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I don't think we even gave up a first for Baron. It was Speedy Claxton+Dale Davis for Baron
Ska its been going on long enough...time to lock....
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The Pistons should keep their starting 5 for 2 more seasons. Rasheed & McDyess can still play at the top of their game in the next 2 years. They will bothturn 34 this September. Lindsay Hunter will probably become an assistant coach next season and Dixon will take his spot. I don't know what's theirplans for Cheik Samb. Hermann & Ratliff will probably not coming back and will be replaced by the 2 rookies they draft this year.
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Amir is going to be a good NBA player. He along with Stuckey and the young group on the bench will be a good young team. Give them another year of working allseason with the Pistons starting five and it will be good for everybody. Don't break the team up just give it one last year.
On a side note I told everybody last year that Stuckey was going to be a problem and ever was like you crazy now look.
On a side note I told everybody last year that Stuckey was going to be a problem and ever was like you crazy now look.
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Various news/rumors/ideas..
With the Heat eager to clear big 2009 salary-cap space to add another elite player, one logical scenario -- if the Bulls pass up on Derrick Rose -- would be drafting Rose at No. 2 (Miami's hope) and pursuing potential free agent power forwards Carlos Boozer or Elton Brand in the summer of 2009. But if Miami drafts and keeps power forward Michael Beasley, Pat Riley faces harder decisions. Miami Herald
So if the Heat drafts and keeps Beasley, what about playing Beasley (6-9) alongside Boozer (6-or Brand (6-
? One rival executive said that could work. But, ''it wouldn't be an ideal situation,'' ESPN analyst-former college coach Fran Fraschilla said. ''It would be duplicating each other in some ways.'' Beasley said he can play small forward, but ESPN's Jay Bilas said it would be a ''tougher challenge'' defensively, and Fraschilla said that's realistic only ``in bits and pieces.'' Miami Herald
Unless Miami gets Rose or ends up with O.J. Mayo and makes him a point guard, the Heat likely will need to address point guard via trade. In addition to Toronto's T.J. Ford, one NBA person said the Heat also has indicated it likes Chicago's Kirk Hinrich. Miami Herald
Mark Jackson was notified by Steve Kerr the Suns plan to hire someone with NBA coaching experience. This from the team's top personnel executive who had no front office experience when hired last summer. NY Post
"Big Shot Rob" might be done breaking hearts. San Antonio Spurs forward Robert Horry said Saturday he's considering stepping away from the game after winning seven NBA championships in a 16-season career. "Right now I'm up in the air," Horry said. "That's all I can really tell you, up in the air. I want to play, 80 percent of me wants to play and I'm sure as soon as I get in the gym and see people bouncing the ball it would turn into 100 percent. So we'll just have to wait and see what happens." AP/Charlotte Observer
In a radio interview Thursday, Indiana All-Star power forward Jermaine O'Neal dropped somewhat of a bombshell regarding his future with the Pacers. "I really believe if it comes down to them totally rebuilding, I believe that they will move me," O'Neal told "The Monty Show" on Sporting News Radio. "That's pretty much the consensus thought I got from the ownership and management before I left Indianapolis. I don't think it's going to come down to a situation where we've got to go back and forth, back and forth, for me to be moved on, because they've just totally (overhauled) the team. I think if they're going to (overhaul) the team, then they will move me, and move me to another team that has a chance of winning a championship." Contra Costa Times
In the last three years, no one has been more active on draft day than the Trail Blazers. And, not to jinx anything here, but Portland's executive staff, led by Kevin Pritchard, has had the Midas touch. As things stand right now, the Blazers will enter the draft holding picks number 13, 33, 36, and 55. I don't expect the team to actually draft four players, and there's always a market for second-round picks. Obviously, Pritchard has the one thing he always desires going into a draft, and that's flexibility. Now then, let the poking, prodding, and testing begin. The Orlando pre-draft camp has finished, and now teams will have the opportunity to invite players for personal workouts. These will be much more detailed than what the execs learned in Orlando. At that pre-draft camp, it was more about basic testing. Now, teams can look to cap off what they already know about the various prospects. MikeBarrettsBlog
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Luol Deng and BG for Rip........must be out yo damn mind....
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Luol Deng and BG for Rip........must be out yo damn mind....
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if Paxson made that deal I would personally drive to Chicago and put a beat down on him
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thanks for that update
Rip would be a good addition to the Bulls but giving up Deng and Gordon is too much. Bulls need to dump Hughes and try moving Hinrich.
Rip would be a good addition to the Bulls but giving up Deng and Gordon is too much. Bulls need to dump Hughes and try moving Hinrich.
