Official LEBRON 2010 Thread (The Decision: MIAMI HEAT)

[hellomarco]

can dallas sign lebron and re-sign dirk?

 

[jmause3]

If Bosh goes to LA they would be unreal. That lineup of Kobe-Ron-Odom-Bosh-Gasol would be

.

I will be pissed if he goes there

 

[captaincrown]

Originally Posted by hellomarco

can dallas sign lebron and re-sign dirk?

no, they have to work a sign and trade for lebron. But, dirk has a player option for next season, he can sign and extend for less money.

The Mavs do have players with really good contracts, Butler, Damiper, and Terry are off the books in the next two seasons. So, the Cavs can package a couple of bad contracts with Lebron, if he decides to go there.

 

[h3at23]

chadfordinsider
  
Raptors Bryan Colangelo confirms my ESPN.com report ([URL]http://bit.ly/bNY1C8)[/url] about Bosh's list here: [URL]http://bit.ly/bWJjdf[/url]




Bosh’s wish list: Bulls, Lakers, Heat or Knicks

May 21, 2010 00:05:00
Doug Smith Sports Reporter
If Chris Bosh leaves the Raptors, he’d prefer to leave for one of a handful of predictable locations.

Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo admits there are a group of teams that Bosh would like to go to should he decide to leave the Raptors as a free agent in July.

ESPN.com reported Bosh’s agent, Henry Thomas, has told Colangelo that Bosh would like to go to the Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat or New York Knicks should he decide not to re-sign with Toronto.

“It has been narrowed down to a handful of teams, including us,

 

[h3at23]

chrisbosh
  
I saw that i supposedly had a " top 5" yesterday. Here's something more accurate. [URL]http://j.mp/cWS0SV[/url]







[h1]Bosh's Agent Denies Giving Raptors List Of Teams[/h1]

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May 21, 2010 9:08 PM EST

Henry Thomas, the agent for Chris Bosh, said that he has not given the Raptors a list of teams to which his client would be interested in a sign-and-trade deal.

"I haven't closed the door on anything," Thomas said. "I haven't given Bryan [Colangelo] any lists. There is no list. This is a process that is ongoing."

Thomas said that Bosh is currently considering his options.

"Why would I do that?" Thomas said about the wish list. "We're still in a process of evaluating a lot different situations."

Thomas also said that Bosh is not committed to a sign-and-trade deal.

"I can't tell you whether it's a priority or not. Is it going to be evaluated? Sure. It will be evaluated," Thomas said of a potential sign-and-trade transaction. "But whether it's a priority, we're still in a process of deciding what the priorities actually are."

Thomas spoke about the possibility of Bosh, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh meeting together prior to free-agency in order to determine their future.

"We haven't decided that yet," Thomas said. "I wouldn't be surprised, for sure, if the guys don't talk to themselves. But as far as there being this big pow-wow, where we're all going to get into a room, that hasn't been decided."

Read more: [url=http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/66729/20100521/boshs_agent_denies_giving_raptors_list_of_teams/#ixzz0ogK8Z0FI]http://realgm.com/src_wir..._of_teams/#ixzz0ogK8Z0FI[/url]



This confirms what I posted on the last page because RealGM source is the same artical

 

[yeeupp]

List or no list, we all know his most likely destinations

 

[therav4]

Originally Posted by YEEUPP

OK.. I'm gonna try and narrow down some of these sign and trade scenarios


Chicago - Deng - Hinrich... But.. The Raptors want a PF/C, so you'll need to throw in Gibson or Noah

Deng-Hinrich-Gibson = $20.8M
Deng-Hinrich-Noah = $22.2M

This is added to Raps salary with no Allstar players. That might end it right there

Heats
Beasley-Haslem-Pick- Another Scrub

Knicks
Lee-Chandler (even though i don't think we should and will offer Chandler, there was a report saying that the Raps were interested in a sign-and trade for Lee a few months ago
Lee is an all star with better numbers than Bosh in rebounds, assist and steals per game. I kind of blame the injury Bosh had tho
But that's only if Lee accepts that which i don't think he would.

