Lets bring some REAL veteran leadership to the bench

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  1. Magic's Johnson

    Magic's Johnson New Member

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    We should bring in pierce and kg for both like a 2yr 7mill contract. Kg could really help mentor meyers, and hes still a capable defender. Pierce is still a good player i see him as like what caron butler is to okc right now. Hes still effective in the clutch. Pierce can play pf and la at center with mtthews batum and lillard during crunch time.

    Id be happy if they could average 20 minutes and neither of them will be expected to start. They also might consider if we sign both of them because they love playing together.

    Also we could bring in kirk hinrich for maybe 2yr 6mill? And trade wright freeland and a 2nd round pick to okc for nick collison. I really think a 2nd unit of hinrich, mccollum/barton, pierce, collison, garnett/collison + the starting lineup could take us to at least the conference finals.
     
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    You want LA to play center again? He doesn't want to play center. So, there's that.
     
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    Thats crunch time. La played center during crunch time anyway this year with batum at pf.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    MLE is not enough money to offer one player a 7 million dollar contract, let alone two.
     
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    Based on the suggested offer of 2y/6M for Hinrich, I assume he meant $7M total over the two years for each. Of course, Pierce will most certainly get offers of greater value than that.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    It's still not enough.
     
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    Understood.
     
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    LMA doesn't like KG

    [video=youtube;hnFsXfnMxao]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnFsXfnMxao[/video]
     
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    McHale was the last person who could restrain Garnett--who could channel Garnett's energy constructively. Rivers bailed out of Boston because Garnett's too-hard example trickled down to teammates as much as Aldridge's too-soft one does.
     
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    Pierce still has game. Garnett is done.
     
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    My only regret with Bayless is that he didn't run Garnett's ass over when he got down on all fours and barked at him.
     
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    Don't want KG for any reason. Guy's done, plus he is a total asshole.

    Go Blazers
     
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    KG still has a year on his contract. I bet the Nets hold onto him for a trade. Once the Lakers are effectively eliminated from the playoffs 20 games into the season I bet they entertain a KG/Marcus Thornton for Kobe trade. Gets the Lakers out of that final year of Kobe contract and sends him to the only owner willing to eat the salary of the leagues highest paid player.

    For the Blazers, sure I'd consider Pierce for the MLE but I bet Brooklyn offers him that much and without a starting spot here I just don't know why there would be any allure for him to come. Pierce doesn't seem like a player who enjoys changing teams; if he goes anywhere else I think its back to Boston. They could trade for Love or some other Vet.
     
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    I wanted Bayless to fire a bullet bounce pass into his chops. :)
     
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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    Pierce and Garnett? Not just no, not just hell no, but hell effing no.

    Character matters.
     
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    Pierce, hell yeah.

    Lillard
    Batum
    Pierce
    LA
    Lopez

    Bench - Mo, Wes, Barton, Robinson, (someone better than Joel Freeland).

    But Garnett, no way!
     
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