Foxsports:Dime Smack (Jay Williams)

superden · Sep 27, 2005

notthefullquid said:

At first this might sound ridiculous, but do you think there is a possibility Jay is intentionally performing like crap for Toronto, coming to their camp so that there would be NBA interest signing him (just to get the buzz going), but not exactly excelling like he is capable of? We all know any player in the league would rather NOT play in Toronto - even the Canadian ones - for a multitude of reasons, the top two being income tax and the sorry a$$ nature of that team.
It's somewhat hokey, but is it any more ridiculous than a player just flat out refusing to come to a camp, demanding to be traded before he even played a professional minute in the league (Francis)? Jay had to have felt his chances of making the Rockets squad are at least as good as the Raptors, and all things being equal, which team would he rather choose? Rockets management have historically been fond of big names, and though Jay Williams' stock ain't what it used to be, his glory days weren't that far behind him.
The two strongest arguments against Jay coming to Houston is 1) He's not even good enough for the Raptors, and 2) We would have to release a valuable expiring contract. Since I've already addressed #1, I think #2 is worth considering, but can someone with strong knowledge of trade politics honestly tell me the % of expiring contracts of crap players that get utilized by the trade deadline? Surely, it can't be above 70%, and lets face it, our expiring contracts are for seriously worthless players.
For those that play poker, it's like limping in with suited connectors - small price to pay, and the payoff could be HUGE.
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it is depending on how low the suited connectors are... they are still quite a strong hand.

AroundTheWorld · Sep 27, 2005

Who wants to make a bet? I say we will sign Jay Williams (and I think it will make this off-season perfect).

franchise23 · Sep 27, 2005

Sir Jackie Chiles said:

Who wants to make a bet? I say we will sign Jay Williams (and I think it will make this off-season perfect).
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You say he will make this off-season perfect so what exactly are your expectations of him. I doubt he does anything but ride the bench all season long if he is actually signed. But i will be more than happy to eat crow if I am wrong.

Davidoff · Sep 27, 2005

Take it for what it worth, but Charlie Pallilo just replied to an e-mail I sent him asking about Jay Williams and he said "They (Rockets) aren’t interested in him".

Arnel · Sep 28, 2005

I actually would like if we signed him. He was a damn good point guard, and if he can come back at 90% like they say, it's more then worth the risk. Think about it, we sign charlie ward to a contract! Why NOT give Jay Williams one, he may pan out to be a perfect point guard for us one day. Just my 2 pennies.

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