The Perpetual NBA Thread

[Eismann]

Don't forget NOK, Houston and Minny in the West and Boston and Philly in the East....it's so early to come up with predictions. Jeeez, we're only in the first week of the FA season.

[wulf]

only positive i see from the daniels trade (aside from financial flexibility) is...byebye KrapVanHorn! ;D

[zidane21]

oops sori po, yep new orleans is a sure candidate for the playoffs this coming season

but one thing is for sure, spurs and detroit are not the top dogs anymore!!

[tsupermario]

power rankings na ba?

IMO minny didn't do anything significant to improve its team so far in the off-season. there's a great chance they'll miss the playoffs again. i read about a kenyon martin-ricky davis trade but then that'll just create scorings probs for the wolves.

[zidane21]

he he what denver desperately needs is a top-caliber perimeter shooter!! -dapat sila ang nag-snatch kay peja!!! pwede rin kunin nila si bonzi via a sign and trade (ruben patterson, kenyon martin,1st rd draft pick for kenny thomas,bonzi wells,alex garcia)!!!

[Eismann]

Big rumor na ba yang KMart for Ricky Ricky? ...maybe this is the reason why KG won't budge at least for 1 more year. With their 1st pick(Randy Foye) and Troy Hudson plus a motivated Kmart & KG....wow!

[kimpOy]

he he what denver desperately needs is a top-caliber perimeter shooter!! -dapat sila ang nag-snatch kay peja!!! pwede rin kunin nila si bonzi via a sign and trade (ruben patterson, kenyon martin,1st rd draft pick for kenny thomas,bonzi wells,alex garcia)!!!

they have carmelo already...who plays the same position as peja...
sila pa lang dalawa 140M na...

denver needs a banger (Drew Gooden?) and a 2 guard (Bonzi Wells)

[zidane21]

with a mediocre point guard (slash-1st type pg in form of hudson plus injury-prone) minnesota will have a lot of problems in chemistry regarding point distribution, what they need is a very good pg who is a court leader (like cassell before) and of course a good coach who will motivate them and give them a winning attitude!!

[tsupermario]

denver lacks a shooter to spread the floor, at least that was their key problem last season. imo they have post presence with camby and k-mart or nene.

there are rumors that damon jones might be traded and magloire is going to the spurs..

[ILuvDetailing]

Troy Hudson's ankle won't be 100% for the rest of his career. Makes me wonder why Minesotta gave him that big contract. He's not a point guard, he's a combo guard. He'd be better off comming of the bench.

Peja to Denver? Well he already signed with New Orleans. For arguments sake, Peja to Denver won't and will not happen, they've already committed 60M to an unproven Nene, 80M to their franchise player Melo, they're paying K-Mart Max money, Camby gets 10M/year, Andre Miller gets around 8M/year, Ruben Patterson around 7M/year, so in short, they're capped out. If its a sign and trade, it won't happen, Denver doesn't have anyone other than K-Mart to offer, Indiana won't take K-Mart's Max contract.

Big rumor na ba yang KMart for Ricky Ricky? ...maybe this is the reason why KG won't budge at least for 1 more year. With their 1st pick(Randy Foye) and Troy Hudson plus a motivated Kmart & KG....wow!

Mmm... Maybe its K-Mart for Ricky Davis + scrubs, their salaries don't match. I wouldn't count on Troy Hudson if I'm a Wolves fan, he hasn't played a full season for two years right now because of that troublesome ankle. Will that trend change, highly unlikely. As for K-Mart, two words -> Microfracture Surgery.

[zidane21]

hehe, lipat na lang si kg sa bulls!! that's the place to be!!!
C) Ben Wallace
PF) Kevin Garnett
SF) Andres Nocioni
SG) Ben Gordon
PG) Kirk Hinrich

lakas!!! even dallas and spurs mahihirapan sa matchup na to!!
wala ng sinabi ang wallaces' defense ng larry brown-detroit days!!

