OT - Brand out for the season

[B-Roy]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3887072

Ouch...

 

[DaRizzle]

wow...players are dropping like flies

 

[Natebishop3]

Karma.

 

[MIXUM]

least we play them again

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

least we play them again

that's not a good thing, they play better without him

 

[maxiep]

I think Brand would look good in a Blazer uniform. Philly has to be regretting that signing right now. I bet they'd like Raef.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

I think Brand would look good in a Blazer uniform. Philly has to be regretting that signing right now. I bet they'd like Raef.

Would you really still want him with his 2 injuries the past 2 years? He seems to be acquiring "Theo Ratliff-itis"

 

[THE HCP]

Wonder why nobody is calling him injury prone?

 

[maxiep]

Would you really still want him with his 2 injuries the past 2 years? He seems to be acquiring "Theo Ratliff-itis"

That's why he becomes a 20 minute per game bench player. Every great team needs a monster coming off the bench. He'd be like Antonio McDyess for Detroit or Brian Grant when he was a Blazer. He would also provide injury insurance against LMA, who is injury prone.

 

[crowTrobot]

That's why he becomes a 20 minute per game bench player. Every great team needs a monster coming off the bench. He'd be like Antonio McDyess for Detroit or Brian Grant when he was a Blazer. He would also provide injury insurance against LMA, who is injury prone.

we won't be paying 70 million for a backup PF with major injury problems, just to state the stupidly obvious

 

[Tortimer]

we won't be paying 70 million for a backup PF with major injury problems, just to state the stupidly obvious

Exactly the same reason nobody even PA would trade for Arenas with his 111 million dollar contract.

 

[Further]

no way would it be worth it to pay the guy 80 mil over the next 5 seasons (minus what he has made so far this year). He is already 30 and injury prone. It would be one thing if we were in great need of a PF, but we just don't need one. need for a bu pf is just not the same thing. If he had 2 years left on his contract, that might be something to consider, but not as is. PA is already going to have to sign Roy, LMA and Oden to giant contracts, even though PA is willing to spend above the cap, I just can't see him keeping others like Bayless or Rudy et al if we become crippled with unmovable contracts.

 

[maxiep]

we won't be paying 70 million for a backup PF with major injury problems, just to state the stupidly obvious

They were two freak injuries. He'll be 100% next year and is exactly the kind of low post banger we need to compliment LMA's finesse game.

 

[maxiep]

Exactly the same reason nobody even PA would trade for Arenas with his 111 million dollar contract.

Arenas' injury is different. His injuries have all been knee related. Those are chronic and get worse with time.

 

[maxiep]

no way would it be worth it to pay the guy 80 mil over the next 5 seasons (minus what he has made so far this year). He is already 30 and injury prone. It would be one thing if we were in great need of a PF, but we just don't need one. need for a bu pf is just not the same thing. If he had 2 years left on his contract, that might be something to consider, but not as is. PA is already going to have to sign Roy, LMA and Oden to giant contracts, even though PA is willing to spend above the cap, I just can't see him keeping others like Bayless or Rudy et al if we become crippled with unmovable contracts.

We'll agree to disagree. You're assuming LMA is going to stay healthy. His history suggests otherwise.

 

[Rellogg]

I bet that there isn't more then 10 fans of the 76ers that are sad over this news.

 

[crowTrobot]

They were two freak injuries. He'll be 100% next year and is exactly the kind of low post banger we need to compliment LMA's finesse game.

it's more the paying 70 million to a backup thing than the injury.

 

[Shooter]

Yikes. And we thought Oden was injury-prone!

 

[free_lafrentz]

bummer for 76ers. But only for the damage it does to their Capspace.

 

[THE HCP]

I bet that there isn't more then 10 fans of the 76ers that are sad over this news.

Are there 10 Sixer fans? At our game in Philly this year the place was empty!

 

[maxiep]

it's more the paying 70 million to a backup thing than the injury.

S-P-A-M baby!