OT: The Lone NBA 2008-2009 Thread...(4 people unite)

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:29 pm

macsomjrr wrote:Didn't watch the all-star game besides the highlights. Shaq and Kobe looked very cute together maybe they really have kissed and made up.

Anyway... as a Clipper fan I've gotta say I was a big fan of Corey Magguette while he was with the team but after seeing this classic Corey sequence I'm reminded why we let him go. You've got to watch this it really is unbelievable.

Clippers have a real solid starting 5. I am surprised they aren't winning more.

macsomjrr · Post by **macsomjrr** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:35 pm

JackB1 wrote:
macsomjrr wrote:Didn't watch the all-star game besides the highlights. Shaq and Kobe looked very cute together maybe they really have kissed and made up.

Anyway... as a Clipper fan I've gotta say I was a big fan of Corey Magguette while he was with the team but after seeing this classic Corey sequence I'm reminded why we let him go. You've got to watch this it really is unbelievable.

Clippers have a real solid starting 5. I am surprised they aren't winning more.

Yeah they do.... NOW! We've been fighting injuries all season long. Baron was out for awhile, Randolph came back couple weeks ago after being out for months, Camby was out for a few games, Kaman hasn't touched the ball... its just been a horrible season but now that we're pretty healthy the games are a bit more bearable to watch. EJ and Al Thornton are great, especially Al with his supernatural athleticism but both are still learning the NBA game and make too many mistakes on the court as evidenced by an 11 of 12 losing streak a couple games back.

I think we're a 500 team right now so the rest of the year should be more enjoyable. We'll see...

warnerwlf98 · Post by **warnerwlf98** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:40 pm

Haven't been watching any NBA of late, not even the all star game.

As a Suns fan, I just don't get any pleasure out of watching a squad with a lot of talent underachieve. At this point, I don't care what kind of trade they make and who they ship out, as long as they can get some young players in return. I'd actually have fun watching a team with so so talent overachieve for a change.

I'm happy Terry Porter is gone. At first I thought he'd be a decent coach . . . he was a good guard during his playing days. I hope Alvin Gentry can bring the team together and get them playing up to their ability.

lexbur · Post by **lexbur** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:52 pm

warnerwlf98 wrote:At this point, I don't care what kind of trade they make and who they ship out, as long as they can get some young players in return.

Then you ought to love JJ Hickson and the Cavs first-round draft pick. Throw in Wally Szczerbiak, what's the problem?

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 5:00 pm

^ The problem is that's atrocious!

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:32 pm

macsomjrr wrote: EJ and Al Thornton are great, especially Al with his supernatural athleticism but both are still learning the NBA game and make too many mistakes on the court as evidenced by an 11 of 12 losing streak a couple games back.

I love Thornton. He is a lot like my Hawk's Josh Smith.

lexbur · Post by **lexbur** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:25 pm

I'll be glad when the trade deadline gets here at 3pm. Every day it's somebody else the Cavs are going after. Today it's Shaq???

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:30 pm

lexbur wrote:I'll be glad when the trade deadline gets here at 3pm. Every day it's somebody else the Cavs are going after. Today it's Shaq???

PLEASE let that happen. I'd love to get JJ and Wally for Shaq (obviously something else has to come from the Cavs to make salaries match, but still).

lexbur · Post by **lexbur** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:40 pm

espn.com is saying Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic for Shaq. Hickson wasn't mentioned (Thank God!).

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:40 pm

lexbur wrote:espn.com is saying Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic for Shaq. Hickson wasn't mentioned (Thank God!).

Hmmm...Wallace isn't expiring though, is he?

Feanor · Post by **Feanor** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:01 pm

JackB1 wrote:
macsomjrr wrote:Didn't watch the all-star game besides the highlights. Shaq and Kobe looked very cute together maybe they really have kissed and made up.

Anyway... as a Clipper fan I've gotta say I was a big fan of Corey Magguette while he was with the team but after seeing this classic Corey sequence I'm reminded why we let him go. You've got to watch this it really is unbelievable.

Clippers have a real solid starting 5. I am surprised they aren't winning more.

ESPN's Sports Guy always says that their coach is the worst in the NBA and the players hate him and have quit trying.

lexbur · Post by **lexbur** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:04 pm

dbdynsty25 wrote:Hmmm...Wallace isn't expiring though, is he?

No, he's scheduled to make 14 million in 09/10. It looks like Phoenix wants Szczerbiak instead of Wallace though. Probably not gonna happen.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:19 pm

lexbur wrote:
dbdynsty25 wrote:Hmmm...Wallace isn't expiring though, is he?
No, he's scheduled to make 14 million in 09/10. It looks like Phoenix wants Szczerbiak instead of Wallace though. Probably not gonna happen.

