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Post by pie on Jul 15, 2024 17:34:00 GMT -5
If Calvin does not sign Tyus Jones and Gary Trent Jr, along with trading Zeke/Hunter Tyson/Pickett for a DaRon Holmes replacement -- he should be fired.
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Post by Camby's Left Nut on Jul 15, 2024 18:12:28 GMT -5
If Calvin does not sign Tyus Jones and Gary Trent Jr, along with trading Zeke/Hunter Tyson/Pickett for a DaRon Holmes replacement -- he should be fired. Yeah if he is unable to convince guys who made 15+ million each last year, to sign for minimum contracts to be backups, then clearly he is inept at his job. |
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Post by trumpgm on Jul 16, 2024 11:12:42 GMT -5
Low energy Booth is the worst GM in American history! Sad! So many people say I would be the greatest GM ever. If I were GM this summer, we would have Lebron and I would have made Lakers pay for it.
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Post by duh88 on Jul 18, 2024 20:14:56 GMT -5
Low energy Booth is the worst GM in American history! Sad! So many people say I would be the greatest GM ever. If I were GM this summer, we would have Lebron and I would have made Lakers pay for it. lol |
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Post by scooter on Jul 19, 2024 10:42:14 GMT -5
Let’s recap in terms of the many comments on this board that Booth was doing nothing, was on vacation, must immediately be fired for gross incompetence etc.: Returning to reality for a moment, the FO had a plan and aside from Holmes’ unfortunate injury and Pickett’s SL incompetence, they’ve implemented most of their plan. They planned for KCP leaving, as all of the tea leaves pointed in that direction, and think some combinations of Braun/Strawther/Westbrook can fill that void in one way or another. They traded some worthless late 2nd round picks to move up in the draft to draft exactly the guy they wanted in DaRon Holmes. They traded some worthless picks in the 50’s to move Jackson because they don’t think he has anything left. In free agency, they added the exact two guys they’ve apparently been wanting to add this offseason — Saric and Westbrook. They signed 2 two-way players who are playing well in the summer league in Alexander, who appears to have NBA talent, and Hall.
I don’t know if they changed their minds about trading Nnaji in light of Holmes’ injury or just couldn’t find an acceptable trade for him, but under the circumstances it seems OK. Nnaji has been at the SL with some teammates, so it’s clear there is not an irreconcilable conflict between Nnaji and the organization.
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Post by nuggetshipster on Jul 19, 2024 11:09:38 GMT -5
A 100% precent stand by my comments that if we for some reason struck out on Westbrook, then we would be in serious trouble.
Calling him out for doing nothing when he is doing nothing is also completely fair. Especially if you praise him when he does something well.
Not sure if there is a W lap in defending doing nothing. Because we are all happy he did what he wanted to do.
Now Malone and staff can get to work
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Post by scooter on Jul 19, 2024 12:42:43 GMT -5
A 100% precent stand by my comments that if we for some reason struck out on Westbrook, then we would be in serious trouble. Calling him out for doing nothing when he is doing nothing is also completely fair. Especially if you praise him when he does something well. Not sure if there is a W lap in defending doing nothing. Because we are all happy he did what he wanted to do. Now Malone and staff can get to work What does “calling him out for doing nothing” mean? Everybody who knows how the NBA works knows that 80% of free agency is done months ago, when front office guys are talking to each other, agents are talking to players and to other agents, players are talking to players, and front office guys are having back channel talks with agents and players, and for the most part it is nothing like how peanut gallery folks here portray it as a game of musical chairs that starts on the moment of July 1 when bedlam ensues. Sure there is still the remaining 20%, part of which is a few surprise signings, part of which is some teams and some players making matches after the money has dried up and a dozen or so players have to find a backup for the backup situation, and part of which is a few teams signing a few guys who impress at summer league or in some team’s summer league camp or from the overseas pool or from the pool of undrafted free agents. |
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Post by pie on Jul 26, 2024 14:55:12 GMT -5
Calvin "player option" Booth = worst GM in the NBA
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Post by pie on Jul 26, 2024 14:56:51 GMT -5
Asking 30 year old Jokic to continuously carry injury-prone bums like Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr. is beyond madness
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Post by pie on Aug 2, 2024 13:14:16 GMT -5
Its August 2nd: Jalen Pickett, Hunter Tyson and Zeke Nnaji are still on the roster.
Fire Calvin Booth
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Post by pie on Aug 6, 2024 17:00:42 GMT -5
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Post by pie on Aug 18, 2024 14:19:18 GMT -5
Its August 18th: Jalen Pickett, Hunter Tyson and Zeke Nnaji are still on the roster.
Fire Calvin Booth
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Post by famicommander on Aug 18, 2024 14:22:20 GMT -5
It will cost us assets to get rid of any of those guys. The chances of dumping all three of them are very low. Hope we can dump one of them at this point.
