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NBA Offseason 2014

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    #182
    buyer95
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    Big Bill Cartwright and Rambis are going to be his assistants apparently.


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    #183
    Nuri Sahin
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    Confirmed. Fisher is the new head coach of the NY Knicks.

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    #184
    ButtersSuki
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    Nuri Sahin wrote: »
    Confirmed. Fisher is the new head coach of the NY Knicks.

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    I have a bad feeling about this, a very bad feeling....part of that feeling leads me to suspect Fisher will be the Davy Fitz of NBA Coaches.


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    #185
    buyer95
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    ButtersSuki wrote: »
    I have a bad feeling about this, a very bad feeling....part of that feeling leads me to suspect Fisher will be the Davy Fitz of NBA Coaches.

    Davy Fitz led his team to championship glory, I'd gladly take that!:pac:


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    #186
    padraig_f
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    Article makes a good point:

    Derek Fisher and Jason Kidd Are Bad Player-to-Coach Comparisons

    Would normally be a good spot for a rookie head coach, but this is New York, and he doesn't have nearly as much talent as Jason Kidd did.


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    #187
    buyer95
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    "I will have Derek (Fisher) wear all 5 of his rings the first time he comes in to talk to Carmelo." - Phil Jackson

    Haha


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    #188
    padraig_f
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    Cali Angry Roller-skate wrote: »
    i know this has been done to death but it reeks of jackson being involved in the coaching a new coach won't mind him meddling whereas a more experienced coach would likely want compleat control

    That probably is the plan, but strikes me as problematic. If two people are in charge, who's really in charge? It's management by committee, and there aren't many examples of it working.


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    #189
    Paully D
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    buyer95 wrote: »
    "I will have Derek (Fisher) wear all 5 of his rings the first time he comes in to talk to Carmelo." - Phil Jackson

    Haha

    He won't need to. The fact that Melo can make an extra $30m if he stays with the Knicks rather than joining another team leads me to believe that they could hire me as head coach and he'd still stay.


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    #190
    ButtersSuki
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    buyer95 wrote: »
    Davy Fitz led his team to championship glory, I'd gladly take that!:pac:

    Let me clarify - he has the potential to be as annoying in the NBA as Davy is to anyone who lives outside Clare. :)


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    #191
    buyer95
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    ButtersSuki wrote: »
    Let me clarify - he has the potential to be as annoying in the NBA as Davy is to anyone who lives outside Clare. :)

    Ya I knew thats what you were getting at, I just wanted to indulge a fantasy, being a knicks fan!


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    #192
    ButtersSuki
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    buyer95 wrote: »
    Ya I knew thats what you were getting at, I just wanted to indulge a fantasy, being a knicks fan!

    That's some fantasy!!

    Mine involves Jessica Alba & Jennifer Lawrence with my wife taping the action and directing - think I have a better chance of mine happening :)


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    #193
    buyer95
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    ButtersSuki wrote: »
    That's some fantasy!!

    Mine involves Jessica Alba & Jennifer Lawrence with my wife taping the action and directing - think I have a better chance of mine happening :)

    Sad as it seems, I can't really argue with you:pac:


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    #194
    Nuri Sahin
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    Spurs to hire European legend Messina as an assistant coach. Some coup for them. Was sure Messina would become a head coach in the NBA.


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    #195
    Paully D
    Registered Users Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭Paully D


    Nuri Sahin wrote: »
    Spurs to hire European legend Messina as an assistant coach. Some coup for them. Was sure Messina would become a head coach in the NBA.

    Very good and very smart move for him. He gets to learn from one of the best before inevitably taking a head coaching position of his own.


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    #196
    ButtersSuki
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    Nuri Sahin wrote: »
    Spurs to hire European legend Messina as an assistant coach. Some coup for them. Was sure Messina would become a head coach in the NBA.


    Great, great move by the smartest organisation in the league.


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    #197
    Nuri Sahin
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    MVP! MVP! MVP!

    My support for him never waived. So proud.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWstYCtzj0g


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    #198
    buyer95
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    Something that might help justify LeBron giving up salary to bring in Melo is that he just made $30 million in cash and stock from the Beats by Dre sale to Apple. Remember that LeBron was an early ambassador for the brand, back around the time of the 2008 Olympics.


