no super teams in this league, cotdamnit
mavs sign delonte west lololol
Really?
And I managed to miss the fact that they also signed Vince Carter until just now as well.
Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA — Y! Sources: Hornets-Clippers deal for Chris Paul “Dead for now,” official says.
this, after the trade was made, then voided by the league, 207 times last night.
lmao i forgot mark jackson was the warriors coach
it’s like such a pleasant surprise when you remember again
cool guy
si_vault Andy Gray
I like how Mark Jackson coaches while wearing one of those telemarketer microphone things: http://pic.twitter.com/3l6CvbYD
3 minutes ago
look hes trying and failing to guard someone for the 5 billionth time in his life, later hell tell his team all abt how defense is abt commitment
great defense, mark
haha
its gonna be tough but i have full faith that he can mold steph curry into a sub 40% career shooter
hands down, man down.
darrenrovell darren rovell
A one-year $7 million contract with Golden State boosts Kwame Brown’s career earnings to $58,477,908.
13 minutes ago
lmao
kwame brown is the center against which all future nba centers will be judged.
that’s amazing xp
I thought this was a good piece about Chris Paul and the current situation:
honestly, kwame isn’t terrible
ppl will always think he’s worse than he is bcuz of where he was drafted, but at this point in his career he’s useful as a back up center
really shows you how rare it is to find a 7 footer that is merely competent
damn, that was a challop
good ol stone hands brown
I agree that Kwame is competent. Last year he was actually almost competent+. He can’t help his draft placement or being crushed under the callous thumb of one Michael Jordan.
i mean, kwame would be the third best big man on the lakers
He’d also be just the third big on the Lakers, right?
c’s re-sign jeff green = halp
the lakers have bigs, they’re just not very good or very inexperienced
yeah kwame averaged short of 8pts and 7reb, half a block and 2 and a half fouls last year and that was a CAREER RESURGENCE
he’s also a bummer and has the worst hands in the nba i’ve ever seen, if i were a gm i’d take a flyer on three bigs from the d-league and assume i can patch together 15 minutes of kwame-esque play for probably 1/10th of the price
or just go small if im lacking a real center, so are 15 or 20 other teams
Kwame has better hands than Dampier or Adonal Foyle. Granted, that’s not saying much, but he is far from the biggest stiff to have a long and monetarily rewarding career.
ESPNSteinLine Marc Stein
Pacers, though, could still be outbid by Wolves, who want Crawford to play 2 guard next to Rubio with Barea completing three-guard rotation
really? KHAN wants to play a backcourt of ricky rubio, jamal crawford and jj barea? ok
don’t forget luke ridnour
ridnour/crawford backcourt may be the funniest thing I will have ever seen in the nba
that is the most hilarious guard rotation
stein says that they’re flipping ridnour if they sign crawford
ESPNSteinLine Marc Stein
Wolves have long believed that Luke Ridnour has ample trade value ... and he must judging by the way Team PG is going after new guards
I want Ridnour on the Lakers, just because Kobe would make him cry during games.
would love to see steve blake and ridnour on the court at the same time
i really hope kahn goes into tv once he inevitably gets canned
YOU GUYS
here’s KG on chemistry
KG: “Chemistry is something that you don’t just throw in a frying pan and mix it up with another something and throw something on top of that and then fry it up and put in a tortilla and put it in microwave, heat it up, give it to you and expect it to taste good. You know? If y’all don’t know what I’m talking about then you can’t cook and this doesn’t concern you.”
<3 <3 <3
:)
god i love that man
in peter may’s book about the 07/08 celtics he talks about doc going to kg’s house in malibu to try to convince him to join the team and he specifically called out that kg and wife of kg served top-notch sandwiches for lunch.
if you gave me the choice of eating at WD-50 or KG’s house for dinner I’d probably pick KG’s house tbh
w/o a doubt
kg is a master molecular gastronomer everyone knows
PflannsPaul Flannery
Here’s Pierce on Ray Allen: “He’s definitely my inspiration, just the way he’s been consistently great, at his age of 42.” (Ray is 36, BTW)
haaaaaa nice
looool
oh wolvies, u keep my offseasons full of lols, and my regular seasons full of ;_;
also i guess rudy fernandez wants to come to the wolves?
someone wants to play for the wolves
feels good, don’t it?
why start at the 2 for the defending champs when you can go back up Jamal Crawford in Minnesota.
Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA — Y! Sources: The Orlando Magic end trade discussions for Dwight Howard, plan to start the season with him in the lineup.
@chadfordinsider
Chad Ford
Nets offered everything they could for Howard: Brook Lopez + FIVE 1st Rd picks. Theirs in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 + Rockets 2012 pick.
orlando must think they can convince howard to stay.
you know who must be happy? mavericks and/or lakers.
wow that is insane, magic stood to make out REALLY well in that deal (they got gerald wallace too)
anyway guess the nuggets can afford to max out nene since the rest of the team is in china
their starting lineup is literally gonna be nene, danino gallinari and a box of crackers
I predict the Nuggets go in for youth in a big way. Really cheap youths that are easy to dump later on.
magic are so stupid, honestly. i hope dwight announces his free agency at the presser following their first-round loss
i mean let me clarify wallace/lopez/picks is still probably a hosing but come on...he’s leaving next year and they’re gonna get nothing
We need to establish a betting line on dwight leaving orlando, so we can put this on a scientific basis: he’s outta there.
Guys they can still trade dwight
Blazers can only offer them Camby and a fistful of gravel atm, so I will feign like I don’t care (unless he ends up in L.A.—bad cess on them).
lol @ all those first round picks
Guys they can still trade dwight
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Wednesday, December 14, 2011 5:11 PM (19 minutes ago)
midseason i guess. maybe if the lakers are sucking they’ll be willing t blow themselves up for dwight
So the season is going to start with Howard in Orlando and Paul in NO. Bravo, NBA.
would be really funny if NO and Orlando just traded paul and howard for each other
yeah just for kicks
just as a joke
yeah. even better if david stern then voided and un-voided the trade, then voided and un-voided the trade, then voided and un-voided the trade, then voided and un-voided the trade, then voided and un-voided the trade, then voided and un-voided the trade, then voided and un-voided the trade, then voided and un-voided the trade, then voided and un-voided the trade, then voided and un-voided the trade, then voided and un-voided the trade, then voided and un-voided the trade, then forced them both to play for the raptors, but only one could play each night, and with only two other players on the court for toranto.
Nets offered everything they could for Howard: Brook Lopez + FIVE 1st Rd picks. Theirs in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 + Rockets 2012 pick.
― tumblr whine-y (dayo), Wednesday, December 14, 2011 3:05 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink
man, what if all the picks were unprotected? With Prokhorov, definitely possible right?
Dallas only needs to clear like 10m more to be able to offer max deals to Howard and Deron and keep Dirk, btw.
their starting lineup is literally gonna be nene, danino gallinari and a box of crackers
― tumblr whine-y (dayo), Wednesday, December 14, 2011 3:27 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink
dude no. Lawson is awesome, they still have Miller, they can match any offer for Afflalo.
lol for some reason I thought lawson was in china under one of those no-out contracts
They might add Chandler in March, as well.
Losing JR Smith and Kenyon Martin = addition by subtraction.
JR smith’s role in our world is to spice up awful teams.
haha when ilx comes back jr smith is so not gonna be in the thread title
Paul to Clips is a done deal.
glad clips picked billups off waiver
lost gordon tho =(
haha when ilx comes back jr smith is so not gonna be in the thread title
― k3vin k., Wednesday, December 14, 2011 7:14 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark
lol well j0rd will obviously start the real ILX 2011–2012 season thread
why keep bledsoe instead of aminu idgi
one thing I like about this deal for the clippers: Paul will make deandre look soooo good.
StephenCurry30
Looks like our scouting report for opening night just changed
clips are gonna be fun as hell to watch this year
they have 4 quality point guards now tho lol
hornets got really good value too idc what anyone says
fivethirtyeightNate Silver
Chris Paul and Blake Griffin would go 66–0 in NBA Jam.
xp to myself
not that gordon will re-sign with NOLA
glad clips picked billups off waiver
billups meets with clips management tonight. buyout likely. he’ll then be a total free-agent.
O_O
RicBucher
Shrewd move by LAC, claiming Billups. Reduced need for CP3, so Clips get him for less than NOH/Stern wanted. (No Bledsoe + 2 future 2nds.)
was just about to post that. amazing that LAC is making shrewd moves.
or any moves at all, that cost money.
so: on chauncey billups watch tonight.