David Lee wants $10 million

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10 million?

Didn’t Nenê just sign for 10 million?

by Nick Van Excellent on Jan 12, 2009 1:39 AM PST reply actions

if Nene stays healthy and keeps playing like he has been...

… then he’s worth every penny for the Nuggets.

As for Lee, 10 mil is a little pricey, but as long as he doesn’t “pull a Zbo” (in other words he needs to keep doing what he does and not start hoisting 20+ shots a game), his employer (whoever that ends up being) will like having his services.

Boomshakalaka

by jksnake99 on Jan 12, 2009 1:59 AM PST up reply actions

I would like his services

But I would like to solve other problems first before we start paying the 6th man 10 million bucks, of course.

BUT IF WE HAD EVERYTHING ELSE SETTLED, meaning, we had better perimeter defense and more dynamic PG play (defensively and offensively), I’d be totally fine overpaying (because that is definitely overpaying) for David Lee or a David Lee type. Maybe our management thinks our perimeter defensive problems will solve themself, and that we don’t need to throw money at the problem. You could CERTAINLY do worse than David Lee on your team, ready to come in and do his thing.

And we’re one of the few teams that wouldn’t feel financially obligated to make David Lee a starter, since we can more than afford a 10 million dollar 6th man.

He wants to get paid, and he probably wants to start. If he’d be happy as a 6th man, I’m all for it— if we got the defense figured out first, of course.

I don’t think me and you have discussed him before, Jake, so I wanted to make sure I responded here.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Jan 12, 2009 10:35 AM PST up reply actions

In the summer of 2006, Nenê was re-signed by the Denver Nuggets to a six-year, $60 million contract.

Between Nenê and Kenyon Martin, the Nuggets have invested a boatload of money in its starting frontline.

by AK1984 on Jan 12, 2009 2:00 AM PST up reply actions

Right now

With Nene healthy, he’s looking like a bargain!

If he can stay healthy, he’s helping the Nuggets as much as anyone. AND my fantasy team. I saw he wasn’t hurt and was finally playing in some games, I needed another big, so I took a flyer on the kid and he turns out to be one of the best fantasy centers out of everyone.

It really doesn’t seem like he’s getting NEARLY enough attention for how dramatic his impact has been on defense and offense. A big man who gets a lotta steals, can run the floor, finish on offense, and play defense… it’s a lot better than Camby, even though Camby gets a helluva lot more rebounds and blocks.

Really seems like no one talks about Nene, and he’s still regarded as kind of a jokey-warning for people thinking about overpaying for unproven big men. Yes, usually, it’s a bad idea— totally. But Nene is playing great right now, and if he can stay healthy, he’d be the comeback player of the year.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Jan 12, 2009 10:40 AM PST up reply actions

i think the chauncey thing

is overshadowing Nene a little bit, BTW, doesn’t dude have two names?

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by appel82 on Jan 12, 2009 2:49 PM PST up reply actions

He got his name legally changed

To just “Nene”, so he could do the Brazilian thing and have his preferred name on his jersey (the NBA will only put the last name of a player on the back of a jersey, unless it is legally changed to whatever ya want it to be).

In case it comes up, Yao’s last name IS Yao, and that’s why it says Yao on the back of his jersey. China flipmodes the first and last name thing from how we do it. Done our style, Yao Ming is actually Ming Yao.

You might see Nene referred to as “Nene Hilario” still, but I’m pretty sure it is technically and legally just “Nene” now.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Jan 12, 2009 3:29 PM PST up reply actions

And I agree

Adding Chauncey, a real PG, to the Nuggets probably made the most difference, and is the most obvious, but Nene has been great all year and having a big man willing to move around and make plays has been a HUGE boost to the Nuggies.

Mort—

by Mortimer on Jan 12, 2009 3:30 PM PST up reply actions

same with ichiro

by Philthyanimal on Jan 12, 2009 10:56 PM PST up reply actions

Ichiro's case is interesting -- it all had to do with marketing

From Wikipedia:

It was during the 1994 season that he began to use his given name, “Ichiro” instead of his family name, “Suzuki” on the back of his uniform. Suzuki is the second most common family name in Japan, and his manager introduced the idea as a publicity stunt to help create a new image for what had been a relatively weak team, as well as a way to distinguish their rising star. Initially, Ichiro disliked the practice and was embarrassed by it; “Ichiro” was a household name by the end of the season and he was flooded with endorsement offers.

by Corvid on Jan 13, 2009 12:43 AM PST up reply actions