NBA 2013-2014 Season Thread

[Maxx]

Ugh, not a fan. Wasn't in favor of re-signing Chandler after the title, and he's only older now. I'd take Calderon over Felton any day of the week and there's no goddamn reason to trade Shane Larkin.

[Meacon Keaton]

Yeah, I'm quite happy with how the trade went down on my end.

[Plubby]

I'm disappointed to lose Chandler, who I love. But it's worth it to acquire those players back, it's a good haul that does save us some cap space. Losing Felton is just gravy.

EDIT: Wait, AND we get two picks?!?

[Meacon Keaton]

My dad is a UNC grad so I'm a Tarheel B-Ball fan, and because of that I've tried to enjoy Felton while he's been here. But screw him, glad he's gone. Chandler is getting older, and though he only has one year left on his contract, it's still like $16 or $17 million or so. I say we use that to bring in LeBron.

[Plubby]

We can't, we're using 13-14 million of it already 7 million of Calderon, 2.5 on Ellington, about 3 on Dalembert and a million on the young'un.

[Meacon Keaton]

Well then we'll use the extra 2 or 3 mill and Carmelo's money!

[Tyrone]

New Orleans Pelicans will send a 2015 first-round pick to Houston for [Omer] Asik, league source tells Yahoo Sports. Deal will give Rockets cap space. Rockets will also send New Orleans $1.5 million cash as part of the deal.

Can't really see LeBron or Melo leaving the much easier Eastern conference for Houston, but stranger things have happened.

[gunnar hendershow]

I like Asik in New Orleans. He was lost behind Howard in Houston and fills what could only be described as a glaring hole at Center in NO.

[Plubby]

So long as he doesn't take any touches off the brow.

[Quom]

Asik isn't an offensive player, I can't see how he would take touches away.

New York killed Dallas in that trade, it's ridiculous how badly one sided that trade is.

[gunnar hendershow]

Yeah Asik helps out in a spot of need for NO without taking any touches away from the soon-to-be third best player in the NBA.

The only spot you might see any statistical drop for Davis in this is in rebounds, and that's going to be negligible.

[Plubby]

Well, good. Because I love the brow He's amazing. It's unfair how good at basketball he is sometimes.

[JasonM]

Asik isn't an offensive player, I can't see how he would take touches away.

New York killed Dallas in that trade, it's ridiculous how badly one sided that trade is.

Eh, Chandler is a great defensive center when he's fit, and the previous time with the mavs he was in a physical prime after shitty years. They know how to handle the guy and keep him fresh. It also lessens the defensive woes that the mavs had.

Calderon is a great playmaker, and he'll be missed. But his defensive flaws were too heavy on a lineup already including Ellis and Dirk. Felton won't be the starter, Carlisle isn't an idiot in trying that.

Dalembert is a scrub who made 3.5M, he won't be missed in Dallas.

Ellington was hardly used and was taking 2.5M a year.

Larkin on the other hand had potential and I liked him last year.

Basically now Dallas needs a point guard and Knicks need a center. They flipped their general needs.

It's gonna be interesting what Cuban will do with all the cap space he's opened up by doing these trades.

[Benjamin]

Dirk and Chandler are really good buddies, right? Maybe he just wasn't in good morale in New York?

[Plubby]

It's gonna be interesting what Cuban will do with all the cap space he's opened up by doing these trades.

...He took on cap with the Knicks trade.

[livid]

It will help them a lot going forward but yeah, this season they took on more cap. They still have plenty of room to be involved in the Melo sweepstakes, though.

[Meacon Keaton]

I'm going to give Dallas fans a head's up now: You don't want to be the 2013-2014 Knicks. We couldn't even make the playoffs in the awful East. It won't turn out well for you in the competitive West.

[livid]

Especially since a starting lineup of Chandler, Dirk, Melo, Monta Ellis and Felton won't be able to stop a high school team from scoring 100 points, let alone an NBA team.

[Rafael]

Orlando and Denver made a trade that sends Afflalo to the Nuggets and Evan Fournier + 56th pick of tonight's draft.

[Maxx]

Mavs have plenty of cap space, Dirk is going to be signing for cheap.

But superstars aren't going to sign here.