Russ Bengtson @russbengtson -- Eddy Curry upon arriving in Miami: "Is this beef jerky all for me?" "No Eddy, that's Juwan Howard."
dynamite, for the lolz alone.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 8 December 2011 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
@WojYahooNBA The Hornets are near a deal to send Chris Paul to Lakers for Bynum and Lamar Odom, league source tells Y! Sports.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 8 December 2011 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
NEWS FLASH
Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA -- The Hornets have started to inform teams that they're sending Chris Paul to the Lakers for Bynum and Odom, league sources tell Y! Sports.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:00 (twelve years ago) link
wow... really feel like the lakers got off pretty easy there
odom is done in like 3 years and bynum is a massive wildcard
― v-shasty, Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:00 (twelve years ago) link
has kobe ever played w/ an actual PG? how is this going to work?
― v-shasty, Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
but lakers giving up a lot of size, and odom's been good for them. dunno.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
So who wants Rondo? All signs point to butthurt in Boston.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:02 (twelve years ago) link
i mean, if they can trade gasol for howard, okay, but otherwise . . .
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:02 (twelve years ago) link
welp
― ~occubarn~ (clay), Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:02 (twelve years ago) link
If they traded Gasol for Howard, who plays PF?
― polyphonic, Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:03 (twelve years ago) link
same thing as heat, they'd be a Big 3 with lots of minimum contract guys around them.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:03 (twelve years ago) link
and they'd hope that, to chase a championship, some quality players would go to LA for less money.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:04 (twelve years ago) link
if the lakers get Paul and Howard I quit
― ~occubarn~ (clay), Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:05 (twelve years ago) link
like what's a guy supposed to do
― ~occubarn~ (clay), Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:06 (twelve years ago) link
Correction: The proposed deal to the Lakers is Chris Paul for Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom, source says.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
ah! holding bynum for howard. WOW.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
still, would those pieces fit together that well? great defense, i guess, but very susceptible to injury (CP3) and decline (KobE)
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, December 8, 2011 5:07 PM (11 seconds ago) Bookmark Permalink
still not sure if this is gonna happen... the magic would REALLY have to like andrew bynum, or get zero offers from other teams. bcuz w/ odom to NO they basically have nothing left to trade except an oft-injured, possibly psychotic center and a bunch of role players nobody would want. we'll see.
― v-shasty, Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
that's true.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
that...can't actually be real can it
pau was a giant zero in the playoffs last year and odom is sort of good but not really a building piece
btw way under the radar i LOVE the butler-to-clips move, clips basically had an empty pair of shoes at small forward last year so tough juice is a big upgrade even if his numbers aren't big
― concussion section, Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:11 (twelve years ago) link
i guess LAL have to be the western conference favorite, tho, since dallas is losing chandler. maybe OKC.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:11 (twelve years ago) link
i think it's still far more likely that they get the godfather offer from the bulls
― v-shasty, Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:12 (twelve years ago) link
also wtf is going on the nba is fucking crazy again yay!
― ~occubarn~ (clay), Thursday, December 8, 2011 10:46 PM
srsly its like http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv57uojPhv1qfjjglo3_250.gif all of a sudden
― amon, Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
― concussion section, Thursday, December 8, 2011 5:11 PM (58 seconds ago) Bookmark Permalink
giving a 31 year old who has played 56 games over the past two seasons a 3 yr / 24 m deal is o_O
― v-shasty, Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:18 (twelve years ago) link
yeah feel like the clips either dont have faith in aminu or care more about using him as a trade piece for god knows what.
― mayor jingleberriez, Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
i def don't think aminu is ready to start in the nba
― v-shasty, Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:20 (twelve years ago) link
i think it's still far more likely that they get the godfather (pizza) offer from the bulls
this made me think the bulls were going to trade herman cain to orlando
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:21 (twelve years ago) link
If rest of deal goes through as proposed, sources tell ESPN that HOU would send Kevin Martin, Luis Scola and Goran Dragic to N.O. for Gasol
This deal keeps morphing.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:22 (twelve years ago) link
so houston gets gasol and . . . keeps trying to get nene or dalembert?
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:23 (twelve years ago) link
that makes a lot more sense
― v-shasty, Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:24 (twelve years ago) link
that being the three way deal
so they'd have money for gasol and dalembert/nene, i guess.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:25 (twelve years ago) link
trying to figure out if houston is dropping out of the race for one of those two centers.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
overall that's a pretty good if totally weird deal for NO
― ~occubarn~ (clay), Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
yeah they need a center -- also might have to replace martin w/ someone
― v-shasty, Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
not that anybody in the world gives two shits about the hornets but
― ~occubarn~ (clay), Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:27 (twelve years ago) link
looking out for the heat. since, as you know, our big center acquisition is . . . oh never mind.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:27 (twelve years ago) link
― ~occubarn~ (clay), Thursday, December 8, 2011 5:26 PM (16 seconds ago) Bookmark Permalink
yeah i mean, not much is happening for the future, but nothing ever was. martin, scola, odom are three good pieces
― v-shasty, Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:27 (twelve years ago) link
i mean
jarret jackkevin martintrevor arizalouis scolaemeka okafor
+ odom
you could have worse teams
― v-shasty, Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:28 (twelve years ago) link
that's not a playoff team most likely but it's not the worst team in the world
― v-shasty, Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:29 (twelve years ago) link
RT @johnhollinger Hornets would need to renounce David West to make this trade work as reported.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:29 (twelve years ago) link
well if they were picking up two power forwards in the deal, they probably would
― v-shasty, Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:30 (twelve years ago) link
Ha look at that line-up, it's a team of trade throw-ins! They're just completely being used as a fence for actual teams!
― ~occubarn~ (clay), Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:30 (twelve years ago) link
scola is pretty awesome
― v-shasty, Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:32 (twelve years ago) link
i keep confusing him with the local (and outstanding) miami circuit court judge who just got elevated to the third district court of appeals bench.
i picture him in his judicial robe, lobbing a pass to odom.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:33 (twelve years ago) link
houston still has tons of cap room -- gasol's salary is 19m, but they're unloading 22m b/w scola and martin
― v-shasty, Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:34 (twelve years ago) link
oh yeah <3 scola just saying the league should have started running a team for the purpose of trade facilitation ages ago
― ~occubarn~ (clay), Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:34 (twelve years ago) link
houston's roster is for real so hilarious, i can never get over it
they have jonny flynn, hasheem thabeet and jordan hill on the same team!!!
― v-shasty, Thursday, 8 December 2011 23:35 (twelve years ago) link
and terrence williams!