The Official NBA 2011-2012 Playoffs!

Guess who one of the crybaby owners was?

Dan Gilbert. :roll:

JML897

This free agency period is crazy.

"Nets have emerged as No. 1 choice for Dwight Howard, multiple sources say. D12 is expected to ask Magic to trade him to NJ."

http://twitter.com/#!/Chris_Broussard/status/145015466182713345

This free agency period is crazy.

"Nets have emerged as No. 1 choice for Dwight Howard, multiple sources say. D12 is expected to ask Magic to trade him to NJ."

http://twitter.com/#!/Chris_Broussard/status/145015466182713345

JML897

It would only be fair, he'd look like a hypocrite if he doesn't.

eww the Nets? My favorite player can't go to a trash town like that! They already have enough "Giants" playing ball there...

eww the Nets? My favorite player can't go to a trash town like that! They already have enough "Giants" playing ball there...

Major_Snake

Guess who one of the crybaby owners was?

Dan Gilbert. :roll:

"I don't like it that some teams are being run a lot better than my crappy franchise, please stop it David :("

JML897

[QUOTE="Major_Snake"]

eww the Nets? My favorite player can't go to a trash town like that! They already have enough "Giants" playing ball there...

No_Hablo_Ingles

The more I think about the veto the stupider it seems.

WTF are the Hornets supposed to do with Chris Paul now? He's unhappy, the rumor is that he won't report to camp which lowers his trade value since teams know the Hornets will just be looking for ANYTHING in return at this point. They're not going to get any better trade offers than the one they had. If the league vetoed the Laker trade for being unfair then they have to veto any trade that's even worse.

I don't like the Lakers but I really don't like the precedent this sets where David Stern can punish a team because their GM is smart.

Dan Gilbert still pissed off about Lebron I see

Do Chicago fans fear taking a step back?No_Hablo_Ingles

I don't think the Bulls will be the 1 seed this year. But there really isn't that much competition in the East - there's the Bulls, Heat, and Celtics. Maybe the Knicks. I think they can at least get to the Eastern Conference Finals again.

"When will we just change the name of 25 of the 30 teams to the Washington Generals?"

:lol: Good ol' Gilbert.

Good news, NHI: You no longer have to worry about a 6'6" center.
Bad news: I'm not sure you have any center

I saw on ESPN Houston Rockets were one of the teams that met with Howard. I would have no problem if he comes to Texas ;)

Good news, NHI: You no longer have to worry about a 6'6" center.
Bad news: I'm not sure you have any center

JML897

I saw on ESPN Houston Rockets were one of the teams that met with Howard. I would have no problem if he comes to Texas ;)

Major_Snake

Even if the Lakers were to somehow end up with a "super team" with C.Paul and Howard. It is not a guarantee they win the championship. Everyone thought that with the Big 3 in Miami, but that didn't happen. The Lakers would be left with a very thin team. Who knows if Paul and Bryant can run the backcourt well together? Plus Mike Brown is COACH??? LOL.

It was such a great trade for the Hornets, I cannot stress that enough.

But I guess with the NBA it wasn't a basketball decision... it was a money decision for the Hornets. For the very short term too! End of the season Paul is gone anyway.

It is not a guarantee they win the championship. Everyone thought that with the Big 3 in Miami, but that didn't happen.

Major_Snake

[QUOTE="Major_Snake"]

It is not a guarantee they win the championship. Everyone thought that with the Big 3 in Miami, but that didn't happen.

Conscrumptured

Oh it definately can happen. They DID make it to the Finals. I just remember plenty of people handing out the title to the Heat before the season began.

In other News... good for the Knicks to add some defense since I believe they are getting Tyson Chandler

I am starting to think it kind of the small market teams fault that these NBA all stars are able to even play in those large markets....No_Hablo_Ingles

[QUOTE="No_Hablo_Ingles"]I am starting to think it kind of the small market teams fault that these NBA all stars are able to even play in those large markets....Master_Live

Sometimes the players dictate where they want to go. Paul has made it clear that he doesn't want to stay in New Orleans. 'Melo did the same to Denver and Bosh in Toronto.
Then sometimes you see DUMB trades like with Memphis who traded away Gasol for basically nothing.

