Now of course we have those of us who feel we'll never rebuild although many from this crowd backed I SAY UGH'S statements 2yrs ago when he said he was rebuilding and injecting youth into this franchise. I could be wrong but I thought I recalled him even using a phrase this yr such as "We may have to start from the ground up again". With that being said when K.G., Kobe, J.O. etc, etc, etc were available this summer I SAY UGH said specifically during the Kobe rumors "Curry was Untouchable" reasoning Kobe would want to play with Curry. I assume he took the same stand on trading for K.G., although from the rumors gathered this summer we never really made an official offer for K.G. Now I SAY UGH is sobbing like a girl.....
Isiah Thomas: We need a Kevin Garnett
BY FRANK ISOLA
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Tuesday, January 22nd 2008, 4:00 AM
For months, Isiah Thomas refused to acknowledge that he was upset when Kevin Garnett was traded to Boston.
Monday, he couldn't hide his emotions.
When asked to compare his philosophy of rebuilding to that of the Celtics, Thomas said: "(Bleep), they got Kevin Garnett. Their record was ours last year at this time."
Thomas was laughing as he spoke, which is usually a dead giveaway when he's trying to hide his feelings. When the reporter tried to follow up with another question, Thomas said: "It's a Celtic trade ... I have to wait for (Joe) Dumars." Thomas was referring to Timberwolves GM Kevin McHale and Boston GM Danny Ainge - two former Celtics teammates - orchestrating the Garnett deal. Dumars, the Detroit GM, was Thomas' teammate with the Pistons.
Thomas, who tried for three years to acquire Garnett, traded for power forward Zach Randolph on draft night. Yesterday, Randolph had 24 points and 15 rebounds while Garnett finished with 20 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists.
LOL @ his bitterness. BTW the Pistons don't have a K.G. moron.
Now my curiosity has me thinking If I SAY UGH feels we need a K.G. 2yrs removed from trading for Curry giving up 2 lottery picks in the process, how do we acquire a K.G.? He tried to find his K.G. via trade twice and it hasn't worked. What players out there besides Duncan fit K.G.'s profile? There's only 3 players I feel fit after Duncan and it's a stretch, that's Brand, J.O., and Amare. J.O. and Brand are damaged goods so scratch them at this point. Bird is a former Celtic who's a GM and fired I SAY UGH.... hmmmm would a deal ever transpire between them? Brand and J.O. values are low in respect to what their teams would want for them, so I see both teams waiting until they can get back on the court and prove their health/productivity. But if healthy does anyone think we can put an offer on the table for either of those these players, in which we satisfy the other team's wants & needs? Would we want to? Now getting Amare would be nice but he doesn't quite fit, nor would he solve our issues. We need a K.G. it's very apparent but more importantly we need a player that will have an impact on a team such as K.G. and it doesn't have to be a Big. The only way we do that is to find such player via draft, in the up and coming yrs. Time for I SAY UGH to go back to rebuilding like he said he was dong 2yrs ago except do it right this time.
[Edited by - TrueBlue on 01-22-2008 10:26 AM]
1/22/2008 11:38 AM
