2008/2009 NBA Thread v2.0

[jrtdot]

I am not really a Denver follower but now who do they put in the middle? I know they have a $10 Million exception but still who do they have?

[alldaws1]

Nene.

[rocksta]

Do they still h ave Kenyon Martin?

[livid]

Yeah they still have Martin too...but at this point, it's very clear he isn't nearly as good as he was on the Nets.

[jrtdot]

Roko Ukic is signed (3yr deal) as the Rap's backup PG for next season. If he is as good as many say, this may be great for the Raps.

[DMN in the House]

Denver is done. No way they make the playoffs in the West now. They don't have anyone that plays defense. GREAT trade for the Clippers, though.

[punky]

I wouldn't even legally call that a trade since they didn't even get anything substantial, that was a raping. They got the rights to have the option to switch second round picks in the future.

[DeeJam]

The only reason denver did it was to free up cap space. Kind of a smart move when looking towards the future of the team when you think about it.

[Hajjhowe]

They wouldn't need to do this if they hadn't given such awful contracts to their players. Nene is making like 10 million a year and is probably at most worth half of that.

It should help the Clippers, but I don't know if a guy like Camby who could start to play old soon is such a great use of their cap room. Than again I guess they want to win now, adding Davis and all.

[livid]

So the Celtics are in danger of no repeating, after letting one of the key players of their Championship win, James Posey, sign with the Hornets. Apparently they weren't interested in offering him any more than a 3 year deal and he got a 4 year, $25 million deal from New Orleans.

As a Lakers fan, I like that Posey's on a different team but wish he had gone to an Eastern team because him being on the Hornets only makes them better.

[jrtdot]

Posey is one of the most intregal parts of the Celts, thank god he's outta the East!

[thuganomic]

The Celtics are learning from the Patriots, and that's smart way of doing business. I fully expect to see Doc Rivers taping the Triangle Offense drills in L.A. now.

[Maxx]

The Seattle Sonics are now the Oklahoma City Thunder apparently.

Way to sounds like a WNBA team.

[punky]

I agree, it does sound like a WNBA team.

Did they have a few choices for people to vote on like the Bobcats did a few years ago? And if so, was that really the best name they could come up with?

Edited July 20, 2008 by punky

[Lowerdeck]

The Seattle Sonics are now the Oklahoma City Thunder apparently.

Way to sounds like a WNBA team.

Haven't seen anything confirming that on ESPN or Yahoo.

I hope they don't make it that though, name sucks WNBA style.

[gunnar hendershow]

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=436421

HAHAHAHAH. So let's see, we've got the Wizards, Magic, Utah Jazz, and Thunder. I think the NBA is in the lead for worst-named franchises. Shame is, 3 of those used to be some of the best nicknames in sports (Baltimore/Washington Bullets, New Orleans Jazz, and Seattle SuperSonics).

EDIT - Though this does give us the opportunity to call their arena the Thunderdome.

Edited July 21, 2008 by damshow

[JStarr]

My wife asked me what Oklahoma City was primarily known for...and other than having their federal building blown up, I was stuck. So, she suggested that Bombers would be a perfect basketball name.

It's highly wrong, but I chuckled.

[naiwf]

They should have just gone with the Cowboys or Sooners and pandered to one of the big college fanbases.

[Toe]

My wife asked me what Oklahoma City was primarily known for...and other than having their federal building blown up, I was stuck. So, she suggested that Bombers would be a perfect basketball name.

It's highly wrong, but I chuckled.

I had to think about it for a second, but that made me laugh.

[jrtdot]

Kurt Thomas resigned with the Spurs

Sebastian Telfair resigned with the Timberwolves

no surprises there

New Jersey Nets shipped point guard Marcus Williams to Golden State in exchange for a future first round draft pick.

-well Golden State was short of PGs so im guessing that he'll be at least a backup in GS

Also the Nets got Keon Dooling who will back up for Devin Harris and Vince Carter

Edited July 23, 2008 by jrtdot