He didn't opt out to sign with the Nets. Good grief. He was trying to go to SA to start the offseason but SA couldn't agree on a S&T with the Pups.
Greed and ego usually drive these player contract decisions. Case in point Kobe refusing to take less money, or on a lesser scale Josh Smith going to a garbage team in Detroit with little hope of much improvement during his 4 years there. Maybe AK-47 had enough of being on middling to horrible teams and wanted a chance to be on a winner for the last couple years of his career. I'd be surprised if that was the case, but happy to see a player walk away from a more lucrative offer to be a part of something greater at a lesser price. Taking a lesson from Dwight and leaving money on the table for a shot at championship runs. I like it.
he'll probably miss a bunch of games but $3.1 million is a bargain basement deal. the Nets are absolutely stacked too. yeah, they're old but they're still very good and deep. should be a very interesting season for them.
I think Prokhorov is willing to lend one of his Russian hotties to Kirilenko for his once-a-year allowance.
Nope, I will take OKC, SA, HOU, CHI and maybe LAC and Indy over them. The Nets are improved but they still are old as hell, have a rookie coach, no legit star players and half their team will end up on the IR.
1)Deron Williams is a star player, and Brooke Lopez just might be the best young center in the NBA 2)Age doesn't matter as much when your starters only have to play 25-30 minutes a game because.. 3)Their bench is absolutely STACKED. Anyone who doesn't think they have a chance at contending is either biased or incredibly ignorant.
Do it for MOTha Russia Yea, i'm sure he opted out to go to NJ. **** was prolly preplanned and now he's got 10 mil in his russian home account.
AK played for CSKA Moscow and Prokhorov used to own that team. I'm sure they have a pretty good relationship. Under the table money... I guess that's possible but I like to believe that AK just took less money for a shot at winning. Remember... reports had said AK could've gone back to Russia for a more lucrative long term deal than the 1 year $10 million. And the following is from yahoo Chump change for Prokhorov ... but damn that's a lot of money.
Nets still remind me of a stitched-together Frankenstein and I doubt a first-time coach like Jason Kidd is strong enough to make them mesh properly. If the Nets are serious about making a run, I believe they REALLY messed up by hiring Kidd. Bad timing for on-the-job training.
I think you're mostly right. I subscribe to this theory. The arguable difference is that Kidd will get the most out of Deron, more than any other coach. This team is as good as Deron is.
