I don't think the Nets are serious in LBJ. They should focus on Melo. It gives them one more year to evaluate their talents and one year closer to the Brooklyn era.
I don't think the Nets are serious in LBJ. They should focus on Melo. It gives them one more year to evaluate their talents and one year closer to the Brooklyn era.
I think Delante West literally screwed Cleveland's chances.

Jordan and Pippen all over againOriginally Posted by dabomb2045
Dem ol' grimy Jets...
Rose + Lebron > Gallo + Lebron
BUT....
Rose + Noah + Lebron < Gallo + Lee + Lebron
Any chance they keep Lee and somehow get Bosh?
You're thinking way over your head.Originally Posted by PlsDontTearDownY.S.

Originally Posted by SLURPEE
Teams that are successful pay a lot, and are nearly always over the luxury tax. You can get a lot of good players by being willing to take on salary.
Pure speculation.
No, they've had much more success, and the Knicks are not the Lakers.
One of the first things Prokhorov did he and FCE agreed on the sale was sit down with Jay-Z and make sure he was on board. Here's a recent quote by Jay-Z:
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...ext-season.php“I sat down and [Prokhorov and I] had a fantastic conversation. There were things that I wanted to really make clear. I wanted to be an active owner. This is something that I really care about, and it’s not just a name cache for me and at it certainly isn’t at this specific moment making me any money. It’s really just a thing I love. And you know me, I love sports so everybody was happy with what I was saying. It looks like I’ll be taking a more active role in what’s going on and it should be fun.” – Jay-Z (NBC Sports)
All players come with risks. Wall's about as much of a sure thing as they come.

I would take Noah ahead of Lee on that team. He's obviously not the same scorer, but he is a much, much better defender and a significantly better rebounder..Originally Posted by Hellsing
No way to keep Lee and get Bosh, unless you're not signing any other big FA
Can you find the stats that say Noah is a "significantly" better rebounder?Originally Posted by Joba-Walkee
Just watching Knick games, Lee always has outrageously high amount of rebounds.
The last couple of years there have been very few (Howard) that have averaged more rebounds.
Forget it I found the stats.
Lee: 4.5, 10.4, 8.9, 11.7, 11.7 Career: 9.6
Noah: 5.6, 7.6, 11.0 Career: 7.9
How is Noah "significantly" better?
Noah > Lee
Lee is good don't get me wrong, but Noah just flat out wants it more than anybody else in the league.
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That's insulting to Jordan and Pippen.Originally Posted by PlsDontTearDownY.S.
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Per 36, Noah had 13.2 rebounds, while Lee had 11.7.Originally Posted by SLURPEE
Noah's ORB%, DRB%, and TRB%:
12.9, 27.6, 20.4
Lee's ORB%, DRB%, and TRB%
8.4, 27.6, 17.9
The Lottery really couldn't have worked out any better for us.
Yep! worked out great....takes away an attractive piece from the NetsOriginally Posted by YanksFan1992
Jesus Montero since June 1 (286 at-bats):
.325/.386/.605/.991
July 1 (182 at-bats):
.348/.417/.658/1.075
Totally agreed. It appears to have been a great night.Originally Posted by YanksFan1992
Mo' Nut: One Smoove Brotha.
Jaret Wright's 2005 Cy Young Season: 20-3, 3.04 ERA
238 more runs to score 1000.
2010 GT record: 8-5 (including two near no-hitters)Originally Posted by Yankeeah
Couldn't be happier!
Rich
Womp Womp5 Reasons Lebron will go to the Nets: http://dimemag.com/2010/05/5-reasons...w-jersey-nets/
1. John Wall: The first step to LeBron’s path to the Nets happens tonight in lovely Secaucus, N.J. The Nets will show up to the NBA Draft Lottery and most likely walk away with the No. 1 overall pick, which, for this team, would almost certainly be John Wall.
Do not discount what Wall would mean to LeBron. In non-All-Star or Team USA settings, can you think of the best point guards James has played with in Cleveland? Mo Williams is far and away the best point guard employed by the Cavs since LeBron came into the League. And while Mo is nice, they’re not exactly reserving a space for him in Springfield. After Mo, it’s grim; the best runners up are Eric Snow and Jeff McInnis. Seriously. The only other PG draw in this free agent situation is Derrick Rose and Chicago, but in the grand scheme of things, the Nets scenario with Wall is much more appealing.

