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[Omega]

Lol, that's so silly.

Dwight has 4-6 good years barring injury. Dude is only 26.

How is it silly? It's happening before your eyes. He's averaging like 14/8 in the last 5 games.
As opposed to being a 20/15 guy, he's barely an 18/10 guy. His numbers have fallen way down.

Yeah sure those are good numbers.. but not the numbers you need from your franchise player in the future.

 

[Baby Milo]

yeah i dont want to see Pau on the knicks

 

[Truphenom]

Maybe, only time will tell if his back gets worse or starts to effect his knees.



That's fine. But just because a shitty deal is all thats on the table, doesn't mean you take it. Making the Amare deal would be worse for the lakers presently and going forward.

I can hope for the Lakers to take that lol. I'm hoping they panic trade him but there's probably no chance at that happening.

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

How is it silly? It's happening before your eyes. He's averaging like 14/8 in the last 5 games.
As opposed to being a 20/15 guy, he's barely an 18/10 guy. His numbers have fallen way down.

Yeah sure those are good numbers.. but not the numbers you need from your franchise player in the future.

You realize that he hasn't fully recovered from his surgery yet right?

 

[mhi]

Okafor
Booker
Ariza
Crawford

for

Pau
Meeks
Ebanks

Terrible deal man. Bad contracts and even worse players.

 

[GaimeGuy]

You realize that he hasn't fully recovered from his surgery yet right?

Then why is he playing?


Also: Is this the NBA thread, or the lakers thread?

WOLF-PACK, ASSEMBLE.

 

[Mothman91]

Then why is he playing?


Also: Is this the NBA thread, or the lakers thread?

WOLF-PACK, ASSEMBLE.

Where's the guy with the musical note as a avatar?

 

[Psychological Intellect]

How is it silly? It's happening before your eyes. He's averaging like 14/8 in the last 5 games.
As opposed to being a 20/15 guy, he's barely an 18/10 guy. His numbers have fallen way down.

Yeah sure those are good numbers.. but not the numbers you need from your franchise player in the future.

isn't he still recovering?

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

Then why is he playing?

That's the stage he's at in his recovery. He is only missing some strength at this point and maybe endurance.

 

[LegendofJoe]

Terrible deal man. Bad contracts and even worse players.

The Okafor and Ariza contracts expire at the same time Pau's contract does. They're all bad contracts, but the important part is they're equally as bad. Crawford and Booker are both young and could provide shooting and defense respectively. It's a good trade for the Lakers I think. It isn't nearly as good for the Wizards, but really what do they have to lose after the absolutely horrible start they've gotten off to?

 

[Rodeo Clown]

I heard Colin Cowherd ranting about how Kobe has no help earlier. Fantastic stuff.

 

[ohhthegore]

 

[Truphenom]

Lmao ok that's pretty good.

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

Crawford auditioning for a Naked Gun remake.

 

[Shadow780]

That Asian floorseat ticket lady is stoic as fuck, I don't think she ever was emotional.

 

[Gully State]

Looks like Bogut won't be suiting up for quite awhile

Downplaying the severity of his injury wreaks of ownership trying to sell more tickets. Just shut him down for as long as it takes.

http://i.minus.com/ibeCauc6N4ruei.gif[IMG][/QUOTE]

How about a trail of gunfire behind Crawford instead? Or have him stomp goombas with each step..

 

[linsivvi]

I would say the Lakers are suffering from an identity crisis. Caused by the constant personnel change.

It's not constant. They made major changes this off season and that's it. The real culprit was the hiring of Mike Clown last season which leads to his firing 5 games in and a frantic search for a head coach with no training camp and barely any practice.

Had they been able to keep Jim Buss out of the head coach decision last season they might be in a much better place right now. There were multiple legit candidates that could take the job last summer.

 

[reilo]

Looks like Bogut won't be suiting up for quite awhile

Downplaying the severity of his injury wreaks of ownership trying to sell more tickets. Just shut him down for as long as it takes.

Dude what the fuck? The Warriors are looking shady as fuck:

This all seems to stem from the team claiming that he had minor arthroscopic surgery in April, a procedure that he says wasn't so minor.

The 7-footer said he had microfracture surgery, a much more serious procedure, and there's still way too much swelling to engage in strenuous activity.

The Warriors confirmed Tuesday that Bogut had microfracture surgery, about seven months after claiming an arthroscopic surgery "to clean out loose particles and bone spurs" was a success and he should "return to basketball-related activities" in July.

He had microfracture surgery in April and they wanted him to be back in JULY?!?!!

The fact that he even played 4 games at the beginning of the season is WTF.

 

[RBelong2Us]

He had very minor microfracture sugery, the time frame is definitely not a year.

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

Amazing that he played at all so early. Jesus christ, that's so risky and irresponsible.

 

[Future PhaZe]

Bigs just aren't long for this world anymore.

Pretty soon small ball will be the norm.

Looking at Cody Zeller wondering how strong his knees are.

 

[RBelong2Us]

Way better article discussing what exactly Bogut had done in April http://www.mercurynews.com/warriors...warriors-bogut-had-microfracture-surgery-what

 

[lawlohwhat]

i dreamt that the wiz are gonna get their first win tonight. god has spoken.

 

[mhi]

GSW has drafted well, but their FO is really showing a lack of patience. IMO, they should 'take it easy' this yr as well and then make a run for the playoffs next year.

 

[reilo]

Michael Jordan ruffled feathers at an exclusive Miami Beach country club when he wouldn’t play by their rules. Page Six has exclusively learned the NBA legend hit the links as a guest at swanky La Gorce Country Club — but his gear didn’t fit the club’s old-school rules.

