re: Zaza
Full non-Bird exception. More than GSW could pay anyone else, as they're down to minimums otherwise. https://t.co/9AVxLQK2bT
— Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) July 7, 2017
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re: Zaza
Full non-Bird exception. More than GSW could pay anyone else, as they're down to minimums otherwise. https://t.co/9AVxLQK2bT
— Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) July 7, 2017
1) Wishful thinking at best. More a pipe dream.
2) Is based on the prior pipe dream.
3/4) Is based off the wild assumption Wash would trade Wall, then trade him here over all other teams and that Boogie would still be here when he might be gone.
5) So basically baseless hope off a chain of reactions extremely unlikely to happen.
I'll go with the numbers and the reality of our situation instead thank you very much.
Slim I will add this to the discussion
What assurance we have Cousins stays in New Orleans?
NONE. He is all about Cousins just like Nick Saban said he wasn't going to Miami.
The Pelicans need to unload Cousins now his ceiling is the highest Now.
If we wait till February 2018 we could be screwed for many reasons
Cousins could get injured? He might be playing like crap? His on the court Toxic image could be at a all time high.
With all that being said he could walk out the front door and we lost It all.
It seems that would be a sharp move for the future
Remember we were sold on this Davis Cousins combo that all the Elite FA would be giving up anything to play with these guys. We seen it did NOTHING
Free agent guard Shelvin Mack is finalizing a two-year, $12M deal with the Orlando Magic, league sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 7, 2017
Free agent guard Shelvin Mack is finalizing a two-year, $12M deal with the Orlando Magic, league sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 7, 2017
Feels like GSW have infinite money like a baseball team. I actually kind of feel disgusted.
It would appear that when Bob Myers referred to having a spending limit, he was referring to $175M.
— Albert Nahmad (@AlbertNahmad) July 7, 2017
Cavs have reached a deal with free-agent forward Jeff Green, I'm told.
— Jeff Zillgitt (@JeffZillgitt) July 7, 2017
Cavs have agreed with Jeff Green on a 2.3M l, 1-year minimum deal, sources say
— Brian Windhorst (@WindhorstESPN) July 7, 2017
Haha, so let me get this straight. You asked me how I can show you to make this team better.
You're entitled to say its a pipe dream. But, what I said can still happen and is very realistic.
Basically, what you're telling us:
Trading for Bledsoe is a pipe dream.
Having AD and Bledsoe on the team WON'T interest Boogie to re-sign with us KNOWING Wall will only have one more year left on his contract (I believe with Boogie knowing that Wall only has one more year left, DC will want to stay put and make the most money. He knows that a line-up with him, wall, and AD is dangerous).
Having Bledsoe, Boogie, and AD on the SAME team WILL NOT interest Wall to come here and play with the Pelicans when his contract is up...it is a pipe dream.
If Wall doesn't sign his extension with Washington, then Washington won't be looking to trade him and just let Wall walk? Wrong. They will look to trade him. I can guarantee you Pelicans would be on the phone.
Bottom line is this. I respect you as a poster, but do not say what I posted is unrealistic because it is just as unrealistic that the Pelicans will trade Boogie before the season starts and after hiring Finch AND without even an offseason together.
If the pelican trade boogie, then I'll admit you are right. If the pelicans trade for Bledosoe OR boogie re-signs, then you have to admit that I am right.
Pretty much.
Really makes me want a much harder cap.
In actual execution, we pretty much have the same problem the NBA had when they went down this road that got us here with the same problem of extreme talent concentration and large organizational inequality.
lol come on yall..if we were GS,,no one in new Orleans would be talking about a harder cap lol,,we would be enjoying the fruits of our labor......
Our organization has to make wise decisions and develop players to give us a winning culture.....the 76ers was a big joke for awhile and now look like they may be a playoff team if they stay healthy...we got to trust our process lol...
Of course people would be more willing to look the other way, doesn't mean the problem isn't an actual real problem.
I think you should separate people saying something needs some fixing from thinking they are also saying things are completely broken.
You can make it work in this world....Though ironically the one big thing Silver is talking about is trying to make it harder for teams to tank and build like the Spurs, the 76ers, and the Wolves did. Which I think is a mistake if you don't impose other changes alongside it.
But the issue is you have to look at the purpose of the structure in place, its entire design(Luxury taxes, supermaxs, etc.) is to prevent exactly what is happening in GS, protect the smaller markets, and increase parity. Instead the system is just making it even harder for the teams without those deep pockets to keep up once a team with deep pockets gets out ahead. Even if the Pels did all the right things, absolutely perfect, there is no situation where Benson is going to spend 200 million plus in salary plus taxes on a smaller market team like the Pelicans. So what are your rules ACTUALLY achieving?
We aren't trading Boogie. That is ridiculous and moronic. Y'all can be emo trolls if you want, but don't pretend like the rest of us should take you seriously. Boogie isn't Kevin Durant or Gordon Hayward. He was as loyal as can be, in Sacramento of all places. The Kings have been more dysfunctional than the Pelicans have, in my opinion. So now, he's been traded to New Orleans, the franchise closest to his hometown Mobile. He is playing next to one of his best friends in AD. The FO has gone above and beyond to please Boogie in every way since his arrival. So, considering all this, I think the chances that Boogie leaves next off-season are slim to none. Things would have to fall apart in a truly catastrophic fashion for him to walk.
With the roster we have today, I think we still make the playoffs as the 7th or 8th seed. Obviously I don't expect us to go into the season with the roster as it is today. Dell and Gentry know that both of their jobs are on the line this season. It's truly playoffs or bust. So, I seriously doubt that Dell goes into the season with our roster as is. I fully expect him to trade for a starting caliber guard, hopefully sooner rather than later. Regardless of when it happens, I know something is gonna happen. Dell has to make a move. That move will increase our chances to make the playoffs, whether we bring in Bledsoe, Lin, Fournier or someone else that none of us have discussed or even considered. If we make the playoffs, then Boogie is not leaving. Maybe other people won't be blunt or bold enough to make that statement, but I will. If he leaves, I'll be shocked. So stop with exaggerated pessimism. Please. Talk to some Kings fans, get their perspective on Boogie. Ask them if they think he's "all about Boogie" like Champ likes to say or if they would consider him possibly the most loyal superstar in the league today.
You know... it really wouldn't kill Demps to leak a little information to the news.. doesn't he know this is killing us.. I sometimes wish we were like the Lakers where every thought is leaked to the news
Actually, my money is on Buckwheat actually being MM.....or a disgruntled Kings fan. Look at the start date. Right around the last time MM went all borderline.
Problem is as the numbers show, this team has a very low ceiling and no flexibility for three years. Other problem even though I don't think Boogie is all about himself is that he was in a terrible situation in Sac and had the trade here dictated for him. Next summer is his only chance to find the best situation he can as a FA while still in his prime. He turns 27 next month and doesn't have a min of playoff ball to his name.
I see no way he signs away the rest of his prime to a team with such a limited ceiling until he's 29/30 yrs old.
Some here are just in deep deep denial. No one wants to admit how poor the situation is here the next 3 yrs. It's just "ra ra" cheerleading or that we're magically gonna trade fro Bledsoe and Wall. LOL.
Why do people who have a pessimistic outlook always insist they're the ones who see reality and the rest are in denial?
Jesus, get over yourself. You're talking about sports. It's escapism. None of this is reality.