Official NBA Off-Season Thread. New 2012-2013 Thread Has Been Made. Please Post In There
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Did not know this.
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So Dirk isn't a competitor, but he's the first guy to take two teams to the Finals and win one without another legitimate star since... When?
The dude didn't need to run to another superstar to win a title. Didn't need to piss and moan, quit in a playoff game because he was upset, and demand a trade because he couldn't win without another star by him, but he's not an elite competitor. Got it.
That's my last post about Dirk.
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Ferry won.
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Ric Bucher just tweeted not to count out Dwight Howard ending up with the Nets.Don't understand how that's possible unless he signs a mid-level exception. Would he do that? Probably not, unless Prokavic gives him stock in Russia or something of that nature (does that still break NBA rules if it's beyond US borders? Haha)
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Roddy would be good if Carlisle let him be another JET instead of trying to make him a pg. Completely lost all his confidence between his first two years around that foot injury. But you should watch Brooks play more. He completely hit a wall halfway thru the year but he is a very crafty player.
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Bucher really is the worst, when it comes to these things. No way Orlando takes on a Gerald Wallace & Brook Lopez and such.
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You act lose the Mavs didn't annually have the highest payroll in the league, granted they were mostly former all stars 2-3 yrs past that point in their careers, but let's not act like he was playing with scrubs the same caliber of say LeBron's first finals run
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sarcasm detectedOriginally Posted by iLLoQuent aka DSK
Did not know this.
Thanks for breaking the news.
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Buddy....the Knicks are not better than the Nets if Deron Williams does indeed resign. The Pacers just lost their All Star center and are probably going to trade their leading scorer this summer. The Bulls won't have Rose, still have Carlos Boozer starting and lost one of the best backup big men in the league. I'll be rooting like hell for the Celtics to win one more before KG retires but the shortened season did wonders for them...an 82 game season is not going to be friendly once it's playoff time. I'll give you the Heat obviously but I do like the Lebron-Crash and JJ-Wade matchups. Humphries took a dump on Bosh towards the end of the year and that's a good matchup as well. Then you have Deron Williams against Mario Chalmers and Brook Lopez against whatever 60 year old that wants to take a one year minimum deal from the Heat for this season. And Marshon, Kidd, Green and Teletovic will more than likely be better than every single player on the Heat's bench.
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No one in the East seems to be threat outside of Miami with the current structure (if Deron re-signs). No one is beating the Heat anyways, but I'm talking about the team that will meet them in the ECF. Boston has a chance, but thats pending other FA deals. Indiana is about to lose their all-star center. Bulls are pretty much done in terms of contending. Philly are more than likely going to make a drastic change and move Iguodala.
The Nets will be a top 4 team if they are able to keep Lopez and re-sign Dwill.
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Sign & Trade package built around Lopez & Brooks. The salaries will match since Lopez is up for an extension and will be making big money, but the trade is still a long shot since Brooklyn can't take back any of ORL's bad contracts now.
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Celtics are winnibg the division. Watch man. If not knicks are
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I got a $100 Deron signs with Dallas any takers?
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I might wait until the ink is dry on Deron's contract and Joe actually gets to Brooklyn before I think about the Nets making noise in the playoffs.
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It's not even that the Joe Johnson deal is so bad, it;s just evidence of a deeper pervasive level of incompetence the Brooklyn nets entire organization reeks of.
These people get paid to make basketball decisions, as a huge fan of common sense I was offended by the Gerald Wallace trade.
These people get paid to make basketball decisions, as a huge fan of common sense I was offended by the Gerald Wallace trade.
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Dude...the guy said it himself. "I'm not a competitor right now". That's what my whole argument is based on. You can try to make a case whether Kobe did or did not quit in the second half of a game where his team was already getting blown out but Dirk actually did STOP PLAYING and take games off in the middle of the season for CONDITIONING while Kobe is getting shot up with drugs to play with an injury on his good hand when Carmelo and Luol Deng missed weeks with the same injury to their OFF hand so he could carry a team with statistically the worst starting point guard, small forward (a guy whose own coach said wouldn't get any playing time AT ALL if it was based on stats) and the worst bench all while leading the league in scoring until the last day of the season and carrying his team to a 3 seed after already having not just one but FIVE rings. That's what you call an elite competitor. I'm glad we're both done talking about this Dirk character.
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I'm not buying any of this ATL is preparing to get Dwight and CP3 to pair up with Smith. Just 20 pages ago, NO was gonna have a squad with 9 rookies and HOU was getting Dwight and Deron.
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Goran back to Houston is looking unlikely, according to Stein. As much as I like Goran, $10M a year for such a small sample size is too much of a risk. Could turn out to be Darren Collison 2.0. Showed out when given the opportunity, than regressed some after signing the deal. Phoenix traded him and a first rounder for Aaron Brooks, and Goran was a throw in in the three team Gasol deal. Now 10M per?
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Originally Posted by Shox23
Originally Posted by you big dummy
first thing that came to mind
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Where is Darius Miles? Crazy Brand is still in the league and he is not.
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