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Jsmurf · « **Reply #1940 on:** January 20, 2008, 03:18:37 AM »

kwame....

daigong · « **Reply #1941 on:** January 25, 2008, 10:20:35 AM »

DUDE!! How bad are the Lakers missing Bynum. They coulda used his big ass against Duncan and the traveling Suns. How about after he dropped a F-BOMB on national TV

[youtube=425,350]yY7xAF4XKS4[/youtube]

Shaq ain't starting in the all star game. And now he's out 2 weeks too. Here are your starters:

A.I., Kobe, Melo, Duncan and Yao will throw down for the West.
Kidd, D-Wade, LeBron, K.G. and Dwight Howard will represent the East.

RatBastich · « **Reply #1942 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:19:39 PM »

The growing feeling among league executives that the Dallas Mavericks are the most likely winners in the Jason Kidd trade sweepstakes is even stronger now.

Reason being: Within 24 hours of Kidd saying that it's time for him and the New Jersey Nets "all to move on" in separate directions, New Jersey and Dallas engaged in advanced trade discussions with Portland on a three-way deal that would land Kidd back with the team that drafted him in 1994.

Such a trade would involve at least a dozen players, cash sweeteners and future draft picks. In a breakdown of the most noteworthy principles, Portland would land Mavericks guard Devin Harris and possibly Mavs forward Brandon Bass, New Jersey would receive draft and financial considerations, Dallas' Jerry Stackhouse and a trio of young prospects from Portland (Travis Outlaw, Channing Frye and Jarrett Jack) while the Mavericks would score Kidd.

Gotta wonder if this 3 way deal is gonna go thru.

jChu* · « **Reply #1943 on:** February 01, 2008, 03:34:32 AM »

The All-Star reserves are up on NBA.com

East:

Guards: Chauncey Billups, Richard Hamilton, Joe Johnson
Forwards: Caron Butler, Antawn Jamison, Paul Pierce
Center: Chris Bosh

West:

Guards: Steve Nash, Chris Paul, Brandon Roy
Forwards: Carlos Boozer, Dirk Nowitzki, David West
Center: Amaré Stoudemire

jChu* · « **Reply #1944 on:** February 01, 2008, 11:56:46 PM »

Lakers Acquire Gasol From Grizzlies

So Lakers get Pau Gasol and second round draft in 2010 in exchange for Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton, guard Aaron McKie, draft rights to Marc Gasol and first round picks in 2008 and 2010. Great trade for the Lakers!!!

Bye bye Kwame!!

Reanimation · « **Reply #1945 on:** February 02, 2008, 12:02:31 AM »

see ya kwame. cant afford any more boos from the fans, especially at staples.

RatBastich · « **Reply #1946 on:** February 02, 2008, 12:18:08 AM »

^
^
Now thats some surprising news.
Can Kobe co-exist with another star player on the team, since Gasol was the go-to guy at the Grizz.

Yea, Kwame was an albatross for the Lakers.
Gonna be interesting to see how it all adds up in the West now, especially if that other 3 way deal gets done with Mavs, Nets, and Blazers.

Jsmurf · « **Reply #1947 on:** February 02, 2008, 01:02:58 AM »

grizzlies got raped, how did mitch pull this off
when bynum gets back, lakers are gonna be pretty scary

grizzlies also get draft rights for gasol's brother mark

daigong · « **Reply #1948 on:** February 04, 2008, 09:34:16 AM »

Wow. I still can't believe Lakers got Gasol. Jerry West be doing his jedi mind gangsta tricks again!! WAY TO GO LOGO!

There's ur answer Jsmurf. ONCE A LAKER, ALWAYS A LAKER!

But with all the injuries (Luke, Mihm, Bynum) and a hella lon road trip. Gasol will fit in nicely.

Gotta love Phil Jackson. “We expect Pau to lead us to a championship immediately,” Jackson said, straight-faced. “We’re going to win 25 in a row.” Lakers still rolled up the Wiz. Who's next? Nets!

