NBA off-season Thread

• wes_mantooth

  

  I haven't really followed what might change, but a couple of things that might be interesting...will a low salary cap make teams have to unload top tier talent(miami is the interesting one obviously)? and does the potential lock out force teams to stand pat because players that would normally be tradeable...be untradeable because of the chance of missing at least half the season?
  
  One other question....is there still talk of making college players play 2 years before they are eligible for the draft?
• ernest_t_bass

  

  wes_mantooth;810894 wrote:One other question....is there still talk of making college players play 2 years before they are eligible for the draft?

  
  I hope not. I wouldn't do anything to appease the NCAA, ESPECIALLY right now!
• ricola

  

  I noticed the cHeat's Mario Chalmers is a restricted free agent. He did have some big hoops for them in the playoffs. Any chance the Cavs would bid and (overpay) if necessary to get him (mainly just to p.o. the Heat)? He's not a bad player and I'm sure could find minutes for the Cavs.
• jordo212000

  

  ricola;813488 wrote:I noticed the cHeat's Mario Chalmers is a restricted free agent. He did have some big hoops for them in the playoffs. Any chance the Cavs would bid and (overpay) if necessary to get him (mainly just to p.o. the Heat)? He's not a bad player and I'm sure could find minutes for the Cavs.

  
  ??? Chalmers is a PG.
  
  They just took this guy named Kyrie Irving. They also already have Boobie Gibson and Baron Davis? Where would Chalmers play?
• karen lotz

  

  ricola;813488 wrote:I noticed the cHeat's Mario Chalmers is a restricted free agent. He did have some big hoops for them in the playoffs. Any chance the Cavs would bid and (overpay) if necessary to get him (mainly just to p.o. the Heat)? He's not a bad player and I'm sure could find minutes for the Cavs.

  
  Yes, I think the best strategy for the Cavs is to overpay every free agent from Miami just to piss them off. Why stop with this year's roster? I'm sure Antoine Walker would sign for the league minimum. Rony Seiklay could use some money. Good idea ricola.
  
  Please explain calling them the CHeat though. That's the only part of your post that doesn't make sense.
• like_that

  

  Lotz to the Heat's rescue!!!!!!!!!
• karen lotz

  

  like_that;813511 wrote:Lotz to the Heat's rescue!!!!!!!!!

  
  I'm not rescuing anything. Just pointing out how stupid it would be for the Cavs to overpay Mario Chalmers just to piss off the "CHeat." I don't too many professional teams operate like that, but if one of the best fans in the NBA thinks it's a good idea, maybe they should.
• jordo212000

  

  karen lotz;813510 wrote: Please explain calling them the CHeat though. That's the only part of your post that doesn't make sense.

  
  So that part where he had the Cavs signing a 4th PG and being forced to compensate the Heat for doing so, made sense?
• like_that

  

  No it was def a dumb post, just thought it was funny 2/3 of the posters who i figured would respond actually did respond.
• karen lotz

  

  jordo212000;813516 wrote:So that part where he had the Cavs signing a 4th PG and being forced to compensate the Heat for doing so, made sense?

  
  
• karen lotz

  

  like_that;813517 wrote:No it was def a dumb post, just thought it was funny 2/3 of the posters who i figured would respond actually did respond.

  
  Cool. Why wouldn't you respond to his post then? Simple minded fuck.
• like_that

  

  karen lotz;813519 wrote:Cool. Why wouldn't you respond to his post then? Simple minded fuck.

  
  I was in the process, until I noticed the heat nut hugger sprinted to the response. lol at the petty insult though. Getting worse by the post, and thats saying something with nearly 14,000.
• jordo212000

  

  like_that;813517 wrote:No it was def a dumb post, just thought it was funny 2/3 of the posters who i figured would respond actually did respond.

  
  I like the NBA.. so obviously.. I am going to discuss the NBA. And I'm definitely going to call somebody out when they say something silly
• karen lotz

  

  like_that;813520 wrote:I was in the process, until I noticed the heat nut hugger sprinted to the response. lol at the petty insult though. Getting worse by the post, and thats saying something with nearly 14,000.

  
  Where is your response to his post then? Surely you have had enough time to finish that process. Unless you are so obsessed with jordo and I that you forgot. That's what happens with simple minds.
• like_that

  

  karen lotz;813522 wrote:Where is your response to his post then? Surely you have had enough time to finish that process. Unless you are so obsessed with jordo and I that you forgot. That's what happens with simple minds.

