2012-07-22, 11:47 | Link #1441 |
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Man, I give Howard credit for one thing, when he said that if he didn't go to Brooklyn that he would refuse to sign an extension with any other suitors and explore free agency next offseason, he meant it.
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2012-07-23, 06:24 | Link #1444 | |
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1. There's some chance for him to stay 2. He won't be some negative influence 3. He will fit well in some short-term needs 4. There's place on the salary cap.
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2012-07-23, 07:15 | Link #1445 |
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The thing is he said he will not signed a extension, but that shouldn't worry the Lakers. It is common sense why he doesn't want to sign a extension. He will get more money resigning if he goes to the Lakers. At best an extension will only give him 50-60 million for 3 years extension. While if he resign with the Lakers he will get a Bird Right contract with over 100 million for 5 years. If he told the Lakers he may resign with them, the deal will be done.
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2012-07-23, 10:18 | Link #1446 |
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^The question is whether the Nets are interested in making some space for Howard. If they are, Howard might sign there for one year for bit less money, then resign a long term to end his career there. Might work or not, and Lakers end up as Option B.
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2012-07-23, 10:59 | Link #1447 |
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The Nets are over the cap salary so much now. At best I say Howard will get signed to a 7 to 12 million dollar contract. He will not take that. The Magic organization is trying to get the best out of Howard and to solve all their problems in one trade. Problem 1: is Howard of course, he pretty much destroyed and offended the Magic organization, the city, and its people. So he got to go immediately he is not going stay there, it already confirm they will deal him before early August. Problem 2: Get cap salary relief by getting rid of bad contracts. Which are of course Dwight Howard's 19.5 million dollar contract, Hedo Turkoglu's 11.9 million dollar contract, Glen Davis's 6.4 million dollar contract, and Jason Richardson's 5.8 million dollar contract. Problem 3: Rebuild the organization, most likely with draft picks. Both Houston and Cleveland have many draft picks to give them if they are in the deal. Only a 3 team trade or a 4 team trade can make problem 1, 2, and 3 all solved. Most likely 3 team trade. Lakers would love to get their hands on Howard because he is much more consistent. Cleveland are looking for a new star to build around, while they do have the reigning Rookie of the Year, Bynum is their prime target behind Howard. Lakers and Cleveland are expected to take two bad contracts each while Cleveland gives Orlando a lot of draft picks. The same can be said if Houston was part of the deal, but they wanted to try it out on their own.
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2012-07-23, 15:04 | Link #1448 |
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I haven't really been keeping tabs on this whole ordeal, surprising I guess since my Cavs play a possible part in all of this.
All I can say is this sure has become a convoluted mess now hasn't it?
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2012-07-23, 15:34 | Link #1449 |
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But is Houston really going for overpaid players or Howard? Because IMO, Houston is pretty much reconstructing right now, and there's nothing good with taking people that may be bad influences on the young players.
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2012-08-09, 21:38 | Link #1450 | |
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Look like the Howard saga is finally over.
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2012-08-10, 05:15 | Link #1452 |
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I guess Laker fans are still holding their breaths over this in case of basketball reasons (though the teams aren't owned by the league like the last time), but David Aldridge has something to say about this, and note that the message was sent an hour ago.
I have to say though, looking at the Nets final offer compared to this trade, Orlando really looked the big loser here. Everyone else in the trade got an All-star or more caliber player in the exchange, not Orlando. They're practically the laughing stock amongst GMs. In fact, there had been vandalismon Rob Hennigan's wikipedia profile for the past few hours....
