really Sherod?

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why is this guy so useless? let's take this latest Will Bynum rumor as an example.

http://www.csnne.com/blog/celtics-talk/celtics-keeping-options-open-deadline

first of all, this article is literally about nothing. more importantly, as an "insider", Sherod still hasn't discovered some fairly basic tools -- notably, ESPN Trade Machine and Shamsports.com

"If a minor deal is out there to be made, do not be surprised if Jerryd Bayless and his $3.1 million expiring contract are moved for a player like Detroit's Will Bynum who makes about $2.79 million less than Bayless but has one year remaining on his current deal with the Pistons."

He goes in to talk about pushing the Cs further from the luxury tax, which if indeed this were a true deadline deal with no others following it.... makes no sense whatsoever.

In actuality, Will Bynum makes $2.79mil this year, not $2.79mil LESS this year. He makes about $400K less than Bayless. And $3mil guaranteed next year.

Seriously? It's pretty absurd the guy gets paid to talk about the Celtics. The next time he adds insight into virtually anything will be his first, and I really don't feel that's an exaggeration.

[Fafnir]

You seem to be pretty upset by a simple matter of missing punctuation.

"If a minor deal is out there to be made, do not be surprised if Jerryd Bayless and his $3.1 million expiring contract are moved for a player like Detroit's Will Bynum who makes about $2.79 million, less than Bayless but has one year remaining on his current deal with the Pistons."

There does the paragraph seem better now? He's saying the C's could take on a deal going into next year for assets. This is exactly what the C's already did with Joel Anthony.

[JJ2525]

I came to this thread thinking someone else found his frequent DraftStreet promo tweets to be as abhorrent as I do.

[Smittymks]

Completely agree!!!

[rondohondo]

The guy makes over 100k a year, gets to travel all over the country for free, and look at abby chin up close while she asks for his dumb opinion , and he literally has zero inside info ever.

Only in America.....

[Fafnir]

To add to this I saw a report from Brian Robb that C's could pay tax "for the right deal". That could very well mean they'd rent out salary relief for picks/players, even paying the tax this year.

IE like Gilbert gave Grant (the Baron Davis trade was the biggest example of this), Ainge can take on money if the right deal presents itself.

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You seem to be pretty upset by a simple matter of missing punctuation.

"If a minor deal is out there to be made, do not be surprised if Jerryd Bayless and his $3.1 million expiring contract are moved for a player like Detroit's Will Bynum who makes about $2.79 million, less than Bayless but has one year remaining on his current deal with the Pistons."

There does the paragraph seem better now? He's saying the C's could take on a deal going into next year for assets. This is exactly what the C's already did with Joel Anthony.

Don't agree with you. Put the comma in and he's still not making any sense. If Sherod were making an argument about getting assets for taking back salary, he'd make it.

Instead, he says the following:

"Ainge loves what Bayless can do, but the idea of getting further under the luxury tax is even more appealing than keeping him. You can't really fault Ainge for feeling that way when you consider the Celtics are most likely going to be among the bottom-10 teams in the league this year and yet the teams' payroll will stack among the league's top-10."

That pretty clearly suggests he sees such a substantial difference in their deals, no? Unless the Cs have a follow-up deal that requires precisely that $400K or less, which again, IMO, should require some sort of reporting instead of the totally useless paragraph below.

Seems more likely that he misunderstood something he heard than he forgot a comma.

[hardlyyardley]

Bring back Marc Spears

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Bring back Marc Spears

Miss that dude. Liked his recent piece about Paul's hesitance to leave NOLA.

[Donoghus]

Bring back Marc Spears

Miss that dude. Liked his recent piece about Paul's hesitance to leave NOLA.

Just an overall nice guy too. 

Meet him once at Healthpoint at an Ainge press conference that Jeff was able to get me into on the blog's behalf.   

Was able to chat with him for a minute or two and he was just a cool dude. 

[pearljammer10]

You seem to be pretty upset by a simple matter of missing punctuation.

"If a minor deal is out there to be made, do not be surprised if Jerryd Bayless and his $3.1 million expiring contract are moved for a player like Detroit's Will Bynum who makes about $2.79 million, less than Bayless but has one year remaining on his current deal with the Pistons."

There does the paragraph seem better now? He's saying the C's could take on a deal going into next year for assets. This is exactly what the C's already did with Joel Anthony.

Don't agree with you. Put the comma in and he's still not making any sense. If Sherod were making an argument about getting assets for taking back salary, he'd make it.

