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  • Re: George Hill was worth every bit of 8 mil

    Originally posted by MvPlumlee View Post
    Portland did us a favor by offering him that contract.
    I realize that I'm quoting one sentence taken out of context from your post. However, there is no way in heck that anyone should allow this statement to go unchallenged... because it is exactly 180 degrees from the truth.

    Have you ever sat back and thought about how the summer's signings and trades went? Well, specifically how they could have gone differently?

    Well, Portland making their early offer was the first domino that fell in what many on this forum believe to be a catastrophic summer of us not getting the players that we need to become true contenders in the NBA.

    This minute Portland made that offer, we were compelled to commit to Hibbert, thus knowing that a significant portion of our cap space was about to disappear. This, and ultimately signing Hill early, eventually put us in a position that we were not able to sign some of the better players that were bought out or "amnestied" later.

    In other words, Portland making their offer early forced the Pacers to put a rush on everything they wanted to do last summer.

    There is no worse thing that could have happened to the Pacers last summer than another team making a run and Hibbert and/or Hill early.

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    • Re: George Hill was worth every bit of 8 mil

      Originally posted by beast23 View Post
      I realize that I'm quoting one sentence taken out of context from your post. However, there is no way in heck that anyone should allow this statement to go unchallenged... because it is exactly 180 degrees from the truth.

      Have you ever sat back and thought about how the summer's signings and trades went? Well, specifically how they could have gone differently?

      Well, Portland making their early offer was the first domino that fell in what many on this forum believe to be a catastrophic summer of us not getting the players that we need to become true contenders in the NBA.

      This minute Portland made that offer, we were compelled to commit to Hibbert, thus knowing that a significant portion of our cap space was about to disappear. This, and ultimately signing Hill early, eventually put us in a position that we were not able to sign some of the better players that were bought out or "amnestied" later.

      In other words, Portland making their offer early forced the Pacers to put a rush on everything they wanted to do last summer.

      There is no worse thing that could have happened to the Pacers last summer than another team making a run and Hibbert and/or Hill early.
      Everybody with an inkling of a clue knew Roy was going to get a max offer as soon as free agency opened. This includes the Pacers. Nothing Portland did caught them off guard or "sped up the process". It was exactly what was expected.
      "I had to take her down like Chris Brown."

      -Lance Stephenson

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      • Re: George Hill was worth every bit of 8 mil

        Originally posted by beast23 View Post
        I realize that I'm quoting one sentence taken out of context from your post. However, there is no way in heck that anyone should allow this statement to go unchallenged... because it is exactly 180 degrees from the truth.

        Have you ever sat back and thought about how the summer's signings and trades went? Well, specifically how they could have gone differently?

        Well, Portland making their early offer was the first domino that fell in what many on this forum believe to be a catastrophic summer of us not getting the players that we need to become true contenders in the NBA.

        This minute Portland made that offer, we were compelled to commit to Hibbert, thus knowing that a significant portion of our cap space was about to disappear. This, and ultimately signing Hill early, eventually put us in a position that we were not able to sign some of the better players that were bought out or "amnestied" later.

        In other words, Portland making their offer early forced the Pacers to put a rush on everything they wanted to do last summer.

        There is no worse thing that could have happened to the Pacers last summer than another team making a run and Hibbert and/or Hill early.
        Bringing Walsh was worse in my opinion.
        @WhatTheFFacts: Studies show that sarcasm enhances the ability of the human mind to solve complex problems!

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        • Re: George Hill was worth every bit of 8 mil

          Originally posted by vnzla81 View Post
          Bringing Walsh was worse in my opinion.
          Or, alternatively, Bird leaving.

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          • Re: George Hill was worth every bit of 8 mil

            Originally posted by BRushWithDeath View Post
            Everybody with an inkling of a clue knew Roy was going to get a max offer as soon as free agency opened. This includes the Pacers. Nothing Portland did caught them off guard or "sped up the process". It was exactly what was expected.
            I'm not saying that the Pacers were caught by surprise by the timing or the amount. What I am saying is that committing to Hibbert early in the free agency period tied their hands as far as what they might have been able to accomplish late/later in the free agency signing period. Signing Hibbert was the first domino that fell in putting the shackles on what might have been accomplished had Hibbert's signing occurred later.

            In that regard, neither Portland nor Hibbert did the Pacers any favors. If either Portland had not made the early offer or if Hibbert had refused to sign Portland's offer sheet until later in the summer, the Pacers might have been able to swing a couple of deals for better players than they eventually signed. Somewhere along the line, I think we have to consider that either Hibbert's first choice was to sign with Portland all along, or there was not enough trust existing between Hibbert and the Pacers for Hibbert to risk delaying signing anyone's offer sheet. After all, assuming Hibbert realized that his likelihood of returning to the Pacers was extremely high (whether that was his desire or not), wouldn't it also benefit Hibbert that the Pacers have as much flexibility as possible for improving the roster? The only way the Pacers would have been able to do that would have been by delaying the signing of Hibbert.

