2014/2015 NBA Season Thread

[Phlip]

Originally Posted by acslater9

White guy, bald. Plays PG.

lmao, Jason Kidd's dad is black

[Gnnr]

Well, good move for Brooklyn. It's obvious Kidd got greedy and didn't know how to play poker with the Russian mafia. Plenty of top coaches available.

[acslater9]

Originally Posted by Phlip

lmao, Jason Kidd's dad is black

Didn't even know that lol. Well you learn something new everyday.

Nothing interesting new so far, but Kyrie Irving and the Cavs agree to a 5 year 90 million extension. I bet he's happy.


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[ZenkiKid]

Welp, Sounds like Kyrie doesnt like rings. Dude is gonna take the 5 year Max deal from the cavs.

Then again, no real contender could afford him anyway.

[acslater9]

Not to long ago Pistons offered a 3 year 24 million contract to Isaiah Thomas!

I find it funny, but he won't be as great as his father was.


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[Phlip]

Originally Posted by acslater9

Not to long ago Pistons offered a 3 year 24 million contract to Isaiah Thomas!

I find it funny, but he won't be as great as his father was.


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NOT THE SAME ISIAH THOMAS!!!
You are KILLING me today.
Isaiah Thomas is not the son of Piston's legend Isiah Thomas (note the difference in spelling) only has one son and his name is Zeke

[acslater9]

Wizards keep Gortat for a 5 year 60 million extension.

Also it is reported that Lebron James is only willing to take a maximum deal. Which makes that approximately 21 million. Also Wade and Bosh are reported to NOT take anything less than the projected number which was 12 million for Wade and Bosh 11 million.

Do I sense Bosh going to Washington? Any thoughts?


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[Corbic]

Originally Posted by acslater9

Wizards keep Gortat for a 5 year 60 million extension.

Also it is reported that Lebron James is only willing to take a maximum deal. Which makes that approximately 21 million. Also Wade and Bosh are reported to NOT take anything less than the projected number which was 12 million for Wade and Bosh 11 million.

Do I sense Bosh going to Washington? Any thoughts?


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Yeah, saw that. Also Miami wants Deng who won't budge on $.

I honestly didn't think he was that great at Chicago. They hardly missed a beat with his exit.

[acslater9]

Originally Posted by Corbic

Yeah, saw that. Also Miami wants Deng who won't budge on $.



I honestly didn't think he was that great at Chicago. They hardly missed a beat with his exit.

I agree, his best asset was his defense.

Think Melo goes to Chicago?


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[Corbic]

Originally Posted by acslater9

I agree, his best asset was his defense.

Think Melo goes to Chicago?


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Nope.

Chicago won't amnesty Boozer and no one is going to take him at $16mil.


Owners dumped Lou because they won't pay luxury tax. I can't see them paying to have Boozer walk. Also CBS sports just said Melo's wife is livid at the thought of leaving New York.

Hopefully Chicago signs DJ Augustine and just Rose gets back into it next year . Develop Tosh and Jimmy and start thinking 15-16

[tricky_ab]

Despite what the media has been reporting, supposedly Joakim convinced Derrick to recruit Melo privately. It's not like Rose can't just text Melo (being teammates on TEAM USA), or take a quick drive down Madison to talk to him. There's no need to have Derrick show up on an ESPN show and say I WANT MELO.

Still waiting for the confirmation that the Heat publicly said they want Melo on his team.
Or anything that isn't a twitter rumor.

Originally Posted by Corbic

Nope.

Chicago won't amnesty Boozer and no one is going to take him at $16mil.


Owners dumped Lou because they won't pay luxury tax. I can't see them paying to have Boozer walk. Also CBS sports just said Melo's wife is livid at the thought of leaving New York.

Hopefully Chicago signs DJ Augustine and just Rose gets back into it next year . Develop Tosh and Jimmy and start thinking 15-16

One of the major reasons as to why he signed to the Knicks in the first place.

[theronin]

All this speculation doesn't matter. Kobe is coming back strong with a vengeance, and will single handedly get the Lakers another ring. Sorry guys it's the truth.

[FRpilot]

Originally Posted by acslater9

White guy, bald. Plays PG. Played with the New Jersey Nets for a long time. That guy. Lol

HAHAHA

Seems like I'm late to this, but I was going to say that Jason Kidd is really a light skinned black guy like Grant Hill and if I didn't know he was black I would say he looks more Latin than white.

Thanks though, I needed the laugh.

[Phlip]

There is no way in hell Chicago will be able to sign Melo without amnestying Boozer.
No team worth a shit is trading for him and his horrible contract.

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by Phlip

There is no way in hell Chicago will be able to sign Melo without amnestying Boozer.
No team worth a shit is trading for him and his horrible contract.

No shit. The problem is, do you really think Bulls ownership will give him $16 million to walk?

News is also saying Tosh was at the meeting, this means the Bulls won't be trading him. So Boozer amnesty is the only option.

[Gnnr]

So, I will give you guys the real take on the whole Miami situation.

