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      <![CDATA[This is Vancouver weighing in...this contract is the best demonstration yet of how utterly unsophisticated is the management of this team. Darryl Morey and Sam Presti and Mark Warkentien must be laughing at such incompetence.
        
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      <![CDATA[@depressed<br>
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Those guys are old and are nearing the point that their games will fall off the cliff ala Tim Ducan this year. Rudy will be productive (barring injury) the entire length of the contract, I am not sure about Pierece or Nowitzki 4 years from now.
        
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      <![CDATA[Paul Pierce = 4 years, 60 million<br>
Dirk Nowitzki = 4 years, 80 million<br>
Rudy Gay = 5 years, 80 million ???????<br>
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discuss...
        
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      <![CDATA[Heisley last year on whether he would give Rudy a max deal. What changed?<br>
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"There's no question we have a high appreciation for Rudy and his talent," Heisley said, according to the report.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[plinythemiddle]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Actually, MemX I think that is what the Griz Mgmt are thinking. I really like Mayo but now that they drafted xavier I think OJ will be the odd man out.
        
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      <![CDATA[It is not only that Rudy is more athletic, he is our only starter that wins the size/athleticism/talent matchup almost every night. Only Durant beats him out.
        
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      <![CDATA[I have to agree with Chris on this. Seems like Heisley had his mind made up months ago that he was going to keep Gay no matter how expensive it was and he never really considered any other option.
        
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      <![CDATA[Rudy is the 2nd best player on this team, after Zach. ZBo is unathletic?
        
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      <![CDATA[I just dont get this talk that OJ, Marc and Zbo are so much better than Rudy... OJ is undersized and has gator arms for a sg...
        
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    <author><![CDATA[TennesseeDrew]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I agree. By keeping this core together for next year, you've a young team with one more year of experience each and one more year of working together.
        
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      <![CDATA[I think the other message this deal sends is that Heisley is allowing this young team to develop together. There is value in continuity of rosters that may not be factored in your statistical analysis.
        
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      <![CDATA[Heisley may be cheap. But he knows the value of a dollar, and I am pretty sure questioning his ananlysis of the time value of money isn't going anywhere.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Iggy]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Front-loading could be a problem in terms of signing or extending other players on the roster. Marc and Zach are free agents in 2011 and both OJ and Conley can be extended in 2011.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[L3E]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Well, I for one am okay with it.<br>
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I'm pretty sure that part of the speed and size of this deal, the concept was to send a message. Heisley's been knocked for being cheap, not wanting to pay for talent.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[GrizzleGM]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[If Heisley is willing to keep this core together by spending money the way he use to, then all of this talk of 'is it worth it?' is moot.
        
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