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[Branduil]

Lmfao we have no plans of trading gortat. Couple days later trade rumors to the spurs pop up. Actually relieved they werent serious about it he has been bitching ever since nash left

You can't believe those rumors, it's the same guy who claims Dwight is going to Dallas.

 

[Tom Penny]

Spurs-Age if you haven't all gone hiding. Who is Brett Brown and why is he going to be the Celtics coach?

 

[MetalFearSolid]

wait Blatche will get a one-year contract worth $1.4 million. Man with the numbers he put up, no reason to give discounts. Miami could have used his services. Looks like he is living off that amnesty from Wiz.

 

[The Insane Dufresne]

Why the hell are the Pistons trying to max out Josh Smith or Iguodala?

Fuck this team.....

ahahahahah

lol.... someone is still going to overpay for him

 

[Blackace]

wait Blatche will get a one-year contract worth $1.4 million. Man with the numbers he put up, no reason to give discounts. Miami could have used his services. Looks like he is living off that amnesty from Wiz.

Team stood by him when he was date raping

 

[Bread]

ahahahahah

signing him is like a guaranteed tank, which gm wants to spend the most to lose the most? danny ainge, please don't do it.

 

[Syphon Filter]

Spurs-Age if you haven't all gone hiding. Who is Brett Brown and why is he going to be the Celtics coach?

He got a ring in 07 with the spurs.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

I was going to ask if anything was circulating about Bynum. Wasn't the word last year that basically nobody cared less about basketball than this clown?

 

[ridethepiggy]

With the addition of Doc Rivers and the apparent return of Chris Paul, the Los Angeles Clippers are—along with the Brooklyn Nets—the hottest NBA franchise this offseason. It almost allows people to believe that Donald Sterling, the team’s longtime crazy owner, is righteous in his pursuits.

Which makes me think of Paul Phipps.

Those who really, really, really follow the NBA might remember Phipps as the Clippers’ general manager back from October, 1982 until April, 1984. He was a well-regarded executive; a nice man with genuine credibility and an eye for talent. I interviewed him several months ago for a book about the NBA in the 1980s. He told me a story about Sterling that didn’t make the final pages, but stands out nonetheless.

According to Phipps, during his time with the team he conducted a search for a head coach to replace the fired Paul Silas. “We needed someone different,” Phipps told me, “and one of the first guys we talked to was Rollie Massimino.” At the time, Massimino was coaching Villanova, and was known as a guy on the rise. “He flew in, and Pete Babcock (the director of player personnel) and I were impressed. He was very organized, he had a great philosophy, we liked his approach to practice. When we got done with him, he had to fly from San Diego to Los Angeles, then Los Angeles back to Philly. Don told us he’d like to meet with him. Oh, boy.” Sterling told Phipps he’d sit down with Massimino at the gate inside Los Angeles International Airport. “We told Rollie he’s a bit eccentric,” Phipps said. “He’ll probably have his shirt open and six gold chains sticking out.

“Don,” Phipps continued, “liked to have other women outside his marriage. There was one blonde girl in particular who was his friend.”

Anyhow, according to Phipps, Massimino boarded the jet, and when he landed in Los Angeles he exited the walkway and spotted Sterling. “They met,” said Phipps, “and between 3 and 4 in the morning my phone rings.” It was an irate Massimino. “I’m sorry,” he told Phipps, “but I’d never work for that son of a bitch. Ever.”

Phipps, half asleep, sat up on his bed and asked what went wrong. “Here’s this guy,” Massimino said, “and he has this blonde bimbo with him, they have a bottle of champagne, they’re tanked. And Don looks at me and he says, ‘I wanna know why you think you can coach these niggers.’”

Massimino told Phipps he began screaming at Sterling and swore he’d rather die than become coach of the Clippers. “That,” said Phipps, “was life with Donald Sterling.”

Don Sterling.

 

[Syphon Filter]

I was going to ask if anything was circulating about Bynum. Wasn't the word last year that basically nobody cared less about basketball than this clown?

knux will tell ya lol.

 

[giri]

Worked for Robert Swift

Doesn't mean it's not hilariously bad.

Probably cuts his chances of getting a really big contract down to 0. If you won't work out then a 2 year contract (2nd year being a team option) is much more likely.

 

[Knux-Future]

knux will tell ya lol.

There is no Bynum.

 

[Syphon Filter]

There is no Bynum.

He's right here bro.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Somebody will sign him to a big deal, then later dump his salary to the Bobcats.

 

[DY_nasty]

Don Sterling.

I can't wait til Sterling is completely gone from the league so more of these stories can come out.

 

[MetalFearSolid]

I wonder how bad Bynum's knee is. He might end up like Brandon Roy. I think he might be 1 more knee injury away.

 

[Dominican Power]

Syphon, time to rock a Bargnani avi.

