pretty sure you're gonna be a free agent, chaunce
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 11 December 2011 01:46 (twelve years ago) link
why take a chaunce
― dayo, Sunday, 11 December 2011 01:46 (twelve years ago) link
they don't have to pay it all! The high bidder - which could be for the vet's minimum - gets his services. The Knicks pick up the difference between the bid and his guarantee.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 11 December 2011 01:47 (twelve years ago) link
ohhh that's right sorry
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 11 December 2011 01:48 (twelve years ago) link
he's a UK guy, right? thinkin' he's talking about the wildcat loss today.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 11 December 2011 01:48 (twelve years ago) link
he = rondo
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 11 December 2011 01:49 (twelve years ago) link
and yeah, high bidder gets billups, but high bidder has to pay something toward his old salary. so if billups makes clear he'll retire if chosen by a below-cap team, it could give him leverage (the below-cap teams don't want to throw money away).
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 11 December 2011 01:50 (twelve years ago) link
maybe rondo just lost to gordon hayward at starcraft
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 11 December 2011 01:50 (twelve years ago) link
man he still hasnt responded to my tweet how inconsiderate
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Sunday, 11 December 2011 01:51 (twelve years ago) link
But there is a salary floor, and they have to pay someone to reach it. Could see a team take a flyer on Chauncey for a few million if it brought them to that level, hoping to convince him to help their youngsters. Maybe they could promise to cut him before the deadline for signing on with a contender.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 11 December 2011 01:52 (twelve years ago) link
no; billups made clear that's exactly what he doesn't want.
more likely, i'd say, is a below-cap team will choose him for spite or to trade him to the team of billups' choice.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 11 December 2011 01:53 (twelve years ago) link
either way, i think billups is creating leverage for himself.
and as i say, i think it's a fascinating new front in this war between owerns and players over player-movement. if the cba was supposed to settle these issues, it hasn't happened, and the compressed nature of this preseason (and the impending free-agent class of next year) is exposing the ugliness in owner/player relations.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 11 December 2011 01:54 (twelve years ago) link
tr: love this.
twitter abuzz with insightful speculation about rajon rondo. for instance:
LETS DO A DRILL.BANG @phyliis_brown -- Who ever likes rajon rondo is a goofie !
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 11 December 2011 02:01 (twelve years ago) link
@DraftExpress Jonathan Givony Strange twist to this Chris Paul saga. I'm told by a NBA source that the Lakers have just elected to pull out of the trade.
― k3vin k., Sunday, 11 December 2011 04:53 (twelve years ago) link
ESPNSteinLine Marc Stein Sources say Lakers will instead trade Lamar Odom to Dallas into Mavericks' new trade exception2 minutes ago
im confused
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Sunday, 11 December 2011 04:56 (twelve years ago) link
wojo tweets that the CP3 trade has totally fallen apart.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 11 December 2011 04:57 (twelve years ago) link
I guess LAL can't keep Odom after what's happened. Seems like a disaster for LA
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 11 December 2011 04:58 (twelve years ago) link
incredible
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:05 (twelve years ago) link
HPbasketball Hardwood Paroxysm Cuban blocks the CP3 trade, then uses it to get Lamar Odom, which allows the Lakers to get Dwight Howard after the Mavs traded their center3 minutes ago
idgi
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:08 (twelve years ago) link
I guess LA could use the trade exception for something, but obviously dallas thought odom was worth the exception, so . . . Seems like LA just loses here.
That tweet is crazy. For other reasons, it's now been reported that Howard doesn't want LA (as much as he wants the Nets, at least).
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:10 (twelve years ago) link
But who knows? Maybe now LA can revive their trade talks with the Magic.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:12 (twelve years ago) link
ChrisMannixSI Chris Mannix Two rival GM's say they believe Boston will get back in it. "They have to sell Dell on Rondo," one GM says.4 minutes ago
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:12 (twelve years ago) link
I don't see the positives in burning the reigning sixth man of the year for a TPE.
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:12 (twelve years ago) link
ESPNSteinLine Marc Stein Sources say Lakers will receive unspecified draft considerations from Dallas for the rights to Odom, who slots in Mavs' new trade exception56 seconds ago
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:13 (twelve years ago) link
WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski Says one Western Conference executive: "The Lakers are shifting toward trying to make a Dwight Howard deal."1 minute ago
bynum, gasol & picks for howard?
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:14 (twelve years ago) link
Yep.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:15 (twelve years ago) link
Two big stars (one aging), but totally blows up the rest of the team.
yah lakers gonna be thiiin if this happens
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:16 (twelve years ago) link
boston on the other hand is set to have apparently every player in the world
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:17 (twelve years ago) link
And LA will have no flexibility, either. Who else can they get?
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:18 (twelve years ago) link
I doubt boston gets paul for rondo. If Paul opens up the net to teams such as Boston I think that net would include teams that would make a better offer.
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:18 (twelve years ago) link
Now, if LA can just trade Bynum and scraps/picks for Howard, it's a good deal for LA
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:19 (twelve years ago) link
boston is likely willing to rent him for a year w/o any long term guarantee, so no opening of the net necessary
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:21 (twelve years ago) link
Why would Cs do that, if out costs them Rondo?
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:22 (twelve years ago) link
god, that would be pretty reckless xp
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:22 (twelve years ago) link
because its their only shot at another ring
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:22 (twelve years ago) link
wow. I don't like it, Rondo is too good to let go for a (great) rented player.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:24 (twelve years ago) link
no he's not
― cad, Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:25 (twelve years ago) link
yeah the big three are so fucking old and will be gone soon anyway, whatre you gonna do rebuild around rondo
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:28 (twelve years ago) link
also pauls knees are nearing competition
and hey if you want to resign him next year youve got a good shot
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:29 (twelve years ago) link
UNBUTU!
i mean we are all members of the rondo fan club but you don't want him to be even the third best player on yr team
― cad, Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:30 (twelve years ago) link
DraftExpress Jonathan Givony NBA source tell me the Lakers did not approach other teams with cap space or trade exceptions before making the deal sending Odom to Dallas.3 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:30 (twelve years ago) link
johnhollinger John Hollinger Any exception created by dealing Odom isn't big enough to take in Turkoglu. I'm not seeing LA's endgame here, nor why Dallas would help.5 minutes ago
lol wut wait BALL
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:31 (twelve years ago) link
what is la getting back??
― cad, Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:31 (twelve years ago) link
picks
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:32 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe Lamar just told LA to f--k off, and they felt they had to trade him?
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 11 December 2011 05:33 (twelve years ago) link