I knew that name sounded familiar. He went to my high school

Didn't he land the real gem of that HS team..... Cookie Belcher?

Nope he went to Nebraska.

What a HS team. Belcher, Lue, and King.

Supposedly the jazz are offering a hell of a deal for #1. Favors, Burks, and #5.

DANNY NEE >

LeBron opts out, becomes free agent. Shocker. Let the title-chasing begin...again.

you went to Raytown?

BIG UP TO RAYTOWN!

Lue went to Raytown.

Of course, if he didn't do it, some hater like yourself would no doubt have called him complacent with losing and not having the drive to win titles. There's no winning with some (unless he goes to your Bulls, then you'll love it).

No. He's a title-chasing- tool wherever he goes. He's already proven that...You don't have to be a hater to call it what it is. However, you do have to be pretty ignorant not to believe its part of his thought process...:hmmm:

Dumb.

He's coming back to Cleveland. He said they couldn't get more pieces with him there. He could have completely bailed but he did a sign and trade so Cleveland could get two extra first and second round picks from Miami.

Irving- All Star
James- legend
Waiters- potential all star
Bennett - last years number one
Wiggins/Parker - all star
Thompson - solid player drafted #4 overall

Cleveland will be loaded

I wonder if he will just take a pay cut to bring more talent to Miami.

LMAO

Classic Rust. And why wouldn't Cleveland offer the same sign/trade gesture to Miami?

Thompson and Bennett are awful, btw.

consider the source

if you would go to the other thread you would know that its all about money with him.


or attention.


or chasing titles that he cant win on his own.


or he's a douche.

I think it's all about winning titles with him. If it were about legacy he wouldn't be team jumping to get those titles because he shitting all over his legacy doing that.

what was the salary cap situation when Jordan, bird, Johnson, Thomas, etc, were winning their titles?

I don't remember, but salaries back then weren't that big of a deal. I do remember how everyone freaked when Canseco made a whopping 3 million a year because athletes shouldn't be making that much money LMAO

I was just wondering if it was easier to put a team around a super star.

Much easier today.

So good I must post it twice. LMAO

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what makes you think that? just curious.

A lot more players switching teams.

How'd that work out for ya....?

Thompson isn't awful. He's not an all star by anymeans, but he's not bad.

Bennett showed some flashes. I remember a stretch where he had to star because the starter got hurt and he got a double double all those games and we won. But the stater came back and Bennett went back to the bench.

Mike Brown is just god awful and hates playing young guys.

Bennett didn't deserve to go number one, but no one did. Similar to the Tyson Jackson situation, but I think Bennett can be better than that. Actually the Cavs are pretty similar to the Chiefs. Loaded with young talant just needed a better coach to show it.

Especially if James does return. James and Irving would open things up big time for guys like Bennett to explode. Waiters actually outplayed Irving most of the year too. He's just not nearly as flashy.

I hope LeBron goes to the Cavs but I don't see it happening. They are taking pay cuts and staying IMO.

Carter-Williams and Oladipo were both much better than Bennett. I really don't care if the team had Waiters or not.

If New York could get rid of his contract, I imagine they would immediately.

Why didn't the Mavs keep Olynyk?

Anthony Bennett had exactly two double doubles - one against Philly and the other against Sacramento.

He ****ing sucked all ****ing year.

And what do you mean "open things up for Bennett." Dude consistently took and airballed wide open threes all year. He didn't need anyone to open anything up for him, because teams just let him shoot. You could beat the Cavs last year with four players as long as Bennett was on the floor.

Still going to lose to the Spurs in the playoffs next year though.

Glad to hear they are listening to me. :)
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Oladipo would have been the smart pick, or take a flyer on Noel. But the Cavs are dumbasses so what do you expect.

Oh man, a middle round pick. What a pitch.

Bennett was a rookie who everyone knew needed time. He was late to start because he was rehabbing his shoulder. More than anything, it was clear that his biggest problem by a mile was conditioning. He was getting gassed literally after five minutes on the floor, if even that. It was a terrible pick but give him a true offseason and I'm sure he will be at least a contributor. Way too soon for anyone to write the book on him.

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ROFLROFL

Honest question - which year was worst for first overall picks?

