NBA Off-Season Discussion Thread

[Mooche]

Shaq to the Hawks?! I could not picture him in a Hawks uni, ha.

 

[Pugz]

shaq to the hawks, eh. i guess it better than zaza. haha

 

[RipCity32]

Skip Bayless called that SO hard this morning lol.

 

[sheed]

Detroit Pistons GM Joe Dumars has issued a statement saying that he has no interest in the New Jersey Nets GM job.

 

[elcheato]

Apparently Mike Miller would come to Cleveland for the MLE if LeBron re-signs.. That'd be good I guess

 

[$tunna]

Shaq playing for us would be dope. He's old but he's still bigger then all the other big men on our squad. Also is a big upgrade from Zaza =/

 

[bestkeptsecret13]

Shaq needs to call it quits... He's floating around the league too much now. If he signs somewhere new, it'll be his third team in three years. It's time to call in a career big guy.

 

[$tunna]

I hear he just wants to play 2 more years for a contender and with him the hawks could definitely up their chances

 

[elcheato]

All I know is Shaq hurt the Cavs more then help last year during the playoffs...

 

[elcheato]

The Suns have talked to Cleveland about a deal that would send Barbosa there for Jamario Moon, whose contract expires in a year, and Delonte West, who can be bought out of his contract. Barbosa has two years and $14.7 million remaining on his deal.

interesting.

 

[sheed]

Shawn Marion (Dallas Mavericks) plays in World Series of Poker: http://www.insidehoops.com/blog/?p=6142

Kind of funny haha.

 

[$tunna]

All I know is Shaq hurt the Cavs more then help last year during the playoffs...

Definitely

 

[$tunna]

Derrick Rose reportedly preferred the Bulls to sign Joe Johnson instead of LeBron James, according to multiple people that spoke with Brian Windhorst.

Via RealGM

bOw!

 

[Pugz]

Chris Duhon and the Magic have agreed to a four-year, $15 million deal, sources have confirmed to Chad Ford.

Duhon spent the past two season with the Knicks after playing for the Bulls over his first four.

He will serve as Jameer Nelson's backup at the point guard position.

Via Chad Ford/ESPN (via Twitter)

fixed the mistake he made three years ago.

 

[Pugz]

The Cavaliers and LeBron James are reportedly working on recruiting Chris Bosh to Cleveland.

The Raptors are open to completing a sign-and-trade with the Cavaliers.

Chad Ford reports that Bosh and James want to play together, but while the former prefers it to be with the Bulls, Heat or Nets, the latter wants it to be in Cleveland.

Bosh's agent Henry Thomas has confirmed to Jonathan Abrams of the New York Times that Cleveland has been in touch with his client.

Via Chris Broussard/ESPN (via Twitter)

 

[Pugz]

Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov is convinced that Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh will play together in Miami next season.

Prokhorov also believes that if LeBron James joined the duo with the Heat, he could win "two or three titles" but "diminish the LeBron brand" because he'd be winning with such a power-packed lineup.

Via ESPN

 

[VC15]

Bosh wants either Chicago, Miami or us. Two tweets said that LeBron is not likely to end up in Chicago or Miami. Draw your own conclusions.

 

[Dorado]

Back to the Shaq talk....

I also heard the Celtics are interested in him

 

[VC15]

Dinner conversation between Wade and Bosh:

Wade: “Sign with the Heat. You and me, bro”.

Bosh: “I don’t know, Riley gutted your team. It would just be the two of us and that scrub, Beasley”.

Wade: “We get LeBron too. We got Chalmers too”.

Bosh: “I heard nothing from LeBron. Chalmers is nothing. How do the Heat plan to fill up the rest of the roster after you , me, and LeBron? Plus, I gotta take a pay cut to play with y’all. No way.”

Wade: “No state taxes, man. It’ll be the same thing. Plus, you get all the hotties in South Beach”.

Bosh: “I dig the hotties, but I need to get paid. The Bulls and Nets got more than Chalmers and Beasley”.

Wade: “Man, then maybe we both check out the Bulls”.

 

[RipCity32]

Dinner conversation between Wade and Bosh:

Wade: “Sign with the Heat. You and me, bro”.

Bosh: “I don’t know, Riley gutted your team. It would just be the two of us and that scrub, Beasley”.

Wade: “We get LeBron too. We got Chalmers too”.

Bosh: “I heard nothing from LeBron. Chalmers is nothing. How do the Heat plan to fill up the rest of the roster after you , me, and LeBron? Plus, I gotta take a pay cut to play with y’all. No way.”

Wade: “No state taxes, man. It’ll be the same thing. Plus, you get all the hotties in South Beach”.

Bosh: “I dig the hotties, but I need to get paid. The Bulls and Nets got more than Chalmers and Beasley”.

Wade: “Man, then maybe we both check out the Bulls”.

Lmao.