You have to feel Houston dropped the ball on this one. This guy was free for the taking and Riley was smart enough to jump on it. Gansey signs with Heat Gansey Signs With Heat Posted 7/4/2006 06:15 PM Pittsnogle To Play in Summer League Story by Mike Anthony Email | Bio Good things come to those who wait! West Virginia shooting guard Mike Gansey, agrees to a 2-year deal with the world champion Miami Heat. The deal is worth $1.1 million dollars. Most of which is guaranteed. The 6-foot-4, 205 pound Gansey will play for the Heat's entry in the Orlando Summer League. Gansey was not selected in the NBA Draft on June 28th. His deal breaks down like this: He'll make $412,718 in 2006-2007 and $687,456 in 2007-08. Gansey averaged 17.5 points per game as a senior at WVU. About 10 teams called him after he wasn't drafted. His teammate in Morgantown Kevin Pittsnogle, wasn't drafted either, but will also play for the Heat's entry in the Orlando Summer League. Gansey and Pittsnogle worked out for the Cleveland Cavaliers before the draft. Copyright 2006 West Virginia Media. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
wow what a huge loss. we lost out on undrafted free agent/superstar to be mike gansey...will we ever recover? off topic but, does anyone know if thomas gardner entered the draft/hired an agent?
Yeah, of course the Rockets had total control over an undrafted player who could choose any of the 30 teams he wanted to play for. Stupid CD & JVG. I wonder why he chose the defending NBA Champion Heat over the other teams?
Okay let me rephrase my statement... I feel Houston dropped the ball on this one. I am not saying we didn't try to get him. 10 teams tried to get him and we were 1 of them. But it's obvious that Miami gave him a solid offer and I don't know that Houston did that but I FEEL they didn't. What makes me feel that even stronger is the fact that they acquired another 2nd round pick and used that on a future prospect and not Gansey. Which makes me FEEL they did not have Gansey high on their list. Because I feel the Rockets were offering Gansey an opportunity to join the summer league team and if he proved himself he might have a chance to stick on. Whereas Miami gave him a guaranteed contract without even playing in the summer league. Now you may not think he is worth a guaranteed contract but many on this board thought Gansey would be every bit as good as Redick. Now I am not of that thought but felt he would be a good piece to our team as a second round pick and certainly as an undrafted free agent. So I FEEL Houston dropped the ball on this one. It is just my feeling and not a fact... Is that better.
Okay you don't have to be a smarta$$ about it. I understand he may have just wanted to play for the heat. But it is also possible the Heat gave Him a real offer and we didn't. I never read anywhere we were trying to sign this guy. Did You?
according to draftexpress, he entered the draft, and hired an agent. and i wonder why he's not on any team summer team
So with the 8th pick and the 32nd pick we are working to staff the team for THIS YEAR and not the future. Then we buy the 44th pick and we pass on Gansey and draft some Israeli stiff and stockpile him for the future..... This management makes a lot of sense - real consistent.... Perhaps Badiane and Eliyahu and Span and Turkcan etc. can get together once a year and have a "ex and never Rockets Euro stiffs convention".
Which is it? If we tried to "get him" that means we tried to "sign this guy". What I'm getting at is quit sniping about something you know absolutely nothing about. I don't mean to be too harsh but come back and read your opening post after a while you'll see how stupid it was. Everyone posts nonsense at one time or another and when you do expect it to be pointed out sarcastically. Some of us are also tired of the large number of dumb threads started in the last few days. No offence intended.
What is up with you man. You just started in APril. You get a 100 post under your belt and you think your the boards conscious. This a forum you idiot. It's my opinion.. I made it very clear it is my opinion... 99% of the posts on here are people's opinion. Just as your idiotic rebuttals are your opinion. No offence intended.
So who's the idiot? WOW, you are quite the live (immature) wire. Duh, I realize most of the posts are opinion. I've also browsed this forum from the very very early days, finally joined in '03 and changed my moniker in late May. Since it matters to you I've got ~3000 posts. You take yourself way too seriously, which happens to all of us sometimes.
Will we make an attempt at Pittsnoggle ( of course trading Juwan for Miles!), tha tis the big question!
You really think a guy who didn't get drafted in a terribly weak draft is going to make this year's Rockets team notably better?
OMR, it's not just about opinion, rather than I think A_3PO and a couple of other guys are thinking the logic you used to formulize your opinion is fundamentally flawed. looking back the posts, you are basically saying that you have no idea about what rox did/didn't do, but since you don't trust them, you believe they didn't do the right thing. -- and since you believe they didn't do the right thing, you don't trust them. IMO, that's as a circular reasoning as it gets. of course, you are still entitled to your opinion if you like to feel this way. But pointing out your apparent flaws and self-fulfulling prophecies does not make others idiots, I hope? and back to the topic, have you noticed that Miami has actually gave gansey a TWO year minimun contract with most of it garanteed? -- without seeing him playing one game in the summer league yet? That contract offer is the MAX any team could offer unless you believe we should dip into our MLE to get Gansey at this stage of the time. And no, I don't think that's a great move and I think Miami is over-paying Gansey on that offer. -- of course again, that's just my opinion...
I didn’t start this discussion with him. I stated an opinion and then I rephrased it to clarify my point. My post was a legitimate opinion. I never said they tried to sign him I said they tried to get him which meant they tried to get him to play on our summer league team… that is not offering him a contract. He didn't have to agree with me but don’t call me out with sarcasm unless you are ready for return fire. I agree I am tired of a lot of the new posts about trades that could never happen… but this is a player we could have gotten. And that’s not an opinion that’s a fact. We had an additional 2nd round pick and he was still on the board. Now the question is did they drop the ball... Well probably not in their minds I I feel (again my opinion) that Van Gundy didn't have alot of interest in him… Yes that is speculation but it is based on the fact that he did not go to Ganseys initial workout for the Rockets (just as he didn't goto Redicks) and he was not mentioned as the person who contacted Gansey to join the S/L team… You may say that is not his job but why was he at Roy’s workout and Mike James door. Of course both of those players have more value to our team but it doesn’t change the possibility that the Rockets didn’t do everything they could to attain Gansey. Which is why I said the Rockets may have dropped the ball. Of course if Van Gundy knew this was not the type of player he wanted than they did not drop the ball because they didn't even pick it up. They just may have not seen him as anything more than a benchwarming Rookie. And for a team trying to win now he has no place. Of course no one is trying to win now more than Miami and they did sign him and Riley considered him valuable enough to give him a 2 year guaranteed deal. And as you stated in your opinion they overpayed for him but you have to acknowledge that Riley disagrees with you. In closing I will rephrase my opening statement one last time... They Rockets may or may not have dropped the ball in not signing Gansey I have no hard facts to support that statement but it is my opinion. I hope that is more acceptable to the masses and will not offend anyone. Again I know it is my opinion and nothing more and I understand if anyone doesn't agree with it. But if it annoys you or you find it stupid I ask that you not direct that towards me. Otherwise it’s all good. PeaceOut brothers.
Peace out bro. On the sarcasm, it helps keep things sane sometimes. Sorry to offend you. We all want the same thing and that's what counts.