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The key to the 2009 season -- and, really, the 10 seasons after that -- is Rodney Stuckey. I don't think people fully understand how good he can be, and how soon. "The sky is the limit for that kid," Pistons guard Lindsey Hunter said. "Once he gets his feet planted fully, there's not many people who can do what this kid can do. He has such incredible upside. Physically, you look at Deron Williams and those types of guys, and he possesses some things that those guys don't possess." Detroit Free Press
Oh my god.
Stop it. If he's the main piece to that team for the next decade, good luck.
Kid is a nice player, but c'mon.
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Who thought Chauncey would have that "it factor," the kid is a rookie, we've seen a lot of more surprising things happen.
It's smart to move Rip I suppose, but man, seeing Rip in another jersey, another mask?
It's smart to move Rip I suppose, but man, seeing Rip in another jersey, another mask?
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Can't really see Rip being in anything but a Pistons uniform, but I couldn't really see Jrich without a Warriors uni, so things can happen..
Stuckey definitely is a slight product of the ESPN hype machine IMO, but he's definitely played very well in the postseason, especially as a rookie. Whoknows how good he'll be, though.
Stuckey definitely is a slight product of the ESPN hype machine IMO, but he's definitely played very well in the postseason, especially as a rookie. Whoknows how good he'll be, though.
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But Chauncey came in to the league as a Top 5, expected to be an elite guard.
Stuckey is getting Wade comparsions....and quotes like that...putting him on a Williams, Paul level.
Whatever he did the past couple weeks to garner that, I'd like to know. 'Cause I missed it.
Stuckey is getting Wade comparsions....and quotes like that...putting him on a Williams, Paul level.
Whatever he did the past couple weeks to garner that, I'd like to know. 'Cause I missed it.
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if Paxson made that deal I would personally drive to Chicago and put a beat down on himOriginally Posted by jmause3
Seriously, rip is not THAT good.
and the car doing 100 behind you with LA plates would be me going to help you out
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I don't think you watch the games. Yo I almost always agree with you but I have to go the other way on this one. The kid is nice. Chauncey did all hisdamage in The Place of Auburn Hill. This kid has all the tools to be a great player in this league. He is D Wade like and that is ok. But soon at the draftpeople will be saying how is the next Stuckey trust me.
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I see his best years being a scoring guard putting up 16 or 17 a game.
Good player, a nice piece, but nothin special to me.
Good player, a nice piece, but nothin special to me.
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who is hyping up stucky? Marc Jackson said his game was WADE LIKE which it is. and there is nothing wrong with what hunter said cause 1. he is a his teamate sogoing to hype him up
2. he does have things that williams cant do.Stuckys 1st step is lighing quick.
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Waits for Warrior fans and JapanAir to throw around the Al Harrington+filler picks for O'Neal word to Lakers fans last year
DO IT MITCH CHRIS! (Mitch has already done enough
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DO IT MITCH CHRIS! (Mitch has already done enough
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Yeah, trade worked out for both teams, but it definitely improved the Warriors more overall than Indiana...all u really have to do is look at the team records.The Warriors were sub-500 before the trade, and they made their run last March/April with those new guys, and of course, made the playoffs. It's definitelyturned out fine for Indiana(and Dunleavy's playing better over there), but as of now, the Warriors have been much more successful than Indiana after thetrade. Unless Ike Diogu turns into a stud, the Warriors definitely got the better end of the trade, without a question, IMO
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Nobody on here, but people I work with sayin he should play over Chauncey...that HE IS the next Wade, etc.
I just wana know off of what? His play hasn't warranted that, and his physical ability isn't on some other level.
To me,
People fall in love with scoring guards and think they can be molded into PG's and play makers....we've seen it so many times and yet we never learn.
I'll stop with talk on him, I've just been annoyed with it
I just wana know off of what? His play hasn't warranted that, and his physical ability isn't on some other level.
To me,
People fall in love with scoring guards and think they can be molded into PG's and play makers....we've seen it so many times and yet we never learn.
I'll stop with talk on him, I've just been annoyed with it
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knicks need to get oneal and rip!
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Ok this is getting a little crazy
The kid (Stuckey) is not going to play over Chauncey. He is not going to play over RIP. But that does take away the fact that he has skills. This is what Ithink I watched basketball for a longtime. I see that this kid has something special. He is just gifted. When Mr. Big Shot is done they will not miss a step inthe D. This kid is going to feel that spot. Only time can tell but for now lets just call it what it is he is a nice player.
Personally I think he is that dude. Like I told people last year along with my dude Carl. AL3xis you know who I'm talking about.
The kid (Stuckey) is not going to play over Chauncey. He is not going to play over RIP. But that does take away the fact that he has skills. This is what Ithink I watched basketball for a longtime. I see that this kid has something special. He is just gifted. When Mr. Big Shot is done they will not miss a step inthe D. This kid is going to feel that spot. Only time can tell but for now lets just call it what it is he is a nice player.
Personally I think he is that dude. Like I told people last year along with my dude Carl. AL3xis you know who I'm talking about.
