OT: Bucks sign Gooden to five year 32 million dollar deal

[BGrantFan]

Still a victim?

Not at all. You're a liar who overreacted, though. Still a liar?

 

[maxiep]

Not at all. You're a liar who overreacted, though. Still a liar?

I wasn't the one defending a five year deal to a guy who has blown through over 1/4 of the league.

 

[BGrantFan]

I wasn't the one defending a five year deal to a guy who has blown through over 1/4 of the league.

Roundy-round. Fun stuff.

You win. Feel better?

 

[maxiep]

Roundy-round. Fun stuff.

You win. Feel better?

No one wins when you get in one of these moods.

 

[andalusian]

If I may interject some logic into the thread, maybe, just maybe, the beard is part of the compensation package? Because if it is, this makes a lot of sense.

 

[Minstrel]

Where did a guy this cool go so wrong? He should have been a superstar just on style alone. I feel this is every bit the sports tragedy that Derrick Coleman was.

 

[andalusian]

Also - he comes in an easy to carry, easy to transport package. Just put him on your back and you are good to go!

 

[Denny Crane]

I think you guys are wrong about Gooden. He just happened to be attractive to teams as part of other trades.

He was on the Bulls, and he was quite good and a good teammate. Play him consistent minutes and he's certainly a double-double player, if not a 15/10 type player. There was never any issue with him "driving the coach mad" or anything like that.

He actually can play C and has a nice back to the basket game.

$32M is cheap.

 

[BGrantFan]

I think you guys are wrong about Gooden. He just happened to be attractive to teams as part of other trades.

He was on the Bulls, and he was quite good and a good teammate. Play him consistent minutes and he's certainly a double-double player, if not a 15/10 type player. There was never any issue with him "driving the coach mad" or anything like that.

He actually can play C and has a nice back to the basket game.

$32M is cheap.

Turns out it's $16 million guaranteed, with team options in years 4 and 5.

 

[Denny Crane]

http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=16647

Steve Kyler – 07/01/2010 4:16pm EST-
More on Drew Gooden...

If you are wondering… Drew Gooden's five-year $32 million deal is completely guaranteed.

The Bucks were after Gooden fairly aggressively last summer, and he opted to go to Dallas to chase a championship, agreeing to a partial guaranteed one-year deal. The Bucks tried desperately to obtain Gooden at the trade deadline and wasted no time in free agency in securing his services.

Gooden joked after landing in LA with the Clippers at the deadline, that he would be signing with whatever team offered him a multi-year deal this summer and when the Bucks offer hit the table, he snapped it up.

There has been a lot of talk over the past 48-hours about Carlos Boozer landing in Orlando…

Sources close to the situation said they just do not see it happening, saying that GM Otis Smith does not believe Magic coach Stan Van Gundy wants to change the Magic's style of play, a style that's won 59 games in each of the last two seasons, and he's not going to push Stan like that.

The belief from Central Florida is that the Magic will be "value" shoppers and try and add pieces after the initial "overpay for talent" rush ends.

One player that may not find a deal is free agent Matt Barnes, as much as Matt wants to return, there does not seem to be any urgency from the Magic to sign him and Barnes has said repeatedly, as much as he'd like to stay in Orlando, he will take the first long term deal offered his way.

 

[BGrantFan]

http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=16647

Steve Kyler – 07/01/2010 4:16pm EST-
More on Drew Gooden...

If you are wondering… Drew Gooden's five-year $32 million deal is completely guaranteed.

Still great value per year, considering the other contracts we've seen today.

 

[lakeblazer]

On paper, but I think we will have to wait and see what production is like and how it benefits the team to see if it is a value add.

 

[Masbee]

That seems to be the word on the Bucks board I visited. That's basically the MLE for a 17 PER and 17/11-esque starter.

I wouldn't have minded to see Portland take a run at him if that was the cost. He'd be a big upgrade over whoever is going to try to play back-up PF next year.

I hate Gooden's game. HATE. IT.

He drives coaches crazy because he doesn't play team ball.

I would only take him at a couple mil per, which is another way of saying I really don't want him on the team.

Besides, LaMarcus, Oden & Camby will suck up all the minutes when healthy, and you need guys who don't expect regular minutes to be the injury backups.