Comments on: Bargnani extended, salary cap, pick barter

By: khandor

khandor — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:29:35 +0000

it is what it is,

Ironically, your supposed answer to the question asked doesn’t actually answer the specific question at all.

By: Marc

Marc — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:11:10 +0000

I know. I can’t help myself.

By: Marc

Marc — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:06:43 +0000

I like it actually. You should keep it or something like it.

By: Marc

Marc — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:05:25 +0000

You mean to Orlando or to New Jersey?

By: Seeten

Seeten — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:49:39 +0000

If Zach Randolph wasn’t a team killing cancer, he’d HAVE a max contract. (And maybe a shot at a title, as he might still be on the Blazers.)

By: mo

mo — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:45:23 +0000

oh and by the way ,
in the 2006-2007 season zach randolph averaged 23.6 and 10.1,
similar stats to chris bosh ,
yeah i know hes pretty dumb and doesn’t have a great attitude,
but even if he wasn’t like that
do you think he deserved a max contract? (which he didn’t get)

By: mo

mo — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:31:42 +0000

agreed

By: Seeten

Seeten — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:31:21 +0000

I like what Chris brings to the table on the offensive end at Center.

I dislike Chris as a defender at C. He has significant trouble keeping people off the block, allows deep post position, and generally gets abused.

David Lee is best running the baseline, or rolling on the PnR. He isn’t going to be the 1 2 or 3 option on the PnR in TO, we have significantly better players to run the PnR with, and Calderon isn’t very good at throwing a lob to people running the baseline, so I think getting Lee means getting a great rebounding garbage man. Now. There is something to like about that, for example, I liked Pops in that role, but I sure don’t want to pay someone $12,000,000 a season to do it, and again, he’s not great defensively. He’s not even good. He’s average at best defensively. His lateral quicks are not good, his anticipation isn’t great, about the only plus is his willingness to try really hard.

I love players who play at 120% and at 120 mph, but I don’t want to pay $12 million for Rebounders. I’ll grant you rebounding is necessary, but I’d rather pay Pops. Some things to think about:

SPLIT G MIN STL BLK TO PF OFF DEF TOT AST PTS
Total 22 12.9 1.70 0.85 3.2 7.3 9.3 9.8 19.2 1.0 18.8

So Pops averaged 18.8 pts and 19.2 boards per 48.

SPLIT G MIN STL BLK TO PF OFF DEF TOT AST PTS
Total 81 34.9 1.36 0.37 2.5 4.4 4.4 11.8 16.2 3.0 22.0

So David Lee is getting 22.0 and 16.2 per 48.

David Lee played a lot more, and so he isn’t as prone to number inflation as Pops, but really, I don’t want to pay $12 million a season for someone I can approximate for $1.3 million.

By: mo

mo — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:29:46 +0000

its very possible to make a championship roster while paying a player the max,
if the player being payed is kobe bryant .

this is chris bosh were talking about … 23ppg
hes obviously a great player, but he doesn’t deserve the same money as kobe, lebron, and wade who all deserve max contracts .

bosh can win a title for sure,
but he can’t lead a team to a title ,
if hes the secondary option on a team then that team would most likely win the title

By: it is what it is

it is what it is — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:29:33 +0000

Khandor I have no problem answering that question.

I think Bosh can play effective as a center in small spurts and has proven to do so.

I think Bosh has proven he is one of the best power forwards in the game.

I believe Bosh is best suited for to play the majority of time on the basketball court at the power forward postion.

By: RYE

RYE — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:28:51 +0000

Exactly…pretty much every team has a bad contract or two on it…even the Lakers.

By: RYE

RYE — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:27:54 +0000

Well Bosh ain’t Kobe, but I do totally agree with you.

By: a1029384756z

a1029384756z — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:26:44 +0000

yea well suck his spaghetti dick then

By: RYE

RYE — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:23:42 +0000

Carter was the steal of the decade.

By: RYE

RYE — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:21:30 +0000

It’s amazing how many peo0ple have trouble just keeping their man in front of them. My bball team has the same problem…annoying.

By: RYE

RYE — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:19:56 +0000

I do work for a shitty boss….for now

By: Seeten

Seeten — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:06:09 +0000

He’s on his rookie contract, he was 3rd overall pick, so his contract is for ridiculous $$

By: JayElZee

JayElZee — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:00:53 +0000

What the…?!? Morrison makes $5M??? Now there is a Banks-like contract if I’ve ever seen one…

By: The Season is Lost

The Season is Lost — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:58:52 +0000

You forgot two important pieces: Ariza and Odom! Or Artest now

By: Seeten

Seeten — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:54:34 +0000

Also of comical note: They are even paying someone worse than Marcus Banks more money than Marcus Banks himself.