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NBA Offseason Thread! All offseason NBA talk in THIS thread!
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Chesapeake Silt said:
Well, on the other hand Shaq will benefit from playin in the East where there are almost zero big men. But I just don't see the Big Fella ever getting back to his form in 2000-2001. I agree with what you said about Odom, but in LA those guys will have so much less pressure on them because it will be Kobe (if he stays) that gets all the attention and blame if they lose.
DMczaf said:
"Welcome back Odom...."
LOL
Who smokes the most weed in the NBA? That was always an easy question to answer when Sam Perkins was still around, but now who is the king of the pipe these days? I think the leading candidates gotta be: anyone who has played for the Blazers in the last 9 years, T-Mac (looks at his fucking eyes!!), Odom, and Coleman probably belongs on that list to.
Kobe wants Wade on the Lakers
Added: 10th July, 2004 4:20 PM ET
LA Times: "Bryant, according to one team executive, is pushing for the Lakers to acquire Wade in any deal with the Heat."
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The Atlanta Hawks and the Indiana Pacers have agreed to a sign-and-trade deal with guard Stephen Jackson, ESPN the Magazine's Ric Bucher reported Saturday night.
The Hawks will re-sign Jackson to a six-year, $44 million deal and then trade him to the Pacers for forward Al Harrington. The trade cannot take place until at least July 14th, per NBA rules.
Added: 10th July, 2004 4:20 PM ET
LA Times: "Bryant, according to one team executive, is pushing for the Lakers to acquire Wade in any deal with the Heat."
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The Atlanta Hawks and the Indiana Pacers have agreed to a sign-and-trade deal with guard Stephen Jackson, ESPN the Magazine's Ric Bucher reported Saturday night.
The Hawks will re-sign Jackson to a six-year, $44 million deal and then trade him to the Pacers for forward Al Harrington. The trade cannot take place until at least July 14th, per NBA rules.
Miami just got robbed lol. Odom, Butler and Grant plus a #1 in 2006 or later? LMAO!!!!!
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/9125943.htm?1c
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/9125943.htm?1c
Ninja Scooter
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this trade is to rebuild for the future. Grant, while a good banger if he can stay healthy, is nowhere near woth $14 million, but teams will be begging to trade for his contract in 2 years, at which point we can clear capspace to steal Yao and bring him to play next to a REAL superstar.. With bringing in Caron and Odom, we can finally get rid of Devean Gump too!
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
I don't even know why you guys try to reason with him... He belongs to the church of Kobe. In this church any team that has Kobe is bound for the championship, and Kobe is innocent... As well as God... And Shaq replaces the devil... (damn guy is better than his deity!)
A source tells ESPN's David Aldridge that free agent forward Antonio McDyess is close to a deal with the Detroit Pistons that would pay him $30 million over five years.
The Denver Nuggets have decided to extend a lucrative six-year offer sheet to restricted free agent Kenyon Martin and are expected to formally present the offer to Martin on Sunday.
I guess the Pistons have decided they dont want to work on winning another title.
The Denver Nuggets have decided to extend a lucrative six-year offer sheet to restricted free agent Kenyon Martin and are expected to formally present the offer to Martin on Sunday.
I guess the Pistons have decided they dont want to work on winning another title.
Cloudy said:
but they let okur go so they could re sign sheed? must be has expecting something astronomical.
fuck the sixers are so retarded. they offered the MLE all to brian skinner cause as they believed they had no chance at sheed...but hell if they waited (wasnt like skinner was being courted by all sorts of teams) they might have been in the running. after all philly is his home town and with sheed, thomas, and dalembert (with the big dog and coleman gone) the sixers could have had a decent lineup with marc jackson coming off the bench.
So what do we saw when it's official?
"Shaq's now a player for the Heat" sounds like too much, and "Shaq's a Heat" just sounds retarded. "Shaq's a Mav" or "Shaq's a Pacer, now" would have been so much easier.
Stupid ass Heat and their refusing to use a plural noun for their team name. I'd be saying the same thing about the Jazz if anybody gave a damn about them these days
"Shaq's now a player for the Heat" sounds like too much, and "Shaq's a Heat" just sounds retarded. "Shaq's a Mav" or "Shaq's a Pacer, now" would have been so much easier.
Stupid ass Heat and their refusing to use a plural noun for their team name. I'd be saying the same thing about the Jazz if anybody gave a damn about them these days
Does the East even have any kind of decent big man? Shaq will absolutely exploit the hell out of that. Big Ben Wallace was getting mashed on that series... Shaq scored 34 and 36 pts in two of those games. If he can do that to Ben and the Pistons, he'll be eating up a lot of these other Eastern teams.Wade also has the advantage of a big man drawing all the attention, so look for him to become even more dangerous. I think Miami did pretty good with this trade... Although they aren't that young, exciting team anymore, it'll be fun watching Wade and Shaq, and hopefully they'll have more chemistry than Kobe and Shaq. Wade doesn't look as arrogant.
Ninja Scooter
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Didn't i tell you guys Riley would be involved in the Master Plan the whole time?
"Odom and Grant for Shaq? Sure, we'll do it. Hell, you guys want Caron Butler too? Ok thats fine. How about Dorrell Wright and a few draft picks while im at it?"
6 weeks later...
"Screw you fuckers, im going back the LA! TAKE ME DOWN TO THE PARADISE CITY WHERE THE GRASS IS GREEN AND THE GIRLS ARE PRETTY! OH WON'T YOU PLEASE TAKE ME HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME!"
Watch Shaq opt out after one season in Miami and resign with LA for the minimum. Mitch and Shaq had this planned allthe long!
