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sfballa13 wrote:Rockets got Beverly for 18M over 3 years, and Brewer for 24M over 3 years
That is a little high for Brewer but 6M for Beverly is a steal
Now Houston can turn around and trade Ariza, Terence Jones, Papa (Greek SF) and have enough room to sign LMA
Beverly-Harden-Brewer-LMA-Howard/DMo
Ariza/Jones/Papa for our top 5 protected pick next season, top 10 protected two season after then unprotected
tmorgan wrote:Biyombo was super cheap. That's disappointing.
Devin looked at his dad with awe. Sure, the Detroit Pistons were his favorite team, and Chauncey Billups was his favorite player, and Rip Hamilton was the guy he tried to model his own game after, but Dad — his pro-ball-playing Dad — was his idol.
So Devin wanted to visit his father abroad. Veronica was not about to allow him to visit his dad in Russia. No chance. When he took a contract in Milan, Italy, she changed her tune. So Devin, at 12 years old, took his spring break from school and visited his dad in Italy....
...When you see Devin Booker fly around the court for Kentucky — spotting up for threes, driving the lane, second in scoring for the most talented team in college basketball — you see a player with natural abilities. But more than that, you see a player with a tough-to-teach basketball IQ. It's what his father saw in him when he was a kid, and when his favorite player, the supremely intelligent Chauncey Billups, was traded for one of the most exciting players in the NBA, Allen Iverson.
What little boy would be disappointed to know A.I. was playing for his team?
But Devin was crushed, because he knew what Billups meant for the team and their chemistry.
That's what John Calipari saw in Devin Booker when he recruited him at the high school at Moss Point, where Devin moved in order to live and train with his father.
DETermination wrote:I was in a nice argument with a friend who said Deandre has a much better post game than Drummond and that he is going to be great on the mavericks with a bigger role. He said that Deandre shot much higher field goal percentage than Dre so I had to go explain to him why. Deandre only took 24 hook shots last season and made ten while Andre took 192 and made 82. Also Deandre had 292 dunks compared to Andre's 166 dunks. Deandre is a very nice player no doubt and is a better defender than Dre at this point but I just laugh when people say he is a much better offensive/post player.
Kilo wrote:Cleveland is getting perverse. Looking to trade Haywood and Anderson Varejao for Joe Johnson and his 25M contract now but fear not about trading AV as they'd then sign David West to keep their big rotation strong. West has connections to/in Ohio.
Five max/near-max contracts - Johnson, James, Love, Irving, Thompson. Potentially 100M in salary on the floor at once, when the league has a 67M salary "cap".
Irving|Delladova
Shumpert|Smith
James|Johnson
Love|West
Mozgov|Thompson
Kilo wrote:Cleveland is getting perverse. Looking to trade Haywood and Anderson Varejao for Joe Johnson and his 25M contract now but fear not about trading AV as they'd then sign David West to keep their big rotation strong. West has connections to/in Ohio.
Five max/near-max contracts - Johnson, James, Love, Irving, Thompson. Potentially 100M in salary on the floor at once, when the league has a 67M salary "cap".
Irving|Delladova
Shumpert|Smith
James|Johnson
Love|West
Mozgov|Thompson
Pharaoh wrote:And that is why people hate on Lebron.
Say what you will about any other star but for whatever reason there is this perception of Lebron that he took (or takes) the easy way to the title.
Snakebites wrote:Hey guys, 265 million dollars committed to Dumars era Piston draft picks this year. Over a QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS.
Afflalo 16 mill
Singler 25 mill
Jerebko 10 mill
Amir 24 mill
Monroe 50 mill
Knight 70 mill
Middleton 70 mill
Cowology wrote:Absolutely LOVE LaMarcus Aldridge going to San Antonio. My favorite non-Detroit team. They always do it right.
Jackattaq wrote:Snakebites wrote:Hey guys, 265 million dollars committed to Dumars era Piston draft picks this year. Over a QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS.
Afflalo 16 mill
Singler 25 mill
Jerebko 10 mill
Amir 24 mill
Monroe 50 mill
Knight 70 mill
Middleton 70 mill
The one that got away. I think Spellcheck would actually fit SVG's system. Always liked him as a player and 8M Per isn't that bad.
