Olney's Latest: Sabathia, Varitek

Buster Olney obviously knows nothing about the NBA.

1. He's not going to be traded, he'll sign with them in 2010.
2. 2010 is a long way away, I'm pretty sure Sabathia's mind will be made up by then.

NEW POSTS!! Sox should already just trade for one of the Ranger's catchers and let Tek get started somewhere else.

Olneys rationale is dumber than most of the posts on this site.

At least boras has come down to 2/14. That was about the highest he could have gotten so why he started with a redonkulous posada like demand who knows. I am guessing this means tek will be back with the sox on a deal that is plenty reasonable. Boras would not be down that far already if there wasn't zero market for tek which is hardly surprising.

Olney never said the Knicks were trading for LeBron. He said they made trades that cold help them sign LeBron. Meaning they will have Cap Space in 2010

"Olneys rationale is dumber than most of the posts on this site."

No. Olney's rationale is dumber than everyone's post on this site.

This just in: The Knicks GM just engineered the largest blockbuster of them all. Lebron is headed to the big apple with the entire team headed to the Cavs in return. They then sent most of them off to the Padres because they aren't good enought o play basketball anyway, Kevin Towers is going to try Al Harington at SS. Towers is sending Jake Peavy in return to the Yankees. The Yankees are sending Ian Kennedy to the Jets because no one in baseball wants him. The Jets turn around and ship Kennedy off to the 49ers dressed as a QB, the Yorks are not smart enough to figure it out until 2012, & the 49ers send the Jets next years 1st round draft pick and Patrick Willis.

CC Sabathia see's all of this and figures they are finally heading in the right direction and signs for pin stripes.

Casper, I agree itd be mad nice to see LeBron and Wade together, but putting a big name next to Lebron would be more useful, like u mentioned, Amare. But I think Chris Bosh would be a better fit

Amare is great but the Knicks need a big man in the post, eddy curry sucks. Yoa would be a great fit.

"mark my words.. if Varitek isn't a red sock next year.. team ERA goes up a half run at least."

I completely agree with you, Casper.

I live in akron which is where lebron grew up and (somewhat) still lives. He gave up his city roots for the burbs and is building a huge home about 2 minutes from me. I cant wait till he leaves cleveland. after hearing about every time he sneezed in high school and talk shows call ins saying they cant believe he is leaving cleveland...I hope he goes to new york, chicago...anywhere but here. He is holding the city hostage by playing for his home town team but going to indians games wearing a yankees hat and going to browns games and hanging out with the cowboys players. I have no problem with him being a fan of other teams, but do you have to rub it in the faces of cleveland fans??? He is a good player, but not the kind of player that jordan, bird, and magic were. I still think kobe is the better player of the two.

Integra96 - without trying to make this about basketball..

You look at what Jordan did for the bulls his 2nd or 3rd year in... what Kobe did and what Lebron did..

You can make the arguement that: Jordan=Lebron> Kobe

This kid is for real, and im sorry that you have so much animosity towards him... You must be a bitter athlete that never made anything out of yourself.

Unless we have a time machine as a sign on bonus to CC... lol

casper...I agree, he is for real. I think it is great that cleveland has such a great player that can actually bring revenue into this city since the Indians and Browns are incapable of doing so. What I hate is that the media follows him around so much that it only sets him up for failure. If the media is going to do that to the guy, let them do it to a player that is actually in a big city (i.e. NY or CHI). I will say the one nice thing about him is that he is such a down to earth person. You can go to the mall and see him there (and it is not an upscale mall at all), or you can go to a nice restaurant and see him there. He does not seclude himself from the everyday folk by any means. By the way, I did play baseball and basketball but only until 8th grade (and I was only good at baseball) so it is not animosity that drives this.

dude obviosly u people have not a clue about the nba
the knicks and nets will have the same amount of money in basebatball there is a salary cap therefore each team will offer lebron roughly the same amount of money.

Sox.. but how much of that money is available to the nets?

I was at least talking about the appeal in a Knick uniform versus a Net one... If all else is equal a knick player will get more endorsements then a Net player... well, if the knicks are doing well at least, lol...

"Lebron traded to the Knicks? He seriously typed that??"

