2012-2013 NBA Season Thread

[tricky_ab]

Eric Pincus
The Rockets want Howard but they also NEED a positive end to their asset collection. If they can get Bynum, given Dwight saying long-term he won't say in Houston - then maybe that's a compromise everyone willing to accept. With the Brooklyn non-deal as a model, clearly these things don't come easy, at all Read more › - Houston would love to just deal straight up with Orlando. The Magic like the idea of less $ locked in and a ton of prospects. We shall see.

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine
In short: Lakes need 3rd team to do Dwight deal. Nets do NOT but direct ORL deal TRICKY. Rockets can do it direct or facilitate & get Bynum

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/81...es-source-says

The Houston Rockets have joined the Los Angeles Lakers and the Brooklyn Nets as the most serious potential trade partners with the Orlando Magic on a Dwight Howard deal, according to sources close to the process.

Sources told ESPN.com that the Rockets are discussing a multitude of trade scenarios with the Magic, offering to serve both as the team that would acquire Howard in a direct trade between the clubs and also as a third team that would participate in a trade that lands Howard with the Lakers and brings All-Star center Andrew Bynum to Houston.

The Rockets, in the latter scenario, would push to acquire Bynum from the Lakers while furnishing the Magic with a package of future draft picks and cap-friendly contracts to set Orlando up for a full-fledged roster reload. Sources confirmed a HoopsWorld.com report that the three-team trade construction that sends Bynum to the Rockets instead of the Magic -- with Orlando said to be concerned about its ability to re-sign Bynum for the long term -- gained traction Tuesday

[FRpilot]

looks like a race... whichever team can get a deal done first gets howard. houston seems to be indifferent in getting howard or bynum.

[BOROSUN]

one of the greatest pg starbury still wanted to play as a knicks. worked his ass off during summer even though he's never out of shape and then sat the whole season... dumbtoni era started.

dethroned china's most dominant team with bunch of scrubs.
most popular basketball star/hero and more popular than jlin in china.
most all of caliber nba players that goes to cba score big but DONT win championships.
they dont last either. but, marbury made it work.

[fliprayzin240sx]

Originally Posted by BOROSUN

one of the greatest pg starbury still wanted to play as a knicks. worked his ass off during summer even though he's never out of shape and then sat the whole season... dumbtoni era started.

You make it sound like he's a freaking hall of famer...

Anyways, I say Howard goes to LA and Bynum goes to Magic or if Rockets get into the mix, Bynum goes there and Magic ends up with draft picks galore.

[FRpilot]

Originally Posted by fliprayzin240sx

You make it sound like he's a freaking hall of famer...

lol i didn't even catch that. obviously pure trolling

[fliprayzin240sx]

Originally Posted by FRpilot

lol i didn't even catch that. obviously pure trolling

Then again, its the same guy who thinks BD was Gods gift to the Knicks.

[Phlip]

Originally Posted by fliprayzin240sx

Anyways, I say Howard goes to LA and Bynum goes to Magic or if Rockets get into the mix, Bynum goes there and Magic ends up with draft picks galore.

Yeah, except the fact that Bynum saying he wouldn't sign long term in Orlando might be a problem for one of these scenarios

[Phlip]

The Mavericks amnesty Brendan Haywood…
I don’ exactly like to see people from my city go out like that, but I can’t say as I blame them. Perhaps he could latch on with a legitimate contender in need of a warm body at the Center position. For the veteran’s minimum, naturally.
You know you’ve fallen mightily when your team brings in Chris Kaman and amnesties you.

[Phlip]

[Riq]

Originally Posted by Phlip

Bwahahahhahhahahahhahahaha and both teams are jokes in their respective leagues. Panthers=Fail


Wtf is up with the Knicks? Kidd gets hammered and wrecks his ride and Melo talking smack about the better team in NY and bad mouthing J Lin's deal from the Rockets. Maybe someone should let Melo know that he's not worth Max player money either...

[Phlip]

Linsanity! Carmelo calls offer sheet to Jeremy Lin 'ridiculous' - NBA News | FOX Sports on MSN

Carmelo Anthony is a jackass who should probably just shut the hell up. Of all people, he should know it is a business and that teams, Houston in this case, wanted to cash in on another case of sports' perverse obsession with Asian players.

[word sux]

Originally Posted by Phlip

Linsanity! Carmelo calls offer sheet to Jeremy Lin 'ridiculous' - NBA News | FOX Sports on MSN

Carmelo Anthony is a jackass who should probably just shut the hell up. Of all people, he should know it is a business and that teams, Houston in this case, wanted to cash in on another case of sports' perverse obsession with Asian players.

exactly, lin is worth what they are paying him because whoever he plays for gets the asain market.