[QUOTE="Master_Live"][QUOTE="No_Hablo_Ingles"]I am starting to think it kind of the small market teams fault that these NBA all stars are able to even play in those large markets....No_Hablo_Ingles

Sometimes the players dictate where they want to go.

Major_Snake

[QUOTE="Major_Snake"]

Sometimes the players dictate where they want to go.

Master_Live

NBAPA is a joke, MLBPA or the NFLPA would DESTROY the commissioner if he ever pull a stunt like this.

All the more reason I don't like David Stern.

Greg Oden's hurt. He might be out for the year.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7336972/report-trail-blazers-greg-oden-suffers-setback-miss-entire-season

He might want to just follow Brandon Roy at this point.

I just want this season to start already. This crap is getting really ugly.

NBA is one giant joke right now. Times like these make me not really care that the Sonics are gone.monkeytoes61

David Stern is my hero right now. PLEASE don't let this trade happen. I'm convinced Jerry West has Leslie Alexander's (Rockets owner) family at gunpoint, it's the only way I can believe it would even be agreed to.

>.> I hate being a Rocket fan. I am going to cry in the corner... then write an angry letter to Rockets management.

No_Hablo_Ingles

I'm with you brother! :cry:

Greg Oden's hurt. He might be out for the year.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7336972/report-trail-blazers-greg-oden-suffers-setback-miss-entire-season

He might want to just follow Brandon Roy at this point.

JML897

Wow....Brandon Roy is expected to announce his retirement today. That sucks. http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7335092/brandon-roy-portland-trail-blazers-retire-due-knees-sources-sayJML897

I can. Oden is next.No_Hablo_Ingles

Anyone else realize that the Rockets have 3 first round picks this year?

Anyway...

The talks were revived Friday afternoon after Stern took the stunning step of killing the deal in its previous form in his role as the representative of the 29 owners who took custodianship of the New Orleans franchise in 2010. The goal was to tweak the deal in a way that allowed New Orleans to come away with younger players and more draft picks, the directive issued by the commissioner's office after a trade that would've sent the Hornets three bonafide starters, a solid backup, and a mid-first-round pick was deemed not good enough by Stern....

Where the younger assets would come from was still being negotiated early Saturday, with potential candidates to go to New Orleans being Patrick Patterson, Courtney Lee and an assembly of draft picks, according to an executive briefed on the talks.cbssportscom

When I read this... why does it feel like 'The goal was to tweak the deal in a way that allowed the Rockets to get bent over a table and throughly ****ed by giving up MORE stuff, so the Lakers can can get CP3"

David Stern is my hero right now. PLEASE don't let this trade happen. I'm convinced Jerry West has Leslie Alexander's (Rockets owner) family at gunpoint, it's the only way I can believe it would even be agreed to.

[QUOTE="No_Hablo_Ingles"]

>.> I hate being a Rocket fan. I am going to cry in the corner... then write an angry letter to Rockets management.

TheGrat1

I'm with you brother! :cry:

Ok, Lakers will get him next year for nothing...

[QUOTE="TheGrat1"]

David Stern is my hero right now. PLEASE don't let this trade happen. I'm convinced Jerry West has Leslie Alexander's (Rockets owner) family at gunpoint, it's the only way I can believe it would even be agreed to.

[QUOTE="No_Hablo_Ingles"]

>.> I hate being a Rocket fan. I am going to cry in the corner... then write an angry letter to Rockets management.

Chutebox

I'm with you brother! :cry:

Ok, Lakers will get him next year for nothing...

[QUOTE="Chutebox"]

[QUOTE="TheGrat1"]

I'm with you brother! :cry:

No_Hablo_Ingles

Ok, Lakers will get him next year for nothing...

[QUOTE="No_Hablo_Ingles"][QUOTE="Chutebox"]

Ok, Lakers will get him next year for nothing...

Chutebox

I ask you this- How did the Thunder become who they are today?

[QUOTE="Chutebox"][QUOTE="No_Hablo_Ingles"] with what Salary cap?No_Hablo_Ingles

I ask you this- How did the Thunder become who they are today?

Yet, if you are the worst team in the league you aren't assure the 1st pick of the draft. Supposedly this is done to prevent tanking but to no avail. Master_Live