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

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

WORLD F'N PEACE people!

ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

yeah, very very good, but just like miami's construction (with players at different spots, obv).

the lakers are abandoning the triangle right?

yeah, very very good, but just like miami's construction (with players at different spots, obv).

― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, December 8, 2011 5:54 PM (11 seconds ago) Bookmark Permalink

well right but "players at different spots" is a big thing cuz the lakers three would all be playing traditional roles

waht it's nothing like miami's construction!

it is, in terms of how a team spends its money.

i mean certainly the heat could win but paul and howard getting split up would be much, much better for them

it is, in terms of how a team spends its money.

― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, December 8, 2011 5:55 PM (3 seconds ago) Bookmark Permalink

yeah but this isn't really the point

shannon brown signed with the suns? tmac is a hawk? this is so great and random

Based on their coaching hire I assume the Lakers are abandoning an offense all together. Just pick and roll, pick and roll, isolation, pick and pop, pick and roll, isolation.

u fools are forgetting that mike brown is coaching this team, which means Kobe is coaching this team which means implosion time is imminent

yeah... still interested in the dynamics of kobe playing w/ a PG as good as paul

kobe + paul have, like, one or one and a half good knees b/w them

feel like wo d12 this is a lateral move bc their inside presence was just stacked and now it's depleted

lakers havent had a legit point guard since... fuck I dont even know (nor do I pay attention enough)

i sort of feel the same way xp

it's too bad that melo & cp3 are good friends, cuz they need to never play together -- on the other hand paul + amare playing together would be like a 2.5 hour orgasm

why is that?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3s13YCeISg

mike brown how do u feel about these moves

meanwhile chauncey billups is still IRATE

Last legit Laker PG was Magic. Unless you're a huge fan of Nick Van Exel.

forgot about smush parker

are kobe and chris paul friends?

kinda feel like they'd hate each other.

OMG JUST GOT OUT OF T GYM AND SAW THIS!!!

so wait I forgot what was the lockout about, cuz I didn't know it was about building more super teams in huge cities while cannibalizing the small markets

yeah that was the owners whole endgame where you been?

@ChrisMannixSI: Heat in a tough spot financially but sources say the team is hoping that if amnestied Billups will push to play in Miami

WHOOP WHOOP

other hopes: howard will demand to play for miami at the vet minimum.

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so wait I forgot what was the lockout about, cuz I didn't know it was about building more super teams in huge cities while cannibalizing the small markets

― ~occubarn~ (clay), Thursday, December 8, 2011 7:16 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark

this is okay now because of revenue sharing, every team profits

(I know nothing btw)

are kobe and chris paul friends?

kinda feel like they'd hate each other.

― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, December 8, 2011 6:09 PM (36 minutes ago) Bookmark

well kobe hates everyone and everyone hates kobe, so probably

I thought the whole reason why the lakers were so good was the triple threat they had in odum, bynum, gasol - the idea that they're gonna give up all that so they can go small with CP3 and KB8 is pretty lol

This would be so great for the Lakers if their coach wasn't horrible.

let's not undersell the knicks spending 14m a year on a center whose toe makes his contract uninsurable.

his toe?

my take on the lakers deal:

houston- why? Why load up on Pau now? Morey has done a great job of assembling young talent and picks and he cashes in on Pau?

Lakers- only really like it if they get D-Ho. Then it's obviously a mega coup.

Hornets- The winners of the trade in my book. Martin, Scola, Odom and a first rounder for a point guard who by all accounts will need microfracture surgery in the next 3 years? It's not quite as good as the Carmelo deal but it's damn close.