Climate? Sacramento > Oklahoma, I'd assume.Quote:
Originally Posted by WTFchris
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Climate? Sacramento > Oklahoma, I'd assume.Quote:
Originally Posted by WTFchris
If he's worried about the Climate in OKC or Memphis than he's a pussy and is going to be a bust anyway.
I'm guessing that he'd rather "compete" with Beno for playing time than Westbrook.
I would agree with that. Doesn't Memphis have a couple young PG's too?
When you're looking at job opportunities, don't you take the physical environment of where you're working into account? I don't think it makes him a pussy to want to live in Cali instead of Oklahoma. If I had a job opportunity in Cali and one in OKC, I'd probably want the Cali job.
I highly doubt that's the main focus of his reasoning. I was just tossing it out there as an idea. The PG competition Glenn brought up makes much more sense. Couldn't Westbrook be moved to off guard? I swore I read that right after the draft lottery.
when I'm a top 3 draft pick I hope I get the best playing situation possible. I say screw the city, worry about the best playing situation possible. especially a foreign person who may never have even been to the US. you want the most PT you can get so you can become a FA and play where you want to after a few years. It does no good to go to a nice city, not develop and never get that choice after a few years.
He's needs to make quick and big $ to help pay off that Euro buyout.
He probably knows that he's going to be locked into that rookie contract no matter what, so playing time is what is going to allow him to strike it rich with contract #2.
Or maybe Rubio thinks that in Cali he has more endorsement opportunities and that is how he's gonna pay for his massive buyout?
Anyway, I just noticed something and now I'm more worried about our cap space:
Every single time I see a story about how we're gonna use our space I not only always read about Boozer I read about us signing a guard or forward, too.
And the names mentioned for that other forward spot suggest small forwards, not power forwards.
Why? Why do we need another guard or SF? If we got a quality big to team with Rip, Tay and Stuckey doesn't it make more sense to sign another big man? Why the mention of a SF or guard?
And why do we now need $25 million? $19 mil is plenty, unless they are hell bent on giving Boozer $12 million.
Like I stated elsewhere: as much as $9 million for a big, $4 million for Dice, $2 million is the draft pick, $4 million on the Birdman (which is apparently a good choice and relaistic lol)
So we have $9 million to buy a PF and every single free agent big not named Boozer can be had for that or less IMO.
So again, why the fucking problem?
Are they planning on giving Boozer $12 mil and Gordon $9 mil and that's why we need the extra $6 mil (to keep Dice and pay for the pick)?
What kind of fucking team are we gonna be with Gordon on the bench? Dude is gonna be pissed he's not starting. And how many minutes will Bynum get if we have Stuckey, Rip and Gordon? What about Afflalo? Dude won't play at all, unless he's gonna back up Tay?
And after spending big money on Boozer we now have Dice on a 1 yr deal, Kwame and Amir expiring and Maxiell on his bullshit extension. It's possible that after next season we are left with Boozer and Maxiell and are forced to use the MLE on a big.
Why not get that other big this off-season with the space? FUCK!!!!!!!!1
yeah i read that story at ESPN where supposedly we're looking to trade the #15 and a player like amir to try and free up a couple more million in cap room, to go after 2 big FAs.
said it before and i'll say it again- if we think we can add a couple of pieces to this team with tay and rip still big players for us.....we're kidding ourselves. we need to gut this team and trading those 2 is 100% necessary IMO. i think they have done what they can and they simply have nothing left to offer us as we move forward.
both can still play- don't get me wrong. but they are eaten alive on a regular basis by younger more athletic players who can actually handle the basketball and create their own shots- unlike tay and rip.
REBUILD JOE! don't try any bandaid fixes- we need major surgery!
I agree to a certain extent. I tried to find deals that got us an upgrade at SF and I couldn't find one. With Rip we have several options, either via trade or free agency.
I believe the team needs a fundamental shift - the game has past us by