Pursuing Andrew Bynum

[djohn2oo8]

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[gnsf0946]

:lol Cuban
:lol Mavs
:lol One and done

[DMX7]

I wouldn't be surprised if we are too.

[jag]

This is what the bottom looks like.

Dirk needs to have some self-respect and demand a trade to the Spurs.

[siraulo23]

a healthy bynum is a very good plan b, problem is he's never healthy :lol

[monosylab1k]

A healthy Bynum is better than Dwight Howard. But a unicorn is also better than a horse.

[Jumi]

This is what the bottom looks like.

Dirk needs to have some self-respect and demand a trade to the Spurs.

This, tbh!

:lol Cuban
:lol Free agency

[Rogue]

A healthy Bynum would still be the best big in the league but a healthy Bynum is just as much an imaginary thing as my "Goddess" in my novel :cry. The distance between Bynum and health is just as long as that between my goddess and a good woman's personality :cry

[BUMP]

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[Chinook]

A healthy Bynum is better than Dwight Howard. But a unicorn is also better than a horse.

Pretty much. Not a bad gamble to take, all things considered. Either he's healthy and the team actually competes for the playoffs or he isn't and the team will tank. Either result would be better than what they did this season.

[djohn2oo8]

Pretty much. Not a bad gamble to take, all things considered. Either he's healthy and the team actually competes for the playoffs or he isn't and the team will tank. Either result would be better than what they did this season.
If it's a multiyear deal then its a horrible game. His knees are degenerating.

[djohn2oo8]

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[Chinook]

If it's a multiyear deal then its a horrible game. His knees are degenerating.

That would be weird. It doesn't help either side to give a long-term deal. I can definitely see Cuban giving eight figures on a one-year deal, though.

[~O~]

They wouldn't dare make such a boneheaded move.

[TXstbobcat]

I don't think it would be a huge gamble for Cuban to give him a one year deal but I think some team out there will gamble on a longer deal for him. Cuban might get to crazy after not getting Howard and give Bynama long term deal.

[TDMVPDPOY]

stupid move

dont they still have kaman? or his a FA?

[whitemamba]

stupid move

dont they still have kaman? or his a FA?

your parents having sex was a stupid move, it gave us you.

[JamStone]

As some have said and suggested, it would be fine for a one year deal. After missing out on some of their intended FA targets, they'll have to throw money at some players regardless to meet the salary cap floor anyway. But also agree that a multiple year deal would be unwise.

But I would enjoy watching a 3 second tv shot of him with his ironed-straight afro with perhaps a colorful pancho pimping "tacos."

[Findog]

If the Mavs keep missing out on their free agent targets, then they need to do what Boston did to get KG and Ray Allen and what Houston did to get Harden and then Howard: stockpile assets in the form of young players and picks. People made fun of the Rockets for years because of their pursuit of every possible high-value player but it paid off: they had the assets to land Harden when he suddenly became available and that made it easier to lure a player of Howard's caliber to join them.

[Rogue]

If the Mavs keep missing out on their free agent targets, then they need to do what Boston did to get KG and Ray Allen and what Houston did to get Harden and then Howard: stockpile assets in the form of young players and picks. People made fun of the Rockets for years because of their pursuit of every possible high-value player but it paid off: they had the assets to land Harden when he suddenly became available and that made it easier to lure a player of Howard's caliber to join them.
1. Signing DH comes with risk. He would probably turn out to be a horrible signing if he lets injury or ego take the best of him, and even if he maintains good health and his current form, the Rockets would still wake up in the trough before the WCF begin, even for the best scenario.
2. It's not easy to lure big name FAs under the new CBA. DH only joined them because he's such a dumbass n!gger and the Houston city is the dumbest city of the US. We had a decent playoff squad and a MAX for Deron a year ago, and a chance to play for his hometown but he still declined us to earn the extra 30m in Brooklyn.
3. DH is a dumbass and he's found an affinity with the city of Houston, like a fly will always prefer a piece of shit to cheese.

[djohn2oo8]

1. Signing DH comes with risk. He would probably turn out to be a horrible signing if he lets injury or ego take the best of him, and even if he maintains good health and his current form, the Rockets would still wake up in the trough before the WCF begin, even for the best scenario.
2. It's not easy to lure big name FAs under the new CBA. DH only joined them because he's such a dumbass n!gger and the Houston city is the dumbest city of the US. We had a decent playoff squad and a MAX for Deron a year ago, and a chance to play for his hometown but he still declined us to earn the extra 30m in Brooklyn.
3. DH is a dumbass and he's found an affinity with the city of Houston, like a fly will always prefer a piece of shit to cheese.
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[baseline bum]

The Mavs should offer a 2 year deal for max money. If he sucks they bite the bullet one year and the second have an incredibly valuable expiring contract to pull their own Gasol or Chandler deal (or Richard Jefferson deal :lol). Might as well take the chance, even if it means giving a 3 year deal. What exactly do they have to lose? They're not pulling LeBron from Miami.

[Killakobe81]

1. Signing DH comes with risk. He would probably turn out to be a horrible signing if he lets injury or ego take the best of him, and even if he maintains good health and his current form, the Rockets would still wake up in the trough before the WCF begin, even for the best scenario.
2. It's not easy to lure big name FAs under the new CBA. DH only joined them because he's such a dumbass n!gger and the Houston city is the dumbest city of the US. We had a decent playoff squad and a MAX for Deron a year ago, and a chance to play for his hometown but he still declined us to earn the extra 30m in Brooklyn.
3. DH is a dumbass and he's found an affinity with the city of Houston, like a fly will always prefer a piece of shit to cheese.

