bibby and adelman's reaction
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Mindless talk on my part, but I heard Mike, Rick and Brad talk, and they didn't sound like this. Or should I say Peja didn't sound like them :/.
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G-man: What was you reaction initally last evening that you heard this deal was taking place, that Chris Webber along with Matt Barnes and Micheal Bradley were leaving the team?
Peja: It was surprising. Its just happened and don't think nobody really expected. My name was thrown out the last couple of days so I was kind of thinking I might be traded. But in this business you never know. Espescially when you have a guy who has been our best player for so many years and huge thing in Kings history. We're going to miss him. I wish him all the best but this is the group of guys we have right now and the three guys we have coming from Philly, and we have to figure out how we are going to play together, how we are going to win games, how we are going to get to the playoffs, so its going to be different.
G-man: You said in the past that maybe change would be best for the organization, the best for you...you are still with this organzation, do you think this was a positive move?
Peja: Well this is something that the organization decide to do with this team. First they let Vlade go , trade Doug and now they trade Chris. The players are not in control our job is to step on the corut and play baskteball-whoever is on the team. For right now, for this season we know whats the team and we just have-all of us have to raise out level of playing. But first of all all of us have to get healthy and get back to the team and then just do more things that we've done in the past as individuals and try to get some wins.
....Says the injury is still tender, stiff and day to day. Doesn't want to reinjure himself but hopes to be back this roadtrip.
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G-man: What was you reaction initally last evening that you heard this deal was taking place, that Chris Webber along with Matt Barnes and Micheal Bradley were leaving the team?
Peja: It was surprising. Its just happened and don't think nobody really expected. My name was thrown out the last couple of days so I was kind of thinking I might be traded. But in this business you never know. Espescially when you have a guy who has been our best player for so many years and huge thing in Kings history. We're going to miss him. I wish him all the best but this is the group of guys we have right now and the three guys we have coming from Philly, and we have to figure out how we are going to play together, how we are going to win games, how we are going to get to the playoffs, so its going to be different.
G-man: You said in the past that maybe change would be best for the organization, the best for you...you are still with this organzation, do you think this was a positive move?
Peja: Well this is something that the organization decide to do with this team. First they let Vlade go , trade Doug and now they trade Chris. The players are not in control our job is to step on the corut and play baskteball-whoever is on the team. For right now, for this season we know whats the team and we just have-all of us have to raise out level of playing. But first of all all of us have to get healthy and get back to the team and then just do more things that we've done in the past as individuals and try to get some wins.
....Says the injury is still tender, stiff and day to day. Doesn't want to reinjure himself but hopes to be back this roadtrip.
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RA didn't trade Chris, so let's get that out the way right now.
How do you tell a player, one that you relayed your thoughts and fears about the team for 6+ years, that they have just been traded to Philly?
I'm having a hard time just convincing my damn self that this happened, so it's only a fraction of what Adelman may have felt upon telling Chris.
As a GM, your job is to put the team's interest at heart first, but it doesn't mean that he has no emotional attachment to the players invovled. Especially one who helped turnaround a franchise
As far as Bibby is concerned, I don't think he meant "were friends" as in they're not friends anymore. Just the dynamics of being two extremely close teammates. I always got the sense of them having a big brother/little brother type of friendship. I'm actually happy that I didn't tape his reaction, already too emotional as it is. For a man that has an assassin mentality on court, Mike's pretty readable without saying a word otherwise.
How do you tell a player, one that you relayed your thoughts and fears about the team for 6+ years, that they have just been traded to Philly?
I'm having a hard time just convincing my damn self that this happened, so it's only a fraction of what Adelman may have felt upon telling Chris.
As a GM, your job is to put the team's interest at heart first, but it doesn't mean that he has no emotional attachment to the players invovled. Especially one who helped turnaround a franchise
As far as Bibby is concerned, I don't think he meant "were friends" as in they're not friends anymore. Just the dynamics of being two extremely close teammates. I always got the sense of them having a big brother/little brother type of friendship. I'm actually happy that I didn't tape his reaction, already too emotional as it is. For a man that has an assassin mentality on court, Mike's pretty readable without saying a word otherwise.
everyone has been mentioning this line...and im just now getting to read it in its original context
maybe Peja meant to say "....how we are going to get through the playoffs" but either way...i really don't think it was meant in the way that a lot of people are conveying it to be
funsc...i BELIEVE that someone mentioned some of Brads comments on the first page...if not then they are said in one of these threads...they are somewhere
maybe Peja meant to say "....how we are going to get through the playoffs" but either way...i really don't think it was meant in the way that a lot of people are conveying it to be
funsc...i BELIEVE that someone mentioned some of Brads comments on the first page...if not then they are said in one of these threads...they are somewhere
