Did the Nets Just Flush $61 Million Down the Toilet for Vince?
Uncategorized July 2nd. 2007, 4:33pmGot something for all you Nets fans that should produce maximum squirm value: your team just gave $61 million to a 30-year-old shooting guard who vanishes in the clutch, displays the emotion of a book shelf, and may or may not be allergic to defense! Vince Carter will be cashing checks in the swamp – er, Brooklyn – until he’s 34-years-old. Awesome!
But seriously … this may not be that bad of a deal for the Nets. Kidd’s back, RJ’s back, Krstic is healthy, and Sean Williams should easily slide into the power forward spot vacated by free agent Mikki Moore, who almost certainly will get a Jerome James-like $30 million from an overzealous GM. Plus, there’s nothing like moving to a new city and arena and bringing with you a player who once tea-bagged a tall Euro en route to one of the nastiest dunks in basketball history. Even if it happened 15 years ago.
In other free agent/NBA news …
* Jason Kapano to Toronto for $24 million … lovin’ what’s going on north of the border.
* The bumbling Lakers give $30 million to Luke Walton (!!) and are talking about snagging free agent point guard Steve Blake … uh, so what’d they draft Javaris Crittenton for?
* As tremendous as this piece is on the Blazers and the draft, we’re close to calling BS on one of the trade offers for the top pick. A 5-time Eastern Conference all-star and a lottery pick? We just did a cursory glance through the Eastern Conference teams in the lottery, and couldn’t find one five-time All-Star. It’s not Redd or Arenas or Joe Johnson and the Pacers didn’t have a lottery pick. Anyone?
* Everyone wants in on the Gerald Wallace sweepstakes. But why would Milwaukee be hard up? Shouldn’t the Bucks have drafted Corey Brewer instead of Yi? Why did Miami draft Daequan Cook instead of Jared Dudley? Dumb da dumb, dumb …
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July 2nd, 2007 at 4:46 PM
1. Vince is still a draw, and now that the Nets have K-Mart 2.0, they’ll get a little further in the conference. Besides, Jason Kidd is the new 20, and he’s still going strong.
2. It seems like the Lakers are just f*cking with Kobe now. Like that Messing With Sasquatch Beef Jerky commercial.
The results should be similar.
July 2nd, 2007 at 4:46 PM
Paul Pierce and the #5?
July 2nd, 2007 at 4:49 PM
Yup, just did a little research- Pierce has averaged 23.6 points per game over his 9-year NBA career and is a 5-time NBA All-Star.
July 2nd, 2007 at 4:57 PM
Will the NBA just go away? Please? Pretty please?
July 2nd, 2007 at 5:05 PM
That must be it! Pierce and the No. 4 for the No. 1.
Good work, people. We can always count on you.
And yes, smart move for Portland not to do that. Would much rather have Oden, not even close.
July 2nd, 2007 at 5:12 PM
unfortunately for me, i was just writing a post on this story…
it has to be Pierce and the No. 5 pick. it also looks like Portland was offered Garnett and Randy Foye.
the story also says Portland was offered a first ballot HOF from a western conference power. the only names i could come up with being first ballot in the west were Garnett, Iverson, Kobe, Duncan and possibly Nash or Nowitzki. Of those I think only Duncan and Nowitzki could be on teams called a “Western Conference Power.” so who was it Duncan or Nowitzki? My money would be on Duncan because Oden seems like a San Antonio type of guy.
July 2nd, 2007 at 5:12 PM
How about the team in their division that offered “a hall of famer and a standout rookie.” As in Garnett and Foye.
Pritchard needs to shut the F up. The guy also says that a “prominent player” on the team demanded that he trade Randolph. I’m sure Brandon Roy is thrilled that his GM sold him out like that.
July 2nd, 2007 at 5:13 PM
Is it possible that they were mistaken that it was an Eastern Conference team? Because Pierce + 1.05 for Oden AND Portland’s 2008 1st rounder is laughable.
I’m wondering if the Rockets offered Yao (5 time all-star) and their pick for Oden + the ‘08 pick…?
July 2nd, 2007 at 5:15 PM
pardon me…phoenix is a power but I don’t think it would offer nash. i’m not even sure he is a surefire first ballot hofer even with his two MVPs.
July 2nd, 2007 at 5:52 PM
Does anyone talk more trades that don’t happen than Danny Ainge?
July 2nd, 2007 at 6:19 PM
If Kapono is worth 6 million a year, Walton is a discount at 5 million…look at the stats
July 2nd, 2007 at 6:41 PM
Waste.
July 2nd, 2007 at 8:24 PM
Lets call is BS and move on. You have Oden…now win.