The Goat Pen

Is there a larger fall from grace than Kendrick Perkins? I have never been a big fan of his but he was a guy that was at least serviceable even if you didn't like him. He looks utterly useless now. I don't recall any serious injury but dude looks bad. and dang, OKC knows how to draft. Reggie Jackson...

While i don't really like the idea of taking on Felton's 12M salary over the next 3 years, ditching Lowry now for Felton, Peace and the first rounder solidifies operation tank. Felton can easily be packaged in future deals at 4M/yr and he is a noticeable downgrade.... frankly, he would probably end ...

This ends out turning into a great little quote from Salmons.... after turning down the Raps to join Sacramento, his reply was ""I didn't really feel (Toronto) was where God was leading me," Salmons said at the time." Well, if the Raps don't buy him out I guess that God just said...

dot /bklyn - I never ragged on the front office. My post from Nov. 25th said I actually feel sorry for Casey/Uriji because they inherited a crappy roster with little trade value and that they were in "no win" situations. This trade is purely a salary dump as probably everyone except Hayes,...

Great deal. Vasquez and Patterson (qualifying offer eligible after this season), Salmons (team option for next season) and Hayes (5.5M this season and next) for Gray, Acy, and Gay I like Vasquez and we can see what Patterson brings over the balance of the season. I am not sure that this trade doesn'...

actually last night Rudy did something he has failed to do ALL year long.... shoot at least 50% from the floor. Dude averages more than 19 attempts per game but last night's 6-12 shooting was the first time he shot 50%....lmao. 17 games into the season and he finally manages 50% 27 point lead 3rd qu...

the more i see drummond, the more i see a more athletic Ben Wallace (which is pretty impressive). I don't know if I see Drummond ever turning his talents into an offensive force tho. 32.1% from the ft line this year.... yikes i am sure he will see himself on the bench regularly down the stretch of c...

Where is a Lowry injury when you need one? this team is so close to being an incredibly poor team. a team worthy of one of those great freshmen. Hopefully Kyle can find a way to turn his ankle and miss a few weeks. There are 27 players in the league who take more than 15 field goal attempts per game...

re - fans are acting like a deal is on Masai's table No, that's the incredibly scary problem frankly. Gay isn't tradeable until next year when he is an expiring contract. DeRozan might have some value but not a lot. Lowry would probably be our best asset if he WASN'T expiring because no one will wan...

lol.... I guess he's not getting a Christmas card from you next month, is he?

this guy is making him impossible to trade..... even if he wasn't virtually untradeable before. 29 points on 11 for 37 shooting. brutal. 17 of 62 if you add in DeRozan there is only one guy that I have liked through these first 8 games. Even Amir and De Rozan are playing like idiots right now. selfi...

Hansborough has been what's expected, and most of the casual fans attending the games are giving the reactions that dot and I would have expected (they love him although he really hasn't done much except work hard).... he works hard, he's offensively limited, but he's a blue collar guy. So far I can...

20 points on 21 shots... that's what 18M gets ya. no coach in the world can coach a guy that continues to shoot when he "can't". Memphis fleeced us... .especially when they let Randolph walk (or sign for far less than he would have) because of their return. and trust me... I want Gay to go...

Sim - it's not JUST his FT shooting for me because I am not really impressed with his footwork or passing out of the post. When he has got it going, it's purely because of freakish athleticism rather than fundamentals. Can he learn it? Of course. But Dwight's biggest critics always point to the same...

so a new season begins with every expert saying we should contend for a low playoff spot in the best case (and a quick playoff exit) but not good enough to compete for the top prospects in the worst case. awesome. sort of like hearing "you might get that ugly girl with no body down the street t...

Drummond is an athletic freak but the problem, for me, is that he doesn't seem to really be improving offensively. His shooting is atrocious... I had never actually seen an NBA player air ball consecutive ft's until last year. and one didn't even come close to hitting either the mesh or the backboar...

i dunno... "All things fresh" just sounds like a slogan for a grocery store imo

cmon guys.... we got Drake now.... we are hip, cool, a top of the line brand

sadly, he was the most significant addition this off season..... I just find it hilarious that MLSE seems more inclined with marketing this lousy team than they are with making it better. nothing sells like winning.

Had he stayed in TO, the Raps would have been solid for quite sometime. The Raps were pretty decent when TMac was just a 2nd or 3rd fiddle on that team.... had he and VC continued to grow.... wow. I think both of their lives would have been drastically different if the 2nd cousins stayed together. w...

I hear ya dot. And I probably am being too harsh on his IQ but he often made the EXACT same mistakes on consecutive trips down the court. It's one thing not to grasp everything in your rookie year but if guys are all over you during the game, you got to have the mental makeup to make sure you don't ...