Instead, he says the following:

"Ainge loves what Bayless can do, but the idea of getting further under the luxury tax is even more appealing than keeping him. You can't really fault Ainge for feeling that way when you consider the Celtics are most likely going to be among the bottom-10 teams in the league this year and yet the teams' payroll will stack among the league's top-10."

That pretty clearly suggests he sees such a substantial difference in their deals, no? Unless the Cs have a follow-up deal that requires precisely that $400K or less, which again, IMO, should require some sort of reporting instead of the totally useless paragraph below.

Seems more likely that he misunderstood something he heard than he forgot a comma.

Yeah but even when you click the link you put in the OP, that line says "Will Bynum who makes 2.79 million which is less than Bayless"

So the comma and the word which essentially do the same thing, making the paragraph correct.

[ssspence]

You seem to be pretty upset by a simple matter of missing punctuation.

"If a minor deal is out there to be made, do not be surprised if Jerryd Bayless and his $3.1 million expiring contract are moved for a player like Detroit's Will Bynum who makes about $2.79 million, less than Bayless but has one year remaining on his current deal with the Pistons."

There does the paragraph seem better now? He's saying the C's could take on a deal going into next year for assets. This is exactly what the C's already did with Joel Anthony.

Don't agree with you. Put the comma in and he's still not making any sense. If Sherod were making an argument about getting assets for taking back salary, he'd make it.

Instead, he says the following:

"Ainge loves what Bayless can do, but the idea of getting further under the luxury tax is even more appealing than keeping him. You can't really fault Ainge for feeling that way when you consider the Celtics are most likely going to be among the bottom-10 teams in the league this year and yet the teams' payroll will stack among the league's top-10."

That pretty clearly suggests he sees such a substantial difference in their deals, no? Unless the Cs have a follow-up deal that requires precisely that $400K or less, which again, IMO, should require some sort of reporting instead of the totally useless paragraph below.

Seems more likely that he misunderstood something he heard than he forgot a comma.

Yeah but even when you click the link you put in the OP, that line says "Will Bynum who makes 2.79 million which is less than Bayless"

So the comma and the word which essentially do the same thing, making the paragraph correct.

That's because Sherod edited the article after he or someone on his staff read this post. Doesn't mean he didn't toss up a complete airball, and would use Fafnir's argument to try to fudge his intentions.

At least we know he's reading here to make sure he actually knows what's going on...

[dark_lord]

The guy makes over 100k a year, gets to travel all over the country for free, and look at abby chin up close while she asks for his dumb opinion , and he literally has zero inside info ever.

Only in America.....

this made me laugh....pretty sweet gig he has.

all things considered, i dont think he is too bad.  he is likable on camera, which is better than i can say about donny marshall when he was on csn.  sherod isnt good, but he isnt bad either imo

[pearljammer10]

You seem to be pretty upset by a simple matter of missing punctuation.

"If a minor deal is out there to be made, do not be surprised if Jerryd Bayless and his $3.1 million expiring contract are moved for a player like Detroit's Will Bynum who makes about $2.79 million, less than Bayless but has one year remaining on his current deal with the Pistons."

There does the paragraph seem better now? He's saying the C's could take on a deal going into next year for assets. This is exactly what the C's already did with Joel Anthony.

Don't agree with you. Put the comma in and he's still not making any sense. If Sherod were making an argument about getting assets for taking back salary, he'd make it.

Instead, he says the following:

"Ainge loves what Bayless can do, but the idea of getting further under the luxury tax is even more appealing than keeping him. You can't really fault Ainge for feeling that way when you consider the Celtics are most likely going to be among the bottom-10 teams in the league this year and yet the teams' payroll will stack among the league's top-10."

That pretty clearly suggests he sees such a substantial difference in their deals, no? Unless the Cs have a follow-up deal that requires precisely that $400K or less, which again, IMO, should require some sort of reporting instead of the totally useless paragraph below.

Seems more likely that he misunderstood something he heard than he forgot a comma.

Yeah but even when you click the link you put in the OP, that line says "Will Bynum who makes 2.79 million which is less than Bayless"

So the comma and the word which essentially do the same thing, making the paragraph correct.

That's because Sherod edited the article after he or someone on his staff read this post. Doesn't mean he didn't toss up a complete airball, and would use Fafnir's argument to try to fudge his intentions.

At least we know he's reading here to make sure he actually knows what's going on...

Hahaha. Yeah I mean I agree he's an idiot, just pointing out what I saw. TP.

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Not to mention this would be a stupid trade.

Bayless is awesome and Will Bynum sucks.

Oh then again, maybe that's why Ainge would do it