 

[Syphon Filter]

Syphon, time to rock a Bargnani avi.

Waiting till the official pics come in.

 

[Blackace]

Doesn't mean it's not hilariously bad.

Probably cuts his chances of getting a really big contract down to 0. If you won't work out then a 2 year contract (2nd year being a team option) is much more likely.

I bet his skills are so rusty

If a team jumps at AB of old he wins
And worse case he bought himself a year to put up decent enough numbers to get paid

 

[Vic]

At the rate things are going, I might jump in the Nets bandwagon.

 

[Dominican Power]

wait Blatche will get a one-year contract worth $1.4 million. Man with the numbers he put up, no reason to give discounts. Miami could have used his services. Looks like he is living off that amnesty from Wiz.

He's still getting paid by The Wizards.

 

[Blackace]

Don Sterling.

lol Fuck

 

[Pkaz01]

You can't believe those rumors, it's the same guy who claims Dwight is going to Dallas.

When you spread enough bullshit around some of it is going to stick hopefully this is the "rumor" that rings true

 

[Blackace]

You can't believe those rumors, it's the same guy who claims Dwight is going to Dallas.

To be fair Dwight told every team they have a good chance

 

[Mothman91]

He's still getting paid by The Wizards.

Just checked,

damn =/

atleast next year is the last year he's getting paid from us.

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

I can't wait til Sterling is completely gone from the league so more of these stories can come out.

FUTURE NEWS:

Now that Donald Sterling has passed from a racist related incident, those close to him have come out in droves to share some personal stories. His long time chef said his boss forced him at gunpoint to quote'cook what's in the bag'. The chef went on to say, Sterling stumbled in drunk one night with a bag of meat and forced him to cook it. When he nervously asked where the meat came from, Sterling responded, "I got it on the corner of Martin Luther King Blvd and Puerto Rican."

 

[Blackace]

Just checked,

damn =/

atleast next year is the last year he's getting paid from us.

Not messing with your cap tho

 

[giri]

I bet his skills are so rusty

If a team jumps at AB of old he wins
And worse case he bought himself a year to put up decent enough numbers to get paid

He'll just be filler so a team meets the minimum salary requirement for someone like the bobcats / suns who really have nothing to lose.

Though i think he's a locker room cancer and wouldn't want him near any team i go for.

 

[Mothman91]

Not messing with your cap tho

Yup, still can't believe he's gonna get paid 8mil+.

 

[TheKaeptain]

Wait, is the one on the right supposed to be next-gen?

Look at the headband...

 

[Blackace]

He'll just be filler so a team meets the minimum salary requirement for someone like the bobcats / suns who really have nothing to lose.

Though i think he's a locker room cancer and wouldn't want him near any team i go for.

Can't be worse than Gortat has been

 

[Blackace]

Yup, still can't believe he's gonna get paid 8mil+.

Why? That's what you signed him to

 

[Mothman91]

Why? That's what you signed him to

Grunfeld must've been high.

 

[Psychological Intellect]

I don't remember the conversation much but was KD still considered to be the second best player in the league back in '11?

 

[giri]

Can't be worse than Gortat has been

He Really Can.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Bynum is trolling the league and will no doubt release a 'get rich quick' book at the end of his NBA career.

His book will be 1 page long. That one page will say "Be tall and remotely coordinated."

 

[shira]

Worked for Robert Swift

Where is Robert Swift didn't he fall off the face of the Earth?

Where is Stromile Swift? That dude is gone too.

Might as well call him Andrew Swift.

 

[Byakuya769]

Don Sterling.

Frankly, I'm tired of Chris Paul and his racist bullshit.

 

[Blackace]

I don't remember the conversation much but was KD still considered to be the second best player in the league back in '11?

Melo still had people fooled a bit

 

[SamuraiX-]

The Dwightmare Part 2 keeps delivering:

lmfao

 

[Psychological Intellect]

Don Sterling.

Racism shouldn't be funny but ugh lol


sterling is disgusting though

 

[Syphon Filter]

Melo still had people fooled a bit

troll so hard.

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

Racism shouldn't be funny but ugh lol


sterling is disgusting though

Racism is almost as bad as being a Celtics 'fan' AND a Lakers 'fan'.

 

[diehard]

Isiah Thomas is liking what the Pelicans are doing.

I'm sorry Pelican fans.

 

[Red Blaster]

udrih drawing interest from the celts and zards

celtics love their former magic players

 

[Blackace]

troll so hard.

How is that trolling?

Melo was considered the 2nd best around that time

His name don't come up now

Nothing wrong with being 5th or 6th best player

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Isiah Thomas is liking what the Pelicans are doing.

I'm sorry Pelican fans.

"Cash and draft picks don't win basketball games."

 

[reilo]

Donald Sterling loves black people.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Dwight Howard has more kids?

 

[Branduil]

Donald Sterling loves beautiful black bodies.

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