Official Speculation Thread (Pt. XLV "Re-Building" Edition)

tjm384 · Post #741 » by **tjm384** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:54 pm

Fiber & Grit...Coming to the cereal aisle in your local super market.

magicman123 · Post #742 » by **magicman123** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:55 pm

the lakers will be buying out chris duhon's contract, duhon would then return to orlando and continue with his backup roll

jk, see it could be worse

dariusl7 · Post #743 » by **dariusl7** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:55 pm

Ahmadab wrote:
SHAQ ‏@SHAQ
An old nba addage we have to get worse to get better, that's true but what happens when u get worser aka more worse than the worse answa dat

ENGLISH MOTHERFCUKER, DO YOU SPEAK IT ?

lol

first time a cracked a smile today

Driguez · Post #744 » by **Driguez** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:55 pm

Stop. Showing. Dwight. Clips.

rcklsscognition · Post #745 » by **rcklsscognition** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:55 pm

How many contracts we have now? Aren't they all guaranteed? We're at 15 I think.

rcklsscognition · Post #746 » by **rcklsscognition** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:56 pm

JV does looks depressed. He knows he's going to get canned in a season or two.

InFlames · Post #747 » by **InFlames** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:57 pm

If Stan was still our coach this press conference would be **** epic.

ChildishGambino · Post #748 » by **ChildishGambino** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:57 pm

LMAO another one of those.....FUKC WHY DID YOU ASK ME THAT expressions....priceless man

magicman123 · Post #749 » by **magicman123** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:58 pm

so, is this the fiber and grit team 1.0?

rcklsscognition · Post #750 » by **rcklsscognition** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:58 pm

In other news, new control system unveiled for 2k13. Looks intriguing.

Ahmadab · Post #751 » by **Ahmadab** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:58 pm

Magic GM Rob Hennigan said the Magic will immediately start looking for a backup point guard.

PLEASE LET IT BE FOR HARRINGTON OR SUCH

Driguez · Post #752 » by **Driguez** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:58 pm

Rudolph crying? Lmao

RickB-Orlando · Post #753 » by **RickB-Orlando** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:00 pm

tjm384 wrote:Are you prepared for plummet in tickets. We're prepared to compete *facepalm*

In all honesty, as a season ticket holder, this answer made me go right to True Blue Connection and ask what I need to do if I want to cancel. I'm not interested in dropping several thousand bucks to watch the growing pains for the next few years.

HstryInTheMakng · Post #754 » by **HstryInTheMakng** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:00 pm

rcklsscognition wrote:In other news, new control system unveiled for 2k13. Looks intriguing.

Magic ratings, Over/Under 25th overall in all categories?

cvMagic · Post #755 » by **cvMagic** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:00 pm

Good writeup on the trade that nails why this move is bad:

http://nba-point-forward.si.com/2012/08 ... &eref=sihp

Highlights

Good luck with that Thunder model, by the way. It involves winning the lottery or finishing second in a year with a franchise centerpiece, getting lucky enough to have that player fall to you and somehow still being bad enough over the next two seasons to snag two more top-four picks in the draft. That is nearly unprecedented. Toss in the selection of a borderline future All-Star at No. 24 (Serge Ibaka), and, bam, you’ve got the Thunder model! As easy as cooking a nice pasta dinner.

And that's the truth for all of you tanking enthusiasts. What happened to the Thunder is literally one of the biggest strokes of unprecedented luck in NBA history.

It's like watching your neighbor win the lottery and deciding that buying tickets from the same convenient store will guarantee your fortune as well.

This trade needed actual building pieces within it: (lottery picks and top ten rookie talent)
Instead we got back end first round talent and backend picks.

This is a defenseless trade.

rcklsscognition · Post #756 » by **rcklsscognition** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:01 pm

HstryInTheMakng wrote:
rcklsscognition wrote:In other news, new control system unveiled for 2k13. Looks intriguing.

Magic ratingw, Over/Under 25th overall in all categories?

Our defense should be top 15. We'll be 28th or so on offense, maybe 23rd overall?

OrlandoMajinBuu · Post #757 » by **OrlandoMajinBuu** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:01 pm

The rich get richer and the poor get draft picks.

Orlando Tragic · Post #758 » by **Orlando Tragic** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:03 pm

cvMagic wrote:Good writeup on the trade that nails why this move is bad:

http://nba-point-forward.si.com/2012/08 ... &eref=sihp

Highlights

Good luck with that Thunder model, by the way. It involves winning the lottery or finishing second in a year with a franchise centerpiece, getting lucky enough to have that player fall to you and somehow still being bad enough over the next two seasons to snag two more top-four picks in the draft. That is nearly unprecedented. Toss in the selection of a borderline future All-Star at No. 24 (Serge Ibaka), and, bam, you’ve got the Thunder model! As easy as cooking a nice pasta dinner.

And that's the truth for all of you tanking enthusiasts. What happened to the Thunder is literally one of the biggest strokes of unprecedented luck in NBA history.

It's like watching your neighbor win the lottery and deciding that buying tickets from the same convenient store will guarantee your fortune as well.

This trade needed actual building pieces within it: (lottery picks and top ten rookie talent)
Instead we got back end first round talent and backend picks.

This is a defenseless trade.

+1

magicman123 · Post #759 » by **magicman123** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:03 pm

cvMagic wrote:Good writeup on the trade that nails why this move is bad:

http://nba-point-forward.si.com/2012/08 ... &eref=sihp

Highlights

Good luck with that Thunder model, by the way. It involves winning the lottery or finishing second in a year with a franchise centerpiece, getting lucky enough to have that player fall to you and somehow still being bad enough over the next two seasons to snag two more top-four picks in the draft. That is nearly unprecedented. Toss in the selection of a borderline future All-Star at No. 24 (Serge Ibaka), and, bam, you’ve got the Thunder model! As easy as cooking a nice pasta dinner.

And that's the truth for all of you tanking enthusiasts. What happened to the Thunder is literally one of the biggest strokes of unprecedented luck in NBA history.

It's like watching your neighbor win the lottery and deciding that buying tickets from the same convenient store will guarantee your fortune as well.

This trade needed actual building pieces within it: (lottery picks and top ten rookie talent)
Instead we got back end first round talent and backend picks.

This is a defenseless trade.

we got shaq and penny, spurs got robinson and duncan, thunder got durant and westbrook

its possible but unlikely, i wouldn't bank on the thunders route

thelead · Post #760 » by **thelead** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:03 pm

cvMagic wrote:Good writeup on the trade that nails why this move is bad:

http://nba-point-forward.si.com/2012/08 ... &eref=sihp

Highlights

Good luck with that Thunder model, by the way. It involves winning the lottery or finishing second in a year with a franchise centerpiece, getting lucky enough to have that player fall to you and somehow still being bad enough over the next two seasons to snag two more top-four picks in the draft. That is nearly unprecedented. Toss in the selection of a borderline future All-Star at No. 24 (Serge Ibaka), and, bam, you’ve got the Thunder model! As easy as cooking a nice pasta dinner.

And that's the truth for all of you tanking enthusiasts. What happened to the Thunder is literally one of the biggest strokes of unprecedented luck in NBA history.

It's like watching your neighbor win the lottery and deciding that buying tickets from the same convenient store will guarantee your fortune as well.

This trade needed actual building pieces within it: (lottery picks and top ten rookie talent)
Instead we got back end first round talent and backend picks.

This is a defenseless trade.

Yup. We basically just got a little more than Cleveland got for lebron...