"Odom and Grant for Shaq? Sure, we'll do it. Hell, you guys want Caron Butler too? Ok thats fine. How about Dorrell Wright and a few draft picks while im at it?"
6 weeks later...
"Screw you fuckers, im going back the LA! TAKE ME DOWN TO THE PARADISE CITY WHERE THE GRASS IS GREEN AND THE GIRLS ARE PRETTY! OH WON'T YOU PLEASE TAKE ME HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME!"
Watch Shaq opt out after one season in Miami and resign with LA for the minimum. Mitch and Shaq had this planned allthe long!
It's funny seeing the Laker fans turn on Shaq cause he won them three championships rather than five. Entitlement is a sad thing.
The Lakers got raped in this deal. How can you deal the MVP of the league/decade and not receive a franchise player in return? Reminds me of what Phoenix gave up to get Barkley. Yeah that trade worked out for Philly pretty well.
The Lakers got raped in this deal. How can you deal the MVP of the league/decade and not receive a franchise player in return? Reminds me of what Phoenix gave up to get Barkley. Yeah that trade worked out for Philly pretty well.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
DMczaf said:LOL!!!
How's that annoying? That hilarious
No... it isn't ... that's what's wrong with the NBA... Jordan wouldn't do that...Magic wouldn't do that... that's just plain ghetto... when did he start acting like such an ass?
No, Jordan just gambled on NBA outcomes, leading to his 18 month suspension.
Magic contracted AIDS.
Seriously, how could ANYONE hate Shaq? All he does is play BBall. He keeps his nose out of trouble off the court, and plays hard. Sure, he could be more dominant than he already was/is, but damn he gets a lot of undeserved hate considering he's never even been caught with weed.
On a completely different subject, do we have any true Wizard fans here?
I admit, I was one who thought that the Wiz got the better of the Stackhouse/Hamilton trade, but I'm a biased dookie who hates Rip for 1999. How do the true Wiz fans (i.e. not Jordan cocksuckers) feel about the fact that their team had Rasheed Wallace, Richard Hamilton, Ben Wallace, and Chris Webber at various stages of their careers? I'd hesitate to call Jordan the worst GM in history, but perhaps it's time for Wes Unseld to take a step back. Between him and Elgin Baylor of the Clips is there a worse GM in the game? So much talent has passed through both camps with such little results. As a Charlotte Hornets fan I used to think we lost a lot of talent, but it's nothing compared to what the Clips and the Wiz/Bullets have lost.
Magic contracted AIDS.
Seriously, how could ANYONE hate Shaq? All he does is play BBall. He keeps his nose out of trouble off the court, and plays hard. Sure, he could be more dominant than he already was/is, but damn he gets a lot of undeserved hate considering he's never even been caught with weed.
On a completely different subject, do we have any true Wizard fans here?
I admit, I was one who thought that the Wiz got the better of the Stackhouse/Hamilton trade, but I'm a biased dookie who hates Rip for 1999. How do the true Wiz fans (i.e. not Jordan cocksuckers) feel about the fact that their team had Rasheed Wallace, Richard Hamilton, Ben Wallace, and Chris Webber at various stages of their careers? I'd hesitate to call Jordan the worst GM in history, but perhaps it's time for Wes Unseld to take a step back. Between him and Elgin Baylor of the Clips is there a worse GM in the game? So much talent has passed through both camps with such little results. As a Charlotte Hornets fan I used to think we lost a lot of talent, but it's nothing compared to what the Clips and the Wiz/Bullets have lost.
DMczaf said:Iverson doesnt have time for practice, but he does have time for softball!
"Funny guys...wheres my glove? Really..."
"Stop laughing! WHERES MY GLOVE!"
Ninja Scooter said:Didn't i tell you guys Riley would be involved in the Master Plan the whole time?
"Odom and Grant for Shaq? Sure, we'll do it. Hell, you guys want Caron Butler too? Ok thats fine. How about Dorrell Wright and a few draft picks while im at it?"
6 weeks later...
"Screw you fuckers, im going back the LA! TAKE ME DOWN TO THE PARADISE CITY WHERE THE GRASS IS GREEN AND THE GIRLS ARE PRETTY! OH WON'T YOU PLEASE TAKE ME HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME!"
Watch Shaq opt out after one season in Miami and resign with LA for the minimum. Mitch and Shaq had this planned allthe long!
Of course, this might also be a plan by Kobe to completely gut the Lakers only to leave 'em twisting in the wind, paving the way for him to sign with the Clippers. And quite frankly, my scenario's a hell of a lot more likely then yours.
Be afraid...be VERY afraid.
Shinobi said:
It's so damn true. I wish my team (Bobcats) had fleeced the Clips more with the second pick, i.e. threatening to take Livingston if they weren't given the second round pick back, but that isn't the way the league works. If the Lakers fleeced the Heat like that, they would NEVER be allowed to trade again in the NBA. No one would EVER do business with them again. Ever.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
DJ_Tet said:
But the players had respect for the game when they played it on the court...as well as the fans for the most part... Were they perfect humans? No. But they never went out of their way to talk back to their "boss" in the middle of a game...
I don't hate Shaq.. I rather like him as a player and a person off the court.. like you said he's never been in trouble off the court, so when did he start acting like such a heel?
Probably when he saw the Lakers front office turning heel. They're bending over backwards to plactate a man who is charged with sexual assault, and as of July 1st isn't even under contract to them anymore. Again, I would laugh so hard if the Lakers did all these moves just to satisfy Kobe, only for him to skip across the building to the Clippers. It'd look good on them...real good.
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