NBA Rumors Thread

[ZoneBlitz]

Rockets will sign Marc Gasol to a max-contract offer sheet and are working on a sign and trade with Memphis.

If the Chris Paul trade had gone down, Marc Gasol would've been reunited with his brother Pau in Houston.

[godspeed]

A little relieved if the Clippers match the Warriors offer sheet to DeAndre Jordan. Just hate paying that much for a big man, just because its the going market rate for a big man.

Beans has a fresh start this year, he put on weight, apparantly looks real good in the off season and feels refershed with a new start, a new coach who he likes, thinking he might be able to finally meet potential.

[EmpireWF]

Broussard says Clippers will part with either Eric Gordon or the unprotected 2012 Twolves first round pick for Paul.

[calgaryballer]

If it's an 'or' it has to be the unprotected pick right? What good is getting Paul if you lose a Top 5 SG?

[Point Blank]

Kobe upset about Odom trade.

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/7341879/los-angeles-lakers-kobe-bryant-talks-losing-lamar-odom-it

[TheImmortalGoud]

If it's an 'or' it has to be the unprotected pick right? What good is getting Paul if you lose a Top 5 SG?

They have the best shot to resign Paul, and If I'm the Clippers, I'd rather have Paul.

[Juggernaut]

Odom is a steal for the Mavs. Amazing deal for them. Gonna help them with the lose of Chandler.

[Diivox]

Odom is a steal for the Mavs. Amazing deal for them. Gonna help them with the lose of Chandler.

serious upgrade for a team that is still trying to win now while nowitzki is still around.

ive got alot of love for Odom, he's like the one Laker i really liked.

[Juggernaut]

serious upgrade for a team that is still trying to win now while nowitzki is still around.

ive got alot of love for Odom, he's like the one Laker i really liked.

And they got him for what, a late 1st round pick? What a steal.

[s@ppisgod]

To the guys hating on the NBA: The "super teams" generate fan interest. Last season NBA ratings went sky high due to Lebron James & Chris Bosh signing with Miami. The Micheal Jordan era made the league extremely popular, even though it was just the Bulls dominating everyone else. Elite teams are what generate the most ratings & interest. The NBA would never work with the NFL parity model.

The Bulls dominated because they were pretty arguably the best team of all time in 98 led by the best player ever. Not because small market teams were relegated to farm systems and decimated by their best players leaving. Imagine if Reggie Miller or David Robinson left for Utah or Chicago or Seattle. Instead of making their small market teams interesting and competitive. At any point during their dominance, Orlando had Shaq, Houston had Hakeem, NY had Ewing, Seattle had Sonic Boom, Philly/Phoenix had Barkley.

There is such a thing as too much of a good thing. People got interested in the Heat because they were freakishly talented and people were hoping someone would knock them off. It's different when more and more teams like that start popping up and there's about 18-20 teams that just don't matter at all. You water down the product when these guys are pretty much encouraged to do this and leave teams like Cleveland, New Orleans, Denver, and Toronto to wallow in obscurity. It's good for the ratings of the finals and the big match-ups, but what about for the attendance of about 15 markets when the Heat aren't in town. Think anybody wants to go see a T-Wolves/Cavs game or a Rockets/Raptors game or a Nuggets/Bobcats game or a 76ers/Hornets game when Paul inevitably leaves or a Magic/Pistons game when Howard leaves? You say the NBA is driven by star power, but when your're adding stars to teams that are already contenders and have stars, you're condensing the # of teams that can really make money moreso than it was before the lockout when owners were saying they weren't making much of a profit.
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[EmpireWF]

The Bulls dominated because they were pretty arguably the best team of all time in 98 led by the best player ever. Not because small market teams were relegated to farm systems and decimated by their best players leaving. Imagine if Reggie Miller or David Robinson left for Utah or Chicago or Seattle. Instead of making their small market teams interesting and competitive. At any point during their dominance, Orlando had Shaq, Houston had Hakeem, NY had Ewing, Seattle had Sonic Boom, Philly/Phoenix had Barkley.

There are stars all over the league but only a few have a collection of them.

Boston - Big 3 (KG, Pierce, Allen)
Nets - Deron Williams
Knicks - Melo & Amare
76ers - n/a
Raptors - n/a

Bulls - DRose
Cavaliers - n/a
Pistons - n/a
Pacers - Granger
Bucks - n/a (Bogut?)

Hawks - Josh Smith & Al Horford
Bobcats - n/a
Heat - Big 3 (LBJ, Wade, Bosh)
Magic - Dwight Howard
Wizards - John Wall

Mavericks - Nowitzki
Rockets - n/a
Grizzlies - Randolph & Gay?
Hornets - CP3
Spurs - Duncan, Ginobli

Nuggets - n/a
TWolves - Kevin Love
Thunder - Kevin Durant & Russell Westbrook
Blazers - LaMarcus Aldridge
Jazz - n/a

Warriors - Steph Curry & Monta Ellis (David Lee a step below)
Clippers - Blake Griffin
Lakers - Kobe & Gasol
Suns - Steve Nash
Kings - n/a (tyreke evans?)

[Warner2BruceTD]

To the guys hating on the NBA: The "super teams" generate fan interest. Last season NBA ratings went sky high due to Lebron James & Chris Bosh signing with Miami. The Micheal Jordan era made the league extremely popular, even though it was just the Bulls dominating everyone else. Elite teams are what generate the most ratings & interest. The NBA would never work with the NFL parity model.

Yeah, because that model has worked out so badly for the NFL. Struggling for fan interest, they are.

And tell the 20 or so owners that lose money every year that Super Teams are great for the league.

For all of the talk of how resurgent the NBA was last season, that was largely for aesthetic reasons and slightly increased TV ratings. When 2/3 of the teams are losing money, there is a problem.

Super Teams are great for ESPN, TNT, ABC, and the Super Teams. That's it.

[Warner2BruceTD]

To the guys hating on the NBA: The "super teams" generate fan interest. Last season NBA ratings went sky high due to Lebron James & Chris Bosh signing with Miami. The Micheal Jordan era made the league extremely popular, even though it was just the Bulls dominating everyone else. Elite teams are what generate the most ratings & interest. The NBA would never work with the NFL parity model.

And I would like you to explain why this wouldn't work. Not just an NFL model with a hard cap and revenue sharing, but any model that featured a hard cap & free agent compensation, and took the power away from the players to basically do whatever the fuck they want with impunity in terms of basically telling owners to fuck themselves while they decide where & who they want to play with?

[Mogriffjr]

Paul to the paper clips almost done

Kaman, aminu, Bledsoe and a 1st rounder (twolves one) for paul

[Point Blank]

Barea to the TWolves
David West signs with the Pacers

Nice pickups for both teams. Also nice to see the Clippers grabbing Paul, they have a nice squad.