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Stephen Jackson was under-rated and under-paid

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http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Stephen-Jackson-asks-for-a-8216-mandatory-821?urn=nba-wp5791

"Stephen Jackson(notes) wants a contract extension, he was "underrated" and "underpaid" during his time in Charlotte (his quotes), and if the NBA's players union wants to keep any sort of public goodwill during a lockout that a goodly chunk of sports fans will still refer to as "a strike," then Players Association boss Billy Hunter needs to buy Jackson his own yacht and six month's worth of gas and supplies, and tell him to find China by going West.

Because this guy is your grandfather's ideal of the worst of NBA basketball, typified. He bounces from small market to desperate small market, making untold gobs of money for an "overrated" and eventually "overpaid" (all quotation marks can be attributed to your humble author) style of basketball that looks good when those flat-footed threes fall in, but falls short everywhere else.

now im glad we got rid of him when we did.. :cheers2:

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I get the feeling that if Jack was still a Bobcat he wouldn't be as outspoken about an extension as he has been since getting traded to Milwaukee. And by outspoken, I mean he wouldn't be in the media saying he's underpaid and underrated. He has too much respect for MJ to have done that. I don't think it's a coincidence that all he has done since getting traded is complain to the media. Just like he did with the Warriors. But when he was a Bobcat he never once complained to the media. He always seemed positive. Even after it was clear that we were going into rebuilding mode.

I'm sure Jackson had been pushing for an extension while in Charlotte. And that, plus the Bobcats wanting to move up in the draft, is what lead to him being traded. I'm just glad he had enough respect for our organization (MJ) to stay out of the media with this nonsense.

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