This can be a problem. Phil with all those rings when Phil look to go after a player even if he is a so so player all of a sudden the player is a superstar because Phil wants him. Then the bidding war begins. I see this as some players using us big time to get more money from other teams with no intentions of ever coming here. What do you think?

mreinman wrote:you certainly have the longest thread titles

Papabear Says

Do I win some sort of award? I notice that the majority of my threads attract a lot of posters so I must be doing something right. Oh yes Martin locked one of my threads the other day. Hey Martin give me a break LOL so I made a mistake. I apologize but I will be watching your posts LOL but I can't do anything to you so I guess I'll just deal with it.

Papabear wrote:Papabear Says

This can be a problem. Phil with all those rings when Phil look to go after a player even if he is a so so player all of a sudden the player is a superstar because Phil wants him. Then the bidding war begins. I see this as some players using us big time to get more money from other teams with no intentions of ever coming here. What do you think?

Same can be said for Riley and Popovich. Every successful GM/President would have the same problem.

We had one instance where Kerr was percieved to be enhanced by Phils interest.

Teams throw out a long list of names when an opening happens.