Re: NBA Draft & Offseason Thread

[Guest]

Pretty stoked Gasol wasn't included in the deal.

[Cubswin11]

Nash

Kobe

Artest/Jamison

Gasol

Howard

 

That's a lineup that could compete with the Thunder, but I still think the Thunder are a better team in a 7 game series. Lakers need to get another shooter, athletic guy for defense and better back up PG than Blake.

 

 

Side note, I hate that trade for the Magic. I don't know why they wouldn't have wanted Bynum in a trade and also figured out a way to get rid of more bad/long contracts other than Richardson and those draft picks they got are ass they will be in the mid-high teens at best.

[UMFan83]

Nash

Kobe

Artest/Jamison

Gasol

Howard

 

That's a lineup that could compete with the Thunder, but I still think the Thunder are a better team in a 7 game series. Lakers need to get another shooter, athletic guy for defense and better back up PG than Blake.

 

 

Side note, I hate that trade for the Magic. I don't know why they wouldn't have wanted Bynum in a trade and also figured out a way to get rid of more bad/long contracts other than Richardson and those draft picks they got are ass they will be in the mid-high teens at best.

 

I don't like their return either....wasn't anyone offering potential lottery picks? And the picks are protected? That said, they didn't want Bynum because they were convinced he wouldnt resign and they would lose him for nothing just like Shaq, and almost like Dwight. They want to do a complete rebuild and were interested in younger players/draft picks, which makes what they got in return that much weirder.

[Derwood]

looks to me like the Lakers have gotten older and more expensive

[Warpticon]

Pretty stoked Gasol wasn't included in the deal.

 

Yeah, the version of the deal I saw earlier that included Gasol and had the Lakers taking back Harrington looked really bad.

[Banedon]

So, should we start a pool on when Kobe gets mad at Howard the first time? I just don't see those personalities meshing.

[CubColtPacer]

So, should we start a pool on when Kobe gets mad at Howard the first time? I just don't see those personalities meshing.

 

He's replacing Bynum though, and Howard's a much harder worker on the court than Bynum is. Plus Howard doesn't demand the ball like Bynum does. They'll have their moments, but I think Kobe has a better chance of being able to work well with Howard.

[imb]

Kobe, Nash and Howard will all miss significant time this year with injuries.

[Banedon]

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[Magnetic Curses]

gah, there goes the next few years of being interested in the nba.

[Derwood]

This stupid salary cap structure has successfully made the NBA even MORE of a big market/small market league.

[Magnetic Curses]

an easy answer would be to move the warm weather teams north and the west coast teams east.

 

just be like, hey assholes, you got to be cold now mother [expletive]

[illiniguy]

I got to hand it to the Lakers, they've created a scenario where I can cheer for the Heat.

[SouthSideRyan]

So you guys want to be Celtics fans then?

[Old Style]

So you guys want to be Celtics fans then?

Why? They aren't going to win [expletive].

[illiniguy]

So you guys want to be Celtics fans then?

Why? They aren't going to win [expletive].

They were one game from winning it all. I wouldn't want that to eat at me all year long. I mean to be so close and choke it away. It has to eat at Ryan.

[Banedon]

So you guys want to be Celtics fans then?

 

I'm gonna go buy my Ray Allen jersey tonight!

[Cubswin11]

This stupid salary cap structure has successfully made the NBA even MORE of a big market/small market league.

And it's good for the league. "Super Teams" make the product better and the league more intriguing/exciting to watch, imo. I'd rather there be 3-5 teams with 3+ all stars on their roster than have it be spread out where every team has one and the rest of team is made up of shitty role players. But that's just me, I get the argument for the other way around too. Also contraction of 3-4 teams would be nice to concentrate the talent even more.

[illiniguy]

This stupid salary cap structure has successfully made the NBA even MORE of a big market/small market league.

And it's good for the league. "Super Teams" make the product better and the league more intriguing/exciting to watch, imo. I'd rather there be 3-5 teams with 3+ all stars on their roster than have it be spread out where every team has one and the rest of team is made up of [expletive] role players. But that's just me, I get the argument for the other way around too. Also contraction of 3-4 teams would be nice to concentrate the talent even more.

Which is why the NBA and MLB are more popular than the NFL, where they have a straight cap that prevents super teams...

