Really? "Common sense" says that LeBron fills out change-of-address forms and talks to low-level arena employees?Common sense says they exist.These legit sources are like God. You have to believe they exist without any proof whatsoever.
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JMon348
Footballguy
They still have plenty of Boston Celtic stuff.
Walton Goggins
Footballguy
If Melo doesn't sign with the Knicks I really hope the media will do away with the silly "[insert top 10 player in NBA] really wants to play in NYC!" bs shtick.
Walton Goggins
Footballguy
I thought a lot of people in here thought with this new arena, HUGE city and the richest owner in the NBA that max players were going to flock to the Nets. 
wikkidpissah
Footballguy
Terrible game coach, but i dont know anyone else who could have gotten the defensive effort from Jesus & others that he has in the last few yrs. Time will also tell us what an accomplishment it was to get a player as selfish & pigheaded as Rondo to coordinate with other stars without everyone killing each other. It'll be interesting to see how bad it gets without a clipboard genius like Thibodeau around. Nonetheless, youve seen the last finals from my Celts in a while.
shake zula
Footballguy
Per rotoworld:James is apparently in route to Miami to meet w/ Riley.
timschochet
Footballguy
I'd love to see LeBron go to Miami. It would be tough for my Lakers, as I think that would be the team Los Angeles would meet in the Finals, and they would certainly be formidable with that trio, if not favorites.
But I really like the idea of the "superteam". It's always exciting. Usually superteams feature 1 or two players past their prime, like the Celtics from 2 years ago, or the Lakers when they added Karl Malone and Gary Payton. This would be the first superteam I can think of in which each star is in his prime or approaching his prime. It would be great for the NBA- IF it happens.
But I really like the idea of the "superteam". It's always exciting. Usually superteams feature 1 or two players past their prime, like the Celtics from 2 years ago, or the Lakers when they added Karl Malone and Gary Payton. This would be the first superteam I can think of in which each star is in his prime or approaching his prime. It would be great for the NBA- IF it happens.
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
That team would sweep the Lakers in three games.
Wooderson
Fight The Power
Wow they would just call off the series before game 4. That's a bold prediction.
Wooderson
Fight The Power
Anyone have any more details on this?
How are the owners crying poverty and at the same time the cap goes up due to increased revenue?
No. 16
Footballguy
Amare averages more minutes per game 34.3 vs 32.7 for Boozer yet he averages less rebounds. Also, while Utah plays an up tempo game contrary to popular belief they still are below the Suns in pace.... so Amare's rebounding numbers are inflated a bit compared to Boozers... yet again he averages less rebounds per game. If you want to see the difference between Boozer and Amare rebounding wise in statistics on an equal surface take a look at % or Rebound Rates.Basketball-Reference.com (B-R) Total Rebound % career:
Boozer - 18.3%
Amare - 14.7%
Boozer vs Amare B-R
To get perspective among players > 164 games played since 2003 (when Boozer and Amare entered the league) their TRB% ranks as follows:
Boozer #15
Amare #79
According to hoopdata... (rank according to players > 10 gp)
2010 Boozer Total Rebound Rate - 19.4 (#13)
2010 Amare Total Rebound Rate - 14.6 (#93)
So when you compare apples to apples instead of apples to oranges Boozer is far and away a superior rebounder and ranks amongst the league's elite rebounders.
Offense sure I can buy that but how do you explain the significant difference in DRB%? Maybe Phoenix's defense is poor because Amare doesn't rebound the ball well enough? Boozer is not an all-world defender either but he is a fantastic rebounder because he actually boxes people out and makes an effort to rebound. Amare has the physical tools but he'd rather leak out on the fast break then box out his player. Boozer
ORB - 9.7%
DRB - 26.9%
Amare -
ORB - 9.2%
DRB% - 19.9%
So as you can see their ORB is actually pretty similar, but the DRB is a huge gap. The difference in DRB% can't be explained by their roles on the team like ORB because both Amare and Boozer guard PFs and C. Also neither man has played next to a dominant rebounding C for an extended period of time... so each team was relying on Amare and Boozer to shoulder the rebounding load on defense. It's just Amare doesn't concentrate on defensive rebounding as much as Boozer... if he did then he'd be worth the extra 20 million in salary as an elite scorer and elite rebounder.
