Finally this team has an identity! Harris - Dallas felt they couldn't win with him Carter - fell out of favor with an entire country Hassell - thrown in the trade after sitting on Dallas' bench Marcus - plummeted in draft after conditioning and character issues Sean - plummeted in draft after getting thrown off his college team Boone - also fell in draft, despite being a former Big East Defensive Player of the Year, due to a lackluster 3rd season at UConn. Nachbar - rescued from Hornets bench Armstong - 39 year old that was never drafted from a tiny college and worked his way into the league from the minors Swift - disappointing first 7 year career after being taken #2 in the draft Ager - fell in draft and yanked in and out of lineup by Avery. Probably won't get much burn here due to # of players. Diop - a big who was taken #8 overall, is a good smart defender, but has a career high of 10 points Krstic - going through the longest comeback ever from an ACL injury Jefferson - other than his tiny ears he isn't too much of a misfit. Maybe they should trade him? haha
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GM3 @ Feb 29 2008, 11:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Is Krstic really the longest player to recover from ACL or is it just a figure of speech?</div> I don't know... sure feels like it. Even D'Alesandro commented on that in his blog yesterday (which was his most depressing ever. No wonder he wrote 3 articles about the Nets today. It was like he also got resurrected by Devin mania.)
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Joey FistPump @ Feb 29 2008, 11:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I think we should go with: We trade TRIP-LE DOUB-LOSS for WINS</div> fixed
I like it. Maybe just "The Misfits," or "Forum of Misfits," which applies as much to us as the team. There's even an apropriate quote from the movie: "one thing about this town, it's always full of interesting strangers."
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Belarus @ Feb 29 2008, 12:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Joey FistPump @ Feb 29 2008, 11:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I think we should go with: We trade TRIP-LE DOUB-LOSS for WINS</div> fixed </div> well done.
Actually, Diop was also a player who was given up on in Cleveland, and named a bust after a few years. And Jefferson was labeled simply a second-fiddle player, not capable of putting up a high amount of points. Definitely a team full of misfits.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Mar 1 2008, 04:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Actually, Diop was also a player who was given up on in Cleveland, and named a bust after a few years. And Jefferson was labeled simply a second-fiddle player, not capable of putting up a high amount of points. Definitely a team full of misfits.</div> I also just remembered that Houston felt Eddie Griffin was better than having Jefferson. Ouch.
I was thinking of making a thread like this, but more along the lines of Thorn taking risks on guys with character issues, and just taking whoever had the most talent. Not that all of the guys we got have red flags, but Marcus lost his spot in the lotto after stealing, Boone after not seeming to care, Sean after smoking, Swift had talent to go #2 overall, albeit in a shitty class, but is dumb, Vince giving up, Thorn just seems to try and get whoever has the most talent, and ignore what may be holding them back. Also gambling on guys who haven't worked out like Magloire and McInnis. Which is why I could see him making a bid on someone like Kwame, Francis, Green, Davis, Bonzi, Giricek this offseason.
