I think you're forgetting who his coach is. There's no reason to worry about MCW.
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NBA OFFSEASON TALK- Where our favorite teams go shopping for tanks
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I think you're forgetting who his coach is. There's no reason to worry about MCW.
Fucking insulting yo. Lakers and Knicks can't even pull the likes of a Greg Monroe.
Let me hear Steven A put this all on Phil Jackson for drafting the Zinger...take a HARD HARD look in the mirror Melo and Kobe, the rest of the NBA isn't running to your doorsteps to play with you, sorry.
Let me hear Steven A put this all on Phil Jackson for drafting the Zinger...take a HARD HARD look in the mirror Melo and Kobe, the rest of the NBA isn't running to your doorsteps to play with you, sorry.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
The amount of money thrown around in the NBA for just okay players compared to the other major sports in mind fucking boggling.
MetalFearSolid
Banned
See the Lakers and Knicks got better through the draft. Dallas just got way worse.
Are you kidding me? Mavs ain't making the playoffs with this lineup. They lost Ellis and Chandler, and if they can't get Matthews this free agency has been awful for them. And they still need a PG. Barea wants a 3 year deal, gtfo here lol.
Are you kidding me? Mavs ain't making the playoffs with this lineup. They lost Ellis and Chandler, and if they can't get Matthews this free agency has been awful for them. And they still need a PG. Barea wants a 3 year deal, gtfo here lol.
Starphoenix
Member
Oh wow. Everyone was just joking about Dallas getting Hibbert...
ratcliffja
Member
Even if they got DJ, they'd be far from a contender. They really should just start a rebuilding process and thank Dirk for all the years he's given.
TangoAlphaLima
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Small rosters, brah.
But 70 mil is gonna seem like chump change in a year or two.
MetalFearSolid
Banned
Windhorst said:
Rich Paul needs to stop. This worked with Bledsoe but if you get Cavs overpay on Thompson that is just hurting your #1 client Lebron get his rings by restraining the Cavs from adding some depth if need be. They need to replace the seats of Marion, Perkins and Haywood with 1-2 contributors.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Fucking random Joe NBA player gets 70 mil. Top NFL QBs barely get 70 mill guaranteed. Cam only got 60 guaranteed.
Barea/Felton
Harris/???
Parsons/Justin Anderson
Dirk/Greg Smith
Hibbert/Satnam Singh
Yikes.
MetalFearSolid
Banned
What a great deal. Well done Larry Legend. Kings lose chance at Ellis lol. Probably because he heard that Kings were interested in Rondo and having backcourt of Ellis and Rondo again.
Yeah, NFL owners keep their cash pretty close to the vest. Though I wonder if part of that is the decent-sized risk of a season ending injury on almost every play and the fact that even the best players only play half the game. A good or even just a decent NBA player can theoretically affect every possession of a game.
They're also paying 55 players, not 15.
soundahfekz
Member
lol. You mad cause you have to actually build a team for once? FOH w/ that insulting talk
tanking
Theyre staying the course: tank as hard as possible, get another top 5 pick, and draft another big man
MetalFearSolid
Banned
ok. Someone takes the keys from Stan Van Gundy. Don't give a damn what the market value is. You don't pay Baynes $20 million dollars over a few years.
ratcliffja
Member
The thing is I'd be all in for a rebuild, we've seen the Knicks lose for years so if they start losing with purpose of rebuilding then so be it......but here's the rub..Knicks don't have any draft picks, kinda hard to rebuild without those.
They have literally annihilated another team in a trade
Remember how everyone complained about how this team didnt have "veteran prescence" well now they do!
And remember how the sixers literally turned a roster of basically only Jrue Holliday into their current roster, which now has at the very least 2 elite big man prospects, a possible greg oden who if healthy would also be an elite prospect, Saric who is still a highly coveted prospect, and loads of draft picks including a Lakers pick which is incredibly valuable and a few Kings picks which are also horrendously valuable
All basically stemming from having Jrue Holliday
Lineup will look like
C: Okafor
PF: Noel
SF: Covington
SG: Stauskus
PG: Wroten/Ish Smith
While this is still a bad team, this isnt as horrible as the burning fire known as the Lakers, Knicks, and Kings. We went from basically the Knicks into a team with legit assets which is an incredible thing.
Ninja Scooter
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Has nothing to do with Kobe being an asshole. Players don't want to go where the cupboard is bare, they want to go where they can win. The lakers are asking guys to commit to a team consisting of 4 rookies and one 2nd year guy. Whether Kobe is there or not of course vets are going to have pause. The city and the bigger market can be an advantage but they can't be the only advantage. The reason LMA wasn't impressed with Lakers basketball presentation probably has nothing to do with Kobe it has to do with the fact that we have very little to hang our hat on basketball wise right now. We are where a team like a Bucks were a year or two ago, a lot of promising your prospects who haven't really shown anything. It's not surprising a guy like Monroe or even LMA of Jordan don't want to come here and have the pressure of being the savior and the only guy, I mean realistically, if we had added any one of those three guys where would we be next year? I mean best case scenario is what? 35-40 wins? For all the fanfare that still misses the playoffs on the west. This offseason has been a sobering reminder of just where the league is at now. Cap space alone is not an asset. If anything it is sort of a deterrent because it probably means you ain't got shit else on your team. Players want to follow the Heatles model and go somewhere where they can play with other top players and win. Even if it's a team like the Bucks. Maybe we have those guys that others might want to play with in Julius Randle and Dangelo Russell, but it's gonna take a year or two for them to prove it.
The silver lining though is that Jeanie said she would fire Jimmy if he didn't turn things around in three years like he promised. Next year is year 3.
soundahfekz
Member
Im out here enjoying these delicious knicks and lakers tears and Stan goes and does some shit like this
WHAT THE FUCK
15 guys on a basketball, less than half of a baseball or football
Dion Blaster
Member
DJ to the Lakers seems like a prayer at this point :/ Tobias harris, plz!
Starphoenix
Member
Umm Pop. What are we going to do at Center? There has to be someone stashed away, because between Splitter and Baynes we just lost our depth.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
Small markets have to overpay to land players. That's why Joe Johnson was a max player when he shouldn't ever be the best option on your team.
Sucks, but them the breaks.
Sucks, but them the breaks.
soundahfekz
Member
Yeah but you don't cough up 6.5 mil a year for aron fuckin baynes
I bet Bower's dr robotnik looking ass is behind this
MickeyPhree
Member
How long until the Knicks sign J-Smoove?
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
This is a really smart signing. Baynes can play, he just wasnt getting minutes in SA.
Prototype-03
Member
If this is true, kinda hoping Lakers fail.
MetalFearSolid
Banned
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=13187596
Windhorst: Lakers are at the kiddie table
very enlightening
Windhorst: Lakers are at the kiddie table
very enlightening
@Monroe_SA
Straight from Tim Duncan: "I'll be on the court next year" ... story coming soon on http://t.co/LMDPrVQ6z4
No surprise, but glad it's official.
Straight from Tim Duncan: "I'll be on the court next year" ... story coming soon on http://t.co/LMDPrVQ6z4
No surprise, but glad it's official.
Dreams-Visions
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MetalFearSolid
Banned
It was official since they were front runners for Aldridge. Lets be honest. But still Timmy doing it in style. I'm playing.
Starphoenix
Member
Yay Duncan!
catpurrcat
Member
Wonder what's taking LMA so long?
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