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

i guess they're really relying on shumpert for that

they actually might suck with this lineup?

yes, i outlined a very simple scenario that has them finishing w/ the 8 seed this year

last night

they could probably be a .500 team even without any injuries

who guards wade when they play the heat?

http://www.defynewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/larry-johnson-grandmama.jpg

Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA -- New Orleans, Houston and Lakers are re-engaged in talks to find a new way to complete Chris Paul blockbuster trade, league sources tell Y!

impeach stern

#occupydavidstern

Yeah like how do they revisit this now?

easy!

yeah was thinking maybe they just send some more pieces nolas way get another team involved etc, should prob ask stern 1st tho

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7335951/been

lol typo in the first sentence, never change boo

@TheDerekFisher

The trade would also have allowed Lakers coach Mike Brown to get creative. One of the things that instantly popped into my mind when I heard about the deal (before the NBA put the kibosh on it, that is) was the possibility of Paul and Bryant running the pick and roll together. Bryant rarely acts as the roll man; in fact, he did so only twice last season.

HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY KNOW THIS GET SOME SLEEP

looool

i think synergy or some shit keeps track of that -- reading heat index pieces last year was all about haberstroh talking about how many times x player played y role in the p&r with z player -- whoever puts that stuff together REALLY gets no sleep

ah ok haha

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7335743/portland-trail-blazers-brandon-roy-retiring-brings-mixed-emotions

aw hollinger getting sentimental (free)

so uh... the Nets tampered with Howard last week and might lose draft picks and the right to trade for him.

also, Brandon Bass>>>>>Glen Davis, wtf Otis Smith

the contracts that are being handed out right now are so amazing. These fucking moron owners will never learn!

need a lockout

somebody needs to save the owners from themselves

I love Nene and I've always said he's underrated. But maxing out Nene is ludicrous.

agreed, agreed, agreed

think it just speaks to the massive undersupply of talent in the NBA - if teams weren't desperate for big men or there were just fewer teams...

contraction

thaddeus young for 5/42 for thaddeus young seems v reasonable tho, dude is a baller

been in the league four years w/ a career PER of 16 and is only 22

like if you think you have a shot to win a chip or go deep in the playoffs but you need a big man, and the best guy out there is raef lafrentz, you're gonna max out raef lafrentz i guess

I agree with that somewhat, but 99% of the time these deals are handed out by bad teams that are a mile away from contention (like the Nets with Nene).

if the Rockets had maxed out nene after a Gasol deal I would have been down with that.

yeah nene is awesome but he better be no better than the third best player on your team if you want to make a run at something serious

what is denver gonna do w/o nene and w/ 1/3 of their rotation the central plot of 'rush hour 4'

you shouldn't ever max out on a player like nene is the thing

what is denver gonna do w/o nene and w/ 1/3 of their rotation the central plot of 'rush hour 4'

― v-shasty, Friday, December 9, 2011 5:13 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

I would just do a pu pu platter of 3rd tier fas I liked. No reason to overspend on anyone. Wait a year and then sign Wilson Chandler.

apparently they weren't really interested in bringing back JR or Kenyon anyway.

Okay hollinger's already pretty much said my feelings for me above (thanks kev) but man brandon retiring is some sad shit especially because dude is like 4 years younger than me and could run unopposed for mayor in Portland. I'm happy he's not pushing himself into disability -- I'm happy medicine and reason exists to save athletes from that at all these days -- and if it puts the blazers in a place to sign a max guy next year well bravo. But man the shakes this franchise has gotten in the past few years. What's been just straight up sadder in prof sports?

tldr: ;_;

I have never seen anything remotely like Brandon Roy playing on those knees last year. It was shocking to see a player drag a leg around through multiple nba games like that.

I vividly recall Roy taking a charge, and as he fell he kept his legs straight in the air because he didn't want to feel the pain of his legs hitting the the ground.

And he's *27* I mean I just feel awful for him

yeah ;_;

tbf it makes cosmic sense that pdx's team was young and amped to take the world and ended up just emo and retiring before 30

people spreading the (likely to be true eventually in the near future) rumors about Dwight leaving and everybody's already ganging up on him here in Orlando. it's like they don't remember the infamous Sentinel poll that alienated Shaq.

it's amazing that Orlando fans feel entitled to Dwight without actually, y'know, going to games or anything. even in success and with a new arena they have trouble selling out games.

did I or anybody else ever use the "B. Roy Will B. Roy" fantasy league team name last year?

Jason Quick: Breaking: Blazers determine center Greg Oden has suffered setback, and restructure his one-year deal for a lesser amount about 5 minutes ago

Since when can you restructure a qualifying offer?

yeah I don't get it

maybe the setback is so horrible that oden and his agent feel like no one would sign him so they'll take whatever they can get.

i.e. they're worried about the contract being voided due to a failed physical?

Really Oden should just be retiring, this is absurd.