J.R. Smith has literally been shanghaied away for the foreshortened 2011-2012 NBA season: rolling ILH sandbox thread

and why would it?

THAT IS AN UNUSUAL INTERVIEW QUESTION AND IT IS UNCALLED-FOR.

just trust me that chris paul is about to become history's greatest monster.

if he does form a nyk superteam junior varsity squad I will agree with you

i like the notion that the NYK would be the "junior-varsity" of superteams.

certainly fitting, since they -- organizationally -- are a total clusterscrew, which benefits only because players want to play in NYC.

Al_Iannazzone
The Record just learned Deron Williams WILL NOT Sign an extension with the Nets and will play the year out. Link coming shortly.

yeah, it's cuz he can get more $ as a FA even if he re-signs w/ the nets

there's still something kinda gross to me about the way prohkorov will have gamed the system via the new cba -- the nets aren't d will's "original team" and i'm not sure what good it does for competitive balance to allow a guy to trade for a player solely for the purpose of signing him to a max deal and allow that team to offer him $25m more than anyone else

still celtics will be a middling team in 3-4 years probs

― k3vin k., Thursday, December 1, 2011 3:51 AM (19 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink

celtics literally have three players under contract next season, if they got paul, traded pierce and rondo, they could have a whole new team!

um... it's been like that with free agent contracts since the last CBA, maybe even before. Kobe would have given up like $40mn if he'd left LA for anywhere else.

Sign and trades are also capped - anyone trading for D-Will or Howard this season can only sign him to a one-year extension, so either one will just opt out and have to be signed as a FA (w/ Bird rights, though).

i read one summery of the new cba but i feel like it wasnt that comprehensive

um... it's been like that with free agent contracts since the last CBA, maybe even before. Kobe would have given up like $40mn if he'd left LA for anywhere else.

well yes, but i'm pretty sure that they significantly increased the difference b/w how much money you can get from your own team vs how much you can get from your existing team

I think it actually got smaller, because of the amounts and years.

And the money hit for Paul/Howard is offset by increased endorsements in a bigger media market. D-Will not so much, but maybe he really just hates Avery Johnson that much.

lol you guys

The Knicks can't even trade a first round draft pick until 2018.

wow

Nuggets will receive the Knick's first-round pick two years after the Knicks surrender their 2012 first-round pick to the Rockets (Carmelo Anthony trade 02-22-11)

Nuggets have option to swap 2016 first-round picks with the Knicks (Carmelo Anthony trade 02-22-11)

Rockets receive the Knicks' 2012 first-round pick (top 5 protected in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015, if not conveyed by 2015 then the Rockets will receive the Knicks 2015 and 2016 second-round picks) (Tracy McGrady trade 02-18-10)

though i guess as long as the knicks don't have have a top 5 pick in next year's draft, some of those first round picks become tradeable

i think it's increasingly likely that a team tries to pull a d will here

celtics literally have three players under contract next season, if they got paul, traded pierce and rondo, they could have a whole new team!

c's were supposedly clearing cap space to make a run at dwight howard.

Poor dwight. So much talent, so little help.

he'd do well in boston!

Daniel, all the good players can't play for teams that you like and it wouldn't even be fun for you if they did.

hm.

I'm a Mavericks fan and I'm kind of excited for the new luxury tax era - curious if Cuban can learn to build a team without absurd sign and trades.

itt J.R. Smith exploded in his return to action in China, dropping 52 points, 22 rebounds and seven steals.

looool

NBA releases Dec. 25 sked: Celts-Knicks, Heat-Mavs, Bulls-Lakers, Magic-Thunder, Clips-Warriors.

heat mavs rematch on day one! clippers vs warriors!

golden age for the NBA; (a handful of) great teams, great rivalries.

I've always thought a championship rematch opening day is the way to go why don't all sports do that

Hey so internet personality dayo brought it to my attention that we might want to get going on our annual ILH Fantasy League, and if we do want to do that it'd probably have to happen sooner rather than later. iirc M Bison is usually in charge? who all plays? who's around right now? can we get in contact with the regulars? will it be just me vs dayo?

help a fantasy baller out.

NBA releases Dec. 25 sked: Celts-Knicks, Heat-Mavs, Bulls-Lakers, Magic-Thunder, Clips-Warriors.

heat mavs rematch on day one! clippers vs warriors!

― clay, Friday, December 2, 2011 2:31 PM (3 hours ago)

i'm crying tears of pure joy atm

http://cdn1.knowyourmeme.com/i/000/107/432/original/i_hug_that_feel.png?1300595876

??

oh just saying i felt the same way? maybe this meme is used to make fun of people and i'm just dense idk.

if so i am "repurposing" the jpg to mean i literally know how you feel and feel/felt similarly.

haaa oh the link is broken for me so it redirects to this page that says "fail: your link is broken" or whatever so i thought you were calling my post a fail haha

grant hill says great chance he'll resign with suns, which i assume has implications for steve nash's desire to stay with phoenix.

it should really be pointed out over and over again to every basketball fan that grant hill would've been probably a top 10-15 all-timer if his ankles had cooperated.

yerp

in favor of fantasy league, I will investigate tomorrow

http://www.onionsportsnetwork.com/articles/hedo-turkoglu-somehow-comes-out-of-lockout-50-mill,26788

ball

k buttheads, renewed this league, ID# is 59595, password is ilhoops1112

how many slots are there?

i havent played fantasy bball before but i'd like to give it a shot if theres an opening

we always need more ppl

yeah it's open to anyone

http://basketball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/nba/59595

tentative draft date, next sunday, dec 11, 3:00 PM CST

plz to request changes if nec

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