Clippers offers MLE?? Now that Hawes says he will sign, clippers looking to do sign and trade. Kaman signed for less last year for Lakers being one yr younger and not having any kind of notable yr with the Lakers. I can't believe I have now fallen on side of believing Ptd not being desirable place for players . . . I feel what MM goes through having an unpopular opinion. I'll just say that we simply disagree on this issue. I do question how posters say they don't want to pay for Hawes when while he was available the talk was how well he fit into Stotts system and how lucky the Blazer would be to get him for the MLE and not one poster mentioned Kaman but now think he is a great addition to the bench . . . In the end I will rooting for a player I couldn't stand before he came here.
Kaman played for the German national team. Hawes is an outspoken conservative. Spamking is trying to be clever and edgy with his posting style.
One sported a "God Bless George W. Bush" bumper sticker while the other obtained german citizenship based on his great-grandparents country of birth (so he could play on their national team). Couple of goof balls, either way . . .
@ChrisBHaynes: #Blazers offered Spencer Hawes exact same contract -- terms + years -- that Clippers got him for, sources tell @CSNNW http://t.co/IWFSgjx5fR Ouch.
Alright, come on you assuming-that-neil failed people... what do you have to say now? Let shit play out before assuming. #baiting
I keep telling you guys, Ballmer doesn't own the team yet so he is free to offer Hawes anything he wants to on the side.
Small markets have to draft or trade for their long-term core players. Which is one reason why I was a huge fan of the Monroe stuff.
Hope he gets the shit booed out of him when they come up here. You can't make this up though, the resident redneck tea party guy in the nba signs with the team that was just all over the news for having a racist owner, that's pretty funny.
Be honest. If it was you and had to pick between Portland's weather, marketing opportunities and relatively thin roster, or playing in the second biggest market, with great weather a loaded roster and probably a future HOF coach, which would you choose?
Well, technically, we did offer that much. But people wanted to blame Neil and the Blazers for not going after Hawes... but now that the cat is out of the bag, they are all going to retreat. And I will enjoy it.
So it looks like Neil went after his Plan B quickly which I respect. It does concern me that Portland can't get what most would consider a higher quality FA for the same price. Cap space is only useful if you can get players to come. Who is the last quality FA to come here?
