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Bill Simmons lists Lopez, Ryno, and Vasquez among best contracts...
Posted on 3/1/13 at 4:08 pm
Posted on 3/1/13 at 4:08 pm
Lopez/Ryno as honorable mention
and Vasquez as the 8th best non-rookie bargain deal in the NBA, though the write up isn't especially kind.
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Marcin Gortat (Suns): 2 years, $15 million Robin Lopez (Hornets): 3 years, $15.4 million Seems like a super-cheap price for Gortat … and then you watch him put up 11 points and eight boards in 30 minutes with a happy look on his face that seems to say, "I wish we could drink beer during NBA games, that would be awesome" as his team is getting killed by 20 … and then he doesn't seem so underpaid. Meanwhile, Lopez turned himself into a decent NBA center and extinguished all Frank Stallone/Stephen Baldwin/Ozzie Canseco black sheep brother jokes in the process. You'd rather have Lopez at $5 million than Gortat at $7.5 million at this point, although Gortat might be the starting center on the Needs a Change of Scenery All-Stars. Stay tuned.1
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Ryan Anderson (Hornets): 4 years, $34 million It remains unclear why Orlando believed last summer that one of the league's best shooters didn't fit into its rebuilding strategy for a pretty fair price. On the bright side …
and Vasquez as the 8th best non-rookie bargain deal in the NBA, though the write up isn't especially kind.
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8. Greivis Vasquez (Hornets): 3 years, $6.5 million Remember that crazy Salary Cap Fantasy League I wrote about 15 months ago? I ended up joining it this year as my buddy Chen's co-owner. We made our first trade one week into the season, a trade that I pushed hard for … that's right, Greivis Vasquez straight-up for Klay Thompson. (Gulp.) The thinking behind it: Thompson started out slow (so we were buying low), and Vasquez was a flash in the pan who would lose minutes when Eric Gordon came back (so we were selling high). Whoops.6 I'd add a "The lesson, as always: Maybe I shouldn't be a GM" joke here, but we already learned that during the 2011 draft when I made fun of Cleveland for taking Kyrie Irving over Derrick Williams.
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Posted on 3/1/13 at 4:17 pm to THRILLHO
Demps got a PG that will end up being close to 15/10 in his first year starting, one of the best shooters in the league, and a legit starting center...for scraps.
Posted on 3/1/13 at 4:19 pm to eyeran
But he should have kept West, we'd be dominating with him.
Posted on 3/1/13 at 4:28 pm to THRILLHO
quote:Ah, what could have been.
But he should have kept West, we'd be dominating with him.
2 or 3 more 35 win seasons. Demps and Monty get fired and we start the rebuild in 2016.
This post was edited on 3/1/13 at 4:29 pm
Posted on 3/1/13 at 4:38 pm to THRILLHO
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Luc Mbah a Moute (Bucks): 3 years, $13.8 million Love watching this dude play defense, love listening to opposing announcers mangle his name. You gotta hand it to Bucks GM John Hammond:3 He made three bad signing mistakes (the Drew Gooden/John Salmons/Corey Maggette contracts) and somehow extricated himself from two of them. He bailed on Andrew Bogut's contract at the perfect time. (Sorry, Warriors fans, it's true.) He nailed three first-rounders in four years (Brandon Jennings at 10, Larry Sanders at 15 and John Henson at 14) and smartly traded down in a crappy 2011 draft from 10 (Jimmer Fredette) to 19 (Tobias Harris) while dumping Salmons in the process. Looking at their roster right now, they don't have a single overpaid player except for Monta Ellis4 (probably bolting this summer) and Gooden (an amnesty candidate). Watch what happens this summer when Hammond flips Jennings (eligible for a big extension) for assets to some desperate team that wants to stupidly overpay him — it's the same thing New Orleans should have done with Eric Gordon (and didn't). More on this later.
