[quote]tmoney1 wrote:
NEW: Magic agree to deal with FA Quentin Richardson.[/quote]
That probably means Redick is as good as gone then ya? It also means that Miami team will still be on the lookout for another shooter/guard off the bench because they were supposedly very interested in Q’s skills.
Did anyone else catch the pre-championship parade/celebration in Miami Friday night with the three stooges coming out on stage celebrating like they just won something? I actually think I hate Lebron more gan ARod now. That’s saying a lot since I can’t stand ARod. I was just listening to sports radio where the announcers were criticizing this pre-celebration. They put out there WWKD or what would Kobe do? Ha. Once again they were saying he wouldn’t be caught dead doing any pre-celebration of any sort without accomplishing anything.
LeLoser represents the worst characteristics slapped on the millenial generation. No work ethic, take the easy way out, everything is about me, I just want to have fun, etc, etc.
I can’t wait till the pre-celebratory Heat/Lebron get a taste of the post-season and realize it ain’t going to be that easy. The only one who understands this is Wade but I think he may even think with the help he has now that it’s going to be easier than it is.
It’ll be a very big deal if they don’t win the championship next year (which I still don’t think they’ll even make it out of the eastern conference); it’ll be a catastrophic failure if they don’t do it the year after. It’s going to be fun to watch this team fail. Especially after we endure another season of Lebron’s ridiculous sideline antics (dancing, acting a fool, etc on the sidelnes during home wins).
[quote]LarryDavid wrote:
[quote]tmoney1 wrote:
NEWS: Tyson Chandler traded to Toronto in PHX/TOR/CHA deal.
Also, Boris Diaw may be involved in trade to TOR for Jose Calderon.
Reggie Evans could be traded to CHA in the deal.[/quote]
Damn…I can’t believe we’re shedding Calderon. He’s a great, underrated PG. The only issue is that he is getting paid approximately $10 million/year for the next few years, but we’re not short on money after trading Bosh for nothing. Calderon sort of got worse last year but maybe he was just having an off year.
So far it looks like Colangelo getting us a lot of former Suns players [Diaw was in Phoenix before Charlotte], players that were brought to the Suns under Colangelo. Please don’t tell me this guy’s out of ideas and he’s retreading. Fuck.
Looks like we’re gonna be a lottery team for sure now. Our two best players are gone, and I don’t know if Diaw or Barbosa will do well here. We are weak as far as guards go. [/quote]
Yeah I hear ya LD. I thought giving up Calderon was a little much, and I assume Chandler was brought in to replace Bosh (somewhat)? Diaw is ok, but I really like Barbosa’s game. I think he’ll fit in well there.
[quote]red04 wrote:
[quote]tmoney1 wrote:
NEW: Magic agree to deal with FA Quentin Richardson.[/quote]
That probably means Redick is as good as gone then ya? It also means that Miami team will still be on the lookout for another shooter/guard off the bench because they were supposedly very interested in Q’s skills.[/quote]
Definitely, good points. I think at this stage JJ will be dealt to CHI. I know MIA was interested in Matt Barnes for similar reasons, but Q may be a better fit.
So if Redick and Barnes leave, then Q takes their place, wonder if they’ll bring in someone else…
Calderon was way overpaid/overvalued by Colangelo. He’s a great backup PG, a terrible starting PG.
[quote]gregron wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]gregron wrote:
Wow! The Heat resigned Haslem… he took a contract for $12 million when he had offers from other teams for $25 million!!! Wow! Thats pretty crazy.
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Agreed. Everyone talking abut James or Wade leaving a few mil on the table need to look at this. This guy just gave up an oppertunity to have his salary doubled to win. Who else would/has done that? Pretty admirable. Even so, you have to think they’re gonna compensate him somehow.[/quote]
he took less than half of what he could have and signed his entire contract for less than what wade, bosh and James will each make in one single season. Thats putting winning first not signing for 14 mil a year instead of 16.
