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2012 NBA Offseason |OT|They said I could become anything so I became multiple sources
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Much as I love Dwight, I would drive him to the airport myself if it was a choice between him and Sloan. But ffs, if he wanted to 'fix' his image, playing and winning for Coach Sloan is like the perfect way.
Honestly? I'd give GM Shaq a shot. Not like he can be any fucking worse. Plus Shaq makes everything he joins (outside the Inside the NBA) funnier.
The Insane Dufresne
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RedAssedApe
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Shaq would be a horrible GM. He doesn't even make sense half the time. Imagine trying to make a trade on the phone with all that mumbling going on.
Not to mention the whole silly tiff he has with Dwight about being Superman.
Not to mention the whole silly tiff he has with Dwight about being Superman.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Shaq as GM? Hahahaha.
Dude stabbed DeVos in the back and ripped out his spine when he walked all over him when he left. There ain't a chance in hell thats happening. This is one of the more ridiculous things I've ever heard.
Dude stabbed DeVos in the back and ripped out his spine when he walked all over him when he left. There ain't a chance in hell thats happening. This is one of the more ridiculous things I've ever heard.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Seriously the mere thought they'd even interview Shaq is so insulting. This better be some Broussard total bullshit to the max degree.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
PR move.. if they hire Shaq it means that D12 is gone already
The Frankman
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Knicks Pre-Draft workouts over the next 2 days:
I really like the guys in bold.
cuevas. PhD.
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Hey bulls loserbros, if Noah hadn't gotten hurt we could of still been swept in the finals. Fuck.
RedAssedApe
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http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/...h-kupchak-says-shake-store-los-angeles-lakers
Nothing new but I guess Mitch ain't leaving regardless of how sad he always looks while on the job. Darn. I was hoping we could interview Shaq for the GM job.
Nothing new but I guess Mitch ain't leaving regardless of how sad he always looks while on the job. Darn. I was hoping we could interview Shaq for the GM job.
Prototype-03
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Sessions should not opt out if he wants to stay in LA. Doesn't sound like they want to retain him.
Overload of little guys, someone tell me Mike Bibby is buried somewhere and will not signed to a new contract
obijkenobi
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Who are the Lakers going to get with the vet min. that would be better than Sessions though?
Prototype-03
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It's still a 50/50 for him. IF the Lakers find someone else they want to sign, then what?
obijkenobi
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Just don't think the Lakers are going to get anything better than him for the vet min. Makes sense for them to go a full year and see if Brown can shape up his defense a bit after an offseason and a full training camp.
Btw, am I the only one thinking that the Mavs should go after Nash instead of Deron? The basketball gods would be surely pleased with Dirk and Nash trying to win a ring together for another season or two. Then when Nash retires, you can blow up the team.
RedAssedApe
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Rodeo Clown
All aboard! The Love train!
He isn't getting less than the MLE.
Did I comment on the Shaq thing yet? I saw the story yesterday but maybe I just went bug-eyed in real life.
It's fucking weird, because Shaq has always been a dick to Dwight.. I don't really get the reasoning behind it. It seems like it would be the exact opposite of a good idea while Dwight was still on the team. Beyond that, if they patched things up.. sure, I guess it could make some sense but Shaq is so underqualified and so fucking dumb, that it seems insane regardless. A former player didn't work out particularly well as our GM right before this, did it?
It's fucking weird, because Shaq has always been a dick to Dwight.. I don't really get the reasoning behind it. It seems like it would be the exact opposite of a good idea while Dwight was still on the team. Beyond that, if they patched things up.. sure, I guess it could make some sense but Shaq is so underqualified and so fucking dumb, that it seems insane regardless. A former player didn't work out particularly well as our GM right before this, did it?
Like I said before, change their names to the Los Angeles Lakers, and hope Deron falls for it.
I wish the Bobcats hadn't been so reticent to trade the #5 and #13 picks for #3 to take Chris Paul
That's not realistic, but I some what agree. It's sad. There has to be a way though. It's time for Atl to get the good side of a fuck up for a change.
