Hoopsworld Morning Report with Kevin Pritchard

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  1. free_lafrentz

    free_lafrentz Member

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    checkity check it....

    http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=11389

     
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    oh god....can he please stop with the baking crap.
     
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  3. free_lafrentz

    free_lafrentz Member

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    oh god....can you stop with the posting crap. :drumroll:
     
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    KP is a smart smart cookie.

    We obviously need to trade RLEC to get most value out of it since Miles has mux'd stuff up. But he still makes it that we're still in control and eh we'll trade if we like it.

    He's not tipping his hand.
     
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    I like the baking metaphore. After the Charlotte game, I was totally in the let it bake mode. Seeing Oden gain confidence and Bayless show that he can distribute and score--and appreciate when to do each was great. It made me resistant to rush out and trade our up-and-comers for an outsider.

    This all shows that KP is doing what he should--considering everything, but being very selective on pulling the trigger.
     
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    maxiep RIP Dr. Jack

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    :check:

    He knows the value of what he has, and I'm certain he's had someone calculate the financial position of the owners of the clubs with which he's interested in trading.
     
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    I also think it's interesting how highly he values chemistry and fit. I can see why now he rarely makes in-season trades.
     
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    Agreed. KP knows how to play the game, and uses the media to his advantage. Keep on baking KP!
     
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    Anybody notice how Bayless has been asked about by multiple teams within a week of him starting to get playing time? Hey, why aren't they asking for Steve Blake......
     
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    That would explain the baking obsession.
     
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    But then again, maybe the value of Bayless isn't as high with the team(NJ) that KP is dangling him, and he wants to send out the message that everyone else wants Bayless.:dunno:
     
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    Because Blake is a proven commodity who would demand a much higher player in return.

    Bayless is an unproven player who could just as easily never amount to anything consistent in this league, and is currently being forced to play out of position just to get him PT on this team.

    In other words, it appears to other teams that we are showcasing him for a trade as we did with JJ, as we obviously have 2-3 better players ahead of him at both guard spots.
     
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    Obviously. Which is the reason that Blake has been a "piece to make up the money" in several trades, and not re signed by Washington or Denver. Because he was obviously so great. In fact he is so great that a golden aura follows him around. But only they great Maris can see it. The rest of us "fools" unfortunately can not see this aura, and of course are underpriveledged for it. :drumroll:
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Of course that's what you'd say.

    Frankly I'm leaning towards the "KP makes no deals until summer" line of thought. he'll have flexibility to make trades where he can take on salaries greater than the parts he sends out and the team will probably have a better shot of adjusting to a new face than getting somebody mid-season ... unless there is something too good to pass up (Kirk + Deng for example).

    Depending on how things shake out, I wonder if KP might be able to work out a sign and trade for Josh Childress over the summer, and maybe package Blake or Sergio and Travis or Martell to get somebody like Hinrich? I have a pretty strong sense the next six months are going to be very big in terms of seeing this roster start to take final shape -- at least for the next few years.

    this would be a pretty fun 9 man rotation:
    Hinrich/Bayless
    Roy/Rudy
    Childress/Batum
    LMA
    Greg/Przybilla
     
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    If KP has a FA in mind this summer . . . I don't think he makes a move.

    Blazer have come a long way and I would think it would be pretty easy (with Allen's money and the Blazer's success) to lure whatever free agent KP wants here to Ptd.
     
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    Personally I'd rather us make the trade with RLEC's contract, and still have a MLE this offseason in case someone catches our eye
     
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    We're not giving anybody Bayless. That would be stupid.
     
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    Fail.

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    What's with the random fetish some people have for Kirk Hinrich? It's not like he has done anything worthy of being considered a valuable commodity in the last year and a half.

    Deng I could consider, but Kirk? I don't see how he is better than Blake and, honestly, why would KP want to even dance around his 10m dollar contract over the next 4 seasons when we already have Blake who accomplishes the same things already?
     
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    i wanna get baked with kp
     
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