Comments on: Shawn Marion to Dallas in 4-team trade; LeBron’s Spike Lee joint

By: MJAX

MJAX — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:52:50 +0000

How do the Cavs not target Lamar over “sydeshow andy”.. And if you are going to give the money to andy, why so much? I mean what teams were banging on his door offering him big bucks??? The Spurs have a nice 5-6 guys, but what about after that, is there a bench? Grant should go to the C’s and complete the “True Vets” squad… A.I. just go to Miami and ball with Wade.. Does anyone know how many deals Stackhouse has been involved in? Milsap could be one of the two missing pieces my Blazers need. Andre Miller being the other.

By: BiG ShoT BoB

BiG ShoT BoB — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:54:35 +0000

@Kudabeen I’m talking about the trend this last few years of players demanding where they want to play at. Seems like the players back then were more humble just to be taking there families out of bad situations. Add to the fact that this years draft was no where near as stacked and talented as those drafts were. The kids today act as if it’s their right and not a priviledge to be making millions doing what you they love for a living. I don’t think I seen one guy cry in this years draft. The further you go back the less NBA players made and surprisingly the more humble they were. If you go back really early these guys were almost playing for free but they did it for their love of the game.

By: the cynic

the cynic — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:40:20 +0000

The Sideshow bob contract is going to look even better when Lebron leaves next year

By: Kudabeen

Kudabeen — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:51:04 +0000

big shot:

Are you saying that guys are no longer happy to get in the league, the guys that were once happy are now jaded, or are you saying that guys just need to be happy to get a job and not have any standards themselves?

I’m not clear on what your alluding to.

I will say it is fun to watch the old drafts and see how guys were hyped up knowing now that they really didn’t have it. It is even worst to know that there were guys everyone had as top player that still flop is always used against the organizations and GMs.

I think majority of the league front office people are not equipped to do the job. They love the money the game generates, but I don’t know if they love the game and are students.

Hopefully soon I will be in a much better position to be a scout, skill coach or something. I absolutely love studying the game and the business behind it.

NBA is the best year around story in sports. Outside of mid-august to mid-september the NBA always has something going on. I hope the CBA doesn’t kill the momentum of these last two great seasons and playoffs. This year is looking to be incredible. It is a shame Yao will not even have a chance.

Is McGrady getting healthy? If so, there is no way Houston is bringing him back to shoulder the load by himself…is it? What if he ends up in New Orleans or somewhere? I love it.

By: BiG ShoT BoB

BiG ShoT BoB — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:25:51 +0000

- So since theirs no sports on T.V. what-so-ever these days except for my Giants which got their ass whooped by Florida yesterday. I decided to check out what I had saved on my DVR. Turns out that I saved all the old school NBA drafts. The one I watched last night was the 1995 draft which had Joe Smith going #1, and Speaking of the devil McDyess going #2. It’s funny seeing a guy at the end of his career taking 5 mill a year and looking back at the beggining. He was so happy just to be in the NBA. It was also the year that the NBA was Negotiating the CBA and players weren’t making nearly as much as they are now but still were happy just to make it. My My how things have changed. It had a young KG going #5 to the wolves with Rasheed going right before him at #4. It’s funny how they will most likely end their careers together now. The NBA has really helped KG in the interview speech catagory over the years because I could hardly understand the guy back then. Last note who the hell is Shawn Respert and why did the Blazers use an 8th pick on him?

- Is it me or does it sim like Portland has 20 guys signed at every position and are always in rumors to get everyone that’s on the free agent market?

By: JH

JH — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:17:21 +0000

Mcdyess is gonna be great with the Spurs next year…but a generous 3 year deal @ 34 years old is somewhat questionable. I just hope he can contribute for 2 of those 3 years.

By: Chitown 23/33

Chitown 23/33 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:20:45 +0000

Jordan Crawford is that deal! That youtube highlight was the worst dunk he did during midnight madness…The dunk before that he threw it off the jumbotron and dunked it..Never seen anyone else even attempt that ish…. I remember everyone went to that MM to see Eric Gordon, everyone left talking about Crawford. The kid has a real nice game.

By: Big Freeze

Big Freeze — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:19:45 +0000

Remember when Varejao tried to guard Rashard Lewis in the ECF a few weeks ago? Apparently the Cavs’ management doesn’t.

By: ponky_alolor

ponky_alolor — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:05:19 +0000

andy for that much? hell noooo…

and yes as cavs fans, 6 more years of flopping makes me wana throw up. ugh.

By: control

control — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:00:30 +0000

Andersen Valgina getting anything more than 1-2mil/year to display his complete lack of basketball skills on a national stage is a crime. The guy might be one of the least skilled players in the league, does nothing but flop around like the entire court is covered in banana peels. He’s HORRIBLE, I’m going to see a old mystic gypsy and have the bitch curse his eyes, may he go blind.

I hope LeBron leaves the Cavs now, even if he goes to that shithole New York. If LeBitch stays w/ the Cavs, I hope he has a career ending injury.