Prototype-03
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I thought he was going to the Mavs
Prototype-03
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Radmanovic is coming back to Lakers!!!!!
edit: sad news is that he'd be the best shooter on the team if this happened
Apparently, he's now leaning towards resigning with the Nets, or going to the Lakers in a trade.
Prototype-03
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Sounds like Dwight 2.0
RedAssedApe
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Chris Broussard. There was no invitation.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/blog/ken-berger/19145985/magic-to-begin-scheduling-gm-interviews-friday
Among the characteristics said to be most prized by Magic CEO Alex Martins is championship experience. So while there have been no public indications that Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak will be available or wants to leave Los Angeles, Kupchak is expected to be among the first wave of candidates the Magic pursue, one of the sources said.
In addition to reaching out to free-agent candidates, the team's list also will include executives who are under contract with other teams. Martins also is expected to begin contacting teams Friday to ask permission to interview such candidates, and Kupchak -- with multiple championships on his resume -- will be among the obvious targets, sources said.
Kupchak has one year left on his contract, and made it clear after the Lakers were ousted in the second round for the second consecutive year that there will be some changes in the organization. Hiring Kupchak is not without hurdles -- front-office sources find it difficult to imagine him leaving Southern California -- but if the opportunity is right, the changes Kupchak alluded to could involve him.
The Magic also are interested in speaking with Pacers general manager David Morway and former Hornets GM Jeff Bower, both of whom have interviewed twice for the Trail Blazers' opening, and former Portland GM and current Pacers executive Kevin Pritchard, sources said.
Magic officials believe former Pacers and Knicks president Donnie Walsh would be a good fit, but sources say the team is convinced that if Walsh returns to a front-office job, it will be in Indiana in the likely event team president Larry Bird retires.
Orlando will hire the GM first and the look for a coach who is one the same page with the GM. Among the early candidates that are expected to be in the mix for the coaching opening are Golden State assistant Michael Malone; Pacers assistant Brian Shaw; and the Bucks' Scott Skiles, who is beloved in Orlando and is said to be open to leaving Milwaukee after missing the playoffs for a second straight season.
Among the characteristics said to be most prized by Magic CEO Alex Martins is championship experience. So while there have been no public indications that Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak will be available or wants to leave Los Angeles, Kupchak is expected to be among the first wave of candidates the Magic pursue, one of the sources said.
In addition to reaching out to free-agent candidates, the team's list also will include executives who are under contract with other teams. Martins also is expected to begin contacting teams Friday to ask permission to interview such candidates, and Kupchak -- with multiple championships on his resume -- will be among the obvious targets, sources said.
Kupchak has one year left on his contract, and made it clear after the Lakers were ousted in the second round for the second consecutive year that there will be some changes in the organization. Hiring Kupchak is not without hurdles -- front-office sources find it difficult to imagine him leaving Southern California -- but if the opportunity is right, the changes Kupchak alluded to could involve him.
The Magic also are interested in speaking with Pacers general manager David Morway and former Hornets GM Jeff Bower, both of whom have interviewed twice for the Trail Blazers' opening, and former Portland GM and current Pacers executive Kevin Pritchard, sources said.
Magic officials believe former Pacers and Knicks president Donnie Walsh would be a good fit, but sources say the team is convinced that if Walsh returns to a front-office job, it will be in Indiana in the likely event team president Larry Bird retires.
Orlando will hire the GM first and the look for a coach who is one the same page with the GM. Among the early candidates that are expected to be in the mix for the coaching opening are Golden State assistant Michael Malone; Pacers assistant Brian Shaw; and the Bucks' Scott Skiles, who is beloved in Orlando and is said to be open to leaving Milwaukee after missing the playoffs for a second straight season.
Red Blaster
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So now it's coming out that the Magic didn't even contact Shaq
#ChrisBroussardsSources
#ChrisBroussardsSources
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
JoshuaBRobbins
Spoke to a few people. Everything I'm hearing is that the #Magic have not decided to trade Dwight Howard. The new GM/Pres of Basketball Ops, after he's hired, will speak to D12 & explain his vision for future to D12, Howard's response will help dictate what the team does next.
