Official Offseason News and Rumors

[bksballer89]

 

[Andresrenee]

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Great move for the Wizards. Wonder what they are giving up. They will be huge....

 

[Hornsstampede2.0]

RED ROCKET returns the veteran league minimum.


I like that deal. I am glad Matty was willing to take pennies to remain a Spurs.


He still has incredible value as a shooter off the bench and clubhouse leader.


Both sides did each other a favor on this deal.

 

[bksballer89]

3 yr/22 mill for Pau

 

[Kinzu]

Rio is a champion. Rough playoffs but he has delivered and had a strong regular season shooting close to 45%. NCAA champion that hit the big shot against D-Rose and two time NBA champion. But yeah keep talking about an organization embarrassing themselves...comical coming from a fan of a franchise still owned by the Sterlings......

What's comical is the NBA owned New Orleans Hornets vetoed a trade that would have sent Chris Paul to one of their most storied and beloved franchises to instead send him to a team owned by the Sterling's.

 

[Heatles84]

Actually, no, he is a very good defender. He played Duncan, Garnet and Howard very well defensively in both of the Lakers title runs. Lakers fans like to take away from Gasol because it makes Kobe look better, I don't know what a Heat fans motivation is, however, for diminishing Gasol's contributions.

Something is seriously wrong with you. First, Pat Riley is the worse GM in the league (he definitely proved himself in the last couple of days), now I have a motive for my opinions.

He didn't play KG all that well as it concerns defense, KG in the 2010 Finals still shot over 50% in the series. In 09, he didn't even defend Dwight as Gasol was playing the 4. It was Bynum who had the responsibility of guarding Dwight in the post.

Kobe's already got a solid legacy. Saying Gasol is a great defender or average defender won't diminish that. How about you bring some statistics and substance to this board? Or......just keep trolling. But get better at it if that's the route you're going to take.

 

[Heatles84]

The Heat continue to embarrass themselves.

Pot meet kettle.

 

[Lakers+USC=#1]

It's sad that Lakers fans never appreciated Gasol. It was Gasol's defense that was key to the Lakers winning their two rings when he was there.

Its sad that you are wrong.

 

[Heatles84]

What's comical is the NBA owned New Orleans Hornets vetoed a trade that would have sent Chris Paul to one of their most storied and beloved franchises to instead send him to a team owned by the Sterling's.

The Clippers would look vastly different if that trade went down. In fact, the Lakers may look alot different as well. Funny how it was owners like Gilbert that pressured Stern to nix that trade. It essentially sunk the NBA cash cow that is the Lakers.

 

[Kinzu]

The Clippers would look vastly different if that trade went down. In fact, the Lakers may look alot different as well. Funny how it was owners like Gilbert that pressured Stern to nix that trade. It essentially sunk the NBA cash cow that is the Lakers.

The Sterling's would not be getting 2B for their franchise that is for sure.

 

[Heatles84]

Rio and Birdman getting paid. Those 2 year contracts. The only player locked in during the 2016 season will be Bosh, and possibly Wade depending on his contract. And McRoberts.

 

[Heatles84]

The Sterling's would not be getting 2B for their franchise that is for sure.

Agreed. They'd still get a decent chunk of change though. Only for the reason that the team is in the largest market outside of NY.

 

[Andresrenee]

The Clippers would look vastly different if that trade went down. In fact, the Lakers may look alot different as well. Funny how it was owners like Gilbert that pressured Stern to nix that trade. It essentially sunk the NBA cash cow that is the Lakers.

Agreed. Guarantee the league takes a huge ratings hit next year with the Knicks and Lakers hurting and no more Big 3 in Miami. The Cavs won't drive as much national ratings. Thank goodness Chicago saved their tale building a very good team and that the Clippers are expected to contain.

 

[purguy12]

3 yr/22 mill for Pau

great deal for the bulls. only 7.3 mill a year for an all star. gibson makes more

 

[Heatles84]

great deal for the bulls. only 7.3 mill a year for an all star. gibson makes more

Bulls ownership may be cheap. But they certainly know how to run a team. That much is for certain.

 

[tlance]

What's comical is the NBA owned New Orleans Hornets vetoed a trade that would have sent Chris Paul to one of their most storied and beloved franchises to instead send him to a team owned by the Sterling's.

As soon as David Stern allowed the NBA to take over day today operations of the franchise, he was stuck. He had to veto that trade, not because the Lakers were involved, but because it would have killed the Hornets' value. The return package the Hornets would have received was awful, and the deal with the Clippers allowed them to get Anthony Davis. Davis would be in another uniform if the trade with the Lakers had been allowed.

 

[Hambombs]

This is funny lol

 

[bksballer89]

He looks real good in that Heat uniform

 

[bksballer89]

List of top 2016 FA look like this so far

D-Will
Conley
Joe Johnson
Kobe Bryant
Kevin Durant
DeRozan
Parsons
Al Horford
David Lee
Luol Deng
Lebron James
Noah
Dwight Howard
Nene
Montae
Brandon Jennings
Kevin Love
David West
Affalo
Batum
Beal
Anthony Davis
Dragic
Drummond
Roy Hibbert
Lillard

BTW some of these guys are RFA

 

[Kinzu]

As soon as David Stern allowed the NBA to take over day today operations of the franchise, he was stuck. He had to veto that trade, not because the Lakers were involved, but because it would have killed the Hornets' value. The return package the Hornets would have received was awful, and the deal with the Clippers allowed them to get Anthony Davis. Davis would be in another uniform if the trade with the Lakers had been allowed.

Laker's trade offer was - Kevin Martin, Luis Scola, Lamar Odom, Goran Dragic and the Knicks 2012 1st round pick
Clipper's trade offer was - Eric Gordon, Chris Kaman, Al-Farouq Aminu, and the Timberwolves 2012 1st round pick along with 2 future 2nd round picks.

The Wolves pick got them Austin Rivers. The Rockets used the Knicks pick for Royce White. Honestly after looking at the 2012 draft though everyone from the Rivers pick down has yet to do anything big. The Davis pick was the Hornets own at #1.

Depending on how much you value Gordon I would say the Laker's and Rocket's 3-way deal offered much better value. Goran Dragic to me is at least equal to Gordon if not better. The Wolves pick was 6 spots better, but it came during a draft year that featured pretty much 0 talent.