Posts by AldenPyle

Quote:Originally Posted by moffy    Technically you're right here. But the Lakers' salary is at $91M with Odom and the cap is somewhere under $60M. So if you replace all those guys with Dwight, you're still going to be over (or...

Quote:Originally Posted by moffy   I would really be shocked if any team can trade for Dwight without having to take back Turkoglu's contract. That's just the cost you have to incur for Dwight. Also, you can't amnesty players...

Quote:Originally Posted by moffy       With what cap space? They're going to have to absorb Turkoglu's contract in order to get Dwight. And they won't be able to sign-and-trade for Deron because they have no assets to trade if...

I usually think if teams continually blow close games in the 4th quarter, it indicates poor physical conditioning (happens more in college than pro). I wonder if Tebow's style of play just starts to wear out defenses by the 4th quarter.

Celts sign Jeff Green, so I guess they are standing pat. Magic want Bynum & Gasol for Howard. Lakers should jump on that and sign Deron in summer.

Quote:Originally Posted by moffy  http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AgADkEYlwmiVtwKRJra2RTM5nYcB?slug=ys-nba_dan_gilbert_email_lakers_hornets_trade_120811   Commissioner, It would be a travesty to allow the Lakers to acquire...

Quote:Originally Posted by moffy  also, at $14.5M, no one is going to trade for billups. See Major League

Perfect. Billups for Paul. Nothing would demoralize New Orleans fans more than a peeved, aging former star like Chauncey dragging his carcass up and down the court. Probably would work with the cap.

A. The NBA owns the Hornets; B. New Orleans can't support a mediocre to bad basketball team. C. The Hornets could be sold for hundreds of millions to an ownership group that would move the franchise. D. The team would be easier to move...

I thought the point of playing through the whistle was to make the other team lose their cool. Seems like it is always the Lions who are the ones to lose their cool.