The"Crap, it didn't happen..but it was awesome to think of" thread

[rabbitproof]

Deron is so gone.

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by DirkFTW

UD only has one working hand right now... don't make him wear it out!

That's why I haven't posted anything all morning - do you know how hard it is to wash an oil-based lube off your hand when you don't have a second hand at your disposal??

My arm is never going to heal if Deron doesn't stop tweeting such sexy things...

[clutch#41]

BOOK IT!!

[iella]

Originally Posted by Underdog

That's why I haven't posted anything all morning - do you know how hard it is to wash an oil-based lube off your hand when you don't have a second hand at your disposal??

My arm is never going to heal if Deron doesn't stop tweeting such sexy things...

Solution is to use water-based lube, obviously.

[BGMaverick9]

I'd be a rich man if I got money every time that picture has come up either here or on various other websites.

[AO41]

If Kidd was a few years older I would say that D Will might be his long lost son lol

Always like D Will and saw him as the closes thing physically to J Kidd at the PG spot with a better offense. Top 3 PG ...IMO and just someone that can do it all.

[Kidd Karma]

Originally Posted by AO41

If Kidd was a few years older I would say that D Will might be his long lost son lol

Always like D Will and saw him as the closes thing physically to J Kidd at the PG spot with a better offense. Top 3 PG ...IMO and just someone that can do it all.

Ha, Kidd does have a son that's a senior in HS and a 17 year old daughter. Both in LA.

Yea, DWill has such a resemblance to Kidd. Even the style of is very similar. At the same age, DWill has the better shot, scoring mentality, but Kidd with the better overall floor game and defense.

[OSUmavsfan]

Does anyone know the protection on the Mavs pick that was traded from the Lakers to the Rockets yesterday? I've seen that it's top-20 protected for the next six years, but I've never seen anyone confirm Sefko's report from right after the Odom trade that the Mavs could choose which of those six years they want to convey it.

[4Dirk1Nowitzki]

Originally Posted by clutch#41

BOOK IT!!

"I wanna be like you...in a couple of years." - Deron Williams to Jason Kidd

[jthig32]

Originally Posted by OSUmavsfan

Does anyone know the protection on the Mavs pick that was traded from the Lakers to the Rockets yesterday? I've seen that it's top-20 protected for the next six years, but I've never seen anyone confirm Sefko's report from right after the Odom trade that the Mavs could choose which of those six years they want to convey it.

DLord recently shot Sefko's report down and said the pick is simply top 20 protected.

[BGMaverick9]

Originally Posted by jthig32

DLord recently shot Sefko's report down and said the pick is simply top 20 protected.

Correct.

[mavspwnage]

Originally Posted by 4Dirk1Nowitzki

"I wanna be like you...in a couple of years." - Deron Williams to Jason Kidd

38 years old? I hope not.

[nowhereman]

Originally Posted by BGMaverick9

I'd be a rich man if I got money every time that picture has come up either here or on various other websites.

seriously

[mavs777]

There are some rumblings that Aldridge may want to come back to texas to be close to his family, his contract is up after the 14-15 season, he could be a perfect replacement for dirk

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by mavs777

There are some rumblings that Aldridge may want to come back to Dallas to be close to his family, his contract is up after the 14-15 season, he could be a perfect replacement for dirk

Wow, rumble away...

[dude1394]

Originally Posted by mavs777

There are some rumblings that Aldridge may want to come back to Dallas to be close to his family, his contract is up after the 14-15 season, he could be a perfect replacement for dirk

He should run away from Portland. There is some bad juju going on out there. He's lucky that he's avoided the curse.

[mavs777]

i meant texas, not dallas in particular.

[adonis]

Deron isn't really similar to Kidd, I'd say Rondo is the most similar to Kidd.

Kidd in his prime was easily top 3 player in the game next to Duncan and Shaq, would put up ridiculous numbers every night despite not being a stat racker. He'd score like 12 points on 16 shots but grab 16 rebounds and dish 18 assists, along with 5 steals and the Nets were consistently one of the best defenses in the league.

[mavs777]

http://truebluenation.com/forum/inde...-is-dan-fegan/

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by mavs777

http://truebluenation.com/forum/inde...-is-dan-fegan/

Wow, GREAT find!

[Thomas86]

Originally Posted by b_o_r

Richard jefferson was traded to the Warriors for Stephen Jackson

I was reading somewhere that the Spurs got SJax for a possible playoff match up with the Mavs in round 1...what's funny is that the Blazers did the samething last season by getting Wallace and we saw how that worked out.

[4Dirk1Nowitzki]

Originally Posted by mavspwnage

38 years old? I hope not.

Running the offense for a championship team?

