http://basketball.realgm.com/src_wi...9/bulls_extend_painful_offer_sheet_to_redick/ http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/68035/20100709/morrow_signs_three_year_$12m_deal_with_nets/ There goes all those shooters we needed. At least according to Nate.
Son of a bitch...way to go POR...you waste your fucking time on a player who it now appears UTA will VERY likely match (with Boozer and Korver gone) and then drag your fucking feet on Morrow (in particular) who GS will likely NOT match (as I thought they would not) and even Redick, who I am surprised ORL won't match.... This is such a mickey mouse orgininzation sometimes....What a bunch of dipshits.....Morrow in particular would have been a very good fit IMO....and at $4mil per year for 3 years? That is a good deal.....
That's a lot of anger over rather mediocre players. Neither player would have been a terrible addition, but neither would have been a particularly impactful addition.
Those are two players who were lucky to get minutes on their previous teams, and the Blazers are "dipshits" for not bending over backwards to get them? That's ridiculous. Ed O.
I want a GM as much as anyone, but I haven't seen anywhere that the Blazers were even interested in any of the guys that have signed so far. It was also reported tht the Blazers are still looking at trades more than FA signings. Also keep in mind that the Blazers have Roy, Miller, Aldridge, Batum, Oden, Camby, Joel, Babbitt, Rudy, Bayless, Williams, Pendergraph, Cunningham under contract, and Mills and Johnson who will probably get a contract making 15. Portland will thin the roster through a trade, and then sign a guy like Matthews to replace the guard that went out to get whoever they plan on getting.
It looks to me like the Bulls are back to their old bullshit. They're signing guys to 2-3 year contracts so when Rose and Noah are due raises, they won't have to pay the LT.
Yea, I guess that is why Portland is talking to Wesley Mathews who is better than both of those guys. ..........
And thus, LeBron went elsewhere. You can talk the talk all you want. But, when "times are tough" if you (as an owner) won't pony up to pay players -guess what? - the agents will spend YEARS bending the ears of star players about how certain owners are CHEAP. You don't think that doesn't have an impact in a off-season like this one.
I'll weep about free agents we choose not to pursue when they're better than our starters. For the money, I'd take Outlaw and Blake over those two, and I didn't think much of Travis and Steve.
Reddick is getting overpaid (like most everyone else this year). He's just a gunner. Cannot do much else and D is not that great either. Up until this past season, he was nothing more than a bench warmer.
You mean Portland is considering offering Matthews an over-priced contract that Utah basically has to match, right? Probably MLE money, which is absolutely crazy for a 12.3 PER rookie who is an average shooter and got torched by Kobe Bryant in the playoffs. Don't worry, there's a plan!
Kobe took close to 30 shots per game in that series (Counting the shots they called fouls on) they were not all against Mathews. Many were against DWill as well. Mathews played about 36 minutes a game. Not bad for a rookie. Other than one game where he was 2-11, Mathews and Kobe shot the same percetage. But throw out the fucking stats and just watch the game. I am sure you will agree Kobe gets star treatment. That and the fact he is pretty good, makes this all a moot point. You don't judge a rookie based on his play against the best player in the world. The kid plays tough D.
Morrow is a very good 3pt shooter...to say he wouldn't get minutes on this team is bullshit... Look if Nate is going to insist on using the Roy-Iso offense then getting guys who can consistently hit open jump shots is very important.... Morrow...Korver...Redick have all proven they can do that, better than Bayless or Rudy have shown themselves capable of doing so far...and Rudy is out the door anyway...Now maybe Babbitt will be a contributor in helping that, but I sure wouldn't want to rely on a rookie for that.... I don't have a problem with Matthews....the problem I have is that I have a tough time beelieving UTA wouldn't match his deal, after waiting a week of course, particularly since they have lost Boozer and Korver already.....seems like a wasted endeavor to me... As I said before 44mil for 3 years is good deal for Morrow.....
