Merged: Breaking News: Hedo rejects offer

I offer you this as further evidence. People were pissed about him not using RLEC, and now he can't seal what appeared (in public) to be a sure thing. It's not always about the facts, but public perception.

 

No I think "right fit" means something else entirely. Turkoglu was asking for a lot more then $50 million from pretty boy KP.


Turkoglu = Captain Over

KP = Joey




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Re: Did Hedo just TURK-SLAP Kevin?

yawwwwwwn

 

Re: Did Hedo just TURK-SLAP Kevin?

between this *edited* and odenisgod, this place is becoming impossible to visit..

 

It Pritch We Blindly Trust!

 

You're pretty much like Bill Walton on this topic.

 

Hedo didn't like that Portland has a "white-town", Chinatown, Woodburn, but no Turkey-town. Latest rumor.

 

Some do anyway.


He has yet to add anythng to this team in terms of a veteran. He built the team through the draft nicely, but has proved againsn, and again that he can't, or won't pull off a trade to help us.

Now this. I certainly don't blame him for losing out on a player that didn't want to be here, but I do blame him on being in this situation in the first place.

 

People people..geez..

Pritch didn't get Turk-slapped or whatever phrase you want to use. Hedo got told where he will be living - in Toronto - by his wife. I understand why she wants to live there too if it's more international / cosmopolitan. Probably a little easier to get flights to Turkey, who knows. It wasn't the money, or anything else, just environment.

Let's move on to the next boat.

 

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Ok, here's my tinfoil hat conspiracy theory that still leaves Pritchard looking like a stud mastermind.

Pretend his objective all along was to go for Marion. He knows Toronto has an irrational infatuation with Hedo, but they aren't going to be doing anything crazy stupid unless they have to. He drives up the asking price for Hedo to ridiculous amounts, then right before signing him he calls up Marion and says, "You know, we'll pay you a little less than Toronto was offering you, but you actually get to win games and avoid Canadian taxes. Besides, you've heard all the rumbling about how much they want Hedo over you." Marion says "Hell yeah," informs Toronto he isn't going to re-up. Toronto panics and signs the big stupid contract for Hedo. Tomorrow we sign Marion.
Why does Portland go through all these contortions when they could've gone after Marion immediately without the whole Hedo thing? Marion's biggest problem is a vastly over-inflated sense of self-worth. The point was to demonstrate how highly valued Hedo was, and what an afterthought Marion was. Plus they suckered Toronto into vastly overpaying, and they got Hedo off the market.

Hmmm. That's the best I can come up with. I think I need to drink more Kool Aid before it starts to satisfy.

 

Wasn't Roy acquired in a trade?

 

KP just got played like a fiddle. Can we finally put that ricockulous "pritch-slap" phrase to bed now?

 

Not a bad theory, but wouldn't Toronto have to renounce Marion? Or is he a UFA? They may try and strong arm a trade with him so he can get the money he wants.

 

None of them are effective enough with the ball in their hands. They are finishers, not creators, and we would end up relying even more on Brandon Roy. I certainly do not want Roy to break down like Wade because we become so dependent on him.

God, I hate to say this, but we should really push hard for Lamar Odom. Even though he's never really played SF in his life, he, in theory, would work much like Turkoglu, even though he's a much poorer shooter.

 

Good post. I still think there is an opportunity for a lopsided trade from now until the trade deadline, and heck, if nothing comes of this offseason we still have a pretty good team that should easily make the playoffs next year.

 

KP got beat like a rented mule -- No ifs ands or buts. Turk and his agent played Pritch beautifully to drive up his market value to see if the team that he really wanted to play for all along would match. Give credit to Lon Babby and Hedo, KP is looking pretty foolish right about now.

 

Anyway, I was starting to convince myself that this deal didn't suck, that Hedo would really fit in, and that he was worth something close to all that money. Now that we don't have him, I don't find myself terribly upset.

Plan A always kind of sucked. Hopefully Pritchard can improvise a Plan B that I'll actually like.