Yeah, no way they take back Wallace...the whole point of the Suns trading Shaq or Amare is to shed salary. Getting Wallace's 14 mil saves the Suns a few million, but not what they want.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:20 pm

Feanor wrote:
JackB1 wrote:
macsomjrr wrote:Didn't watch the all-star game besides the highlights. Shaq and Kobe looked very cute together maybe they really have kissed and made up.

Anyway... as a Clipper fan I've gotta say I was a big fan of Corey Magguette while he was with the team but after seeing this classic Corey sequence I'm reminded why we let him go. You've got to watch this it really is unbelievable.

Clippers have a real solid starting 5. I am surprised they aren't winning more.
ESPN's Sports Guy always says that their coach is the worst in the NBA and the players hate him and have quit trying.

And I just watched the Suns put up 140 and 142 on back to back nights against them. They are an injury waiting to happen, but come on...282 points in 2 games? Wow.

lexbur · Post by **lexbur** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:05 pm

I guess it's over, Cavs are standing pat. I have mixed emotions. Part of me wanted to see them add a big man, but another part of me says you don't mess with a team that's 41-11.

jLp vAkEr0 · Post by **jLp vAkEr0** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:23 pm

lexbur wrote:I guess it's over, Cavs are standing pat. I have mixed emotions. Part of me wanted to see them add a big man, but another part of me says you don't mess with a team that's 41-11.

Remember, the Cavs will get a late season addition in the person of Delonte West.

Celts get Will Solomon!! weeeeeeeee!!

Who?

lexbur · Post by **lexbur** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:29 pm

jLp vAkEr0 wrote:
Remember, the Cavs will get a late season addition in the person of Delonte West.

Yeah, when West comes back LeBron will spend more time down near the basket, which is kinda like adding a big.

I think the real winners today are the Knicks. Larry Hughes? Nice. LOL! What were they thinking?

EZSnappin · Post by **EZSnappin** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:36 pm

anytime the biggest trade near the deadline is Jermaine for Marion it is a pretty uneventful period. All the contenders stood pat (Alston to the Magic is really just a bandaid on an amputated limb; unless Jameer heals they aren't contenders), so I guess we get to see who ends up with the "Buyout big shots" like Joe Smith and Mikki Moore.

Yeah.

jLp vAkEr0 · Post by **jLp vAkEr0** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:47 am

EZSnappin wrote: so I guess we get to see who ends up with the "Buyout big shots" like Joe Smith and Mikki Moore.

Yeah.

C's will be thrilled if they could snatch J. Smith.

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 10:03 am

Definitely the most economic-minded set of trades I can recall. Nearly all of these were made with 2010 in mind instead of trying to get better now.

Pretty happy with the Bulls moves. They dumped Larry Hughes and his contract, picked up a 1st round pick for a guy who was going to be on the bench, added a better center in Brad Miller than what they had, and picked up some offense in John Salmons. All of that for Andres Nocioni, Thebo Sefalosha, and a bunch of guys they were more than happy to trade. They got a little better now and will have a lot of cap flexibility next year.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:32 pm

Brando70 wrote:Definitely the most economic-minded set of trades I can recall. Nearly all of these were made with 2010 in mind instead of trying to get better now.

Pretty happy with the Bulls moves. They dumped Larry Hughes and his contract, picked up a 1st round pick for a guy who was going to be on the bench, added a better center in Brad Miller than what they had, and picked up some offense in John Salmons. All of that for Andres Nocioni, Thebo Sefalosha, and a bunch of guys they were more than happy to trade. They got a little better now and will have a lot of cap flexibility next year.

What's hilarious, is that on the Real GM boards I go to (has forums for each team)...there were eight 100 page threads on the Bulls board alone dedicated to Amare and how the Bulls thought they were getting him. It was awesome watching that whole board deflate over the last few days. I seriously thought there were gonna be some suicides.

EZSnappin · Post by **EZSnappin** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 1:52 pm

Amare out for the season? Not that they were legit contenders, but Phoenix is done.

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 2:20 pm

That is too bad about Amare. Always hate to see an exciting player out like that.

Feanor · Post by **Feanor** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 2:29 pm

Terrible news.

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/ar ... reeye.html

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 2:29 pm

Amare will be back in 5 weeks...bet on it. Goggles and all. Idiot didn't continue to wear his goggles after tearing his iris in the preseason. That was obviously stupid.

But the Suns were done when they hired TP at the beginning of the season. Now they are REALLY done. Maybe they can make the playoffs and do some damage, but I'm not counting on that.

What a week...