Olney didn't type that. The poster did. Nat needs to actually read what the original author writes before he creates his paragraph. He's leading everyone to assume Olney doesn't know what he's talking about because his work has been mis-reported by Nat.
Olney said that the Knocks made trades this week that will clear up cap space for a chance to acquire James when he is a FREE AGENT.
Nat, please report correctly. Most posters here don't seem to have the time to read Olney's story, or any linked story, so you need to report accurately. Thank you.

Onley just wrote the dumbest thing I ever read. I wrote in a post that LeBron might be able to convince CC to go to NY but certainly not because he expected to be traded there. But LeBron and CC are good friends and LB is a fan of the Yanks and may head there as a FA in 2010.

integr96 wrote:

I live in akron which is where lebron grew up and (somewhat) still lives. He gave up his city roots for the burbs and is building a huge home about 2 minutes from me. I cant wait till he leaves cleveland. after hearing about every time he sneezed in high school and talk shows call ins saying they cant believe he is leaving cleveland...I hope he goes to new york, chicago...anywhere but here. He is holding the city hostage by playing for his home town team but going to indians games wearing a yankees hat and going to browns games and hanging out with the cowboys players. I have no problem with him being a fan of other teams, but do you have to rub it in the faces of cleveland fans??? He is a good player, but not the kind of player that jordan, bird, and magic were. I still think kobe is the better player of the two.
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Fans like you really make me sick. I grew up in NY and moved to Cleveland in '99. LeBron is the best thing that has ever happened to Cleveland and people like you are going to run him out of town. He's a great player that gives 110% every game, keeps out of trouble and drama, hustles and has taken your team deep into the playoffs every year including your 1st finals appearance in team history. So what he's a Yanks and Dallas Cowboys fan? As long as he plays hard for the Cavs who cares? He already signed an extension once which indicated he wanted to stay and BY NBA RULES he can't sign another extension until late 09 anyway. I can't LeBron wanting to leave soley based on money for to hang with jay Z. As long as Daniel Gilbert tries to rpvoide the supporting cast and is committed to winning then I think there's a better than 50% chance of him staying as long as stupid fans like yourself don't piss him off and run him out of town. Would you beleive that these stupid fans booed him because he dribbled the clock out when the Cavs were up by well over 10 points in the 4th qtr of a game. Why you ask? Did he have a bad game? No he scored 41 points. Why did they boo him you ask? Because Taco Bell has a promotion running where they give everybody a free freakin' Chilupa if the Cavs scored 100 points and they were stuck at 99 with 10 secs to go. Stupid! Fans paying $50 a seat booing him over a freakin' $1 Chalupa. After he scored 41 in a win. Only in Cleveland.

Somebody get that bottle away from Olney before he makes another NBA blog!

*any significant impact.. i should clarify.

the idea that the team ERA is going to go up .5 runs is one of the stupidest things ive ever heard.

I agree with a lot of what you guys say...

and maybe it won't go up a half a run... and if it goes down, it could be for several reasons.. the same thing if it goes up.. hell, if it goes up, it could just be that Beckett, or Dice-K is having an off year..

I do think losing Tek will be a HUGE blow to their rotation regardless... he's not worth much offensively it seems; but even he can surprise us next year...

but i think it's going to be a HUGE blow...

i'd also like to add that i thought dice-k was very lucky early in the year avoiding trouble with big time control problems. he eliminated the walks toward the end of the year to an extent so they never really had a chance to catch up with him so his numbers never regressed.

i also thought lester over-performed a little bit.

so just a little warning shot for when those guys numbers go up next year ;)

YanksFanSince78 : This is the problem. You and I agree he is a good player and he is great for the city of Ceveland. Where you and I disagree however is that you feel it is myself and other fans like myself that are running him out of town. Here is what you said "there's a better than 50% chance of him staying as long as stupid fans like yourself don't piss him off and run him out of town." Is it really me that is running him out of town by calling him out...or is it fans like yourself that thinks he is going to stay because you kiss his butt so much. Is it really hard for a superstar like himself to be more like a Derek Jeter? Jeter is the ultimate team player. He never says anything to piss anyone off and that is why he is so loved. I would take 10 NBA players like Derek Jeter than have 1 Lebron James where fans have to walk on pins and needles to make sure he stays happy. Because if he isnt happy then he leaves. He should want to stay with Cleveland because he wants too. He shouldnt stay in Cleveland because they boo him for coming up 1 point short for free tacos, and they shouldnt boo him for playing with a broken hand and missing every shot.