ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” revisits the circumstances surrounding Cuttino Mobley’s retirement due to a heart condition. What seems evident at this point is that [a] Mobley has been aware of his condition, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, since he was 23. [b] Each of the four teams Mobley has played for were aware of his condition and had him sign a liability waiver to suit up. [c] The Knicks may or may not have known about Mobley’s condition when they dealt for him, but any notion that they acted altruistically to save Mobley’s life by pushing into retirement is silly. As Larry Coon explains in the segment, the Knicks had only one concern — unloading Zach Randolph onto any willing buyer. If the Knicks could acquire a player in return whose contract not only expired in 2010, but who might also fetch them an injury exemption and an insurance claim, all the better.
The Mysterious Case of Cuttino Mobley
on May 27, 2009 at 1:37 pm
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If Cuttino were to come back and play with us, we’ll be such a better team…
Just have him play backup for EJ and we’re good. Trade Kaman for Kirk Hinrich for backing up Baron.
We’ll be good. Real good.
Posted on May 27th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Mobley/Thomas trade for Randolph and Collins was one of the worst trades EVER! one more year and they would have been off the books, one more year with Mobley guiding Gordon and no worry about Randolph being upset starting behind Griffin. Could have been good trade bate this summer being in their final year of their contracts…oh the horror!
oh well, if we get Griffin and don’t mess this up then there’s hope.
Stian Reply:
May 27th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
You are nuts! Eric Gordon being able to start almost the whole season alone was worth doing this deal. This trade was a total no-brainer. Tim Thomas is the epitome of SUCK at PF – Z-Bo was the perfect Brand replacement. He’d have had an even better season if it wasn’t for Voskuhl’s thug move that sidelined him.
Ian Reply:
May 27th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
Thing is… there were many of us pining for EJ’s playing time to be upped BEFORE Cat was traded. It was clear from the start that another shooter/scorer was needed on the floor.
Q.D. Reply:
May 28th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
The good was good for EJ’s playing time, BUT the contract we tacked one was bad.
Posted on May 27th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
There’s nothing like an investigative report on something everybody already knew anyway.
Posted on May 27th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Hire Mobley as Asst.Gen.Manager and groom him now. Too bad we lost Sam Cassell. Cassell is the only MAN who brought real respectability to this ailing franchise. Clippers had a swagger under him.
NEXT MOVES: Don’t publicise your interest in Ricky Rubio now. OKC will use that for their advantage. Clippers mngmt. showed their mediocrity by splashing Rubio’s pics on their website. They lost their bargaining power by doing this.
If OKC choose to play hardball, make a deal with Memphis. Keep Griffin. Let Memphis Choose Rubio and swap him with other players for Baron, Thornton and Kaman.
MC Reply:
May 28th, 2009 at 10:48 am
And they should listen to you…
Q.D. Reply:
May 28th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Actually, Griffin was on the website for the first couple of days. I don’t know if the clippers publicize their interest for Rubio, this is all hearsay. Most rumors with the clippers have not come to fruition by these so called “experts”.
Posted on May 28th, 2009 at 8:45 am
What are you yalking about, the clippers don’t want rubio
bongstradamus Reply:
May 28th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Clippers.com is sporting a graphic with Griffin and Rubio. Thats where this is all coming from.
Gordon for President Reply:
May 28th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
What don’t people understand? Portland kept publicly waffling between Oden and Durant when everyone knew they were going with the big man. Pritchard even said they were drafting the best player with a “D” in his last name .The Rubio picture is there only as an attempt to look impartial…as impartial as we can get that is.
andrew Reply:
May 28th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
oDen lol.
Yeah I dont find the pictures to be anything but a picture. They had hasheem thabeet a while back (when we had the #1 pick)so i wouldnt read much into it. Whatever, theres going to be more idiodic articles about the clippers until june 25th. more media is better than none right ?
Q.D. Reply:
May 28th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Same here, they had a picture of Thabeet. By this reasoning, Thabeet will be the number 1 pick. Why isn’t there an uproar against Thabeet?! Don’t read into too much.
The real story of the draft is not who the clippers choose, but what will happen to Rubio and would he like OKC,Memphis or Sactown
Posted on May 28th, 2009 at 10:18 am
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