Jimmer to Cavs for pick?

[VF21]

Yeah, that was the hope. We dumped Beno to make room for him because the Maloofs got chubbies after watching Juan Barea mini-chuck his way to the series of his life against Miami. So they thought that a PG sized non-PG chucker of their own would be the way to win a title too.

Seriously?

I truly believe we dumped Beno to make room for Jimmer because the Maloofs were totally blinded by the possibility of selling all that Jimmer merchandise to his adoring fans.

 

[VF21]

There's a big difference in not looking good when you play behind Kevin Johnson and Jason Kidd (and Sam Cassell?), and not looking good when you play behind Isaiah Thomas.

 

[mac]

Seriously?

I truly believe we dumped Beno to make room for Jimmer because the Maloofs were totally blinded by the possibility of selling all that Jimmer merchandise to his adoring fans.

We could have easily drafted Jimmer at #7 without getting rid of Beno if that were the case. Instead we took back more salary in Salmons. How Maloof-ian is that?

It's probably a good mix of both ... that was the offseason where they came out and said they wanted to add shooting.

 

[bajaden]

We could have easily drafted Jimmer at #7 without getting rid of Beno if that were the case. Instead we took back more salary in Salmons. How Maloof-ian is that?

It's probably a good mix of both ... that was the offseason where they came out and said they wanted to add shooting.

I still think the Maloofs fell in love with Jimmer, and the possibility of him putting butt's in the seats, as well as selling merchandise. However it was rumored at the time that Westphal lobbied for acquiring Salmons to play SF. He was sick and tired of trying to work with Greene and Casspi. He wanted a veteran player. Thus the strange trade with us moving down in the draft. Wa La, the Maloofs get their golden boy, and Westphal gets Salmons. Everyone was happy, except the fans of course.

 

[Chubbs]

Says who?

Petrie and the maloofs. I remember hearing how he could be like Steve Nash. I swear,I'm not making this up.

 

[Chubbs]

I don't have a problem with reasonable conversations, but when you make extreme statements about a player. I know its popular to bash Jimmer, and many will jump on the bandwagon with you. I'm not for bashing anyone not named Maloof. Jimmer has talent, but in some other areas, he's lacking. I think we can all agree on that. So the discussion is about what you can get for him. Its been reported that the Kings aren't shopping Jimmer, but that there are teams calling them about Jimmer. If true, then apparently someone is interested in Jimmer.

Now for all I know, they may be offering nothing more than a case of beanie weenies. If I'm the Kings, and its my intent to move him, then I give him a lot of minutes in preseason games, and try to put him in a position to look as good as he can. Hell, maybe he'll even surprise us. I hate to keep pointing out that Jimmer isn't the first player to come into the league and struggle his first few years. Steve Nash was terrible his first two years in the league, and didn't really break out till his 5th year. Not saying that Jimmer is the second coming of Nash, just pointing out that sometimes it takes players longer than we might think to succeed.

I just had to read further to see a Nash comparison. Nash always had the handles. Jimmer just doesn't. That's a problem. I like the kid. I think when he forms a car dealership with Tim Tebow (Jimbow's Autoworld), it'll be very successful.