  
  The post wasn't necessary after two posters already mentioned it. Does that make sense now, or do you want further explanation? And I am simple minded? Excuse me while I lmao.
• Pick6

  

  karen lotz;813514 wrote:I'm not rescuing anything. Just pointing out how stupid it would be for the Cavs to overpay Mario Chalmers just to piss off the "CHeat." I don't too many professional teams operate like that, but if one of the best fans in the NBA thinks it's a good idea, maybe they should.

  
  right, one person represents a whole fan base. Just like Rock Knutne represents all ND and Pittsburgh fans, lol.
• karen lotz

  

  Pick6;813565 wrote:right, one person represents a whole fan base. Just like Rock Knutne represents all ND and Pittsburgh fans, lol.

  
  I said one of the best fans, not every Cavs fan, lol.
• wes_mantooth

  

  Pick6;813565 wrote:right, one person represents a whole fan base. Just like Rock Knutne represents all ND and Pittsburgh fans, lol.

  
  I think rock and capone represent their fan base nicely!
• sleeper

  

  ricola;813488 wrote:I noticed the cHeat's Mario Chalmers is a restricted free agent. He did have some big hoops for them in the playoffs. Any chance the Cavs would bid and (overpay) if necessary to get him (mainly just to p.o. the Heat)? He's not a bad player and I'm sure could find minutes for the Cavs.

  
  Dumb.
• wildcats20

  

  ricola;813488 wrote:I noticed the cHeat's Mario Chalmers is a restricted free agent. He did have some big hoops for them in the playoffs. Any chance the Cavs would bid and (overpay) if necessary to get him (mainly just to p.o. the Heat)? He's not a bad player and I'm sure could find minutes for the Cavs.

  
  Is the Cheat a new team?
• Midstate01

  

  After all the injuries, Greg Odense gets an 8.8 mil qualifying offer from Portland. Wow!!! He's gotta be saying, where do I sign. Though wasnt there talk that Portland's doctors are trash? Either way he won't get 8.8 somewhere else. Sign it!!
• KR1245

  

  Lockout officially starts at midnight. How long do you think its going to last?
  

  ESPN's cap guru Larry Coon was on Ryan Russillo's NBA podcast yesterday. Coon doesn't think meaningful negotiations will even start until mid-November when the players miss their first paycheck. He added that both sides seem ready for a long fight, especially the owners. Said losing the entire season isn't out of the question.

  According to NBA executives familiar with the league’s strategies, once the lockout is in place, the owners will push for a hard salary cap of $45 million, the elimination of guaranteed contracts and ask that the players swallow a 33 percent salary cut.
  
  The concessions made in recent weeks, including the “flex cap” of $62 million and a guarantee of $2 billion in annual player payroll, will be off the table.
  
  If this seems certain to guarantee the loss of the entire 2011-12 season, it is because there are owners who think it is necessary for the long-term viability of the league.

  Via Mike Monroe/San Antonio Express-News
• Commander of Awesome

  

  karen lotz;813514 wrote:I'm not rescuing anything. Just pointing out how stupid it would be for the Cavs to overpay Mario Chalmers just to piss off the "CHeat." I don't too many professional teams operate like that, but if one of the best fans in the NBA thinks it's a good idea, maybe they should.

  
  The vikings and the Seahawks did it. After the Vikings signed Hutchinson to that deal with the posion pill clause the Seahakws turned around and signed one of their WRs with the same clause. So yes, it does and has happened before. Nice fail.
• BR1986FB

  Midstate01;818242 wrote:After all the injuries, Greg Odense gets an 8.8 mil qualifying offer from Portland. Wow!!! He's gotta be saying, where do I sign. Though wasnt there talk that Portland's doctors are trash? Either way he won't get 8.8 somewhere else. Sign it!!

  
  WKNR was talking about the Cavs taking a "flier" on him if ^^^this didn't happen. The (hypothetical)offer would have been a 1 year deal for about $7 million with a 2nd option year at $8 mill if he stayed healthy/played a certain amount of games. At the figure that Portland has offered, he should take it. That's grand theft for his level of production. If another team would've signed him they would have likely had to overpay for that first year anyway.
  
  I'm actually probably one of the few that would be tickled shitless if an NBA lockout lasted a year.
• like_that

  

  Commander of Awesome;818492 wrote:The vikings and the Seahawks did it. After the Vikings signed Hutchinson to that deal with the posion pill clause the Seahakws turned around and signed one of their WRs with the same clause. So yes, it does and has happened before. Nice fail.

  
  It was Burleson, but it will be nice to see how lotz spins this argument.