Morning Shootaround: The Snuggie Edition
by Packey on Mar 5, 2010 6:30 AM EST
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PrintIt's Friday and the Pistons will be nationally televised tonight on ESPN against (gulp) the best team with the best record in the NBA. While LeBron has the ability to make any team look completely lost, I dread the fact that the whole nation (that enjoys the league on a Friday night) is going to get a front row seat to poke fun at our beloved disappointing squad.
The bright side? The Cavs have preemptively softened the blow and given us material to deflect attention from what might come of the game by going forward with the world's lamest promotional event -- trying to set the record for the largest gathering of people wearing fleece blankets. IF LeBron leaves Cleveland after this season, I hope he cites this little gag as, like, reason number two (reason number one, of course, being that Cleveland does not actually rock).
Go Pistons.
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Open thread it up until someone posts the game preview this evening. Have a good/safe weekend, everyone.
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Langlois, King of the Strawman
Let’s pretend Dumars did just that last summer, after trading Billups and sending away Amir Johnson, Walter Sharpe and Arron Afflalo to create further cap room. Let’s pretend he signed no one – not Gordon, not Villanueva, not Chris Wilcox, not even Ben Wallace.
Who is arguing for this now, and who argued for it at the time? No one. What a douche.
by brgulker on Mar 5, 2010 8:52 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
Langlois is a joker
And he’s dishonest. I hope he reads this.
No serious person thought LeBron would come to Detroit, and he is being deliberately false in suggesting that that’s why people thought Dumars shouldn’t spend crazy amounts on Gordon/Villa.
Our objection then and now to the signings was that Dumars was breaking the bank on five-year deals for guys who weren’t worth half what they were given. If we could have had Gordon and Villa for deals commensurate with the value they bring the team, I’d be fine with them now, as I would have been fine with them then.
The problem with Gordon/Villa is not so much that they stink (though that is a problem) but more that their utterly untradeable contracts will hold the team hostage into 2014. There’s no way out of them. Even if they start playing somewhat better, the team still has minimal flexibility to bring in players who actually can help the team win. The signings are an unmitigated disaster.
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Langlois is also neglecting to mention that if the salary cap is supposed to get even lower next year, players will be more likely to bite on smaller deals, knowing their bargaining position gets worse and worse as teamstightens up on the money they are willing to give to players. There’s no way Gordon or Villa would get nearly as much on the open market this year as they got last year. They cashed in during the last offseason when GMs were still handing out crazy idiotic irresponsible deals. And as the salary cap continues to drop, their contracts will get worse and worse compared to the market rate for players like them, and they will become even less tradeable.
I would ask Langlois which of these two scenarios he prefers:
1) Have Gordon and Villanueva at a combined $95 million for the rest of this year and the next four.
2) Have Afflalo (a better player than Gordon) and $16 million to spend this summer on any combination of free agents.
If he dares suggest that option (1) is better, you will all know that he is in incorrigible liar and that you should believe nothing he ever says.
I'm with you, Bill
My thought after reading that piece from Keith was that he was toeing the ethical line of journalism, to be quite honest. It’s beyond the expected spin to please the fans at this point; it’s just one untruth after another.
My favorite part of that article?
The fact that up top the browser says “PISTONS: A Cautionary Tale”
To be fair
The fans Langlois deals with on a daily basis are not the same people that post on DBB. There are a LOT of idiots out there who believe all sorts of crazy stuff and who I’m guessing waste time e-mailing insane proposals to Pistons.com. Just because we know better does not mean everyone does.
IF LeBron leaves Cleveland after this season, I hope he cites this little gag as, like, reason number two (reason number one, of course, being that Cleveland does not actually rock).
Ah, but they never pulled stunts like this before the Messiah was drafted, correct?
He loves stupid little shit like this. Him and his little goon squad love their ridiculous little pre-game middleschool sleepover picture poses, they’re always coming up with new ones. I’m sure when he leaves for BKLYN he takes that silly shit with him.
"I didn’t even know Elvis was from Memphis, I thought he was from Tennessee." — Drew Gooden.
by Skylar on Mar 5, 2010 9:34 AM EST reply actions 3 recs
yeah, you're 100% right
But it’d be cooler if he did (leave because of this crap)
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Hit the bricks, shithead
MFJoeDip said:
ECF hats.
World Class Rec’n Cru… for you surely turnt out the lights on that fool.
"I didn’t even know Elvis was from Memphis, I thought he was from Tennessee." — Drew Gooden.
yeah back when it was cool
"I didn’t even know Elvis was from Memphis, I thought he was from Tennessee." — Drew Gooden.
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