Fresh reports out of Seattle this morning are telling us that Rashard Lewis has now told his agent t

ejones06

sign-and-trade worked out between the Sonics and either Dallas or Houston.

AlanB

I'd love to see him in Houston playing with the bes PG in the league!

ejones06

if he plays in houston, eddie griffin isn't gonna be a happy camper.

sonicsfan

Yes!
I was hoping he would do that... and I hope it does happen
like trade-
Lewis and Payton
for-
Nowitzki and Nash

lol... or get Finley, Nowitzki, Nash, Lafrentz in return... and throw in more guys if u get some1 like Dirk

and Houston, get Francis or Griffin

cardOholic

no way will houston give up francis griffen MAYBE but i see more of mobley and someone maybe going

uwftke26

Hey sonicsfan, I'm sure Dallas is real excited about trading Nowitzki and Nash for Payton and Lewis LMAO....why don't you just suggest a three way trade and they get get Kobe and Shaq too?

cardOholic

hey if they do that uw why cant they do this
sonics get nash and dirk from dallas
dallas gets payton and lewis
lakers get to keep fisher and just give up kobe to sonics and shaq to dallas for 2 bench players sounds good to me what you think hey maybe sonics will through in a 2nd round draft pick next year to even it up

uwftke26

LOL the best part is no chance the sonics could even get JUST Nowitzki or Francis for those two, much less w/ Nash or Griffen.

nowitzki

LMAO......... Dallas wouldn't trade Nowitzki for the whole sonics team. I would doubt they would even trade Dirk for Shaq. Might sound real good short term but not long term. Dirks got at least 10-12 great years left in front of him. Shaq.....who knows.

Nash and Dirk will be together forever like Stockton and Malone. They are best friends and Cuban won't screw that up. Might damage Dirk.

KBryant1

i hope they dont do a sign and trade and if they do let lafrentz go

nowitzki

I think it will be lafrentz and griffin. maybe wang and najera.

sonicsfan

Hey, I know they probably wont trade Dirk and Nash, what u think I'm stupid?
I just said they ought to, to make the Sonics better, know what I mean?
But yeah yeah, I know they wont

Nowitzki- what the? najera and wang? thats terrible, najera played for OU, man, OU sucks... nothin like our OSU... and wang? we dont want no Chinese on our team that cant even speak English except a few words.

And about Payton, he is one of the best PG's in the 90's and 00's... he averaged 22 ppg, 8 assists, and like almost 5 boards last season... and u still dont think he is good?
Lewis is a franchise player, he is very young coming out of high school in the 98-99 season... so he is like 23 years old or somethin like that?

Undertaker

Lewis isn't a franchise player..

uwftke26

Undertaker is exactly right. Lewis is an OK player who may someday get better (although he regressed last year). A franchise player is a guy who has proven year in and year out that he can lead a team, both in numbers and in leadership.

sonicsfan

well, ok...
but he is still young and he will be one
he's got good talent
Just watch in a couple of years when he is not playing with any as good as Payton, or another star... he'll emerge

nowitzki

sonicsfan-najera is a very nice player, he can score and play serious d. He is a major spark plug for the mavs. I would hate to lose him. Wang has a huge upside, several teams are interested in him.

As far as the Glove. The glove is getting old. Great player still, but I would like to get a player that will be around for 7-10 more years.

Lewis will be a 4th or 5th option in Dallas. That is not a franchise player. That is a word his agents threw out.

uwftke26

A franbchise player isn't aguy who emerges once he has no other stars around him...that's just a guy who can score in bunches for a lousy team. No one was calling Jerry Stackhouse a franchise player two years ago.

As for Payton, he has about 3 good years left in him, can't imagine why Dallas would even want him w/ Nash and Van Exel. Lewis is a guy who some team will take a chance on and hope he keeps developing, but for all we know he's maxed out on his talent. He's not a crappy player, but he's nothing near the top tier of the league.

sonicsfan

yeah, about Najera
we cant have an OSU and OU player on the same them, we are rivals
Mason and Najera, heck no
there would be tons of trouble with that team, even though they would probably get along, but not with the fans

LAdude465

why are you guys arguing so much??? It doesnt even matter who goes where. Everyone knows the lakers are going to get the fourth one this year

sonicsfan

ok, here is Lewis's stats-
your right he is not one of the best, but he is good

99-00 fg %-.486..... 3's-.333....... ft %-.683........ rebounds-4.10............ PPG- 8.2
00-01 fg %-.480..... 3's-.432....... ft %-.826........ rebounds-6.90............ steals-1.17....... PPG-14.8
01-02 fg %-.468..... 3's-.389....... ft %-.810........ rebounds-7.00............ steals-1.46....... PPG 16.8


You can see he is getting better every year

nowitzki

the stats remind me a little like finley's. when it was just finley on the team. When other players showed up, he started to be put on the back burner. Not a franchise player, but still very good.

nowitzki

LAdude465- one sore toe away from 8th seed.

Undertaker

8th seed?

LOL!

LAdude465

lol you wish nowitzki

uwftke26

Who the hell cares if the Sonics have an OU and OSU player? Oh yeah, we've all heard about that big OU-OSU rivalry....IN SEATTLE. That would never work.