T-Mac and Raja Bell look like they'll be Lakers pretty soon. Hopefully Fisher signs too. I'm afraid I'll lose a shitload of respect for one of my favourite players of all time if he decides to sign in Miami. I think he's just using them as a bargaining chip to get some money out of L.A.

In other news, Jordan Farmar signed with the New Jersey Nets. Good riddance.
 
In other news, Jordan Farmar signed with the New Jersey Nets. Good riddance.

You think?
I have mixed feelings about that.
Granted he's never going to be a premier PG but I did kind of like him as a backup in Jackson's offensive scheme. He seemed to improve his game a little bit from year to year. He's a pretty gutty player, an ok shooter, hustles on defense, plus he's an L.A. native.
 
im sad to see the pistons will be a basement team for years and did nothing in trades to get better .
but im really looking forward to to the 2010/2011 season
 

BAYAMONXXX

Land Of The Snakes
T-Mac and Raja Bell look like they'll be Lakers pretty soon. Hopefully Fisher signs too. I'm afraid I'll lose a shitload of respect for one of my favourite players of all time if he decides to sign in Miami. I think he's just using them as a bargaining chip to get some money out of L.A.

In other news, Jordan Farmar signed with the New Jersey Nets. Good riddance.

Do you watch summer league games?

Today the Knicks take on the Lakers at 4:00 (east coast time) look for two former NYC-area high school stars Devin Ebanks & Derrick Caracter. both have been impressive in the Lakers first two games.
 
T-Mac and Raja Bell look like they'll be Lakers pretty soon. Hopefully Fisher signs too. I'm afraid I'll lose a shitload of respect for one of my favourite players of all time if he decides to sign in Miami. I think he's just using them as a bargaining chip to get some money out of L.A.

In other news, Jordan Farmar signed with the New Jersey Nets. Good riddance.

If that's true about Bell and muh boy T-Mac, those are good moves. Quietly, the Lakers and Magic are loading up on quality players. I'm just sad Barnes is just about gone.
 
Do you watch summer league games?

Today the Knicks take on the Lakers at 4:00 (east coast time) look for two former NYC-area high school stars Devin Ebanks & Derrick Caracter. both have been impressive in the Lakers first two games.

I don't get a chance to see any summer league games, but I've heard a lot of good things about those two guys. I'm hoping they both make the team.

Lakers sign Fisher. :D
Heat sign Haslem.

Good to see some people value loyalty.

Suns acquired Turkoglu and Josh Childress in a 4 team swap with Toronto, Charlotte And Atlanta. Raptors got Boris Diaw and Leandro Barbosa. Charlotte got Jose Calderon, and I'm not sure what else happened.
 

BAYAMONXXX

Land Of The Snakes
I don't get a chance to see any summer league games, but I've heard a lot of good things about those two guys. I'm hoping they both make the team.

Lakers sign Fisher. :D
Heat sign Haslem.

Good to see some people value loyalty.

Suns acquired Turkoglu and Josh Childress in a 4 team swap with Toronto, Charlotte And Atlanta. Raptors got Boris Diaw and Leandro Barbosa. Charlotte got Jose Calderon, and I'm not sure what else happened.

Looks like Miami will probably also get Mike Miller. how the hell they have enough $ to sign both Miller & Haslem?


Btw i can't believe this shit Amare will play with the olympic team this summer.

Fuck you Jerry Colangelo :mad:
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/olybb/news/story?id=5372600
 
Exactly....big ratings = big rights fees from ESPN/TNT :yesyes:

Chris Paul has kind of fallen down the "Superstar" ladder...he's a rung or three below Kevin Durant on the Celebrity Star Power List...

A move to the Knicks would be a good thing, but the Knicks need more to compete...maybe Melo in 2011? :dunno:
 
This is good for the NBA especially if Paul goes to NY. The league wants the big market teams like LA, Chi, NY, Bos, and Miami to be good. It is good for ratings when these teams are good.

Big markets succeeding is always a good thing, but what about the other 25 teams? What about the fans of teams like Milwaukee, Atlanta, Sacramento, New Orleans and Toronto that know their teams will never win? They will lose interest. That is not good for the league. I'm a huge Laker fan, but I'm a bigger basketball fan and I would love to see some parity in the NBA.

Would love to see him become a Laker. Offer the Hornets Artest or Odom plus their pick of three of these four: Brown, Walton, Blake, Vujacic,

I'd love Paul too, but I'd prefer to send Bynum out for him. Word is if someone wants Paul, they have to take Omeka Okafor's contract too and that's about $33 million in contracts L.A would have to take on. I doubt Buss wants to pay those luxury taxes, but you never know. :D

I think Orlando has more to offer. Gortat, Nelson, Lewis, Reddick, Pietrus etc. New York has nothing to offer. If he wanted to go to New York, he'd shut up and play his final year in New Orleans and bolt.

Exactly....big ratings = big rights fees from ESPN/TNT :yesyes:

Chris Paul has kind of fallen down the "Superstar" ladder...he's a rung or three below Kevin Durant on the Celebrity Star Power List...

I don't know if Paul has fallen down that ladder, or Durant has rocketed up it. He should have been MVP last year, and WILL be MVP next year. He'll average over 30 ppg and Portland fans will kill themselves. Again. :rofl:

I'm calling it now...if L.A doesn't win the West, OKC will.


http://board.freeones.com/showpost.php?p=4340052&postcount=405

I'm a prophet. :bowdown:
 

maildude

Postal Paranoiac
Watching the UCLA Dynasty HBO special. The Bill Walton story. Very interesting. The way Walton fought with Wooden during the Sixties and Seventies.
 
If the Lakers get Chris Paul, let's just give them the championship now. If the Knicks do, woo-hoo, they are now an average team. If the Mavs get him, they are then 2nd best in the West. If the Magic get him, WE are the favorites in the East, not Miami (though we should be anyway....).
 
If the Lakers get Chris Paul, let's just give them the championship now. If the Knicks do, woo-hoo, they are now an average team. If the Mavs get him, they are then 2nd best in the West. If the Magic get him, WE are the favorites in the East, not Miami (though we should be anyway....).

Apparently the Lakers were not on his list of preferred teams. Dallas and Portland have been added to his list though.
 
Lakers signed Matt Barnes. What's your ring size my man?? Kobe, Artest, Barnes, Blake and Vujacic? This has to be the best group of individual defenders in the league.

Lakers also signed Theo Ratliff. Quality insurance for the inevitable Bynum knee injury. And if not, good leadership on the bench.

This Laker squad will be exponentially deeper than last year. 3 peat.
 

BAYAMONXXX

Land Of The Snakes
The Knicks have extended an offer to Shannon Brown and are waiting to hear whether he will take it. or wait for L.A. to make room to re-sign him by trading Sasha grey :D


L.A. moving Vujacic's $5.4 million salary for next season would ease the tax hit associated with keeping brown.
 
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