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

her

i should!

lol girls cant be lawyers

btw dalembert is garbage, scores like 4pts a game for his opponents via goal tends, ive never seen anything like it, of course he is immediately by far the heats best center should he end up there

lol girls cant be lawyers

hahaha

ESPNSteinLine Marc Stein
Source close to process tells ESPN that, as long as Kings have enough cap room, they can sign and trade Dalembert even after renouncing him
15 seconds ago

i dont understand what this means, and other things, nba is driving me insane right now

He is technically a free agent, but until he signs elsewhere he is still "theirs" so I believe they can sign and trade him and not fall under the "can't be traded for x days" rule any other team would be restricted by.

If they have enough space to sign him and trade him to someone like Dallas they could get back something in return, possibly freeing up some space for Dallas and getting a pick or something for their trouble.

can't see what heat would offer, realistically, for dalembert, that would be of interest to kings. not giving them haslem or even miller for dalembert, i suspect.

if the heat get billups they could play me at center and win 60 games

Stein goofed by saying they "renounced him" because I'm pretty sure he was an unrestricted free agent. You only renounce RFAs.

got to think theres no way the heat get billups, another team will take him just to block the acquisition if necessary, one would think this scenario would hold for any other dude they desire

For $1 million he's a fair chip to have, even if he doesn't play for your team.

the thing no one wants to talk about is that it doesn't matter what auxiliary players the heat pick up -- they win the finals if lebron doesn't turn into a zombie in the playoffs

Sadly true.

eh imho both the celtics and the bulls had sufficient defensive schemes to stop the heat last year bron just hit a bunch of bad three pointers and then returned to earth v dallas, having yr best three players not being able to shoot the three is nagl, which is not to say the heat cant win it, but their big weakness was to some extent exposed last year

srsly like fall away threes in the fourth quater of tight games, he swung like 4 games in two rounds

i'm more interested in the billups story for its connection to the broader war that's been waged (beginning the second the CBA was ratified) between players and owners over player's ability to choose their employers.

dirk didnt even play that well in the finals, dallas just dared the bulls to hit threes and they did not

which btw i predicted B-)

eh, heat will be a better three-point shooting team this year. and i think they may get better at the center position, too.

i mean the heat obvs xp B-)

why will the heat be a better three point shooting team exactly

Chauncey now saying he'll take his ball and go home if he can't pick his team. Mr. Big Shot acting like a five year old. Mr. Big Snot.

heat are v good, but not shoo-ins by any stretch. mavs proved it last year. being a top 2 team has never been a guarantee of a chip. even the jordan bulls were taken to 7 games on numerous occasions.

shrug, billups gets to make those decisions. it's his life, his body, his talent, his choice.

lol nagl, do yr whining behind closed doors via yr agent like everyone else dofus

even the jordan bulls were taken to 7 games on numerous occasions.

― Aimless, Saturday, December 10, 2011 4:02 PM (11 seconds ago) Bookmark Permalink

only once actually v indiana ecf during their final championship run

why will the heat be a better three point shooting team exactly

― Cooper Chucklebutt, Saturday, December 10, 2011 4:00 PM (28 seconds ago)

assuming they get billups, he's a good 3 pt shooter. and assuming mike miller can actually play some minutes. also if they get billups it will not matter if they can shoot the 3 because it would be a ridiculous upgrade on already the best team in the league

so assuming they become a better three point shooting team they will be a better three point shooting team

why will the heat be a better three point shooting team exactly

battier and (hopefully healthy) miller and house.

Ethan Skolnick @EthanJSkolnick -- With Jones/Battier/Miller/House, Spoelstra has four shooters historically at 38 percent of better from 3.

lol 'historically'

those guys are indeed historical

yes, if they sign the player with the best secondary percentage in the league and successfully rehab a player known as a sniper before he was injured, i would say they become a better 3 pt shooting team

xps joe

why would anyone think those things are going to happen tho

Joseph Goodman @MiamiHeraldHeat -- #Heat center Eddy Curry says he lost 70 pounds. Looks like he needs to lose another 50.

i'm rooting for curry now, tho.

mike miller cant stay healthy and hasnt been able to for a while and billups doesnt play for them

Ethan Skolnick @EthanJSkolnick -- With Jones/Battier/Miller/House, Spoelstra has four shooters historically at 38 percent of better from 3.

― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, December 10, 2011 4:06 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

and you realize they had three of those guys last year

i do not deny it.

and you still have to contend w/the fact that the guys on the heat who actually take all the shot dont shoot the three well

also it should be pointed out to all the miller apologists that even when hes been healthy over the last five or so years his usage rate has been laughably low, he either cant get open, doesnt want to shoot or more likely some combo of the two

i stand by my point that if the heat get billups the nba might as well not even play this season

i'm sure eddy curry has a ways to go no matter what -- and maybe he's washed-up beyond repair -- but he looks much better than the last time i saw pictures of him. anyway, good for him, whether or not he can resume his nba career.

houston clearing space

WojYahooNBA -- Rockets will have changes to their part of proposed 3-way deal, league sources tell Y! Sports. They'd be sending more players to Hornets.

going a little crazy, Richard Jefferson still on the spurs, mcdyess looks like he's gonna retire but he ain't said shit, and outside of duncan and splitter, our best dude over 6'10" is made of pastrami sandwiches

jeff green will be a celtic again, though only on a one-year deal (thank god)

But very well compensated for that year.

wut is this all abt guys / freaking out over here https://twitter.com/#!/RajonRondo/status/145662381362642944

http://www.weei.com/sports/boston/basketball/celtics/paul-flannery/2011/12/09/rajon-rondo-wins-first-day-training-camp

ah!

so are the new NYNets going to be dwight -- nene -- dwill?

Who knows? Coulda been talking about the UK game, could be sayin' they're gonna win because of David West, could be sayin' he's out the door, could be that his team won the scrimmage. Or he won in 2K12. Who knows?

xpost

rondo knows