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Kurt Thomas - What a pick-up?

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by Ronnie Foreman

So the Sonics pick up Kurt Thomas from the Suns after signing PJ Carlesimo as coach...What a great move. They get the veteran leadership to "Tutor" Kevin Durant and Jeff Green? Are you kidding me?

Let's see Kurt Thomas is a scoring and rebounding machine right? Not quite. Over the last 2 years he has averaged 6.4 points per game and 6.6 rebounds. Great mentoring numbers huh..I'm sure that's just the kind of stats they want out of Durant and Green!

And at what price did they get this great product: $8.1 million for one year plus there $8 million cap exception. So in reality $16.1 million.

I think that is a crazy price to pay for a one year tutoring session from someone averaging less that 7 and 7 over the last two years!


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Twins15Varsity Captain
863 days ago
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First off, the title of this article of wrong... secondly, obviously the deal was not done to get Kurt Thomas, it was done to get the draft picks. If the owner is willing to take on the salary hit to get extra draft picks, more power to him. I don't see how that can be seen as a bad deal for Seattle.
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JoshkrossDraft Pick
787 days ago
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Fixed the title.
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ChristofMVP
862 days ago
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Dude, did Seattle pick up Tim or Kurt Thomas. You have me confused.
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RkforemanVarsity
861 days ago
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They picked up Kurt. I wanted to see if anyone was paying attention.
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
787 days ago
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If you knew what you were talking about you'd realize that Kurt Thomas contributes WAY more than stats. He will add "nasty" and "professionalism" to your team. He can drain the 15 foot jumper like a machine and he will integrate your young players into the NBA life with safety and security.

He won't only help precious Kevin Durant develop but also the dearth of 7 foot stiffs/boneheads you have up there too.

It makes me absolutely SICK that Robert Sarver shoved him out of Phoenix because of money. Krazy Eyez Kurt is EXACTLY what the Suns need to win a championship! And now they have two sevicable players over 6'8".

Kurt will bring more to Seattle than you (obviously) realize. And his impact on the players will last their entire careers. You're an idiot if you think that "stats + money = all there is to pro sports"

You also didn't notice that the Suns gave TWO 1st round picks to you as well. NOR did you mention your OTHER coup from Phoenix. Paul Westhead was coerced away from coaching the freshly minted WNBA Champion Phoenix Mercury to assist his good pal PJ.

If I was a Sonics fan (or lived in Oklahoma) I would be salivating at the future, not questioning it like a dolt.
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