Michael Finley

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:58 am

Rumour has it that Cuban is gonna let Finley go. Your thoughts Vonk? I thought he was a fan favourite down there.

vonkaar · Post by **vonkaar** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:48 am

He is...

it's tough. He has been our soul... our moral leader... the foundation of the organization for a decade. He's absolutely loved here. It might even be true that he's the most popular athlete in Dallas (no stand-out cowboys come to mind).

So... it'll be sad as hell to see him go. He deserved to retire with the team, after all he's done for us.

However... letting him go IS best for the team. He gets ALL of his remaining contract money up front... so it's, "see ya Mike, thanks a lot for all the help, good luck for the rest of your career... here is $51,000,000."

He had the worst year of his career (besides his rookie season) this year. A lot of that was due to injury... a lot was due to our 2/3 traffic jam. Simply put, we'll probably be better off by getting some young rebounder and starting Stackhouse.

There are already a bunch of teams lining up to snag him. Both the Denver and Phoenix newspapers have published articles praising Fin. D'antoni is supposed to be REALLY interested. I guess reuniting Nash and Finley would be appealing, not to mention a highly skilled veteran to come off the bench. PLUS, he'll come a lot cheaper now.

Anyway... it's rough. We'll hate to see him playing for anyone else. He deserves to retire here... but it's best for the team if we let him go. That's a LOT of salary cap savings... and you KNOW that Cuban isn't going to simply pocket the savings. He'll go right out and spend it on some new experiment.

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:56 am

Suns would be a good fit for him. That team is looking better and better. Well if you ignore the ridiculous contract they're gonna give JJ.

Susvain · Post by **Susvain** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 1:11 pm

Hopefully, Finley in Beantown! They need to start Marquis Daniels, stackhouse is old

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 1:17 pm

Boston fans are driving me crazy.

Susvain · Post by **Susvain** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 1:19 pm

Ortiz was jipped out of the All-Star MVP!

Rotj · Post by **Rotj** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:43 pm

wow if phoenix lands him..that'd be huge. nice way to ease off q.rich.

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:50 pm

Halfway through the playoffs last year I told my dad Richardson would never make it back to training camp with Pheonix.

They didn't lose much.

Phlegm · Post by **Phlegm** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:11 pm

If Dallas let Finley go, does the money they have to eat count against the cap?

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:32 pm

No, but they still have to pay it.