2007
Greg Oden
Jamarcus Russel

2013
Anthony Bennett
Eric Fisher

Chris grant was a disaster. But griffin seems to have his head on straight. The cavs will have two bonafide superstars in kyrie and whomever they take at #1. I think waiters needs to be traded but he's excellent depth and who knows, maybe blatt can get he and kyrie to play together. They also could get strong depth in exchange for jack and varejao. And in moving these guys, they free up money to land someone huge in free agency.

I think they should trade out of the first pick. Holy hell, if they trade down to Orlando, they could end up with Affalo,embiid, and the 12 where they can land someone like randle. If you pitch to lebron that his supporting cast will be kyrie, affalo, randle, embiid with waiters, Bennett, Tristan Thompson as your depth guys, that's a pretty interesting supporting cast.

I dare you to actually look at Anthony Bennett's game log. It's amazing.

http://espn.go.com/nba/player/gamelo...nthony-bennett

LeBron is staying in Miami. I really don't see him going anywhere else.

Napier would be a top 10 pick if he was 6'5 instead of 6'0. Instead he would be excellent replacement for that bum Mario Chalmers.

That bum has a high school, college, and NBA championship.

2007.

But he got all those double doubles...
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Other than the idea that they're hanging their hopes on a bunch declining veterans and their owner thinks the way to woo him back is to trade up for Napier?

I don't know how anyone can compare a year with two outrageous busts to two guys who are only going into their second year. I think Fisher and Bennett have more than a good chance of at least being contributing players.

I like Napier. If OKC uses picks he's a player I'd be ok with.

Not sure how I feel about that Mavs/Knicks deal. If Chandler doesn't stay healthy it's terrible for the Mavs. I hate Felton ' s pudgy ass.

Good job, good effort!

Knicks need a new center? Asik is be available. Just get Melo to agree to a S/T. Never was a huge fan of Anthony, but the offense in Houston would be fun to watch.

Really? Does anyone think the Rockets bringing in Melo makes any sense?

Harden and Melo both hold onto the ball. Dwight Howard bitched when he wasn't getting the ball in the post because Harden hogs the ball. At some point, Morey has to stop this silly idea of stockpiling players who don't at all play well with each other and start building a team concept. Morey needs to admit he made a huge mistake with Lin and Asik, has to try to salvage the relationship with Harden and Howard, and I just don't see how Melo accomplishes any of that.

I don't really get worked up about the FAs. It's probably more likely they get Bosh,Lowry, or nobody. Just interesting to think about

We took them to Game 7 without Chandler.

MAVS GOING BACK TO THE FINALS

FTR, I don't believe DH has complained about touches in Houston. He seems happy.

Felton lol

I think these guys make a lot more sense. I just feel like with Melo, you'd have a ton of people just standing around holding the ball. This is actually a pretty perfect environment for a player like Bosh.

That video was depressing. The steal and breakaway when he tried to finger roll and came up short off the front rim.....good lord. This guy was a monster at UNLV on that type of play. There were comps to Larry Johnson.

I'm going to give Bennett another year or two before I completely give up on him. Injured shoulder to begin the season and Mike Brown is a lot to overcome. :D

so the Mavs covet a guy they should have never let walk in the first place on a one year deal with diminished skills and more injury problems

makes sense

Not like he's starting.

Bro.

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do you even have another PG on the roster? dont even say monta ellis is a full time PG because any Warriors fan will tell you thats a disaster

Big salary comes off the books for next season's free agency so they can land LaMarcus Aldridge, a Dallas native, next year.

Felton will be the Mavs starting point guard unless they get somebody else.

Play with Ray Felton

or

Play with Damien Lillard

hmm tough decision

Confidence
Conditioning
Motivation

Mike Brown was shitty at motivating. That made it harder for him conditioning from an already uphill battle of losing so much conditioning time in rehab. And the combination of the two led to him holding on to his knees 2 minutes into the game, loafing on defense, and playing with no confidence.

Shitty pick. Too much of a tweener and probably will never be good at defense. But way too soon to call him a bust. He will probably show up in much better condition, be motivated under a better coach, and you'd hope that translates into confidence.

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Morey must feel good about his FA chances. Picked up a 2015 first rounder (probably 10-18 range)

Didn't they have him traded to New Orleans last year as well?

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Broussard with nonsense

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Broussard is saying Kendrick Perkins to the Heat. LMAO

Napier, Perkins...

Championships

#trustInRiley

I guess that means it is official Lebron is leaving the Heat.

How does Broussard still have a job?