Pelicans to meet with Oden {EDIT-Oden chooses Miami,P.61}

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Originally Posted by Jestercan

It depends on the amount. I'd be all over something in the $1M range, but if Benson is okay wasting $3M, who am I to judge? I doubt that $3M will spontaneously combust if Oden goes unsigned, though. If he somehow stays healthy, I'll happily eat crow.

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Give him 3 mil a year with team options on the back end of the contract and I am fine with that. We have to sweeten the pot against teams like Miami who want to sign him for the minimum.

Sooner this happens the better. I'm way over this waiting.

Sooo espn said its gonna be today but that the pelicans aren't in the top 3. Heat spurs mavs, wtf?!

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Originally Posted by MMEmbreno

Sooo espn said its gonna be today but that the pelicans aren't in the top 3. Heat spurs mavs, wtf?!

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Yeah. They say we're "in the mix", which to them we have no shot. But I've learned years ago that ESPN isn't the "source" that they claim to be.

I still think he'll go to Miami, but I think we're alot closer on his list than ESPN thinks he is.

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Originally Posted by RaisingTheBar

Give him 3 mil a year with team options on the back end of the contract and I am fine with that. We have to sweeten the pot against teams like Miami who want to sign him for the minimum.

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Let Miami have him. I'd love for them to pay upwards of $11M for a player who may very well be useless.

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Originally Posted by jgman

Take this with a grain of salt, I have no link, but I heard that our medical staff does not have the most optimistic outlook on his "comeback," either way I don't really care at this point. I'm torn between wanting him to choose us just as a slap in the face to the heat and wanting him to choose the heat because I have serious doubts about his ability to play and I want to see their fans' reactions to him not being the key to a 3 peat like they all claim

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not really related, but remember when Thunder doctors wouldn't clear Tyson in that deal? Imagine if they had him instead of Perkins the past 3 years... sheesh

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Originally Posted by Eman5805

Sooner this happens the better. I'm way over this waiting.

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What page did you call his signing?

My sources say the outlook is good he will sign with us.

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Count me in the 'he wont sign here' group.

Count me in the "I hope he does sign with the Pelicans" group.

If we do sign Oden, this will just add icing to the cake towards our off season

Oh ye of little faith.

I know some of you don't want to feel like a jilted lover if Oden doesn't choose us but would some hope today hurt you that much?

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Originally Posted by NOLa.

What page did you call his signing?

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I dunno. 51?

66 on phone. Dont know if we're chatty or if he just dragged it on this long

He's not going to pick us because we're below sea level, have lots of crime, Mosquitos, and the headache construction on Carrollton. Reelect Edwin Edwards!!!!

On Cowherd's show a second ago, they didn't even mention us as a possibility. All about the Heat, Spurs, and Mavs.

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Originally Posted by NOLa.

Oh ye of little faith.

I know some of you don't want to feel like a jilted lover if Oden doesn't choose us but would some hope today hurt you that much?

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Quoted for when he doesn't sign here..

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Originally Posted by All Metro

Quoted for when he doesn't sign here..

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Ok?

http://theleaguenews.com/breaking-gr...gns-with-heat/

This guys is saying he signed with the Heat.

Id rather have Dejuan Blair.....

I just think it would be so SWEET if he pick the pelicans over the heat,spurs, and mavs just to **** off the ESPN!

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Originally Posted by maverick91579

Id rather have Dejuan Blair.....

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Pick someone who hasn't already signed with a team.

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Originally Posted by NSFW

http://theleaguenews.com/breaking-gr...gns-with-heat/

This guys is saying he signed with the Heat.

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He's a college sophmore with a rinky-dink sports website...I'll wait. And he attributes the story to no source at all.

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Originally Posted by NSFW

http://theleaguenews.com/breaking-gr...gns-with-heat/

This guys is saying he signed with the Heat.

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yea and he keeps tweeting sites of his breaking news...looks like a guy trying to get a little publicity by picking the favorite among most people

Smart kid, though. Made a fake report, then tweeted it to every single heat reporter, web site, blog, etc.

Probably got more page views this morning than every other day combined. If he is right, he looks like an insider. If not, he loses nothing because nobody ever went to that site anyway.

Gotta love the internet and being on the line.