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brand is probly ticked that clippers matched his deal last time when he could have went to the heat
now he is playing hard ball with sterling
JR Smith will likely still wear #1 for the Denver Nuggets in 2008-09
brand is probly ticked that clippers matched his deal last time when he could have went to the heat
now he is playing hard ball with sterling
Looking at this situation with my Sterling glasses on, I don't think he cares that much of Brand re-signs. Baron is the attraction and the person who will sell tickets. Brand will make the team better but since when has Sterling cared about that? Brand has a pretty boring game to the casual fan.
As long as Sterling lands Baron, everything else is just gravy.
Really if we don't get Magette the only option that is attractive is JR Smith. If Posey and Delfino are off the table as well then we may end up with the Spurs bringing back Finley and Barry which would be about as horrible as it can get.
And what sucks is that you really can't blame the Spurs. They probably could have locked up Pietrius but if you do that and give up on Magette early you've made a big mistake imo. Not only that, but you would have had to severely overpay the frenchman.
ty the way things have shaped up this offseason if indeed the Spurs don't get new blood.
Magette knows spurs went after him first
they wanted him
And really to be honest, even though Baron would like for Brand to stay with the Clippers......I really just think Baron is happy to be playing in LA, Brand or no Brand.
That's nice and all. We went hard after Chris Webber in 2001 and Jason Kidd (even though I'm glad we didn't get him) in 2003. Didn't really mean much in the end.
Indeed...we did what we needed to do but we basically wound up like Ving Rhames in Pulp Fiction...kidnapped and screwed.
If spurs dont land Maggette, next season will be a disaster. We better hope Maggette wants to win that badly to still have a shot at him. Otherwise he will be with someone else.
If we are looking for a fallback option, I like Posey but he wants a lot of years. I doubt Delfino wants to go back to Detroit ... but he'd probably demand a 2-year, $12M contract, which is pretty ridiculous for Carlos F'ing Delfino.
JR Smith may be a target but he'd be risky too. The Nuggets match and the Spurs may be looking at starting Finley with not even Barry behind him to back him up.
If Maggette is out Spurs need to make a play for JR Smith. Nobody else left is going to put them in true contention, including resigning Finley and Barry, anyways.
If Smith isn't the target after CM, who else out is there?
If Posey wants a long-term, I don't believe the Spurs are going to give it to him. Who else would the Spurs give the entire MLE too?
They can try to split it up to target someone like Wright, who looks to be an expendable option now if the Jones rumors are true. I don't see it. They'll probably end up right where they are at. Welcome to 2007.
I'd have no problem with that. I'm not sold that the Nuggets will match Smith. They probably will but might be forced to let him walk.
Then again, I don't know if the Spurs want to hand out a contract longer than two years. Part of the lure of Maggette is he'd be signed to a short contract that would give both parties a lot of options in 2010. To get Smith, the Spurs would probably have to go with a max MLE offer.
I doubt that Maggette was going to sign an MLE contract that would have had a team option in 2010, just a player option. I go with a long term front loaded contract for Smith if the Spurs can front load it.
WTF, did Brand decide he wanted to produce Rocky VII?
If it's a choice between keeping Barry and letting him walk while waiting for Denver to match, I'll take Bones.
I think Jerry Maguire was on TBS yesterday...
Here we go, now the offseason starts.
What is Philly going to do to sign Andre Iguodala? Now that they have tied so much money up in Brand I do not know what they will do...
Re-sign him.
There's more to Philly than Rocky you know?
....I heard he's a big fan of cheesesteaks.
Shoot, if he comes here next season, Sixers are looking goooooooooood. Esp in the weak East.
There's no way they are going to let Iggy walk.
EB would be better served to sign with Philly. They are young and have an easier course to navigate in the Eastern Conference....the Clippers likely wouldn't make it to the playoffs even with the addition of B-Diddy if Brand stayed on, and Davis has had his fair share of injuries so there's no guarantee he plays a full season. Brand should DEFINITELY look eastward in this instance IMO. Hope we take a look at Barnes again in the meantime.
EDIT, Breaking News, Brand has verbally accepted the Sixers offer
huh?EDIT, Breaking News, Brand has verbally accepted the Sixers offer
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