Here is the thing though in the draft there is no competition - if you like a player and he is available you are the only suitor. In free agency or trades there are 30+ other hunger teams competing for the same players, chances of success are signficantly worse. DD
That was with Chuck Hayes playing a HUGE role. There's going to be a major drop off when we can't guard guys like Griffin, Garnett, Amare, etc...
At what point do we stop calling it bad luck, and start calling it ineffectiveness? I'm not saying that he is 100% to blame, or even 1%, but when do we finally say this is "Morey's team" and our losses are his fault? I think that debate intrigues me, and personally I don't know where I stand...
I'd hate to be in his shoes. What he's had to go through, thanks to Stern and a few owners Stern is obviously afraid of (unless Stern just did this by himself, and I don't believe that for a second), is completely rediculous. The stress has to be crazy. Morey's been hammered in a way we haven't seen in the league before. No way he could have expected this BS. Guess we'll see if he eats when he's absurdly stressed out, or if he quits eating. I'm guessing he's an eater (I lose my appetite when I'm stressed, and my S.O. eats, which she thinks is very unfair! She ends up on a diet, and I eat whatever want). Look for Morey to blow up!
Very much agree, I want to be mad at the guy for trying to make these moves when I THINK he should rebuild. That said...HE HAD Gasol, it took something historic to not make it happen. At what point do we look at the end results and not the excuses, no matter how valid they are.
Heck DD wouldn't it be better to trade your veterans to the dregs of the NBA who hoped to become potential contenders? Much better chance to actually strike lottery gold that way.
Something has to be up if this offer actually exists. If we are offerring him less than what Memphis reportedly offered there must be more because surely we wouldn't want to benefit a division rival financially just for the sake of it and we know Morey is too savvy for that. I'm thinking we either have a SnT set up or another trade with Memphis incoming if Morey actually offered this contract.
I'm sure it has to do with the fact that Gasol is restricted. What's the point in offering Marc 70 million at the max if you're Memphis when some other team will offer the max at 50 million and you can simply match?
I was under the impression that Memphis already offered more. If Gasol's team wanted him out of Memphis they would ask for a 1 year max deal so why just accept the offer?
the problem is we still have to take back contracts from these "cusp teams". so while they might be willing to throw in a first round pick to add a quality player like Scola or Martin, you would still have to eat the contract of a player they are willing to jettison.
I wish this was a smoke screen for something else, but I think it was just desperation on Morey's part. Not going to happen although I wish it would
