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RE: Baker

From: "Orion" <jlyell@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Believe me stranger deals have happened. Would you have traded Jason
Williams for Mike Bibby?
Point taken, but there are *reasons* for that trade to happen. No real reason for the Clips to do as you suggested.


Have any of Donald Sterling previous decisions ever made sense other then
the Brand deal? Almost all the talent he has drafted in the past 10 years
has moved on with little to show. The same will happen in the next 2 years
with odom and Darius Miles. Sterling will not pay multiple players the max
in multi-year deals.  I think they have made the playoffs one year that I
recall. Elton Brand is their franchise player, and they drafted 2 players
that play the same position. Why? Trade value.
Look, the best reason against what you suggested was revealed in the paragraph above. The Donald doesn't pay people. Why would he pay to have Kenny Anderson on the team, when, as Alex suggests, if they want him, they can pick him up next year? Furthermore, The Donald doesn;t want certain players -- he's only interested in fielding a team of 12 guys or so for as little as possible.

I realize that the team doesn't excite you, and you don't like the "less-than-big-name" talent it has, but every trade you ever suggest involves trading away virtually everyone except Walkerpierce and grabbing guys, like Olowankandi, who will undoubtedly command max salaries (not that he deserves it, but he will probably get it) or who are no-name "prospects". How many of these are even remotely probable? None that I can recall. And even fewer have come about.


Unless they add something my Direct
Ticket is cancelled. I don't want to see the product they have to offer, and
everyone should make them aware of this if they feel the same or little
change will occur.
Yes, but I doubt C's management will be swayed by the futile gestures of one fan, or one thousand. While they make act foolish, they are not fools,
and they realize that, for the most part, fans are fans and will watch/pay for seats regardless (or, at least a goodly percentage of fans will), and that, no matter what they have done to alienate a fan or fans, that, once they put together a reasonably acceptable "product" as you call it (as if it was a stick of deodorant I picked up at the store), again, people will flock in droves to see it/spend money on merchandise. Witness the resurgence of Celtic popularity after ML Carr's tanking, the Pitino regime (which certainly alienated lot's of people), or even Mark Berry, who was disgusted at the C's players giving up on Il Duce, but still participates here, watches games, etc.)

Management doesn't care what you or I think, and, unless it's on a massive scale, they don't even care if we pay for tickets.

Bird