I imagine the later means next week's column on worst contracts in the league. This post was edited on 3/1/13 at 4:39 pm
Posted on 3/1/13 at 4:57 pm to saintsfan22
Yeah Gordon's gonna be on that list. I still think the right decision was made with him though. And we can still move him for good pieces if his knee holds up these last few months. I cringe every time he drives the lane.
Bynum is a lock to be number one though. Bynum's the Lebron of the worst contracts list
Bynum is a lock to be number one though. Bynum's the Lebron of the worst contracts list
Posted on 3/1/13 at 5:03 pm to saintsfan22
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I imagine the later means next week's column on worst contracts in the league.
I was thinking about that. Understandable. Gordon got paid $14M this year to only play a handful of games
Posted on 3/1/13 at 5:04 pm to eyeran
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Bynum is a lock to be number one though. Bynum's the Lebron of the worst contracts list
It's expiring after the season. His next contract will eventually end up on there since his knees are fricked.
Posted on 3/1/13 at 5:11 pm to saintsfan22
Seemed like most experts thought Philly would re sign him regardless, but they seem so disgusted with him at this point that they're gonna let him walk.
Will be interesting to see what type of deal he gets. If he didn't act like he had some type of personality disorder teams would be more willing to put up with him.
Will be interesting to see what type of deal he gets. If he didn't act like he had some type of personality disorder teams would be more willing to put up with him.
Posted on 3/1/13 at 5:44 pm to THRILLHO
Simmons is also quite unkind to frequently mentioned target Brandon Jennings.
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Should Jennings make more than Ibaka or Lawson?(Hold on, I have to find my cap locks key. Give me one second here.)NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO, A THOUSAND TIMES NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!You can't give the max or even anything close to the max to a shoot-first point guard who makes 40 percent of his shots, especially if it's someone who undeniably hurts his teams in crunch time
Posted on 3/1/13 at 6:49 pm to eyeran
We should have dealt Gordon for Klay and Jefferson when we had the chance IMO but I get why they didn't do it.
Posted on 3/1/13 at 11:03 pm to Draconian Sanctions
@McNamara247: Vasquez's 22 games against "real" teams, 10.8 ppg on 37.7% shooting. Other 38 games, 14.6 ppg on 45.4% shooting.
@McNamara247: Only top level team Vasquez has been average or better against is San Antonio. Uses his size to score on Parker,but Parker lights him up too
@McNamara247: Only top level team Vasquez has been average or better against is San Antonio. Uses his size to score on Parker,but Parker lights him up too
Posted on 3/1/13 at 11:09 pm to GynoSandberg
Vasquez is the quintessentially average PG. He would be ranked 14th-16th in the NBA.
Posted on 3/1/13 at 11:15 pm to Draconian Sanctions
I don't know what kind of money he'll command but Wilson Chandler would be perfect for the Pels
Posted on 3/1/13 at 11:15 pm to GynoSandberg
PPG or bust
Pretty noble of Cracnamarta to bash a Hornets player. I would NEVER expect that out of him.
Pretty noble of Cracnamarta to bash a Hornets player. I would NEVER expect that out of him.
This post was edited on 3/1/13 at 11:20 pm
Posted on 3/1/13 at 11:17 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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Vasquez is the quintessentially average PG. He would be ranked 14th-16th in the NBA.
If so, what of it? You're never going to have a star at every position
Posted on 3/1/13 at 11:19 pm to Jester
I didn't say it was bad. I think he can be a good player for us going forward. We have other needs I would address before pg at this point.
This post was edited on 3/1/13 at 11:20 pm
Posted on 3/1/13 at 11:21 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Sorry, I an so used to the posters here who ignore context. Sorry to lump you in. 
Posted on 3/1/13 at 11:23 pm to Jester
I almost wonder if McNamara and Mackerel are any of the über-negative tards on here
Posted on 3/1/13 at 11:28 pm to Jester
Sexcutioner,Grandebeli,danman,Gtothemoney is the suspect list?
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