NBA Weekly Thoughts [2/18-2/24]

[Rudi]

[JimLeavy59]

[ralaw]

I'm watching this Jordan special and they are showing snippets of the 1992 playoffs. I miss those days. The NBA is nothing like that now. There was a toughness that was coupled with passion that you just don't see today. The Knicks hated the Bulls and the Bulls hated them.

[JimLeavy59]

Knicks are trash lol.

[DoubleDeuce]

Kyrie Irving is unbelievable... he has 18 of the last 20 Cavs points in the fourth quarter right (and a great pass to get Ellington to the free throw line for the other 2)

[Rudi]

Took over that game. :kyrie:

[Influence]

Pacers are good.

Fixed that for you

[DoubleDeuce]

Fixed that for you

It wasn't incorrect to start with..

Though your statement isn't either

[Rudi]

[DoubleDeuce]

Kobe Bryant is just 1-34 from 3-point land since January 21st...

What the fuck?

EDIT: Dwight Howard is actually shooting better from 3 than Kobe if you compare their last 34 attempts

[ralaw]

I really wish LA would trade Howard....I just don't trust the dude. Even if he stays he isn't the type of franchise player that will carry this team to championships...they are going to have to bring someone to play with him. I will say that it is pretty obvious that he hates Kobe too.

[ralaw]

Tony Parker didn't have to do Chris Paul like that.

[ralaw]

Does anyone know if Houston have cap space to sign Dwight Howard?

[EmpireWF]

Does anyone know if Houston have cap space to sign Dwight Howard?

They should. Houston I believe has the lowest payroll right now and they can save $9M by declining Garcia & Delfino team options in the off-season, plus Daequan Cook and Gary Forbes become free agents.

Say they can offer Dwight a deal which gives him $20M next year, the contracts on the book for '13-'14:

Harden - $13.6M
Lin - $5.2M
Asik - $5.2M
Robinson - $3.5M
Morris - $2M
White - $1.7M
Jones - $1.5M
Motiejunas - $1.4M
Parsons - $990k (team option)
Honeycutt - $900k (team option)
Smith - $880k (team option)

[ralaw]

Interesting. Howard has to be considering playing with them. I thought when they signed Lin and Asik they gave up their cap space, but I see they didn't. Daryl Morey seems to really know what he is doing. Harden and Howard would be pretty sick. Texas doesn't have an income tax either!!! Tom Penn was talking about how Howard could make more money playing in Texas over California.