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

[TMagic]

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

I'm so excited!! I feel like life is whole again. All this talk. I'm never into rumors. But man I'll take anything at this point. I need bastekball in my life.

Sorry for the rant. I'm just so happy to see us in here going back and forth. Maybe I should fire up the LeBron thread?... LMAO just kidding

C'mon Jeebs...

No you're not.

[ehh]

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

I mean what would the Knicks have to trade the Hornets at this point after the Melo trade.

They would have to part with every crappy "asset" on the roster.

Billups
Fields
Shumpert
Douglas
Jerome Jordan

The third team would have to supply picks. I don't even see how the Knicks can do that midseason since they'll have to sign so many guys to minimum deals as soon as the trade goes through or they'll only have 6-7 guys dressed for a couple of games.

At least Miami had the entire summer to find minimum contracts to fill out the roster.

[Dice]

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Probably the way everyone else feels about inflation.

$800,000 then wasnt what $800,000 is now. James Worthy was rockin mink coats on the regular, don't think was worried about $ then or now.

Anyway, I can't wait until the 9th, it's going to be madness.

That kills me when people start talking about the salaries of ball players back then. $800,000.00 was worth a lot of money. Probably more than the NBA average at that time. If prime James Worthy was playing now he'd probably be paid either a MAX deal or close to a MAX deal.

I remember someone on the radio explaining how the Celtics and Lakers of the 80's would have problems winning the championships they won if they were playing under the CBA rules of today. Think about it, Bird, McHale and Parish played together for 10+ years.All hall of fame players. In this era, you can barely get TWO HOF’ers to play together for that long of a time e.i. Shaq and Kobe. The last two HOF’ers to play together for more than 10+ years was Stockton and Malone and I really don’t consider them part of this era. Financially, it would have been real difficult for teams like the Celtics and Lakers to dominate with an economic system like today in place.

[Drewski]

They would have to part with every crappy "asset" on the roster.

Billups
Fields
Shumpert
Douglas
Jerome Jordan

The third team would have to supply picks. I don't even see how the Knicks can do that midseason since they'll have to sign so many guys to minimum deals as soon as the trade goes through or they'll only have 6-7 guys dressed for a couple of games.

At least Miami had the entire summer to find minimum contracts to fill out the roster.

Not to mention more cap to play with since the three took a pay cut to make it work, unlike Melo and Stat. I don't see how new york can pull this off.

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[The 24th Letter]

Maybe I should fire up the LeBron thread?... LMAO just kidding

Noooooooo don't do it, please don't do it, cause if one of us goes in, then we all go through it

10 Aubrey's

[ProfessaPackMan]

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

My man Jeebs is still allergic to commas I see LOL.

Welcome back my man.

[Hassan Darkside]

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

Not to mention more cap to play with since the three took a pay cut to make it work, unlike Melo and Stat. I don't see how new york can pull this off.

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Just wait it out. If CP3 is dead set on NY, then NO will either have to take whatever we give them or take nothing at all, unless some team wants to borrow him for a couple months.

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Probably the way everyone else feels about inflation.

$800,000 then wasnt what $800,000 is now. James Worthy was rockin mink coats on the regular, don't think was worried about $ then or now.

Anyway, I can't wait until the 9th, it's going to be madness.

They can feel just the same as the rest of us... you dont really have to produce now to make big money is the point. Your overall skill used to mean something...now its like, if you're tall enough or if there is just a lack of overall people in your position or if you play right for one year

[ex carrabba fan]

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They can feel just the same as the rest of us... you dont really have to produce now to make big money is the point. Your overall skill used to mean something...now its like, if you're tall enough or if there is just a lack of overall people in your position or if you play right for one year

I mean, you could say that about every other major professional sport as well [outside being tall].

Really a pointless discussion, and goes without saying, but yes, I think it's quite obvious that athletes in every sport including the NBA are overpaid.

[23]

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That kills me when people start talking about the salaries of ball players back then. $800,000.00 was worth a lot of money. Probably more than the NBA average at that time. If prime James Worthy was playing now he'd probably be paid either a MAX deal or close to a MAX deal.

I dont know why. The players I mentioned put in the kind of work where they could justify the pay rate, then or now. One of the biggest reasons for this entire fiasco was because of this very thing happening right now, again.

I remember someone on the radio explaining how the Celtics and Lakers of the 80's would have problems winning the championships they won if they were playing under the CBA rules of today. Think about it, Bird, McHale and Parish played together for 10+ years.All hall of fame players. In this era, you can barely get TWO HOF’ers to play together for that long of a time e.i. Shaq and Kobe. The last two HOF’ers to play together for more than 10+ years was Stockton and Malone and I really don’t consider them part of this era. Financially, it would have been real difficult for teams like the Celtics and Lakers to dominate with an economic system like today in place.

This is an entirely different case altogether and honestly who cares about a fantasy scenario because looking at history, those guys won in their time and that's all that matters. Its not even about basketball like it was back then... this is beside the point I was making...

You are throwing in an argument you really agree with me on. Guys are making tons of money they dont even have to earn now.

[23]

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I mean, you could say that about every other major professional sport as well [outside being tall].

Really a pointless discussion, and goes without saying, but yes, I think it's quite obvious that athletes in every sport including the NBA are overpaid.

Im not talking about other sports, im talking about what im seeing right now, and why the nba was in a fruitless lockout.

[ex carrabba fan]

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Im not talking about other sports, im talking about what im seeing right now, and why the nba was in a fruitless lockout.

Right, but in the context of the professional sporting world, why would the NBA be any different from the other major team sports?

Why would players get paid "what they deserve" in the NBA and not in the MLB, NHL, NFL etc. etc. etc.?

It's the world we live in.

[King_B_Mack]

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They can feel just the same as the rest of us... you dont really have to produce now to make big money is the point. Your overall skill used to mean something...now its like, if you're tall enough or if there is just a lack of overall people in your position or if you play right for one year

I mean, you could say that about every other major professional sport as well [outside being tall].

Really a pointless discussion, and goes without saying, but yes, I think it's quite obvious that athletes in every sport including the NBA are overpaid.

Yeah this is really a pointless discussion. That's life, time to just accept the fact that that's how things are going be and move on. It's not even just athletes. I worked in the grocery retail industry in my younger days and I can give you a list of dudes that were pulling in close to 100 grand a year (in some cases more) and in relation to the actual work that they were doing on a daily basis on the job, they were vastly overpaid. Again, that's life though.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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We're all overpaid at our jobs.

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Right, but in the context of the professional sporting world, why would the NBA be any different from the other major team sports?

Why would players get paid "what they deserve" in the NBA and not in the MLB, NHL, NFL etc. etc. etc.?

It's the world we live in.

I just stated a fact, im not sure where the arguing is coming from.

Point being, along with that fact, we just witnessed some of the most selfish people in the world fight over something, lose games people their jobs, all to come back and do it again

They dont have to produce anymore to get outrageous money

King B...dude this is an NBA discussion in an nba forum. Nobody cares about the grocery store or inflation, we're talking basketball. If it was a worthless discussion then you guys have no reason to contribute to it.

What im seeing you do is making no sense to me.