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Re: Around the NBA part 2

Posted: Mon Jan 7, 2013 4:11 pm
by Thugger HBC
fdr2012 wrote:
Thugger HBC wrote:
Wolfgang wrote:I can't wait for Dwight to leave this summer and go to the team he deserves to go to.

He aint leaving 30 mil on the table, and i can't imagine who the Lakers would pillage if they had to trade him.

I do not think they do it and force him to walk.


The "he's not leaving money on the table" argument always fails. Lebron, Bosh and Wade all left money on the table to join a winning team. Dwight will not stay on a team that misses the playoffs (or barely gets there).

Dwight will bolt this summer. I assume he'll be asking to get traded before the allstar break with Brooklyn as the main destination.

No, they really didn't, they went to a state where they could maximize their take home pay, they all signed six year deals worth over 1110 mil.

They didn't leave a years salary on the table either, which if Dwight walks with no trade, is what he would be doing, those guys were signed and traded.

Re: Around the NBA part 2

Posted: Mon Jan 7, 2013 4:13 pm
by FKF
basketboule wrote:
Dirk would never leave. Read the article about his recent comments again. He never complained. Not even close. Just read what he really said.


Does Dirk hold a no-trade clause on his contract? Cuban has a history for making the craziest deals.

Re: Around the NBA part 2

Posted: Mon Jan 7, 2013 4:15 pm
by Thugger HBC
FKF wrote:
basketboule wrote:
Dirk would never leave. Read the article about his recent comments again. He never complained. Not even close. Just read what he really said.


Does Dirk hold a no-trade clause on his contract? Cuban has a history for making the craziest deals.

Yes he does.

Re: Around the NBA part 2

Posted: Mon Jan 7, 2013 4:40 pm
by Brooklyn_Yards
I feel for CDR can't seem to stick maybe he can join his buddy Drose.

Re: Around the NBA part 2

Posted: Mon Jan 7, 2013 5:04 pm
by Bruteque
UnderdogKnicks wrote:
fdr2012 wrote:Do you really think he spends the next few years in a team that can't make the playoffs? Just for not pissing off Jack Nicholson? Dwight is gone.


And where would he go? Only real free agent destination is ATL, his hometown and a pretty good fit too. I still don't think they are contenders though if he goes there. DAL is in the same situation as the Lakers. If he asks for a trade to BROK, Lakers would have to consent to this idea. It isn't impossible he goes to BROK, but I just don't see the Laker's front office doing it after just acquiring Howard in a supposedly steal of a trade.

It'll hurt Mitch and the Laker's ego too much to call this a mistake. It's easier to blame Pau and trade him for pieces that fit them instead.


If Dwight is going to leave some money on the table to sign as a FA with a team that can contend with him, then here's a scary thought: Houston has $14+ mil in cap space this offseason to sign him to the tune of $62 mil.

Lin-Harden-Parsons-Howard-Asik, youngest team in the league.

Re: Around the NBA part 2

Posted: Mon Jan 7, 2013 5:20 pm
by Thugger HBC
Bruteque wrote:
UnderdogKnicks wrote:
fdr2012 wrote:Do you really think he spends the next few years in a team that can't make the playoffs? Just for not pissing off Jack Nicholson? Dwight is gone.


And where would he go? Only real free agent destination is ATL, his hometown and a pretty good fit too. I still don't think they are contenders though if he goes there. DAL is in the same situation as the Lakers. If he asks for a trade to BROK, Lakers would have to consent to this idea. It isn't impossible he goes to BROK, but I just don't see the Laker's front office doing it after just acquiring Howard in a supposedly steal of a trade.

It'll hurt Mitch and the Laker's ego too much to call this a mistake. It's easier to blame Pau and trade him for pieces that fit them instead.


If Dwight is going to leave some money on the table to sign as a FA with a team that can contend with him, then here's a scary thought: Houston has $14+ mil in cap space this offseason to sign him to the tune of $62 mil.

Lin-Harden-Parsons-Howard-Asik, youngest team in the league.


Good lord no, with that lineup....and Dwight isn't leaving almost 40% of his pay like that.

