I've been around enough transactions to know that sometimes the best deal is not to do the deal on the table. We (meaning us on the board) seem to need to do a deal and that's not a smart place to be. You've got to know when to hold 'em, fold 'em or walk away. In this economy, the right deal is out there that will fill one need or another. To put too many chips on the table for any one guy in this FA class doesn't make sense to me. I don't think there's any one no-brainer, gotta have guy in this class. Be smart, but don't mortgage the future either.
That get's it close for sure. I think that is too much. However, I think it will be his fault regardless because we could have avoided this had we traded RLEC at the deadline
Agree . . . whatever offer they made to Hedo, I hope they don't try to sweeten it because other teams may be interested.
I agree with the last, but we don't know what was on the table at the deadline. Lots of rumors, but we don't really know. All I can say is that I hope they didn't walk away from a solid deal in the hopes of gambling for a homerun later.
Honestly if Toronto is out, and we could sign Hedo for 8 or 8.5 mill a year, then we have witnessed KP's first pritchslap of the year.
Is this the same Quick who has reported on two seperate occasions today that Toronto is preparing a 6 year 60 million contract to Hedo, and also that Toronto was out of the Hedo sweepstakes? I like Quick though. It's good to hear something
I just heard from someone who heard from someone that a certain famous player may be considering a trade to a team that we know well.
Quick said nothing about the Hedo situation we didn't already know. Although he did say Blake/Outlaw for Miller was a no go according to two sources. Says Blazers FO is completely sold on Hedo.
Except that there are other options besides "overpay Hedo" and "give up and do nothing." If Hedo becomes too pricey, I would hope that KP has a back-up plan! If he doesn't, then yes, the failure to get a deal done would be a failure on his part.
@InsideHoopsThe AP, and Ken Berger (CBS), say the Detroit Pistons also have an agreement now with Charlie Villanueva
I'm sure KP has a back up plan . . . whether he can execute it is another issue. I think KP will get a free agent (that is the easy part) and then make a trade using the trade exception with a financially strapped team. My stab in the dark will be Nash. As much as I'm trying to cut KP a break, knowing it isn't as easy as it sounds to get things done . . . KP has been talking about this summer for a long time and if nothing happens, I think I will be in your camp (failure to improve the team rests on KP doing nothing this summer) . . . luckly that won't happen.
