2013 General Free Agent Signings/News and Trades

[DesignatedT]

Hack a Howard = Spurs win.

[davidbowie]

Damn we're ed

[manufan10]

True:

Presti

[Mugen]

Lakers gonna be begging LeBron and Melo next summer.

They've already had some practice with Begging this offseason tbh

[slick'81]

Houston is gonna b scary .g.st,spurs,okc,clipps on watch

[LakerHater]

[Bruno]

I can see a Josh Smith for Asik+filler S&T.

[DesignatedT]

So now the question is will LA do a S&T? What will Houston offer? Lin + Asik? lol

[Mel_13]

I can see a Josh Smith for Asik+filler S&T.

Would make so much sense for both teams.

[davidbowie]

Hahahahah lakers u kn losers lololol

[houston spurs fan]

Lol, ESPN just had to quote USA Today breaking the story

[slick'81]

LaKers get walked out on lol

[DPG21920]

If I were GS, I would very quickly renege on the trade with UTA. I would pull out now. No Dwight makes getting Iggy very costly and possibly not very fruitful. You lose Jack/Landry/2 1sts/multiple seconds and have to pay him 48M?

[TD 21]

If this is in fact true (not sure how Amick managed to beat Wojnarowski and the other top insiders, but it's not like he's some virtual unknown like the idiot out of Phoenix that claimed the Spurs were in serious discussions for Gortat), then I don't get the Iguodala move by the Warriors.

Sure, at times, they can get away with playing Barnes at PF, but for the most part, they've limited him to roughly half a game off the bench, which will obviously stunt his development, plus given away 2 future 1sts and a quality 3D wing, in Rush and for what? I like Iguodala, but he doesn't boost their ceiling enough to justify the move.

[ducks]

I told you people a month ago howard was going to houston

[manufan10]

[DesignatedT]

[Bruno]

For Spurs, it's better to have Howard going to Rockets than to Lakers because it removes a team with cap space.

Right now these are the team with more than the MLE in cap sapce:
Atlanta, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Milwaukee, Orlando, Philadelphia and Sacramento.

I really hope Spurs will pick the cap space + room exception option. I feel it's now a buyers market.

[marinoman]

rockets can celebrate

[manufan10]

[benefactor]

Kennedy is full of got. Don't listen to him. He's trying once again to get traffic.

[K-State Spur]

- They could maybe get away with him on Jordan, but, limited as he is offensively, that would still be a tough match-up for him and block out and it would mean Duncan would have to guard Griffin.
- Right, but can Kirilenko?
- Same situation as the Clippers (just replace Jordan with Bogut)
- But they do have Hibbert/West and they play a lot more minutes in the playoffs
- No, but can he guard Love or Pekovic and block out either?

He's a mediocre rebounder in general, but against a team that plays as small as the Heat, he'd have a field day. West is a sub par rebounder and is thought of as more of a face up PF than low post one, yet he destroyed them on the glass and in the post. I see no reason why Millsap, a similar player, couldn't do the same . . . and if I'm not mistaken, he has since the big three formed.

It's AK's versatility that makes him a better choice. He doesn't have to play much 4 against bigger teams, playing back-up 3 instead. Now, I have no idea if he's okay with this and wants onboard, but we don't know that about Millsap either.

The difference between West & Millsap vs. the Heat is that West has a back-to-the-basket game and can back Lebron or other defenders down. Millsap doesn't do that. He shoots 12 footers. And his offensive rebound rate has fallen to 8% - half of what it was when he was rookie. He's not good on the boards anymore.

[marinoman]

Ken Berger from CBS reporting Dwight calling teams to inform them he chose Houston.

[DesignatedT]

For Spurs, it's better to have Howard going to Rockets than to Lakers because it removes a team with cap space.

Assuming the Spurs actually plan on being players in FA. In all likelihood they don't and this move is probably bad for them in that case.

[manufan10]