justAndy
Jolly Nihilist
Simmons can go kick rocks w/ his anti-skater comments.
You have something against kicking rocks?Simmons can go kick rocks w/ his anti-skater comments.
Against the Clippers without Brand.Oh, Atlanta won again tonight. In Los Angeles.
Try 6-10.Atlanta's pick isn't going to be anywhere near #4. Or #6. Try 10-15.
Right Now, Atlanta has the 7th worst record. No shot at Noah at #7.
[ braces himself for a discussion about how the lottery could move the Hawks up to 4 or 5 ]
No need, I do understand how the lottery balls work...
my point is - our odds continue to worsen for that #4 pick.
The contracts for Burke and Piatkowski are stupid, but they aren't doing any harm.
Of course the Suns have trade bait. They have the draft picks. What makes one kind of trade bait strategically superior to another? The Suns use draft picks as a savings account, acquiring future ones when they have extra resources (like, uh, current draft picks for example) and then cashing them in at what they think is an opportune time........
I'd like to take a look at our statement over the past couple of yrs. We sure haven't cashed in much.
The Suns have used draft picks to unload bad contracts in favor of better ones. That's cashing in on the investment.
Yes we have but when we do it again this year, it will be a mistake, IMO. We need some new young legs. Nash and Amare and KT and Bell don't have a long shelf life left.
I'd like to take a look at our statement over the past couple of yrs. We sure haven't cashed in much.
The Suns have used draft picks to unload bad contracts in favor of better ones. That's cashing in on the investment.
Hugh D'Man said:No....that is cutting your losses. And dealing from a standpoint of NEED.
We will be dealing from a position of little leverage this yr...and likely, as Elindy claims, 'cashing in' on our investments.
D'cAnt managed to add 5 players to the roster and not improve this team. (OK, four players and Banks, who ran into Chappy's learning 'curb' ) We gained nothing on the court, nor anything in our trade bait tackle box.
(except one more yr of stellar locker room performances by PIKE...amazing how that millionaire can be on time for work)
Hugh D'Man said:Or if Thomas goes down again....would we have more of a NEED for a pf/c ?
Much like AMARE of last yr....but what happened ? D'Ant bullheaded his way through the yr.
I do believe that we have very little to offer, that we are willing to part with.
Lets start with positions of advantage when negotiating. Have you ever tried to buy something that is not for sale ?
When we try to move a bad contract, and 'push' it off on someone else...we lose leverage, and have to compensate for the 'negative' value....(more rant deleted)
Somehow SanAnt managed to get a center who we wanted.
Dallas seems to just keep adding pieces (and they are doing for THIS yrs run)
..... Pick any team with good expendable talent, desirable MAX contract players, expiring contracts, cap space, surplus of positional talent, and of course Draft Picks.
Now go ahead and pick apart the teams I quickly selected.
Sure, every team has stiffs, but when we are signing Pike, NJ was signing Moore (for less).
SanAnt goes out and gets Orberto out of thin air
We snub Rodriguez for cash, then overpay Banks and fawn over him like he is the next curly neal.....and now we are looking for a pg.
but if this administration continues to ignore player developement, they will to continue to mortgage their/our future.
Why do you think the D-League was set up ? Teams will benefit from it. Both from finding players and from giving drafted prospects solid PlayingTime....AND INCREASING THEIR VALUE.
Is Marks or Pike or Jumaine or Jalen worth more NOW than when we signed them ?