One thing people gotta remember, Joe put together a rag-tag group that was molded into a championship squad, especially when the league was mad as fukk that we contended. Getting Larry Brown might have been levels of luck, but he was here, got a ship, and followed his history by eventually being out.
Joe's drafting of Darko was because former owner Bill Davidson was always against spending too much money. Drafting Carmello or Bosh at the time was never going to happen for Joe, cuz he would watch them walk after that 3rd year. Davidson would NEVER have offered the max contract to any player.
How Joe got Sheed, and got him to stay after that 'ship is beyond me
I don't know too much of the details, but the one thing I put on Joe from here on is the hiring of Flip Saunders. That alienated the face of the franchise, and his leaving was the cut that slowly bled this team to death.
Well, I pin one other thing on Joe: giving money to Vllanueva and Gordon, but that was desperation to make SOME sort of move. It didn't go so well
But Joe is no dumbass, he knows what it do when it comes to this game. The fact that cheap fukk is rotting in the grave, and a gung-ho dude is now writin checks, shyt should get interesting again![]()
Joe's drafting of Darko was because former owner Bill Davidson was always against spending too much money. Drafting Carmello or Bosh at the time was never going to happen for Joe, cuz he would watch them walk after that 3rd year. Davidson would NEVER have offered the max contract to any player.
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Detroit has traded Ben Gordon and a protected future first-round pick to Charlotte for Corey Maggette, league sources tell Y! Sports.
don't know what detroit is trying to do, this probably shouldn't even be its own thread
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If I was Miami, I would have made a push for Gordon over Ray Allen on the low to boost that bench. My fave player that disappeared off the chartsI though he was gonna be the next Bernard King
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right cause miami would have no problem paying gordon 14 mill![]()
One thing people gotta remember, Joe put together a rag-tag group that was molded into a championship squad, especially when the league was mad as fukk that we contended. Getting Larry Brown might have been levels of luck, but he was here, got a ship, and followed his history by eventually being out.
Joe's drafting of Darko was because former owner Bill Davidson was always against spending too much money. Drafting Carmello or Bosh at the time was never going to happen for Joe, cuz he would watch them walk after that 3rd year. Davidson would NEVER have offered the max contract to any player.
How Joe got Sheed, and got him to stay after that 'ship is beyond me
I don't know too much of the details, but the one thing I put on Joe from here on is the hiring of Flip Saunders. That alienated the face of the franchise, and his leaving was the cut that slowly bled this team to death.
Well, I pin one other thing on Joe: giving money to Vllanueva and Gordon, but that was desperation to make SOME sort of move. It didn't go so well
But Joe is no dumbass, he knows what it do when it comes to this game. The fact that cheap fukk is rotting in the grave, and a gung-ho dude is now writin checks, shyt should get interesting again![]()
I thought Ben Gordon already played for Charlotte and changed his name to Kemba Walker.