“Michael was wearing cargo pants on the course,” said a spy.

http://blogs.thescore.com/tbj/2012/...course/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

[SamuraiX-]

Pictures really do speak volumes.

Wtf MJ. Just wtf

 

[snack]

LOL WTF

 

[theignoramus]

Dont really have a problem with Jordan trolling them stuffy ass country clubs. and that pic above is an amazing Jeffrey troll face

 

[linsivvi]

Dont really have a problem with Jordan trolling them stuffy ass country clubs. and that pic above is an amazing Jeffrey troll face

This.

 

[Herpes Reasons]

if mitch the great can get ramon for luke walton.
then i have great hope some dumbfuck GM will get swindled into taking pau for an up and coming young big that can make 20footers.

 

[rando14]

MJ is too funny.

 

[theignoramus]

@SpearsNBAYahoo: Clippers guard Chauncey Billups will make his season debut tonight against Minnesota.

sheeeit. mr. big shot is finally back on the court?

 

[exarkun]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8676129/nba-oklahoma-city-thunder-rolling-james-harden

Can Scotty Brooks develop talent? He has Perry Jones who is playing pretty decently (though im not sure how much that is Brooks), but then he sits Lamb and lets him play like 3-5 mins during a blowout? No reason to run Durant and Westbrook into the ground.

Make Lamb play the point since maynor has been ass while you have Martin and Perry at the 2 and 3. Smh brooks, gotta get bench minutes up when blowing people out by 40.

 

[Gully State]

GSW has drafted well, but their FO is really showing a lack of patience. IMO, they should 'take it easy' this yr as well and then make a run for the playoffs next year.

FO isn't pressuring Bogut to come back at this point since they don't want to have another Curry situation (just rushing him to play limited minutes/downplaying the surgery was either a miscommunication or a shady attempt to bolster ticket sales- not like they need it though...W's fans fill the seats even when they suck). But even without Bogut, they've been pretty competitive so far and should be at least vying for a playoff seed (hopefully)...There's no reason for them to tank since I think the 1st round pick goes to Utah no matter what (I might be mistaken)..

 

[Future PhaZe]

if mitch the great can get ramon for luke walton.
then i have great hope some dumbfuck GM will get swindled into taking pau for an up and coming young big that can make 20footers.

Moving Pau for decent value would be the easiest move Mitch has had to make during his tenture when you look at his resume.

 

[SamuraiX-]

sheeeit. mr. big shot is finally back on the court?

Wtf??? He really didn't retire?

 

[CoffeeJanitor]

Wow GS. Dumb as hell.

 

[mhi]

There's no reason for them to tank since I think the 1st round pick goes to Utah no matter what (I might be mistaken)..

So I guess they did plan on making the playoffs.

Good to hear Billups is back. Wonder what that does to Blodsoe' minutes. They really should trade him.

 

[SoulPlaya]

if mitch the great can get ramon for luke walton.
then i have great hope some dumbfuck GM will get swindled into taking pau for an up and coming young big that can make 20footers.

Carlos Boozer it is, then.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

How is it silly? It's happening before your eyes. He's averaging like 14/8 in the last 5 games.
As opposed to being a 20/15 guy, he's barely an 18/10 guy. His numbers have fallen way down.

Yeah sure those are good numbers.. but not the numbers you need from your franchise player in the future.

He wasn't even supposed to be playing til January and is actually ahead of schedule. Slow your roll.

 

[Gully State]

So I guess they did plan on making the playoffs.

Good to hear Billups is back. Wonder what that does to Blodsoe' minutes. They really should trade him.

I dunno about planning to make the playoffs but the core roster as is is locked in for at least 2 seasons.

 

[MidnightCowboy]

Wtf??? He really didn't retire?

He said there was no way an injury was going to be the reason he retired.

 

[Syphon Filter]

sheeeit. mr. big shot is finally back on the court?

Billups ftw!

 

[white dynamite]

What's the Clips rotation going to be like once Hill comes back?

CP3/Bledsoe
Billups/Crawford
Butler/Hill/Barnes
Griff/Odom
Jordan/Hollins

 

[Herpes Reasons]

Carlos Boozer it is, then.

sorry, we already have one whiner in kobe.
we dont need two.

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

What's the Clips rotation going to be like once Hill comes back?

CP3/Bledsoe
Billups/Crawford
Butler/Hill/Barnes
Griff/Odom
Jordan/Hollins

I thought Barnes took Butler's minutes, on my phone so I can't double check.

 

[ratcliffja]

So I guess they did plan on making the playoffs.

Good to hear Billups is back. Wonder what that does to Blodsoe' minutes. They really should trade him.

Bledsoe is making pennies compared to what he's worth. I don't think they have the cap room to trade him away for anything worthwhile. Regardless, he'll mostly just be taking Willie Green's place while letting Bledsoe run the second unit with less help from CP3 ideally.

 

[Liquidsnake]

8-7.

I have no words. Identity crisis was the correct answer.

Also the refs were an embarrassment.

I hope the one thing that happens once Stern steps down, is a complete revision of the refs. They are by far the worst in sports. And they are attention hogs.

 

[LegendofJoe]

Realistically, who gets moved before the deadline that matters?

Pau?
Jefferson?
Milsap?
Smith?

 

[Liquidsnake]

Realistically, who gets moved before the deadline that matters?

Pau?
Jefferson?
Milsap?
Smith?

Don't forget D'Antoni is on the hot seat.