NBA 2013-2014 Season Thread

[gunnar hendershow]

Houston and Chicago both have convenient cap space and SF spots open if LeBron wants to go there. Chicago would have been a 100% sure bet if we knew Rose was guaranteed to be healthy long-term. That said a core of James and Noah is terrifying enough. Houston won't be winning anything without LeBron but with him you have the best team in the league, even if Harden continues to sleep through defense.

[HC]

Would Lebron honestly consider Chicago though? Good fit yes but the pressure is going to be ENORMOUS in a Bulls uniform. We would never, ever hear the end of MJ comparisons. I don't think he wants to live in that shadow, not to mention banking on D-Rose's health isn't exactly ideal.

[livid]

He lives in that shadow anyways, might as well do it on an actual team and not just with a couple of your buddies and a collection of warm bodies. I understand the hesitancy but if championships is what he's after, then the Bulls seem like the best fit. Then again I said the exact same thing the last time he was a FA and look what happened.

[gunnar hendershow]

If he had picked the Bulls we'd probably be talking 5-peat right about now.

It was by far the best spot for him then.

[Benjamin]

No way Houston have the cap space for LeBron right? Not with Dwight and Harden?

Also, yes, a Noah and LeBron tandem sounds terrifying, especially if you add Rose in. They'd be unstoppable.

[livid]

They'd have to trade Asik and Lin to make it happen I think.

[Meacon Keaton]

You guys are being silly. Nobody in their right mind would want to move from Miami to Houston!

[gunnar hendershow]

They'd have to trade Asik and Lin to make it happen I think.

They have to move them but they basically are set to offer Melo a max don't see why the same wouldn't go for James.

[Benjamin]

David Blatt has been hired as the new head coach of the Cavaliers, having just coached Tel Aviv to the Euroleague championship. Brilliant move, I think.

[DMN in the House]

I doubt he's going to the Lakers to play with an aging Kobe who has probably got 3 years left in the tank. I doubt him and Kobe would gel together style-wise either. I mean I think they have the cap space and I'm sure they'll make a run if he opts-out, but he has better options unless they manage to bring in Calipari and Kevin Love or something as well.

No one here really thinks Kobe's going to play much longer than next year. I could see him doing it, because, fuck, he's Kobe Bryant, but I could also see him coming back just to prove, to himself more than anything, that he could do it, then riding off into the sunset if the Lakers don't look to be on the verge of another title.

[Mofoticon]

I doubt he's going to the Lakers to play with an aging Kobe who has probably got 3 years left in the tank. I doubt him and Kobe would gel together style-wise either. I mean I think they have the cap space and I'm sure they'll make a run if he opts-out, but he has better options unless they manage to bring in Calipari and Kevin Love or something as well.

No one here really thinks Kobe's going to play much longer than next year. I could see him doing it, because, fuck, he's Kobe Bryant, but I could also see him coming back just to prove, to himself more than anything, that he could do it, then riding off into the sunset if the Lakers don't look to be on the verge of another title.

He's not walking away from the big contract he signed. He's going to play 2 more years.

[SeanDMan]

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[gunnar hendershow]

The Boogie Cousins tweet is the best.

[gunnar hendershow]

Rumors swirling the Lakers, Warriors, and Wolves are working on a deal that would send Love to GS, Klay Thompson to LA, and picks (especially LA's pick in this draft #7) to Minnesota. I don't know how much else needs to be worked out, Klay's a big piece to part with since he's a young player who scores more every year but GS definitely could use a player like Love.

[Rafael]

Well, with the #7 pick they could bring in Exum or Smart who can play the 2.

[Maxx]

Melo is opting out, to the surprise of no one.

[The Buscher]

The only question with Melo now is if Phil Jackson can get a team to sign-and-trade for him and avoid Melo walking away with nothing. Jackson isn't really concerned about getting players back, mainly draft picks which makes sense since the Knicks don't have a 1st round pick until the goddamn 2018 draft

Even read a juicy rumor that with Embiid out 4-6 months and now too risky to take at #1 overall, the Cavs may consider offering the pick up for Melo. There's probably less than a .5% chance of it happening but Dan Gilbert is pretty much the biggest idiot ever and it'd be such a Cleveland thing to do.

[Benjamin]

That would be a pretty crazy ass thing to do. Since it's the East I want that to happen, be the first interesting thing they did in a while

[HC]

Well, with the #7 pick they could bring in Exum or Smart who can play the 2.

Doubt Exum makes it out of the top 5, especially given Embiid' s injury.

[Red Devil-Taker316]

The only question with Melo now is if Phil Jackson can get a team to sign-and-trade for him and avoid Melo walking away with nothing. Jackson isn't really concerned about getting players back, mainly draft picks which makes sense since the Knicks don't have a 1st round pick until the goddamn 2018 draft

Even read a juicy rumor that with Embiid out 4-6 months and now too risky to take at #1 overall, the Cavs may consider offering the pick up for Melo. There's probably less than a .5% chance of it happening but Dan Gilbert is pretty much the biggest idiot ever and it'd be such a Cleveland thing to do.

NY has 2015 and 2017 1sts.