Augustin signed with the Pistons.
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Awww...he was a good man. Hinrich in as backup PG then, Snell backing up Butlers endless minutes.
Hopefully Augustin can displace Jennings.
The Heat has finalized the main deals using all of their cap space and all the exceptions they have at their disposal.
This is how the Heat roster will look like next season:
Bosh
McRoberts
Deng
Wade
Chalmers
Haslem
Birdman
Granger
Cole
Napier
Ennis
And 4 more players for the veteran minimum.
This is how the Heat roster will look like next season:
Bosh
McRoberts
Deng
Wade
Chalmers
Haslem
Birdman
Granger
Cole
Napier
Ennis
And 4 more players for the veteran minimum.
Just watched Durant's MVP speech. Emotional stuff right there when he talks about his mother.
"You the real MVP".
"You the real MVP".
Stephenson accepts a 3 year, $27 million deal with Charlotte (according to sources).
Why?
Why?
Better BBQ than Indianapolis?
That's the only reason that I can think of. Indiana surely had enough cap space to accommodate that contract, no?
Deal supposedly agreed in Vegas, I'm thinking he lost to MJ in a poker game and signed
Was allegedly offered $44m over 5 years by Indiana.
That's about 200k per year difference, he must really want out of Pacers.
The only reason, and I can guarantee this, the only reason that Lance Stephenson is an NBA player right now is Larry Bird. No one else in the NBA wanted to give him a chance.
Obviously no loyalty in the game anymore.
Obviously no loyalty in the game anymore.
That being said, the Pacers may have dodged a bullet here, Lance is a head case and that's never going to chance.
Indy is George's team, the Pacers were never going to make Lance their marquee player, and a longer contract means less chance to make more money later.
I suspect his agent is looking to jump into a max deal after this 3 years deal is up, or sooner if there is a player option.
Nonsense.
Tell me all about his prospects, I didn't know you also followed his career from high school.
I don't have to. I'm not the one guaranteeing things. If no one else wanted him, the pacers wouldn't have bothered to use a pick on him. They would have signed him as an undrafted free agent.
Oh, someone would have put him on a summer league team.
But consider that even the Pacers didn't have interest in him, it was just Bird who believed in him and stuck by him when no one else in the league wanted him.
That's the word anyway, I didn't write the articles or conduct the interviews.
There's always hope you can go to Europe or the D-League and make a name for yourself. But Bird gave him a path to being a starter that no one else was interested in giving him.
And somehow Bird managed to convince him to listen, perhaps someone as successful as Bird was able to get through to him and convince him to sacrifice for the team.
But once he was in the All-Star conversation the wheels came off and Lance started talking about himself in the 3rd person.
I hope he can get the same sort of fit in Charlotte the had in Indy, I can see him easily becoming the next Stephen Jackson.
Do you really think he turned down $18 million guaranteed though? My guess is that he thought he could get more and when he realized he couldn't the pacers had already moved on and that offer was no longer on the table.
Could be, I haven't been keeping up on the rumors on this transfer, as I'm not really sure if we'd be better off with him or without him.
Obviously the Pacers will have to find someone else to bring in and that may take a season or two at least.
It's a tough call, if Stephenson had the mentality of Grant Hill you'd sign him to a max deal. The question is, what will you get from Stephenson?
It looks like no one was looking to take a gamble, I read the the Mavs wouldn't touch him.
With the Hornets he can be the main man, and Jordan has a history of signing up guys with weak mentalities (Kwame Brown, Adam Morrison, Gerald Wallace, Stephen Jackson (for a 7 pick no less), DeSagana Diop) so it's a match made in heaven.
I suspect that, without a coach demanding that Stephenson stay on the same page as everyone else at all times, Stephenson will languish.
Obviously the Pacers will have to find someone else to bring in and that may take a season or two at least.
It's a tough call, if Stephenson had the mentality of Grant Hill you'd sign him to a max deal. The question is, what will you get from Stephenson?
It looks like no one was looking to take a gamble, I read the the Mavs wouldn't touch him.
With the Hornets he can be the main man, and Jordan has a history of signing up guys with weak mentalities (Kwame Brown, Adam Morrison, Gerald Wallace, Stephen Jackson (for a 7 pick no less), DeSagana Diop) so it's a match made in heaven.
I suspect that, without a coach demanding that Stephenson stay on the same page as everyone else at all times, Stephenson will languish.
$26 million. Third year of his contract with Charlotte is a team option, only $18m is guaranteed.
I think he went for the shorter contract because he believes he's good enough to get a max contract once this current one ends, instead of being underpaid for an additional two years.
I know him from a basketball forum I post on, amazing to see how he has cultivated his contacts and grown over the years.
Nash last season as a player http://www.insidesocal.com/lakers/2014/07/28/steve-nash-confirms-this-will-be-his-last-nba-season/
so... Where do we expect love to go, also predictions for your eastern and western top 3's?
GSW.
West- Spurs, Clips, OKC
East- Cavs, Chicago(a lot depends on Rose), and I'm torn between Miami, Toronto and Washington. Actually after typing that, I'm not too sure on Bulls.
Pacers?
West: Spurs, Clippers, Thunder
East: Cavs, Pacers, Heat
Love will be traded to the Cavs.
I did forget about them to be honest. Cavs, Pacers and most likely Heat then. Fancy Washington or Bulls to run Heat close though.
I reckon Cavs have the best package for love, so based on that Cavs.
West: Spurs, thunder, Dallas (clippers will be there or there abouts, I just feel tyson chandler and Parsons will fit like a glove with dirk)
East: Cavs, Toronto, Bulls. (massively biased Raptors fan, and i'm certain the young core will continue its organic growth, theyve also had one of the better offseasons adding a ton of depth.)
West: Spurs, thunder, Dallas (clippers will be there or there abouts, I just feel tyson chandler and Parsons will fit like a glove with dirk)
East: Cavs, Toronto, Bulls. (massively biased Raptors fan, and i'm certain the young core will continue its organic growth, theyve also had one of the better offseasons adding a ton of depth.)
Durant vaguely hinting he might like to go to his hometown team next contract, to play with Wall and Beal in DC.
There's been a lot of Durant talk since LeBron made his decision to go back to Cleveland. For some reason I'm confident that Durant will stay in OKC. Although, they would want to win a championship soon. Predictions for top 3:
West: Spurs, OKC, Dallas
East: Cavs, Pacers, Bulls
Love to the Cavs seems imminent. Wolves should make sure that milk everything they can in this deal. Wiggins alone is not worth it at all.
Jesus that Paul George injury is awful. I would not reccomend looking for the video.
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Spoiler that a couple more times, just so people know what they are getting into.
I grabbed my foot whilst looking at that picture. feckin hell. Poor Paul George.
That was so hard to watch. Horrific. Hope he can recover and come back the same player.
That's his season gone, then?
Not gonna look at the injury.
Not gonna look at the injury.