The Official 2013-14 Around The NBA Thread......

No idea. I like Mo, but how does swapping Mo out with a minimum contract NateRob, then having had our room exception go to Jermaine O'Neal sound right about now?

hmmmm, actually naterob got 2 years 4 million. But I wonder if he would have signed a minimum deal (which cant be that much less than 2 million because he has been in the league awhile) to be close to home.

 

I'm fine with having a chucker if they're capable of going off. Mo doesn't really seem like that guy. Nate can drop 30 at the drop of a hat. The key is to know when to pull them. If they have it going, leave them in and ride them as far they'll take you, and if they're off you just take them out. Mo is playing no matter what right now. That's really the problem. I wouldn't mind Mo as much if he only played when his shot was falling.

 

Cleveland should have traded him when James wouldn't commit to them. You spent the summer panicking about how the Blazers should trade LMA, yet it's LeBron's fault that Cleveland rolled the dice on him staying. Seems like inconsistent logic to me.

 

Well, to be fair, LeBron is the best player in the league. I would probably hold out hope that the hometown boy wouldn't leave his team high and dry. They rolled the dice and lost.

 

When did LMA say he wouldn't re-sign with the Blazers?

 

I disagree with the premise that LMA said he flat-out wasn't going to re-sign in Portland. By all accounts, that's not what happened.

 

Maybe I missed it, but LMA says nothing about demanding a trade in that quote. Also, that interview recently happened, so you had no clue about it while you were on your summer Trade LMA!!! rampage. LMA even Tweeted that he liked the moves Olshey made, yet you still assumed he wasn't going to re-sign, and were adamant about trading him. Also, your theory about his trade value being higher before this season was clearly wrong, too, based on the way he has started this season. Then again, negotiating from a position of panic, which was basically what trading him last summer would have been, is never a good idea until all other options have been explored.

 

Curry just sunk the Mavs with 1.5 to go. Karma is a weird thing. Great game.

 

Beautiful.

OKC had him briefly too. I think the problem is that he's short. And he probably has a HUGE ego.

 

I don't remember him in OKC.... when was that?

 

None of the re-sign stuff came out this summer. You were basing (and apparently still are) your panic trade based on a Comcast article. LMA said nothing at the time publicly about wanting out. Find me a quote from him from early summer where he says he won't re-sign. Plus, even if he did in private after the season, luckily Olshey knows the ups and downs that happen in all negotiations, and didn't immediately start shitting his pants to try and deal LMA. That's what someone with limited knowledge of negotiating would do, but not someone with experience.

 

I don't remember hearing anything about Aldridge saying he wouldn't re-sign, that was just something I assumed. I figured he'd want to go someplace like Dallas when his deal was up so he could be closer to his mom. I remember hearing some kind of rumblings about Aldridge joking about playing closer to home, but I don't remember where and I certainly can't produce a link. Regardless, I figured he was gone because I didn't think there was any way this team would be good enough to keep him happy before his deal expired.

I was very, very wrong.

I vastly underrated Neil and his ability to surround our starters with good players. I also underrated how good our starting five would be when healthy. Right now our starters are close to firing on all cylinders. This team is scary when our core is clicking. I wish the bench was a little better, but watching Nic, Dame, LA, Wes, and Lopez is truly fun.

 

Second half of 2010-12 season. Was he in the Jeff Green trade maybe?

 

Must have been. Looks like he was cut 4 games later.