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Post by GBG on Aug 18, 2024 17:40:23 GMT -5
It will cost us assets to get rid of any of those guys. The chances of dumping all three of them are very low. Hope we can dump one of them at this point. Zeke for Micic is again a possibility (see other thread). Personally, I think Charlotte is the perfect franchise to take on Zeke’s contract and hope that he can develop with more PT. Micic is a guy I believe in, especially as a third PG. Maybe the deal would be Zeke and Pickett for Micic. |
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Post by famicommander on Aug 18, 2024 17:45:16 GMT -5
It will cost us assets to get rid of any of those guys. The chances of dumping all three of them are very low. Hope we can dump one of them at this point. Zeke for Micic is again a possibility (see other thread). Personally, I think Charlotte is the perfect franchise to take on Zeke’s contract and hope that he can develop with more PT. Micic is a guy I believe in, especially as a third PG. Maybe the deal would be Zeke and Pickett for Micic. I think that's some serious hopium you're huffing there but I'd be ecstatic if that happened. |
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Post by GBG on Aug 18, 2024 17:47:46 GMT -5
Zeke for Micic is again a possibility (see other thread). Personally, I think Charlotte is the perfect franchise to take on Zeke’s contract and hope that he can develop with more PT. Micic is a guy I believe in, especially as a third PG. Maybe the deal would be Zeke and Pickett for Micic. I think that's some serious hopium you're huffing there but I'd be ecstatic if that happened. If there’s reality to the reported rumor, then trading Zeke is the only way a trade can be done. Unless there is a crazy bombshell deal, such as Murray for Ball and Micic. So, Zeke is still someone that could be dealt, but I was operating under the assumption that Zeke would be kept due to the Holmes injury. We shall see. |
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Post by famicommander on Aug 18, 2024 17:57:39 GMT -5
I think that's some serious hopium you're huffing there but I'd be ecstatic if that happened. If there’s reality to the reported rumor, then trading Zeke is the only way a trade can be done. Unless there is a crazy bombshell deal, such as Murray for Ball and Micic. So, Zeke is still someone that could be dealt, but I was operating under the assumption that Zeke would be kept due to the Holmes injury. We shall see. Even with the Holmes injury it doesn't make sense to keep Zeke if there's any possibility at all that someone would take him without us having to attach a pick. With or without a healthy Holmes, we have too many bigs and forwards. Zeke is useful in the fewest amount of scenarios compared to Jokic, Gordon, Porter, Saric, Watson, or Cancar. Even Jordan has a more clear path to minutes (his path is simply if/when Jokic sits out). |
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Post by GBG on Aug 18, 2024 18:10:52 GMT -5
If there’s reality to the reported rumor, then trading Zeke is the only way a trade can be done. Unless there is a crazy bombshell deal, such as Murray for Ball and Micic. So, Zeke is still someone that could be dealt, but I was operating under the assumption that Zeke would be kept due to the Holmes injury. We shall see. Even with the Holmes injury it doesn't make sense to keep Zeke if there's any possibility at all that someone would take him without us having to attach a pick. With or without a healthy Holmes, we have too many bigs and forwards. Zeke is useful in the fewest amount of scenarios compared to Jokic, Gordon, Porter, Saric, Watson, or Cancar. Even Jordan has a more clear path to minutes (his path is simply if/when Jokic sits out). Cancar might be the difference-maker whose return makes Booth comfortable trading Zeke for a guard. I really hope this trade happens. |
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Post by famicommander on Aug 18, 2024 18:18:33 GMT -5
Even with the Holmes injury it doesn't make sense to keep Zeke if there's any possibility at all that someone would take him without us having to attach a pick. With or without a healthy Holmes, we have too many bigs and forwards. Zeke is useful in the fewest amount of scenarios compared to Jokic, Gordon, Porter, Saric, Watson, or Cancar. Even Jordan has a more clear path to minutes (his path is simply if/when Jokic sits out). Cancar might be the difference-maker whose return makes Booth comfortable trading Zeke for a guard. I really hope this trade happens. Micic can't shoot 3s at all, though, so he wouldn't help us there. He'd just be emergency ball handling/playmaking. If they can send either Zeke and Pickett or Zeke and Tyson out for Micic and then bring in another SG with some 3 point chops it would really help balance the roster. I think Holiday, THT, Troy Brown, and Lonnie Walker are all still out there, are they not? Any one of those guys would be a massive insurance policy in case of injury or regression in our guard group. |
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Post by GBG on Aug 18, 2024 18:37:40 GMT -5
Cancar might be the difference-maker whose return makes Booth comfortable trading Zeke for a guard. I really hope this trade happens. Micic can't shoot 3s at all, though, so he wouldn't help us there. He'd just be emergency ball handling/playmaking. If they can send either Zeke and Pickett or Zeke and Tyson out for Micic and then bring in another SG with some 3 point chops it would really help balance the roster. I think Holiday, THT, Troy Brown, and Lonnie Walker are all still out there, are they not? Any one of those guys would be a massive insurance policy in case of injury or regression in our guard group. You clearly have never looked at Micic international stats, which shows he did shoot 3-ball quite well over there. www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/vasilije-micic-1.htmlA two for one trade would open up a roster spot for Walker or Holiday, which I’d like. |
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