Jim Eichenhofer @Jim_Eichenhofer
Lopez in NOLA but had Fri. flight, couldn't attend press conf. Demps:"He's thrilled to be here, looking forward to being part of our future"
Jim Eichenhofer @Jim_Eichenhofer
Lopez in NOLA but had Fri. flight, couldn't attend press conf. Demps:"He's thrilled to be here, looking forward to being part of our future"
Jim Eichenhofer @Jim_Eichenhofer
Demps: "I think we're almost there but we haven't finalized our roster. We're close. I think we'll have a couple more signings before camp."
nice!
Hopefully Jodie Meeks + camp bodies
Just out of curiosity, why didn't you guys ever trade Kaman to get more assets instead of losing him for nothing in free agency?
Not trolling, I'm not saying that you SHOULD have traded Kaman cause I'm sure there are reasons but this has always bugged me for some reason cause I remember hearing that yall could have got a 1st rd pick for him (even if its a late 1st rd pick)
Lakers have Gasol,Bynum and who?? Spurs have an aging Duncan, Splitter?? As for the knicks, Chandler is good but Amare is only 1/10 what he used to be and they have nothing but a 50 year old Camby outside of those guys.
I think Green could be a good signing as he can play the 2 and help in limited minutes bringing the ball upcourt as well as a great veteran presence in the locker room. Other signing could be Roberts or a 3 (depending on where Henry ends up - as a 2 or a 3).
I think we tried hard to trade him for picks and expiring deals but no one was biting. No one was willing to give up a first rounder and i dont think there were any deals that didnt involve us taking back some kind of salary.
Because the teams that could've acquired him (Pacers, Rockets) began to have cold feet about trading any 1st round pick in this years draft for a likely 1 yr rental. Dell was asking for alot to begin with as well, which scared off numerous suitors. The teams that made the most basketball sense (Celtics, Heat) couldn't be considered because of finicial reasons.
The Hornets didn't want to take back any lengthy contracts while sending Kaman out. Not very many competitive teams had the capspace to take him on without giving contracts back in return. All the Hornets really wanted was expiring contracts and draft picks. The only team that could have happened with was Indiana but the deal fell through.
IMO Indiana was out of their minds for not taking Kaman when they had a chance. Their pick ended up being Miles Plumlee who is a marginal prospect who may have been undrafted if Indiana didnt pick him. Indiana had a legitimate chance at beating Miami last year and making it to the NBA finals and Kaman who have helped big time in that cause.
Ill be shocked if Anderson comes off the bench. I dont see him agreeing to a deal with the Hornets knowing he will not be starting after starting all of last year.
We decided to use his cap space ($13 million) to sign Ryan Anderson ($8 million) and Robin Lopez ($5 million). If we had traded him at the deadline, we would have had to take on equal salary, which would have made all of this impossible. Smart move by Demps, IMO, and I think that is what he meant when he said "sometimes the best move is no move."
Expect to see Davis, Anderson and Lopez on the court at the same time, they may not be starting but they will play together a lot.
I coulda sworn I heard Dell in his interview saying that he acquired Lopez to fill the center position, and that they have been looking for somebody to fill that role!! I wanna hear all those people who said Davis was going to be our center have to say about that? Because I coulda sworn people called me crazy for saying that!
Eric Gordon: "I said WHAT two weeks ago??". "Look over there!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD3mEBEMlBM
i remember this!! can anyone make a gif of it? :D
When I think about it... This trade was basically Dyson for Lopez and Warrick. We gave Minny their two picks back and dumped Miller like we planned to anyway. Fans should stop doubting Dell Demps' mastery at making deals. He also found the loophole in the CBA to allow Miller to be included in the deal. The holdup was because PHX was receiving too much not us.
Dell is really cunning! I love it.
Kind of reminds me of Gus from Breaking Bad on how methodical he is.
Preach.
This trade is a testament to the power of cap space, and Kaman's expiring was as much about his expiring as it was about his potential to contribute. Minnesota wanted cap space, PHX basically bought a first rounder for $1m, and we were able to lose a $5m expiring and a highly protected second rounder for a $4m expiring (if we want it to be so) and a 7ft'er our guys believe in on a seemingly good deal.
Why? The power of cap space.
So what was all the hubbub anyway about the idea that we couldn't bundle Miller's contract in the trade? This was actually a pretty straightforward trade I though. How could we get it so wrong and yet be so certain about it?
Was all that crap just manufactured on here to get is thread to 50 pages or was there someone out there in the real world that thought the CBA wouldn't allow this?
Guess we will have to remember that anyone on here who is talking like an expert really probably has very little clue.
60 pages or bust?
Alot of Suns fans and other people are saying Lopez is trash and Warrick is the worst defender in the NBA. Let's See Monty do his magic!!!!!!! :D
Not sure what you're alluding to but the initial report had Miller going back to Minnesota which was impossible according to the CBA. We debunked it and the media eventually came out and corrected themselves and said Miller was going to Phoenix.
The entire deal wasn't straight forward and the teams ran into a couple of speedbumps that held up the trade.
This is a new CBA, no one is an expert on it. Even the NBA GMs who neogiated the deal had issues. It's a learning experience. No need to get hostile over it. We're more knowledgable about the CBA than we were before this offseason. That's all that matters in the end.
Not sure what you're alluding to
Did you actually read the last ten or twenty pages of this thread, where it was established as some sort of certainty that the problem with the trade was that we couldn't aggregate Miller with another contract? And that's why so many endless trade scenarios were thrown out there over the last 24 hours.
I'm not angry. I just think people should not pretend to be experts when they actually have very little clue. It's not just good etiquette on this forum but in life in general. People were needlessly made to worry about this trade.