Turkoglu Biggest Free Agent Bust

KP dodged a bullet

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or maybe

he just strategically offered his super-toxic offer to turkoglu.

It was super effective.

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"Yeah, but Portland definitely is not one of them."

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by Tofu Anonymous on Mar 28, 2010 11:53 PM PDT reply actions

if that's true, then KP should win an Oscar

because he was very unhappy when Hedo left Portland after making a verbal commitment

Remember, Nate had travelled to meet with Turk in Orlando before Hedo came to Portland. This was no “ruse” to screw the Raptors, that’s preposterous. Turk was Portland’s #1 FA target and it’s a black mark on the front office’s ledger that they were fully prepared to pay him 50 mil for 5 years, last July

“Dodged a bullet” is too tame.. More like avoided a oil-tanker collision

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by two4larue on Mar 29, 2010 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions

guess we will never know how he would have done in Portland

The different coaching and role, in a game that depends so much on confidence make if difficult to figure out how he would have done on a different team. He might have been a perfect fit in Portland we will never know. So it can’t be held against Pritchard how he plays for a different team.

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by Garden of ODEN on Mar 29, 2010 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions

it can’t be held against Pritchard how he plays for a different team

No, but a lot of commentators (not me) predicted that signing Turk to the 5/50 offer would’ve been a poor use of the Blazer’s capspace back in July, so the news of Hedo’s current discontent in Toronto isn’t exactly hindsight

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by two4larue on Mar 29, 2010 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions

No ESPN Insider for me. Can't read a thing.

What’s it say? Anything new?

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by dario argento on Mar 28, 2010 11:53 PM PDT reply actions

Sheed and Hedo are busts

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by skywaker9 on Mar 29, 2010 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions

Worse than Charlie V and Ben Gordon?

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by RecordTOs on Mar 28, 2010 11:55 PM PDT reply actions

I'm not sure why they didn't include Gordon

Charlie V was a mistake from the get go, but the Pistons had to think Gordon would put up close to 20/game. He’s doing 12 or 13 right now. Ugly.

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by Magnum on Mar 29, 2010 12:40 AM PDT up reply actions

and I'm not sure why they bothered to argue Sheed

probably just because it’s the Celtics. Anyone that expected Sheed to do anything at 36 was deluding themselves.

To me, bust implies you were expecting good production from a primary player. Signing an aging vet (always a gamble) to be your 8th man (minor role) isn’t close to signing a starting player coming off a career year.

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by Magnum on Mar 29, 2010 12:43 AM PDT up reply actions

three years at full mid-level is not a small contract to an older veteran. It’s a big time deal with big time expectations.

#52

by Cablinasian on Mar 29, 2010 12:46 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Hindsight being 20-20 Portland might have had the best free agent off season.

We set the price on Milsap and made it so the Jazz will probably lose Boozer. We caused Toronto to release some players to sign Turk and we got the best fit in Andre Miller. Of course it wasn’t the plan A but it probably couldn’t have worked out better.

by Escrote on Mar 29, 2010 8:19 AM PDT reply actions

best FA signing in July

best trade in February?

Are there any other “recent” acqusitions that have been helping their teams more than Miller and Camby?

Salmons to the Bucks, maybe

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by two4larue on Mar 29, 2010 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions

agreed

Elitism - It's lonely at the top. But it's comforting to look down upon everyone at the bottom.

by thankyouforblaze on Mar 29, 2010 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions

Sheed

will be a different player in the playoffs.
I think his value to the Celtics team will be more evident during playoff time.

I would trade Marty straight up for Turkoglu as long as Turk was willing to take only the minutes Martel is currently getting.

we can still win........

by RastaMonsta on Mar 29, 2010 10:26 AM PDT reply actions

Worse than the Turkoglu signing, IMO

was how Detroit spent their cap space money. They got Gordon and Villanueva – neither of which are even starting – and Wilcox – who’s injured and wasn’t getting a lot of minutes even when he was healthy.

Detroit was a playoff team last year but is deep in the lottery this year. Ouch…..

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by Storyteller on Mar 30, 2010 4:01 PM PDT reply actions