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fishmike
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5/27/2008  9:34 PM
your a fixture around here for sure and the place wouldnt be the same without you man...

So lets talk about our favorite Brigg's moments :)

For me.. highlights:
All spring long you harped on drafting Amare Stoudemire and giving Michael Redd the MLE. Two moves with great foresight that would have transformed this franchise for sure..

The lowlights:
"We MUST draft Mike Sweetney.. this guy will anchor our frontcourt for the nextd decade"
Marcus Williams

The inspiration:
Now my history could be wrong here... BUT

I remember one summer the player you could not get out of your one track mind was Abdur Rahim. I know this may come as a suprise to some but Briggs posted about twice a week how WE MUST GET RAHIM

And I believe at one point he said "our #1 off season target:" Shareef Rahim! Which of course inspired another "our #1 offseason target:" thread

Cheers to you briggs.. and if not I will drink it for you
"winning is more fun... then fun is fun" -Thibs
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BRIGGS
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5/27/2008  9:50 PM
The lowlights:
"We MUST draft Mike Sweetney.. this guy will anchor our frontcourt for the nextd decade"
Marcus Williams I also have touted Petro[the only euro I ever thought i liked from looking at him and maybe the last:)]


Go back and see who I identified for that draft--go back and look--bigsmooth knows--- it's all there months before the draft--chris bosh dwayne wade and chris kaman[before he was even on a mock second round anywhere] I can only go back to 2002 here but I think that if they had one ear on my jibber we dhave one helluva team

Yes one year I said get Rahim--i mean not horrible???


Bynum Josh Smith[go look it up] if you can find it go see what i said about Joe Alexander on realgm 3 years ago when he was a freshmen and I saw him in warm ups when i went to a uconn game and he wasnt even playing] I was also very hot on Bogut nate robsinon for late rounder
RIP Crushalot😞
fishmike
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5/27/2008  9:55 PM
you mentioned Bynum? I hardly remember

Yes.. I remember your man crush on Bogut, who incidentally would look great on this team.

Good call on Nate and Josh Smith.

Not so good on James Lang.

Its all good amigo.. It cracks me up how you bludgeon us with your ideas.. but at least you have some!
"winning is more fun... then fun is fun" -Thibs
Ira
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5/27/2008  10:40 PM
Hey, even Red Aurebach passed on Willis Reed. We all get some and we all miss some. All in all, Briggs does pretty well. I don't take his word as divine revelation, but I pay attention to his posts.
knicks1248
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5/28/2008  12:01 AM
Posted by fishmike:

your a fixture around here for sure and the place wouldnt be the same without you man...

So lets talk about our favorite Brigg's moments :)

For me.. highlights:
All spring long you harped on drafting Amare Stoudemire and giving Michael Redd the MLE. Two moves with great foresight that would have transformed this franchise for sure..

The lowlights:
"We MUST draft Mike Sweetney.. this guy will anchor our frontcourt for the nextd decade"
Marcus Williams

The inspiration:
Now my history could be wrong here... BUT

I remember one summer the player you could not get out of your one track mind was Abdur Rahim. I know this may come as a suprise to some but Briggs posted about twice a week how WE MUST GET RAHIM

And I believe at one point he said "our #1 off season target:" Shareef Rahim! Which of course inspired another "our #1 offseason target:" thread

Cheers to you briggs.. and if not I will drink it for you

Was that on the Msg boards,
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islesfan
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5/28/2008  12:04 AM
Posted by fishmike:

you mentioned Bynum? I hardly remember

Yes.. I remember your man crush on Bogut, who incidentally would look great on this team.

Good call on Nate and Josh Smith.

Not so good on James Lang.

Its all good amigo.. It cracks me up how you bludgeon us with your ideas.. but at least you have some!

