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

[SidVish]

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

That Fisher move is really odd. Fisher has to be pissed.

I'll be watching to see what happens on Tuesday when the Lakers play in Houston.

[King_B_Mack]

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I think they do. They are returning the same team. And outside of Rose they don't really have a number 2. Boozer is clearly not the answer. I think RIP is a great addition. But I just don't know. Yes, obviously getting health is number one on the list. A lot of teams are going to be willing to trap Rose and let the other players beat them.

The Bulls aren't returning the same team really. Rip will be there. Brewer is a better player than he was last year, believe it or not Korver isn't a complete defensive liability this time around. Deng has improved his game significantly, Noah is healthy and Boozer is healthy. They have Jimmy Butler to come in and play some solid defense on LeBron while Deng is on the bench, JL3 is actually in the rotation this year not to mention Taj's improvement along with CJ. This perception about the Bulls and Heat have gotten a little ridiculous. You would swear that the Bulls and Heat have been playing each other in the playoffs four or five years straight now with the Bulls getting blown out every year. They've played ONE TIME in the postseason and outside of Game 1 every game came down to the wire where literally a different bounce of the ball here or there would have had a different result. If the Bulls are bounced in five or less by the Heat again this year then it's time to seriously look at some changes and even then is still kinda soon to be trying to blow things up. I seriously shudder to think about how many championships the Bulls would have right now if fans were like they are now back then.

[1Rose]

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I do get some deja vu however with how each teams season are playing out. It's eerily similar to last season, but I agree, we are a different team.

[Dice]

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If being similar to last year is having the best record in the league, then yeah the Bulls are the same. Which to me is not a bad thing.

[Jasong7777]

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Fisher has been the heart and soul of the Lakers. If reporters wanted to know what was going on with the Lakers, they would ask him.

I'll miss him.

His number will rest high above the rafters.

[clipperfan811]

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This isn't one of those types of deals in my humble opinion.

Fisher should have been untouchable. This was going to be his last year no doubt.

You in essence trade away your leader for a 10th man. I mean it really serves no real purpose other than a salary dump.

You can't just salary dump the captain and leader of your team to save a measly 3 million. What kind of message is that?

It's just sickening.

I don't like it either because of everything Fisher has done, it definitely shows lack of loyalty but loyalty is essentially an extinct concept in pro sports now-a-days.

I definitely feel for Fish.

From a basketball perspective it makes sense to clear out some space to play Sessions and Blake, who's been playing pretty well as of late, maybe not from a stat standpoint but anyone who's watched the last few games knows Blake is consciously looking for Bynum on about 90% of his touches. I think if the Beasley deal was going to go down by sending Blake to Portland than you roll with Fish and Sessions.

Of course then you have a political choice to make as to who starts, Fish just because he's been around so long or Sessions because he's supposed to be your big/moderate upgrade.

I still don't like the Hill trade though, but I haven't ever really seen his game so hopefully there will be some surprises.

I do like the Nick Young trade for the Clippers though. Hopefully he doesn't push the Clippers over the attitude problem edge. At least the clipps lost out on JR Smith... that would have been bad.

[ScoobySnax]

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#deronanddirk2012

[Jasong7777]

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I hope Deron stays with Brooklyn, but it isn't looking so hot.

[The 24th Letter]

Whats the local reaction in LA regarding trading Fish Laker fans?

[Boltman]

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

Whats the local reaction in LA regarding trading Fish Laker fans?

I'll tell you first hand and what I see on the news right now.

I swung by a 7-11 after my intern class yesterday afternoon and I was talking to two guys inside that were in line with me. One of them piped up to everyone there and said "so they went and traded D Fish huh?" We all started chiming in, it seems like a lot of dudes were upset to see him traded because he is practically a legend here in L.A. but they also recognized that he is old and we needed an upgrade at the position. I was telling them that they will like watching Sessions play and he is no doubt an upgrade at the position. It seemed like the consensus was sad but glad they did something.

On Fox 11 news this morning they had a reporter out in the field at eateries asking what they thought about Fish being traded and the mutual feeling looked like people didn't like him getting traded, a lot of sadness to see him go. I didn't hear anything about upgrades or about being glad they got Sesh lol. They were just generally saddened by it.

[Drewski]

Mitch said many many times the politics and emotions of keeping Fisher when starting Sessions wasn't going to be worth it. They wanted a clear slate for Ramon to work with and their assessment of the situation led them to feel keeping Fisher would interrupt things.

Keep in mind LA was sending Fisher out to Minnesota within that Beasley package that was backed out minutes before the deadline.

Jordan Hill can play better back up 5 minutes than "McMurphy", we'll have to wait and see. From what I can tell he runs the floor, hustles, can spot up in the mid, and rebounds at a great rate. I don't think Troy has been playing great minutes off the bench but that's just me.

If we had to keep two pgs, I'd rather keep Blake than Fisher.



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[The 24th Letter]

Sounds kind of like Charlotte after Crash got traded.....much grander scale though.....

[Pared]

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And we all(I'm assuming)knew this from the day he had his first press conference with us. Makes no sense(financially)for him to opt in.

It was a good try though!

Maybe NE bball is screwed at this point.

[TheMatrix31]

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I gotta say, this Fisher situation has me playing the world's smallest violin.

Kinda.

I do think it's pretty bitchmade on the franchise's though. I hope he doesnt speak a word to Dragic. I don't want him learning from that guy.

[Nathan_OS]

So Wizards finally got a OK center