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posted By Joe Shafer, 24 September 2008 4:43:49 PM
Big rockets fan here, and i have no problem with 3 years 9 million for Landry. That is not a ridiculous offer, I was willing to give him a bigger albeit incentive filled contract. Considering how much some players make 3 years and 9 million is great for us..... ONLY if landry still wants to be a rocket
posted By Bill Ingram, 24 September 2008 4:49:45 PM
It's not a bad deal at all for Carl, but Houston doesn't want to pay luxury tax and this deal would put them over the top. We'll know soon if Houston will match, so stay tuned.
posted By GoPTB, 24 September 2008 5:32:26 PM
Wow, quality journalism right there. Two minutes ago "Blazers get Shaun" dominated the heading.
posted By Onyro, 24 September 2008 5:34:01 PM
Thanks for bringing my hopes about Livingston up with fake news. Next time, do more research before posting articles! He will probably sign now with the Wolves, play too early, and hurt himself again. This is a bad day for Shaun, and a bad day for the Blazers.
posted By Donald Baylor, 24 September 2008 5:47:53 PM
Hmmm..... might Livingston come to regret that he turned down guaranteed money from the Clippers?
posted By JD, 24 September 2008 6:03:59 PM
What's funny is that hoopsworld appeared to be the only site reporting that Livingston had been signed. I'll make sure to take all headlines here with a grain of salt from now on.
posted By blazed, 24 September 2008 6:04:08 PM
Typical Hoopsworld news...fake news. Kinda jumped the gun there, didn't they?
Anyways, Shuan wouldn't had played much with the able depth of the Blazers. Us Blazers fans have trust in KP. So I would't say is a bad day for the Blazers, as long as KP is in charge and Mr. Allen is our owner.
posted By CSG, 24 September 2008 6:37:40 PM
I know its not a terrible deal for Landy but he has already proved injury prone and dont the rockets still want to sign dikembe and/or dorsey
posted By pers, 24 September 2008 6:44:24 PM
yah it should say landry has a deal, will Livingston get one?
it definitely is absolutely wrong right now. Unless the deal he has is to NOT play with the Blazers..
posted By Joe Shafer, 24 September 2008 6:56:33 PM
CSG.... the rockets will sign Dorsey with whatever is left from the MLE, if they match the offer from the bobcats to Landry then that leaves them more than enough to give Dorsey a good deal for a second round pick. It will however put them slightly over the luxury cap, which i think they will be more than happy to do if it means guaranteeing a deep young front court.
Deke has been offered the veterans minimum for someone with his experience (around 1.6 million that counts against the luxury tax but is not subject to salary cap stipulation.) Everything I read from him seems to indicate he wants more money, and everything I read seems to indicate the rockets have no intention of giving it to him.
posted By jlm, 24 September 2008 6:56:42 PM
hear ye landry him is good him played at perdue and was good not grate do u got seprise that him is so good now i am piece out
posted By E-ROC, 24 September 2008 7:55:11 PM
I'm surprised it took this long for someone to take a bite at Carl Landry. Landry is a good role player and who can put up some good numbers if given extra playing time.
Livingston may want to talk to Denver.
posted By tmoney, 24 September 2008 10:01:24 PM
if livingston stays healthy for a few years and he regains form then the heat will have a nice lineup with him, wade, marion, beasly.
posted By Me, 24 September 2008 10:13:03 PM
Here's hoping the Bobcats get Landry. He's a fine player and they need some good news. Plus, I want him to leave Houston, just to cause them some grief.
posted By Moe, 24 September 2008 11:15:10 PM
Please give the name of the source who gave you the bogus info about the Blazers and Livingston. It's time to expose these liars.
posted By John, 25 September 2008 12:08:47 AM
league sources? yeah draft express, where legit journalism happens. Btw hoopshype still got hoopsworld reporting on livingston signing on there page.
posted By Steve Kyler, 25 September 2008 6:02:16 AM
HoopsHype and Draft Express did not have this before we did... they ran it after we ran it... and being wrong does not make you a liar... your simply wrong. We were told by several people that the Blazers had reached a deal with Shaun - SEVERAL... the problem is things like this end up being that word leaks that the team is signing someone, and everyone inside the team does the same thing fans do - jumps to conclusions, all we can do is pick up the phone and ask the question of credible people, if they are wrong, that's not something we can predict, especially when those same people are spot on on everything else.
posted By Bill Ingram, 25 September 2008 9:47:33 AM
As for Landry, I'm not sure what the motivation is to cause the Rockets grief. After the injuries they've faced over the last 3 seasons they're due some good karma. Landry is a promising young player, but if I had to choose between signing Mutombo AND Dorsey OR Landry I would have to go with Deke and Joey. The Rockets already have Chuch Hayes and Luis Scola at the four, and Artest is even capable of playing there in a pinch. So adding a 3rd or 4th PF instead of adding a second center behind a guy who gets hurt all the time makes little sense. From a Bobcats perspective, it's a brilliant move. Carl had 4 or 5 teams interested, but liked the Charlotte situation the best. Hard to blame him - he might just be their missing piece if he can pick up where he left off last season.
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