Official 2010 NBA Playoffs Discussion

Chill out moron, it was a ing joke

I agree and disagree with both of you here:

Obviously, Lee/Danilo/Chandler is a solid building core, but aside from Danilo, is Lee going to be back next year? No probably not, hes sign and trade bait or a back back back up option in FA. Chandler is talented, but now a bonehead. Who is to say he is not a sign and trade candidate? Of course winning on "Broadway" and bringing back basketball in NY is a draw in of itself, but what happens if Amare comes....and no one else? Is it worth it then?

Lopez in particular is the best talent from these two teams, and Harris some days could be right there with him. I LOVE Terrence Williams, but then again is Lee/Chanlder/Curry/Gallinari or Lopez/Harris/Williams enough for a title?

Of course not.

I can see the lure of the Nets though....new owner, new team location, name in a few years, building from the ground up with an owner who is compared to Mark Cuban who would do ANYTHING to make a winner. I can see the draws there too. Have an input in the naming maybe? etc.

NY is in a tough situation, they could sign Lebron and be fine or they could miss, and wind up with Bosh/Johnson and not be a title contender, where as the Nets could keep rebuilding and be fine eventually.

I do believe the Raptors would take a Hinrich, a Deng (Who would be the preferred sign n trade player), or shredding salary for Bosh. If the guy isnt coming back, why not get SOMETHING, even if its salary relief. Derek Rose is signed for 3 more years, the money will be do-able to lock him up and Noah 2. I mean no one is close to NY in cap space, but Chicago is right up there especially if they can deal Deng or Hinrich in a sign and trade.

Chris Bosh is a goner, Wade stays, Lebron is 50/50 but I dont think NY is where he ends up. I think it's 3rd behind Chicago and Cleveland.

I really knew sh*t would hit the fan in here as this LeBron and potential Knicks mania got closer.

Ralpho makes the most sense.

But the bottom line is any one could see NY is the logical favorite if he leaves Cleveland. The Bulls giving up Deng or Hinrich (Toronto would have to be crazy, Hedo is there) is going to start getting WHO to fill out the starting 5?

See that's where this all gets lame for me; that's the same logic people use to argue against the Knicks. Yet they have a boat load more in cap space for 2 years.

I've had to sit here and watch espn and a lot of fans be bitter pants and scuff at FA's coming to NY because apparently it makes them mad to give it validity. As a knicks fan I finally see slight jealousy.

I've had to sit here for 10 days already and hear about why Chicago or NJ situations that would potentially have Flip Murray and Courtney Lee at starting two guard are A. drastically better than Cleveland and B. Better than the Knicks 37.5 mil and 15 mil in money to spend over the next two seasons while already having a point guard, 2 guard, and 7 ft small forward on the roster for small, mutiple year contracts.

I'm not saying LeBron is definitely coming to the Knicks. But judging by what I've seen already, if he does, people are going to cryyyyy and cryyyyy some more while talking about what could have been in Brooklyn with the less than 15 win, less comparable roster situation Nets if the Knicks struggle for a minute.

I want Stephon Marbury back... at least then we were morons for legitimate reasons.

As a Blazer fan, I'm actually more interested in sellers than where all these over priced free agents land. I want to know who's available via a trade in hopes of making this team better.

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It's no wonder Dirk is opting out. Cuban is a clown. He sounds worse than fans like me considering he's an NBA owner.

Nah, they're a lot farther back then what was once thought. Oden is the key to their success, but it doen't look like he's ever going to amount to much at this point...there's still time but it don't look good.

Aldridge is weak mentally and doesn't have much of an inside game, nor will he ever.

Miller isn't a good fit, he's had some great individual games for the club but he doesn't compliment Roy's game because he can't spread the floor and shoot. He also plays too much off the dribble which supresses ball movement.

Rudy wants out because he hates Nate's slow methodical system.

Webster is streaky, but there's room for improvement.

Bayless has awful BBIQ, he makes some of the dumbest decisions with the ball I've ever seen come from a pro. Also, without his speed, he's useless.

Batum I think will make the all-defensive team if he stays healthy and if he continues to improve his offensive game he can be an all-star caliber player.

The team lacks consistency off the bench and points in the paint. Neither of those will improve without changes or unless Oden lives up to his promise.

I'm a firm believer you can't just wait and see if a guy will develop into something special because more often than not, they don't. They need to move these pieces while they're still desirable, especially with Roy's bum knees. At this point they gotta hit the accelerator. All you have is one top ten caliber guy in Roy and softy Aldridge who might be somewhere in the 50 range. If LBJ can't win with Williams and Jamison, I highly doubt Roy can win with LMA and Miller.

Dirk isn't opting out because he thinks Cuban is a "clown" -- he's doing it so he can sign a longer contract with a smaller annual salary so the Mavs have more cap space. I guarantee he signs for less than the $20M he was owned.

I really hope Lebron James goes to NY or NJ. Why? So he is no where near California.

Rondo is teaching Jameer Nelson "why it's bad to be a shoot first or dribble flashy point guard" through example right now.

Celtics look like they have just as good of a chance at the title as the Lakers.

Dirk on the Suns would be great to see. Don't know why he'd opt out to take less money than he was owed, doesn't make much sense to me.