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Originally Posted by #56fanatic
A 4 year player, started 64 games. a beast of a man. the 7 yr 49million deal in two years or 3 will look cheap to what we will have to pay a guy in that time to take his spot. Example - look at what we left Pierce go for, he signed a reasonable deal the the Gmen, when we low balled him. now we have struggled at the position for two years, and now will pay more for a 32 year old aging veteran.
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I don't think Dock's contract will look cheap compared to any other guard. In fact, I would be shocked if his deal doesn't turn out to be the 2nd biggest contract for a guard in the history of the league. Again, those are Samuels or Pace type contract numbers. I GUARANTEE we will not pay his replacement the same type of numbers.
As for Pierce: (1) we ultimately offered him basically the same deal as the Gmen; (2) if Pierce got mad because we initially lowballed him, he needs to grow up because that is how negotiations work.
As I said before, I agree that Dock is a good player, it sucks to see him go, there is a perception that we only pay outsiders, and I would've liked to have seen him re-signed, but not at that price.
03-02-2007, 07:54 PM
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