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

i think it's still far more likely that they get the godfather offer from the bulls

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

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, 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

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.

i def don't think aminu is ready to start in the nba

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

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.

so houston gets gasol and . . . keeps trying to get nene or dalembert?

that makes a lot more sense

that being the three way deal

so they'd have money for gasol and dalembert/nene, i guess.

trying to figure out if houston is dropping out of the race for one of those two centers.

overall that's a pretty good if totally weird deal for NO

yeah they need a center -- also might have to replace martin w/ someone

not that anybody in the world gives two shits about the hornets but

looking out for the heat. since, as you know, our big center acquisition is . . . oh never mind.

overall that's a pretty good if totally weird deal for NO

― ~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

i mean

jarret jack
kevin martin
trevor ariza
louis scola
emeka okafor

+ odom

you could have worse teams

that's not a playoff team most likely but it's not the worst team in the world

RT @johnhollinger Hornets would need to renounce David West to make this trade work as reported.

well if they were picking up two power forwards in the deal, they probably would

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!

scola is pretty awesome

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.

houston still has tons of cap room -- gasol's salary is 19m, but they're unloading 22m b/w scola and martin

oh yeah <3 scola just saying the league should have started running a team for the purpose of trade facilitation ages ago

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!!!

and terrence williams!

bah. i want nene or dalembert on the heat. stop chasing them, houston rockets!

and yes, i realize we "don't have" the "cap space" to sign them. whatevs. make it happen.

i was just staring at the computer screen for 3 mins going "when the fuck did the rockets get goran dragic????????" but then i realized i was confusing him w/ marcin gortat

plz tell me morey is gonna go after marc

hey guys, ricky rubio is really cute :)

isn't he the guy that sings living la vida loca?

ricky rubio is pretty cute

SherrodbCSN: Celtics were confident they were of landing Paul. Source says they were already planning a physical for him.

oh right i forgot baot aminu, he's nice but seems like he should be a sixth man

yeah its kind of a lot of money for butler but i bet its going to be eclipsed by some legendary bad contracts in the next few days

might have a whiff of the cavalier's parade of bad signings to "convince" lebron to "stay" about it, except in this case lebron is blake

aminu will need to be the 6th man because they dont really have one

oh for christs sakes just when this was shaping up to be a good day

i'm already bored by chris paul as a laker. he needs to leave LA, to shake off the doldrums and rejuvenate his career.

next free-agent signing please!

so, if the lakers DON'T get howard, this is a pretty massive risk. they're gonna go into the season, at least at the moment, with one big man who has had a myriad of knee injuries his entire career. oh btw, did we mention that we're trying to cram 66 games into four and a half months and that's not even including the playoffs?

yep.

Russ Bengtson @russbengtson -- Sounds like the NBA is using their amnesty on the Hornets.

if the lakers do get howard, the only way they could lose would be for kobe to submarine the team

which, you know, *fingers crossed*

so you think howard on LA puts them far over miami?

just seems like both teams have odd chemistry and roster issues.

howard -- (who are their forwards?) -- kobe -- paul.

i would be scared of a team where dwight howard was the third best option on offense, yes

i don't disagree. but constructing their team that way leaves them with gaping holes at two starting spots, just like the issue miami faces.

paul
kobe
world peace
*somebody*
howard