We should have gotten him last year. The publicity and marketing dollars we could have raked in over having the first Japanese player in the NBA would have been huge.
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Is He Free Agent? I Never Saw Him Play Last Year Before He Was Cut By Phx. Didnt He Only Play In A Few Games Sparingly? Is He Better Than Ewing? Ewing Didnt Play Too Bad In The Summer League. Everyone Was Bashing Him. He Will Be A Soild Defensive Contributor
1.8 points, 1 rebound, .8 assists in 4.3 minutes ... we should give him a 10 day contract at least . .he's better then chalmers and can be like Earl Boykins
Id get him for the money, not for what he can bring to the team. Hes not worst than chalmers, and here in the biggest japanese community outside of japan, hes bound to sell tons of jersyes, tons of press credentials, and will make thousands of japanese in japan clipper fans. This guy is HUGE over there. Its not quite ichiro mania when he came, but in the japanese basketball world, he is worshiped. If we give him a 2 year contract of like 1 million dollars, we would recoup that amount in publicity by itself in the first year alone.
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Just Like Nomo Mania At Dodger Stadium. I Guess I Can See Your Point. Does That Mean They Are Gonna Put A Yoshinoya In Staples Like They Did At Dodger Stadium. I Would Only Sign That Guy If We Cant Get Any Other Backcourt Help
got to give sterling some credit though. he is a hell of a businessman
if calling owning a team without putting any money into it(compared to other nba teams) and the only reason why it is still there is a faithful fanbase....then yes he is a smart business man
i'd rather have a steinbrenner(yankees of mlb) than a sterling
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