The knicks will be stupid to not resign him... based on his play alone, is he worth what houston is offering him? No, but he was able to energize the knick and the whole city of NY and you can't put a price tag on that. He has by far been the most exciting thing to happen to the knicks in a long time. He was a true cinderella story and if their is one thing people of ny and the world love is an underdog story.

[Phlip]

LeBron's inbox



lol

[Gnnr]

2012 NBA free agency -- Brooklyn Nets end pursuit of Dwight Howard, source says - ESPN New York

Most annoying player movement news story in the history of the NBA.

When will it fucking end!?

[tricky_ab]

Originally Posted by Gnnr

2012 NBA free agency -- Brooklyn Nets end pursuit of Dwight Howard, source says - ESPN New York

Most annoying player movement news story in the history of the NBA.

When will it fucking end!?

It's never over. And I'll give you more to think about...Chris Paul is a UFA next summer.

Then in summer of 2014, Lebron, Bosh, and Carmelo all have player options.

[FRpilot]

i would love to see d12 and deron williams team up, but that team is crazy strapped with max contracts. i know the owner of the nets also owns russia and any luxury tax is chump change to him, but dam Deron Williams $100M, Joe Johnson $119M, and they intend to have Brook Lopez resigned for $78M max if they can't get d12. I heard they were also trying to get Gerald Wallace back.

That would be a heck of a team even if joe johnson, gerald wallace, and d12 are 2nd/3rd option type guys on any other team.

[FRpilot]

luis scola amnestied as rockets gamble on getting dwight howard. who will get him?

houston is trying to lure dwight howard and cp3 together in 2013.

[BOROSUN]

Blake injured again?

[FRpilot]

chris kaman kind of reminds me of andrew bogut in that they are both talented and capable centers, but both are injured enough that their presence in the team hardly makes a difference. either way, kaman is a way better center if he's playing and brandon haywood is a fill-in center at best so he didn't really fall that much.

[fliprayzin240sx]

The problem with Kaman is that he's a finese center and not much of a banger. Figured the Mavs need somebody physical to clog up the middle.

[FRpilot]

Kaman can hit the mid-range jumpshot with consistency, but i never heard anyone call caveman a finesse center. He’s a legit 7ft center with size who has a good low post game and is pretty good defensively down low too. I think he will compliment dirk nicely and help establish an inside/outside game with him because mavs never had a center who could really score. (diop, dampier, chandler, etc.)

If he can stay healthy, which I doubt (I only see him playing his usual 30-40 games a season), I think the mavs have a pretty good signing.

[fliprayzin240sx]

Originally Posted by FRpilot

Kaman can hit the mid-range jumpshot with consistency, but i never heard anyone call caveman a finesse center. He’s a legit 7ft center with size who has a good low post game and is pretty good defensively down low too. I think he will compliment dirk nicely and help establish an inside/outside game with him because mavs never had a center who could really score. (diop, dampier, chandler, etc.)

If he can stay healthy, which I doubt (I only see him playing his usual 30-40 games a season), I think the mavs have a pretty good signing.

For me, I've seen him mostly shoot that mid range than anything else. Most of the time he'd be at the high block or top of the key and take a jump shot. Maybe I just havent watched him enough, but I almost never saw him post up down low. As far as defense, his length gives him an advantage but he seemed to get man handled by heavier centers.

[Gnnr]

I'm gonna go ahead and say the Mavs wont even make the playoffs.

[FRpilot]

now the mavs got elton brand too. 2005 clippers front court reunion.

[1993fdrx7]

I'm excited to see what Terry does for Boston. So sick of the Howard stuff.

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[enkei2k]

Looks like the Knicks got Felton AND Kurt Thomas back. This is Thomas' 2nd stint with NYK? WTF. We looking more and more like a retirement home now.

Not sure how this bodes for the Lin saga. Will they sign the offer sheet and have Kidd/Felton/Lin there. Maybe move Felton to start at SG since Fields is now a Raptor? LOL

[FRpilot]

Originally Posted by enkei2k

aybe move Felton to start at SG since Fields is now a Raptor? LOL

but felton is a midget. he'll get destroyed by the big 2's in the league.

Originally Posted by Gnnr

I think the Knicks may have the fattest depth chart at the 1 position in the league.

[Gnnr]

Upon hearing the news of Lin not coming, Kidd went and got hammered.

Jason Kidd of New York Knicks arrested, charged with DWI - ESPN New York

[Phlip]

Originally Posted by Gnnr

Upon hearing the news of Lin not coming, Kidd went and got hammered.

Jason Kidd of New York Knicks arrested, charged with DWI - ESPN New York

The prospect of playing alongside (or perhaps behind) Felton and Baron Davis was too much for him to take, apparently.