the true inside line on what's going on...
really?!!!
i love the spurs, but seriously... our cheerleaders look like trannies.
there are far better reasons to sign with SA. Pop, Tony, Tim, Manu... RJ even...
plus, this is Sheed we're talking about... and I happen to know we get pretty good weed here in SA.
Nobody ever confirmed he was in SA. But supposedly it's well known he really was in Dallas partying at the Ritz. Doesn't seem to be much doubt there according to local radio in Dallas.
But even they said the facts are: Mavs can't talk to Sheed until Tues night and Cuban is in NYC trying to be the first to knock on JKidd's hotel door at midnight. Damn stalker!
In theory he could get little Donnie to take care of the Sheed thing. But let's get back to "basketball" and you have to think Dallas would be a terrible fit for him. Dirk and Sheed play similar styles on offense, they would still have no strong offensive presence in the middle, Sheed would choke half the team by December for not helping him protect the rim, Mavs don't have the leaders on the court to keep him cool... I don't see why he'd go there.
I actually really like Sheed a lot, but he's gettin a little long in the tooth. Anyone else prefer the Spurs to focus on trying to get Varaejo?
Or in his wine cellar......
He might have gone to Dallas to party after doing some business here in SA.......
The best WEED for SHEED will win his services.
For a person who strongly prefers Varejao, and is on the sanguine end about the Spurs' chances of signing him, we can figure it like this:
Sheed
Rating: 70 out of 100
Chance of signing him: 33%
Score: 23.3
Varejao
Rating: 90 out of 100
Chance of signing him: 10%
Score: 9.0
By Marc Stein
ESPN.com
Boston has emerged as the hot new entrant in the race for Sheed. My colleague Ric Bucher from ESPN The Magazine credits Kevin Garnett for convincing Celtics personnel chief Danny Ainge to enter the bidding and for leading the Celtics' lobbying efforts.
Orlando, San Antonio and Dallas all have strong Sheed interest as well, although sources say that the Mavericks -- through president of basketball operations Donnie Nelson -- were planning to make an equally personal and determined pitch to Magic restricted free agent Marcin Gortat as soon as possible to match owner Mark Cuban's pitch in New York right after midnight to Jason Kidd.
It must be a Texas thing, because Rockets general manager Daryl Morey announced via his Twitter feed right around midnight that he was soon to meet with Gortat, urging Houstonians stung by the latest dire projections about Yao Ming's long-term health to send their message of support to [email protected].
Word is that New York and Indiana are also among the teams to register immediate interest in Gortat over the phone once free agency started, which helps explain why one Eastern Conference official describes the 7-footer from Poland as this summer's likely "Powerball winner," since Gortat almost certainly will cash in on the position he plays despite limited opportunities in Orlando behind Howard.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/column...Chatter-090701
Or, let's say we square the rating to weight the decision on the side of perceived quality over safety:
Sheed: 70 * 70 / 100 * 0.33 = 16.3
Varejao: 90 * 90 / 100 * 0.10 = 8.1
lots of teams interested in sheed and the spurs have fared well in the past when bidding for players that other contenders have shown interest in. this, i believe, is due to the respect pop commands from players. but it will be interesting to see how the wallace sweepstakes pan out.
There is no such thing as a "front runner" in FA deals. Until he signs with someone, none of this means poop. We were the frontrunners for Bourousis, too, remember?
Interesting to read Indiana's getting in on the Gortat chase.
Exactly. None of these "journalists" are in contact with the free agents directly, or have any grasp of their current thought processes. So their labeling one team or another "frontrunner" is based upon two things:
1) What they think they know about the player's preferences based upon previous knowledge.
2) What decision they would make if they were in the player's shoes.
Since we are a small market team, he may opt to go with the larger Boston Market. He is going to make us all wait... and then pull the rug from under us...
We turned down a Maggette trade, remember?
Who is the last BIG NAME FA that we have been able to snag???
In the present age, with so much information readily available to someone willing to look for it, the "expert" role in journalism is more about breadth of coverage and personality than about any kind of special access. I've simply come to expect that most of us on this forum are going to know a lot more about the Spurs than any national "expert;" however, Marc Stein and Chris Broussard will probably know more about the Knicks and Sixers than we ever will (though far less than devoted Knicks and Sixers fans do).But they're "experts" aren't they?
Michael Finley
Damn, it has been a while.
pop has been able to land finley (when he was wanted) and horry (same) when there were similar cir stances as far as cap space and compe ion were concerned.
You got that right.
I swear I read "goat cheese".
me too, they say everyone reads based on the first and last letter of each word
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