[mavs777]

Originally Posted by Thomas86

I was reading somewhere that the Spurs got SJax for a possible playoff match up with the Mavs in round 1...what's funny is that the Blazers did the samething last season by getting Wallace and we saw how that worked out.

They got a player on an expiring deal for a bad contract, also Pop likes him, and RJ has struggled in playoffs for spurs. SJ is ineffecient tho.

[spreedom]

Originally Posted by mavs777

They got a player on an expiring deal for a bad contract, also Pop likes him, and RJ has struggled in playoffs for spurs. SJ is ineffecient tho.

Jack has one year left after this season.

[Thomas86]

Originally Posted by mavs777

They got a player on an expiring deal for a bad contract, also Pop likes him, and RJ has struggled in playoffs for spurs. SJ is ineffecient tho.

Jax has 1 more year left on his contract and Jefferson just has 2 more years.

[mavs777]

alex kennedy was one of the people on top of the dwight drama

http://www.hoopsworld.com/nba-chat-w...-kennedy-31612

Deven

With Dwight Howard off the market, Is Deron Williams a lock for Dallas? And who else can the Mavericks sign if Deron decides to go to the Mavericks?



Alex Kennedy

I think Deron Williams will sign with Dallas Mavericks this summer. As we learned with the Dwight Howard drama, things can always change. However, I’ve been told that Deron wants to play in Dallas and I think the Mavericks are confident that they’ll land him.

[Rick41]

Originally Posted by mavs777

alex kennedy was one of the people on top of the dwight drama

http://www.hoopsworld.com/nba-chat-w...-kennedy-31612

I'm completely confident that we will get Deron.

All things are pointing in our direction.

[mavspwnage]

Originally Posted by 4Dirk1Nowitzki

Running the offense for a championship team?

That too.

[GhostFace]

Anyone see that dunk by D-Will on the Cavs? Was sick. On nba.com right now.

[LonghornDub]

It's pretty funny how the Magic were winning all these tough games while this drama was in full swing (including @Chicago with Rose playing), and now post-drama they're getting blown out at home by Rose-less Chicago.

[BPo001]

Originally Posted by GhostFace

Anyone see that dunk by D-Will on the Cavs? Was sick. On nba.com right now.

I want a point guard that can attack like THAT!
http://www.nba.com/video/games/nets/...nba/index.html

[MavsFTR]

Ken Berger just posted a related article.

[j0Shi]

Safe to say that Nets will miss the playoffs again this season. I mean, they lost to the Hornets...

That said, poor DeShawn. He possibly though he'd join a playoff team and now they have no use for veterans, rather play their young guys in preparation for next season.

[MavsFTR]

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/story/1...to-points-west

It was a tough week in New Jersey/Brooklyn, as the Nets got duped by Dwight Howard and then ventured warily into their own prospective free-agent superstar drama.

The Nets are confident Deron Williams will join them in Brooklyn next season. They were confident Howard would be there, too. And so if the histrionics over Howard's decision to stay in Orlando last week taught us anything, it's that nobody really knows what players are thinking. Nobody knows what they'll do when faced with a career-shaping decision until they actually make the decision.

The Nets might very well be right back in the running for Howard at next season's trade deadline, or in the summer of 2013, when Howard becomes an unrestricted free agent -- no ifs, ands or opt-outs about it. But what the Nets really needed was for Howard to commit now, to force his way to the Nets via a trade or at the very least, preserve his ability to opt out this summer and join them as a free agent. What the Nets really needed was a magnet to keep Williams firmly anchored in their plans, and well, Howard's decision left the All-Star point guard floating in never-never land -- somewhere between Newark, Brooklyn, Dallas and points unknown.

A person who has worked with Williams on a daily basis in the past reiterated this week that going home to Dallas remains an overwhelmingly attractive option for the 27-year-old point guard, who was shipped to the Nets against his will in what turned out to be a brilliant move by the Utah Jazz last February. Rather than get trampled by the prospective free-agent onslaught (see James, LeBron; Anthony, Carmelo; and Howard, Dwight), the Jazz tapped out and accelerated their recovery from Williams' inevitable departure. But the Nets are in a different kind of predicament. It technically cost them nothing for Howard to say no, but for Williams, they gave up a massive haul of assets -- Devin Harris, Derrick Favors and two first-round picks. They're all in with Williams and kind of need to see this one through to the end.

In a Plan B of sorts, the Nets sent another first-round pick to the Trail Blazers as part of a deal for Gerald Wallace, who'd be a nice piece of the puzzle if and when the Nets get another top-tier star and/or lottery pick to entice Williams to stay. The pick is top-three protected, and the Nets' belief is that there were only three players in the draft for whom it would be worth passing on Wallace: Anthony Davis, Thomas Robinson and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. There are risks in the basketball business, and you go nowhere without taking some. The Nets still have the Rockets' first-round pick in the upcoming draft, top-14 protected.

