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Thread: Rip to Cavs fell through (also, the genesis of the Rip/Kuester feud)

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    Rip to Cavs fell through (also, the genesis of the Rip/Kuester feud)

    AHHHH FUCK YOU RIP

    WojYahooNBA:
    DET and CLE negotiated down to wire on a Rip Hamilton trade, but fell apart when Rip wouldn't accept buyout terms with Cavs, sources say. [via Twitter]

    3:24 SpearsNBAYahoo:
    RT @WojYahooNBA: DET and CLE negotiated down to wire on a Rip Hamilton trade, but fell apart when Rip wouldn't accept buyout terms with ... [via Twitter]

    3:25 WojYahooNBA:
    DET and CLE agreed on protected future draft pick to go with Hamilton, but Rip wouldn't give back enough of $25M owed him, sources say. [via Twitter]

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    Hard to blame Rip for not wanting to give up lots of money.

    He already has a ring.

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    I'm having difficulty with "Rip didn't want the minutes" in Cleveland.

    Does that mean he didn't want reduced minutes, or he didn't want too many minutes ,or simply that he didn't want to play for them?
    Find a new slant.

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    And if Cleveland "would have been happy to let him play" why didn't the Pistons and Cavs just make that deal? Rip can't veto it, or anything.
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    This is what I'm referring to:

    Adrian Wojnarowski: Cleveland would've been glad to let Rip play there, but he didn't want the minutes. Wouldn't take buyout offer. Back to bench in Detroit. Twitter
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    I'm shocked, shocked Rip wouldn't give back money for the privilege of playing extra minutes on an even shittier team.

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    More background on Rip/Kuester feud

    No surprise who's got the scoop.


    Hamilton at center of Pistons’ turmoil

    http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/expertsa...an+Wojnarowski

    About a week prior to his banishment to the Detroit Pistons’ bench in January, Richard Hamilton(notes) berated coach John Kuester in a jarring and expletive-filled diatribe on the practice court, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

    As stunned coaches and teammates watched, Hamilton bellowed at Kuester that he had been a failure in his two seasons in Detroit, blown the opportunity the franchise afforded him and was nothing more than a career assistant coach, sources said. Despite Hamilton yelling within inches of him, Kuester didn’t respond.

    Several of the team’s younger players were mortified watching it and privately told agents and associates they wished they had the courage to stand up, confront Hamilton and try to take control back from the disgruntled veteran.
    With $25 million left on a contract that runs through the 2013 season, Hamilton had been nearly impossible to trade for Detroit. Still, Pistons general manager Joe Dumars and Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Chris Grant had an agreement to send Hamilton and a lottery-protected 2012 first-round draft pick for a $12.6 million trade exception and a second-round draft pick on Thursday, sources said.

    Cleveland was mostly interested in the draft pick, but was willing to let Hamilton join the team for the remainder of his contract. Once Hamilton made clear he didn’t want to play for a last-place team, his representatives discussed a contract buyout that would’ve allowed him to likely join the Chicago Bulls, sources said. Cleveland wanted him to take $18 million in the buyout, arguing that he could secure his 2011-12 salary now when it’s possible that money wouldn’t be paid him during a lockout next season.

    Hamilton declined, and the trade died within an hour of the Thursday afternoon deadline.
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    he has only 21.5* mil guaranteed, all this BS because of 3.5 mil? really?

    he got 2 chances to leave, either get all his money or play for a contender, what an asshole

    * http://www.shamsports.com/content/pa...es/pistons.jsp
    Last edited by Joe Asberry; 02-26-2011 at 12:58 PM.

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    The players in this league have way too much control. Imagine berating your boss and then being told to stay home and we'll pay you for the next couple of years. In terms of building, it is very difficult to build a contender in the NBA through the draft unless you live in certain select cities. Players all want to go to NY, Miami, LA and the Detroit, Cleveland, Denver, Utah, Toronto, Milwaukee, Minnesota, etc.. have a very difficult road ahead. I'm generally pro-player with CBA but the NBA has turned into the worst league.

    The NBA needs to go with a hard cap and UFA at an older age with a franchise tag. No more of this Lebron shit and fucking over Cleveland or all the Carmelo rumors. The owners should fuck them and shut the league down for a year if they don't agree. Make these bums feel the pain of no more paychecks.

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    Not to mention, that there is likely to be a lockout. Hamilton could have recieved next years money and than some in a lump sum payment right now. Instead, he's still stuck here and will make less than the reported 18 million buyout amount if there is any type of a lockout that takes away all or part of the season. I'm gonna laugh when the season is lost and he loses that 12.5 million dollars with no chance to ever recoup it. Idiot.
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