Official NBA Discussion Thread

[Enigma22]

i was thinkin that at first but then i remembered this so idk if it would work. id like to have him tho.

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[gamebreaker]

The Detroit Pistons made the biggest early splash in free agency on Wednesday, agreeing to terms with Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva.


Gordon
Former Bulls guard Gordon will receive a five-year deal for between $55 million and $60 million, while former Bucks forward Villanueva gets a five-year deal for $40 million, sources told ESPN.com's Chris Broussard.

Gordon rejected deals from Chicago in excess of $50 million each of the past two seasons. Milwaukee elected to let the 24-year-old Villanueva become an unrestricted free agent earlier this week, after the Bucks determined that matching any restricted free-agent offers would move the team closer to the luxury tax threshold and limit changing the roster.

 

[exC.On]

fuck cv, I didn't want him anyway.

lol, I don't blame him for chasing the money but what was DET thinking? they were once known to be a defensive franchise and now they sign 2 people who can't play D.

Thats going to be overshadowed when Artest picks the lakers or the cavs and if Ariza leaves the lakers and goes to the cavs.

 

[Qwake]

I like the signing of Ben Gordon, I think he might be what the Pistons need but Charlie Villanueva can get fucked.

 

[Wordlife]

well.... here's what I have to say... Artest + Lakers = Repeat!

Now that they have Artest, I see a repeat for 2010... which would definitely not be a bad thing

 

[exC.On]

Well Artest goes to LA over CLE just because he rather leaves there then Ariza picks HOU over CLE. Damn is it that bad living in Cleveland? As a cavs fan all I want now is a shooting PF and resigning Andy and I'll be good.

 

[Enigma22]

ya i was hoping the cavs would get ariza or artest and i really dont wanna play the lakers+artest but hopefully the cavs sign a shooting PF and varejao and i think we will be fine. we got shaq and we still got Z so i think we will be better then people think.

 

[The Rated R CMStar]

Them getting Ariza is practically a given now imo.

 

[Enigma22]

^hes going to the rockets. not the cavs unfortunately.

 

[gamebreaker]

If the Cavs needed a shooting PF, I'd might as well offer for Rasheed Wallace before Boston gets him.

 

[Enigma22]

im pretty sure they are gonna do that.

 

[MikeRaw]

Toronto signs Hedo Turkoglu to a 5 year, 53 million dollar contract

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4305310

 

[Rell]

Nate Robinson will sign with ORL or LA, it was on ESPN. With ORL losing Turk, he's more likely to sign with ORL at this point.

LA also offered Odom 3 years, 24-25k

honestly, is this even fair? how the fuck are we getting these players...

 

[Enigma22]

^cause artest isnt really getting paid as much as he should be making and bynum isnt making much either.

 

[Rell]

^cause artest isnt really getting paid as much as he should be making and bynum isnt making much either.

Word, but it seems like things always happen for us...

Utah unwillingly let Fisher go, and he settled for less money to sign with LA...

We acquired an all star big, for fucking Kwame Brown.

We sign Ron Artest, AN ALL STAR / DPOTY, for the MLE...He was getting CRAZY offers elsewhere, and he decides to sign with us for 5 mill?

Mitch has got to be the GOAT NBA General Manager at this point. We have a starting lineup of Fish, Kobe, Artest, Gasol, Bynum, yet we still have money to spend. crazy