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No. 16
Footballguy
As a Warrior fan I am hoping they don't trade Randolph and Turiaf/Azubuike for Lee.
I think Lee would be a great addition but I would be happier if we traded Ellis instead of Randolph and a cheap rotation player.
I would be okay to part with Randolph for Lee straight up, because I'm not sure Randolph will ever realize his potential, but asking for Ronny or Azubuike is just too much IMO.
Looking at the rumored deal it includes Vlad Rad's deal...
Randolph (1.8)
Radmonovic (6.8)
Turiaf (4)/Azubuike (3.3)
Total: 12.6 or 11.9
for
Lee
So it looks like Lee would be in line for about 12 million a year which is what I pegged his value at earlier in the thread. Fair value, IMO, for his services but not sure if I'm willing to commit to a core of Curry, Ellis, Biedrins, Lee for the next 3 years. He'd be a much better fit on a playoff team.
Turiaf has P/O for 4 million next year and Buike and Radmonovic are in the last year of their deals so not only are trading away productive, cheap player but trading away potential expiring deals.
Currently the Dubs have the following expiring deals...
Azubuike (3.3)
Radmonovic (6.8)
Gadzruic (7.2)
Total: 17.3 in expiring deals
with
Turaif 4 million player option for 2011-2012
Brandan Wright (3.3 for 2011, but 4.5 qualifying offer in 2012)
That's a whole lot of exprining deals (potential of 24.6 if the team convinces Turiaf to walk away from 2012 for 4 million and doesn't pick up Wright's qualifying offer) in order to use as trade bait or be far enough under the cap next season to truly build a team around Stephen Curry. If you do a trade for Lee that leaves only Gadzruic expiring deal (7.3) or Gadz + Buike (10.5) million.
Come trading deadline the Warriors could do more damage with 17.3 million in expiring deals instead of 7 or 10.5 with a new owner. Plus you get to evaluate Randolph, Wright, the Curry/Ellis dynamic, and hopefully a health Warrior squad for half a season before you decided where to commit 15-17 million dollars. So hopefully the Warriors pull back on this deal b/c it may be good in the short term, but I'm not sure it will make a significant enough impact to lock up our team for the next 4 years.
I think Lee would be a great addition but I would be happier if we traded Ellis instead of Randolph and a cheap rotation player.
I would be okay to part with Randolph for Lee straight up, because I'm not sure Randolph will ever realize his potential, but asking for Ronny or Azubuike is just too much IMO.
Looking at the rumored deal it includes Vlad Rad's deal...
Randolph (1.8)
Radmonovic (6.8)
Turiaf (4)/Azubuike (3.3)
Total: 12.6 or 11.9
for
Lee
So it looks like Lee would be in line for about 12 million a year which is what I pegged his value at earlier in the thread. Fair value, IMO, for his services but not sure if I'm willing to commit to a core of Curry, Ellis, Biedrins, Lee for the next 3 years. He'd be a much better fit on a playoff team.
Turiaf has P/O for 4 million next year and Buike and Radmonovic are in the last year of their deals so not only are trading away productive, cheap player but trading away potential expiring deals.
Currently the Dubs have the following expiring deals...
Azubuike (3.3)
Radmonovic (6.8)
Gadzruic (7.2)
Total: 17.3 in expiring deals
with
Turaif 4 million player option for 2011-2012
Brandan Wright (3.3 for 2011, but 4.5 qualifying offer in 2012)
That's a whole lot of exprining deals (potential of 24.6 if the team convinces Turiaf to walk away from 2012 for 4 million and doesn't pick up Wright's qualifying offer) in order to use as trade bait or be far enough under the cap next season to truly build a team around Stephen Curry. If you do a trade for Lee that leaves only Gadzruic expiring deal (7.3) or Gadz + Buike (10.5) million.
Come trading deadline the Warriors could do more damage with 17.3 million in expiring deals instead of 7 or 10.5 with a new owner. Plus you get to evaluate Randolph, Wright, the Curry/Ellis dynamic, and hopefully a health Warrior squad for half a season before you decided where to commit 15-17 million dollars. So hopefully the Warriors pull back on this deal b/c it may be good in the short term, but I'm not sure it will make a significant enough impact to lock up our team for the next 4 years.
