fordronken
Registered User
Here's the thing. They'd said all along that they weren't gonna take somebody who couldn't impact in a Western Conference Finals. Apparently, nobody left could do that. While I assumed that meant they'd grab a Euro and stash him, it turns out to likely be a combination of two things: No Euro they really liked, and Q-Rich's back being a little more of an issue than expected and causing an up in the ante.
So, that means they're going for "right now" players. I fully expect them to use both full exceptions on good fit veteran players and a few lucky breaks at the minimum. I think they're going for broke and trying to win it all immediately.
That being said, if they don't spend the exceptions, I take everything back and will organize a posse to go round up Sarver, hog tie him, and beat the crap out of him.
Oh, and for what it's worth, a good friend of mine is a DIE HARD UCLA fan and swears by Dijon Thompson. He's amazed he fell that far and is convinced he'll be a good player for us. He says he's his favorite player to come out of UCLA in a while(not that it's saying much). But if he ends up as or more productive than Ariza and Gadzuric, I'll be pretty happy with the pick.
So, that means they're going for "right now" players. I fully expect them to use both full exceptions on good fit veteran players and a few lucky breaks at the minimum. I think they're going for broke and trying to win it all immediately.
That being said, if they don't spend the exceptions, I take everything back and will organize a posse to go round up Sarver, hog tie him, and beat the crap out of him.
Oh, and for what it's worth, a good friend of mine is a DIE HARD UCLA fan and swears by Dijon Thompson. He's amazed he fell that far and is convinced he'll be a good player for us. He says he's his favorite player to come out of UCLA in a while(not that it's saying much). But if he ends up as or more productive than Ariza and Gadzuric, I'll be pretty happy with the pick.