            It didn't take a genious to figure that one out. Therefore, my conclusion that either Hibbert may have wanted to leave or that there was not mutual trust between team and player.

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            • Re: George Hill was worth every bit of 8 mil

              Remember when we didn't know how much every player made, not specifically anyway, we just knew they were pretty much all rich. Maybe I was just too young so I didn't care, but I have no clue how much Dale Davis EVER made, same with Jackson, hell I only knew Reggie made 11+ million a few years because it was a huge deal when he was a FA and everyone was talking about him going to the Knicks.

              I don't really know what my point is, I follow the CBA stuff fairly closely, but it was just a lot more fun when I didn't know or care. No matter how good a guy may play there'll be people saying he's not worth the money. I don't know, just gotten so argumentative it takes a lot of the fun out of it.

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              • Re: George Hill was worth every bit of 8 mil

                Originally posted by beast23 View Post
                I realize that I'm quoting one sentence taken out of context from your post.
                That's ok. It bothers me more that you still think those are my words.

                If you could be so kind to take a look at this page:
                http://www.pacersdigest.com/showthre...-Houston/page8
                You'll see that I actually agree with you.

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                • Re: George Hill was worth every bit of 8 mil

                  Originally posted by xIndyFan View Post
                  Just an observation. I think you're posing what is called a false equivalency. [someone please correct me if I'm wrong.]

                  It seems that hating/not liking is way more likely to lead to irrationality than loving/liking. IMO, at least an order of magnitude greater.
                  I disagree.

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                  • Re: George Hill was worth every bit of 8 mil

                    Originally posted by BRushWithDeath View Post
                    Everybody with an inkling of a clue knew Roy was going to get a max offer as soon as free agency opened.
                    Gee. Thanks.

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                    • Re: George Hill was worth every bit of 8 mil

                      Originally posted by vnzla81 View Post
                      Bringing Walsh was worse in my opinion.
                      I agree. Right now I just want Walsh to set on his butt, collect a big paycheck and leave this team alone. No more free agent signings and no more trades. He's done enough damage already, I'd rather wait it out with what we have until Walsh is gone.
                      Why do teams tank? Ask a Spurs fan.

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                      • Re: George Hill was worth every bit of 8 mil

                        Originally posted by MAStamper View Post
                        Gee. Thanks.
                        Did you not? If so, I didn't intend to demean. I just thought everyone knew what was going on at the time.
                        Last edited by BRushWithDeath; 12-04-2012, 01:52 PM.
                        "I had to take her down like Chris Brown."

                        -Lance Stephenson

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                        • Re: George Hill was worth every bit of 8 mil

                          fwiw I didn't think he'd be offered a max contract until he was. I'm a newb though.

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                          • Re: George Hill was worth every bit of 8 mil

                            Originally posted by BRushWithDeath View Post
                            Did you not? If so, I didn't mean to demean. I just thought everyone knew what was going on at the time.
                            I thought there was a decent possibility that he might, but I hoped he wouldn't get one. If I would have had to guess what his starting salary offer would be, I would have said 11-12 million.

                            Though he was very productive as a center (most of the time), he certainly wasn't dominant. And giving a non-dominant player a contract that will eventually be paying him over $15 million per year is frankly a bigger risk than resigning the same player. Because he proved last year he can play a vital role in our system. And he still is this year, even with his offensive struggles.
                            Time for a new sig.

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                            • Re: George Hill was worth every bit of 8 mil

                              Originally posted by BRushWithDeath View Post
                              Did you not? If so, I didn't mean to demean. I just thought everyone knew what was going on at the time.
                              I knew it could happen, but I thought there was a decent chance it wouldn't. I thought GM's would have the same concerns/reservations about Roy that most of us do and that it might be serious enough to scare them off from throwing the max at him.

                              So while in hindsight I feel like I probably should have known, I really did think at the time he might get less. Like between 11-13 a year vs 14.5.

                              That having been said, even when Roy did get the max offer I was fully behind matching it because I feel like it was too important to let them go.

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                              • Re: George Hill was worth every bit of 8 mil

                                Originally posted by MAStamper View Post
                                I knew it could happen, but I thought there was a decent chance it wouldn't. I thought GM's would have the same concerns/reservations about Roy that most of us do and that it might be serious enough to scare them off from throwing the max at him.

                                So while in hindsight I feel like I probably should have known, I really did think at the time he might get less. Like between 11-13 a year vs 14.5.

                                That having been said, even when Roy did get the max offer I was fully behind matching it because I feel like it was too important to let them go.
                                Roy will be worth the max when and if he gets his mind together for offense.

                                If past is prologue, this will happen off and on. I expect him to be hot on offense again at some point during this season.

                                If Roy's constant progression progresses to him becoming more and more streaky good than streaky bad, then we can probably handle his max contract.

                                Also, it's about playoffs. If he decides to lay an egg offensively during most playoff runs, we probably screwed up signing him.

                                So, we get to wait and see. He will always be an important anchor for the defense. He's worth many millions. But we simply have to pull out the popcorn and watch over the next several years to see if the max was a good idea.
                                "Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." —Kevin Pritchard press conference

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