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Post by Celtic17 on Aug 16, 2005 12:50:36 GMT -5
i'm thinking there's a chance we can use the amnesty now with blount, but they seem to not want to use it for now Sounds like we used that on Vin Baker already. |
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Post by Jambr380 on Aug 16, 2005 20:04:59 GMT -5
Yep, amnesty ended last night(or the night before...can't seem to keep track of time anymore)...stupid Vin Baker is still lurking around, haunting us. I know I complain about Raef and even Scala, but Vin has to be the biggest waste of a max contract I have ever seen...
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Post by Celtic17 on Aug 16, 2005 21:30:52 GMT -5
I know I complain about Raef and even Scala, but Vin has to be the biggest waste of a max contract I have ever seen... The first step in recovery is admitting it. ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by meltinjohn on Aug 16, 2005 23:39:03 GMT -5
Whatever happens happens with the future guys. But I know Curry will not be in green.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2005 10:46:05 GMT -5
Whatever happens happens with the future guys. But I know Curry will not be in green. I concur. Bulls will sign Curry for really cheap money. It sucks for him that he had health problems on his contract year. But, if its a non-issue Bulls are gonna have a real bargain by signing premeir center under market value. Celtics have no money. Nor is it a good idea to trade for him. Developing Perkins will be a better idea even if he doesn't turn out to be a starting center in this league. Atleast Ainge didn't go out dropping 8-10 mil on a guy who could collapse on the court at any given moment. |
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Post by meltinjohn on Aug 22, 2005 13:59:33 GMT -5
EACTLY JHVO8. At least Danny would not have dropped 8 or 10 mil anyways. I see Curry with Indiana for some reason. I could see Bird wanting him and he may be a better player there. But that is if they want to trade Jeff Foster.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2005 14:24:27 GMT -5
I don't think Indiana has the money to sign Eddie Curry or the talent to get him. If they do, then they can go waste their money on a soft center who is a worst rebounder than Blount. All the talent in the world and this kid can't even get 6 rebs a game.
Sadly, I'm sure Chicago would ask for Granger and cap fillers since they believe Curry is a top 5 center. Even though they're a better team w/o him.
Celtics don't need another offensive center. We already have two on this team and they aren'thelping us out alot on the boards.
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Post by meltinjohn on Aug 22, 2005 17:00:47 GMT -5
Its pathetic how Curry gets baby Shaq hype. He is terrible at rebounding. A guy like him should easily be pulling down Big Bens rebounds now that hes been in the elague long enough out of HS. Big Al can surely be a better player than him anyways.
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Post by DERRENMATTS on Sept 18, 2005 0:08:40 GMT -5
Has anyone read in Hoopshype yesterday about Curry's agent telling the Bulls that they should trade Curry now because they may lose him for nothing next year?
I think this is a prime opportunity for us to make a move to lessen our overcrowded lineup. We have 18 players under contract and need to get it down to 15 by the time the season rolls around.
Plus, we can get Curry and use him as a one year rental. Guys who are playing for a big contract usually have big years statistically, and this may be the case for Curry. We don't have to keep him beyond next year if we don't want to. But if he proves to be a player worth keeping, we'd have the Bird rights to offer him more years and a bigger contract.
What about Bordchardt, Woods, and Bynum for Curry? Seems like no one wants Curry and the Bulls don't seem to want him either. At least by doing this trade, they'd have a few intruiging prospects to look at.
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Post by meltinjohn on Sept 18, 2005 1:49:48 GMT -5
I would only do it for those 3. But still, it doesn't make sense with Blonut and Raef here plus Jefferson needs to play plus Scalabrine. I like things the way they are. Why mess it up more?
Derren, you seem to have this fascination with Curry. I cannot understand why. I say give Blonut up to get him and keep Borchardt also. Then again, maybe Blonut will come out of his funk for once. Why get Curry? I mean really.
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Post by freshnthehouse on Sept 18, 2005 3:05:03 GMT -5
Has anyone read in Hoopshype yesterday about Curry's agent telling the Bulls that they should trade Curry now because they may lose him for nothing next year? I think this is a prime opportunity for us to make a move to lessen our overcrowded lineup. We have 18 players under contract and need to get it down to 15 by the time the season rolls around. Plus, we can get Curry and use him as a one year rental. Guys who are playing for a big contract usually have big years statistically, and this may be the case for Curry. We don't have to keep him beyond next year if we don't want to. But if he proves to be a player worth keeping, we'd have the Bird rights to offer him more years and a bigger contract. What about Bordchardt, Woods, and Bynum for Curry? Seems like no one wants Curry and the Bulls don't seem to want him either. At least by doing this trade, they'd have a few intruiging prospects to look at. THe Bulls would rather have Curry for 1 year than that load of crap for infinite. Some team would obviously offer them more than that. Those guys you mentioned will be available once theyre cut. Wed have to at least give up a DWest caliber player or a pick, and Curry is not worth either. I have no desire to see Benoit Benjamin 2.0 wearing the green. P.S. Who do I have to have sex with to put a stop to end this Eddie Curry nonsense once and for all? |
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Post by DERRENMATTS on Sept 18, 2005 3:17:21 GMT -5
Well, this guy has talent, no question about that. He's only 22 years old and still has a boatload of talent yet to be harnessed. But to me, this is a low risk, high reward move. We need to get rid of some players anyways and even if Curry stinks it up, we don't need to keep him beyond next year. So we basically get him for relatively cheap money and audition him for our future team. If he doesn't fit, we can let him go. Simple as that.
He's also a young guy who has improved every year. His rookie year, he averaged 6.7 ppg, 3.8 rpg. In his second year he went up to 10.5 and 4.4. His third year, he averaged 14.7 and 6.2. Last year 16.1 and 5.4. Remember that he is only 22 yrs old. He was born in the same year as Tony Allen, Ryan Gomes, Justin Reed, and Orien Greene. Curry has a tremendous amount of upside left in his game and he still has a lot of time to become the force he is capable of becoming. He just needs to be motivated.
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Post by freshnthehouse on Sept 18, 2005 3:47:33 GMT -5
But what would you be willing to give up for him? Would you be willing to part with Tony Allen or DWest? Cuz it will take players of that level to get him. Maybe even more.
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Post by DERRENMATTS on Sept 18, 2005 4:02:22 GMT -5
I don't know about that. Obviously, the Bulls don't hold Eddie Curry's value that highly. They are cautious about his heart condition, and they very well could be feeling that he is not going to develop into the player he could be in Chicago. That's the impression I'm getting as I read how John Paxson is handling all this. If he did have any interest in keeping Curry, he would have probably made an offer by now.
Curry may have run out his welcome in Chicago. He could be another Benoit Benjamin--but that's the worst case scenario. He's showing a lot of promise as a scorer--its his lack of rebounding which confuses me.
It may not cost us Tony Allen or Delonte West to acquire Curry. If the Bulls have no hope in Curry, they'll take the best offer they can get. I don't know what the league has been offering Chicago to get Curry, but from the sounds of it, there doesn't seem to be too much interest in him. Which is why this is a good opportunity to buy cheaply. Borchardt is a 7 footer with some game. Paxson may like the sound of him. Plus, Will Bynum is a homegrown talent and he may be able to latch onto their team (though they already have Hinrich, Duhon, Pargo).
I'm not interested in getting Curry if it'll cost us a player of Delonte's or Allen's caliber. But maybe Curry won't cost us that much.
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Post by Roadrunner on Sept 18, 2005 8:07:15 GMT -5
Does anyone know if Curry's heart condition is hereditary or is dietary? One frequent comment that is associated to Curry is his lack of conditioning.
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