We just traded Hibbert and Hawes for Miles Plumlee

[Carl Spackler]

If you're gonna keep making Guest accounts just to post once, at least make one for TheRealDeal and GritsrGreat

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25 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

If you're gonna keep making Guest accounts just to post once, at least make one for TheRealDeal and GritsrGreat

I'm waiting on approval 

[Carl Spackler]

I need to change my name to ***** Splasher, that's pretty badass

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10 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

I need to change my name to ***** Splasher, that's pretty badass

Hey you gotta do what you gotta do. 

Buy give it to me. That one was good huh. 

[MV%doe]

7 hours ago, bLACKpANTHER said:

I get what you are saying.. everyone got their Cap boosted for one year - it didn't help all the players in the league, just the ones who happened to be FAs this offseason..

it was really stupid way to handle it, in my opinion.. they should have gradually allowed it to bloom.. otherwise - you wouldn't have the ability to put KD on an already stacked Warriors team and below average-average players making 10+ mil a year..

If they just adjusted all NBA salaries by a certain percentage so every player league-wide got a XX.XX amount dollar increase - that would have been more fair than the BS we saw this offseason..

Exactly.

Gradually like 5% at MOST per year. What happens when the NBA starts to lose money, are they going to reduce the cap by 20% ??? I mean how many teams are turning a real profit. I member bobcats losing 20-30 million per year! Think of how hard the small market teams are operating, they mainly getting by on tv money. Have they noticed how many people have leftd cable/satellite and are leaving daily??. I kown new jersey (huge market) is struggling. New York depending on how you you add the numbers too.

[MV%doe]

8 hours ago, Carl Spackler said:

Owners get more TV money too though

What happens when the ratings fall and networks have a million clauses to reduce the payout? I cannot believe the deal they got with all the cord cutting. I watch a few games and the attendance looks awful at times, not just for hornets.Even heard about $5 seats at a few places too. Their NASCAR advertising too, which is a joke if the money was so good. Boston Celtics jersey with GE lightbulb, brilliant!!!!

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1 hour ago, MV%doe said:

What happens when the ratings fall and networks have a million clauses to reduce the payout? I cannot believe the deal they got with all the cord cutting. I watch a few games and the attendance looks awful at times, not just for hornets.Even heard about $5 seats at a few places too. Their NASCAR advertising too, which is a joke if the money was so good. Boston Celtics jersey with GE lightbulb, brilliant!!!!

GE lightbulb, LMFAO. Gotta give it to you there. 

[Guest You Not Funny]

1 hour ago, MV%doe said:

Exactly.

Gradually like 5% at MOST per year. What happens when the NBA starts to lose money, are they going to reduce the cap by 20% ??? I mean how many teams are turning a real profit. I member bobcats losing 20-30 million per year! Think of how hard the small market teams are operating, they mainly getting by on tv money. Have they noticed how many people have leftd cable/satellite and are leaving daily??. I kown new jersey (huge market) is struggling. New York depending on how you you add the numbers too.

Foreal. They haven't heard of Fire stick and Roku

[Proudiddy]

Lost track of things for a few days and watched our game before the Superbowl and saw we had a Plumlee and was like "WTF?" LOL. I had to google it and found out...  now finally getting here to comment as I was curious as to what the reaction would be, and it was much like I expected - confusion.  

Once again, we take two steps backwards (Hawes, Hibbert as acquistions in the first place) and then take a half step forward to try to get out of the hole we dug ourselves.  And saying Plumlee is a half step forward is a bit generous considering his salary and that he had fell out of the rotation in Milwaukee.  

I said in the offseason, the Hibbert signing was horrible and a waste of money and a roster spot.  I, along with many others, had also lamented the Stephenson for Hawes trade when it went down.  Sure, Lance sucked here, but I would've rather ate that second year of his contract at 9 mil, than take on more years with a bum like Hawes.  And that is yet another example of our mismangement...  made a bad signing with Lance (as I also voiced my skepticism about that potential move well over a year before it happened), then made another mistake to have to correct it.  Signed Hibbert to try to patch up the mistake of Hawes, then trade both of them out for exponentially more salary when ultimately we were either going to not make the playoffs or lose in the first round either way.

I used to love Cho's trades...  trades are exciting!  They're fun.  But, his are also redundant and have finally seemed to start having us coming out on the losing end far too often.  They also wouldn't be necessary if he could learn how to fuging DRAFT.

I also haven't looked yet, but I wonder how this affects our cap space with rumors of Curry being interested in signing here?

 

[OldNorthPowell]

This trade is really working out for us. Incredible game by the $12.5 million a year player. I especially like the part where Blake Griffin showed him how to get dunked on. He really solidifies the middle. What a beast and in no way overpaid to the maximum. Great team W.

[Guest Plum]

Not sure why the hate for Plumlee,  Tell me what center Charlotte could have got in free agency during this summer for comparable price?  At least with this pick, they already give Plumlee time to gel with the team.  No way Hibbert or Hawes were coming back.

[AppHeel]

25 minutes ago, Guest Plum said:

Not sure why the hate for Plumlee,  Tell me what center Charlotte could have got in free agency during this summer for comparable price?  At least with this pick, they already give Plumlee time to gel with the team.  No way Hibbert or Hawes were coming back.

Those are great points actually. The only way we'd get a center for cheaper next season is if we drafted one or signed someone washed up aka Hibbert. We still could, but now we don't have to and we can focus blustering up the backcourt this summer.

Clifford has said past couple of days that Plumlee isn't in game shape yet so it's still waaayyyy to early to gauge his value. 

[OldNorthPowell]

Whose the man with cash in his hands....Plumlee Plumlee. Who gets dunked on when Blake Griffin throws down a bomb.......Plumlee Plumlee.

 

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