Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:30 pm EST
J.J. Redick enjoys jumping rope, but he isn't getting much
burn in Orlando,
and he's recently requested a trade.
Orlando Magic GM Otis Smith enjoys signing Rashard Lewis to a six year, 118.2 million dollar contract. He recently met with Redick to discuss trading options. Let's listen in:
J.J. Redick: Hey, Otis.
Otis Smith: J.J. Redick! Van Gundy told me you'd be coming up.
Redick: Yeah, we have to talk.
Smith: About what?
Redick: I'm not playing much. I've sat out more than half the games we've played; I'm not even averaging double-figure minutes. I can shoot, I can contribute, and I need to be traded to another team.
Smith: I don't want to trade you, J.J. Redick.
Redick: Just "J.J." is fine. And, yeah, you have to trade me. You don't think it's working out, do you?
Smith: No, you're probably right.
Redick: Here's the thing, and I don't want to come across as your typical Duke [jerk] here, but I'd like to make the trade myself, if you don't mind.
Smith: What?
Redick: You're not a good General Manager.
Smith: We're one of the best teams in the East.
Redick: The East. Yeah.
Smith: We made the playoffs last year! I put together this entire team!
Redick: Except for ... ?
Smith: Except for Dwight Howard.
Redick: Except for Dwight Howard. And except for ... ?
Smith: Except for Jameer Nelson. But I signed both of those guys to contract extensions.
Redick: Bold moves.
Smith: I don't see what this has to do with ...
Redick: I like the guys on this team. They're good mates. They're also winning in spite of you. You're horrible.
Smith: I am not horrible.
Redick: Yeah, you are. Like, "let's give Brian Hill another chance"-horrible.
Smith: I fired Brian Hill!
Redick: But you also hired him. You hired Brian Hill!
Smith: If this is about where I'd trade you, I can assure you that ...
Redick: It has nothing to do with that. I like the guys on this team. I don't want them to have to suddenly become Darius Miles' teammate.
Smith: Is he available?
Redick: See! See that little thing you did with your eyebrows? How you went a little cross-eyed, there? Darius Miles did that to you! Watch this: Stromile Swift.
Smith: I wonder if the salaries match with ...
Redick: See! You did it again. If you had a tail, it'd be thumping the linoleum.
Smith: This isn't really fair, J.J. Redick.
Redick: "J.J." is, again, just fine.
Smith: You don't know the salary cap like I do. You don't know the rules.
Redick: But you do. And it's killing this team.
Smith: What do you mean?
Redick: Bobby Simmons.
Smith: I wonder if Larry is still up ...
Redick: Rashard Lewis makes almost 15 million dollars this year. He's in his prime, he's our third-leading scorer, and we're still third in the East. In 2012, he'll make in excess of 21 million bucks.
Smith: Damn.
Redick: Yeah.
Smith: So, you're saying I should lock that [stuff] up until 2017? See, you just don't know the salary cap J.J. Redick ...
Redick: How about just, "Redick?"
Smith: ... Lewis isn't eligible for a contract extension yet.
Redick: No extension.
Smith: No extension?
Redick: You paid way too much. He's not worth it. You brought Bo Outlaw to camp last October. You thought hiring Billy Donovan was a good idea.
Smith: J.J. Redick, you're way out of line.
Redick: Fran [flippin'] Vasquez.
Smith: HE STILL MIGHT COME OVER. A MORE EFFETE JEFF FOSTER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT!
Redick: Zach Randolph.
Smith: Ooh, good complement to Dwight. I wonder if ... whoa, not fair, J.J. Redick.
Redick: It got you to stop screaming.
Smith: You have to let me do my job, J.J. Redick.
Redick: Few GMs need to do their job less than you. Take it easy. I want to do whatever it takes to stop Coach Van Gundy from having to yell, "Sub! Garrity in, Szczerbiak out!"
Smith: That's not a bad platoon, Seattle's three hours behind us, right?
Redick: Mike James.
Smith: Bound to bounce back, good shooter ... hey, give my cell phone back, J.J. Redick!
(J.J. Redick scurries away with the cell phone, runs out of the building, hops into a waiting hot-air balloon, and flies away. It's my website, the story goes how I want it to.)
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Seriously thought, J Kidd is available and if we pkg JJ with half the team (obviously retaining the obvious) it think it would be a good trade. Thoughts???
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Seriously thought, J Kidd is available and if we pkg JJ with half the team (obviously retaining the obvious) it think it would be a good trade. Thoughts???
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Redick: Just "J.J." is fine."
Classic !
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