Official NBA 2012-2013 Season Thread

[redefinition]

Joe Johnson should be cut for daring to go out after that atrocious performance in game 7

that was one of the worst moments this year as a nets fan.  Having to sit through that performance in a game 7

 

[you big dummy]

don't think this was posted yet



Miami Heat, friends and family tribute video to Lebron on winning his 4th MVP




May 5, 2013 - LeBron James' 4th MVP award acceptance speech

Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra wearing white/cement grey Air Jordan IV's during LeBron's MVP presentation

 

[big j 33]

I need to hang out with Louis CK and Chris Rock for a night

 

[locobans]

Spoelstra on WC4

 

[100027]

Joe Johnson should be cut for daring to go out after that atrocious performance in game 7

If only he could be cut....

 

[tommyicerocking]

If only he could be cut....

who they use their amnesty on?

 

[tommyicerocking]

anyone have the name of the voter that gave Melo a vote?

 

[awwsome]

LeBron James and his 4 NBA MVP trophies, witness greatness king bron lbj

His era for the next 8 years at least

 

[victor page]

His era for the next 8 years at least

So you're saying it's his era til he's 36 going on 37 huh?

 

[awwsome]

So you're saying it's his era til he's 36 going on 37 huh?

I'd say so, when have we ever seen a player with his skill set at his size? He's only getting better every year specifically his post game and his jumper which he'll by able to rely on when his athleticism starts to fade. Even then he'll still be more athletic then most players.

 

[durantula]

Would y'all still be as mad if KD got the vote? Just wondering...

Also Magic is terrible at being an analyst, but Bill Simmons is 10x worse, how that guy is employed by espn is beyond me

 

[jinkazama]

who they use their amnesty on?

Even if you amnesty him you still have to pay him, it just doesn't count against the salary cap. For that much money you might as well play him. The hawks were crazy to give him 19 mil a year, and the nets even crazier for taking on that contract.

Dude makes more than lebron, Durant, and Chris Paul...that's right nets fans, joe Johnson is the 4th highest paid player in the L...see how far that money goes over the next few years

 

[tyonenine]

Even if you amnesty him you still have to pay him, it just doesn't count against the salary cap. For that much money you might as well play him. The hawks were crazy to give him 19 mil a year, and the nets even crazier for taking on that contract.

Dude makes more than lebron, Durant, and Chris Paul...that's right nets fans, joe Johnson is the 4th highest paid player in the L...see how far that money goes over the next few years

If they amnesty, someone else picks up the tab

 

[durantula]

I'd say so, when have we ever seen a player with his skill set at his size? He's only getting better every year specifically his post game and his jumper which he'll by able to rely on when his athleticism starts to fade. Even then he'll still be more athletic then most players.

Google Andrew Wiggins, dont forget KD is only 24, but for the last year or 2 and the next year or 2 to come yea its lebrons.

 

[awwsome]

Would y'all still be as mad if KD got the vote? Just wondering...

Also Magic is terrible at being an analyst, but Bill Simmons is 10x worse, how that guy is employed by espn is beyond me

I like his writing but he's bad on tv

 

[rrlegend]

nets amnesty travis outlaw 

 

[harlemtothebronx]

nets amnesty travis outlaw 

I feel like they could have used that on something better.

 

[glasses]

I'd say so, when have we ever seen a player with his skill set at his size? He's only getting better every year specifically his post game and his jumper which he'll by able to rely on when his athleticism starts to fade. Even then he'll still be more athletic then most players.

LoL. Love the psychics of NT.

 

[jj watt]

I feel like they could have used that on something better.

can we have a do over NBA and use it on Gerald Wallace

 

[antidope]

3. Gerald Wallace: four years, $40 million
To refresh your memory …

The Nets traded a top-three protected first-rounder for Wallace last February, never giving that pick top-10 protection because, as GM Billy King would explain later, the Netsdidn't believe there were any impact rookies beyond the top three, and "we felt the player that we may draft beyond the protection would be somebody that would probably take a couple years (to develop)."

