There is no reason for Joe Johnson to still be on this roster after tonight.

[MVP23]

I don't care what it takes, or what he get in return. SOMEBODY out there, ANYBODY has to be dumb enough to take on this contract for the 15 ppg Joe is going to average from here on out. Dear God.

[WraithSentinel]

He is going to be here.1. No one is stupid enough to take on that contract.2. He can still play contrary to popular belief.3. ASG(Despite Ferry being here now) is not going to pay him that much money while he plays for another team.

[ag82]

I replaced joe johnson with josh smith and the title started to make some sense.

[MaceCase]

Good God, we've missed you! How's the service going?

[AHawks89]

For all the Smoove haters, everyone should be tradeable.

[ATLHawks3]

That contract<<< No one's going to take it. And even when we trade him, who's his replacement? He's a top 10 SG in the NBA and you can't replace his numbers easily.

[MrMeltdown]

Co-sign this thread. Joe Johnson+23 for Biedrins+Richard Jefferson+7

[ag82]

Co-sign this thread. Joe Johnson+23 for Biedrins+Richard Jefferson+7

How does that trade significantly improve our team aside from just shedding the contract?

[GameTime]

That contract<<< No one's going to take it. And even when we trade him, who's his replacement? He's a top 10 SG in the NBA and you can't replace his numbers easily.

We can easily give him away for this:http://basketball.realgm.com/tradechecker/saved_trade/6108438 + future firstBut i'm not sure if we want to do that.

[GameTime]

How does that trade significantly improve our team aside from just shedding the contract?

Shedding his contract = improving our team.Joe's contract limits us from being able to contend.

[MrMeltdown]

How does that trade significantly improve our team aside from just shedding the contract?

Did you or did you not see that we get the #7 pick?

[ag82]

Did you or did you not see that we get the #7 pick?

I did. Who do we pick and how are we a better team? How are we improving on flaws that we have as a team?

[Bruhman91]

It was 19 ppg tho

Edited June 28, 2012 by Bruhman91

[MVP23]

We could easily sign JR Smith and call it a day.

[benhillboy]

I can only wish Joe's tenure here had some concrete finality like tonight. I been looking forward to it since the day he signed his second contract.

[AHawks89]

We could easily sign JR Smith and call it a day.

No thanks.

[MrMeltdown]

I did. Who do we pick and how are we a better team? How are we improving on flaws that we have as a team?

BPA.

[Flight]

In all honesty I think losing JJ would set us back. There's not plenty of SG's in this league right now that can contribute the way he does for us. We spend too much time complaining about his contract and not enough acknowledging how much of an impact this dude seriously makes.

[PSSSHHHRRR87]

Joe is a lot better than people like to give him credit for... He is basically our only offensive threat and people want to dump him just because of his contract... Joe's production is a direct correlation to him not having help on the offensive end and being double teamed practically every trip down the floor. Sure, Smoove can put up 25 a night, but no one respects him as a shooter. They WANT Smith to take jump shots. Joe really is the only player on the team that can hit ANY jump shot on the floor. Teague... no. Horford... no... Smoove... yes, but not a high enough rate... Marvin... don't make me laugh. Get Joe another shooter such as Martin or somebody (anybody) and then we will talk about JJ2. I have learned that you can't call someone a failure until you put them in the best possible situation and they still fail.

[Admin]

I can think of 89 million reasons why Joe Johnson will in all likelihood still be on this roster after tonight.