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NBA Season 2009-2010
- Thread starter franky
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i'm hearing laker fans saying bynum/gasol eat Zydrunas for lunch. am i missing something here? when has gasol or bynum ever had a good game against him?
I'm sure the Lakers bigs have had a few good games against big Z, but I don't ever remember him being a "weak point" on the Cavs in that matchup. Other than Howard I think Z is at least a decent matchup against most of the centers in this league. He'll slow the team down when he's on the court, but his presence and length can't be ignored, and his outside shot is underestimated. I still feel like the Heat need another decent big man (preferably one that's a litter rougher than Z), but this was a great pickup and cements this team as a threat even further.
You imply as if I said the Bulls won't be a better team with the addition of Carlos Boozer and Korver.
All I said was the additions don't make the Bulls an elite team.
The rotations by the Bulls should almost certainly improve with the addition of Thibodeau. Make no mistake, the Bulls are definitely a better team now than they were last season, but they're still a ways from being a legit contending team.
Also, the bad defense and meh offense comment was directed solely at Boozer, not at the entire team. His defense isn't going to suddenly become amazing just because their coach is Thibodeau and his offense is still meh against good teams. I got the feeling that's why you even bothered to post, seeing as it makes almost no sense as a direct response to what I posted.
Gonna get my opinions on the past few moves later.
if they get some shooting at the sg/sf positions, I think they could be an elite team. potentially.
Suns trade Barbosa and some dude I didn't even know we had (Dwayne Jones?) for Hedo Turkoglu...what the FUCK?! We're giving up our best 6th man/easily starter material/fan favorite guard for some fucking forward? When we already have how many forwards, not counting the 2 we just drafted?
Why why FUCKING why? I wonder if it wouldn't be too traitorous to hop on the Miami bandwagon for the next 5 years...
Why why FUCKING why? I wonder if it wouldn't be too traitorous to hop on the Miami bandwagon for the next 5 years...
Leandro doesn't fit the new playstyle at all, he can't play defense against the other SGs in the league and with the emergence of the Dragon he can't play PG, Leandro wasn't even the best player on the bench last year, Dudley, Lou, Dragic, Frye, were all better off the bench, he was barely in the rotation and with Childress now assuming the backup SG role he was the odd man out. Yes he had good years, but he no longer fits the current Suns dynamic and it was time to let him go.
one could say they were kicked right in the redick
lol suns organization.
yeh how about how they traded Luol Deng/let Joe Johnson walk/ trading Rondo for scraps?
Deng was traded due to a prior agreement with the Bulls that included a second round pick, a future first rounder and $3 million in cash for Deng.
Rondo was traded with Brian Grant for a future first rounder.
Joe Johnson left because he wanted to be the man and the Suns gave in and got Diaw and 2 first rounders out of it.
All of these moves had reasons behind them, not just "money," and the Suns got something out of each one, if you want to talk about pure money moves, Rudy Fernandez was traded for just cash in 2007 and Sergio Rodriguez was traded for cash in 2006. The biggest money move was Kurt Thomas, 2008 first rounder, 2010 first rounder to the Sonics for a conditional second rounder and an $8 million trade exception. Rondo was an unknown until the big three in Boston were formed, so none of these moves were "bad," and the Suns didn't even miss a beat without Joe Johnson and the Hawks ended up overpaying to keep him.
And despite the Suns image of being cheap, they have been paying the luxury tax for years now and despite making moves what people call bad or puzzling, they still manage to make the playoffs consistently and even the WCF last year despite people writing them off. The Suns organization is far from the worst, go look at the Timberwolves, Clippers, 76ers, Warriors, etc, and you will find organizations that can't hold a candle to the Suns in terms of making good moves and fielding a winning team year in and year out.
great piece on the entire lebron to miami saga: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AoElTeUz7rnHELkRnZOt8Cq8vLYF?slug=aw-heatfreeagency071610
If Lebron has any brains hes got to get rid of his entire entourage and guys like Maverick Carter. Carter was the brains behind "The Decision", which just led Lebron to be hated more. Now Carter is making Lebron look even worse with the whole scandal behind the 10k Lebron Jersey necklace that an Akron woman bought for 5 dollars at a yard sale 4 years ago.
Also, it just seems more and more that plans of these 3 joining forces have been planned out since the Summer Olympics. Honestly this just makes it worse for Lebron as it becomes more obvious his heart was always set on leaving Cleveland to combine with these 2, which means he basically put on a show just to waste everybody's time in the end
Lastly Loki, I think this one paragraph from that article best sums up Lebron's free agency
"Chicago officials never directly requested Rose to reach out with a call, and the young point guard felt James could’ve always reached out to him had he wanted to discuss the possibility of playing together. James needed to be courted, needed to be wooed and apparently it surprised him there was a star who wasn’t falling over himself to do that."
but they still don't go past expectations or anything..
do good in the regular season, choke in the post-season.
I will agree there's worse organizations out there, but for what it's worth Sarver is still a stingy bastard...I can't help but feel if Colangelo and D'Antoni were still here, we would have had a championship by now.
Colangelo? The same moron who's utterly screwed up everything in Toronto?
Rockets get Brad Miller, and there's rumors that we could cash in some of our players (honestly, we have 15 guranteed contracts, and everyone besides Jeffries and Andersen deserves playing time) for Iggy, with the deal proposed being Ariza+Jeffries+Hill+picks for Iggy and Jason Smith. We do that, I think we're clearly #2.
So the Heat's roster seems to be shaping up well. They got Haslem and Joel Anthony back, which gives them since depth (Anthony is a solid defensive center, not like the need more offense out there), got Big Z, and are in talks with Carlos Arroyo to get him back (who is a solid and smart PG, even though he lacks defensively). Not bad, they will clearly be one of the elites in the East, but we'll see how it goes in the playoffs.
if the heat lose, it will be at the 1 and 5 spots. somebody has to take advantage of them there.
I live 15 minutes from Philadelphia. I've watched Iggy since college both on TV and live. I owned him in a fantasy league.
The Houston Rockets DO NOT want Andre Igoudala. Please Morey, don't make the first mistake of your pristine career.
The Houston Rockets DO NOT want Andre Igoudala. Please Morey, don't make the first mistake of your pristine career.