Freaking Bobcats Shooting Guards, How Do They Work?

I never said it was rigged. Not giving the expansion team the #1 pick is screwed up.

And don’t get me wrong, I’m not against trading DJ, especially if it nets a first rounder. I would wait and make sure Kemba is the real deal first though. My point was that we shouldn’t panic because of a few injuries and deal him now just to fill a gap for a team that isn’t going anywhere this year anyway.

Literally. Just throw it out of your mind. Just like the CP3 to CLT was never going to happen.

The the point im trying to make being in small market does not handicap us as long as we are consistently a good team and are willing to pay.

Different people value different things. You’re probably right, but that doesn’t make him wrong.

To the point that it’s utterly ridiculous.

Pretend for a moment that you aren’t talking about All-Stars. Instead, you are talking about blacks and how the next step after waking up is to eat fried chicken. Or, instead you are talking about women and how they all enjoy to cook. I could go on, but I’m sure I would end up offending everyone on this board at some point. It’s simply not true. Not everyone has the same motivation. You are saying that every single basketball player’s motivation is to win a championship. (Because, ultimately, they want to be an all-star, then they want to win a championship.)

It’s so crazy that I literally don’t know how to respond to it. It really is the same thing as any of the -ism’s (racism, sexism, ethnocentrism, etc) except obviously on an unimportant scale. (Note: I’m not saying that NBAism is anywhere near the level of the others.) Good god, Focus, seriously, people have unique motivations. Things that drive them to excellence. Not everyone needs that championship. Not everyone is the Mailman who spends their last year chasing that ring. Some are Stockton or Reggie Miller. Some may want money. Some may have kids and not want to move them around, so they’ll stick around in the same city instead of moving their whole family to a new city. Some may have the worst case of herpes ever and it just so happens that the best herpes doctor is in Utah, so they want to stay with the Jazz. I really don’t know, but what I do know is that not everyone will chase a ring. Good god, our own Diaw is proof of that. He won’t even chase down a loose ball; throw a championship ring on the floor and he’ll look at you and say, “Je vais l’obtenir plus tard.”

Is it likely that most NBA players want a ring? Absolutely. Heck, it might even be all of them. But that does not mean that it is priority number 1, 2, or even number 3. It’s amazing how quickly a priority can change, too, especially if a family member gets sick or passes away. They aren’t all chasing their own dreams and future legacy — at least, legacy as defined by a NBA career.

I really don’t know how to get this point across any more. It’s just so … so … short-sighted. It’s insulting to every all-star to say that they have only one brain cell and that it’s programmed to be “NBA ring.” I can just picture them walking around like zombies telling their agent, “must … get … ring…”

I’m done. I’ve made this post at least twice in the past and it’s never done any good. It’s like abortion. Your mind is already made up one way or the other and it refuses to change no matter what. Actually, there was a study done where it was discovered that when people had already made up their mind about something, they would not even leave a totally biased conclusion when information was given that could not rationally be discounted.

Go to a knicks team that had been significantly worse than the nuggets during his time in the nba just to be closer to home. It does happen.

That is never what I was saying. Im saying if we build a consistent playoff team and have the money I dont see why they wouldnt come here if we have what they want.

I can’t. I’m not those players. But here’s a list of possible reasons, picked at random.

1. You don’t want to live in a wordly and cosmopolitan big city. (What?!) I know – hear me out. I’m willing to bet that a lot of us on this site don’t want to live in a huge city. Pollution, difficulty traveling everywhere, higher (even if only perceived) crime rates, higher cost of living. A smaller city like Charlotte still affords you plenty of things to do without most of those negatives.

2. They are worried about money. Surprise! If they got paid nothing at all, how many do you think would still be playing?

3. They desire a championship on their own terms. Lebron could have gone down as the greatest player of all time if he had taken that group of scrubs and won a title with them. Now? He’ll go down as the greatest side-kick of all time. (Even if that’s not fair, it’s the perception many will have.)

4. Success is defined in many different ways. See one of my above posts.

5. Some people enjoy the challenge. If D12 comes here and suddenly we became title contenders (even if a longshot) for the next few years? That could change our fortunes. We could become talked about and begin the path to becoming the Lakers. Fans would forget about Gerald Wallace and instead remember Howard as the first great Bobcats player of all time. It’s something a legacy could be built on.

6. Charlotte: the only city where being a Grandmama is cool.

7. I plan on moving away from NC when I get into my career … but that’s tearing me up. I really don’t want to leave my friends behind. If there was a way for me to stay in NC and still get into my desired career, I would. Family and friends matter. If you grew up in NC, they will likely be in NC. People want to stay close to home.

There are plenty of reasons. I’m not saying it will happen next year or the year after, but eventually we’ll get a FA elite player. We’ve currently got an owner who will do whatever it takes to get one and that’s conducive to actually getting one. It’s just a matter of time. It may be 20 or 30 years, but eventually the right set of circumstances will present itself and one will come. If you build it, they will come.

Week, the clippers were known as the joke of the league and now they are some kind of free agent destination? Lol. It’s all in the players dude. Blake Griffin is the only reason Paul decided to pick up his option. Blake griffin being with the clippers is the result of them sucking enough to have the opportunity to choose him with the top pick in the draft. I don’t know why you two are trying to make it harder than it is, but that is the plan for us now. No one in their right mind thinks at this point a star would want to come here. But if we get a top pick in the draft and use it on a player who looks like a certified star, Kemba, hendo, and Bismack play their roles well and look like excellent complimentary pieces, and we have a ton of cap room to sign a couple of really good players, explain why they wouldn’t want to come here other than the fact you just don’t think Charlotte is worthy of their greatness.