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

yeah, they're totally blown-up now.

yeah why are all the fun teams getting blown up

what, I thought david west was going to celtics!

fell-through.

i think everyone in the world collectively decided that it made no sense

I wonder what houston is giving up, if anything? anyway, great deal for them.

I guess the plan all along was a gasol brothers tandem, that would have been so fun.

gasol/scola/valuncinas is a hilarious/great frontcourt

you mean motiejunas?

yeah

i mean what's the difference, but yeah

would gasol/scola be the first all-international frontcourt in the league?

did you get to see his awesome post-draft press conference where he basically challenged Dwight Howard to try to block him?

lol i don't recall

i mean what's the difference, but yeah

― v-shasty, Sunday, December 11, 2011 2:43 PM (40 seconds ago) Bookmark Permalink

There's a huge difference! Valanciunas is gritty and works his butt off, Motiejunas is a pretty boy with skillz.

“Dwight Howard, these guys are strong, strong men,” McHale said. “The first time you play against Dwight Howard, you’ll understand a lot better.”

Still, when Motiejunas was asked if he was ready to make the jump to the NBA, he basically said bring it on.

“I just want to say maybe one word now about the thing about Dwight Howard,” Motiejunas said. “He can push me. If he can catch me, then we’ll see.”

Hearing this, McHale said: “Easy big boy, easy. They got TVs in Orlando.”

yeah good luck w/ that

lol he weighs 215 lbs and is 7'0

from youtube highlights he looks like a candyass

The 'skinny' on Motiejunas is that he he doesn't push himself very hard. He definitely needs to meet Dwight Howard and then, yes, "we'll see".

Motiejunas has Bargnani written all over him.

btw, rockets beat writers think that Memphis will probably just match the Gasol offer.

would gasol/scola be the first all-international frontcourt in the league?

― am0n shumpert (dayo)

Duncan and Oberto

memphis def needs to keep marc

i always forget that marc went to high school in memphis

Timmy's a US citizen right? and I guess by international I meant "players who played first in overseas leagues" xp

Timmy had the choice to play for States or Virgin Islands. Chose the States.

Yao and Scola fit the criteria.

Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds -- For all who keep thinking Chauncey Billups will be a Heat guard soon, just stop. There's maybe -- maybe -- a 1% chance.

so, what you're saying is . . . THERE'S A CHANCE?

Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA -- DeAndre Jordan has signed a 4 year, $43 million offer sheet with Golden State, agent Greg Lawrence tells Y!

hmm

that's going to be matched

clippers have 3 days to match, yeah.

netw3rk netw3rk
If you are tall and can kinda sorta play you are getting paid this year.
19 seconds ago

his career stats don't seem very impressive for someone his size (6 points 5 rebounds). i don't know too much about him -- maybe he's got great potential? and, obv., can't teach size.

ah, right.

hah
pros: big, young, athletic, rebounds well, blocks shots, gets along well with others
cons: no basketball skills, abysmal ft shooter

he dunks like a motherfucker, blocks shots, fits well with blake as far as my barely basketball savvy mind can perceive

gilbert arenas cleared waivers. free to sign anywhere.

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Church's $$$$ On The Ground!! #TebowTime

I keep on forgetting that the clippers have potential now cuz of blake

"I don't like it," said Bryant. "To be honest with you, I don't like it."

:)

Late Saturday night, Odom's wife and reality TV co-star, Khloe Kardashian, tweeted, "I am curious as to how I am the cause for any trade?"

As Bryant continued to answer questions about Odom joining the team that swept the Lakers out of the second round of the playoffs last spring, his anger grew.

"Now I'm getting pissed off," he said.

lol kobe's comments are, like, 8 news cycles ago but i see you're fond of it.

i'm also happy to see kobe so upset!

sry i went to the movies today so I missed like 25 news cycles

he dunks like a motherfucker, blocks shots, fits well with blake as far as my barely basketball savvy mind can perceive

― mayor jingleberriez, Sunday, December 11, 2011 6:09 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

eh really you'd want a guy alongside blake who could shoot. or shoot fts.

how many of those guys are there?

sry i went to the movies today so I missed like 25 news cycles

no problem fyi dwight howard is now a clipper blake griffin is now a timberwolf and lebron james is now a net.

how many of those guys are there?

― k3vin k., Sunday, December 11, 2011 6:27 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

eh probably about as many as there are good shotblockers.