Merged: The *cross your fingers for a Crash resigning* thread

[spectre]

I said the same on RealGM and Dallas fans quickly came back that they feel Howard can play the 2.

I might have to be an ass and demand Howard back in a S&T...I definitely wouldn't Terry, who's supposedly the guy they're shopping.

[x2pacalypse]

if crash doesn't resign somebody is gonna get murked

so are we not able to find out until july 11th? or will a verbal agreement be reached before then?


and spectre did u post on bobcatsfans.com?

[WarioVsMooChicken]

If we don't get Wallace back then we can say goodbye to any playoff hopes that are any better then 8th seed.

[spectre]

Tupac yeah, til it got hacked out of existence the night before the draft. Don't know what's going to happen in the future, if anything.

I'm hoping we get some info...news is already out about Detroit's offer to Billups (it's a little over 14 for 4). Normally you'd think we'd hear something, but I can't honestly say that if we don't hear anything til the 11th that it's bad...the new regime has been good at keeping things quiet.

I want to know though! I doubt I can take 10 days of this.

[rallydurham]

I wouldn't get too worked up over this fellas.

We're basically the only team that can pony up the $ for him...

The only way we'd lose him would probably be through a sign and trade which means we'd be getting an asset back for him.

Surely MJ isn't stupid enough to take Jason Terry for Gerald Wallace. That wouldn't go over well...

[TheBeagle]

I wouldn't get too worked up over this fellas.

We're basically the only team that can pony up the $ for him...

The only way we'd lose him would probably be through a sign and trade which means we'd be getting an asset back for him.

Surely MJ isn't stupid enough to take Jason Terry for Gerald Wallace. That wouldn't go over well...

Rally is dead-on here. Our only enemy is Bob Johnson. We can match and exceed anybody's best offer, and I have no doubt GW wants to stay here, so it's all in Bob's hands. If for some reason GW would rather play in Dallas, then the sign-and-trade must include Josh or Dirk, and there is no way in hell that will happen. You're correct, MJ WILL NOT take JET or Devin Harris or anybody but Josh or Dirk for GW.

Once again, our only potential enemy here is Bob. My opinon is, if he won't pay GW to keep him here, then maybe that should be a clue that we're pulling for the wrong team. Depending on the circumstances, I'm going to seriously consider dropping the Bobcats if GW isn't on the roster for the forseeable future.

[TheBeagle]

Here's The Dallas Morning News' viewpoint on GW:

Dallas Morning News article


If Bumpus or Ziggy, or anybody who knows how to do such electronic wizardry, wants to make this a web-link, more power to you. Otherwise, a good old fashioned copy/paste will do.

[Keetch]

Well at least this reporter knows the contract information, even if he doesn't otherwise seem to know basketball well..

"It will be difficult to get anything done with Wallace. Most insiders believe he will stay with Charlotte even though the Bobcats last week traded for Jason Richardson, who plays the same position as Wallace."

As I'm sure ALL of you on this board know, Wallace and JRich do not play the same position. Sheesh. Really, there are very few paper reporters out there with an in-depth grasp of the NBA; thank goodness for the bloggers.

[Fromage]

He'll be the last signing... with that whole "Larry Bird" thing, right?

[rallydurham]

I don't see Dallas happening. I can't imagine they'd be willing to give up Dirk or Josh Howard for Gerald Wallace.

I highly doubt we'd be interested in Dampier, Terry, etc...


The only legitimate deal we'd consider is Wallace for Devin Harris and Diop. That would give us a pretty quality lineup with Felton, Harris, Richardson, Okafor, Diop...

Harris would cost just as much as Wallace 2 years from now and Diop would probably get a full midlevel from someone though... so i dont see how that deal saves us much money and we'd lose a fan favorite....

Orlando wants Rashard Lewis and no one else can match 10 mil per season. Wallace is a bobcat next year unless we get an offer we cant refuse from someone...