Eddie Griffin will be released from Houston

by **paul_pierce_the_truth** on Sat Dec 20, 2003 5:53 am

Eddie Griffin will be released from Houston as reported on ESPN News.

I hope Boston signs him.

This could be a huge steal for anyone, Jeff Van Gundy is so "tough" that he makes a mistake here.

I know the guy has many problems, but he's a talented forward and is only 21.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mp ... kn/2307158

by **fgrep15** on Sat Dec 20, 2003 6:06 am

I think Boston, Orlando or Toronto will get him.

by **Matthew** on Sat Dec 20, 2003 6:09 am

I hope New york does a sign and trade with houston. They can have the KVH. Imagine a lineup of Deke, Mcdyess/thomas, Griffin, Houston and ward. With the exception of H2o everyone on that knicks lineup can play d...

by **paul_pierce_the_truth** on Sat Dec 20, 2003 7:47 am

NBA_Fan_23 wrote:I hope New york does a sign and trade with houston. They can have the KVH. Imagine a lineup of Deke, Mcdyess/thomas, Griffin, Houston and ward. With the exception of H2o everyone on that knicks lineup can play d...

Griffin is being released according to ESPN.
NY could just sign him right out jail or whatever.

You should be advised about salary cap restrictions, Keith Van Horn is a max salary player earning $13,279,750 and Eddie Griffin will be bought out I guess for the remaining amount on his current contract which is only for the remainder of the season at $2,312,670. So if they didn't release him, one player they can not trade him for is Keith Van Horn, that is unless they include Kelvin Cato and Moochie Norris or something, which wouldn't be that bad of trade, but I doubt NY is interested and such craziness.

Unless of course you were thinking because Griffin is going to be a free agent at season's end, then they could resign at $13,000,000 per season and then trade him for Keith Van Horn?

Which in that case you should be advised that Eddie Griffin just shot a gun at one of his girlfriends and has had a history of being a complete troublemaker, also he hasn't produced any numbers to justify anything above say 2 years/$1,070,000 per.

Management in New Jersey must be laughing at this disturbing result.
[New Jersey acquired Richard Jefferson, Jason Collins and Brandon Armstrong on a draft day trade with Houston for Eddie Griffin]

by **fgrep15** on Sat Dec 20, 2003 9:13 am

He is a free agent there's no need for trading and yea he doens't deserve that much money, not even close.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/sports/2307162

by **Ruff Ryder** on Sat Dec 20, 2003 9:23 am

This could be a huge steal for anyone, Jeff Van Gundy is so "tough" that he makes a mistake here.

Thats exactly what I was thinking. Hes a quality player that justs needs to keep himself straight. I think Eddie could do a good job(if he goes to Boston) in filling Antoine Walkers shoes, along with the other aquisitions this past week. Danny Ainge may be looking at GM of the year.

by **fgrep15** on Sat Dec 20, 2003 9:32 am

ruffryder8 wrote:
This could be a huge steal for anyone, Jeff Van Gundy is so "tough" that he makes a mistake here.

Thats exactly what I was thinking. Hes a quality player that justs needs to keep himself straight. I think Eddie could do a good job(if he goes to Boston) in filling Antoine Walkers shoes, along with the other aquisitions this past week. Danny Ainge may be looking at GM of the year.

I hope you weren't one of the people hating on him after the Antoine trade, :lol:

just playing but I thought he made good moves.

If Griffin could do this

by **Ruff Ryder** on Sat Dec 20, 2003 10:10 am

fgrep15 wrote:
ruffryder8 wrote:
This could be a huge steal for anyone, Jeff Van Gundy is so "tough" that he makes a mistake here.

Thats exactly what I was thinking. Hes a quality player that justs needs to keep himself straight. I think Eddie could do a good job(if he goes to Boston) in filling Antoine Walkers shoes, along with the other aquisitions this past week. Danny Ainge may be looking at GM of the year.

I hope you weren't one of the people hating on him after the Antoine trade, just playing but I thought he made good moves.

Well I wasnt really a fan of Antoine because I think he was playing out of position at PF and he shot too many 3's. But to see what it did to the celtics earlier this season, it kind of hurt. :cry:

. Well, I wasnt expecting Ainge to do all of this movement this season.

YouTube · by **Andrew** on Sat Dec 20, 2003 12:07 pm

A great opportunity for 28 other teams (though obviously not everyone will be interested), or perhaps the Charlotte Bobcats if Griffin holds out. His legal troubles might scare away a few teams though.

by **fgrep15** on Sat Dec 20, 2003 2:05 pm

ruffryder8 wrote:
fgrep15 wrote:
ruffryder8 wrote:
This could be a huge steal for anyone, Jeff Van Gundy is so "tough" that he makes a mistake here.

Thats exactly what I was thinking. Hes a quality player that justs needs to keep himself straight. I think Eddie could do a good job(if he goes to Boston) in filling Antoine Walkers shoes, along with the other aquisitions this past week. Danny Ainge may be looking at GM of the year.

I hope you weren't one of the people hating on him after the Antoine trade, just playing but I thought he made good moves.

Well I wasnt really a fan of Antoine because I think he was playing out of position at PF and he shot too many 3's. But to see what it did to the celtics earlier this season, it kind of hurt. . Well, I wasnt expecting Ainge to do all of this movement this season.

