Sign Bynum!

[Wizard Mentor]

It seems that some of you are not familiar with what I call "The Knucklehead Rule."

You may have at most one knucklehead on your team and win a championship. The knucklehead needs to be very talented so that he's worth the trouble.

The Pippen Bulls had Rodman. A knucklehead yes, but worth it. They did not have any other knuckleheads.

The Rasheed/Bonzi/Rider Blazers violated this rule in a big way and paid for it with a shortened window.

This is why I have no interest in J.R. Smith. A knucklehead with a low shooting percentage? Why?

Bynum would qualify as our one knucklehead. I think he'd straighten out being on such an unselfish team. That being said, it sounds like he wants more than vet. min. and that the Blazers are not interested, so it's all moot.

 

[Blazer Fanatic]

Ooh, BF is pith-ed off!

EDIT: Thhoulda thaid "BF ith getting pithy!"

I don't get it.

 

[BlazerWookee]

Ever seen that movie Rush? Remember this sceen? Yeah, yeah, he can be a loose cannon. And, yeah, he will drive you all mad, but in terms of raw talent and...and right stuff, there is no better driver in the world. He's the real thing, Teddy. It's what we all came into this for. Nine days out of ten you'll be pulling your hair out, but on that tenth day James will be invincible and that is the day you will wish you had him in your car. You'll never win the championship with Jackie Ickx, you just might with James.

Never seen it. Not interested in Bynum.

 

[BlazerWookee]

I don't get it.

Really? You know what pithy means, right? But by changing the every letter S to TH in my second line, it meanth that I thay thtuff with a lithp tho it giveth "pithy" another meaning...

 

[e_blazer]

Does Miami have vet min to offer? Is there a limit? That would be the one place Bynum would really excel in.

The Heat still have their full taxpayers MLE available to use if they want. They could offer Bynum over $3M. The question is, do they see him as someone who could really help them, or is he just a knucklehead?

 

[BigGameDamian]

Never seen it. Not interested in Bynum.

Fantastic movie and it might be true!

 

[BlazerWookee]

Fantastic movie and it might be true!

Too many greasy euro-tools for me. No thanks.

 

[Further]

Everything Bynum screams substance abuse to me. Just wait till a few years after he is out of the league and we will hear all about it. My guess is playing through pain... surgery after surgery...yada yada yada ... 20 oxycodone a day.

This is totally based on just a vibe, no good evidence, or even bad evidence. But I have seen it before and this just reminds me of it.

 

[PapaG]

The Heat still have their full taxpayers MLE available to use if they want. They could offer Bynum over $3M. The question is, do they see him as someone who could really help them, or is he just a knucklehead?

As I posted earlier, should the Heat waive Oden and sign Bynum? I don't see why they wouldn't strongly think about it, considering Greggers is only on a one-year contract for $880k and could continue to work out in Miami over the summer.

 

[KingSpeed]

Normally I'd say no but this team is a perfect 1-0 after a scrum and he's great at causing scrums.

I missed this. What scrum?

 

[Strenuus]

I missed this. What scrum?

golden state. bogut and freeland.

 

[BBert]

I don't think Bynum will mess up the chemistry. The Blazers team has been together for long enough.

Four months? That is a long time.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

I missed this. What scrum?

I used the word scrum because its a rugby term and Joel probably likes rugby because he's brittish. Post should be read in a Freeland accent.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

Yous guys aren't thinking this all the way through, if we meet phoenix in playoffs we may need someone to closeline Dragic.

 

[BigGameDamian]

The Heat still have their full taxpayers MLE available to use if they want. They could offer Bynum over $3M. The question is, do they see him as someone who could really help them, or is he just a knucklehead?

So why can and will other teams take a chance like this but we can't or should I say wont?

 

[Draco]

The full taxpayer MLE would only be for about $1.5 million since the season is half over. But the Heat would have to pay ~300% luxury tax on it and cut a player on a guaranteed contract. With them cutting Mike Miller who actually contributed to them winning two titles just to save money I find a Bynum deal highly unlikely unless they view Bynum as a key role player.

 

[BigGameDamian]

This is the best line ever because it could be so true for guys like Andrew Bynum, your DeMarcus Cousins or Greg Oden type of guys.

Yeah, yeah, he can be a loose cannon. And, yeah, he will drive you all mad, but in terms of raw talent and...and right stuff, there is no better driver in the world. He's the real thing, Teddy. It's what we all came into this for. Nine days out of ten you'll be pulling your hair out, but on that tenth day James will be invincible and that is the day you will wish you had him in your car. You'll never win the championship with Jackie Ickx, you just might with James

 

[riverman]

This is the best line ever because it could be so true for guys like Andrew Bynum, your DeMarcus Cousins or Greg Oden type of guys.

Yeah, yeah, he can be a loose cannon. And, yeah, he will drive you all mad, but in terms of raw talent and...and right stuff, there is no better driver in the world. He's the real thing, Teddy. It's what we all came into this for. Nine days out of ten you'll be pulling your hair out, but on that tenth day James will be invincible and that is the day you will wish you had him in your car. You'll never win the championship with Jackie Ickx, you just might with James

You're forgeting that Cousins has TWO healthy knees...Bynum and Oden don't have TWO healthy knees between them. Big difference there. Do you really want another 7 ft expensive center with bad knees taking a roster spot?

 

[riverman]

All 15 roster spots for the Blazers are guaranteed this season so you don't waive one of these guys without paying the whole salary. That's a big risk as well.