NBA Off-Season Discussion Thread

[PHX]

Damn the Spurs just got a lot of rookies in that one trade.

 

[LaBrandon Aldridge]

HOLY FUCK I HEARD ABOUT THIS TRADE THREE HOURS AGO WHY ARE YOU ANNOUNCING IT ADAM

^ supposed to be in all caps.

They did the same w/ Boston & NJ. lulz

 

[SAIYANS]

It really is smarter to lock up the rights to foreign guy X who you like and then pick an undrafted college guy or two and try to persuade them to play for a spot. WOuld be a lot tougher to talk to Chrsfhudifhoslednf SchWnekhrbebejhbejk on the open market.

With no summer league it will be harder for the undrafted guys to get a spot

 

[SAIYANS]

We have a trade to announce:

The Boston Celtics send Kendrick Perkins and Nate Robinson to the OKC Thunder for Jeff Green, Nenad Krstic, and a first round pick.

Say it Adam, you know you want to

 

[SAL]

With no summer league it will be harder for the undrafted guys to get a spot

That's not (for example) RC Buford's problem though.

 

[SAIYANS]

That's not (for example) RC Buford's problem though.

I never question their foreign draft picks, but I get your point

 

[SAL]

They did the same w/ Boston & NJ. lulz

I was looking for a witty on-topic video but couldn't find it. In its place I offer this:

[video=youtube;1sLuNwIPXlI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sLuNwIPXlI[/video]

 

[Thee Mikel]

Heat......... Lets go Heat!


BTW, the Bobcats and Cavaliers did have a good draft.

 

[SAL]

Congraulations Mikel! Your 7th favorite team won the championship!

 

[Kairi]

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Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki holds a glass of beer while he arrives at the Wuerzburg Residence on Tuesday in Wuerzburg, Germany. Nowitzki visits his hometown Wuerzburg after he and his team, the Dallas Mavericks, won the 2011 NBA title.
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NBA basketball player Dirk Nowitzki waves to fans as he arrives at the Wuerzburg Residenz during a visit to his German home town of Wuerzburg, June 28, 2011. Nowitzki became the first German to win an NBA title when his basketball team Dallas Mavericks beat the Miami Heat last weeki, giving the Mavericks their first championship in their 31 year history. Nowitzki was also named the Most Valuable Player of the Championship series.
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Supporters cheer during a motorcade of Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki on Tuesday in Wuerzburg, Germany. Nowitzki visits his hometown Wuerzburg after he and his team Dallas Mavericks won the 2011 NBA title.
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Basketballer Dirk Nowitzki speaks to the crowd from a balcony of the Wuerzburg Residence in Wuerzburg, southern Germany on Tuesday, while thousands of fans watch from the square. Dirk Nowitzki, the German playmaker who led the Dallas Mavericks to an NBA Finals victory, admitted he was 'overwhelmed' by the response as he came back to his home city on June 28.
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Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki celebrates with his fans during a welcome party in his German home town of Wuerzburg, on Tuesday. Nowitzki became the first German to win an NBA title when his basketball team Dallas Mavericks beat the Miami Heat last weeki, giving the Mavericks their first championship in their 31 year history. Nowitzki was also named the Most Valuable Player of the Championship series.
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A Dallas Mavericks fan of forward Dirk Nowitzki stands in front of the Wuerzburg Residenz as he waits to see the NBA basketball player in his German home town of Wuerzburg on Tuesday. Nowitzki became the first German to win an NBA title when his basketball team Dallas Mavericks beat the Miami Heat, giving the Mavericks their first championship in their 31 year history. Nowitzki was also named the Most Valuable Player of the Championship series.
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Dallas Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki of Germany, right, is welcomed by cheerleaders and fans in Wuerzburg, southern Germany, Tuesday, June 28. More then two weeks after winning the NBA championship basketball title Nowitzki is celebrated by fans in his hometown.

 

[PHX]

And the NBA lockout is officially about to happen smh. This is beyond Blue to have two of the major sports in America both locked out at the same time.

 

[Kairi]

Shannon Brown Becomes Free Agent


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A two-time NBA Champion with the Lakers, Brown averaged a career-high 8.9 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists during the 2010-11 season.

EL SEGUNDO – Lakers guard Shannon Brown has informed the team that he has elected not to exercise his option to extend his contract for the 2011-12 season, it was announced today. Brown, therefore, has become an unrestricted free agent.

Originally acquired by the Lakers from the Charlotte Bobcats in February of 2009, Brown has appeared in 182 games with the Lakers, averaging 7.9 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 18.7 minutes.

A two-time NBA Champion with the Lakers, Brown averaged a career-high 8.9 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists during the 2010-11 season.

 

[Baller]

Eddie House resigned with the Heat. YAY!

 

[Kairi]

Ohio-Based Lady Sues Kobe Bryant For Not Marrying Her



<a href="http://deadspin.com/people/jackdickey/" target="_blank"> Jack Dickey — Kobe Bryant has five rings. But now one litigious soul is livid that she didn't get one from him.
According to the OC Weekly, Selina Miller, who has addresses in both Santa Monica and Columbus, said Bryant gave her a signed contract in May saying they would marry. (Sounds plausible so far!)
But then Kobe totally broke that contract by not giving Miller a ring, she says! (Can Matt Barnes sue him for the same thing?) The relief her suit recommends? A ring from Kobe.

Miller also stated why the National Basketball Association (NBA) superstar might not have given her a ring: "The defendant, Kobe Bryant, states he communicated with person [sic] stating Selina Miller is a prostitute."
Reached by telephone, Miller claimed that Bryant has repeatedly visited her for intimate relations.
"He likes playing games with women more than people know," said Miller. "I'm upset because he promised me a ring [during one visit] and then some other people influenced him and I didn't get it. He thinks he can stop by my house anytime he wants to. There are other women, too. One of them got a ring."
She also mentioned that someone—it's unclear who exactly—"has a sexual transmitted disease."
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Miller sued Kobe before, in 2009, and a judge dismissed that suit as frivolous. Somehow we don't expect this one to go too much further.
Kobe Bryant Sued by Ohio Woman for Breaching Marriage Proposal [OC Weekly]

 

[Kiffy Lube]

I've promised girls lots of things they never got. It's all game, baby.