Gerald Wallace!!!

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  1. BengalDuck

    BengalDuck Well-Known Member

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    i guess i should expect the unstable here to get all worked up over rumors
     
    BengalDuck, Feb 23, 2011
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  2. RoyToy

    RoyToy Clown Town

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    This is what Cho gets for fucking around. He should have traded Rudy in the summer but didn't and it looks like that will be the reason this deal doesn't get done.

    Cho can't get out of his own way.
     
    RoyToy, Feb 23, 2011
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  3. EGame

    EGame "You're the only one of these fools I trust"

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    Same could be said when KP was around and fucked around resulting in Rudy still being here.
     
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  4. RoyToy

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    Ha

    Nice try
     
    RoyToy, Feb 23, 2011
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  5. EGame

    EGame "You're the only one of these fools I trust"

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    The truth is a nice try? Ok.
     
    EGame, Feb 23, 2011
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Yeah, I agree. The truth usually is the best way to go when trying to construct a credible point.
     
    Nikolokolus, Feb 23, 2011
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  7. RoyToy

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    Deflect all you want.

    It's on Cho.
     
    RoyToy, Feb 23, 2011
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Fixed.
     
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    Cho knew Rudy was a marginal player at best and that he was a headache. It's his fault if it ends up costing him Wallace.
     
    RoyToy, Feb 23, 2011
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    Your logic is awful. If Cho had dumped Rudy in the off-season, he wouldn't have him now when Charlotte wants him, and therefore would not have the Wallace deal anyway. If you're saying that Cho could have traded Rudy into a parallel universe for the Rudy who wasn't a "headache," then I'll just need a link supporting that and everything will be in order.
     
    Minstrel, Feb 23, 2011
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  11. RoyToy

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    Cho's plan was to keep Rudy since his value was low and wait until it gets higher. It looks like that plan has backfired and now it's costing him.

    Smart GMs get rid of players that are headaches before stuff like this happens.
     
    RoyToy, Feb 23, 2011
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    maxiep RIP Dr. Jack

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    Thank you, Rudy. This is simple re-trading; it's a classic negotiation strategy. You get close enough to a deal where the party taking advantage of a financial situation can taste the lopsided deal. You then pull away and have second thoughts. You then come back and ask for a little more. Of course, you wanted a little more the entire time, but you needed to tease the other party.

    Rudy helped the Blazers by saying "vete a la puta verga" to Charlotte. Now Charlotte will either concede or ask for a lesser player or a 2nd round pick.

    We'll get Wallace and we'll get him at our price.
     
    maxiep, Feb 23, 2011
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  13. maxiep

    maxiep RIP Dr. Jack

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    At some point, don't we have to say to MJ, "Look, we took Bowie; you owe us."?
     
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    Jordan is going to turn us down and do this:

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    craigehlo, Feb 23, 2011
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    OSUBlazerfan, Feb 23, 2011
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    maxiep RIP Dr. Jack

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    They want this deal as much or more than we do.
     
    maxiep, Feb 23, 2011
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    Now cuz Rudy and Joel are playing well...hello Gerald Wallace! Well I can hope still right?
     
    LJ Ginger, Feb 23, 2011
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    Patience young grasshoppers!
     
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  19. Ed O

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    Costing him how?

    I don't understand how by not getting rid of/dumping Rudy when his value was lower, it would be easier to get Wallace.

    Ed O.
     
    Ed O, Feb 23, 2011
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  20. LOTBfan

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    I can't imagine that every player we have that someone wants, immediately stating that they won't be playing any more if traded, is helping make things any easier for Cho. IMO there should be some serious fines for these sort of statements... this seems no different that the fines they slapped on Rudy last summer when he was saying he wasn't going to report to camp. Camby, Pryz, Rudy... all completely worthless to other teams as players this year with the comments that they are making... literally their only value is their expiring contracts.

    Is the plan by the team to keep the band together via sabotage?
     
    LOTBfan, Feb 23, 2011
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