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The Man with the Plan
Footballguy
Carlos Boozer is going to miss Deron Williams so much.
No. 16
Footballguy
Possibly. Now we'll get to see if Rose can be a real point guard or if he is another 2 playing the 1.
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drummer
Footballguy
After hearing sports radio all day, I'm hoping Lebron stays put in CLE to make fools out of the media.
Not that the media needs any help doing that.
On point made however was Byron Scott being hired as coach. One has to feel Lebron had some input on that. Especially after Brian Shaw seemed liked a show in for the job, but backed out. Maybe Lebron preferred Scott? Cavs fans, your thoughts?
Not that the media needs any help doing that.
On point made however was Byron Scott being hired as coach. One has to feel Lebron had some input on that. Especially after Brian Shaw seemed liked a show in for the job, but backed out. Maybe Lebron preferred Scott? Cavs fans, your thoughts?
drummer
Footballguy
I find it kind of odd that a team that want's to keep it's franchise player not let him have any input on the coaching situation. But then again, this whole Lebron thing is a circus anyway. I feel bad for CLE. After Kobe demanded a trade, I was ready to let him go. I didn't blame him either. The team had some mediocre talent around him. I'd like to see Lebron stay in CLE, and be patient enough to for a team to develop around him. It's not like his clock is running out.
Warehouse Nasty
Footballguy
The Knicks make the least amount of sense of any of these teams. They have the worst roster of these teams by far and they're 75% favorites? Awesome. God bless the NY fans myopia.Lebron is not signing a 6 yr deal with Clev so he's not leaving $30M on the table.
Subtract Lebron from the Cavs and put him on Knicks and I'll take the Knicks roster over Cavs.
Masked Vigilante
Footballguy
Lebron on the Heat? I don't like it.
pollardsvision
Footballguy
Yeah, I'm not a fan of it either. The worst part is that there's no doubt that that snake Pat Riley will now be taking over the coaching role.If this happens (and I'm still very skeptical that it will), I wonder how much money will be left for role players. As good as that core would be, the right role players would still be necessary, specifically, a good long-range shooter and a banger.
I wonder how necessary they would be. An interior defender would be nice, and Wade is no shooter, but there is a lot of potantial to just crush opponents.
pollardsvision
Footballguy
Oh, I'm not saying they wouldn't be very good. Just that they'd still need to put the right pieces around them to rip off the 6 or so titles that Lebron will now be expected to get. Obviously, this will now be the place all role-player FAs will want to go, so I'm sure they can find the pieces.Also, I'm sure this core would improve the long-range shooting of Lebron and Wade. I don't know how teams will be able to defend the 3 point line when they'll pretty much have to put the entire team around the paint with Lebron and Wade driving to the basket over and over and over and over and over and over. Gonna be alot of wide open 3's that Wade and Lebron have never really been accustomed to seeing.
=Smackdown=
Footballguy
Miami misdirection?
Having a hard time believing that Alan Hahn from Newsday (owned by Dolan) broke this story.
So sick of listening to incarcerated Bob on ESPN. Hope he goes away after today.
Having a hard time believing that Alan Hahn from Newsday (owned by Dolan) broke this story.
So sick of listening to incarcerated Bob on ESPN. Hope he goes away after today.
Mister Martie
Footballguy
wadegarrett
FFA Legend™
these blowhards change their stories every 6 hours
fatguyinalittlecoat
Footballguy
I think there are dozens of NBA also-rans who could play with those three guys and win a bunch of titles. I'd say that LeBron/Wade/Bosh is at least as good as Jordan/Pippen/Rodman. I'm sure the Heat would have no problems finding the 2010 versions of Steve Kerr and Luc Longley.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
It's going to be great for the economy down here but I would have liked to see what Miami could do with just Wade, Bosh, then use the rest of the money to build the team around them. James has shown how truly immature he is with a 1 hour press conference to give the finger to Cleveland. This is undoubtedly going to be a remarkable team but I think it still is up in the air that they could steamroll a team like Los Angeles in the playoffs.
