Post by rr2300 on Jul 30, 2002 14:51:46 GMT -5
The Clipps can play, but can Sterling pay them all?
You've got to believe that the Clipps didn't trade for Brand and Miller just to let them slip away into free agency. Then again, with the Clippers you never know. Right now, the team is focused on re-signing restricted free agent Michael Olowokandi. If the Clippers come in with a substantial offer for Olowokandi, they'll likely give Brand an extension as well this summer. Miller will have to wait a year. Sources told Insider late Monday night that the team wants to see how Miller gels with the rest of the team before doling out a big extension. Miller will have to wait a year to get that max contract he was looking for in Cleveland. It won't be a foregone conclusion. There is no consensus that Miller is a max player. If the Clipps give big money to Olowokandi and Brand, paying Miller will push the team into the luxury tax. The team will also wait a year before deciding the fate of Lamar Odom. Coach Alvin Gentry and GM Elgin Baylor think Odom is the most talented player on the team. If he can stay healthy and stay out of trouble, he'll command big money next summer as well. Can Sterling afford all four -- Olowokandi, Brand, Odom and Miller?
Writes Lawrence: "The Clips have a history of not paying their top players big money when they reach free agency. So it remains to be seen just how much of a future Miller has in his native Los Angeles."
I feel it all starts with Kandi, if they screw it up with him then the rest are gone...If we fail in the Lebron Sweepstakes maybe we just go after Odom (SG), Miller (pg) and then draft Kendall Perkins (C) who is the best prospect to come out of Texas since Shaq, and better yet, he is a center with no feet problems...
then our roster looks like: (very big)
c- Perkins 6'11 260 still growing only 18
pf- Nene 6'10 253 still growing only 20 (next year)
sf- skits 7'1 225 gonna be good only 20 next year
sg- odom 6'10 220 what is he, 21 now
pg- miller 6'2 200 be the vet on the team
sounds good to me....Lets go Sterling we are waiting for you to screw it up...
You've got to believe that the Clipps didn't trade for Brand and Miller just to let them slip away into free agency. Then again, with the Clippers you never know. Right now, the team is focused on re-signing restricted free agent Michael Olowokandi. If the Clippers come in with a substantial offer for Olowokandi, they'll likely give Brand an extension as well this summer. Miller will have to wait a year. Sources told Insider late Monday night that the team wants to see how Miller gels with the rest of the team before doling out a big extension. Miller will have to wait a year to get that max contract he was looking for in Cleveland. It won't be a foregone conclusion. There is no consensus that Miller is a max player. If the Clipps give big money to Olowokandi and Brand, paying Miller will push the team into the luxury tax. The team will also wait a year before deciding the fate of Lamar Odom. Coach Alvin Gentry and GM Elgin Baylor think Odom is the most talented player on the team. If he can stay healthy and stay out of trouble, he'll command big money next summer as well. Can Sterling afford all four -- Olowokandi, Brand, Odom and Miller?
Writes Lawrence: "The Clips have a history of not paying their top players big money when they reach free agency. So it remains to be seen just how much of a future Miller has in his native Los Angeles."
I feel it all starts with Kandi, if they screw it up with him then the rest are gone...If we fail in the Lebron Sweepstakes maybe we just go after Odom (SG), Miller (pg) and then draft Kendall Perkins (C) who is the best prospect to come out of Texas since Shaq, and better yet, he is a center with no feet problems...
then our roster looks like: (very big)
c- Perkins 6'11 260 still growing only 18
pf- Nene 6'10 253 still growing only 20 (next year)
sf- skits 7'1 225 gonna be good only 20 next year
sg- odom 6'10 220 what is he, 21 now
pg- miller 6'2 200 be the vet on the team
sounds good to me....Lets go Sterling we are waiting for you to screw it up...