Hill and Jackson waived

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  1. Fez Hammersticks

    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    According to 95.5.

    Just what we need, a fourth string PF.
     
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    Josh McRoberts is essentially back. Yippy
     
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    Good move. Randolph is better than Hill and he can take a turn getting beat up by GO in practice.
     
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    How many minutes did the 15th roster spot play last year for us?

    yeah. Who cares. Poor Hill but obviously S-Bo beat him out. So you should all just trust KP and don't you crrrrryyyyyyyy tonight!!!
     
  6. MrJayremmie

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    Probably the best move, as he is the best player of the bunch. It was essentially down to Hill and Randolph since Batum stepped up after Webster's injury, which eliminated Jackson.

    Sad to see Hill go, but hopefully he finds a place in the NBA. If not he should go to our D-League team!
     
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    Good point.
     
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    I don't believe he can go to our D-League team unless he's on the roster. I've been saying for a couple of years that they should add two players to the roster with everyteam being allowed to keep 2 players in D-League. Make it like a farm system.
     
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    I've been saying it would be S-Bo. He's only like 5 pounds less and an inch or so shorter than Hill. He can take a beating from Oden just as well as Hill can. Which is obviously not that good. I would be scared shitless that guy could crush my skull with an elbow or something.

    Randolph has a lot more skills than Hill does at this point, and with Diogu looking horrendous, I like having S-Bo who can play the 4 and a little of the 5. Even though he probably will get splinters up his arse.
     
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    Randolf should be a big help to our D-league team this year. :)
     
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    When talking about marginal talents, I'll just take the best player. It's already questionable whether any of them will be good enough to contribute at need...no point making it even more unlikely by taking a worse player.

    Randolph seemed to be the best player of the three, so good move.
     
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    Can go to the D-league. He has been in the NBA more then two years.
     
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    I've always wondered who makes up the rosters of the entire D League. Not every player is on the roster of an NBA team. Do the D League teams have their own GMs who sign players to fill out the rest of their rosters? Just wondering if anyone knew..
     
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    I believe he is actually too old to play in the d league.

    meaning he has been in the league more than two years.
     
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Development_League
     
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    Yeah, i'm not saying that we put him down in the D-League... just saying that he should go to the D-League on his own. If he can't find a gig in the NBA or Europe he might as well, right?

    It was somewhat of a joke about "our" DL team since it isn't even technically ours. At least i think not.
     
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    If I was a player I definitely would go to Europe instead of the DLeague. DLeague players make like 30,000 a year. In Europe they could make a lot more.
     
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    Yeah me too, hence my post.
     
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    Rod Benson finally went the way of Europe I believe, hopefully he tears it up there. Would have been cool to make him our 15th roster spot for comedic relief at least.
     

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