alan t. Says:

March 5th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
48-12? What’s that, his wife’s measurements? Ferry didn’t do it, James did. And then the salary-dumping Bucks did. Other than that, Ferry was at the right place at the right time. My neighbor’s cute granddaughter could have accomplished the same feat.

And I’m not riding Ferry here for being dumb, per se. I’m riding him because as a general manager, he has proven to be the worst chess and poker player with agents in all of Cleveland sports. The competition isn’t even close. He’d never last in a management job in the real world.

And come on, dumping Count Pavlovic leaves the Cavaliers “woefully shorthanded?” Pavlovic can’t even count his short hands without committing an offensive foul. When the playoffs come around, which is all that matters, Pavlovic won’t even be in the rotation, and Eyebrow Guy will be seeing a few minutes only if Gibson keeps clanging away with his three-point heaves.

It’s a shame Gilbert is hurting so badly, because with James and O’Neal in the same lineup, they would have been unstoppable in the playoffs on both ends of the floor. Take Chris Paul’s lobs to Chandler for dunks, multiply by 5. And if that wasn’t available, O’Neal is a great passer and could simply pass out to the wings.

They could have just handed James his first trophy right now, save everybody the time. And then hope Bob Costas didn’t come over to ABC and screw up in the locker room again by referring to Michael Jordan’s wife as his mother.

But thanks for noticing that, no matter how much the local media always hypes the complete opposite, free agents with more mad skills than Paul Mokeski always avoid me and my birthplace like hot women avoid Elton John's Speedos.
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seriously – texas has no state income tax, while artest will be in the 10% tax bracket. at the MLE, that's an extra 500k a year – or like not having an agent. as fot artest, he's wanted to be a laker for the longest time, so there really wasn't any chance there. plus he's already got a house here.

asides from CV getting more money, michigan's state tax rate is also 1% less, as it also is for the state of massachusetts. that's an extra 10k per million dollars of salary

ohio is actually in the middle of the pack US-wise, but at a disadvantage to the other major contenders – florida also has no state income tax. jersey has it rough – they're at 9% while NY is only 6.85%.

AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN.

it is now or never. as brian and jason and others stated, lebron needed to show committment to the team and he didn't. the 2010 season may still end with a parade but it's also going to be a new orleans funeral for the franchise.

oh yeah, the ariza thing. as some guy named julio and i were trying to tell some of the droolers in another forum the crux of the biscuit is—STATE INCOME TAXES. although the money is equal on paper texas has no state income tax so really the decision for trevor ariza was an easy one.

It's Danny Ferry, Danny Ferry and Danny Ferry. All three of them.

I'm sorry, but NOW is the time to bring up the summer of 2010. Businesses are long-term, aren't they? The NBA isn't going defunct tomorrow, is it? Arena attendance still means something for the franchise in 2012, doesn't it? Is anybody still cheering the 2007 Indians? Or, are folks calling for Eric Wedge to be hung in effigy in the gorgeous Flats, yet another hot NBA free agent destination. After all, everybody knows if not for the Flats, Larry Hughes and Z would have gone overseas to play for huge 100% tax-free overseas contracts dwarfing Josh Childress' terrific tax-free Greek contract.

Hey, in 2005, if Z's agent had cleverly turned down Ferry's five-year, zillion-dollar contract when Ferry was the only guy in the NBA bidding for his rugged low-post and lighting quick running game services, perhaps Z might have gone and played for that Moscow team, like Delonte West's agent once teased. I could envision Z being nicknamed by the Russkie press "The Fabio of Moscow." That Z would have been one hot property. Chicks ahoy.
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