that being the three way deal
so they’d have money for gasol and dalembert/nene, i guess.
trying to figure out if houston is dropping out of the race for one of those two centers.
overall that’s a pretty good if totally weird deal for NO
yeah they need a center — also might have to replace martin w/ someone
not that anybody in the world gives two shits about the hornets but
looking out for the heat. since, as you know, our big center acquisition is . . . oh never mind.
overall that’s a pretty good if totally weird deal for NO
― ~occubarn~ (clay), Thursday, December 8, 2011 5:26 PM (16 seconds ago) Bookmark Permalink
yeah i mean, not much is happening for the future, but nothing ever was. martin, scola, odom are three good pieces
i mean
jarret jack
kevin martin
trevor ariza
louis scola
emeka okafor
+ odom
you could have worse teams
that’s not a playoff team most likely but it’s not the worst team in the world
RT @johnhollinger Hornets would need to renounce David West to make this trade work as reported.
well if they were picking up two power forwards in the deal, they probably would
Ha look at that line-up, it’s a team of trade throw-ins! They’re just completely being used as a fence for actual teams!
scola is pretty awesome
i keep confusing him with the local (and outstanding) miami circuit court judge who just got elevated to the third district court of appeals bench.
i picture him in his judicial robe, lobbing a pass to odom.
houston still has tons of cap room — gasol’s salary is 19m, but they’re unloading 22m b/w scola and martin
oh yeah <3 scola just saying the league should have started running a team for the purpose of trade facilitation ages ago
houston’s roster is for real so hilarious, i can never get over it
they have jonny flynn, hasheem thabeet and jordan hill on the same team!!!
and terrence williams!
bah. i want nene or dalembert on the heat. stop chasing them, houston rockets!
and yes, i realize we “don’t have” the “cap space” to sign them. whatevs. make it happen.
i was just staring at the computer screen for 3 mins going “when the fuck did the rockets get goran dragic????????” but then i realized i was confusing him w/ marcin gortat
plz tell me morey is gonna go after marc
hey guys, ricky rubio is really cute :)
isn’t he the guy that sings living la vida loca?
ricky rubio is pretty cute
SherrodbCSN: Celtics were confident they were of landing Paul. Source says they were already planning a physical for him.
oh right i forgot baot aminu, he’s nice but seems like he should be a sixth man
yeah its kind of a lot of money for butler but i bet its going to be eclipsed by some legendary bad contracts in the next few days
might have a whiff of the cavalier’s parade of bad signings to “convince” lebron to “stay” about it, except in this case lebron is blake
aminu will need to be the 6th man because they dont really have one
oh for christs sakes just when this was shaping up to be a good day
i’m already bored by chris paul as a laker. he needs to leave LA, to shake off the doldrums and rejuvenate his career.
next free-agent signing please!
so, if the lakers DON’T get howard, this is a pretty massive risk. they’re gonna go into the season, at least at the moment, with one big man who has had a myriad of knee injuries his entire career. oh btw, did we mention that we’re trying to cram 66 games into four and a half months and that’s not even including the playoffs?
yep.
Russ Bengtson @russbengtson — Sounds like the NBA is using their amnesty on the Hornets.
if the lakers do get howard, the only way they could lose would be for kobe to submarine the team
which, you know, *fingers crossed*
so you think howard on LA puts them far over miami?
just seems like both teams have odd chemistry and roster issues.
howard — (who are their forwards?) — kobe — paul.
i would be scared of a team where dwight howard was the third best option on offense, yes
i don’t disagree. but constructing their team that way leaves them with gaping holes at two starting spots, just like the issue miami faces.
paul
kobe
world peace
*somebody*
howard
WORLD F’N PEACE people!
ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
yeah, very very good, but just like miami’s construction (with players at different spots, obv).
the lakers are abandoning the triangle right?
yeah, very very good, but just like miami’s construction (with players at different spots, obv).
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, December 8, 2011 5:54 PM (11 seconds ago) Bookmark Permalink
well right but “players at different spots” is a big thing cuz the lakers three would all be playing traditional roles
waht it’s nothing like miami’s construction!
it is, in terms of how a team spends its money.
i mean certainly the heat could win but paul and howard getting split up would be much, much better for them
it is, in terms of how a team spends its money.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, December 8, 2011 5:55 PM (3 seconds ago) Bookmark Permalink
yeah but this isn’t really the point
shannon brown signed with the suns? tmac is a hawk? this is so great and random
Based on their coaching hire I assume the Lakers are abandoning an offense all together. Just pick and roll, pick and roll, isolation, pick and pop, pick and roll, isolation.
u fools are forgetting that mike brown is coaching this team, which means Kobe is coaching this team which means implosion time is imminent
yeah... still interested in the dynamics of kobe playing w/ a PG as good as paul
kobe + paul have, like, one or one and a half good knees b/w them
feel like wo d12 this is a lateral move bc their inside presence was just stacked and now it’s depleted
lakers havent had a legit point guard since... fuck I dont even know (nor do I pay attention enough)
i sort of feel the same way xp
it’s too bad that melo & cp3 are good friends, cuz they need to never play together — on the other hand paul + amare playing together would be like a 2.5 hour orgasm
why is that?
mike brown how do u feel about these moves
meanwhile chauncey billups is still IRATE
Last legit Laker PG was Magic. Unless you’re a huge fan of Nick Van Exel.
forgot about smush parker
are kobe and chris paul friends?
kinda feel like they’d hate each other.