Lakers
Bynum-Vujavic-Farmar
You're getting a Center that is always injured when you need him, an inconsistent shooter, and a decent PG


best for the Raps would be Knicks-(Bulls or Lakers)- Heats



  

The Knicks DO NOT have the right to sign and trade David Lee. Because of that one year contract he signed with the Knicks, New York no longer has his bird rights. Therefore they are likely going to have to let him walk for nothing if they sign 2 big contracts. And no...they cannot sign 2 new big contracts and re-sign David Lee. David Lee is pretty much leaving New York if the Knicks can acquire a 2 big names.

 

[mjsaver]

YEEUPP wrote:
The list of teams, which includes the Bulls, Lakers, Heat, Knicks and Raptors, was given to Toronto in the event they want to work a sign-and-trade should Bosh not re-sign with Toronto.

 

[h3at23]

PDcavsinsider
  
Suns GM Steve Kerr fined 10k for talking about LeBron in a radio interview as well.   
Mavericks owner Mark Cuban fined 100k for tampering comments about LeBron. #cavs

 

[airjordan jb23]

Not gonna lie, that Mavs picture is pretty cool

 

[calibeebee]

hahahaha cuban fined 100k for just mentioning lebrons name
http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nba/news/story?id=5210828

nba is gonna get rich up until free agency starts

 

[air max 87]

Originally Posted by calibeebee

hahahaha cuban fined 100k for just mentioning lebrons name
http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nba/news/story?id=5210828

nba is gonna get rich up until free agency starts

@ tampering....

like sayin "we want lebron"  is gonna make him run....

whoops i might get fined

 

[throwback1718]

damn, cuban got hit with the hammer. even though 100k is like 100 dollars to him, it would take me a while to make that amount.

DAMN stern dont like that man

 

[yeeupp]

[h1]Dirk Will Opt Out Of Contract[/h1]

May 22, 2010 3:37 PM EST

According to Marc Stein of ESPN, Dirk Nowitzki will not take the final year of his contract.

The Mavericks will try to retain Nowitzki and reach a new contract before July 1. But with that date approaching, it is now likely that the Dallas All-Star will join this summer's high-profile free-agent class.

"We're going to do everything we possibly can to make sure Dirk is a Maverick for a long, long time," Donnie Nelson said.

 

[h3at23]

What does Dirk opting out have to do with LBJ ? I think you're looking for the FA thread

 

[air max 87]

Originally Posted by h3at23

What does Dirk opting out have to do with LBJ ? I think you're looking for the FA thread

dirk leavin means they can sign lebron

 

[iceman3699]

Originally Posted by calibeebee

hahahaha cuban fined 100k for just mentioning lebrons name
http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nba/news/story?id=5210828

nba is gonna get rich up until free agency starts

Damn, didn't he see Prokhorov handle all those Lebron questions.  I mean dude's been an owner less than a week and he plays the rules better than Cuban.

 

[hellomarco]

what's wrong about mentioning some plans on the FA's?

 

[datznasty]

That's a crime how he always fines Cuban extra OD amounts for the same offenses as others, who get fined much less. His comments weren't even close to bad at all. He said he thinks LeBron will stay most likely, but if he was to force a sign and trade as opposed ot leaving them high and dry, then they have a chance.

Kerr said LeBron can come take their MLE.

 

[dt43]

Originally Posted by DatZNasty

That's a crime how he always fines Cuban extra OD amounts for the same offenses as others, who get fined much less. His comments weren't even close to bad at all. He said he thinks LeBron will stay most likely, but if he was to force a sign and trade as opposed ot leaving them high and dry, then they have a chance.

Kerr said LeBron can come take their MLE.

Stern probably figures that a $10,000 fine to Kerr or anyone else is equivalent to a $100,000 fine to Cuban.

 

[h3at23]

Originally Posted by air max 87

Originally Posted by h3at23

What does Dirk opting out have to do with LBJ ? I think you're looking for the FA thread

dirk leavin means they can sign lebron

JA wouldn't know what to do with himself if that happens

 

[walter mercado]

Forgot who it was, but someone just yesterday made a comment about how Stern was the biggest hypocrite in preventing anyone from talking about free agents ("tampering") yet he's been yapping away about how it would make him happy to see Lebron stay in Cleveland.

