If that's true, I expect Dumars will match that based on his past history. He paid Sheed fair market value even though he was essentially bidding against himself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kilo
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If that's true, I expect Dumars will match that based on his past history. He paid Sheed fair market value even though he was essentially bidding against himself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kilo
thats fine and dandy. he never says "they" arent playing the right defense, he always said "we". I think wanted to do better defensively, but the fustration comes from us having no emphasis on defense and putting all the pressure on him to make up for it. Then at the end of the day when things go wrong, the offense was made the culprit, when playing good defense can nullify that on some nights.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kstat
so i always felt it was more about "if you want to see results emphasize defense and stop putting it all on me to make up for the lack of effort put into staying a defensive team"...Either way he is definately the main cog in our defense. I just hope we dont make him be the whole clock if he comes back and bitch about him not showing up. Ben can be a one man army on some nights. Not every night. and he never has been every night ever. its the team defense that made us what we are, and he was the important piece. but he wasnt the only thing required to get consistent defense.
Ben is apparantly "insulted" by the offer...
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll...607030342/1127
Give me a break... Let's get a S&T done, Joe.
You never open a negioationl with your best offer, Ben is on an ego trip, I am sick of it. Ben is a limited player who doesn't want to admit it.
He's INSULTED by being the highest-paid player on the team?
Sorry Ben, get your money elsewhere to satisfy your gigantic ego. You're not worth $15 million a year. If someone else thinks you are, god bless.
I hope Ben is out negotiating the best sign-and-trade deal he can find right now.
Last part of the article got me thinking, do we have Bird Rights on LH? I mean if lH would leave to PHX couldn't we deal for James Jones.
I don't think it would really be worth it. We'd have no room for JJ.
I was just thinking if LH leaves JJ would be a suitable back up SF, plus if Ben leaves it only leaves us two exceptions to fill three needs. If we got a SF in a trade it helps a little.
BTW, Joe is not someone who changes his offer. He gives the offer he thinks is fair, end of discussion. That's how it went with Sheed and Rip. There was very little haggling over price.
Joe isn't going to play this game with Ben, and watch it drag out over a month while other good free agents get snapped up while he's waiting for ben to make up his mind. He's probably implementing his "plan B" right now.
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Originally Posted by Kstat
I agree and for one think Plan B is needed and might not be bad.