Re: Around the NBA part 2

Posted: Mon Jan 7, 2013 5:23 pm
by Wolfgang
Dwight should get traded. I saw that article about Marshon, who I think could become a great player, going to LA and Dwight going to Nets with Phil Jackson coming to coach. That would be crazy.

Re: Around the NBA part 2

Posted: Mon Jan 7, 2013 5:48 pm
by Pharmcat
im not sure why lal would trade dwight

just ride it out and rebuild with him in 2014 with the cap space

Re: Around the NBA part 2

Posted: Mon Jan 7, 2013 6:52 pm
by spree2kawhi
j4remi wrote:
basketboule wrote:
Dirk would never leave. Read the article about his recent comments again. He never complained. Not even close. Just read what he really said.


The ESPN ticker was saying something like "Dirk mulling over a trade request" with nitpicked quotes...the article is completely different. Wow, I got played.


When I first read the headline I also couldn't believe it and then in the article it was just so obvious that the author was trying the hardest to stirr some controversy. I'm sure you weren't the only one. But if there is one thing that's certain in today's NBA, it is that Dirk Nowitzki is a Maverick until he starts playing baseball.

Being from Germany I don't get around Nowitzki news so i got the impression that he has to be the classiest and most humble guy in the league and that he would never leave Cuban. Seriously I could care less about his nationality, it's just that there are so many stories about him around here. He wouldn't even get into public mind games.

Re: Around the NBA part 2

Posted: Mon Jan 7, 2013 7:59 pm
by god shammgod
jorts cut

miami to work out birdman

Re: Around the NBA part 2

Posted: Mon Jan 7, 2013 8:31 pm
by Knicks_Fan2
Mike Trudell ‏@LakersReporter
Dwight Howard is out at least 1 week with a torn labrum in his right shoulder. Re-evaluated next week.

Re: Around the NBA part 2

Posted: Mon Jan 7, 2013 9:38 pm
by BKAY
Is it fair to say that Phil=Kobe yet or no?

Re: Around the NBA part 2

Posted: Mon Jan 7, 2013 10:12 pm
by Pharmcat
why doesnt CDR stay on a team?
i know he has limited skill, but he can score of the bench, no?

Re: Around the NBA part 2

Posted: Mon Jan 7, 2013 10:12 pm
by Brooklyn_Yards
DJO and Machado both guys we wanted and both waived on the same day. IIRC DJO played pretty good defense cut White for him.

Re: Around the NBA part 2

Posted: Mon Jan 7, 2013 10:12 pm
by carmelo115
Omri Cassipi wants a trade out from the Cavaliers, he's only making about 2 million this year.

He does intrigue me but we have no minutes for him with our rotation. He could be useful for next season though.

Re: Around the NBA part 2

Posted: Mon Jan 7, 2013 10:57 pm
by AllanHoustonFan
Brooklyn_Yards wrote:DJO and Machado both guys we wanted and both waived on the same day. IIRC DJO played pretty good defense cut White for him.

D'Antoni likes to cut/release players who play defense like Corey Brewer

Re: Around the NBA part 2

Posted: Mon Jan 7, 2013 11:04 pm
by Pharmcat
AllanHoustonFan wrote:
Brooklyn_Yards wrote:DJO and Machado both guys we wanted and both waived on the same day. IIRC DJO played pretty good defense cut White for him.

D'Antoni likes to cut/release players who play defense like Corey Brewer


that was a horrible move by mike

just goes to show how awful of a coach he is

Re: Around the NBA part 2

Posted: Mon Jan 7, 2013 11:06 pm
by Brooklyn_Yards
AllanHoustonFan wrote:
Brooklyn_Yards wrote:DJO and Machado both guys we wanted and both waived on the same day. IIRC DJO played pretty good defense cut White for him.

D'Antoni likes to cut/release players who play defense like Corey Brewer

Cory Brewer has turned into a good role player for the Nuggets

Re: Around the NBA part 2

Posted: Mon Jan 7, 2013 11:07 pm
by Brooklyn_Yards
Pharmcat wrote:why doesnt CDR stay on a team?
i know he has limited skill, but he can score of the bench, no?

I'm wondering the samething.

Re: Around the NBA part 2

Posted: Tue Jan 8, 2013 2:32 am
by ctorres
Wizards beat the Thunder

Where is everyone who overreacted over the Knicks' loss to the Kings?