It makes me irate that the NBA is in such a position of fining such exorbitant amounts to the people who make them so much money in the first place. A $100,000 fine is criminal.

 

[live boy d]

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[h2]Abate the hate for N.Y. in LeBron chase[/h2][h3]New York-area teams have the money and the market to lure James[/h3]

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By Rob Parker
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To: NBA America
From: Rob Parker
Re: LeBron James

Stop hating.

It's been more than a week since LeBron James, arguably the biggest free agent in the history of professional sports, was prematurely bounced from the NBA playoffs.

Instead of a possible championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers, James has a big decision. He can stay there, with his championship-less hometown team, or grab for greener pastures with another franchise that has the available loot to pay him.

From the minute the season was over for James, the talk has been about every franchise -- except the New York Knicks.

Chicago, Miami and even L.A.'s step child, the Clippers, have been all the talk by media outlets, fans and message boards.

Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE/Getty ImagesThe New York market is the place to be for King James.

The Knicks?

Nope. It's like the team playing in the biggest city in this country doesn't figure in. Worse, as if it doesn't even matter.

That's pure hate.

Now the Knicks know what the New York Yankees go through all the time. Not only do jealous fans from around the country root for them to lose on the field, but they also root against them when it comes time to try to improve their product within the rules of the game.

Hello! The Knicks didn't invent free agency. It's dumb to be mad at Knicks management for developing a plan in an attempt to bring aboard a super talent and give fans a chance to taste a championship.

It's not as if the Knicks don't have the money to pay King James.

In fact, the Knicks have the most money available to sign free agents this summer. So much so, they could sign two top-notch ballers to help rebuild a team that has been a laughingstock for more than a decade.

And it's not as if New York wouldn't deliver a stage for James. The Garden is equal to Broadway. Sure, they perform shows all over the country, but people don't fly in from all over the world to see them. That only happens in NYC.

Those who talk about the world being a global market and that you don't need New York aren't being quite honest. The movers and shakers, the big-time decision makers, the shot callers all call the Big Apple their home office.

You can't meet those people in Cleveland. Eventually, you have to come to New York to meet those people to make things happen. It's not big-city hype, it's just the way it is.

Instead, most of the talk has been about the Bulls.

Yeah, that's a great plan. LeBron should go to Chicago and play in Michael Jordan's shadow. When James wins his first championship, fans will say Jordan won six. When James wins his second title in a row, reporters will say Jordan won three in a row -- twice.

And the Bulls' roster isn't as great as most make it out to be. Even with the addition of James, it isn't a lock that Chicago would be a championship contender.

The New Jersey Nets -- with the second-most cap space available -- have been blown off as well. After all, they play in New Jersey. It might as well be Siberia, according to some.

More hate.

Hate to break it to you, but Newark is just nine miles from Manhattan.

They also want to discount the Nets' pending move to Brooklyn, which is in New York.

For all you Bulls lovers, Brooklyn has almost as many people in its borough as does the city of Chicago -- at last count, the third-largest city in the country.

You get the sense all the anti-New York talk is simply the masses hoping against hope that James doesn't make the smart choice.

They would take James in any other uniform rather than one that reads New York or Brooklyn across the front.

Where the hate comes from doesn't make sense. It's not as if the Knicks have grabbed all the free agents over the years and have won countless titles. Reporters were using typewriters, not computers, the last time the Knicks won a championship. It was 1973 for you historians.

And the Nets have never won a title in the NBA.

Yet those jealous fans and twisted media members don't want to see one of the best players in the league play in the best city.

It makes no sense -- like most of the talk discounting the power of the greatest city in the world.

Stop hating. Now.

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

just heard on espn radio that mike brown has been fired

 

[chicityk7]

Originally Posted by GotHolesInMySocks

just heard on espn radio that mike brown has been fired

you heard right they should have gave him the boot 2 seasons ago