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Offline ianboyextreme

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I wonder if these guys actually do any research or just look at a piece of paper listing the players the team added and lost. I dont really see how they can say we dont have a deep bench either. Its one of the deeper benches on paper ive seen amongst the current nba rosters.
Its true- were old but we traded big baby for a player who fits our team better. We diddn't "lose" him. Bad journalism if you ask me.

Offline RebusRankin

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Its ESPN, you expect quality? That's like expecting a quality burger at McDonalds.  ;D

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Did you say ESPN? question answered


Offline Marcus13

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Not sure how you could really dispute either of those facts

Offline Junkyard Dawg

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um, didn't we trade BBD?  how do we 'lose' him if we purposely get rid of him?

Offline Marcus13

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um, didn't we trade BBD?  how do we 'lose' him if we purposely get rid of him?

We still lost him from our roster.

But we added Bass.

Should be a wash there - that's the least of our concerns

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Its true- were old but we traded big baby for a player who fits our team better.

At ESPN, the guy who most understands that Big Baby is not a loss is John Hollinger, who deemed the acquisition of Brandon Bass to be "theft".
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Offline ianboyextreme

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um, didn't we trade BBD?  how do we 'lose' him if we purposely get rid of him?

We still lost him from our roster.

But we added Bass.

Should be a wash there - that's the least of our concerns
When you lose something, its not under your own volition. We traded him willingly.

Offline hpantazo

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Not sure how you could really dispute either of those facts

how are they facts? We traded Davis for a better player, and our bench is better than las year.

Offline lightspeed5

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big baby is overrated in terms of public perception....

Re: According to ESPN analysts, we "lost" big baby, and have a shallow bench...
« Reply #10 on: December 24, 2011, 06:51:27 PM »

Offline jc3celticsphan

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hope they rethink that

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Re: According to ESPN analysts, we "lost" big baby, and have a shallow bench...
« Reply #11 on: December 24, 2011, 07:00:50 PM »

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They are usually wrong so I am glad they called it this way.

Re: According to ESPN analysts, we "lost" big baby, and have a shallow bench...
« Reply #12 on: December 24, 2011, 09:54:44 PM »

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They weren't busy worshiping Lebron or the Heat long enough to talk about the C's? Color me floored.
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Re: According to ESPN analysts, we "lost" big baby, and have a shallow bench...
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Offline csfansince60s

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You sure that they didnt say the "BEST" (deepest) bench in the league.

I am hard pressed to think of another team whose bench is better than ours.

Anybody?

Re: According to ESPN analysts, we "lost" big baby, and have a shallow bench...
« Reply #14 on: December 24, 2011, 11:06:32 PM »

Offline Tai

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Its true- were old but we traded big baby for a player who fits our team better.

At ESPN, the guy who most understands that Big Baby is not a loss is John Hollinger, who deemed the acquisition of Brandon Bass to be "theft".

Considering how Bass looked in preseason, I ain't opposed to Hollinger's feelings on getting him.  :)

Anyways, if my timeline is accurate, ESPN supposedly didn't know we were getting Pietrus. Not that it matters, though. We've been done a long time ago as far as ESPN is concerned. Quite honestly, I'm not sure why anyone's surprised, assuming they are.