Haha, your fault for reading Dime!
Net fans:
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Careful there chief.Originally Posted by SLURPEE
This will be remembered if Lebron chooses to go elsewhere, ten fold.
"You know what's coming," former Kansas City Royals first baseman Mike Sweeney once said, "but you know what's coming in horror movies too. It still gets you."
-"Mariano Saves," 10/5 S.I.

Maybe so, but a certain Nets fan has been talking smack about LeBron being a Net and not a Knick which right now is in serious doubt without having John Wall as a major selling point.Originally Posted by stazsanity
but but but...they got Jay Z.Originally Posted by Yankees1962
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Jay Z shmay Z, Spike will offer LeBron a part in his next movie.Originally Posted by SLURPEE
We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
That doesn't make him better. Hansborough probably wants it just as bad if not more than Noah and Im not putting him up with some of the better PF in the league.Originally Posted by The FUTURE
Fistpumping like a champion.
Yup. That certainly went up in flames last night. But last time I checked, Lebron isn't donning the number 6 @ MSG yet...and while all indications seem to be pointing towards that occuring, why take the risk?Originally Posted by Yankees1962
EDIT: And if I'm said fan talking smack, since when is pointing out the pros of why he may (in a perfect world) come to a team talking smack? If you can show me one such post, I'll apologize.
"You know what's coming," former Kansas City Royals first baseman Mike Sweeney once said, "but you know what's coming in horror movies too. It still gets you."
-"Mariano Saves," 10/5 S.I.

There haven't been any indications at all that shows he is going to the Knicks.Originally Posted by stazsanity
I think he's more likely to go to Washington. He'll have John Wall, Arenas, Thornton and that's better than anything the Knicks have to surround him with.
Originally Posted by jeterdaman
sounds pretty similar to what he has right now in Cleveland- a cast of so-so role players and lack of a good coach.
"You know what's coming," former Kansas City Royals first baseman Mike Sweeney once said, "but you know what's coming in horror movies too. It still gets you."
-"Mariano Saves," 10/5 S.I.

My stance has always been that neither team would get LeBron =/Originally Posted by Yankees1962
Hard to argue with good old fashioned money. If he signs Dolan is a genius(can't believe I would even suggest this. *vomits*).
http://blogs.forbes.com/sportsmoney/...-lebron-james/
Going back to thinking about what we should do if we strike out on free agents, I think we should revisit the potential David Lee for OJ Mayo trade that fell through. I think David would go there if they're willing to pay him and in D'Antoni's system with more touches I think Mayo could become a Brandon Roy type player. That also greatly increases the chances that Melo signs next offseason since they go way back and are very close.
They already have Kevin Love and Al Jefferson. Why do they want another PF? It doesn't make sense. And if they really want another PF, Al Jefferson or Kevin Love will be the one who will be traded, not Mayo. They can also fill their need through draft.Originally Posted by cyhughes22
OJ Mayo plays for the Grizzlies. Kevin Love and Al Jefferson play for the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves have absolutely nothing to do with any of this. The Grizzlies don't want to pay Zach Randolph the max so David Lee makes perfect sense for them and they had a deal in place but Lee said he wouldn't re-sign with them if he was traded there. Then he said he would sign with them after it fell through.Originally Posted by kan_t
Haha my bad. For some unknown reasons I mixed them up.Originally Posted by cyhughes22
It's cool bro. Happens to the best of us.Originally Posted by kan_t
This. is. not. the. Nets. thread. No need for smack against the Knicks.Originally Posted by stazsanity
238 more runs to score 1000.
2010 GT record: 8-5 (including two near no-hitters)Originally Posted by Yankeeah
He Got Game Too?Originally Posted by JfromJersey
Seriously. Now that there's more than one of them, I'm you folks can get a decent discussion in that thread.Originally Posted by RYMASTER or Ryan_Yankees
I didn't know Osi Umenyiora was such a crybaby.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knick...#ixzz0oSdtBvA0Meanwhile, Giants' Osi Umenyiora wrote on a Playmaker Mobile website that James should avoid New York.
"Personally, I think he should stay in Cleveland. I will say this, if he does come to New York, don't have a bad game. Not one, because Knick fans will come down on him. It goes both ways."
The Man
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The Greek
You say crybaby. I'm thinking of another word synonymous with feline.Originally Posted by The Greek
LOL. I was going to originally post that but kept it PG.Originally Posted by cyhughes22
The Man
The Legend
The Greek
Russian owner man (too lazy to remember his name) says he plans to convert Knicks fans.![]()
238 more runs to score 1000.
2010 GT record: 8-5 (including two near no-hitters)Originally Posted by Yankeeah

