I MISS THE NBA ALREADY!!!
Posted by bookiebusta on June 24, 2009
MY FAVORITE SPURS PLAYER YTD...
Let me start this post by saying I MISS THE NBA! With only baseball in town for the next 2-3 months until NFL preseason/season, anytime anything is mentioned on TV or on sports websites even remotely related to the NBA, I’m on it! With that being said, we all should be really glad that it was Richard Jefferson… The Spurs could’ve landed VINSANITY for the likes of Oberto, Bowen, and Roger Mason Jr… Had that happened, I may have had to stop watching basketball… So now we can assume that the Spurs have locked in their team as Parker, Ginobili, Jefferson, Duncan, and Gooden… O M G
FOYE HAD A BREAKOUT SEASON LAST YEAR...
We move on to the other team that made some noise yesterday, as Washington added to their arsenal of guards and small forwards… Randy Foye who had a breakout season last year, along with pure shooter Mike Miller are expected to contribute as they did this past season, and I do feel most likely that Butler would be on the move… Can you think of a team that has an arsenal of bigs that they need to unload? How about the Clips? The Clips have centers Marcus Camby, Chris Kaman, and a developing Deandre Jordan… They also have Zach Randolph in that mix, along with a 6’10″ Novak, as well as their plans to draft 6’10″ Blake Griffin at #1 tomorrow… So how about Butler + Mike Miller for let’s say… Thornton and Camby?
WAS lineup: Agent Zero, Foye, Thornton, Jamison, Camby… with Nick Young, Andray Blatche, and Dominic Mcguire off the bench…
LAC lineup: B Diddy, Eric Gordon, Butler, Zach, Kaman… with Mike Miller, Blake Griffin, Mike Taylor, and DeAndre off the bench… (not that there’s a problem with the Clips’ team right now… all we need to do is drop Coach Dunleavy, and bring in a coach that can run Mike D’Antoni’s offense.. and you have yourself at least a #3 seed in the Western Conference)
Not a bad suggestion I’d say…
So now, the smaller names are creating buzz around the league… The latest buzz would be Q Rich to the Grizzlies for Darko Milicic in return to the Knicks… It could work out for both teams.. I mean, Q is washed up a bit, but the boy can still shoot (at times)… and the Knicks are terribly undersized…
We have names like Ben Gordon and Carlos Boozer being thrown around in talks about the Pistons, but we’ll see where that goes… I’m also hearing that the Blazers were first interested in Kidd, but now are seriously considering pairing Roy with Hinrich in the backcourt… We’re 1 day away from the NBA Draft, where the Wolves hold 4 1st round picks, and the Kings with 3 1st round picks themselves… A LOT of trades will start falling through… Aren’t you excited???
trueaspects said
man i feel the same way.
jamesinva said
Ive been hearing Hinrich to Portland talks since the trade deadline in February. I DO NOT want Hinrich.
Watch Portland to have an eventful draft as they have I believe 4 picks (1 in the first, 3 in the second) and I see them making some changes.
The Clippers could make some moves but in all honesty what team is going to take on those big contracts? The Thornton and Camby for Miller and Caron Butler deal does sound like a good move for both teams.
bookiebusta said
AND NOW… JAMAAL CRAWFORD TO THE HAWKS FOR SPEEDY CLAXTON? AND ACIE LAW?
BIBBY, CRAWFORD, EVANS, SMITH, HORFORD???
THEY STILL LACK A BENCH… PACHULIA… AND THAT’S ABOUT IT…
jamesinva said
This is a great trade for the Hawks. I think Crawford is trigger happy, but he is a fast guard who can score in bunches. Great move giving up claxton who I dont know why hes even still in the NBA. Acie Law…still yet to see anything from him but he has potential. The hawks do lack a bench, they also lack scoring but maybe crawford who will be coming off the bench can be a spark plug. You forgot to add Joe Johnson =)
bookiebusta said
LOL OH YEAH… FORGOT ABOUT JOE (ONLY THE STAR OF THE TEAM)…
BUT I STILL DON’T THINK THIS TRADE MAKES THIS TEAM BETTER… NOBODY HAS DOUBTED THE INDIVIDUAL TALENT OR ATHLETICISM OF THE PLAYERS ON THIS TEAM… THE PROBLEM WITH THIS TEAM IS THAT THEY CAN’T PLAY “TEAM BASKETBALL” (AS WAS EVIDENT THIS YEAR IN THE PLAYOFFS)… THEY ARE ONLY EFFECTIVE WHEN THEY RUN A FAST-PACED GAME, BUT THAT’S NOT THE STYLE OF BALL THAT THEY PLAY.. WHEN HAVING TO PLAY A HALF COURT OFFENSE, THERE IS NO BALL MOVEMENT.. EACH INDIVIDUAL PLAYER TRIES TO TAKE THEIR MAN, AND THAT’S WHY THEY KEEP GETTING KNOCKED OFF IN THE PLAYOFFS…
THE PROBLEM WILL NOT BE WITH CRAWFORD.. HE’S A PROVEN SCORER THAT CAN PASS THE BALL… BUT WILL NEVER HESITATE TO TAKE A JUMPSHOT, EVEN IF IT IS 30 FEET OUT… WHAT IS THE PROBLEM THEN? TRY MIKE WOODSON -_-