Sooo No takers on Stephenson

[Monkhouse]

I've been a huge fan of Stephenson, but I literally don't want him here. He seemed more interested in getting his, during his short tenure with Memphis Grizzlies. I enjoy his toughness and grittiness, but it seemed as if his focus was on getting a fat pay check, and only objectified his play with selfish ball handling, scoring, and not finding the open man.

Granted, don't get me wrong, Stephenson is the perfect sixth man or shot creator, because of his ability to penetrate and stop on a dime. He's also an excellent defender, but I saw none of that through the methodical eye test when he was with Memphis. He seemed disengaged, didn't contest, rarely put his body on the line.

As others have stated plenty of times, Stephenson is an excellent two player with the potential to be even better; but is a locker room cancer, unfortunately not even the Nets are interested, so that simply speaks volumes.

[CroCorvus]

NY's gonna probably take him on the cheap. They need some points off the pine + he goes home = perfect combo lol

[Celtics4ever]

I think CBS and Danny are trying to build a culture here that is positive.   Lance would not help that he might even hurt that.  No thanks, what he brings to the table does not always outweigh his drama.  He may have maturity issues.

[Tr1boy]

He needs the ball in his hands to be effective and play with fire

Pacers situation was near ideal for him. Hill is not a true pg but defends pg.  So lance could handle the ball alot

Despite the fact that you're solely responsible for my dislike of J. Mickey, triboy, I agree with this. He may be a knucklehead, but you can't take away the fact that he was arguably the 2nd best player in that series AND didn't back down from LBJ at any point. Bird was sharp enough to get the best out of him at that particular time.

When effectively reigned in, you can't deny the significant roles that guys like JR Smith and Draymond played in title runs, that Nate Rob did for the Bulls in a playoff series, Delonte and Sheed provided us at one point, etc. And for as much as we all clamor for Boogie, there's no doubt he would come with a degree of similar challenges. A reigned in knucklehead can do wonders for a team's intensity and confidence.

how did Triboy do this? 

The better question is how did you manage to miss triboy's presidential write-in campaign for Jordan Mickey (sarcasm), lol ?

Fantastic. Mickey should be an all star after 1 year in the league.  Give me a break

He needs time to develop

[Eric_Suede]

Ok, I know  , I know I seem like a cheerleader for the guy. (I guess i'm on a planet by myself because i would LOVE to see him in green) but my question is did he do something that p---ed off brass in Memphis & the NBA? For the life of me I can't understand how teams are seriously looking and considering bringing back Ray Allen, Stephen Jackson, Rip Hamilton & old man Derek Fisher , but no takers on a 25 yr old Lance Stephenson who proved he had some gas left in the tank this past season in memphis?
 Hell even "nut case" Michael Beasley is on a roster. Someone , other than the "blowing in Lebron's ear" fiasco, why is Lance Stephenson getting dumped on like he's sprewell immediately after the choking incident. Metta world Peace. Old , LONG history of being a cancer , responsible for the brawl in the palace but he's good?
 Just saying we still have a weakness at the 3, we sure could use some "toughness" I don't see why a low-ball one year Stephenson contract will be such a terrible thing.

Because he's a d**chebag, a headcase and a locker-room cancer of the highest level and has not proven useful on a single team since he left Indiana.  I want him nowhere near this locker-room.

Wow, So you know Lance personally? You have some insight into his character? I love how folk always brand certain individuals as "locker-room" cancer with no insight whatsoever. So an old guy like World Peace , it's fair to say his career has been Rocky, Is just fine. Guys like Okafor , Allen & Oh yeah Derek Fisher who has a history of violating guy code and sleeping with other guy's ex girls. (i'm not just talking about Matt Barnes fiasco, I remember years ago he was banging Traci edmonds around the time she was having issues with Babyface) Those guys are cool and worth giving another look. But Horrible Lance is a Edited.  Profanity and masked profanity are against forum rules and may result in discipline.?