Steve9347

Rather unbelievably, LaMarcus Aldridge is going to miss at least two weeks after undergoing tests for a heart condition. Portland with the trifecta of bad news today.

Apparently Greg Oden suffered a setback and is likely to miss the entire season. Jesus.

Let's take it down a notch. Golden State's key to a big man would never revolve around flipping Jameer Nelson. Jameer has so little trade value.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 9, 2011 -> 06:19 PM) Buehrle just on CSN, called today a sad day. Said he never received an offer from the Sox, said when things were going to go down, went back to the Sox for some sort of offer, not neccessarily a match, and the Sox declined. So he confirmed the Sox never made him an offer. I think its pretty hard to call a guy a hypocrite when the team apparently didn't want him. Calling him a hypocrite has been and continues to be a disgrace.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Dec 9, 2011 -> 06:22 PM) Before you know it, Monta Ellis or Josh Smith will be on our roster just to appease Dwight also. ...and he'll still leave #lebron

Rip Hamilton has been waived. I don't want, but I will probably get. I still have dreams of Dwight or, at worst, J-Rich.

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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 9, 2011 -> 03:27 PM) Sadly AJ, you have to choose one or te other. This got me to LOL.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 9, 2011 -> 03:54 PM) Zero reason not to pick up his option, right? Don't need roster spot, he is an expiring deal, and the money doesn't cut into the MLE. Well... maybe a MONSTER deal is in the works. Dwight and Hedo = about 28.5 million. With 150% able to come back, they have about $10 mill before the luxury tax kicks in.... the numbers would be close if we keep Deng. OR MORE LIKELY something at league offices wasn't signed yet and they didn't want to risk anything.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Dec 9, 2011 -> 03:53 PM) Ya, so one of my friends wrote this article. Good kid but he's one of the worst writers I've ever seen and he has a complete lack of sports knowledge, enjoy and please leave comments on how big of a moron he is: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ycn-10640141 I already made fun of that article earlier today, LOL. It's just terrible.

KCJHoop K.C Johnson According to source, #Bulls just pulled Keith Bogans off the practice floor. Story soon at chicagotribune.com. Yeah.... we're not picking up your $1.7 million option, bro.

QUOTE (VictoryMC98 @ Dec 9, 2011 -> 03:35 PM) Sad but true.. Oof, very accurate.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 9, 2011 -> 03:37 PM) I'd rather his get on the phone and start begging Dwight Howard to come here, but I'll take it. I'd take both, but whatever. If the Bulls announced right now Jason Richardson had signed for the max MLE, I'd be rather confident in this season regardless.

That is one well-run organization.

CP3 shows up for Hornet's Camp.

KCJHoop K.C Johnson DRose's extension will be closer to $90 million than $100 million. Still will raise tax concerns, particularly with Asik and Taj RFAs. Supposedly Derrick Rose won't even demand the maximum allowed salary? God, I love that kid.

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 9, 2011 -> 03:13 PM) Melo to the knicks did not stink worse than lebron/bosh to miami. NYK had collected assets for a long time for moments like that. Melo to the Knicks was pretty fair, actually, given the circumstances.

MINI.KEVIN.LOVE.

QUOTE (flavum @ Dec 9, 2011 -> 10:10 AM) NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! http://twitpic.com/7qud2n SOF*CKINGWEIRD

If found to have had the meeting with Howard, the Nets could face stiff fines, a loss of draft picks and perhaps even lose the right to sign him as a free agent next summer or trade for him. Wojnarowski Article

“Since the NBA purchased the New Orleans Hornets, final responsibility for significant management decisions lies with the Commissioner's Office in consultation with team chairman Jac Sperling. All decisions are made on the basis of what is in the best interests of the Hornets. In the case of the trade proposal that was made to the Hornets for Chris Paul, we decided, free from the influence of other NBA owners, that the team was better served with Chris in a Hornets uniform than by the outcome of the terms of that trade.” David Stern statement.

I'm masturbating to the visual that was placed in my head while reading.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Dec 9, 2011 -> 12:28 PM) Obviously we all are hoping we can land Howard, but realistically it's not happening, D12 seems kind of like the dopey front runner kind (LBJ), he's going to end up in LA some way somehow, the Bulls just don't attract mega FAs, Rose doesn't have much pull if all we got last year was Carlos f***ing Boozer, I'm not getting my hopes up this time, we probably won't even get Jefferson I'd rather slit my wrists than wind up with Richard Jefferson.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Dec 9, 2011 -> 12:18 PM) Not when they were teamates on the US Olympic team, that's when the supposed tampering began. QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Dec 9, 2011 -> 12:15 PM) Yeah, it started with the Olympics. But again, that was a player (Wade) courting a player (LeBron).

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Dec 9, 2011 -> 12:17 PM) I highly doubt the Bulls are 100% innocent in trying to get Howard. They just arent as stupid as to have a meeting with him. THey can use Rose like the Heat used Wade. Rename the f***ing arena the ADIDAS Center and give Dwight and D-Rose a cut, f*** if I care!!