Recent content by Solano25

Wait a minute.... I proposed a trade a couple months ago suggesting we could trade KT and this summer's cap space for Richard Jefferson because it would give the Bucks cap room to resign guys and everyone on here just said I was full of crap to think that Milwaukie would ever do that. How...

Actually, I think what AJ did in Dallas is quite similar to what Westphal did in Phoenix. At least Westphal blew the finals to Jordan's Bulls and not a Miami team that had never been there before. And Westphal doesn't have the personality issues AJ has. Of those 3, I would put AJ third (Eddie...

I understand why they want to interview him. He is highly regarded and if he is the next great head coach, then we should hire him regardless of what we think we're looking for. By interviewing him, they can get an idea if he is or isn't. My guess is that he isn't and we should go back to the...

Okay, so as of today, I am officially on the "hire Eddie Jordan" bandwagon. Before today I didn't think there was anyone out there who could do the job, but I am now convinced that EJ can. Here is my reasoning. Geoff Petrie is clearly looking for someone with previous success as a head...

At the risk of incurring the wrath of that dogbert bat, let me disagree with you (slightly). I agree that Andre Miller isn't right for us, especially as we have the big contract with Beno and Miller will probably want more than we can offer and at more years than we would want to offer. That...

IMO Amare's greatest asset was always his all around skill as well as his explosiveness. Players rarely succeed as dramatically as him without both. That said, I would hesitate about giving up either JT or our top pick for him because of his questionable defense and, besides, the knee...

Andre Miller? I don't know if this is already being discussed elsewhere, but Andre Miller is an unrestricted FA point who plays defense and judging by this that came down today: http://www.cbssports.com/nba/story/11700394 does not appear to want to stay in Phily. Could we afford him with...

I would say very little of Amare's success is dependent on Nash. Amare's first two years with the Suns were before Nash got there and he was their best player then too. He won ROTY his first year and went to 20ppg the next year. Personally, I think Nash benefitted more from Amare than vice...

Wow, I have a headache after reading all that, but it does all make sense, I think. So, it sounds like we could do a trade where the incoming salary exceeds outgoing salary by 3.4 mil using the TPE (say KT (8.5 mil next year) for someone or some collection of players making 11.9 mil for...

I would lean towards no on this just because I think AK-47 has been inconsistent over the years and I think JT could end up being quite a bit better (albeit at a different position) and I like Noch and see his long-term contract as a good thing, not bad. I want him here that long. I can see...

Agreed. Of course then we have to ask ourselves whether we want to hire the coach who lost two playoff games by almost 60 points as our head coach. Sometimes coaches get fired for the right reason.

I agree about Messina. He probably would (and probably will) be at least a good NBA coach and probably better, but we need an experienced NBA head coach for this group. I still don't like any of the choices out there and I suspect that most of those listed above (Van Gundy, A Johnson, E...

That's what I was thinking, even if I was getting carried away :p. Sorry again about that. No more Kenny Thomas for Amare posts from me- I promise! Thanks also to Capt. Factorial for the wonderfully detailed explanation. Next time I'll just ask you and save myself some embarrassment and...

Okay, I guess those trades would be much too unlikely, and I didn't know that Mikki Moore's leftover guaranteed salary was untradable (which makes perfect sense, I just saw it on the payroll). If the moderators want to close or delete the thread, that's fine, but before you do, is it really...

The biggest thing we are giving up is salary flexibility. We take on tens of millions over the next 3 years and their payroll suddenly looks much nicer. The Nuggets did it last year giving up Camby for (I think) a conditional 2nd round pick. Some teams are strapped for cash and desperately...