OMG JUST GOT OUT OF T GYM AND SAW THIS!!!
so wait I forgot what was the lockout about, cuz I didn’t know it was about building more super teams in huge cities while cannibalizing the small markets
yeah that was the owners whole endgame where you been?
@ChrisMannixSI: Heat in a tough spot financially but sources say the team is hoping that if amnestied Billups will push to play in Miami
WHOOP WHOOP
other hopes: howard will demand to play for miami at the vet minimum.
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so wait I forgot what was the lockout about, cuz I didn’t know it was about building more super teams in huge cities while cannibalizing the small markets
― ~occubarn~ (clay), Thursday, December 8, 2011 7:16 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark
this is okay now because of revenue sharing, every team profits
(I know nothing btw)
are kobe and chris paul friends?
kinda feel like they’d hate each other.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, December 8, 2011 6:09 PM (36 minutes ago) Bookmark
well kobe hates everyone and everyone hates kobe, so probably
I thought the whole reason why the lakers were so good was the triple threat they had in odum, bynum, gasol—the idea that they’re gonna give up all that so they can go small with CP3 and KB8 is pretty lol
This would be so great for the Lakers if their coach wasn’t horrible.
let’s not undersell the knicks spending 14m a year on a center whose toe makes his contract uninsurable.
his toe?
my take on the lakers deal:
houston- why? Why load up on Pau now? Morey has done a great job of assembling young talent and picks and he cashes in on Pau?
Lakers- only really like it if they get D-Ho. Then it’s obviously a mega coup.
Hornets- The winners of the trade in my book. Martin, Scola, Odom and a first rounder for a point guard who by all accounts will need microfracture surgery in the next 3 years? It’s not quite as good as the Carmelo deal but it’s damn close.
his toe?
― v-shasty, Thursday, December 8, 2011 7:09 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Permalink
remember the trade to OKC? It got rescinded because the OKC doctors wouldn’t sign off on Chandler’s toe. as a result his contract is probably uninsurable.
Amare’s deal is also uninsurable. Great franchise plan they’ve got up there!
If Howard goes to LA along with CP3, I’m going to mail Mitch Kupchak some powdered anthrax. Or else just get really depressed. Or both.
I didn’t realize CP3s knees were that bad
if that happens the rest of the nba season should just be lakers vs. heat every night xp
Amare’s deal is also uninsurable. Great franchise plan they’ve got up there!
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, December 8, 2011 7:14 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
yeah i thought you were talking about amare my b
I kind of wonder how championships from shortened seasons are viewed in comparison with regular chips—like do people just not respect the spurs chip from the 50 game season as much as they do their other chips
That whole season is basically forgotten.
that knicks team was so embarrassing
so even if dwight/kb8/cp3 win a chip this season they’d have to win one next season as well to ‘leave a legacy’ and by then kobe’s knees are just gonna fall off
the hornets might suck this year because of a short training camp, and their pg play will be bad, but this is not a bad nba rotation:
Jack
Kevin Martin/Willie Green
Lamar Odom/Trevor Ariza
Luis Scola/Landry?
Okafor
Throw in the 2012 knicks pick via the rockets and they could be ok in a year (in San Jose?)
(I think the knicks will suck this year)
the stupid thing is that the knicks screwed themselves over by getting melo. he’s awesome, but deron or cp3 or howard would’ve made a ton more sense for them.
they also wildly overpaid.
whoa! you’re talkin’ baout the guy who took the Syracuse Orangemen to the championship, matt!
the syrcause version of hakim warrick would be the third best player on the knicks
kind of agree with this, at the current stage of the LAL’s roster overhaul, at least:
Michael Wallace @WallaceNBA_ESPN — Unless move had 2b made for personal, locker-room reasons, I don’t c trade making LAL better. Gave up 2 clear advantages in depth/size.
hmm hmm
Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA — NBA owners have pushed commissioner David Stern to kill the deal sending Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers, sources tell Y! Sports.
wow that would be so funny
I don’t see how he could kill it, since the only team getting ripped off is Houston.
this is okay now because of revenue sharing, every team profits
― The Love Song of L. Alfred Sotosyn (dayo),
yeah that’s the line but this is totally on some supply-side “let the rich get richer and the wealth will trickle down to the milwaukie bucks” tip!
there’s really nothing wrong with this deal!
odom and pau is a reasonable price to pay for Paul.
why would the nba step in if they didn’t stop the Pau to LA deal?