CJ Miles signs offer sheet from OKC

almost 4 million per year? wtf?

chuck hayes is insulted.
mutombo is insulted.
azbuike is insulted. (this kid is way more proven than miles)
Gibson is insulted.

thats too much guarenteed for a unproven player with a questionable work ethic.

 

edit: whoops thought it was darius...

too bad he didn't honor his commitment to UT. could've been a hell of a team...

 

he's worth the risk, young, athletic 2 who can shoot and drive. he'll surprise a lot more people this year, and he's young enough to grow up with durant, green, etc...

 

I am not saying C.J. Miles won't be a nice player down the line. But a guy who hasn't even scored 500 total points in 3 seasons getting $15MM, with $12MM guaranteed? We all know the Jazz won't match because they don't think very highly of the guy.

This is what the CBA is all about. If Miles develops, the Hornets did well. Otherwise, they blew it very badly.

 

For a sec I thought the Hornets got this guy too. They just signed Posey, so I was confused to why they would sign another wing.

 

Scouts get paid money for a reason, right? He's even played NBA ball. There is a precedent for this decision.

Trashing this signing is like saying that you know better than paid professionals whose job it is to know reasonably whats what. This isn't monopoly money. I doubt the check writer of a new franchise just wants to put OKC in a hole.

This was a good signing. I other suiters offered a comparable amount and you're fairly certain that he will be a keeper... why not?

 

Jerry Sloan will let CJ Miles walk for sure.

Sloan doesnt like CJ Miles' dedication and the contract money is too high to match.

Utah still has Morris Almond/Ronnie Brewer/Kyle Krover. So may not be a big deal for the Jazz.

I do love CJ Miles' length, athleticism and shooting. Miles is young and has shown a lot of promises in last season. Miles still has a lot of room to improve.

Looks like a good pickup for OKC. It's like OKC is picking up a late lottery pick with proven quality. The price is higher but still worth it.

 

Do you know Miles numbers before you said this?

I take Miles' deal over Gibson's deal any day of the week.

 

Ooops!

If Miles didn't like Sloan, I wonder how playing for P.J. Carlesimo will be for him. Of all NBA coaches, he's near the top when it comes to being disliked by his players. The only reason he wasn't fired is because they will still lose this season anyway.

 

sloan hasn't played him. if he had durants pt and the green light, he'd be averaging double figures for sure.

 

scouts, even if they are professionals, doesn't mean anything. PLENTY of times, they are wrong. as rockets fan, we know that for sure.

eddie griffin
cato
taylor
stromile swift

even with veterans we were wrong.

sorry, but the improvements isn't really impressive.

 

accidentally pressed enter before i answered you. sorry for the double post.

miles numbers aren't even the greatest, and i don't know why you would ask me that. you look at the potential a young player has and his personality/work ethic. potential is great, work ethic not so good, (though the coach was Jerry Sloan) either way, too much guarenteed for a unproven player.

12 million? no thanks.

Gibson has proven himself COUNTLESS times. For example, the series against detroit in his rookie year. plus, cavs just want lebron back and gibson was a must to have.

 

You're saying again that you should be paid to be an NBA scout/GM/front office exec. I doubt it.

$4 million a year doesn't just happen and neither do you as any of the positions I just listed. You have no good evidence to trash this signing. You can worry, sure, but no one pays a worrier to worry without evidence professionally.

I'd sign Landry over Miles but I wouldn't be pissed if we made this kind of signing in a vacuum. Who knows if we're trying to free some space for 2010...

 

Let me put it this way:

CJ Miles talent is worth a late lottery pick.
Both Gibson and Azubuike are worth a late 1st round pick.
Hayes is worth a 2nd round pick.

Gibson has the most overpaid contract among those guys. I doubt Gibson will have the same performance in playoffs as his rookie year.

 

when you say that i have no good evidence to trash this signing, i could say the samething, saying you don't have evidence to applaud this signing. and with young players like miles, professionals can't see how miles will fit in their team cause they haven't played for them. so their "prediction" or the material leading up to their prediction has limits.

anyways, i'm just expressing my opinion over this signing. in my first post, i just stated out proven players that i think are worth more than miles, as of now.

if miles turns out to be a pretty good player, than Congrats to the sonics/thundercats/whoever. they got a steal. though, if they really believed he'll be a good player, they could have waited and see the market, and gotten him cheaper, imo.