tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10484377.post4709256703414173682..comments2023-12-11T06:36:57.237-05:00Comments on Random Thoughts: Random Thoughts from the WeekendBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17210862608619471273noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10484377.post-82499410974939679262007-02-12T17:08:00.000-05:002007-02-12T17:08:00.000-05:00I'm sending telepathic brain waves to Nets managem...I'm sending telepathic brain waves to Nets management as we speak.<BR/><BR/>...cut Jason Kidd...cut Jason Kidd...cut Jason Kidd...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10484377.post-31129653330402713292007-02-12T16:16:00.000-05:002007-02-12T16:16:00.000-05:00I'm not against the Cavs doing a trade, but with t...I'm not against the Cavs doing a trade, but with the emergence of Sasha, it's no longer a necessity.<BR/><BR/>As for the Heat and the Pistons, I don't care if they sign these guys, I'm pissed at the buyouts. If I recall correctly, all the money still counts against the cap and all the teams are doing is creating a roster space (Sixers and Grizzlies I mean). <BR/><BR/>Screw that, pay the guy and don't play him. Don't reward guys for being overpaid. <BR/><BR/>Regarding Webber and Jones specifically: they went to the Pistons and Heat respectively because they filled a specific need for each team PLUS they have ties to those communities.<BR/><BR/>Webber can immediately start in Detroit and Jones can back up Wade and bring the defense. If an overpaid point guard got cut, I would imagine that he'd land in Cleveland.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17210862608619471273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10484377.post-29205987059941355762007-02-12T09:30:00.000-05:002007-02-12T09:30:00.000-05:00I'd still make a trade if it's there. Mike Bibby m...I'd still make a trade if it's there. Mike Bibby might be a bit too expensive, but if I were Danny Ferry, and Mike Miller or even Ron Artest were there, I'd have to take good long look before I said no.<BR/><BR/>The reason being is that the Pistons landed Chris Webber for next to nothing, as did the Heat with Eddie Jones. The traditional contenders in the East are getting better seemingly by flipping on the "Open" sign.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I think it's BS that a team like the Pistons can land a player like Webber for a prorated portion of the veteran's minimum, thereby re-asserting themselves as the team to beat in the East, with virtually no cost to them.<BR/><BR/>The NBA should have a waivers system like baseball, where the teams with the worst records have the right of first refusal to any midseason castoff. Players like Webber shouldn't be allowed to become unrestricted free agents in midseason like this. But that's another rant for another time.<BR/><BR/>The bottom line is that if the Pistons and Heat are going to make themselves substantially better by just showing up, the Cavs have to be that much more vigilant to keep pace with them. <BR/><BR/>Ideally, the Cavs want to get to the point where aging veterans see them as their ticket to a title and will sign here for peanuts. But I think they'll have to win a title first. That seems to be the way this works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com