There is no excuse for Cavs management not to offer Memphis whatever
was needed to get Gasol to Cleveland to play with Lebron. The
Grizzlies were willing to accept Marion for Gasol. Cleveland could
have put together a comparable package. If I was Lebron, I would leave
Cleveland as soon as my contract is up. The Cavs are not doing what is
necessary to help Lebron win a championship.

On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 07:24:01 -0800 (PST), umo <shoreke@gmail.com>
wrote:

>There is no excuse for Cavs management not to offer Memphis whatever
>was needed to get Gasol to Cleveland to play with Lebron. The
>Grizzlies were willing to accept Marion for Gasol. Cleveland could
>have put together a comparable package. If I was Lebron, I would leave
>Cleveland as soon as my contract is up. The Cavs are not doing what is
>necessary to help Lebron win a championship.

the grizzlies primary goal was to clear cap space. they did that by
moving gasol and taking brown's expiring contract at $9mil (it's not
like they actually want the guy to play - the first time he touched
the ball as a grizzy, he committed an offensive foul and then another
foul four seconds later. his line was 4 pts. 4 rebounds, 3 fouls in 15
minutes and was a -14.) the lakers also gave up THREE first round
draft picks (if you consider that crittenden was the lakers 2006 1st
round pick ) AND the rights to marc gasol along with aaron mckie just
to make the dollars work.

so instead of whining, let's hear suggestions on how the cavs could
have matched that - especially since we don't have any major contracts
expiring at the end of the 2008 season.

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barry <toisan_boy@nospam.yahoo.com> wrote in
news:rl1oq3lc2li7cj7qau972eion5jpa95gvq@4ax.com:

> On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 07:24:01 -0800 (PST), umo <shoreke@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>There is no excuse for Cavs management not to offer Memphis whatever
>>was needed to get Gasol to Cleveland to play with Lebron. The
>>Grizzlies were willing to accept Marion for Gasol. Cleveland could
>>have put together a comparable package. If I was Lebron, I would leave
>>Cleveland as soon as my contract is up. The Cavs are not doing what is
>>necessary to help Lebron win a championship.
>
> the grizzlies primary goal was to clear cap space. they did that by
> moving gasol and taking brown's expiring contract at $9mil (it's not
> like they actually want the guy to play - the first time he touched
> the ball as a grizzy, he committed an offensive foul and then another
> foul four seconds later. his line was 4 pts. 4 rebounds, 3 fouls in 15
> minutes and was a -14.) the lakers also gave up THREE first round
> draft picks (if you consider that crittenden was the lakers 2006 1st
> round pick ) AND the rights to marc gasol along with aaron mckie just
> to make the dollars work.
>
> so instead of whining, let's hear suggestions on how the cavs could
> have matched that - especially since we don't have any major contracts
> expiring at the end of the 2008 season.

The Cavs could have given them exactly what they want, if it were 2009...as
little as Memphis got, Cleveland couldn't have matched it, since clearing
salary is all they cared about.


--
"Al Jefferson is a scientist." - Mark Jackson

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:53:16 GMT, "chak daddy dollar$"
<normoline@yahoo.com.jaundice> wrote:

>barry <toisan_boy@nospam.yahoo.com> wrote in
>news:rl1oq3lc2li7cj7qau972eion5jpa95gvq@4ax.com:
>
>> On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 07:24:01 -0800 (PST), umo <shoreke@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>There is no excuse for Cavs management not to offer Memphis whatever
>>>was needed to get Gasol to Cleveland to play with Lebron. The
>>>Grizzlies were willing to accept Marion for Gasol. Cleveland could
>>>have put together a comparable package. If I was Lebron, I would leave
>>>Cleveland as soon as my contract is up. The Cavs are not doing what is
>>>necessary to help Lebron win a championship.
>>
>> the grizzlies primary goal was to clear cap space. they did that by
>> moving gasol and taking brown's expiring contract at $9mil (it's not
>> like they actually want the guy to play - the first time he touched
>> the ball as a grizzy, he committed an offensive foul and then another
>> foul four seconds later. his line was 4 pts. 4 rebounds, 3 fouls in 15
>> minutes and was a -14.) the lakers also gave up THREE first round
>> draft picks (if you consider that crittenden was the lakers 2006 1st
>> round pick ) AND the rights to marc gasol along with aaron mckie just
>> to make the dollars work.
>>
>> so instead of whining, let's hear suggestions on how the cavs could
>> have matched that - especially since we don't have any major contracts
>> expiring at the end of the 2008 season.
>
>The Cavs could have given them exactly what they want, if it were 2009...as
>little as Memphis got, Cleveland couldn't have matched it, since clearing
>salary is all they cared about.

plus the only guy everyone wants in the package is gibson. he's the
only guy on the team who can keep teams from collapsing on lebron
driving to the hoop (not that that is particularly effective from
keeping lebron from scoring, but lebron will always make the unselfish
play and pass off to the open man).

at the end of this season, i'd expect ferry to be working the phone 16
hours a day if not more so working to bring in a stud who will
complement lebron's play.

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