Briggs was always big on Bynum. Gotta give the man credit.
If it didn’t work in Phoenix with Nash and Stoutamire... it’s just not a winning formula. It’s an entertaining formula, but not a winning one. - Derek Harper talking about D'Antoni's System
sebstar
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5/28/2008  1:18 AM
I remember this crusty old bastard richard ridin' Andrew Bogut all summer calling him the next KG, like it was yesterday.
My saliva and spit can split thread into fiber and bits/ So trust me I'm as live as it gets. --Royce Da 5'9 + DJ Premier = Hip Hop Utopia
PhilinLA
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5/28/2008  1:33 AM
He's a key poster here and cheers to him always.
http://amonthhoffundays.blogspot.com/ We got a ringer.
islesfan
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5/28/2008  1:48 AM
Posted by sebstar:

I remember this crusty old bastard richard ridin' Andrew Bogut all summer calling him the next KG, like it was yesterday.

When you're right 51% of the time...

What more do you expect?
If it didn’t work in Phoenix with Nash and Stoutamire... it’s just not a winning formula. It’s an entertaining formula, but not a winning one. - Derek Harper talking about D'Antoni's System
TMS
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5/28/2008  3:20 AM
you forgot about Steve Francis & Darius Miles

but hey, gotta give the man credit, he's brave enough to go out on a limb on some of his projections that sometimes go against the grain of popular opinion.
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TMS
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5/28/2008  3:21 AM
Posted by BRIGGS:

I also have touted Petro[the only euro I ever thought i liked from looking at him and maybe the last:)]

i thought u were high on Darko too at one point, or am i mixing u up w.someone else.

After 7 years & 40K+ posts, banned by martin for calling Nalod a 'moron'. Awesome.
Swishfm3
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5/28/2008  1:10 PM
Its hard not to get it wrong when you mention every player...
Panos
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5/28/2008  1:22 PM
Briggs was the FIRST to identify that not lottery protecting the picks we gave to Chicago for Curry was a big mistake.
Allanfan20
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5/28/2008  2:00 PM
Posted by Panos:

Briggs was the FIRST to identify that not lottery protecting the picks we gave to Chicago for Curry was a big mistake.

I believe I was the first to say that trading for Curry was a big mistake, though.
“Whenever I’m about to do something, I think ‘Would an idiot do that?’ and if they would, I do NOT do that thing.”- Dwight Schrute
Panos
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5/28/2008  2:04 PM
Posted by Allanfan20:
Posted by Panos:

Briggs was the FIRST to identify that not lottery protecting the picks we gave to Chicago for Curry was a big mistake.

I believe I was the first to say that trading for Curry was a big mistake, though.

If the picks were somewhat protected (top 10?), it would not have been a bad trade.
Possibly top 5? But having given up the #2, (what could have been the #1) was ridiculous hubris on Zeke's part.
And TWO IN A ROW?! I thought the league prevented you from trading picks in consecutive years, anyway?
Allanfan20
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5/28/2008  2:14 PM
We didn't trade the second one. We only swapped. And I didn't like going for Curry, for a couple of years before the trade, because I heard nothing but how he was lazy, didn't work hard, didn't play defense and couldn't pass (WHich I observed with my own eyes)and even had a poor attitude at times. I wasn't even too impressed with his scoring, because he even looked lazy there at times. So far, it turns out my concerns were well warranted.
“Whenever I’m about to do something, I think ‘Would an idiot do that?’ and if they would, I do NOT do that thing.”- Dwight Schrute
Panos
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5/28/2008  2:19 PM
Posted by Allanfan20:

We didn't trade the second one. We only swapped. And I didn't like going for Curry, for a couple of years before the trade, because I heard nothing but how he was lazy, didn't work hard, didn't play defense and couldn't pass (WHich I observed with my own eyes)and even had a poor attitude at times. I wasn't even too impressed with his scoring, because he even looked lazy there at times. So far, it turns out my concerns were well warranted.

Swapped or not, it was still traded. I don't know how we were allowed to do that. Is that a loophole?
newyorknewyork
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5/28/2008  3:52 PM
I remember, Amare, David West, Josh Howard(I think), Bynum, Gerald Wallace, Josh Smith, Mike Sweetney, Chris Kaman, Andrew Bogut, Marcus Williams, Nate Robinson,
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Allanfan20
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5/28/2008  4:24 PM
Add Wayne Simien to the list.
“Whenever I’m about to do something, I think ‘Would an idiot do that?’ and if they would, I do NOT do that thing.”- Dwight Schrute
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5/28/2008  4:29 PM
Briggs has a better draft record than most GMs.
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