Thought we were saving cap space so we could hold out for someone better. Not wait until the free agent pool is dried up and spend it on mediocre players.
Thought we were saving cap space so we could hold out for someone better. Not wait until the free agent pool is dried up and spend it on mediocre players.
Warrick is awful. I think Lopez is too. I hate this move. I hope there is more to it because it looks like we're getting raped.
Why tie up cap for two years with a zero like Warrick while overspending on Lopez. Just don't like it but I'm sure Demps has a plan.
I doubt Demps and Williams want to field a team of "options". Besides if this is a 3 or 4 year plan to contention then what good does cap space do for you in year 2 of that plan? Acquire good players on short 1-2 year contracts then make a play for a near max or max guy when you know what you have in your young players.
Well, I hope RaisingTheBrow is happy! lol
if Minnesota is giving up a first rounder im scared we must be giving up something valuable
Total waste of space, and pretty much cements us as 9th-10th seed for 2013-2014.
I would be happy with Lopez, and we gotta make some questionable moves...
Sorry i'm not making assumptions on personnel without knowing what their long term plans are, i guess I should condemn or praise every move made instead of seeing what the long play is.
Warrick would be an expiring next year so i don't see how it "cripples" the team in any way.
Lets not act like these guys can't improve under Monty.....
Lopez is obviously a project with potential to improve. Warrick is a declining known quantity/bench fodder/role player. Surprised some people are more optimistic about getting Warrick than Lopez.
You sure on that? We're too young imo. If we do that well I'd be amazed. I'm expecting more around a 25 - 30 wins type of season and another high pick. The Jack trade means were going to be playing Rivers a lot at PG this year. So i don't see us finishing that well jmo tho.
I guess what you should be sorry for is making assumptions that I don't believe they have a long term plan, just because I happen to disagree with some of the moves. I don't have to "praise" or agree with every move they make either. That doesn't mean I assume they ought to base their decisions on a message board, nor does it mean that I don't think they have any plans. I just don't have to agree every step of the way.
Hope it's a sign and trade with Carl Landry to get Lopez somehow. Would like Ridnour, Barea, or Wes Johnson in the deal too, lol! Would love for it to look like this:
Hornets: Robin Lopez & Luke Ridnour
Suns: Wesley Johnson & Wayne Ellington
T-Wolves: Carl Landry, Xavier Henry, & 2 Suns 2nd round picks one being Lakers
I think we can do well with Lopez, he can be a real good backup for us
Please do not lump me in with anyone else on this forum... except maybe 42. I have no problem with Lopez and previously said he was one of the few (relatively) low cost RFA's the team should have targeted from the beginning when people were clambering for McGee or whoever.
Henry fits. The first is curious.
I think after watching Henry suck it up in Summer League they were like, experiment over. He's a bust and I have no problem shipping him out.
I hope we make Lopez do something with his hair. His head looks like a stalk of broccoli.
Clearly Dwight Howard will soon get involved in this trade.
WHO IS IT??
Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA
At least part of package back to Minny would include Brad Miller (his contract), Jerome Dyson and draft picks, sources say.
Brad Miller, Jerome Dyson, and picks are part of the package. That is scary. May mean we are giving up a first
Somehow I'm aware that this isn't NBA2k12, as popular as it is to accuse everyone of confusing that with real life. There were a number of smarting things that could be done, in my opinion, than this trade, and they aren't limited to signing people from this free agent class when we have a much better crop coming up next season, and perhaps better chances of signing someone (along with a good lottery pick). I disagree with this trade (from what I've seen thus far), while fully realizing this isn't NBA2k12.
i dont like the sound of draft picks... dyson fan but wasnt even sure he was going to make the team
Wait, didn't we just get Brad Miller from Minny? LOL
Huh. I thought we got Brad Miller from Minny in the first place. I'm so mixed up.
Miller back to minny? Lol. And I really don't see us trading a first just so minny can turn and trade a first. We're probably talking a couple of seconds.
i hope all we give is a dleaguer, a dead guy, and a ****ty 2nd rounder..
Giving up a first for this would be a mistake, regardless of protection.
You said the Hornets werent even TRYING to do the smart thing, because obviously if they had, we would have signed a good FA center or something. But just because we didnt SIGN one doesnt mean we didnt TRY.
Also, everyone on here is freaking about about bringing on someone who has 2 years at $5mil/yr on his contract, saying it will ruin our ability to offer a max contract next year....
really????
We have to have some of the dumbest fans. As if Demps is going to make this trade, and then we're done for good til next year? Has anyone here even SEEN what Demps can do??? Geez.