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Rian · Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 1842

I doubt the Blazers go after Batum...but if they can't get anyone else to show up...they just might have to overpay Nick to keep status quo.

jdw · Site Admin Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 12688

Houston Rockets going hard after Dwight Howard dream

Howard + Richardson + Davis + Duhon

For:

Kevin Martin + Patrick Patterson + Marcus Morris + Chandler Parsons + draft rights to Jeremy Lamb & Royce White & Terrence Jones + multiple first-round picks to the Magic including a potential lottery pick acquired this week from Toronto in the Kyle Lowry deal

Glen Davis
2013: $6,400,000
2014: $6,400,000
2015: $6,600,000

Jason Richardson
2013: $5,799,625
2014: $6,204,250
2015: $6,601,125 (player option)

Chris Duhon
2013: $3,680,000
2014: $3,920,000

So then...

What in the hell do the Rockets put around Howard to try to win?

Those three plus Howard are $35,140,825 for this year. They wipe most of the rest of their roster clean and then sign...

Who? Mayo?

I'm just not getting this.

John

Rian · Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 1842

Jeremy Lin!!! They've bought the hype.

Still not believing the Phil Jackson to the Blazers Front Office stuff, no matter how hard Peter Vescey is pushing it.

Jeremy Billones · Joined: 07 Aug 2006 Posts: 523 Location: Alexandria, VA

Rian · Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 1842

Did Yao really make that much money for the Rockets as a franchise, or was it really the NBA itself that benefited?

jdw · Site Admin Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 12688

The NBA shares licensing revenue, so Yao/Lin T-Shirt Money would go into a big pot that everyone shares. People overestimate the amount of money that Yao brought directly into the Rockets: he brought it into the NBA.

All those shirts Lin sold put money into the NBA's pockets, not just the Knicks and Rockets.

John

Rian · Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 1842

That's what I thought, everyone got the coin from it. So the Knicks would get money from Lin no matter which team he plays for. Sure they would get a larger chunk of it if he was a Knick but they're not going to miss out either.

Rian · Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 1842

Blazers match Minny's offer for Batum. He's not worth anywhere near that $11 million a year. I guess Paul Allen had to win one over the T-Wolves but Brandon Roy's fate was already pre-determined.

jdw · Site Admin Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 12688

You have to love all these big contracts after the Owners were crying to the poorhouse in the lockout.

John

jdw · Site Admin Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 12688

Simmons on the off season:

Game of NBA Thrones, Part 1: With news coming from every corner of the basketball kingdom, it's time to hand out some awards

Game of NBA Thrones, Part 2: With news coming from every corner of the basketball kingdom, it's time to hand out another batch of awards

There's a lot of prime Lakers Hate in there. :) But it's also in a Game of Thrones riff, which if you haven't read the books or watched the TV series (like me) then you have to sift through a lot of stuff.

John

Rian · Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 1842

Blazers, Rockets, and Celtics traded a bunch of rubbish around in circles...don't think it means anything to really anyone but the GM's in all three cities.

*edit* I guess it was to keep Courtney Lee from heading to Minnesota, don't really care about which team he plays for so whatever...glad Paul Allen got his jollies off of that.

corrado · Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 2781 Location: LI

Lee trade was another win for the Celts. They continue to show that the loss of Ray Allen wont mean much to them.

I still think the East finals will be Celts/Heat. Bulls have done nothing to help their team next year.

corrado · Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 2781 Location: LI

2013 schedule leaks

A big surprise is that heat/Lakers isnt Christmas. I guess the Celts/Lakers will be the other ABC game that day.

Cant complain with Heat/Celts starting off the season. Im sure the Celts will be motivated when the Heat get the rings. That should be very fun.

Rian · Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 1842

Looks like Brian Shaw is out of the Blazers head coach search, there is talk that the current film editor who was the interim-head coach might simply remove the interim from his title.

Translation, Paul Allen thinks he can get Phil to sign on the dotted line in the next 1-3 years.

corrado · Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 2781 Location: LI

2012-2013 NBA National TV Schedule

The usual suspects dominate the national TV landscape. I see a lot of Clipper games televised this year. No doubt they continue to ride the momentum of last year. Probably the two games Im looking forward to the most. Lin's return to MSG. Ray allen's return to Boston.