Cool. So he's still getting traded.
Spoke to a few people. Everything I'm hearing is that the #Magic have not decided to trade Dwight Howard. The new GM/Pres of Basketball Ops, after he's hired, will speak to D12 & explain his vision for future to D12, Howard's response will help dictate what the team does next.
Cool. So he's still getting traded.
not this circus again
Rodeo Clown
All aboard! The Love train!
You knew it was going to happen again. Picking up his option extended the faux drama a year.
cuevas. PhD.
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I enjoy 2 week old articles too.
Red Blaster
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Friend of mine listened in to a local Orlando sports radio show that featured Jarrod Rudolph (guy who first broke that Dwight was opting-in), shared some pretty inarresting details about SVG and Otis.
SVG had a bigger hand in personnel decisions than many thought. He apparently did not like Gortat, Pietrus, Alston or CLee and hence was one of the reasons why all those guys were eventually moved. I'm not surprised about Gortat, Pietrus or Alston because all three of those guys clashed with SVG at some point during their tenure here but SVG hating on CLee's pretty weird considering he was pretty committed to D; guess he was mad he missed that layup. I guess the implication is that SVG played favorites, therefore we can see why Dudu continued to get minutes over Ish. This is when Dwight started to feel slighted by SVG and the organization because he was pretty tight with some of those guys (especially CLee).
As for Otis, apparently he was completely and truly delusional thus confirming everyone's assumptions about him. He absolutely thought the team he put together could contend for a title and when the cracks started to show he blamed Dwight of all people for not trying hard enough. At the deadline he tried to send Dwight to the Pistons in a deal that supposedly centered around Brandon Knight and Greg Monroe but it never really got off the ground. Hearing that, I hope Otis never works in the NBA again; how in the blue fuck can a team's GM scheme against his own superstar.
SVG had a bigger hand in personnel decisions than many thought. He apparently did not like Gortat, Pietrus, Alston or CLee and hence was one of the reasons why all those guys were eventually moved. I'm not surprised about Gortat, Pietrus or Alston because all three of those guys clashed with SVG at some point during their tenure here but SVG hating on CLee's pretty weird considering he was pretty committed to D; guess he was mad he missed that layup. I guess the implication is that SVG played favorites, therefore we can see why Dudu continued to get minutes over Ish. This is when Dwight started to feel slighted by SVG and the organization because he was pretty tight with some of those guys (especially CLee).
As for Otis, apparently he was completely and truly delusional thus confirming everyone's assumptions about him. He absolutely thought the team he put together could contend for a title and when the cracks started to show he blamed Dwight of all people for not trying hard enough. At the deadline he tried to send Dwight to the Pistons in a deal that supposedly centered around Brandon Knight and Greg Monroe but it never really got off the ground. Hearing that, I hope Otis never works in the NBA again; how in the blue fuck can a team's GM scheme against his own superstar.
I know but I was hoping it wouldn't start until November.
During the Dwight-drama-Stan-handjob-fest, people loved to ignore Stan's bullshit with other players. People really wanted to paint SVG as some kind of Saintly old school coach when he's always been a bit of a dick.
Meh. The waiting is the worst part. That and knowing Otis is still out there, somewhere.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Trading CLee was a good move for the Magic. One of the few trades where Otis actually won and won big.
Magic should blow it up. Dwight isn't sticking around. It was worth going it for this year (well only after they tricked him into staying), I actually don't disagree with Otis' reasoning all that much. Look at how far the Pacers fuckball has taken them this year.
That said Otis is still a shithead.
Magic should blow it up. Dwight isn't sticking around. It was worth going it for this year (well only after they tricked him into staying), I actually don't disagree with Otis' reasoning all that much. Look at how far the Pacers fuckball has taken them this year.
That said Otis is still a shithead.
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