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

miss u big baby but i think your run here needed to be over

so couldn't the knicks just amnesty him and - crossing their fingers hoping no one claims him - sign him for ten cents on the dollar, freeing up cap space?

xp ha i figured, that makes sense

If a team acquires an amnestied player through secondary waivers, they pay a portion of the player’s salary equal to their bid. If the Knicks waive Billups and the Clippers are the winning bidder at $5 million, then the Clippers pay him $5 million this season, with the Knicks continuing to be responsible for the remaining $9.2 million of his $14.2 million salary.

My understanding is he can't resign with the Knicks. I believe any player bought out under amnesty or otherwise (say, the new stretch provision) may not sign with that team for a calendar year, as with traded players (preventing the Big Z/Gary Payton shenanigans of yore).

You can't make this shit up:

"Warriors reserve guard Charlie Bell spent hours in custody Thursday after showing up to court legally drunk for a hearing on his drunken driving case, according to the ABC affiliate in Flint, Mich."

o dude

apparently charlie bell really likes drinking!

I hope he got a ride to court.

man that is fucked

It's like that time Eddy Curry met his Weight Watcher's consultant at Golden Corral.

how fast does the amnesty process work (e.g., will we know today if billups or davis have been chosen by any of the below-cap teams)?

lol, i'm hoping against hope that curry shows up today in top-shape!

he's been out of the news so long there's no idea what he'll look like, except it's likely he will be 836 pounds.

its like that time eddy griffin got caught driving while watching porn

rip eddie griffin

too soon.

dear david stern plz send dwight howard to boston and also chris paul if u feel like it thank you

― Cooper Chucklebutt, Friday, December 9, 2011 5:49 PM

its like a letter to santa lol

hahaha

never forget

http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_sports_nba_experts__44/ept_sports_nba_experts-932232481-1264522402.jpg?ymiiKlCDGTJ7G2x5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKv0168iL5Q

Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA -- Y! Free Agent-Trade Buzz: Nets preparing huge offer for Nene Friday, reports swirling of tampering with Dwight Howard.

lol every star player is going to hate the league soon.

not sure if this tweet means that the nets -- fearing a tampering investigation or an invalidation of their possible trade with orlando -- are now turning away from howard to nene, or if this is the first piece of a two-piece plan to get both howard and nene on their team. that would be a pretty formidable frontcourt.

i don't see how they could afford howard nene and dwill, but who knows

im gonna cry watching this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_umiVFdykI

fuck knees

wait why would they want nene and howard

nene is athletic enough to play the 4

Sign Nene and trade him for Howard.

or that -- nene's agent would prob get a whiff of that and steer clear tho

billups to heat is possiblee ?

hey guys so cp3 was traded to the lakers last night then i went out to dinner and read a book and went to bed and then

http://www.reclusland.com/compass/wp-content/uploads/HLIC/fd2140ebc47fed75f7f18b8cd0566adb.jpg

seriously what is going onnnnn

rip brandon roy

@EthanJSkolnick -- The Heat got 3 years each of Battier and Jones for a combined total of less than $15M. Clippers paid $24M for 3 years of Caron.

and i guess samuel dalembert has gone into hibernation until nene decides where he's going

yeah i take back my initial reaction to the caron signing pls

24m is a lot no matter what the cba is all about

yeah

who r u btw?

dirt mcgirt aka big baby jesus aka joe bananas aka formerly agent hibachi

ahhh i was trying to run down the list of ilh regs and i knew i was forgetting someone!!

Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA -- As teams wait to re-engage Hornets on Chris Paul, here's one executive: "Truly feel for those guys, but we're all gonna lowball them now."

lol now maybe lakers can get CP3 for world-peace.

that can certainly be sold to the league:

"yeah, lakers are getting a superstar player. but the hornets are getting WORLD PEACE, and that's something money can't buy."

yeah i think i have everyone sorted but you carnitas-- who are you?

lol daniel

wait!, who are you, concussion section?

carne asada aka aerosol

that was xp to CS

concussion section = agent hibachi
carnitas = Aerosol
k3vin k. = frogbs

lol

ah. got it. i need a playbook.

btw, daniel, esq. = newgod.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GXgFC8q32Q

4 years / 26 million

lol @ teams overpaying/overrating c's role players

Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA -- As teams wait to re-engage Hornets on Chris Paul, here's one executive: "Truly feel for those guys, but we're all gonna lowball them now."

hey look tweeting something uncritically that doesnt understand the concept of competition in sports