When's the trading deadline? I ain't feeling the J-Kidd deal. Dallas is hurting, but they gonna give up too much of the future/depth to get em.

Jsmurf · « **Reply #1949 on:** February 04, 2008, 05:11:37 PM »

Quote from: daigong on February 04, 2008, 09:34:16 AM

There's ur answer Jsmurf. ONCE A LAKER, ALWAYS A LAKER!

so true. Lakers FO couldn't have pulled this off without any help. WEST!

i was surprised the Grizzlies didn't take Odom. Mitch offered but they didn't want him
they practically just gave us Gasol. Western conference GM's are pissed

I don't think we need Kidd. Fish and Farmar should get the job done..
and we'll get to keep Odom, making us the biggest/tallest front court in the NBA (Twin Towers + Odom)

RatBastich · « **Reply #1950 on:** February 04, 2008, 05:50:27 PM »

The Memphis Side of the Story

February 1, 2008 8:27 PM

Memphis-based Chris Vernon is one hell of a radio host. Hilarious and crazy dude. He has a bright future.

He also just had Grizzlies' GM Chris Wallace on his show to tell the tale of the Pau Gasol trade.

Wallace has long been a refreshingly candidly interview. He says, for instance, that Marc Gasol "has emerged as a real force in European basketball ... that I believe would have been a first-round pick this year."

On his three-headed point-guard situation with Mike Conley, Jr., Kyle Lowry, and Javaris Crittenton: "We're gonna lock these three guys in a room and see which two emerge, and then we'll trade somebody at some point."

He also adds that the 2008 pick is top-three protected and the 2010 pick is top-six.

TrueHoop reader Sean first let me know about this interview, and points out that if you believe what Wallace says about Marc Gasol, then essentially the Grizzlies got four first-rounders, and a mountain of cap space, for Pau Gasol.

From ESPN.com

RatBastich · « **Reply #1951 on:** February 06, 2008, 06:02:27 PM »

OAKLAND, Calif. -- He still looks terrific in a suit. Say that for Chris Webber. The man who took over the interview room at the Oracle Arena on Friday evening could have walked right out of a GQ ad. Instead, Webber walked, nicely coiffed, into a fair mass of uncertainty.

It was uncertain, for example, exactly what prompted the soon-to-be 35-year-old into a delayed reunion with Warriors coach Don Nelson. Webber doesn't need the money; he has plenty of other business and personal interests; and the Warriors, with or without Webber, do not constitute the deepest threat in the Western Conference in this NBA season. No ring in sight, now that we mention it.

Or, as Nelson himself said when asked about the Lakers' pickup of Pau Gasol earlier in the day, "That's a big-time move there, huh? I don't think we're gonna top that one."

Webber a Warrior once again.

daigong · « **Reply #1952 on:** February 08, 2008, 09:59:08 AM »

Mannn C-Webb is back. Who'd thunk?

The trades going down. I don't think Kidd will go anywhere. who wants him? Not anyone in the west.

Shiiit Kobe's pinky is hurting. Dude will play thru it tho, unlike LBJ. STeve Nash and Kobe got his deal, where's my deal?? whines LEbron.

Kidd to Cleveland = title. LBJ says: "Yeah, it's that easy." What an idiot. Next Jordan? Next Magic? Whatever man, he doesn't have heart. Mister 4th quarter fuck that shit too. Try to make a fuckin free throw.

RatBastich · « **Reply #1953 on:** February 08, 2008, 06:12:09 PM »

Heat's new look in limbo as team awaits physicals for Marion, Banks

PHILADELPHIA -- The Miami Heat are stuck in the post-Shaq and pre-Shawn Marion era at least for a few more days.

Marion and Marcus Banks, acquired Wednesday in a blockbuster trade with the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Shaquille O'Neal, were not in uniform for Miami's game against Philadelphia on Thursday night.