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    #199
    Paully D
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    buyer95 wrote: »
    Something that might help justify LeBron giving up salary to bring in Melo is that he just made $30 million in cash and stock from the Beats by Dre sale to Apple. Remember that LeBron was an early ambassador for the brand, back around the time of the 2008 Olympics.

    If Melo goes to the Heat then I'm going to try to switch off from all basketball for a few years :pac: It would be horrible for the NBA as a whole (apart from the money-makers) if it happened. The Heat will just continue to completely cruise the East for the duration of their contracts and there's little point in having an Eastern Conference. Just throw Miami into the Finals every year and be done with it.

    Despite the Beats money, I feel after this "Big Three" era that LeBron will want to be acknowledged financially as the best player on the planet. Giving up money for one contract to get the elusive Championship is one thing, doing it twice despite having 2, possibly 3 Championships in the bag is another thing entirely.

    Melo would also have to give up $30m too. I just can't see it.


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    #200
    buyer95
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    It's important to remember that Melo and Lebron are close, as in really close. There friendship dates back to the USA Youth Development Festival in Colorado Springs in 2001, when LeBron was 16, where they had roomed together. I remember one of the 2 quoted last season talking about their relationship saying that if anything ever happened to either of them, then he would be right there for the kids. They have a very close bond.


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    #201
    Paully D
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    buyer95 wrote: »
    It's important to remember that Melo and Lebron are close, as in really close. There friendship dates back to the USA Youth Development Festival in Colorado Springs, where they had roomed together. I remember one of the 2 quoted last season talking about their relationship saying that if anything ever happened to either of them, then he would be right there for the kids. They have a very close bond.

    Yep, that's true. In fact, that draft class all stayed very tight. You certainly hear more stories about all the main guys from 2003 being close compared to in other classes.


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    #202
    ButtersSuki
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    Looked more closely at the melo to Miami thing and can't see it happening financially for all parties - more about what RuPaul and Wade have to give up as much as anything else; LeJon and money doesn't really count unless his ego is really as big as it seems at times.

    Read an interesting piece on Melo to the Celtics though IF Kevin Love signed. I may be the only Celtic fan in the world who wants Love and does not want Melo...............


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    #203
    Paully D
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    In other words, "there's no way in hell that I'm leaving $6m + a year on the table."


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    #204
    ButtersSuki
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    Paully D wrote: »
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    In other words, "there's no way in hell that I'm leaving $6m + a year on the table."

    Team player alright is RuPaul.


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    #205
    Nuri Sahin
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    ButtersSuki wrote: »
    Looked more closely at the melo to Miami thing and can't see it happening financially for all parties - more about what RuPaul and Wade have to give up as much as anything else; LeJon and money doesn't really count unless his ego is really as big as it seems at times.

    Read an interesting piece on Melo to the Celtics though IF Kevin Love signed. I may be the only Celtic fan in the world who wants Love and does not want Melo...............

    Rondo with Melo could be something special, if Melo can actually ease off ball carrying duties.

    Rondo with Love and Melo won't work, all want their touches.

    Love has been flirting with the Knicks the other day, basically saying they're a more appealing option with the Zen Master there. I think he's just praying that Lakers wake up and snap him up, tbh.


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    #206
    ButtersSuki
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    As much as I want Love to be a Celtic, I can only see him wearing a Lakers jersey. :(


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    #207
    Nuri Sahin
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    Well..
    Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA
    Sources: As Carmelo Anthony leans toward leaving New York, Chicago and Houston emerge as free agency frontrunners


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    #208
    buyer95
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    Nuri Sahin wrote: »
    Well..

    Sums up my feelings on this.



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    #209
    Nuri Sahin
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    #210
    ButtersSuki
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    Nuri Sahin wrote: »
    Well..

    It'd at least make the East a little more competitive if he went to Chicago but I honestly don't think he's the right fit for the Thibs system and their roster.

    I'd love to see him go to Houston for pure comedy value. Sure they'd win a lot of games through talent alone, but imagine the shot selection in close games with him, D12 and Harden on the floor? As well as that, imagine the D with Melo and Harden on the same wing at the same time? :pac:


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    #211
    ButtersSuki
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    Nuri Sahin wrote: »
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    JR Smith's opinion matters*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

































    * to JR Smith. I'm not a huge Melo fan for reasons I've outlined previously (yeah he can score like crazy but no D and a game so one dimensional it's impossible to build a team around him) but JR Smith criticising him is the equivalent of Brush Shields saying he doesn't rate Slash as a guitarist.


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