FREE AGENCY 2016

[Jackal]

Where are "basketball reasons" now?

In all seriousness though; this off-season has been crazy.

Glad to see my man Pau go to a class organization like the Spurs. West bolting to the Warriors for that vet min though...

[Andrew]

I heard someone say that there was a rumour that Wade may rejoin LeBron and head to the Cavs on a one year deal,if there is any truth to that then he will be leaving a lot of money on the table and defeating the object of "Miami owes me"

It would probably still make his point about loyalty, though.

I bet warriors "fans" who are cheering this move were the same ones hating on LeBron for going to Miami

I'm sure more than a few of them were calling Durant a choker after the WCF, too.

[Stress Fracture]

Nice to see the Rockets characteristically add three-point shooters to cater to D'Antoni's boner for threes. Boy what a season we have ahead.

You back for good now?

Meh, we still have no defense. Capela is the only rim protector we have right now.

[Kevin]

David West is so damn desperate right now. Bolting season by season to a team just to get a ring.

[Andrew]

The rich get richer.

[mp3]

Nice to see the Rockets characteristically add three-point shooters to cater to D'Antoni's boner for threes. Boy what a season we have ahead.

You back for good now?

Meh, we still have no defense. Capela is the only rim protector we have right now.

You could have the best defenders in the league but D'Antoni wouldn't play them till they could shoot the 3 ball.

[Jackal]

See Earl Clark over Pau Gasol.

[mp3]

Yep you Lakers fans know what iam talking about, we played Shawne Williams at center under his reign.

[Axel The Great]

You back for good now?

I wanna say yes, but it's hard to say after a two-year hiatus lol.

You could have the best defenders in the league but D'Antoni wouldn't play them till they could shoot the 3 ball.

Capela will not see the light of day under D'Antoni, I'm sure Ryan Anderson will be playing at the five pretty often. Beverley will get the start since he can at least shoot the three, but I don't see him thriving in D'Antoni's system. Not too excited for this season, but D'Antoni is the perfect coach for "Morey Ball" so there's that.

[mp3]

Let's also see if coach likes Cory Brewer this time around, when he was traded to the knicks D'Antoni said plain and simple you can't shoot I won't play you so we worked a buyout.

[air gordon]

Silver got to make a statement after this shit. Bring back handchecking pleassssssseeeeeeeee and full court press for a whole quarter! You can hardly touch shooters in the NBA now. This team is virtually unguardable without that rule.

Refs actually let them play this past finals. GSW had a hard time getting open off of screens

[Alpha_]

Dirk Nowitzki re-signs with Dallas Mavericks - 2 yr. $40M
Gerald Henderson signs with Philadelphia 76ers - 2 yr. $18M
Mindaugas Kuzminskas signs with New York Knicks - 2 yr. $6M
Willy Hernangomez signs with New York Knicks - 3 yr. - over $1M per year
David West signs with Golden State Warriors - 1 yr. $1.55M
Jason Smith signs with Washington Wizards - 3 yr. $16M
Nene signs with Houston Rockets - 1 yr. $2.9M

Trades:
Orlando sends Shabazz Napier to Portland for $$$
San Antonio have traded Boris Diaw to Utah for Olivier Hanlan
Indiana acquired Jeremey Evans from Dallas for $$$

[Stress Fracture]

Let's also see if coach likes Cory Brewer this time around, when he was traded to the knicks D'Antoni said plain and simple you can't shoot I won't play you so we worked a buyout.

Sometimes he makes it, sometimes he doesn't.

I'm glad Houston got Nene for a very cheap price. Now we need another point guard.

[Alpha_]

Brandon Rush signs with Minnesota Timberwolves - 1 yr. $3.5M
Brian Roberts signs with Charlotte Hornets - 1 yr. $1.05M
Langston Galloway signs with New Orleans Pelicans - 2 yr. deal
Richard Jefferson re-signs with Cleveland Cavaliers - 2 yr. $5M
Leandro Barbosa signs with Phoenix Suns - 2 yr. $8M
Dwyane Wade signs with Chicago Bulls - 2yr. $47M


Trades:
Chicago traded Mike Dunleavy to Cleveland.
Chicago traded Jose Calderon to LA Lakers.

[mp3]

It's a shame the knicks had to let Langston Galloway walk but the kid struggles with his shot so much and isn't a point guard, I wish him well though!

[NovU]

This has been one of the craziest offseason in a long time. I am excited to see how all these players movement will change the landscape in the NBA next season.

[PeacemanNOT]

Check out this video I found on the D Wade deal, Jason Whitlock makes some very good points:

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Maybe Pat Riley wanted D Wade to leave so he doesn't have to worry about a massive contract. Think about it, next year there are so many key Free Agents (Westbrook, Blake Griffin etc.)

[Alpha_]

Marshall Plumlee signs with New York Knicks - 3 yr. deal
Dewayne Dedmon signs with San Antonio Spurs - 2 yr. $6M
Boban Marjanovic signs with Detroit Pistons - 3 yr. $21M
Manu Ginobili re-signs with San Antonio Spurs - 1 yr. deal
Ian Clark re-signs with Golden State Warriors - 1 yr. deal
Marcelo Huertas re-signs with Los Angeles Lakers - 2 yr. deal
Festus Ezeli signs with Portland Trail Blazers - 2 yr. $16M
Marcus Thornton re-signs with Washington Wizards - 1 yr. $1.3M
Allen Crabbe signs with Brooklyn Nets - 4 yr. $75M


Chicago waive Spencer Dinwiddie
Detroit waive both Joel Anthony and Cameron Bairstow
Washington waive Drew Gooden

[Andrew]

"Outsmarted"? I don't think those guys know what the word means. Of course, glancing at their other videos, I would suggest that there are big gaps in their knowledge and a lack of intelligent thought in general. The only thing sadder and more moronic are the comments on the videos themselves. Yeesh.

Riley may have, in the long run, made the smarter move by opting not to tie up cap space with a big contract for Wade. However, that doesn't mean that Wade was "outsmarted" or "outfoxed"; he still gets paid, his accomplishments cannot be erased, and he looks like the good guy in the whole affair, because Riley's the one who wouldn't pay up or even pick up the phone to reach out to the guy who's been the face of the franchise for so long. To that point, that's something that could hurt him in negotiations in the future, so Wade could well have the last laugh.

[stereoxide]

LOL at the Lakers getting Mozgov for $64M for 4 years while the Blazers got the younger Ezeli for much, much less.

[[Q]]

in hindsight, it still wasn't a bad move, considering they had no idea Durant would go to GSW taking up the money they have available so it was better to overpay to lock up someone that's halfway decent that they knew they could get right away instead of waiting, holding out for someone better, and getting burned. They'd wind up overpaying for some d-leaguer/bench player.

[Murat]

Here you go, you lose another solid big man.

[Phil89]

[mp3]

Pistons will go nowhere without Joel Anthony.

[big-shot-ROB]

Riley may have, in the long run, made the smarter move by opting not to tie up cap space with a big contract for Wade. However, that doesn't mean that Wade was "outsmarted" or "outfoxed"; he still gets paid, his accomplishments cannot be erased, and he looks like the good guy in the whole affair, because Riley's the one who wouldn't pay up or even pick up the phone to reach out to the guy who's been the face of the franchise for so long. To that point, that's something that could hurt him in negotiations in the future, so Wade could well have the last laugh.

Quote that.