I wouldn't laugh at him. Dude looks like he'd kill you at a glance.Originally Posted by RYMASTER or Ryan_Yankees
http://forums.nyyfans.com/showpost.p...60&postcount=4Originally Posted by TheDynasty26
I was kinda scared for Mrs. Pollan when the Wizards got the first pick. I thought any second a polonium tipped umbrella would end up in her back.Originally Posted by Philip Hughes Fan
The NBA really does not want the Knicks to be relevant for the next decade:
http://www.newsday.com/sports/basket...bron-1.1929237.As per NBA spokesman Michael Bass regarding our earlier blog post and the report by Forbes Magazine national editor Michael Ozanian:
"Ownership of shares in MSG in a situation such as this would constitute Salary Cap circumvention."
If a player wants to invest in his team, what is the big deal? And I also don't see how it violates the CBA, considering MSG is a publicly traded company. LBJ should be free to invest his money however he feels, and that includes making a **** ton off of coming to the Knicks.
92% of people copy and paste their signature from someone else. If you are part of the 8% who don't, then copy and paste this into your signature.
Because if a team only has $8M cap space, the team can offer a MAX FA $8M and shares for the compensation about the salary difference. That's how I see it.Originally Posted by machphantom
It's a load of crap and it reeks of David Stern and his god complex. The fact is that they cannot stop Lebron from investing in anything publicly traded and if they tried to in any way block a transaction such as Lebron signing because they claim it violated the CBA they'd almost certainly wind up in a courtroom taking an L and wiping some egg off of their face. The CBA does not have anything in it referring to publicly traded stock so there's not a damn thing they could do about it. The only people who could have any say in it at all would be the SEC and that's easily solved by getting an intermediary to purchase the stock. The league needs to realize that it can't just make sh*t up as it goes along. If it isn't in the CBA you can't enforce it.Originally Posted by machphantom
I think if Tupac is dead he's rolling over in his grave...laughing.
So according to this Post article Jay Z holds a lot of sway with LeBron and might convince him to come to the Knicks for 3 years and then opt out to join the Nets after they move to Brooklyn.
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knick...nUltgy2vee8CYO
My gut still tells me he stays in Cleveland.
We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
I dont see anyway he stays in Cleveland. He'd be stupid to. Their FO hasnt shown its been capable of building a title team around him. Im not saying he's def coming to NY....but I'd be shocked if he stays and puts his trust in Danny Ferry and the Cavs FO.Originally Posted by JfromJersey
Jesus Montero since June 1 (286 at-bats):
.325/.386/.605/.991
July 1 (182 at-bats):
.348/.417/.658/1.075
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