Heard on the radio this morning (sorry, no link)... Boston is close to making a trade with Washington that would send Ray Allen and his $23 million expiring contract, along with Brian Scalabrine and J.R. Giddens to Washington for Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison. If that happened, it would certainly shake things up in the East. BNM
see this is exactly why you cant defend kpee... all the wizards want is expiring deals. thats b.s. they are holding out for a young talent. outlaw, blake, and picks should work. its kpee being a bitch. if the wiz would rather have allen then outlaw then they are dumb. at least outlaw has a little upside. allen is on the downside of his career....major downside.
What young talent is Boston giving WAS? JR Giddens? It has to make one wonder.....Either this rumour is full of crap or this deal happen, then either Pritchard is reluctant to deal Outlaw & Blake or other GM's are holding POR hostage, and I would have to wonder why that is so, maybe b\c he isn't well liked? If so, that is real negative on Pritchard...
so the wizards wanna make the celtics better??? bullshit. they are in the same division lol. its more kpee not knowing how to trade then teams holding us hostage. its kpee plain and simple.
I see Mixum still does not understand that 23 million expiring is greater than 7 million. Basic mathematics were once valued in this country god damnit!
That might be true, but that's mostly unrelated to this particular circumstance. Travis + Blake and some other young serviceable talent isn't nearly as valuable as the massive cap relief the Boston deal offers them. Put it this way, would you rather have Rudy or Bayless and no cap space for the summer, or would you rather have no young players and the chance at one of this summer's max free agents?
I still think Detroit should send Rip Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince to Boston. Then it would be like a Pistons reunion!
the $23 vs $7 million is there but it can be worked around...POR could throw in Przybilla & $3 million for example...Joel COULD potentially opt out this year (player option) and if not POR has $3 million to offset that last year...It is not unconceivable...
With his future in jeopardy why would Joel throw away 7 million in guaranteed money when it's possible he could never return to form?
Depends on the injury....personally I don't think his career or in jeopardy as a result of this injury..... Good big men are hard to find in this league, Joel has proven he is starting caliber center that stil has some juice left.... That being said, he could certainly decide to be prudent and not opt out until he can play and prove he is back healthy..... I am sure POR would look to pick him up if he opted out.....
