He's not going to extend his contract.
He's going to sign a new contract with max monies.
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2012 NBA Offseason |OT2| Lakers Fans Despise Freedom.
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He's not going to extend his contract.
KingJ2002
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more like it's the former as Pau can play center pretty well and Jamison can slide to the 4 w/ Hill getting more minutes replacing one or the other.
Without clicking on the link I thought it was written by TJ Simers, and I am right. He's the Cloudy of Jim Buss. What a heck...
Mitch did all the work and that's the way it's supposed to be. Credit this trade to Mitch's brilliance or Hennigan's stupidity. Hennigan called Mitch, not Jim. Mitch called Nash's agent at midnight, not Jim. Jim does nothing.
Conflict NZ
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Lakers staff believe he will be back by start of the season, are hoping for traning camp.
shira
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Losing muscle mass and putting on fat.
He looks way too happy for someone who is supposedly going through rehab
He allows his Gm to spend crazy money.
Also he
bribes Orlando owners/front office with cash to take an offer that was significantly worse than both the nets and rockets offers which were already bad
You would be like that too if you were rehabbing in a hotel in Beverly Hills. But yeah, I don't expect him to be in top form until at least mid-season.
It's his father's money anyway.
Also, $3 billion TV deal.
Enough to bribe a village of GMs.
Well.....not really.
But not as good as a time as the Thunder's been having, seeing that you've only missed the playoffs one time in the entirety of your existence.
I mean, how can fans of a team with records of 50-32, 55-27 and 47-19 in 75% of its seasons be jealous of the Lakers? Let fans of the other teams do that.
The Frankman
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That differs from the norm here HOW?
Yup. And misplaced. I don't know why people find that much personal pride in a team they root for. At best, they invested some very anecdotal money in them, nothing more.
LovingSteam dancing around like that should get him banned forever.
All that personal pride you invest is a weird thing when you really break it down, but it exists. For me, the 91 series vs the Bulls was my first real conscious memory of the team (I was 7). Then the rest of the 90's, with Vlade, Nick the Quick, GOAT Ceballos, etc. All that shit WAS my childhood, along with pogs, yo-yos, Darkwing Duck, and blasting California Love on my Walkman. Every playoff win was like your first kiss; every playoff defeat was like getting pantsed in front of all the girls on the playground (not that I'd personally be embarrassed by that, but it's just an example). Finally getting it together and winning with Phil in 2000 was a defining moment of my adolescence. Team success becomes as much a part of you as your own personal achievements, in a way.
True. But these guys aren't kids and they aren't playing basketball part time like 99% of us out there. With some work they could grasp those zones. The match up version of those zones would be more problematic.
LiveFromKyoto
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Yup. And misplaced. I don't know why people find that much personal pride in a team they root for. At best, they invested some very anecdotal money in them, nothing more.
LovingSteam dancing around like that should get him banned forever.
All I can think as I watch this is "agh, his right knee."
You should try being a Cavs fan. Some looooooooooong nights...
A day has passed and i'm still picking up my jaw from the floor.
Congrats Lakers for fleecing Orlando, Hennigan...what were you thinking.
They will talk about this for decades, Mitch pulled out a gem and left all other GMs in the dust. Exec of the year has already been decided.
Heat...you are our last hope.
Congrats Lakers for fleecing Orlando, Hennigan...what were you thinking.
They will talk about this for decades, Mitch pulled out a gem and left all other GMs in the dust. Exec of the year has already been decided.
Heat...you are our last hope.
ClovingWestbrook
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Yup. And misplaced. I don't know why people find that much personal pride in a team they root for. At best, they invested some very anecdotal money in them, nothing more.
LovingSteam dancing around like that should get him banned forever.
Don't hate, congratlulate...
At this point I just wish the lockout had wiped out the entire season.
We'd have a very reasonable shot at seeing LeBron retire ringless.
Honestly, FUCK Derek Fisher for getting that deal done. The Modern Drexler is still fine, but the Modern Barkley would have been SO much better.
We'd have a very reasonable shot at seeing LeBron retire ringless.
Honestly, FUCK Derek Fisher for getting that deal done. The Modern Drexler is still fine, but the Modern Barkley would have been SO much better.