Miami will gain a ton of fans but also will become a pretty hated team around the NBA as folks will want to root against them. The rpessure now will be for Miami to win 3 titles over the next 5 years let's say. Also the city of Miami will still have a lot of people that would rather see the Miami Dolphins win a Super Bowl even once in the next 5 years over the run the Heat could potentially have. This is not a Basketball town by trait and perhaps that is one of the main reasons they are coming here, when they are home they are going to be left alone by the media. They will get more attention form the outsid emedia than they will the local media here.
Miami will gain a ton of fans but also will become a pretty hated team around the NBA as folks will want to root against them. The rpessure now will be for Miami to win 3 titles over the next 5 years let's say. Also the city of Miami will still have a lot of people that would rather see the Miami Dolphins win a Super Bowl even once in the next 5 years over the run the Heat could potentially have. This is not a Basketball town by trait and perhaps that is one of the main reasons they are coming here, when they are home they are going to be left alone by the media. They will get more attention form the outsid emedia than they will the local media here.
gmbacm
Footballguy
Great sense for Miami - terrible for the rest of the East. Might as well shut it down.
LeBron to the Clippers makes more sense than this ,s
Bobcat10
Footballguy
I agree. I don't understand why he wouldn't have just gone to the Bulls (or maybe even the Nets) with Bosh. He's never going to be able to seperate himself from Wade no matter what anyone says now. If he goes to the Heat, it also proves Lebron never really did have his mind set until very very recently...yes he made his decision, but he ended up getting owned in the process. He'll rightfully get the Model treatment after the way this was handled and for what happened at the end of the season...and he'll play the Akron, OH card.
shake zula
Footballguy
People think James has been the director of this offseason side show. They are wrong. Bosh was the lynch pin for this entire offseason. Bosh wanted to go to Miami. Wade wanted to play with Bosh. Wade and Bosh to Miami. Teams overly courted the wrong guys imo.
Ted Lange as your Bartender
Footballguy
Would this be the "no state tax" argument?
shake zula
Footballguy
I'd argue no state income tax. Over the years this has been the disposative factor for hundreds of athletes.
Walton Goggins
Footballguy
Obviously Lebron will end up going to the Knicks I mean all the best players want to play in NYC since it's the place to play in the NBA, right?
=Smackdown=
Footballguy
No State Income Tax
TobiasFunke
Footballguy
You don't think he would have had a problem with separating himself from/living under the constant shadow of a superstar in Chicago? It would have taken him a minimum of seven years to be considered the franchise's greatest player ever. In Miami it'll take him maybe two or three.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying he's making a brilliant move. I just don't see how you claim that Miami doesn't make sense because it damages his legacy/standing somehow to be on the same team as a guy he's clearly superior to in Dwyane Wade, but then suggest that he should instead have been the guy who led the best "Post-Jordan" Bulls teams.
Correctemundo. Also, the Early Bird Special at the Sizzler, but I guess Bron-Bron doesn't have to worry about that.
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pollardsvision
Footballguy
I don't love the move for the rest of the NBA, but it certainly makes plenty of sense for all parties. They'll make less in salary, but winning rings will provide other financial opportunities. Nike was prepared to give Lebron all kinds of money to got to CHI because the rings would help apparel sales in China. I don't know why they wouldn't offer at least as much for a MIA scenario. Hell, the lack of a state income tax alone could make pretty big dent in the salary difference. For LeBron, the state tax savings, on a conservative $50 mill in earnings, would be $3 mill. I'm not sure what about this doesn't make sense.
Redwes25
Footballguy
How can you say this is you don't know what they are. Clearly I have been caughtYou guys are reading too much into my post. I personally do not have a source. I'm saying they're legit sources saying Lebron is going to the Knicks.Believe what? I say give more details or go all in on your percentage.It's up to you if you want to believe it.
You said trust me on the sources. 
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ivnabru
Footballguy
Kobe has kept himself separate from Gasol even with lower win share and per numbers. And Gasol with nothing on his team was as successful in the West as Wade has been with nothing on his team in the East. What people care about are PPG and LeBron is a better scorer than Wade so he'll remain the alpha dog. Sure he doesn't jack up 30 shots/game like Kobe but he scores as well since he's a lot more efficient.This is assuming he goes to Miami which I still don't think is going to happen.
Masked Vigilante
Footballguy
Makes no sense for the "Lebron brand". GTFO with the "King" moniker. "LeSidekick" is more appropriate.
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