(OT) Joe Smith signs with Hawks for min.

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  1. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    breaking news 4 hours ago! A HUGE KP FAIL! BECAUSE GOD KNOWS WE DON'T NEED A BACKUP POWER FORWARD! but we have culture :(
     
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    Who does that leave, Mikki Moore? Outlaw would be a better option... Heard Mark Blount might be bought out :confused:
     
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    BlayZa Misbehaving responsibly

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    oh stfu
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    That could have been a great addition for us.
     
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    handiman Well-Known Member

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    I'm amazed that's all he could get. Is his game really that unappreciated?
     
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    oldmangrouch persona non grata

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    I agree. At that price, I can't see any downside to having him around as an emergency big man.
     
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    from his perspective there is a much better opportunity to play with the Hawks... heck he might start. While the Blazers are a better team, not only would it be a much more limited role he'd stand a real chance of racking up some DNP-CDs

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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Call me an optimist, but I'm guessing KP is going to try and trade some of our extraneous pieces by the trade deadline for a tougher backup power forward than Travis; teams that are out of contention and looking to cut some payroll might find Travis' cheap expiring contract and/or some cheap rookie scale contracts in Cunningham, Bayless, or Pendergraph appealing, especially with a contracting salary cap by June 30th ... yeah I know, expecting KP to part with any of "his guys" in a trade probably is a bit of wishful thinking, but as they say, hope springs eternal.
     
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    Come on...Don't you know that Travis Outlaw is all the b\u PF we will need?

    :eek:
     
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    lol, why would he do that? look at the culture we have.
     
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    Following a dismal playoff performance the scapegoating crowd has Travis's head on the block, but I'm guessing he'll be averaging 25 MPG or so next season. Besides Roy's minutes sliding over to the 3, he remains the best option on the club off the bench at the 3 or 4. He spreads the court on offense and gives the 2nd unit a 'Go' option. His D is nothing great but neither is anyone else's off the bench.

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    Would you rather have the culture we had 9 years ago?
     
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    Yeah, that does kind of suck. However, I was becoming luke warm on him. I guess some of you guys did a nice job of persuading me out of the Smith thinking.

    Alright, put your resources towards Turiaf KP.
     
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