I think we could easily beat the Lakers. They look good on paper but I doubt they will be able to function as a team. With a new starting PG and C and a head coach like Brown it will take them a while to get things going.
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I think we could easily beat the Lakers. They look good on paper but I doubt they will be able to function as a team. With a new starting PG and C and a head coach like Brown it will take them a while to get things going.
If it happens, Spurs are fucked. They were still fucked by OKC being better so it doesn't really change their issue. Spurs ceiling would be to be the third best team in the west instead of the second one.
As an answer to this trade, Spurs will need to sign a random 7 footer. He doesn't need to be great or skilled and will get a lot of DNP CD but he will be useful against Howard to play some physical defense and gives his 6 fouls.
You are talking like this is a done deal?
I haven't found any information confiriming this so it could fall through again or be total bullshit.
If it happens, just do hack-a-howard when playing the lakers to get them out of rythm and send him to the bench. Thye'd just about be favorites in the west if they get him. Fuck.
That said i'd be pissed if they only got rid of bynum for a monster like dwight, if i were the magic id be demanding gasol and bynum.
Anyway, can't Bynum reject the trade if he wants to? Some term of his contract?
No need, mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruno
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Howard
Gasol
Jamison
Kobe
Nash
Fucken hell hey
It won't happen. That's what Bonner is for.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruno
Darko Millic?? :lol :stirpot:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruno
No, but really, the FO needs to seek a tough physical post to throw at Howard.
If this thing goes down, it is isn't good for the Spurs in the short term (which matters most), at all.
Well, Spurs do need to have Bonner on the court at the end of game to make clutch shots. They can't afford to have him fouling out because they will be toasted in that case.Quote:
Originally Posted by MI21
Jamison will come off the bench. If they keep World Peace, he'll start.Quote:
Originally Posted by Russo21
Formidable starting 5, if Kobe allows it to be.
:lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Bruno
spurs going to counter by signing ajinca or zuller...
Those are some crooked-ass teeth for a white guy.Quote:
Originally Posted by MI21
Darko would fit the bill on the court but it could create some chemistry issues because he shouldn't be fine with playing such a limited role.Quote:
Originally Posted by triggeredexcellence
Jason Collins or Przybilla would be good picks.
:lol meltdown
So the Spurs should not be alarmed that the Lakers are in the midst of acquiring the best Center in the league? :wtfQuote:
Originally Posted by benefactor
They've been in the midst of it since the season ended.
It doesn't matter what Howard agrees to. Bynum still has to agree to an extension with Orlando(he's already said he's not going to) or they have to work a three way trade and ship him to Houston. We're pretty much in the same place we were yesterday.
Meh.Quote:
Originally Posted by lakerhaterade
Getting alarmed won't change anything. Bynum and Howard are the two best centers in the league. The Lakers look to be better with Howard if he can return to his pre-surgery levels. It is what it is.
The new CBA created a more restrictive luxury tax system and most teams have to adjust their behavior because of it. The very richest teams don't. It never was an even playing field, and the new CBA actually increases the competitive advantage available to the wealthiest teams in the markets attractive to rich, young celebrities. With the occasional odd exception (OKC has one more year before they'll have to choose between Ibaka and Harden), NBA champions will come from Miami, LA, and NY for the foreseeable future.
It's the late 90s early 00s Portland dilemma: there's only one ball. Everyone thought they'd win a title. They didn't. Everyone REALLY thought the ring chaser 2004 Lakers would win. They didn't.
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Originally Posted by Bruno
The Spurs were fucked anyway, so it's not like this move all the sudden rips the title out of the Spurs' hands. Even if the Spurs managed to get out of the West, their reward would be to play the Superfriends in Miami.
:lol There is no answer to this trade. I get what you're saying, but a garbage 7-footer doesn't all the sudden give the Spurs a better shot, at least not anymore than a garbage 6'10" redhead.
the new cba dont mean shit
stern the clown is all about ratings, he will get these fakers to the finals just like he did in 04 ....fck him and his cba bullshit, nba = wwe = loleufa
Howard improves the Lakers significantly, they will be the best team in the west.
Bonner and Zeller on the same team :wowQuote:
Originally Posted by TDMVPDPOY
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did Nazr already sign with the Nets?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruno
Shelden Williams is the other one that comes to mind when thinking about some physical inside presence along with some fouls.
Howard is a lot more style than substance, so I welcome his move to LA. Makes the Lakers less of a threat.