Damn, Rogue whatcha really think of houston?! :lol

[spurraider21]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAryFIuRxmQ

[Killakobe81]

The Mavs should offer a 2 year deal for max money. If he sucks they bite the bullet one year and the second have an incredibly valuable expiring contract to pull their own Gasol or Chandler deal (or Richard Jefferson deal :lol). Might as well take the chance, even if it means giving a 3 year deal. What exactly do they have to lose? They're not pulling LeBron from Miami.

Agree with Baseline. Lakers or Mavs are dumb to think Riles will let James leave. L.A. is great but he passed up NYC to choose Miami. He is not leaving.

[LkrFan]

your parents having sex was a stupid move, it gave us you.
:lol

[Rogue]

Damn, Rogue whatcha really think of houston?! :lol
Houston is the downfall of this country and its latitude is a fair reflection of its brain level tbh.

[djohn2oo8]

Houston is the downfall of this country and its latitude is a fair reflection of its brain level tbh.
It's cool. We know how much you wanted Duhhwhitteee

[LkrFan]

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[Venti Quattro]

JJ Barea does not like this.

[Rogue]

It's cool. We know how much you wanted Duhhwhitteee
No sour grapes really. even if he had stayed in LA I would've still said the same about Houston tbh

[My Fault]

Really can't blame Dallas for going after Bynum, tbh. On a short deal the risk isn't that high considering the position they're currently in.

[HeatChamps]

your parents having sex was a stupid move, it gave us you.
:lmao

[Thread]

An unmitigated waste of time, energy and money.

[Joyrider]

Curious but would a healthy Bynum with a rejuvenated Dirk plus Marion, Calderon, a top 5 in the West? They would at least make the playoffs I would assume.

[djohn2oo8]

Curious but would a healthy Bynum with a rejuvenated Dirk plus Marion, Calderon, a top 5 in the West? They would at least make the playoffs I would assume.

A healthy Bynum would make them serious contenders. But like many have said, that's the problem. His knees are like Yao's feet.

[Vash StampedE]

Come on!!! How could you guys treat Dirk this way, with this uncertainty of the future? If the Mavs org still has some little decency, they would make him available in the market and tell, "We want to trade Dirk because we want him to win another one and as of now, here's not the best place for that." Or the other way around, if Dirk finally realizes he deserves more, he himself should demand a trade.

But if both parties think that there's still hope to achieve that goal, they should just join Lottery teams such as the Bobcats and Lakers and tank for the 2014 draft. Obviously, they will not make it to the playoffs next season. So if they tank next season and test their luck for the said draft, they would have a extremely high chance to get the 1st pick as the Bobcats, the expected worst team record-wise next season, have surprisingly been unlucky during the recent draft lottery. As for the Lakers, we all know that Kobe - with his very competitive nature - will never accept that tanking concept and will try to win all games as possible once he returns from his injury.

But with all these possible scenarios, I personally prefer and hope that Dirk plays for another team.

[Thread]

Mavs have to gamble on Bynum at this point, they have nothing to lose. Nobody expects em to be worth a fuck this season anyway.

There is no upside, absolutely none. It's a stupid ploy by a man who had it all and was permitted to piss it all away without an ounce of responsibility. It's the money that insulates him. It's what insulated that Hernandez character in New England till he murdered a 3rd person. Now he's worth more on the docket than he was was on the gridiron. When Cuban tilts the scale Media will drag his chubby ass to the tree of woe and crucify him.

[Phillip]

Curious but would a healthy Bynum with a rejuvenated Dirk plus Marion, Calderon, a top 5 in the West? They would at least make the playoffs I would assume.

Bynum
Dirk
Marion
Harris
Calderon

Brand
Wright
Carter
Larkin

That would be a nice team. Definitely contenders in the west, as long as Bynum and Dirk are both healthy and playing hard.

[Phillip]

BIG if on bynum though...

but that would definitely be the best frontcourt in the league

[Joyrider]

Bynum
Dirk
Marion
Harris
Calderon

Brand
Wright
Carter
Larkin

That would be a nice team. Definitely contenders in the west, as long as Bynum and Dirk are both healthy and playing hard.

I can't imagine them starting Harris at the 2. That back court would get burned by every team in the league but of course, you would have Bynum protecting the rim at least. I'd imagine Harris would come off the bench.

[Katherine Robinson]

It is not true when one calls Bynum a low risk & high reward. He may not command the amount of money he is worth, when healthy, but he also will definitely not be healthy for a full season 'nor will he be the same man who embarrassed the likes of Dwight Howard and Tim Duncan during the high points of his career. He is a man of pride and selfishness, he is as much of a cancer as Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard. It may be reasonable to think that in his wounded state he is no threat to the integrity of a team, but it was his knees which collapsed on themselves - not his head. He will be the same man, but in a different - more brittle shell.

[HarlemHeat37]

Carter would start, tbh..he's been their 2nd best defensive player behind Marion the past 2 years, and has been one of the best role players in the league since joining the Mavs..

Vince was the 4th or 5th best 6th man last year, so it's ideal that Dallas keeps him in that role, but he could start if they don't sign a legit 2..

They really should try a 2-year deal for Bynum, tbh..if he miraculously stays healthy, they have a shot in an open conference..

[HarlemHeat37]

Corey Brewer is the only wing player off the top of my head, tbh, and he's more of a SF..

[Rogue]

TC was also known as "injury prone" before coming to Dallas but he was hardy as his dick throughout the 10-11 season. He missed some games but still played 74 games which was good enough imho. Bynum will be playing at least 60 games next season knowing that he has been resting for well over a year now. I'd like it if we could sign him on a short deal, like a 2yr deal with team option for the 2nd year.