Breaking -- The human race has waived Josh Smith: 2014-15 regular season thread part 2

ok where does love sign

― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, January 14, 2015 12:04 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

hoops hype says houston only has $59 million committed for 15/16.......

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, January 14, 2015 12:09 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

read somewhere regardless where he signs hes gonna opt out this year, sign for one year, then sign his long term contract the next year to take advantage of the predicted higher salary ceiling - we cld be looking at two straight years of kevin love contract drama

seems like we know a little more which role is best for him, primary scorer on a team with a crisp offense and good defenders who can make up for his weaknesses on that end, he needs his plays called and gets a lil lost if hes just hanging around hoping someone gives him the ball

which makes sense as hes not a ball handler who can create his own shots or a specialist who can just stay in his zone or an athletic freak who can make something out of nothing

man got to fire that blatt

btw i enjoyed yr guys commentary on the suns game after the fact lol

read somewhere regardless where he signs hes gonna opt out this year, sign for one year, then sign his long term contract the next year to take advantage of the predicted higher salary ceiling

this is interesting.... i guess he's pretty much guaranteed to get a max in 16 if the did this but if this season goes really south for him he better make sure he finds a good situation for himself next year if he really wants to go one and done again

it seems like some teams weren't sold on him even before this season, now this one has been a disaster for him basically, and then if he goes to another situation next year and it turns out like this.... i dunno it's not a huge risk but it's a risk

it's getting harder to sell him for superstar bucks, that's for sure

the only risk is injury imo someone will max him out regardless, theres gonna be so much money flying around when the cap goes up, even without the cap raise tho hes a guaranteed max imo

yeah i'm with you

but what if the only teams willing to max him out in 16 are the knicks and the lakers

that wld be sad 4 him lol, dont see it happening tho

he should just sign with houston next year

cavs shd just fire blatt make this easy for everyone

jordan do u think u cld talk to some of yr sports colleagues abt getting this karl to cleve bandwagon going

likely seeing new uniforms from toronto next year wld think http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/new_logo_for_toronto_raptors_by_sid_lee.php

its funny how when u associate w a rapper this is what you get, drake is more stylish than jay tho which is guy isnt surprising since jay is liek the most unstylish person in the world

black unis w shiny gold details might be p cool

Weird that no one has it already

tru, prob have to be yr third color like the border on the numbers etc, prob wldnt read v well on tv as the secondary color

wld be insane as the primary! maybe for alternates

http://i.imgur.com/NeEShop.png

lol canada comn chill this isnt you

canada has been kinda wilding the last few years i guess tho

Should have something about healthcare as their tag tbf tbh

this is our shield... sorry

So sorry our ball is kinda torn up eh got raptors running around up here what can we do sorry

Blatt is so fired by the all star break bring on George Karl

If there's anyone who can unlock k love on this team it's him

That or get one time machine and get don Nelson from fifteen years ago

i.... don't think bringing in george karl is the answer

jordan is is important u get behind this crucial initiative

So sorry our ball is kinda torn up eh got raptors running around up here what can we do sorry

― we just form a f#!king wall (agent hibachi), Wednesday, January 14, 2015 10:15 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

dinosaurs eh? whatre u gonna do

buddy runs in here all shrieking like a bird and tearing everything to shreds

Karl might not be the real answer but it'd be way more fun

He could probably get them scoring 130 and just see what happens

karl wld be great imo unless hes like slowly dying rn or something which seems like it cld be the case

the dino claw on ball is....not terrible but they better get the detailing right on the uniforms.

i'm interested in miami vs. cleveland and what they did/are doing on offense. i don't recall miami running a super structured offense and it worked ok. but it's a disaster for cleveland. is this just the skill level of thin bron/love/irving vs. huge bron/wade/bosh? less basketball IQ on cleveland? kevin love's complete inability to freelance? it's weird.

Latter part of this is somewhat illuminating
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKCBy0tdj3A

http://i.imgur.com/pYUokmo.png

blatts whole face

i don't recall miami running a super structured offense and it worked ok.

― call all destroyer, Wednesday, January 14, 2015 11:39 AM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there was a lot of room to create in it which makes sense cause of their personnel but it was idk if structured is the right word but def very designed to use use players in a certain way and all three of the big three changed their games a lot in miami to fit in with each other and the offense

that makes sense--the adaptability seems to be missing in cle

seems like theyre just not... in the zone

like everyone is playing bad idk

twitter has a new tool shows u where nba teams followers are https://interactive.twitter.com/nba_followers

http://i.imgur.com/55fgygO.png

p cool

al horford nu age superstar http://grantland.com/the-triangle/al-horford-atlanta-hawks-superstar

^^^ 21/10/10 last night in 29 min. 8 of 10 from the floor.

Even so, at what price? Within the NBA, officials expected maybe $10 million a year, perhaps $12 million if Klutch wanted to push it. Well, they kept pushing it. Thompson turned down a $13-million-a-year extension offer – four-year, $52 million, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

jesus

woj's boner ripping thru his pants in this entire column obv http://sports.yahoo.com/news/cavs-need-lebron-james-to-show-leadership-he-promised-173753124.html

Whatever James' agenda on the coaching front, there were those who believed they had it pegged back in the summer. It was no accident Mark Jackson left one of the most powerful agents in basketball to become a client of Paul. Paul had no coaching clients, but immense leverage within the Cavaliers. To hear Jackson overpraising James and the team's talent on television – even defending James on giving Blatt a tepid public endorsement – delivers light in itself to this alliance.

Before James signed as a free agent, the Cavaliers management wanted nothing to do with Jackson as a coach. They did their research and had their answers. Now, they understand the reality: If James won't play for the coach, what choice do they have there? James wouldn't be left to pay the buyout on Blatt's contract, nor the luxury tax on Thompson's extension. It'll simply be Klutch Sports gathering the commissions on Jackson's and Thompson's deals.

this is a GREAT conspiracy theory

i love it

http://i.imgur.com/sfSP5p4.gif

dies http://deadspin.com/whoa-the-2016-olympics-will-have-3-on-3-basketball-1679490551

weird

1 on 1, 3 on 3 need to be made part of all star week

this is my #1 belief in the whole world