I wasn't a big fan of Antoine either I was happy the Celts made the trade, I was also happy they got Jiri Welsch cause i watched him in summer league and in preseason and i thought if he found a team he could play on he'd be good. Mihm should be inserted into the starting lineup, but i don't want Ricky to take Welsch's spot, Welsch can play PG but he's a little T.O prone at least he was before.

by **Old School Fool** on Sun Dec 21, 2003 11:59 am

The Raptors need a Legit Center Griffin could play center at times

Oh and Mike Davis thanks for giving me a Signature

by **scubilete** on Sun Dec 21, 2003 12:20 pm

Unless of course you were thinking because Griffin is going to be a free agent at season's end, then they could resign at $13,000,000 per season and then trade him for Keith Van Horn?

He specified a sign & trade so knowing he was (being) released, his contract would be quite different in term of money...

Well, the case is NY is giving Van Horn a chance and so far he has played good. IMO, the Knicks just need a new manager not a SF.

by **Matthew** on Sun Dec 21, 2003 4:48 pm

I agree, the knicks management is terrible. They need to stop with the quick fix "solutions".. but I loved the Mcdyess deal when it went down, it was a great move... I thought I'd mention that becuase apart from getting Dikembe and Mcdyess, I havent liked any of the Knicks moves...

by **Ruff Ryder** on Mon Dec 22, 2003 12:40 am

Old School Fool wrote:The Raptors need a Legit Center Griffin could play center at times

You said legit right? Griffin is more of a SF and PF. Chris Bosh would be a better center. Griffin is not a legit center. He may pass for one in the East but that just isnt his position.

by **fgrep15** on Mon Dec 22, 2003 1:20 am

ruffryder8 wrote:
Old School Fool wrote:The Raptors need a Legit Center Griffin could play center at times

You said legit right? Griffin is more of a SF and PF. Chris Bosh would be a better center. Griffin is not a legit center. He may pass for one in the East but that just isnt his position.

yea Griffin isn't a center but he's long like Donyell and could play center but the guy is too much of a perimeter player on offense and he still needs to get in shape to play for anyone right now......also he has a 6 to 6 curfew doesn't he? so i dunno how that would work

by **fgrep15** on Sun Dec 28, 2003 5:28 pm

Everybody Loves Eddie........'s Talent

http://www.nypost.com/sports/nets/44264.htm

by **fgrep15** on Mon Dec 29, 2003 3:55 pm

Eddie Griffin is going to New Jersey

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=a ... &type=lgns

he agreed to play for them today

by **Vins15** on Mon Dec 29, 2003 4:48 pm

yeah that's wut i heard too... :shock:

can u believe it Rockets got rip off big time...now they have no player left in that trade with NJ...to make things worse Eddie just goes back to NJ... :roll:

lol at Rockets...even though Eddie was having off court problems..if he can clear that up the off court problem he's still gonna have a good talent and when Martin signs with another team next offseason they won't have to worry about it that much...

by **Stevan** on Mon Dec 29, 2003 10:01 pm

haha good stuff (y)

I'd say the Rockets got ripped, but you never know, Griffin could have half the Nets smoking pot by the end of the season (if they don't already)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think he would fit in well with NJ (provided he gets his legal shit outta the way) since he's pretty damn athletic for a big(ish) guy and can run the floor, shoot it some, rebound and block shots. I think during his first season he had quite a good run during one month where he was putting 16/17 points along with 9-ish boards and several blocks a game. This might just work out

by **Nick** on Tue Dec 30, 2003 11:44 am

Here's a clever headline: "New Jersey for Eddie Griffen"

I'm shocked with cleverness. :shock:

by **Bill Russell** on Tue Dec 30, 2003 12:37 pm

It's Griffin with "i", for Tom, Dick and Harry's sake, Nick...

I like Eddie Griffen... I think it's a good move by the Nets. He could average 18, 8 and 2 or 3 blocks someday along the road... Playing with Kidd helps too... Just take Kidd away from Jefferson and you'll see Qyntel Woods desguised... Griffen could be a valuable sub for the Nets... I like him... But he has to stop smoking pot, beating his women up and carrying a gun and stuff... That should not be difficult...

by **Nick** on Tue Dec 30, 2003 9:21 pm

Tales wrote:It's Griffin with "i", for Tom, Dick and Harry's sake, Nick...

I like Eddie Griffen...

by **Matthew** on Tue Dec 30, 2003 9:25 pm

Damn I was hoping New York could sign him. Oh well it could've been worse, he couldve gone to detroit and he couldve really hurt those pistions by giving them an extra option on offense :crazy:

by **[Q]** on Wed Dec 31, 2003 3:30 pm

paul_pierce_the_truth wrote:Management in New Jersey must be laughing at this disturbing result.
[New Jersey acquired Richard Jefferson, Jason Collins and Brandon Armstrong on a draft day trade with Houston for Eddie Griffin]

Yeah I think it's funny that New Jersey not only winds up with their own pick from the 2001 draft (I think it was #6), but they get the Rockets' picks as well. Not only one but THREE picks, including Richard Jefferson who would really be helping the Rockets at SF right now and a decent backup center in Collins.

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