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WOW hornets......3yrs 27million Lance Stephenson! wowowoowowoww so mad right now.

Hotttnickkk said:
Stephenson just isn't a Jazz/Spurs type guy personality wise. He just won't fit.
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I'm fed up with this story....you don't win championships only with good personality players! The head coach is not paid to manage only players with good attitude, if a coach has personality he can manage difficult players too!

Charlotte made a huge deal and the Jazz screwed up with a ridiculous contract!
 
Don't really like Stephenson on the Hornets. Feel like they really needed a shooter type of player. Should have waited a year and thrown the max at Thompson, or somebody like that.

If he stays mentally in-tune though, it is a good value contract.

Not sure Jordan is the type of mentor/presence for the Hornets that Bird is for the Pacers. Will Jordan have any positive effect on Lance?
 
Diamond77 said:
I'm fed up of this story....you don't win championships only with good personality players! The head coach is not paid to manage only players with good attitude, if a coach has personality he can manage difficult players too!

Charlotte made a huge deal and the Jazz screwed up with a ridiculous contract!
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Whether you're fed up with the story or not, it's true. The Jazz have ALWAYS been this way. Being a small market and a not a prime destination for free agents gives the Jazz a much smaller margin for error. It's unfortunate, but a fact of life.
 
Diamond77 said:
I'm fed up of this story....you don't win championships only with good personality players! The head coach is not paid to manage only players with good attitude, if a coach has personality he can manage difficult players too!

Charlotte made a huge deal and the Jazz screwed up with a ridiculous contract!
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Here's the difference the Spurs can afford to bring in the type of guys they like. You guys don't have that luxury. Even still the Spurs tired their hands with a guy like Steven Jackson when they weren't a title contending team for a few seasons.

Teams should never handicap themselves by looking for model citizens.
 
richgates said:
Whether you're fed up with the story or not, it's true. The Jazz have ALWAYS been this way. Being a small market and a not a prime destination for free agents gives the Jazz a much smaller margin for error. It's unfortunate, but a fact of life.
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Being always this way has brought a lot of championships to the Jazz...right?
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
Don't really like Stephenson on the Hornets. Feel like they really needed a shooter type of player. Should have waited a year and thrown the max at Thompson, or somebody like that.

If he stays mentally in-tune though, it is a good value contract.

Not sure Jordan is the type of mentor/presence for the Hornets that Bird is for the Pacers. Will Jordan have any positive effect on Lance?
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They have a great shooter in Gary Neal, picked up PJ Hairston in the draft, and just added Marvin Williams via free agency.
 
Diamond77 said:
Being always this way has brought a lot of championships to the Jazz...right?
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I'm not saying that you're not right. I'd rather the Jazz take a risk on a guy like Stephenson, but I've just followed the Jazz too long to see them changing too much.
 
richgates said:
Whether you're fed up with the story or not, it's true. The Jazz have ALWAYS been this way. Being a small market and a not a prime destination for free agents gives the Jazz a much smaller margin for error. It's unfortunate, but a fact of life.
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You would think being in a smaller market would be the reason to take more risk not less.
 
Jazz have had player's with personal red flags. I just think younger teams are more risk adverse when it comes to adding these kinds of players into the fold. I don't think the Spurs mind a guy like Stephenson since their team is so strong mentally.

Obviously teams conduct interviews and **** to get a feel for just how off their rocker a player might be and judge off that. I don't think Lance is that crazy though, just think he gets really, really cocky at some points and forgets to check himself. That can be a positive and negative.
 
It's not the model citizen part that is the issue with Stephenson... It is the fact that he can't get along with his teammates. Stephen Jackson is widely regarded as a good teammate... had his legal issues, but he's a guy players like to play with.

Guys like Jackson and Barnes are beloved by teammates, and loathed by the opposing teams. You can be an a** and still have a place on a contender. Just have to know who to be an a** to.

Lance may work in Cha.... He would have been a terrible fit here. We are too young and have developing leaders... can't bring Lance to that environment.
 
Diamond77 said:
I'm fed up with this story....you don't win championships only with good personality players! The head coach is not paid to manage only players with good attitude, if a coach has personality he can manage difficult players too!

Charlotte made a huge deal and the Jazz screwed up with a ridiculous contract!
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Are you openly saying that Charlotte never had any intention to sign Gordon and had this master plan to screw us over all while a LS deal waited in the wings?!? I think they got a great deal for Stevenson, but come on dude this has nothing to do with Gordon Hayward.
 
Diamond77 said:
I'm fed up with this story....you don't win championships only with good personality players! The head coach is not paid to manage only players with good attitude, if a coach has personality he can manage difficult players too!

Charlotte made a huge deal and the Jazz screwed up with a ridiculous contract!
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Again, reminding everybody that Charlotte would rather have had Hayward at 16 million. That point isn't debatable, because that is the shiny thing they went to first. Just interested to see how Stephenson is going to coexist with Alfense. Competitive is good. Starting fist fights in the locker room during a playoff run isn't really something I want to introduce into my young team that I am teaching to share the ball. Don't think I want to cheer for a team where Lance thinks he is "the man."
 
Arammell said:
Are you openly saying that Charlotte never had any intention to sign Gordon and had this master plan to screw us over all while a LS deal waited in the wings?!? I think they got a great deal for Stevenson, but come on dude this has nothing to do with Gordon Hayward.
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I could see a team in the West doing that to the Jazz on purpose, but what does Charlotte have to gain by screwing us over? It would be a huge risk if they actually had 0 desire to have Hayward on that kind of contract on the team.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
I could see a team in the West doing that to the Jazz on purpose, but what does Charlotte have to gain by screwing us over? It would be a huge risk if they actually had 0 desire to have Hayward on that kind of contract on the team.
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It would be a huge risk for any team and I agree it just doesn't make sense especially for an eastern conference team. Charlotte rolled the red carpet out for Gordon and had every intention to sign him.
 
da ThRONe said:
Here's the difference the Spurs can afford to bring in the type of guys they like. You guys don't have that luxury. Even still the Spurs tired their hands with a guy like Steven Jackson when they weren't a title contending team for a few seasons.

Teams should never handicap themselves by looking for model citizens.
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They won a title with SJax.
 
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