Re: Favorites??

[Shailendra Mishra <shailendra_mishra@yahoo.com>]

--- Jim Meninno <jim_meninno@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >From: Shailendra Mishra
> It's Pitino's job to "play favorites".  It's called
> player evaluation.  Feel 
> free to disagree with Pitino's love for McCarty's
> game, but don't question 
> his right to make that call.  It's his job.  

His player evaluation sucks.

> 
> >Which GM in his right mind would give McCarty a 3
> year 8 mill contract. Had 
> >Pitino saved the 8 mill, he would have been able to
> sign Mercer.
> It's relative peanuts.  

It is not peanuts, add 2.66 mill per year to whatever the C's were
offering Mercer and the C's could have negotiated a deal.

> It's nothing compared to the deals your idol ML 
> liked to give out, mostly because it was for half
> the duration that the deals Dee, Dana, Minor and 
> Pervis got were.  

Dee's contract was negotiated by M.L.Carr. ML did negotiate Dana, Minor
and Pervis's contract.

> It was
> barely a raise over his 
> rookie scale and would have made no difference
> whatsoever in keeping Mercer. 
>   Get over it.

I disagree on that one.

> You're right, we should only make trades for Spurs.
> You know, the good 
> teams are just lining up to give away their best
> players.  

Nobody is pointing a gun at Pitino's head and forcing him to trade.
Mercer could have played one more year before his rookie contract
expires.

> Seriously, I 
> would like to know what you don't like about
> Fortson's game, not having seen 
> much of him.

Fortson is a good rebounder but is not a good one-on-one defender.
Against centers he might be OK but he lacks quickness against PF's. 

> Well, he has changed his attitude (I hear it's up to
> 720 degrees now) and 
> Denver is picking up half the tab.  He's now
> projected as a scorer coming 
> off the bench, which should suit him.  What's not to
> love?

I have heard that spin before what is he now? 
jump shot away from being an all star
or a Karl Malone type body away from being a Malone clone.

> I wonder if you would have posted that the day after
> they traded for Chris 
> Webber.  That was a pretty major shakeup.

I had no interest in Sacramento Kings but Petrie is doing a great job
there. - Mishra
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