The 2010-2011 NBA Thread

[Imperor]

What the hell is going on in Utah?

 

[PhilsFan]

The Jazz are crumbling and no one is noticing because of Jimmer?

Let's ask Scumbo.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

maybe deron should have listened to jerry sloan

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

wow i posted that before checking out espn.com... that's a hell of a deal for new jersey

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

okay on second thought it's a good deal for new jersey... but i'm still TBD.

they gave up a lot... favors could be a stud and that #1 pick will be a lottery pick. toss in harris and utah looks to be just fine. nets get williams, who's a bit of a malcontent and probably isn't going to be too thrilled about getting exiled to new jersey.

interesting... very surprising as well.

 

[Imperor]

Let's not forget that Williams is going to absolutely hate Avery. And he can't sign an extension before the CBA is up.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Jazz play-by-play announcer David Locke...

Deron Williams told me it was not his choice. He is stunned. Declined to do interview until he figures out what it all means.

 

[gump]

I'm pretty stunned right now.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

so is deron williams.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

The West is burning.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Crazy shit.

I really hope Deron gets over the immediate shock and is able to settle down and succeed in New Jersey (or Brooklyn, or Russia, or whatever the fuck). I'm sure he will.

Now, namkcur has me excited about the possibility of trading some late first round picks for a good young 2 guard. So, let's go do that shit. Today.

 

[Hewson]

This turns Mikhail Baryshnikov's team into serious contenders in the east...

 

[gump]

Is it me or these guys don't seem very happy?

 

[U2inUtah]

Crazy shit. They're saying Deron learned about the trade watching Sportcenter. Probably a decent move by the Jazz if Deron was going to leave in 2012 anyway. Get what they could for him now. It creates a log jam at PF with Jefferson, Millsap and now Favors, but the Jazz could have a potentially top-5 draft pick next year. Still, as a Jazz fan it hurts to trade away one of the best PG's in the NBA.

 

[LMP]

They'll have to give up Millsap or Kirilenko.

These Z-Bo to the Magic for Bass/Richardson rumors are too asinine to comprehend.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I'm hoping donnie is on the phone about one of utah's bigs as we speak.

Camelomania has gripped NYC

 

[PhilsFan]

It is not a good time to be a Sixers fan.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Philly has quietly put together a very good season considering the expectations going in.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

clyde broke out the tiger print for Carmelo AnthoNY

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

YouTube - Carmelo Anthony - I'm Coming Home New York Knicks Commercial

 

[Bluer White]

It's a gamble for the Nets. But I'm pretty impressed they forced NY to ante up a bit for Carmelo while having this Deron deal in their back pocket ready to go. No leaks before the trade either. The Russian gangster who owns the team isn't a fool.

The Nets will probably try to sell Williams on playing in Brooklyn and using their cap space to bring in a guy like Big Dwight to pair with Lopez.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

knicks will be rocking the throwbacks tonight

 

[PhilsFan]

Philly has quietly put together a very good season considering the expectations going in.

Which would have been nice had it not been for multiple East teams stacking up with much better players.

I am a Doug Collins fan, though.

 

[gump]

Headache, where's the big man we need to add to the pic in your signature?

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Hopefully hiding in europe somewhere to be found by donnie in the off season on the cheap

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Joakim's first game back?

10 rebounds and there are 3 minutes left in the 1st quarter.

 

[gump]

I haven't been this excited for a basketball game in a long, long time.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Chauncey billups.

 

[Hewson]

It's a gamble for the Nets. But I'm pretty impressed they forced NY to ante up a bit for Carmelo while having this Deron deal in their back pocket ready to go. No leaks before the trade either. The Russian gangster who owns the team isn't a fool.

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You're buying the BS story that this was the deal they were working on all along?
This was a knee jerk reaction to the Knicks landing a future hall of famer (and getting Anthony thrown in as well)...and the Nets got reamed in the deal.
In 2-3 years the Jazz are gonna look like geniuses assuming they don't blow the draft picks on Darko Milicic's 2 less talented (if that were possible)cousins.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

The nets and jazz both have pretty much said that this entire deal came together in the last 24 hours. If williams resigns and is able to convince another player to come with him to brooklyn then this will be looked upon as a great day in nets history...


...or williams could bolt in 2012, favors becomes a stud, and the unprotected pick they sent wins the lottery... in which case it would be a disaster of epic proportions, and one of the worst trades in basketball history.

Meanwhile, I feel like i'm watching derek harper out there