Bobcats aquire terrorist

So was Primoz! What's your point?

Not much. It's his 5th year, he's shooting .432% and averaging 7.3 points and 6 rebounds and only gets 20 minutes a game on a team that's worse than the Bobcats. Oh, and he's more expensive![/quote]

Again, your point?

Harrington's injured (again). And Hollins and Davidson will still get time, especially with Harrington getting his knee checked out again. And they aren't out of the playoffs, as they are a grand total of 3 games out of the 8th spot.

 

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When Brezec is your first or second option on offense you are royally screwed. Enjoy warming the bench Primo-donna.

 

Primoz even when healthy doesn't address our need for a center, that was my point. Magloire has the same 6 fouls, is as good a defender, a better offensive player when healthy, and cheaper than Muhammad. If we wanted a big body, which makes sense to take the pressure off Okafor, we should have already known that wasn't Primoz. We could have signed Magloire or Milicic in the offseason without having to sacrifice two expiring contracts.

Secondly, about Davidson, you said he sucked and was getting relegated. I stated he was a child and couldn't really be expected to contribute all that much. Still, he's a big and 6 fouls, which is what everyone is so excited about Muhammad. I wasn't saying he was the answer to our problems, just that 8 minutes a game which he won't get now won't help his development.

As far as Milicic being a 5th year player, he's 22 years old. His ceiling is WAY higher than Muhammad, not even worth arguing. He's already better, and yes, a smidge more expensive.

Harrington though I concede. I was sad to read this morning he's getting his knee checked out again. Don't get me wrong in all this, I do think Muhammad helps this team more than Brezic/Herrmann. He much like Richardson fills a need on the roster. I just think he in particular is not a very good player and way overpaid. I hope he changes my mind. If he can enable Okafor to turn into a true 20/12 player, the trade will be a good success.

One point I do agree with is that 'cap space' does the Bobcats little except enable trades. No one is going to sign here unless/until we draft an All-Pro type of player. So, we might as well use our cap space on decent if not overpaid players like J-Rich. I just think Muhammad's decent years are way past.




edit: lmao @ Primoz what a little bitch

 

I wasn't intending to argue. Initially I and some other rational people were just acknowledging that it was a dumb trade. It didn't become an argument until delusional homers Clay and Thelt decided that they would deny the obvious. That irritated me because their opinions were so ridiculous.

Less cap space to spend on someone who might actually be worth a shit, that's what.

Maxiel is a power forward who they have been forced to play at center because they didn't have anyone worth a crap.

It doesn't matter what you think. Whether they would have completed a deal or not, it was only possible with those expiring contracts. Now it isn't.

No, he's useless. He's a terrible basketball player who couldn't get regular playing time for a team that pretty obviously wanted a true center, even one who was primarily defensive oriented.

You are on ignore, but you can click on "view post" to reveal that person's posts. And your shot might have more punch to it if you weren't constantly losing every time we do argue, like here. You're making a complete ass out of yourself, and for what? Everyone knows that you're wrong, even you do, but you're arguing anyway because you do it compulsively. This, apparently, is the only form of human interaction you know.

 

Primoz has been a complete waste of space for two years.

 

Mohammad went 7-13 for 17 points, 8 rebounds, 3 blocks, and though I don't see him putting up those kind of lines every night, those are good stats. A good sign is that Okafor only had 2 PFs.

That's worth whatever we're paying him.

 

oh right. you want to keep under the cap to overspend on somebody else. of course, the bobcats already have a pg, a sg, a couple of sf's and a couple of pf's. the logical free agent signing would be for a center. so you seem perturbed that they overspent for a center instead of waiting till next year so they could try to land some other center (have you taken a look at the centers available next year?).

no. maxiel is a power forward who they decided was worth developing over giving time to mohammad. mohammad was aquired to offset the loss of ben wallace (who didn't fit saunder's system anyway). maxiel fits the system better and gets pt not because detroit is scratching the bottom of the barrel, but because he contributes.

wallace, mcdyess and maxiel are a pretty good 3-man rotation.

you make it sound like some deal was imminent. do you have some info nobody else does?

who says the detroit pistons are dying for a true center? you'd have to be a pretty damn good player to start in front of mcdyess or wallace.

lol. i'm the compulsive one? dude, you have to use a the message board ignore feature to keep yourself from arguing with me and you STILL click on the "view post" button.

 

nah, the dude's useless.

seriously, tho, i agree he won't put up those kinds of numbers all season. going 25-30 minutes, he should be good for 8-10 pts and 6-8 boards. at 10 and 8, he might actually be playing up to his salary when compared to what other bigs are being paid.