NBA Offseason Discussion Thread

[SAIYANS]

1. Battier to Miami
2. Prince re-signs with Detroit as he wants to retire there
3. Knicks to amnesty Billups and sign Chandler; hope to get Hill to agree and then lure Nash next summer according to Mannix
4. Shannon Brown agrees with the Suns (good luck Mak, lol)
5. Houston - LA - NO working out a trade where Rockets get Pau (want to make a max offer to Marc), LA gets Paul (keeps Bynum and Odom), Hornets get depth, cash, and picks
6. Nene going for the max in Denver (fucking stupid ass front office)
7. Dalembert looking at the Warriors as Hayes was picked up by the Kings

 

[InYourFace]

Is Marcus Thornton a free agent or still a King?

 

[PHX]

Brown as a Sun might not be that bad as it can be oop heaven playing with Steve. Just hope he keeps some of his blueberry habits in L.A

 

[LaBrandon Aldridge]

Orlando invited Larry Hughes to training camp. Shit just got real.

RE: The Suns' backup PG discussion from the other day - Apparently Phoenix isn't content w/ Dowdell as their backup, because they're close to signing Sebastian Telfair.

 

[LaBrandon Aldridge]

Oh, and Dwight's supposedly going to allow Orlando to have another chance to build around him, which I fully expect to happen.

 

[PHX]

Telfair wouldn't be a bad back up I don't guess. He's somebody who is fitted to play the Suns style. As for the Howard situation in that case I see them trying the rumored deal before the lockout happened to get Josh Smith

 

[LaBrandon Aldridge]

Yeah, he wants Monta Ellis, Josh Smith and/or Andre Iguodala. With that said, I'd fucking fap 20 times if Orlando got two of those players, preferably the 1st two.

All of them are available, too.

 

[SAIYANS]

SpearsNBAYahoo Marc J. Spears

What do you think of a possible Lakers' starting lineup of Kobe & CP at guards, Artest and Odom at forwards and Bynum at center?

John Ireland was on Max and Marcellus and also said that the Lakers informed him they have pushed media day back a day. They joked about Dwight coming, and he said not him while doing that laugh he does like when he knew about Pau/Ariza beforehand (really fn creepy)

 

[SAIYANS]

Brown as a Sun might not be that bad as it can be oop heaven playing with Steve. Just hope he keeps some of his blueberry habits in L.A

LMAO. You will love him, hate him, want to kill him, say sit him, and want to see him play all in the same game.

I have no qualms about a Paul trade that keeps Odom and Bynum. Dwight can stay, I'd love to have him, but he can stay in Orlando and hopefully get help (I do like Iggy and him) in a scenario where Odom and Bynum both stay. I'd hope to see Artest and Blake amnesty victims but you can only use it once, lol

 

[LaBrandon Aldridge]

Honestly wanted to see Orlando sign McGrady for the Vet minimum and dangle any combo of Redick, Bass, Orton and Anderson to Philly or Atlanta. Not too interested in Monta, but he can surely take the scoring load off of Dwight.

Still should've traded Gortat for Kevin Martin.

 

[SAIYANS]

Now I shed a tear

The Hornets have started to inform teams that they're sending Chris Paul to the Lakers for Bynum and Odom, league sources tell Y! Sports.

Pau, Kobe, and Paul isn't bad. The thing I don't get is the salary matching. They would have to be sending Okafor, Ariza, or both back I assume

 

[LaBrandon Aldridge]

Glad Houston didn't get bamboozled into this mess.

 

[SAIYANS]

Read that it has changed according to some reports to Paul and Okafor for Pau and Lamar, allowing LA to keep Bynum for Dwight. Also read about Ariza.

Oh well, I win either way. Just makes it worth it to buy weekend pass Hornets tickets if Pau and LO are here

 

[LaBrandon Aldridge]

Okafor's better than Bynum

 

[LaBrandon Aldridge]

Hornets working to finalize details on 3-team deal to send Chris Paul to Lakers, Gasol to Rockets and Odom, KMart, Scola to NO, sources say.

New Orleans rapin' bitches. They'll be very good this year, better than they've been the past couple seasons with Paul.