jawn100

Trust me...at this point Grant Hill would die to be the player that Penny CURRENTLY is.

Cinco de Mayo

While I do think it's unlikely that Grant Hill would be able to be effective this season, let alone play at all, I think the Magic organization is announcing this so early on is to make a plea to the higher-ups for a Disabled Player Exception, which would give them (I think) a ballpark of five million dollars or so to play around with, should Hill sit out the rest of the season.

Roby or MemphisX is more knowledgeable than I am about this rule, so I'm sure they could explain more about the situation.

JNice

Supposedly the exception will be worth around 4.8 million. I see no reason they won't get it. Question is, who can they get for it.

Panama_Jesus

and this is the man who was worth more than Ben Wallace

Idunkonyou

Hill was worth more then Wallace when he was healthy. He was a top 5 player in the league at the time. Wallace will never be that ever.

Hill was Mr. Triple Double. The only guy even close was Kidd and IMO he was a poor mans Hill. Still would be if Hill was 100%.

It really is ashame because Hill was this generations Magic Johnson, except he could score at will and he was a high flyer. Now he is nothing more then a cap killer because of his injuries.

On top of that he is a super nice guy and gives more then he takes in the community.

Since I'm a Magic fan I hope he retires in a few years or just takes a massive pay cut in 2005.

As a basketball fan, I'm really rooting for him to make a come back whether it is with the Magic or some where else. Not only are we not seeing a great talent due to injuries, but it makes it even worse since he is a such a nice person.

Same could be said about Zo. Super nice guy off the court and was a beast on the court. It makes me very sad to see these guys in the condition they are in.

Chicago_Cow

Grant Hill a classy guy? If he is, he should give all of his paychecks for the past 3 years back to the Magic and retire immediately. However, he will do neither of the options because the dollar always comes first. He will try to play as long as he can because who would want to void a max contract when you only have to play 20 games. The media portrays the guy as classy, but if he really is, he should quit so the Magic wouldn't be burdened with his max salary on their capspace for the next 4 years.

Idunkonyou

You mean 2 years. I think Hill will retire after the 2004-2005 season unless he makes a full come back. I fully expect him not to play next season. He can't even walk yet.

At least him being injuried will give the Magic the DPE this season.

Pay Ton

OMG, can he just PLEEEAASE retire already.

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888

its highly unlikely that he will retire because hes still young, drafted the same year as kidd, should be right on the prime of his
career, and yes being a cap killer dont means hes not a super
nice guy, hes just doing whats best for himself and that dont makes him a bad guy either.......

if any of you were in his place you all will do the exact same thing, getting paid doing nothing sitting on the bench wanking yourself
ummmmmmmmmmm what a life huh he he he he he
he will be in the league at least for more than 2 years because
he was that great to squeeze the slightest of hope for any organization, and even though the realilty is clearly present on the table, there will always be another team wants to take chance on him because he was that "GREAT" !!!!!!!
i can picture him play another 5 years as a decent starter if he come back fully recover and another 5 years as a sideline cheerleader, intellegiant veteran off the bench a great tutor for young nba players.