[Cubswin11]

This stupid salary cap structure has successfully made the NBA even MORE of a big market/small market league.

And it's good for the league. "Super Teams" make the product better and the league more intriguing/exciting to watch, imo. I'd rather there be 3-5 teams with 3+ all stars on their roster than have it be spread out where every team has one and the rest of team is made up of [expletive] role players. But that's just me, I get the argument for the other way around too. Also contraction of 3-4 teams would be nice to concentrate the talent even more.

Which is why the NBA and MLB are more popular than the NFL, where they have a straight cap that prevents super teams...

The NBA has seen a huge spike in popularity over the last two years and superteams are a big reason why. The NFL is more popular for other reasons and I don't see how that argument is relevant to what I said. Plus it's not like the NFL is some super even or balanced league. Sure every year there are teams that were bad the year before who make the playoffs and the other way around but the MLB and NBA have that. The NFL is still top heavy there are only 4 or so teams every year that truly have a chance at winning the superbowl.

[illiniguy]

This stupid salary cap structure has successfully made the NBA even MORE of a big market/small market league.

And it's good for the league. "Super Teams" make the product better and the league more intriguing/exciting to watch, imo. I'd rather there be 3-5 teams with 3+ all stars on their roster than have it be spread out where every team has one and the rest of team is made up of [expletive] role players. But that's just me, I get the argument for the other way around too. Also contraction of 3-4 teams would be nice to concentrate the talent even more.

Which is why the NBA and MLB are more popular than the NFL, where they have a straight cap that prevents super teams...

The NBA has seen a huge spike in popularity over the last two years and superteams are a big reason why. The NFL is more popular for other reasons and I don't see how that argument is relevant to what I said. Plus it's not like the NFL is some super even or balanced league. Sure every year there are teams that were bad the year before who make the playoffs and the other way around but the MLB and NBA have that. The NFL is still top heavy there are only 4 or so teams every year that truly have a chance at winning the superbowl.

I doubt that last part is true at all. Last year at this time how many people would have said the Giants would be a favorite to win a super bowl? And I absolutely think the common fan hates the NBA because every year you basically know who is gonna win it all.

[Cubswin11]

This stupid salary cap structure has successfully made the NBA even MORE of a big market/small market league.

And it's good for the league. "Super Teams" make the product better and the league more intriguing/exciting to watch, imo. I'd rather there be 3-5 teams with 3+ all stars on their roster than have it be spread out where every team has one and the rest of team is made up of [expletive] role players. But that's just me, I get the argument for the other way around too. Also contraction of 3-4 teams would be nice to concentrate the talent even more.

Which is why the NBA and MLB are more popular than the NFL, where they have a straight cap that prevents super teams...

The NBA has seen a huge spike in popularity over the last two years and superteams are a big reason why. The NFL is more popular for other reasons and I don't see how that argument is relevant to what I said. Plus it's not like the NFL is some super even or balanced league. Sure every year there are teams that were bad the year before who make the playoffs and the other way around but the MLB and NBA have that. The NFL is still top heavy there are only 4 or so teams every year that truly have a chance at winning the superbowl.

I doubt that last part at all. Last year at this time how many people would have said the Giants would be a favorite to win a super bowl?

I'll give you that, but the NFL isn't anymore wide open or "competitively balanced" than the MLB/NBA because of having different spending limitations. Over the last 5 years the top teams in the NFL have pretty much remained the same (with just shuffling of rankings) between the Patriots, Steelers, Saints, Packers, Giants, Ravens, Bears, Colts, Eagles with the Colts being the only team that's fallen off.

[Guest]

Someone want to link me to the huge spike in NBA popularity? I know the Finals brought in big ratings, but attendance hasn't moved at all, and I'm skeptical that there's been a spike league-wide in TV ratings.

[illiniguy]

Someone want to link me to the huge spike in NBA popularity? I know the Finals brought in big ratings, but attendance hasn't moved at all, and I'm skeptical that there's been a spike league-wide in TV ratings.

I think people mistake what a spike in popularity for a few teams which are always on tv, vs. A huge spike for the entire league.

[SouthSideRyan]

So you guys want to be Celtics fans then?

Why? They aren't going to win [expletive].

They were one game from winning it all. I wouldn't want that to eat at me all year long. I mean to be so close and choke it away. It has to eat at Ryan.

 

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