re: Tyson deal almost done...

Posted by NIH

Member since Aug 2008

122461 posts

Posted on 2/17/09 at 5:32 pm to Lester Earl

the hornets have no flexibility, LE. the MLE is all they have and that wont be enough to sign a starting quality big. and don't say hilton, everyone's just happy that hilton jumped to average from fricking awful.

Posted by SlowFlowPro

With populists, expect populism

Member since Jan 2004

475974 posts

Posted on 2/17/09 at 5:32 pm to Lester Earl

i completely agree he's replaceable. the hornets just have to get it perfect in the offseason or there will be a decline

i mean if we had leon powe or somebody like that we'd have little, if any, negative effects

Posted by mhsdeuce07

Member since Dec 2006

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Posted on 2/17/09 at 5:50 pm to SlowFlowPro

official yet?

Posted by LSUlunatic

Member since Dec 2006

6833 posts

Posted on 2/17/09 at 6:43 pm to SlowFlowPro

quote:
i'm mad that we lost the salary

when you're over the cap, you need salary to make deals, and it's hard to get salary other than the MLE

What does this mean?

Posted by chowds4

baton rouge

Member since Jan 2005

8852 posts

Posted on 2/17/09 at 7:18 pm to SlowFlowPro

i like wilcox's #'s when okc actually played him 30 minutes

Jan 16th : 26min 17pts 11reb
Dec 31st ; 31min 23pts 9reb
Dec 23rd : 24min 19pts 12reb
Dec 3rd : 24min 12pts 5 reb
Nov 28th : 30min 21pts 7reb
Nov 22nd : 29min 14pts 10reb
Nov 25th : 25min 18pts 6reb

Posted by SlowFlowPro

With populists, expect populism

Member since Jan 2004

475974 posts

Posted on 2/17/09 at 7:19 pm to LSUlunatic

quote:
What does this mean?

in the NBA when you're over the cap, if you deal with another team who is over the cap (everyone), you have to match salaries by 25% or so. so if we lose this $10M in salary, we lose $8-12M in salary to make trades with

Posted by Lester Earl

3rd Ward

Member since Nov 2003

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Posted on 2/17/09 at 8:42 pm to chowds4

quote:
i like wilcox's #'s when okc actually played him 30 minutes

and just look what CP3 did for Chandler. He has all these people fussing over a guy that only dunks.

Im anxious to see how productive Wilcox can be with Paul

Posted by Ron Mexico

AMERICA

Member since Dec 2005

52037 posts

Posted on 2/17/09 at 9:07 pm to Lester Earl

quote:
and just look what CP3 did for Chandler. He has all these people fussing over a guy that only dunks.

Im anxious to see how productive Wilcox can be with Paul

lester, im glad to see that you, as well as myself, have gotten over the initial wTF and realized that for this year this team is BETTER

and guys, while its not the best of scenarios, we can still hit a homerun IFFFFFFFFFFF these guys that run this team fricking take a step back and develop a plan of some sort

Posted by GynoSandberg

Bay St Louis, MS

Member since Jan 2006

74416 posts

Posted on 2/17/09 at 9:08 pm to Ron Mexico

ronnie, off topic, but what are you at louisville for? one of my buddies wants to go to grad school there for the horsetrack shite they offer... any info?