Thanks to that confusing logic, the Blazers stumbled into the sixth pick (courtesy of the Nets) and took Damian Lillard … who's averaging 18.6 points a game en route to the Rookie of the Year award. So that was awkward. The next three picks: Harrison Barnes, Terrence Ross and Andre Drummond, all of whom make three times less than Wallace (signed to that $40 million extension in July) and have eight times more trade value. Maybe it's a bad idea to decide in March that you like only three players in June's NBA draft, and that workouts and interviews couldn't possibly change that opinion? Just throwing it out there.

The good news? If the Nets didn't trade for Wallace, they wouldn't have been able to pay Deron Williams $98 million for the five years after his prime, and they wouldn't have been able to lock down Wallace at $40 million right after his career careered off a cliff.

2012: 13.8 PPG, 6.7 RPG, 45.4% FG, 80% FT, 16.0 PER
2013: 8.5 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 41.5% FG, 65% FT, 12.5 PER

That's not a slump, that's NBA menopause. We've seen it happen with too many athletic NBA forwards over the years — once they lose it, it never comes back. Repeat: NBA menopause. It's a real thing. Anyone know how to swear in Russian?

2. Amar'e Stoudemire: three years, $65.1 million
1. Joe Johnson: four years, $89.3 million

You knew it would come down to these two — they're like the Jay-Z and Kanye of atrocious contracts. Joe makes more money, but Stoudemire's contract is 100 percent uninsured.[sup]15[/sup]  Joe is a better and more durable player, but Stoudemire's contract expires one year earlier. Neither contract could be traded under any circumstances (not during the New and Improved Luxury Tax era, anyway). Both contracts make me giggle if I look at the numbers long enough.

So this is close. Damned close. Johnson gets the hammer for one reason: for the 2015-16 season, after Stoudemire's contract comes off New York's cap, Brooklyn has to pay Joe Johnson nearly $25 million. The exact number: $24,893,863. They're also on the hook for $31.15 million of Wallace and Williams that year, which means Brooklyn will be shelling out more than $56 million for three well-past-their-prime players that season. No wonder everyone keeps driving up the price tags of NBA franchises — everyone wants to own an NBA team in 2016 just for their cut of Brooklyn's luxury tax fees.

Once upon a time, I wondered if Mikhail Prokhorov was the Russian Mark Cuban. Really, he's the Russian Ted Stepien, right? I predict the NBA will create a Prokhorov Rule someday, and it's going to be awesome, and that's that.

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9030601/the-worst-contracts-nba

Always funny.

 

[jinkazama]

If they amnesty, someone else picks up the tab

I thought that was only if someone else signed him for the full amount of his contract. My understanding was that if the player agreed to less money the team that amnestied him had to pick up the difference and if the player didn't sign anywhere the team still paid out the contract. I could be wrong though I'm not a gm.

 

[rrlegend]

I feel like they could have used that on something better.

they thought dwight was gonna opt out 

 so they freed up all the cap they could they sigh him out right but his inability to be a grown man led to them panicking and trading for joe johnson and gerald wallace, but in hindsight they re-upped brook lopez and got a valuable trade chip n the kardashian 

 

[Bert.]

How many coaches will resign or be fired on a Deron Williams-run team?



When is he going to get the coach-killer/cancer label?

they need to get Sloan on the Nets

Williams will thrive under him.

 

[dman14]

How many coaches will resign or be fired on a Deron Williams-run team?



When is he going to get the coach-killer/cancer label?

they need to get Sloan on the Nets

Williams will thrive under him.

does sloan wanna even coach williams again.
would be interested to see what he could do with cp3/blake. would stop all that nonsense/theatrics out on that team as well.

 

[shatterkneesinc]

they need to get Sloan on the Nets

Williams will thrive under him.