NBA Thread 2011-12

[livid]

Well they actually moved to LA from San Diego because Sterling is a dick and wanted to move them somewhere else after a couple of bad seasons after he bought the team.

[gunnar hendershow]

Oh yeah I forgot there was the brief stop in San Diego. They should actually on second thought move to Seattle, there's a great market that got robbed of its team.

[Your Mom]

Anybody doing a Fantasy Basketball league? My Football dreams have officially ended so I must move on

[gunnar hendershow]

My friend (IRL) and I were talking about starting one up. We don't have a lot of friends who are NBA fans though.

[naiwf]

Count me in if you opt to do one.

[Benjamin]

How do you play a Fantasy Basketball league?

[gunnar hendershow]

A lot like a fantasy baseball league, at least that's how I prefer it be done. Weeklong match-ups and the winner of each match-up is whoever wins the most categories. I'll make a separate thread to gauge interest.

[Maxx]

ESPN is reporting that the Hornets may deal Paul before the season even starts, so they can avoid the circus Carmelo caused. Every team in the league is apparently interested, some not even caring if Paul won't sign an extension, like the Mavericks. The Clippers won't offer up Eric Gordon without an assurance the Paul will sign an extension. Lakers are interested, but want to save Bynum for a deal with the Magic.

So, this could get interesting fast.

[naiwf]

If the Lakers end up with Kobe, CP3 and Howard I'm done with the NBA.

[Trey]

The schedules came out yesterday, you can check them out at ESPN. As a Bulls fan the one thing I thought was a bright spot on the season starting late was the the Bulls would avoid their annual circus road trip where the circus takes over their arena and they are forced to have a long road trip early in the season. Well as it turns out they have a 9 game road trip, so that sucks.

[gunnar hendershow]

If the Hornets want to trade Paul before the season starts I think that really lowers the chances of him in LA. There are teams with more trade chips to offer up and teams, like Dallas, who are in such a win-now mode they'll give up a lot even if he doesn't resign.

[Maxx]

What do the Mavs have that they could give up? I'm a Mavs fan and I can't think of a trade that they could offer that would trump what the Clippers and the Warriors can offer.

I'm not even sure why the Warriors are in on the Paul deal. It's not like adding him will suddenly make them title contenders. They've got a good young core that they shouldn't be breaking up.

[ROZAY]

According to reports, the Hornets are going to make a decision Friday on where to go with the Chris Paul trade. The front runners seem to be the Clippers and Warriors, although the Clippers aren't willing to offer both Deandre Jordan and Eric Gordon unless CP3 shows a willingness to sign an extension.

The Lakers and Knicks obviously want him, but New Orleans doesn't want Pau Gasol (which is who they're offering a package around so they can use Andrew Bynum in a trade for Dwight Howard) and the Knicks simply do not have enough assets to trade.

Other teams that are willing to trade for him without the assurance of him signing an extension are the Mavericks, Celtics (who seem to be looking to deal Rondo) and strangely enough, the Rockets. Boston seems to be the front runner out of those teams, with hopes that they can lure D-12 to Boston in the off-season to convince Paul to re-sign.

Should be an interesting next few days.

[gunnar hendershow]

What do the Mavs have that they could give up? I'm a Mavs fan and I can't think of a trade that they could offer that would trump what the Clippers and the Warriors can offer.

I'm not even sure why the Warriors are in on the Paul deal. It's not like adding him will suddenly make them title contenders. They've got a good young core that they shouldn't be breaking up.

Mavs have picks and could probably find a 3rd team to help make the deal possible.

And can we change the name of this thread? Lockout's over.

[naiwf]

The Mavs are supposed to be saving up chips to sign Deron Williams next year. That move probably works better for their team.

[Panni]

One of my favorites, Shane Battier, is apparently going to sign with the Heat. And to think I thought he was put in the NBA to fight the good fight for hard-work over showboating & flash.

Me and Tim Duncan definitely do not approve!

[Meacon Keaton]

Shane Battier is a Duke turdling. Fuck him. And fuck the Heat!

[ROZAY]

Shane Battier signing to the Heat is a pretty good move for them. I don't think it's the missing piece to a championship for them, but at the very least he'll able to help LeBron and Wade guard the opposing teams perimeter players and take some of that pressure off of them.

Apparently, the Knicks are in the lead to land Tyson Chandler, reportedly for somewhere around $14 million annually. We'll have to use the amnesty clause/trade Chauncey Billups and possibly Ronny Turiaf in order to keep money for CP3.

[naiwf]

If the Knicks land Chandler then someone needs to drill the message into Toney Douglas' head that he is the POINT Guard and not the SHOOTING Guard. If all they have to do is amnesty/trade Billups I'm all for it.

[Panni]

Apparently they are going to offer Stoudemire for Chris Paul. I don't know how I feel about that. It seems like a dick move to Amare who helped make the franchise relevant again.