[jasprit]

Ya but that's impossible the wolves would not release garnett un less he forces a trade just like what shaq did but i dont think kg would do that he would try at least 1 year then if nothing happens he would be like gary payton on the quest for having a chapionship ring. I'm really impressed with payton on how he played he's career that's why he finaly got what he wanted he was a very important role in miami's championship ring remember when he hold terry's jersey off the 3-point range that's whta ypu mean by VETERANS. Been there done that.And i think that's why the refs let him go with that one. Kung baga medyo close na sila ng ref hehehehe

[empy]

i guess that chandler for garbag...este brown and smith means the end of the KG to the bulls rumor. i don't know if they have anyone else to tempt the wolves without giving up nocioni, gordon or hinrich (which aint gonna happen)

i would be very surprised if philly trades AI to boston (unless they get back Pierce). keep in mind that these two teams are bitter division rivals - why make your enemy that much stronger?

[Eismann]

AI with Pierce is not an impossible scenario but it would take so much from the Celtics and a third team to consumate. In today's NBA, everything is so remotely possible we end up screwing up our expert predictions.

[cardo]

hmmm So sino yun magiging low post offensive threat ng bulls? I think they need a good low post player, atleast to open up the slashing of JR, shooting of BG and the others... Wallace aint exactly gifted on the offensive side like duncan

so pano yun? all the other 3 players will shoot or slash, and then leave it to PJ and Bento pull down the rebound?

[artpogi]

the Mavs send Marquis Daniels to Pacers for Croshere.

Geez, bakit naman si Croshere pa. Nag-iipon ba ng VanHorn-type of player ang Mavs.

Dumb move IMO

[empy]

AI with Pierce is not an impossible scenario but it would take so much from the Celtics and a third team to consumate. In today's NBA, everything is so remotely possible we end up screwing up our expert predictions.

yeah, you're right. i shouldn't underestimate the stupidity of NBA gm's

[ILuvDetailing]

Geez, bakit naman si Croshere pa. Nag-iipon ba ng VanHorn-type of player ang Mavs.

Dumb move IMO

Reason? Three words, salaray cap flexibility. Apparently they're not bringing back KVH, who's an unrestricted free agent. Daniels has a 7-8M/year contract and doesn't get enough burn under Avery Johnson, so they ship him out. Croshere has an expiring contract, so there you have it.

hmmm So sino yun magiging low post offensive threat ng bulls? I think they need a good low post player, atleast to open up the slashing of JR, shooting of BG and the others...

They don't have any, unless Tyus Thomas suddenly develops into one. After committing 60M to Big Ben they don't have anymore money left to go after a marquee lowpost threat. Basically they'll go with the drive and dish, more motion offense, etc. They'll rely heavily on their defense to generate offense.

[Eismann]

Young bull Tyrus Thomas is maybe enough to just dish out a Danny Granger performance. I think PJ brown will turn out to be a major low post piece for them.

[cardo]

Naku, patay tayo dyan hehehe. Pano na lang kung top defensive team nakalaban ng bulls? hehehe Atleast back in the pre-rasheed piston days they had okur(who partnered ben) who could setup down low. atleast kahit papano may moves at shooting si okur to open up rip and billups

dapat may makuha silang 'okur' hehehe inorder to ba a good contending playoff team, they need the offensive presence down low. most of the successful playoff teams this year had that good offensive low post presence... brand, shaq, duncan, diaw, dirk, sheed, gooden and Z(effective ba sa cavs? hehe) ... if not to pour in the pts, someone to draw double teams

si songaila at sweetney ba bull pa rin? they have alot of meat and muscle at the low post area eh...

I'm proud that someone like big ben, got a huge pile of money for his services... I mean, when was the last time a role player got something like that? Usually the high profile scorers like the kobes, wades, lebrons etc get those kinda lucrative contracts. i hope he gets his own shoes from and1 hehehe like rodman with converse