http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/02/richard-hamilton-taking-a-buyout-to-join-the-celtics-is-realistic-says-marc-spears/ Your Go-To Source For Pistons Coverage Tue, 21 May 2013 05:57:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/02/richard-hamilton-taking-a-buyout-to-join-the-celtics-is-realistic-says-marc-spears/comment-page-1/#comment-23119 Laser Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:34:03 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/02/richard-hamilton-taking-a-buyout-to-join-the-celtics-is-realistic-says-marc-spears/#comment-23119 yeah. sounds awful to me. you signed the guy, he's hardly any worse than your movable options, you move one of those options. or else you pay him to go away, after less than a year of the miserable extension you never should have signed him to in the first place. then followed that by adding another shooting guard to the two you had but were too stupid to realize it.   this organization keeps following up bad decisions with more bad decisions, so maybe this happens. but the amount of money it would be sane to pay him is maybe a thousand dollars. tops.   let's assume you could buy him out. so you're paying millions of dollars for the FABULOUS LUXURY of having the unspectacular duo of stuckey and gordon under contract. and you get minimal tax relief. gordon's probably overpaid as it is, and stuckey's about to be. so tack on a handful of extra million dollars so you can keep two average players who are hardly better than rip. insanity. yeah. sounds awful to me. you signed the guy, he’s hardly any worse than your movable options, you move one of those options. or else you pay him to go away, after less than a year of the miserable extension you never should have signed him to in the first place. then followed that by adding another shooting guard to the two you had but were too stupid to realize it.
 
this organization keeps following up bad decisions with more bad decisions, so maybe this happens. but the amount of money it would be sane to pay him is maybe a thousand dollars. tops.
 
let’s assume you could buy him out. so you’re paying millions of dollars for the FABULOUS LUXURY of having the unspectacular duo of stuckey and gordon under contract. and you get minimal tax relief. gordon’s probably overpaid as it is, and stuckey’s about to be. so tack on a handful of extra million dollars so you can keep two average players who are hardly better than rip. insanity.

]]> http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/02/richard-hamilton-taking-a-buyout-to-join-the-celtics-is-realistic-says-marc-spears/comment-page-1/#comment-23097 Tweets that mention Richard Hamilton taking a buyout to join the Celtics is realistic, says Marc Spears « PistonPowered -- Topsy.com Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:56:04 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/02/richard-hamilton-taking-a-buyout-to-join-the-celtics-is-realistic-says-marc-spears/#comment-23097 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Miguel N. and PistonPowered Feed, Patrick Hayes. Patrick Hayes said: New @PistonPowered: Richard Hamilton taking a buyout to join the Celtics is realistic, says Marc Spears http://bit.ly/fR8QA9 #Pistons #NBA [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Miguel N. and PistonPowered Feed, Patrick Hayes. Patrick Hayes said: New @PistonPowered: Richard Hamilton taking a buyout to join the Celtics is realistic, says Marc Spears http://bit.ly/fR8QA9 #Pistons #NBA [...]

]]> http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/02/richard-hamilton-taking-a-buyout-to-join-the-celtics-is-realistic-says-marc-spears/comment-page-1/#comment-23093 Brian P Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:44:08 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/02/richard-hamilton-taking-a-buyout-to-join-the-celtics-is-realistic-says-marc-spears/#comment-23093 I don't see a buyout happening, he simply is owed too much money for a team in the midst of franchise sale negotiations. Not to mention that he still has real basketball value to a team that uses him in a motion offense, as the Pistons successfully did for some years. The best chance for trading Rip will be in a package with Prince, and getting back less value than Prince and his expiring contract would otherwise bring. I don’t see a buyout happening, he simply is owed too much money for a team in the midst of franchise sale negotiations. Not to mention that he still has real basketball value to a team that uses him in a motion offense, as the Pistons successfully did for some years. The best chance for trading Rip will be in a package with Prince, and getting back less value than Prince and his expiring contract would otherwise bring.

]]> http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/02/richard-hamilton-taking-a-buyout-to-join-the-celtics-is-realistic-says-marc-spears/comment-page-1/#comment-23092 Game #58: Rockets Vs Pistons - 2/22/11 - MotownSports.com Message Board Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:42:59 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/02/richard-hamilton-taking-a-buyout-to-join-the-celtics-is-realistic-says-marc-spears/#comment-23092 [...] for Rip. I find it hard to believe with 2 years left, but I guess stranger things have happened. Richard Hamilton taking a buyout to join the Celtics is realistic, says Marc Spears PistonPowered __________________ [...] [...] for Rip. I find it hard to believe with 2 years left, but I guess stranger things have happened. Richard Hamilton taking a buyout to join the Celtics is realistic, says Marc Spears PistonPowered __________________ [...]

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