NBA Off-Season...

[EWRFan]

Watched the game on ESPN. Have to admit that my Puerto Rican team played good enough to hopefully make the top 6 in the Olympics.

Team USA needs to adapt , they made many mistakes in transition which will cost them the game aganist Argentina or Spain if they happen again.

[Maxx]

Hmm if Kidd fanagles his way to Miami, they'll definately be a championship contender

[David Hassellhoff]

Wade will be a superstar(Yes he's a star now but I'm talking household name) , Miami doesn't need Kidd.

If I'm New Jersey I try to get two stars for Kidd like the Magic got Mobley and Francis for T-Mac.

[thuganomic]

Nobody in their right mind will give up two for Kidd.....except maybe Mavs.

The contenders don't need Jason Kidd, except Mavs. Kings have Bibby. Spurs have nobody to trade. Ditto with Houston, Indiana, or T-Wolves.

Kidd's not going anywhere.

[Guest bukkake bandit]

Team USA played good team basketball. I'm sure that'll change as soon as Iverson steps on the court though.

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The Nets would be stupid to trade Jason Kidd...

[thuganomic]

The Nets would be stupid to trade Jason Kidd...

Why? His contract hurts their rebuilding, and he's a cancer when he's not happy.

[Guest bukkake bandit]

That's the point. There's really no need to rebuild, especially not from the bottom-up, as would be the case if they got rid of Kidd. They were one win away from advancing to the Eastern conference finals, drastic measures aren't needed. If the Nets get rid of Kidd they'll be mediocre for a very, very long time. At least Kidd/Jefferson and the possibility of additions with capspace next year shows a lot of promise.

Or they can just keep cutting costs and trade away Kidd and Jefferson.

[Numbahs]

Kidd will probably beat the Nets front office until they agree to trade him and then end up staying with them anyway.....like his wife.

Edited August 1, 2004 by Numbahs

[D-Extreme]

I heard that Brown benched LeBron, Iverson and Amare....but what is his reason for benching them anyway? I mean sure, it was an easy win, but I wanted to see LeBron play in that matchup.

Edited August 1, 2004 by D-Extreme

[Guest Finisher123]

Lebron, AI, and Amare were each 5-10 minutes late to a team practice..

[naiwf]

Lebron, AI, and Amare were each 5-10 minutes late to a team practice..

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I guess they were too busy counting their money to show up for a meeting. It wasn't even practice, which just shows that Larry takes no shit from anyone :thumbsup:

[D-Extreme]

Hehehe...I guess Brown pulled a "scott skiles' on the three guys. Now it makes sense to me. I thought they got drunk or something. Man I swear AI looked well...somethin else on that pic of him sitting on the bench at yahoo sports

[thuganomic]

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRACTICE?

This "Dream Team" has absolutely no shooters, they'll have to win on athleticism alone.

[Guest BacknBlackHoez]

they were 5 minutes late for a 10 minute meeting.

latest pure rumors, not even sure if true is that the Sacramento would be interested in J-Kidd, they would have to send bibby + another player to get Kidd inreturn, but keep this in the back of your head, probably, definatly the furthest possibility.....

[Guest bukkake bandit]

Regardless of what I said earlier about keeping Kidd, I'd take Bibby and someone else for Kidd immediately.

Another trade rumor involves the Suns trading Marion for a center.

[naiwf]

Kidd for Bibby+? WTF would Sacramento be smoking to make that deal?

I would think the Kings would want Kidd+ for Bibby :ohwell:

Edited August 2, 2004 by naiwf

[Ol' Spanktooth]

Kidd for Bibby+? WTF would Sacramento be smoking to make that deal?

I would think the Kings would want Kidd+ for Bibby :ohwell:

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You took the words right out of my mouth.

[EWRFan]

Kidd for Bibby+? WTF would Sacramento be smoking to make that deal?

I would think the Kings would want Kidd+ for Bibby

You took the words right out of my mouth.

Mine too. Bibby is a great player , younger than Kidd and he doesnt throw fits all the time.

[Guest BacknBlackHoez]

'Melo Earning Starting Spot In Olympics

[Guest bukkake bandit]

August 3, 2004 -- Call it win one, lose one for the Knicks.

While Jamal Crawford is expected to join the Knicks as soon as today in a trade with the Bulls, it looks like Isiah Thomas will lose out on another piece he'd hope to bring to the Garden — Antoine Walker.

That's because Walker will be traded tomorrow from the Mavs to the Hawks for Jason Terry and Alan Henderson, a league source revealed.

Walker, a forward, never really fit in during his one year with the Mavs, and was hoping for a deal to either the Sixers (where he'd have been reunited with ex-Celtic coach Jim O'Brien) or the Knicks.

Walker is owed $14.625M in the final year of his contract. Terry, a guard, has $7.5M and $6.6M left over two years, while Henderson, an injury-prone forward, is owed $8.2M for one year.

Well, he can look at the bright side, at least when he scores 25ppg for the Hawks he'll get a fat contract.

August 3, 2004 -- Incoming New Jersey Nets owner Bruce Ratner has been dealt a setback in his quest to buy the team, after several backers suddenly pulled out, The Post has learned.

The investors, most of whom are partners in the investment banking giant Goldman Sachs, bailed out late last week.

"These were the principle guys in the deal," said a Nets insider. "This changes the scorecard significantly."

Ratner had assembled 50-plus investors to help raise the money needed for the purchase.

The exodus comes after multiple delays in finalizing the $300 million deal — which was originally scheduled in June — between Ratner's group and the present Ratner agreed in principle to buy the team last January, with a June 30 deadline to seal the deal. But the NBA Board of Governors has yet to receive the necessary paperwork in order to approve the sale.

"The financing is in place and we're confident that the deal will be closed as anticipated," said spokesman Bruce Bender, executive vice-president of Ratner's development company, Forest City Ratner. owners who are selling their shares.

Meanwhile, Ratner is running the operation as if he's already the official owner. The developer, who wants to construct a new stadium in Brooklyn, has already lowered the team's salary cap from $62 million to $47.5 million.

This could easily turn into a disaster for the NBA.