On a scale of 1 to 10, how pissed will you be when KP doesn't make a trade?

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  1. andalusian

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    'Cause its a nice round number.
     
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  3. Bosco

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    4 Still would be nice to Pitch-slap a foo'
     
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    no no no...we are only 3 games ahead in the playoff race as far as being in the playoffs. by no means are we a lock with our defense lol. anyhow im saying IF WE MAKE THE PLAYOFFS...id enjoy playing a team where we had a chance to win. LA would eat us alive. Spurs prob would too but they arent LA.

    fuck that...we need 6th seed
     
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  6. B-Roy

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    From out, to 8th, to 6th.

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    Sure we have our weaknesses - but what team doesn't? And have you seen the teams behind us? It's not like they're 100% solid and blitzing the league either. Utah and Houston are crippled. Phoenix might have no one left after 2/19 when they blow up the whole franchise. Dallas is up and down like us. Even NO has and will lose ground without their best player out. Relative to those teams, it ain't so bad here - like you love to make it out to be.
     
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    9. Raef is worth 12M of cap space RIGHT now (an 11-14M contract coming back). He's also a $4M check into the pockets of the owner who gets him.

    If we wait until June, the cap space we receive from him is about 7M. AND we don't get MLEs, BAE, Vet Minimum, etc. So it comes down to about a 13M loss in value b/w Feb 19 and June. Unless you're counting Blake and Outlaw being gone. But why dump them when you don't have to?
     
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  9. Natebishop3

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    The reason why I'd be fairly irritated is because I think this is the time to do it. Our team is good, but not great. We're going to make the playoffs, but we're not realistically going to go past the first round. We have a TON of young talent, but we're still developing chemistry and cohesion. Making a big trade now wouldn't hurt us that much in terms of chemistry, and then we can spend the rest of this season developing chemistry with the new guy(s), rather than wasting some of next season doing the same thing.

    We need to consolidate some of this talent, plug some holes, and round out our rotation. If we get past the first round, AWESOME, if not... It's just one more step towards greatness :grin:
     
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    In a vacuum I would be a 6, a bit annoyed that RLEC went to waste. But, depending on whatelse transpires, I could end up pleased or more pissed. If Butler is traded (I don't believe he will be) for something that we could have beaten with out scraps, than I will be real pissed. But, if it seems that most trades for expiring contracts brought back crap, then I will be pleased. All things are relative.
     
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    2. Ramon Sessions has now caught my imagination as a free agent target, since Milwaukee only has his early-Bird rights. Plus KP can still use cap space to facilitate deals in the off-season. So, since there are still ways to use that money later, I'm not dead-set on a deal before the deadline.

    I only want a good deal. ;)
     
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    3. I guess it depends on who we can get. If the available players won't really help us in the future when we are making a title run, then maybe it's better that we stay put. I like our roster the way it is, but I could love the way our roster is if we could get a star player with Raef's contract.
     
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    my thoughts????

    with no trade....no playoffs or 8th seed at best and thats IF suns tank.

    with trade...6th seed and 7th at worst.
     
    MIXUM, Feb 10, 2009
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    How pissed would I be? I wouldn't. There is no use in getting pissed off about a situation you have no control over.
     
    hasoos, Feb 10, 2009
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    Amen - if only other people would realize this. You're a genuine genius!!!
     
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  16. SodaPopinski

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    Boooooooring.

    Isn't part of the fun in sports cheering for a result you have absolutely no control over?

    That's like saying you don't care about wins or losses because you have no control over them.

    -Pop
     
    SodaPopinski, Feb 10, 2009
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  17. Reep

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    Nice. My kind of humor.

    I vote 1. I'm not sure there is anyone out there that we need at a good price, and we have a lot of talent that has not yet reached it's potential. I have no problem passing.
     
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    I'm not a fan of making a deal just to make a deal.
     
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  19. maxiep

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    What the hell are you talking about? I know for a fact my lucky hat as a kid was responsible for the 1977 Championship.
     
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    I'd like a trade, because I think it makes the team more interesting and I'd love to use some of those assets sitting on the bench, but I'd be around a 3 or a 4. At some point, I have to trust that our talent evaluators know what's out there better than I do.
     
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