NBA Thread

[Boxcar]

Wow the world cup is bigger than the f***ing NBA? Thanks Sportsnet, I'd have never known had Lebron not said so.

[jays_fever]

Pierce to the Wizards. Normally Id say its a good signing and he'll help them, but losing Ariza is much more significant

[burlingtonbandit]

Unless there are some huge injuries, the Raptors should easily win the division. The Atlantic is extremely bad.

[G-Snarls]

Unless there are some huge injuries, the Raptors should easily win the division. The Atlantic is extremely bad.

 

Except divisions are meaningless in the NBA (and NHL)

[Dylan]

Your guaranteed to play those teams 4 times a year but I agree they don't really mean much standings wise.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

So apparently Lebron's deal is only for 2/42 and he can opt out after NEXT year.

 

He's just awaiting the new TV deal that'll be signed in a few years which is expected to raise the salary cap to 80M.

 

Kind of sucks that the cap is going to get raised so much seeing as how it'll help a lot of teams that are in s***** cap situations (while we're in great shape).

[eastcoastjaysfan]

With Blatche and Pierce likely leaving BKN the division appears to be on lock for us.

[Chappy]

The Division will be easy to take?

 

In this case, very much so.

[Orgfiller]

Melo re-signs with the Knicks, lol. In other news, Luol Deng will sign with the Heat.

[jays_fever]

2 years 20 mil for Deng. That's a very solid deal for the Heat. Really if Rose comes back, there could be a 5 team race for the those top 2 seeds. Should lead to a much more exciting playoff race this year at least

[SpeedyGose]

Heat still need to do more IMO, Bosh + Deng and scraps isn't that great of a team unless Bosh goes back to his Toronto form

[GD]

[jays_fever]

Still kills me

 

http://s3.amazonaws.com/br-cdn/temp_images/2013/11/11/original.gif

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Still kills me

 

http://s3.amazonaws.com/br-cdn/temp_images/2013/11/11/original.gif

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/phil-jackson-talks-andrea-bargnani-article-1.1866823

 

Yeah, good luck with that PJ.

[SpeedyGose]

For anyone who doubted this was going to happen...

 

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/07/15/raptors-valanciunas-drunk-driving-charges-dropped

[Dylan]

Earvin Magic Johnson @MagicJohnson · 6h

A team everybody has to watch out for in the East are the Toronto Raptors. They have the talent to sneak up and win the Eastern Conference.

[G-Snarls]

Earvin Magic Johnson @MagicJohnson · 6h

A team everybody has to watch out for in the East are the Toronto Raptors. They have the talent to sneak up and win the Eastern Conference.

 

Just came in here to post that. Cool.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Earvin Magic Johnson @MagicJohnson · 6h

A team everybody has to watch out for in the East are the Toronto Raptors. They have the talent to sneak up and win the Eastern Conference.

 

Anddd.... the day before this was posted he listed his top 4 for the East and excluded the Raptors.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Lance Stephenson going to Charlotte. This significantly weakens the Pacers.

 

"With the Indiana Pacers, Stephenson blossomed into an effective all-around player and provided an ideal complement to Paul George, Roy Hibbert and David West. His suitors came and went throughout free agency and his dialogue with the Pacers’ front office diminished, leaving an uncertainty about whether their five-year, $44 million deal was still available."

 

Basically turned down 5/44 and ended up with 3/27.5 (with the last year being a team option).

 

I could see the Pacers finishing in teh 4-6 range this year.

[Chappy]

Anddd.... the day before this was posted he listed his top 4 for the East and excluded the Raptors.

 

Does it really matter?

[G-Snarls]

Does it really matter?

 

LOL not really

 

Retired star player from a West team who lives in LA and is more.concerned with baseball these days. so really, no.

[jays_fever]

Pretty sure a lot of people will pick the Raptors this season, along with the Wiz as their dark horse teams just to say I told you so.

 

Not sure why the Wiz are being projected to somehow dramatically improve. Paul Pierce isnt a better player than Trevor Ariza

[Atothe]

Pretty sure a lot of people will pick the Raptors this season, along with the Wiz as their dark horse teams just to say I told you so.

 

Not sure why the Wiz are being projected to somehow dramatically improve. Paul Pierce isnt a better player than Trevor Ariza

 

Only because they expect John Wall and Bradley Beal to take a step forward. Wall as a superstar and Beal as an all star. That Gortat contract is gonna look bad in a few

[SpeedyGose]

Looks like the lottery will be changed. According to people who have seen the plans, it's going to a much more even scale with the top 4 teams each having an 11% chance and small decreases from there (last spot has 2% up from .5%).

 

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/nba-lottery-reform-is-coming/

[eastcoastjaysfan]

The Raps have so many scrubs on their summer league team. They blew like a 30 point lead tonight.

 

Dwight Buycks is a joke. Guy thinks he is Iverson out there. Pathetic job getting others involved.

[jays_fever]

The Raps have so many scrubs on their summer league team. They blew like a 30 point lead tonight.

 

Dwight Buycks is a joke. Guy thinks he is Iverson out there. Pathetic job getting others involved.

 

The teams with 2nd and 3rd year players always dominate. If we had Jonas and Ross playing we would probably have a shot as well

[eastcoastjaysfan]

http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1336059

 

Some Drew League footage ^^^

 

A few Raps make an appearance.

[jays_fever]

Has anyone looked into getting a mini pack or half season tickets?

 

The mini packs only are allowing you to put a deposit on a single ticket and no more for whatever reason, the half season ticket link seems to be hidden because I cant find it. Whoever it handing the ticket central portion of the site should really be fired.

 

They also seemed to manage f***ing up the detail portion of what the mini packs do..as it says it gives you access to playoff tickets before the public in 1 menu and doesn't in a separate link..

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Apparently Wiggins +++ for Love is about to go down.

 

Rumors about Wiggy + Waiters + TT

 

That'd be an amazing haul for the T-Wolves seeing as how Love is going to walk anyway. Probably best for Wiggy's development as well because he won't be the 3rd/4th option.

[dineke]

Nah, playing with lebron would probably do more for his development than jacking up 20 shots a game for the f***ing Timberwolves.