Williams' agent, Jeff Schwartz, is a known proponent of the New York market and what it can offer star players in terms of endorsements and visibility they can't get anywhere else. Schwartz's presumed role in Williams' decision after he opts out July 1 and becomes a free agent ordinarily would be comforting to the Nets, who took a gamble that was worth taking and now must let the chips fall where they may. But as we learned from Howard's stunning decision -- stunning, perhaps most of all, to his agent, Dan Fegan, who'd been telling anyone and everyone that Dwight was Brooklyn-bound -- it's the player's decision at the end of the day. So what might make business sense to Schwartz and basketball sense to the Nets might not compute to Williams, who is free to do whatever he wants.

It's a free country, and a tangled web the Nets have woven, one rife with risk that was worth taking. A hopelessly meandering franchise that has never been able to find a permanent home didn't need a timid plan heading to Brooklyn next season. Bold was the way to go. Just don't make the same mistake everyone made with Howard. Don't presume to know what Williams is thinking or what he's going to do. Don't read anything into Williams, for the first time as a Net, blowing off the media Monday night after a crushing 105-100 loss to the Cavaliers. Don't read body language, search for hidden meaning in quotes or try to predict the future.

You do that, and you'll just drive yourself crazy. That's the Nets' job.

[Kidd Karma]

Originally Posted by mavs777

They got a player on an expiring deal for a bad contract, also Pop likes him, and RJ has struggled in playoffs for spurs. SJ is ineffecient tho.

Weird thing, I live out in GSW territory and the word from the owner is that cap space does the Warriors no good because no one wants to come, basically Tyson. So they go out and commit another 2 seasons by trading for Bogut and then getting RJ. On paper they aren't going to be that bad, I mean Bogut, RJ in the half court if healthy will be a nice tandem. Then you throw in Lee, Curry and Thompson, it's not bad, but getting them healthy is another issue. But that's basically GSW's thinking at this point, get a good group together through 2014 and see what happens.

[mavs777]

Originally Posted by Kidd Karma

Weird thing, I live out in GSW territory and the word from the owner is that cap space does the Warriors no good because no one wants to come, basically Tyson. So they go out and commit another 2 seasons by trading for Bogut and then getting RJ. On paper they aren't going to be that bad, I mean Bogut, RJ in the half court if healthy will be a nice tandem. Then you throw in Lee, Curry and Thompson, it's not bad, but getting them healthy is another issue. But that's basically GSW's thinking at this point, get a good group together through 2014 and see what happens.

Well first as people above noted it looks like i am wrong as stephen jackson's contract is for rest of this year and rest of next year, but the trade still makes sense. It's understandable why both teams did it, then again how can you trust bogut to be healthy? Trading Monta was a must but I think they would have been better off trading for a big a level below bogut that has stayed healthy. Also did you see the video yesterday while lacob was talking? That was a disgrace.

[Kidd Karma]

Originally Posted by mavs777

Well first as people above noted it looks like i am wrong as stephen jackson's contract is for rest of this year and rest of next year, but the trade still makes sense. It's understandable why both teams did it, then again how can you trust bogut to be healthy? Trading Monta was a must but I think they would have been better off trading for a big a level below bogut that has stayed healthy. Also did you see the video yesterday while lacob was talking? That was a disgrace.

embarrassing and classless. It started slow with a murmur, then someone screamed out Monta, and boy that kicked things off. This was about Mully not Lacob, it took away from the moment. GSW fans booed Cohan at the 2000 All Star Game. Passionate fans, but at times classless.

Lets say Dallas wants to retire Mark Aguirre's jersey, does Mark Cuban need to speak? see that's the question I pose to GSW admins, why did Lacob have to speak he was not part of the organization when Mullin was here. Former teammates, broadcasters, Nelson, owner at the time, would have been my choices. In addition he was very critical of Mullin's moves when he first took ownership of the team. Nevertheless embarrassing to GSW fans as well as the organization.

[fluid.forty.one]

Funniest part was Rick Barry lecturing the fans.

[Kidd Karma]

Yea, Barry was a hoot, the older crowd hated his guts, but he still holds the last GSW title.

Another funny bit about GSW's owner, his fiancee did not talk to him for at least 2 days after the Monta trade. Seems she was best friends with Monta's wife.

[Firnen]

Webow will sign with the NY Jets... what you think? with major endorsement money in THE CITY projected going to him and Jeremy Lin, it seems like the Brooklyn Nets loose leverage in signing Deron