in these, the waning days of stern: 2013-2014 NBA regular season thread (part 1)

otm xp

that's what Curry is getting paid 0__o

best contract in the league

K.C. Johnson ‏@KCJHoop 30m
Deng finishes his Bulls' career as the 4th-leading scorer in franchise history behind Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Bob Love.

Y'all are fucking nuts. This is a fantastic move by the Cavs. Luol Deng is really good, people!!

Cavs trade a guy who they were going to release anyway, get two-time All-Star in return. OMG TERRIBLE!!

he's underrated on ILH for sure, the problem is that it's a win-now move for a team whose best case scenario is a scrappy 5 game loss to the Heat or Pacers.

Brian Windhorst ‏@WindhorstESPN 31m

After Andrew Bynum released, Bulls will have 12 players & be $548,798 below tax line. Must add 13th player. Pro-rated vet min: $520,172

Only so long they can throw dice in the lottery before bringing in established talent otherwise they definitely lose Kyrie next year as opposed to probably.

deng is an all-star player only in the historically weak context of the eastern conference the past couple of years, and best case scenario he pushes the cavs into the playoffs where they have the honor of being murdered by the heat or pacers. he'll then either leave after this season, or be overpaid to stay and cut cleveland's chance of getting lebron back from 5% to 0%. so yes, excellent move cavs, and it only cost them 4 draft picks!

i don't think this deal becomes truly horrible until the cavs spend $60 million signing deng. none of the picks they traded seem particularly valuable.

if they can manage to sign him at a reasonable price, like 4/45, it might actually be fine. but that seems unlikely, and trading away picks, no matter how not-great the picks are, is usually a bad idea

the cavs should be tanking

they shoulda drafted Giannis

that too

The Nets are 3-1 since Kirilenko came back. Too bad about Bropez

never read this story until today.. was hoping I could use it as a lol stern moment but he wasnt gc of the league officially until 78, not 76

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/sports/basketball/payout-may-come-for-an-aba-team-that-is-long-gone.html?_r=1&

so who are the east playoff teams now

locks

miami
indiana

..probably?

atlanta
washington
toronto
detroit

maybe?

knicks
nets
bobcats
cavs

that's 10 teams. the cavs are probably better than charlotte right now. but unless the toronto decides to tank they're probably fighting for the 8th seed at best.

hard to predict!

doubt the cats make it but dang makes the cavs better right away. knicks nets WHO KNOWS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9RAp3_VqE0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t3AKbJoz3k

Looks like the Clips are gonna wave Cap Jax. He's done.

xpost they will (overpay deng)

i think 4 years is the wrong way to go here. 3 max

i think it will be interesting to see how guys that thibs has run into the ground (deng, noah) survive on whatever their next contracts are

also i think boozer would thrive playing the 4 for miami. mid range magic, udonis insurance (i guess udonis becomes the insurance in this case)

Pelicans said forward Ryan Anderson has been diagnosed with a herniated disc and is out definitely

):

feel like it could've been worse still

with the way beasley's playing i really don't think the heat need another undersized 4

they could probably use another shooter for max lineup flexibility and for nights when battier doesn't have his shot

the heat need all the players who can play any basketball at all that they can get, not to mention that beas is a poor bet to keep it up

anyway the heat are $12 million over the tax i don't even think they'd be allowed to bid on boozer

Who are possible suiters then?

Hawks ?
Warriors ?
Clippers ?

are we sure that a player can even be amnestied midseason

no! only in the summer

haha ok then

lmao

high five ilh

ilh, a very confused general manager

Will he still get amnestied this summer?

how much money is left on this contract again?

David Aldridge ‏@daldridgetnt 10s

Nets: Deron Williams got cortisone injections in both ankle joints, platelet rich plasma injections in both ankles. In boot rest of the wk.

good plan

btw anyone on this board who thought deron/cp3 was ever a discussion shd have to mail me $5

at the beginning of this season the nets owed d will $81 million

should work out fine

do you guys think d will is gonna turn down his $22 million option in 2016-2017 when he can barely walk

get the money injected into his knees

btw anyone on this board who thought deron/cp3 was ever a discussion shd have to mail me $5

― lag∞n, Tuesday, January 7, 2014 11:19 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it was kiiiiiiiiiiinda close for about half a year that one time but iirc the league was lacking narratives at the time so

will dm u my addr

they should try getting some replacement ankles from a russian prisoner

shd try jetski therapy

Phillip Barnett ‏@imsohideouss 1m
“He turned Kidd’s soda into wine.” RT @ComplexMag: KG on why Nets have given Johnson the nickname "Joe Jesus"

lol o shit