Re: Just Great

[Shailendra Mishra <skmishra@us.oracle.com>]

I too am of the opinion that Popeye is gone, the reason being, that the asking
price for Stewart has gone up. RP can no longer sign him with 1.75 mill
exemption and would therefore utilize the money freed up by renouncing Popeye to
make a competitive offer. - MIshra
peter delevett wrote:

> Yeah, I would agree that getting Battie means no Popeye. Maybe they were
> afraid they couldn't sign Jones ... or Stewart, for that matter. Maybe this
> was their Plan C. I just don't know, though. Battie's boarding numbers are
> well below those of Jones or Stewart, and they're about a wash with Travis
> (who has equal shotblocking numbers). And, Battie is going to look to score a
> lot more than any of those guys, which is not a good thing considering the
> number of scorers we've already got. We need somebody to do the dirty work.
> Why make this move for a 6'9 forward??
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