Ray Allen is hurt and The Sonics are being smart
Seattle is finally on its way to dynasty
I hinted at this yesterday, and I hope the Sonics are thinking the same thing. At the end of yesterday’s D.A.Y., in recapping the Sonics win over the Hawks, I wrote “Ray Allen didn’t play cause of some foot pain (MRI to come. If the Sonics are smart, they’ll oversell his injury and get into the Oden sweepstakes).” Now they say that Ray is out indefinitely with a bruised ankle.
Keep him out Seattle. Keep him out all year. This is your best chance to rebuild in one shot. The Spurs got Tim Duncan this way, and you can have Oden and Allen, inside out. Now that I think about it, who was the Spurs coach that had to coach that season with David Robinson out, providing San Antonio with their precious lottery balls? Why it was Bob Hill! Perfect! I would trade Rashard Lewis for draft picks too, just to make sure you don’t accidentally win a few games. I know, there are many teams in the East that are worse than even a Rayless Sonics team. But those teams don’t play the majority of their games against the West. Only Portland and Memphis stand in their way out West. The bad teams in the East will keep facing other bad teams, and a bunch of them will have sadly inflated 30 win totals at the end of the year. The Sonics can tank it and stay under 20 if they do this right.
This Ray Allen injury could be the best thing to happen to the Sonics since they traded for Ray Allen. (Which was actually kind of foul to Payton at the time) Don’t mess this up Sonics.
21 Responses to “Ray Allen is hurt and The Sonics are being smart”
Dec.7 at 1:31 pm
AP says:
first
Dec.7 at 1:44 pm
Ron says:
Greg Oden will be a Philadelphia 76er come June. Mark my word.
Dec.7 at 1:56 pm
A says:
Don’t say that. I have Jesus Shuttlesworth on my fantasy roster.
Dec.7 at 2:20 pm
Nadav Mor says:
The draft is in July.
Dec.7 at 2:55 pm
Bryant Reeves says:
Great post. I was talking with my buddies about this the other day, and we were speculating on how funny it would be if a bunch of teams tanked their seasons to get Oden, only to have him decide to stay in college another year. Very unlikely to happen, I know, but it would be very very funny.
Dec.7 at 3:03 pm
albie1kenobi says:
good point big country. that would indeed be hilarious. it’d be even better if all the college stars (and the highly regarded frosh class) stay in school. wasn’t that the NBA slogan or something?
Dec.7 at 3:03 pm
next says:
but what about boston banking completely on gettin duncan that year? and then san an, with a better record, ended up getting the pick? all i can think is look at that franchise…
Dec.7 at 3:07 pm
Phil says:
Even if they miss out on Oden, they could still get Durant. Tanking is the best option.
Dec.7 at 3:14 pm
Boing Dynasty says:
The Italian kid is cool, but Oden should be a Raptor right now.
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Dec.7 at 4:05 pm
Ron says:
Sam’Ron, how about doing the dirty thirty in reverse order and ranking the teams by their level of tanking in Greg Oden sweepstakes. That would give us fans of crappy teams such as the Atlantic Division a sense of hope. Atleast you could once again take pride in your New York Knicks and I can watch the Sixers get smacked everynight with a smile on my face.
Dec.7 at 4:20 pm
abelp says:
sam wont do it cuz his knicks aint getting oden if they tanked da bulls would…man are the knicks sad or what?
Dec.7 at 4:29 pm
Ron says:
I forgot about that Isaiah didn’t protect the pick. Damn not even Billy King is that dumb.
Dec.7 at 4:36 pm
Boing Dynasty says:
No one from the atlantic will get Oden, they all play each other and other eastern teams to much, so they will end up like Sam said with infalted 30 win seasons.
Dec.7 at 4:58 pm
H to the izzo says:
If they trade Ray Ray and get maybe two picks for him and trade Rashard for a good draft pick>They could end up with a Oden,Noah and Durant front court now thats not gonna be stopped
Dec.7 at 5:13 pm
Sam Rubenstein says:
Yeah, the Knicks once again will be without their hard-earned lottery pick. But hey, Eddy Curry keeps racking up those 20 point games. A few of them have even been in non-garbage time.
The Celtics losing out on Duncan was a case of playing the odds and crapping out. They were still right to try though.
Dec.7 at 5:16 pm
Boing Dynasty says:
“Eddy Curry keeps racking up those 20 point games. A few of them have even been in non-garbage time.”
Grasping at hamburgers.
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Dec.7 at 5:52 pm
Gord says:
This has nothing to do with Oden…but Sam is it just me or is Dipset Xmas the most ridiculous, money-grabbing idea for an album ever?
Dec.7 at 7:00 pm
J R says:
Ha! dipset B!TCH no what needs to happen is the wolves let foye beast like he can but tank and have their own twin towers.
Dec.7 at 7:15 pm
mavs-cavs fan says:
u faggot nadav the draft is in june its at the end of june queer
Dec.7 at 7:40 pm
Boing Dynasty says:
Go listen to a G Unit mixtape or somthing douche.
Dec.8 at 12:04 am
Gord says:
Wait are u calling me a douche?