First off, you should definitely NOT be listening to any of the following people:

In order of Worst offenders
Rich Bucher
Brian Windhorst
Chris Broussard (aka, white Chapelle)

You SHOULD be listening to the following
Adrian Wojnarowski
Marc Stein
Marc Spears
Larry Coon
Ethan J. Skolnick
Israel Gutierrez

Now that we got that out of the way, you should know that LeBron is not taking any meetings. His agent, having a heart attack hearing this (agents want max money so they get max cut) was allowed to at least setup meetings himself.

Of course the Agent (again wanting a large pay) said that any team not offering Max money should not bother asking for a meeting. Also, because this is obviously the B plan and why leave if not for more money. This is the case for OTHER teams, not Miami. They are all going to resign with Miami. The tell to all of this is the fact that Wade opted out (this is a HUGE FUCKING CLUE).

Bosh is the only player of the 3 to have strongly and publicly made known (before the Finals even started) his desire to stay in Miami. I don't think he is looking to move anywhere if he doesn't have to (especially since his Wife, who probably wears the pants, loves it here).

Anyways, all these free agents need the press for more publicity and to have their "brand" increase in value. You know how that goes...this will drag on as long as possible.

[Phlip]

Originally Posted by Corbic

No shit. The problem is, do you really think Bulls ownership will give him $16 million to walk?

News is also saying Tosh was at the meeting, this means the Bulls won't be trading him. So Boozer amnesty is the only option.

Considering this is the same team that let ego come between them and two more championships when the Jerries refused to re-sign Phil Jackson back in the day.
Luckily, Krause is gone now, but the bulls are still notoriously frugal. Boozer, though, is SO not worth his contract that no one will trade for him and the Bulls will literally never get any better with him in the fold.
Rumors are that they'll do it.

[ray_dizzle33]

Anyone think it was disrespectful to Lin when the rockets dressed up Carmelo Anthony with a number 7 jersey all over the toyota center when they met with him? Looks like Lin might get the boot from the rockets for a second time, if things become serious...

[Phlip]

Originally Posted by ray_dizzle33

Anyone think it was disrespectful to Lin when the rockets dressed up Carmelo Anthony with a number 7 jersey all over the toyota center when they met with him? Looks like Lin might get the boot from the rockets for a second time, if things become serious...

It is pretty much a done deal that IF the Rockets make a play for Carmelo that Lin is gone. The short-sighted jackass that put this all in motion neglected to remember that Melo will PROBABLY go back to number 15

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by ray_dizzle33

Anyone think it was disrespectful to Lin when the rockets dressed up Carmelo Anthony with a number 7 jersey all over the toyota center when they met with him? Looks like Lin might get the boot from the rockets for a second time, if things become serious...

Melo won't go to the Rockets so it doesn't matter.

They can't beat the Nicks for money.

They can't beat the Bulls as a contender.

They can't beat LA as a City/Lifestyle.

[Corbic]

Rumor is the Bulls are in LA to crash the Lakers party and make another pitch to Melo.

That or they really are retarded and are making a legit pitch to Pau Gasol

[acslater9]

Lol at what Corbic said.

Also, Lowry is going resign with the Raptors. So him going to Miami is not going to happen.

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[ALTRNTV]

Melo is reported to make his decision after this weekend.

Carmelo Anthony: The Decision on ESPN

[FRpilot]

Are you guys thinking what I’m thinking? That the Houston Rockets should be going for Kevin Love instead of Carmelo?

I’m not big on Love since his defense is suspect and he is basically just a more efficient David Lee (which is a feat in itself), but I think he will mesh better with Dwight in the front court than Melo.

Love can play inside and outside and space the floor while Dwight mans the middle. With Melo, Dwight will just get in his way and it will be like having 2 James Hardens.

Beverly
Harden
Parsons (resign if possible)
Love
Howard

[FRpilot]

Can't believe the Clippers let Collison go to the Kings for $15M/3yrs. I think $5M/year is pretty reasonable for him. Way more reasonable than $8M/year for Avery Bradley...

[Phlip]

Originally Posted by FRpilot

Are you guys thinking what I’m thinking? That the Houston Rockets should be going for Kevin Love instead of Carmelo?

EVERYONE should be going for Love instead of Melo. Love defends his position just fines, rebounds with a fervor not seen since Rodman and can score from just as many places on the floor as Melo can. I am willing to bet that with better coaching, he would be a 30/15 guy and if that team made the playoffs he would be MVP, perennially.
Do you want a primadonna megastar who will sell jerseys and score 35 a game while playing ZERO defense in the context of a loss, or one who legitimately wants to do that in the course of a win?

[BOROSUN]

lol @ zero defense. melo's defense is way underrated.



love swiss cheese defense.

[Gnnr]

Please, Melo's defense is laughable. Kevin Love is an elite player, he's just on a bad team, in a tough conference and in a bad market so he doesn't get the national exposure.

[ZenkiKid]

Lakers are offering him a fatty deal that the Knicks are pretty much matching + 1 extra year.


Dont know man, he has a pretty steep price tag.

[BOROSUN]

lol more national exposure won't make bad defense better.