[quote]therajraj wrote:
So Haslem signed a long term deal for less and money and is still coming off the bench?[/quote]
No I dont think he’ll be coming off the bench since they dont even have more than 5 guys signed. Right now he’s starting and playing every single minute of the season lol
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I can’t seem them keeping bosh at the 5, they’re probably going to sign a centre. Once the team is filled out I bet Haslem comes off the bench
[quote]randman wrote:
Did anyone else catch the pre-championship parade/celebration in Miami Friday night with the three stooges coming out on stage celebrating like they just won something? I actually think I hate Lebron more gan ARod now. That’s saying a lot since I can’t stand ARod. I was just listening to sports radio where the announcers were criticizing this pre-celebration. They put out there WWKD or what would Kobe do? Ha. Once again they were saying he wouldn’t be caught dead doing any pre-celebration of any sort without accomplishing anything.
LeLoser represents the worst characteristics slapped on the millenial generation. No work ethic, take the easy way out, everything is about me, I just want to have fun, etc, etc.
I can’t wait till the pre-celebratory Heat/Lebron get a taste of the post-season and realize it ain’t going to be that easy. The only one who understands this is Wade but I think he may even think with the help he has now that it’s going to be easier than it is.
It’ll be a very big deal if they don’t win the championship next year (which I still don’t think they’ll even make it out of the eastern conference); it’ll be a catastrophic failure if they don’t do it the year after. It’s going to be fun to watch this team fail. Especially after we endure another season of Lebron’s ridiculous sideline antics (dancing, acting a fool, etc on the sidelnes during home wins). [/quote]
Enough everyone has moved on but you.
^^ You have no say in this thread. You can’t even admit ur the little snake, drewh, hiding behind ur new handle. Troll.
Did you guys hear that Chris Paul is starting to generate some chatter about creating a new big three in NY? Stoudemire, himself and Carmelo Anthony. What do you guys think about this potential combo in NY? I like it and it not a bad plan B if the Knicks could pull it off in the next year or so and can keep the cap room and be patient to make something like this happen.
It would definitely make NY relevant again to the level of where they were with Patrick Ewing and company in the 90s.
[quote]randman wrote:
Did you guys hear that Chris Paul is starting to generate some chatter about creating a new big three in NY? Stoudemire, himself and Carmelo Anthony. What do you guys think about this potential combo in NY? I like it and it not a bad plan B if the Knicks could pull it off in the next year or so and can keep the cap room and be patient to make something like this happen.
It would definitely make NY relevant again to the level of where they were with Patrick Ewing and company in the 90s.
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I think it would be a good move. Stoudemire needs a PG anyways to get him the ball, and Melo can take over the scoring there.
Stoudemire probably feels really lonely in NY right now…
NEWS: Dan Gilbert fined $100K by Stern for open letter.
[quote]tmoney1 wrote:
NEWS: Dan Gilbert fined $100K by Stern for open letter.[/quote]
And fuck all of these Big 3’s forming. Although the NY one doesn’t piss me off as much. The Hornets apparently don’t have enough money for Paul so he HAS to go anyway. Plus Melo can still be THE MAN on that team, so I can really say he’s unambitious or anything. He wants to LEAD that team to a ring.
Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh don’t piss me off, only Lebron. As for the NY potential trio, doesn’t piss me off at all. Yes, agreed. Since there is no “man” there that has been established, Carmelo would definitely take over that role if this went down.
NEWS: Stern also said LeBron handled the whole decision very poorly, said he received poor advice and the whole thing was poorly executed.
[quote]tmoney1 wrote:
[quote]randman wrote:
Did you guys hear that Chris Paul is starting to generate some chatter about creating a new big three in NY? Stoudemire, himself and Carmelo Anthony. What do you guys think about this potential combo in NY? I like it and it not a bad plan B if the Knicks could pull it off in the next year or so and can keep the cap room and be patient to make something like this happen.
It would definitely make NY relevant again to the level of where they were with Patrick Ewing and company in the 90s.
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I think it would be a good move. Stoudemire needs a PG anyways to get him the ball, and Melo can take over the scoring there.
Stoudemire probably feels really lonely in NY right now…[/quote]
I agree with Larry about the sudden takeover by big 3’s, but this could be awesome. After Bryant I think Anthony is the most versatile scorer in the game. Durant is close, but he doesn’t have quite the tool box Melo does. He is a more consistent shooter though. We’ve never seen Stoudamire without a top flight pg, but I’m confident he can get his own shot. If you put Paul there while everyone’s still young in D’Antoni’s system they might average 120+ a game. I’m being serious.