ClovingWestbrook
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Fuck you. Leave Barkley out of this.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Am I the only person who doesn't mind right-stick dribbling in 2K13?
The Frankman
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http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks/post/_/id/23263/woody-arranged-amares-dream-training
Some really interesting stuff here. Apparently Woodson was the architect of the Amar'e/Dream workouts and apparently is going to look to run the ball more through Amar'e/Carmelo/Chandler (lolwut?) in the low post. Woody ain't playing around, he probably got snipers near Svelton's home to make sure he don't fall off the wagon.
Anyway nice to hear STAT seems to be much healthier than last year, amazing what a normal offseason can do for you.
Some really interesting stuff here. Apparently Woodson was the architect of the Amar'e/Dream workouts and apparently is going to look to run the ball more through Amar'e/Carmelo/Chandler (lolwut?) in the low post. Woody ain't playing around, he probably got snipers near Svelton's home to make sure he don't fall off the wagon.
Anyway nice to hear STAT seems to be much healthier than last year, amazing what a normal offseason can do for you.
Fenderputty
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That's the way it should be too. A good owner lets his GM act. Just like his father, who does get a ton of credit. Obviously Mitch deserves a ton of credit, but Jim does deserve some too. Prior to this offseason everyone thought Jim was tying mitches hands and holding onto Bynum for ego's sake. Which didn't end up being the case.
I'm just afraid it's going to make the game even more iso-centric. My Player is a mess, and until now, online matchups could be won by non cheesing players, but that might be the end of it. I hope it does not play like when Live introduced right stick dribbling.
How exactly?
Because we didn't get anything for LeBron? Yeah, it sucks he led the whole city and organization up to some stupid ESPN Media decision debunker bullshit.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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For never getting LeBron a teammate better than Andy V and then for guaranteeing to win a title before LeBron.
- Look to your pick
- Missing the chance to got Bynum, conferences rival materializing instead
Future look bright.
@above as well.. Lebron look like smartest person right now.
CoffeeJanitor
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This thread is going to be so shitty this year. Laker fan pride burns my eyeballs
nobody wants to sign in cleveland
nobody has ever wanted to sign in cleveland
I don't understand this shit. They just got the best center, hurt or not, in the league for kicking someone in the nuts.
If it was your team, you'd be happy as fuck too.
Shit, they haven't even been posting WE ALREADY WON songs by wackass party rappers yet
CoffeeJanitor
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Yeah. I have a big hangover right now so that's probably contributing to my salt
It's true, but:
1. you know it will happen
2. the decision+the preseason parade+the talks of winning 73 games by the Heat should not have redefined our tolerance towards arrogance. That was just outofthisworldly.
At least the Bobcats showed some class when they signed Brendan Haywood.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Yeah, but now they have Moe Harkless.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Why don't you believe in Moe Moe Harkless?
MorisUkunRasik
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The cover of The LA Times sports section is fucking awesome.
On my phone so I can't post it, but someone should be able to pull it from the Lakers facebook page.
On my phone so I can't post it, but someone should be able to pull it from the Lakers facebook page.
Syphon Filter
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i want to see what Lark has to say.
Pretty accurate portrayal. Is this a police sim?
fans with some class would try to be less obnoxious about being so fortunate
Not as such, you can switch back and forth between cop missions (helping folks) and Triad missions (fucking shit up). Storyline is straight out of Infernal Affairs, but that's alright. I haven't had this much fun in a True Crime game since the last one when all I did was walk around arresting the white NPCs**
**kidding
or am I?
Every fanbase deserves its own fun regardless of who you root for. It will just be entertaining watching hypocrisy rise from the ashes from some of you as the year goes on.
That's Racist!
ItWasMeantToBe19
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This thread title is great.
And people wished you wouldn't be so obnoxious about pimping Aaron Brooks.
Would you prefer an opiate-esque dialogue on the entire situation? Most of yal are just mad for the sake of being mad.
MorisUkunRasik
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What would you know about class, son?
LiveFromKyoto
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Lol
ClovingWestbrook
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Its ok man. Them back to backs almost 20 years ago are still fresh in the hearts for non Rocket fans, too.
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