Official POST-LOCKOUT Player Movement Thread (Trades, FAs, etc)

[TheMatrix31]

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Defense wasn't the issue for the D'Antoni Suns so much as rebounding was.

[Drewski]

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Defense wasn't the issue for the D'Antoni Suns so much as rebounding was.

You think so? To be honest, as a Laker fan, I always remember the Suns playing hard defense non-stop. I'll never forgive all those 1st round battles. RUINED THE LAL/LAC PLAYOFF SERIES (maybe this is the year we finally see it).

At least in those years. By the end of his tenure things were falling apart.

[BlueNGold]

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"Smush was here. I told you he was a ****ing bum."

*dead*

[ex carrabba fan]

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Nothing that we probably didn't already know, but West confirms everything, including the cuts of Pargo and trade of Chandler. Smh at what they did to that team. They were just a piece or two away from becoming a team with staying power..

David West expressed sympathy for the situation Hornets' GM Dell Demps and head coach Monty Williams find themselves in with the Chris Paul situation.

"There just really is no direction with no legitimate owner, so that just makes it tough," West told the Associated Press on Monday. "It really made it tough for me to see myself going back there."

West believes that "a series of events that transpired after (they were one game from the Western Conference finals) that sent Chris and myself into a different mindset in terms of what we really could get in New Orleans."

West says the Hornets "gave a cold shoulder" to Jannero Pargo, who had been the best friend of Paul on the team.

"And (they) didn't consult Chris about anything," West said, referring to former GM Jeff Bower.

Paul wasn't consulted on the two trades of Tyson Chandler, one that was rescinded by the Thunder and a second that sent him to Charlotte for Emeka Okafor.

"It's nothing against Emeka, but from our perspective, being teammates with Tyson and knowing the type of impact he had on both of our careers at that particular time, I just felt like at that moment, things, in terms of the trust, the direction we were going, started to wane a bit," West said. "When you have a franchise guy like Chris, build a team around him, I'm under the impression that you've got to keep your franchise guy happy."

When Demps and Williams were hired, West and Paul were constantly consulted. But by that point, it was difficult to envision a long-term future with the franchise due to the absence of an owner.

"Ultimately, I think (Demps and Williams) got the bad luck of the draw because things were already sort of soured," West said of his and Paul's feelings before last season. "And it was just that idea of trying to build a relationship of trust in such a short period of time."
Via Marc Stein/ESPN

Read more: http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap...#ixzz1gOnrAplv

"Smush was here. I told you he was a ****ing bum."

*dead*

Noooooooo. I missed that.

Bwhahahahahah

Kob is a ****in tool. Jesus. But those reporters were pretty douche as well

Wooow

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

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"Smush was here. I told you he was a ****ing bum."

*dead*

"They had a welcome sign for Odom. Really seem to be laying out the red carpet for him..."

Kobe: "Cool."

lmfao I'm so glad I took the time to watch this gem of an interview.

[JohnDoe8865]

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Anyone heard any grumblings on where Nate Robinson is looking to land?

[Tydis]

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"They had a welcome sign for Odom. Really seem to be laying out the red carpet for him..."

Kobe: "Cool."

lmfao I'm so glad I took the time to watch this gem of an interview.

I'm from Dallas so obviously I'm a huge Mav's fan, thus I really don't like the Lakers too terribly much, but that was some funny **** in that video.

[JaySmooov]

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CP3 Trade is dead again.

[BlueNGold]

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CP3 Trade is dead again.

Didn't we know this more than 10 hours ago?

Just wake me up when the guy is actually traded.....

[Playmakers]

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ESPNChrisPalmer chris palmer

Clippers projected record (current roster): 40-26. With Chris Paul: 44-22.
38 minutes ago

Projected best records: 1. Heat 56-10 2. Thunder 55-11 3. Bulls 55-11 4. Lakers 53-13 5. Grizzlies 51-15


Wow he has the Grizzlies going 51-15.....I'd say they are top 3 out west but they seem more closer to a 46-20 team than 51-15

i guess other than that everything seems about right to me

[Court_vision]

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Ron Ron is seriously insane........if this dude wasn't good at basketball, he'd honestly be in the madhouse.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZrVR...layer_embedded#!

[airjoca]

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Ron Ron is seriously insane........if this dude wasn't good at basketball, he'd honestly be in the madhouse.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZrVR...layer_embedded#!

I think he was just trolling that "reporter".

[The 24th Letter]

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Looking at media pics has me PUMPED!

Ready for some baskethoopball

[Jasong7777]

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We may not win a title this season, but if these latest videos of Kobe and Metta are any indication, this season is going to be funny as hell in Laker country.

[Jasong7777]

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Looking at media pics has me PUMPED!

Ready for some baskethoopball

I know. It's like back in high school when the yearbook first comes out.