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Originally Posted by BIG BEN'S FRO
i think what that tells you is that you have skewed definition of overpaid.Quote:
Originally Posted by micknugget
true, most of the time you sign a guy and then you couldnt give away his contract if you tried (probably is true of ben). but then again, how often is there that diamond in the rough you can sign for cheap?
cap space is worthless if you dont spend it. bringing back ben would have been expensive, but look at the alternative. i dont know what 2 rounds of playoff basketball is worth, but i suspect in the long run, we would have come out ahead.
this sucks. joe should have brought ben back, and then salary dumped sheed now, or next year. that would have made alot more sense.
speaking of sheed, look for him to be a complete loose cannon next year. i figured he would be after this playoff run, but without ben... oh boy.
my point was, half the guys in the league are probably "overpaid". perhaps its not the worst thing in the world.
b-diddy, I am in your camp. I think it is okay to overpay for a player or two, but that player still has to be producing, even if its not worth the cash. In the end, would be have been better off if we didn't use the MLE at all this season and resigned Ben? I am not sure. But I can safely say that Delfino, Hunter, Dice, Johnson/Maxiell, and a LLE player might not have been that hideous.
100% we would be better with ben than whatever player we might sign with the MLE. without question.
that bench would suck, and i dont think that team has much of a chance to get back to the finals. but it'd have a chance. which is alot better than what we're looking at now.
Wallace helped Detroit advance in the playoffs in 2002 -- for the first time since 1991 -- get to the conference finals in 2003, win a title in 2004 and reach the finals last year. The Pistons won an NBA-high and franchise-record 64 games last season, then lost to the eventual champion Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference finals.
During the regular season this past year, he ranked fourth in the NBA in rebounding (11.3), ninth in blocks (2.2) and 10th in steals (1.78) -- the only player among the top 10 in all three categories. The undrafted free agent from Virginia Union became the fifth player in league history to have 100 blocks and 100 steals in six straight seasons, a list that includes Hakeem Olajuwon, Julius Erving, Sam Lacey and David Robinson.
His creds speak for themselves. With him we still had the best team in basketball regardless of the outcome this year.
Since I've already committed a "total rebuild" post I thought I'd be optimistic. It does look like Przybilla is our MLE guy, which will annoy Bonzi fans but face it: Bonzi wasn't coming here for the MLE.
So, here's the line-up:
C: Sheed (Yes, it could happen)
F: Dice
F: Prince
G: Rip
G: Billups
C: Przybilla
F: Maxiell
G: Delfino
G: Hunter
F: Amir
C: Davis
G: Acker
G: Blalock
The top 9 doesn't look all that bad. Przybilla and Hunter bring the D, Delfino can have the green light and Maxiell brings the pain.
If we're lucky Amir can step up and play some SF, otherwise Tay is gonna have to be an Ironman again, but we're not the fucking Hawks, people.
I'm not gonna predict ECF or anything like that, but we're not a fucking Lotto team.
(NOTE: I'd rather blow the whole thing up, though. Having picks, prospects and cap space is better than being a 4-8 seed)
I'd rather have some balls and try to win games this season.
Having picks/prospects is always nice, but DEPENDING on them isn't a good strategy.
Keep the core intact, try to get one more piece that will put us back in title contention, but don't gut the team. We're not even close to that point yet.
Um, if we can't go over the tax we're gonna struggle to add pieces.
I'm not saying give Ben some insane fucking contract, but once (sorry, if) Billups is taken care of we're screwed cap wise for 2 or 3 years.
And all our young guys will be up for extensions after Billups!
Pharoah, you bring up great points. Who knows if we are going to open the bankbook for Chauncey next season. Maybe the key is to rebuild the way others have, by trading our commodities before we lose them outright. I am talking about trading Billups. You can bet the farm that someone next season will offer him near the max, and Joe D has to know this is coming. I have to say that I would definitely think about a CBill - Chris Paul trade, although Charlotte probably wouldn't do it.