[quote]LarryDavid wrote:
[quote]tmoney1 wrote:
NEWS: Dan Gilbert fined $100K by Stern for open letter.[/quote]
And fuck all of these Big 3’s forming. Although the NY one doesn’t piss me off as much. The Hornets apparently don’t have enough money for Paul so he HAS to go anyway. Plus Melo can still be THE MAN on that team, so I can really say he’s unambitious or anything. He wants to LEAD that team to a ring.[/quote]
After Kobe, I would call Melo the best clutch shooter in the game (with KD right behind Melo). It would be a nice fit for all those guys to go there and make NYK relevant again.
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]tmoney1 wrote:
[quote]randman wrote:
Did you guys hear that Chris Paul is starting to generate some chatter about creating a new big three in NY? Stoudemire, himself and Carmelo Anthony. What do you guys think about this potential combo in NY? I like it and it not a bad plan B if the Knicks could pull it off in the next year or so and can keep the cap room and be patient to make something like this happen.
It would definitely make NY relevant again to the level of where they were with Patrick Ewing and company in the 90s.
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I think it would be a good move. Stoudemire needs a PG anyways to get him the ball, and Melo can take over the scoring there.
Stoudemire probably feels really lonely in NY right now…[/quote]
I agree with Larry about the sudden takeover by big 3’s, but this could be awesome. After Bryant I think Anthony is the most versatile scorer in the game. Durant is close, but he doesn’t have quite the tool box Melo does. He is a more consistent shooter though. We’ve never seen Stoudamire without a top flight pg, but I’m confident he can get his own shot. If you put Paul there while everyone’s still young in D’Antoni’s system they might average 120+ a game. I’m being serious.[/quote]
So if this happens, it won’t happen til next year, so we’ll see how the Knicks hold up for now, then bring in the other pieces.
[quote]jtrinsey wrote:
[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:
You and others don’t get it. He didn’t simply leave. The three orchestrated a conspiracy the likes of which has never before been witnessed in the league.[/quote]
LOL. I’m not gonna defend Lebron, because I think he’s a tool. And I have no problem with people saying he should have stayed in Cleveland, because he was so revered by the town, and there’s something to be said for loyalty. He definitely screwed over Cleveland, especially with the way he conducted himself, and he deserves to be roasted for that.
It’s the people who say, “he should have went to the Knicks/Bull/Nets” or whatever who are retarded. Wtf does he owe the Knicks?
I can’t wait to see everybody backpedaling 40 games into the season when Dwayne Wade has settled into a sidekick role.
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You’re STILL missing the point. I don’t begrudge wherever he went. The players bargained for the right to be free agents and they have the right to exercise it. My arguments are not about where he went, or who is the alpha dog. The point is they conspired and orchestrated an unprecedented coordinated move that smacks of trying to cherry pick a championship in their prime.
For the record, I think they will share the ball and mesh egos quite well. That was never my point or concern.
[quote]tmoney1 wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]tmoney1 wrote:
[quote]randman wrote:
Did you guys hear that Chris Paul is starting to generate some chatter about creating a new big three in NY? Stoudemire, himself and Carmelo Anthony. What do you guys think about this potential combo in NY? I like it and it not a bad plan B if the Knicks could pull it off in the next year or so and can keep the cap room and be patient to make something like this happen.
It would definitely make NY relevant again to the level of where they were with Patrick Ewing and company in the 90s.
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I think it would be a good move. Stoudemire needs a PG anyways to get him the ball, and Melo can take over the scoring there.
Stoudemire probably feels really lonely in NY right now…[/quote]
I agree with Larry about the sudden takeover by big 3’s, but this could be awesome. After Bryant I think Anthony is the most versatile scorer in the game. Durant is close, but he doesn’t have quite the tool box Melo does. He is a more consistent shooter though. We’ve never seen Stoudamire without a top flight pg, but I’m confident he can get his own shot. If you put Paul there while everyone’s still young in D’Antoni’s system they might average 120+ a game. I’m being serious.[/quote]
So if this happens, it won’t happen til next year, so we’ll see how the Knicks hold up for now, then bring in the other pieces.
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If this happens Miami’s big 3 is in trouble.
You know which player made the biggest bonehead move this free agency period?
Richard Jefferson
Underperformed with SAS, they STILL wanted to keep him at $15M for next season, and he opts out. Now he’s a FA and surprisingly no one wants to pick him up.
What a way to lose a good thing.