Heat coach Pat Riley said Marion and Banks were undergoing the first parts of their physicals. The test are expected to carry over into Friday. Riley said he hoped to meet with the pair in the afternoon and maybe introduce the two later in the day.

Marion will likely make his Heat debut on Sunday against the Los Angeles Lakers.

Jsmurf · « **Reply #1954 on:** February 14, 2008, 12:39:55 AM »

so Kidd finally got his ass out of New Jersey

*oh shizz, former Laker Deavon George may have blocked this trade

so its possible they might replace George with somebody else

RatBastich · « **Reply #1955 on:** February 15, 2008, 03:43:19 AM »

Sources: Kidd's trade to Mavs could still happen, but may require Van Horn

The trade to return Jason Kidd to the Dallas Mavericks remained in limbo Thursday, with no clear indication that Mavericks reserve forward Devean George is planning to rescind his right to block the deal.

Yet at least two sources close to the process remained optimistic that the deal will be completed -- either in its original or a substitute form -- before the NBA's annual trading deadline, which falls next Thursday at 3 p.m. ET. Sources say George's agent, Mark Bartelstein, and New Jersey Nets president Rod Thorn were in talks Thursday to clarify the Nets' plans for George, with Thorn hoping to convince Bartelstein and his 30-year-old client to abandon their resistance.

The injury-hit Mavericks were still planning to start George later Thursday against Phoenix in the league's final game before the All-Star break, despite George's refusal to be included in the seven-player blockbuster Dallas agreed to with New Jersey to reacquire Kidd, who shared NBA Rookie of the Year honors with Suns forward Grant Hill in 1995.

After informing the Mavericks that he wouldn't give his consent to be thrown into a Kidd deal
-- a right afforded George via an obscure league rule affecting certain players with one-year contracts -- George suggested late Wednesday in Dallas that he was open to changing his mind.

Seems like this trade just might possibly still go through, but IMO, the Mavs are gutting themselves of good talent just to get Kidd, which won't exactly mean all too much in a stacked Western Conf.

RatBastich · « **Reply #1956 on:** February 15, 2008, 07:19:08 PM »

Sources: Stackhouse's hint at return to Big D raises eyebrows

Devean George's refusal to consent to being traded to the New Jersey Nets is not the only hindrance to the Jason Kidd-to-Dallas deal, according to several league sources.

Although there has been no public comment from the NBA on the matter, sources say that league officials are not pleased with Jerry Stackhouse's brazen announcement that he would soon return for a Mavericks playoff run if traded to New Jersey.

"I get 30 days to rest, then I'll be right back,'' Stackhouse told The Associated Press on Wednesday in response to the proposed trade. "I ain't going nowhere."

Stackhouse is referring to the widely reported assumption that New Jersey would immediately buy him out of his contract, which would allow him to re-sign with another team. Stackhouse's preference is to return to Dallas, but according to league rules he'd have to wait at least 30 days.

Stackhouse is such a fucking idiot that he opens mouth and inserts foot, although its not the first time he's ever done that.
All he had to do was keep his big trap shut, and it might've gone the way he had wanted it to, so he could return to the Mavs if the Nets did waive him, after 30 days that is.

Reanimation · « **Reply #1957 on:** February 17, 2008, 04:10:41 AM »

celebrity allstar game, chris tucker omg.

Daniel Gibson won Rookie game mvp with 11 3's.

D-league game, so dumb

Jason Kapono repeats 3 point shootout.

all of Dwight Howard's dunks were original and SICKKKK.

RatBastich · « **Reply #1958 on:** February 17, 2008, 11:31:36 PM »

Sev · « **Reply #1959 on:** February 19, 2008, 12:53:04 AM »

Just watched the slam dunk contest and the All-star game (i had to wait for torrents, they're never gonna show the good stuff on TV here, dicks). Wtf Howard, how you do it man? How you fucking do it?!

Game was pretty darn good too. Thrilling all the way to the end. And my boy did well. I'm proud of him. Ya'll should watch it for sure if you haven't.