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I don't really get what they're doing. There's some big free agents next year and they had some incredible flexibility the way this all went down. Seems they would have been better off keeping some flexibility and making it a 2 year plan instead of mortgaging some of that flexibility to be pseudo competitive this year. But I guess Bosh probably bolts if you tell him that's the plan.
I think you underestimate raptors and wiz. I see the Hornets missing the playoffs. Hawks are very underrated with a healthy Horford. And I am picking Detroit to make the playoffs this year.
I don't know what you mean by "fell flat on his face", but in the 33 games he started and played starters minutes, the team had a slightly better win % (.424) than they did on the season as a whole (.414). He put up 11.9 and 4 with fantastic %'s as a starter. His and Jrue's WS/48 were also essentially identical.
When you reach a certain level of financial stability, spending your time winning is much more enjoyable.
I'm not denying that. Some people may prefer to live in a certain area though. I'm just saying fans shouldn't get all pissed when players leave. These guys are people with families doing a job and living in the public eye.
I must've missed this part during Morey's Asset Collection Panel at the Sloan Conference.
I wouldn't. But Carmelo, Pau, LeBron and a lot of other guys will be. So I don't understand your point.
Session titled "How to Lose the Biggest Bargain Contract in the NBA for Nothing"
I don't want to hijack the thread anymore. My point is we shouldn't begrudge guys for msking decisions about their livelihood, family, and living situations so flippantly.
Scorched Earth Cap Clearing for Trevor Ariza (please don't be for Lance Stepheenson too)
I think when we're talking about $10MM versus $9MM per year people who make "normal" incomes are allowed to be a little flippant.
Lol. Melo would have left 50-60 million on the table if he signed with Chicago. Easy to say you would join Chicago when you are not in his shoes.
It could be worse, like how Boozer got out of Cleveland.
Just horrible to get nothing at all for him. First Boozer, now this, wonder if teams will ever do this again.
From everything I have read, he appears to be on a mission after showing up out of shape last year. He doesn't need to be a star on that team, just a solid role player. It's summer league, but he looks to be in shape.
Nobody last year would live up to number 1. But he was historically bad. Unfortunate because if he goes anywhere else he just becomes another in the long line of Derrick Williams and Evan Turner and expectations would be lower.
Maybe I'm not familiar enough with Parsons, but losing him for nothing is better than paying him 15 million a year. Under any scenario. That salary is even worse than the Deng thing. But it was horrible considering they had him for another year at nothing of course. Parsons is actually going to make more than Nowitzki now isn't he? That's truly horrible....
It's Christmas in July!!!!
