Thorpe on Livingston

by wyn on Sep 26, 2008 2:07 PM CDT

Props to Andy G for making the Four-letter chat today:

Andy G: (Minneapolis, MN): David, Wolves' fans are buzzing about Shaun Livingston. A) Why haven't we signed him, yet? B) Will he be any good by 2009-10?

David Thorpe: Let's not discuss him again, at least until he does anything worthwhile.

Thorpe also called Al as an All-Star:

Chad, Minnesota: Will the Wolves have anyone at all star weekend this season? I can't count Gerald Green from last year, ugh

David Thorpe: AJ. Love in the rookie game.

Back to Livingston, though, since training camp hasn't started we'll discuss him as much as we damn well please, thank you very much.

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Note from that chat....

Joe (Portsmouth): Almost $6/year for Garcia??? Petrie is a great talent evaluator, but the Kings really know how to overpay for slightly better than average players!

David Thorpe: Average players are worth just under 6 a year. So I think it was smart-not many guys can be a 40% 3 point shooter and be excellent on defense.

I’d agree an average player for $6 million is not bad when you think of 1 year, but for 5 years (including the player option) I think that is bad business in the NBA. Especially when that guy is the 2nd average backcourt player you’ve given 5 year deals to in one off season.

by Pants_ on Sep 26, 2008 3:00 PM CDT reply actions

Ha

Thanks—I thought it was a reasonable question, but he pretty much shot it down. I guess the national scene isn’t too interested in Livingston yet, especially if he joins the Wolves.

by Andy G on Sep 26, 2008 3:29 PM CDT reply actions

He's been asked that question...

like 5 chats in a row. I’d guess that was his reasoning. He probably didn’t have anything to add to the discussion the first time it was asked.

by Pants_ on Sep 26, 2008 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions

LoL, I hate it how 75% of the decent questions don’t get answered while most of the idiot questions are.

by Wim (Belgium) on Sep 26, 2008 3:33 PM CDT reply actions

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