hova- wrote: Lamrock, I thought the same at first, but honestly, the 2011's FA class without Melo just sucks. So I feel like it was a good decision to rather spent little money for some role players than throwing it out of the window by signing Marc Gasol, Thad Young or Zach Randolph for shitty contracts.
███ NBA preseason to start on October 18th
NEW YORK (AP)
The NBA preseason will start on the 18th of October 2011 with the Bucks playing vs the Knicks at 0² World in Berlin.
The preseason will see each team playing 7-9 games and 15 of these games won't take place on the American continent.
The Los Angeles Lakers will move on to Mexico City to play two games there, whilst the Seattle Sonics will play at Vancouver and the San Antonio Spurs will have one game at Buenos Aires to let other American countries feel the joy of NBA basketball.
███ Dragic moved to Houston, Battier to Memphis
PHOENIX-HOUSTON (AP)
Slovenian guard Goran Dragic has been traded to the Houston Rockets in exchange for a future 1st round draft pick. The Rockets were looking for a decent point guard addition to backup Kyle Lowry after the departure of Aaron Brooks to Oklahoma City. Dragic averaged only 2.8 points per game for the Suns last season and played in the D-league several months.
The Rockets also struck a deal which landed them Demarre Carroll of the Grizzlies and a future 1st rounder. Memphis will receive Shane Battier and Ishmael Smith in the deal, which at first should have included Hasheebm Thabeet, whom the Grizzlies did not want to let go after his recent improvements, especially offensively.
███ Contenders deepen their roster
NEW YORK (AP)
The NBA announced a lot of contracts signed in the last week by several players, who will join title contending teams to deepen their rosters.
Mike Bibby negotiated a buyout with the Washington Wizards and joined the Miami Heat as a backup point guard behind resigned Mario Chalmers.
Troy Murphy wasn't resigned by the Warriors and signed a contract with the Bostons Celtics.
Rasual Butler signed a one-year contract with the Chicago Bulls who were looking to get some three point shooting.
Jared Jeffries joined his former team, the New York Knicks, to play alongside All-Stars Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire. The Knicks also claimed Derrick Brown off waivers.
Sasha Pavlovic signed a one-year deal with the Boston Celtics, who only had one small forward in Paul Pierce on their team.
Alonzo Gee signed a multi-year contract with the Atlanta Hawks.
Corey Brewer, who was waived by the New York Knicks earliers this week, signed a 3-year contract worth approximately 8M $ with the Dallas Mavericks.
Larry Hughes got signed for 1 year by the Denver Nuggets.
DeAndre Jordan got a 1-year contract from the Portland Trailblazers who were looking for a solid backup for Greg Oden.
███ Several new coaches in the league
NEW YORK (AP)
The NBA likes to welcome several new coaches to the league after a spectacular coaching rotation during offseason.
Tyrone Corbin is the new coach of the Utah Jazz after Jerry Sloan decided to retire this year.
The Rockets also had to find a new coach when Rick Adelman said he wanted to end his coaching tenure with the team and did not resign a contract. The Rockets formed a new coaching duo with Don Nelson and Paul Westphal stepping up as new coaches for Houston.
George Karl of the Nuggets also made a cut this season as he was still struggling with health problems after dealing with cancer the season before. The Nuggets front office decided to sign Alex English, a former Nuggets player and assistant coach for the team from the Mile High City.
John Kuester got fired by Joe Dumars after the season and will be replaced by former Magic Coach and Pistons assistant coach Brian Hill.
The Raptors' GM Liam Washburn did not resign Jay Triano to a new contract but instead named PJ Carlesimo his new head coach.
███ Charlotte goes old school, back to old jerseys
CHARLOTTE (AP)
The Charlotte Bobcats will go back to their old jersey they wore in the franchise's first season, front office executive Michael Jordan mentioned recently.
The team wants to start new and thus the Cats will wear their former orange jerseys on the road and a white jersey at home.
"The pinstripes weren't really popular at all", Jordan added after mentioning his decision.
The Bobcats traded away their biggest contract and are looking to start from scratch in the 2011 campaign.
hova- wrote:I only played those games for 1-2 minutes to get a pic. So it took about half an hour.
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