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Mediumcore wrote: View PostOff topic, but does anyone follow Mark Cuban on twitter? I would really like to know his thoughts on the Howard trade.
It's a bit of a joke now, how players want to gang up rather than actually win on their own, back in the days of Magic, Larry, Isaiah, Michael, Dominique, the Glide, the Dream, the Mailman, etc... you knew the face of each franchise and associated the star player with that team, for the long-term.
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CalgaryRapsFan wrote: View PostI hate the fact that the league seemed to cave on the CBA negotiations last year... it's pretty obvious that the deep pocketed, big city franchises will never have much concern with luxury tax! Between Miami, NYK and now LAL, I think this is just adding to the rationale behind a true hard cap in the next CBA, to make the NBA more on par with the NHL and NFL.
It's a bit of a joke now, how players want to gang up rather than actually win on their own, back in the days of Magic, Larry, Isaiah, Michael, Dominique, the Glide, the Dream, the Mailman, etc... you knew the face of each franchise and associated the star player with that team, for the long-term.
The Lakers got Nash through sign and trade. Tax payers will never be permitted to do that again after this summer.
The history of the Knicks (and Blazers for that matter) shows that spending big guarantees nothing.
Howard is not signing an extension in LA so this could back fire on the Lakers (although I don't think that is likely). Also the window for LA is 2-3 seasons with the new "BIG 4".... lol - "I see your Big 3 and raise you a Big Middle Finger, Miami."
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Once you have played for the lakers you don't want to leave. Dwight will be the face of the franchise when kobe calls it a day.
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Dwight will get the maximum money by re-signing for them.Last edited by draftedraptor; Fri Aug 10, 2012, 01:32 PM.
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Mediumcore wrote: View PostOff topic, but does anyone follow Mark Cuban on twitter? I would really like to know his thoughts on the Howard trade.
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CalgaryRapsFan wrote: View PostI hate the fact that the league seemed to cave on the CBA negotiations last year... it's pretty obvious that the deep pocketed, big city franchises will never have much concern with luxury tax! Between Miami, NYK and now LAL, I think this is just adding to the rationale behind a true hard cap in the next CBA, to make the NBA more on par with the NHL and NFL.
It's a bit of a joke now, how players want to gang up rather than actually win on their own, back in the days of Magic, Larry, Isaiah, Michael, Dominique, the Glide, the Dream, the Mailman, etc... you knew the face of each franchise and associated the star player with that team, for the long-term.
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CalgaryRapsFan wrote: View PostHe might actually be thrilled! Apparently Howard has no intentions of signing an extension with LA, so that he can become a UFA after the season. Dallas is the only team from his original three teams that will actually have the cap space to sign him next season, so he could very well become a 1-year rental for LA, before becoming a Mav.
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CalgaryRapsFan wrote: View PostHe might actually be thrilled! Apparently Howard has no intentions of signing an extension with LA, so that he can become a UFA after the season. Dallas is the only team from his original three teams that will actually have the cap space to sign him next season, so he could very well become a 1-year rental for LA, before becoming a Mav.
They can both sign 3 year, $60M dollar extensions now or wait 1 year and sign a 5-year, $100M extension (like Deron Williams did) with current new teams or sign for 4 years and $80M somewhere else.
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Matt52 wrote: View PostHe is going to become an UFA for the same reason that Bynum is going to do the same in Philly.
They can both sign 3 year, $60M dollar extensions now or wait 1 year and sign a 5-year, $100M extension (like Deron Williams did) with current new teams or sign for 4 years and $80M somewhere else.
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Hugmenot wrote: View PostWilson Chandler is an average quality starter, when healthy. Amir Johnson is a good bench player.
I think it will take far more than a 2nd round pick to sweeten the deal before Denver even consider such a trade.
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