The most devious part of what the scumbag did: even at the point Olshey must have known LaPuke was leaving, his hands were semi-tied. Thanks to LaPuke's public lies (that he wanted to stay) Olshey could never have sold a trade to Allen or the fans. LaPuke made sure we wouldn't do a Love type trade and get actual value for him.
3 of 38 signed as UFAs with the team they were with going into UFA: Wade, Parker, Joe Johnson. 3 of 38 signed extensions before they went to UFA: Z-bo, Gasol, Jameer 7 of 38 were traded immediately prior to UFA, whether forced or not: Deron, Melo, Howard, Marion, CP3, Deng, Harris 1 of 38 was a UFA S&T (Lee) 2 of 38 retired as UFAs (Yao, Wally) 24 of 38 left for nothing but cap space and/or 2nds/trade exceptions (everyone else) LMA makes it 3/39 signing with the team they went to UFA with and 25/39 leaving for nothing but cap space. (since the 2005 CBA went into effect...so Duncan/K*be don't count b/c they were under different rules)
There is a pattern to your list. Those that stayed actually frequently had success or made the finals. Field a winning team and you have a real shot at keeping your superstar. Strike out and they bolt.
Which gives even more merit about winning is the end all. Not location, not media, not fans. Until we field a contending team, we are fucked
Seriously though, I get that we are mad, but how angry would you be if you were a Suns fan right now? They fucked up their team because this douche on a power trip led them to believe they had a shot. They never had a shot. We never had a shot.
I think 3 is too small a sample size to extrapolate. wade was one of them and was willing to go to CHI with LBJ, so the point there is moot. Johnson signed with ATL, who hadn't done anything, and Parker was in the middle of a 6 year drought from the Finals.
Absolutely!!! I think they got more fucked than we did. They traded away one of the twins, which will set even more dysfunction! Maybe we should try and trade for Markiff? I bet he would always bring his "A" game against Aldridge!
I don't think Neil thought LA was coming back. I think he has known since the season ended. I think he probably knew when LA wasn't flying with the team. I think he has been trying to rebuild for about a month now.
Huh? The suns salary dumped Marcus Morris, Danny Granger, and Reggie Bullock to make room for LMA. I hardly call that gutting the team or making some huge sacrifice.
Maybe Aldridge did us a solid and forced the Suns to disrupt their franchise. We have pieces to trade for Morris
There was an article mentioning Markiff is extremely upset they traded his brother. I wouldn't be surprised if he forces them to trade him.