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2012-08-10, 11:30 | Link #1453 | |
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2012-08-10, 19:06 | Link #1454 |
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This league is turning into crap again for me. Knicks blow money on collecting ex-Nuggets and 'geezers.' Brooklyn Nets, bleh. Teams pursuing championship rings have 3-4 current all stars and still have good-great bench. Knicks and Nets will likely make playoffs cause there're so many seemingly crappy teams. All will fold to the 4 star-padded teams though, it would be nice if they failed and I am wrong but the coming season looks predictable. (Knicks really only have Melo and Chandler, Stoudemire and Kidd haven't been performing great for some time)
I just tuned into NBA again after long years of pretty much ignoring it. Being a follower of Knicks basketball, I only started reading about them, not watching, after the Carmelo trade. With the Linsanity thing I started watching the Knicks and cautiously hoping it's going somewhere. Now it's probably back to forgetting about the NBA. I probably won't live to see a Knicks championship and the only thing they're champs of is in money spent and nothing to show. I'm not a Lin fan, not a Melo fan, not a real Knicks fan for over 10yrs or so. I'd return to being one when the disappoinments are fewer, just a fan of the sport as always. Dolan's probably to blame so I'm going to hop on that bandwagon. Should've kept Lin, which is a no on Felton. Lose JR Smith, Stoudemire honestly. Liked what happened to Landry, Novak, Camby, Brewer. Prigioni probably good. Unsure of Kidd, Thomas. I believe Knicks have bad trainers or something to let go of young, developing players for years to collect old, banged up players who don't perform half as well as they're paid. Lots of teams do it, but Knicks like to overpay them. |
2012-08-11, 16:09 | Link #1455 |
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I think the off season is going to be quiet from here on in. There are still few free agents that are valuable can give some excite when they sign, but unlikely anything like a trade is coming any time soon. The biggest news in this off season is that Dwight Howard finally gets traded in a 4 way deal. Dwight Howard goes to the Lakers which I as a Lakers fan am excited for plus with the additions of two players of Chris Duhon and Earl Clark from Orlando. Orlando Magics got Arron Afflalo and Al Harrington from Denver, Moe Harkless and Nikola Vucevic from Philadelphia, Josh McRoberts and Christian Eyenga from Los Angeles, and 2013 second round pick from Philadelphia, 2014 first round draft pick from either Denver or Philadelphia, and 2015 second round pick and 2017 first round pick from the Lakers. Philadelphia got Andrew Bynum from the Lakers and Jason Richardson from the Magics. Denver receives Andre Iguodala. That is a huge trade.
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2012-08-12, 00:01 | Link #1456 | |
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To be honest, the magic themselves were forced into a tight spot because of all the bad decisions they made in the past. After that trip to the 2009 finals, they practically got worse out of a sudden. Their risks just weren't falling. I'll actually give them a C for them because most of the picks they got are going to be lottery protected, and when you have the Lakers, Nuggets and 76ers all fighting for playoff or championships, there isn't much chance of you getting lottery picks. Maybe they might get solid pickups in the draft, but the chances of them doing so is worse than the Patriots picking up Tom Brady.
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2012-08-19, 04:50 | Link #1457 |
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Dolan is an example of having money but having no fing clue, the Bulls are the example of having a clue but being too tight to actually execute.... but hey the Bulls have been like that for years, they didn't want to pay MJ & everyone money for another few years at the top, and they still don't want to pay money to help Rose.
Also Kendrick Perkins must've been smiling for the next week after he saw the Howard to the Lakers trade.. with Ibaka (just got done) and Harden up for extensions Perkins was totally an amnesty candidate, especially since he was useless against a lot of teams, with the Heat being the main one. Now the Thunder can't amnesty Perkins since they need him to combat Howard... I still like the Thunder vs the new Lakers.... they're a young squad.. this core will be improving for a few more years yet.. Durant, Westbrook, Harden and Ibaka are nowhere near their peak... and they get Maynor back who is a massive upgrade over Fisher. Even with this improvement coming from them I still liked my Heat's chances next year... Bosh was not 100% obviously, neither was Wade... than you add Ray Allen into the mix.. and Chalmers and Cole's improvements.. I think... Heat > Thunder Thunder > Lakers Lakers > Heat Question of matchups... but health is also an issue... Nash is 39 and has a bad back and no miracle Phoenix medical staff, Gasol is getting older, Kobe is getting older, Howard just had back surgery and won't start playing until Jan.... Lakers window with this core is 2 years max.. and you need chemistry... they are very well set for 2014 though if they renounce Kobe and Gasol or get them back cheap. |
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Well enough about that. Right now what I want to discuss is the big uproar in the NBA, the new flopping rule. Players are not happy with it and filed a lawsuit. What is everyone's opinion about this new rule? |
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2012-10-08, 16:17 | Link #1460 |
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I want them to cut down on flopping so something needs to be done for sure. From what I've read, it'll be reviewed post-game by [flop committee] and fines will be dished out incrementally and 6th one is a suspension? I don't really like the 'punishment' but it'll be funny if some floptastic player gets a suspension from one game due to it.
Refs are relieved or something so they can continue as usual, but since it's reviewed post-game their in-game calls still have an effect. There might be more no-calls which I'd want. This is a first thought, so not thought out, flops should be reviewed during game time by [flop committe] and points and/or fouls should be the punishment. The last two minutes of the game should have the refs doing it themselves as it is now I believe. - I have no idea who'll do flop reviews so I'm using [flop committee] Last edited by Kmos; 2012-10-08 at 16:30. |
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