Indiana, do us a solid; free TJ Ford. He is your third string PG. You want to develop your rookie Price, you like Earl Watson grooming him. You sat Ford as much as we've sat Hughes or Nate. Our GM is friends with your GM. Let's help each other out.
You give us TJ Ford, who will solve our PG needs for next season (He averaged 15.5 points, four assists, three rebounds and a steal in the pair of games over the weekend.)
We will give you Indiana native Jared Jeffries. A hometown favorite and a hard worker who plays defense that coach O'Brien will love. We will send you $3mil dollars to help in these tough economic times. And we will send you a #2 pick as well.
OR
We give you our sack of crap Eddy Curry who may actually play well in a contract year for you next year. Realizing this is asking a lot, we will also give you both our #2 picks, and of course #3 mil dollars.
Either way, its pretty much a salary wash but we give you some cash and picks because we think TJ Ford is a better fit with us. We have little use for JJ or Curry, but we do need a PG to make our team more marketable.
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TJ Ford: "No, I'm not surprised (about my play). It just showed that even though I wasn't playing, I was still getting a workout in. I was mentally ready for whatever happened."It's about being patient, but you know in the NBA, things are always going to come back around."
"Whatever the team needs from me, I'm here to do it," Ford said. "I'm not trying to make any demands or cause a problem. Of course I want to play, but it's up to the coach and what he feels is best for the team right now.
"I'm trying to be supportive and do whatever job they need me to do. Whether that's playing or rooting other guys on."
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TJ Ford.... is there any other PG available in 2010 that is remotely as good as this guy can be when healthy?
What do we have to lose by enticing IND to exchange similar contracts? Sure we're not exactly clearing salary in either scenario, but we'd instantly be worth 5 more wins at least in any potential FA's thinking.
You put LeBron on this team with TJ Ford in 2010, keep Lee, Gallo, Chandler, Hill and you can contend right there.
lol @ being BANNED by Martin since 11/07/10 (for asking if Mr. Earl had a point). Really, Martin? C'mon. This is the internet. I've seen much worse on this site. By Earl himself. Drop the hypocrisy.
