* Offiical NBA Off-Season Thread: I'll give one of my damn kidney's for these Melo rumors to stop *

[onetrust]

Originally Posted by Steve Cash

   New Warrior Jersey-

J Lin -

Wheres this picture from?

 

[airmaxpenny1]

Originally Posted by Al3xis

Originally Posted by Im Not You

Can someone explain to me how Samardo Samuels got a 3 year deal for 2.3 million from the Cavs?

Is this a joke?

. he is so bad.

They obviously needed a strong rebounder

 

[lamarownsem]

Cavs just went from best jerseys to possibly the worst.

 

[airmaxpenny1]

Originally Posted by CP1708

If Melo leaves the west, good lord, there won't be anything left out here. 

Dudes will be going to the finals every year soon enough

 

[frenchblue23]

Seems like a lot of teams are going back to their roots.

If only the Lakers can follow up by going back to their old unis....

 

[steve cash]

Originally Posted by OneTrust

Originally Posted by Steve Cash

   New Warrior Jersey-

J Lin -

Wheres this picture from?

rookie photo shoot from today

 

[frenchblue23]

I see a few Jordan IX's and an Olympic VII in that rookie pic.

 

[edweeno]

Originally Posted by FrenchBlue23

I see a few Jordan IX's and an Olympic VII in that rookie pic.

also some CDP 7s and copper foams

 

[mister916]

Yuku

 

[T0INE]

Originally Posted by LamarOwnsem

Cavs just went from best jerseys to possibly the worst.

Agreed.

Those new jerseys are basura.

 

[mister916]

Some minor tweaks to Hawks, Suns, Nets, Spurs and Sixers collar

Good look at GSW's uniform

 

[i nasmatic i]

What's up with that cheap looking material?

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

The new Dallas jerseys are really nice. The Cavs, though

 

[im not you]

*#@ are they giving those collars to all the new unis?

STOP NOW

 

[i nasmatic i]

Melo Leaving Familiar Trail

CBSSports.com's Ken Berger brought news last week  that Carmelo Anthony was angling for a move to New York, that the situation was (according to a close source to him), "perfect for him." Now ESPN's Ric Bucher has echoed that report, stating that Carmelo is "likely" to go , and that it is a question of when, not if, Anthony will depart the Nuggets. Denver fans are holding themselves to the same mantra we heard from Raptors  fans last summer and Cleveland fans as recently as June, that no reports can be trusted and that their star player can't find a better situation than the one he's in now.

But the situation is gaining steam, not dying down. The Denver Post reports today that the Nuggets are starting to evaluate options in parting ways with Melo and getting some level of return. And it would appear those avenues are starting to open and become more varied as well.
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Today KB reports the following to the F&R Blog via email in the evolving Melo-camp discussions:

    Anthony's hesitation to sign a three-year, $65 million extension with the Nuggets goes beyond his desire to enjoy the major-market exposure and pressure that LeBron James and Dwyane Wade turned down this summer. Melo would accept other destinations as well, and the Magic are believed to be at the top of his list along with the Knicks, according to a person familiar with his strategy.

    The exit strategy began taking shape last week, while Anthony was in New York for Nike's World Basketball Festival. It was then, according to the source, that Nuggets management was advised to begin exploring trade possibilities for Anthony to avoid losing him as a free agent and getting nothing in return. When Denver fills its vacant GM position, the likely choice, former Suns executive David Griffin, will inherit a crisis similar to the one he endured with Amar'e Stoudemire, who left the Suns for a five-year, $99.9 million deal with the Knicks.


The short-and-long? Melo wants out of Denver, and onto a title contender, and wants it now. Not in free agency. Now. And any questions as to whether that's the case don't need to be answered by off-record sources. The evidence and a little deductive logic speaks for itself.

The most prominent response from skeptics as to if this is really Melo's desire is "Why hasn't he just said so?" And the answer is pretty simple. He already has. Just because he hasn't publicly demanded a trade, costing himself fine money and damaging his image, doesn't mean the evidence isn't right there. There's a three-year, $65 million offer from the Nuggets just waiting for him to sign it. The lack of Carmelo's signature on the dotted line isn't in and of itself a declaration that the Nuggets are off the table. But if they were what he wanted, why not just sign it? The money's there. He's been there, has friends there. It's hard to believe the Nuggets are actually holding out in offering Anthony something he wants. Whatever he's looking for, they'll oblige.

So what's he waiting for?

It's the same question I asked myself last year as Cleveland fans repeatedly told me that James had no interest in leaving. That he loved Cleveland and there was no way he would depart, would abandon them. I always walked away from these exchanges with the same question.

"Okay, then, so why hasn't he? What's he waiting for?"

A simple public statement "I look forward to finishing my career in Cleveland." Or, "We'll sit down with Dan Gilbert and Danny Ferry and get to work on the deal . It may take some time, but it'll get done." He could have still entered free agency to maintain leverage to make sure he wasn't short-changed in any regard (who's going to short-change LeBron James?). All he had to do was make those kinds of public commitments and the media wouldn't have embarked on the 100-ring circus we set up. Don't put the goat in the exhibit and expect the T-Rex will stay out of sight.

And just as James never provided those kinds of assurances, always dancing around the subject, saying "We're going to go through the process" and "I love the fans in Cleveland," Anthony's embarked upon the same careful footwork. "There is no timeline" is the new "Cleveland has the edge." And the parallels don't stop there. The Cavaliers panicked when it looked like James was unhappy with Cavs management over their ability to build a roster around him, and fired head coach Mike Brown and came to a separation with Danny Ferry. Sound familiar? Denver dropped both Mark Warkentian and Rex Chapman, both of whom were held in high regard in NBA circles.

Oh, and who is Anthony's agent again?

Oh, that's right. Leon Rose. LeBron's agent and representative for CAA, which also employs William Wesley. If we were in the Matrix, the cat would have walked by twice by now and asked for the Nuggets to fly to New York to pitch Anthony using PowerPoint.

I'm not the first to say there's smoke in regards to this here fire. Chris Dempsey of the Denver Post laid out the remaining circumstantial evidence , including Anthony's sale of a Colorado estate and his East Coast upbringing (though Anthony was raised in Baltimore, he was born in New York; you're going to be hearing that fact about seven hundred zillion more times in the foreseeable future). But there's one more factor that seems to tie this whole mess of speculation and prediction together.

The discussion has been hard and heavy that Anthony's torn between the allure of a new team in free agency and wanting the financial security provided under this (presumably more player-favorable) CBA agreement. The idea was simple. Anthony wants the money, first and foremost, and for that he needs to stay in Denver. But that's only if he enters free agency. If Anthony were to be traded to a new team, that team could then extend him under the current CBA. And that feeds into the last connection between Anthony and the Miami Triad. The allure of getting everything you want, how you want it. With a trade, Anthony can find himself in a new location in title contention, and get the extension he wants. It's the best of all worlds.

The age of players having to simply accept their respective situations may be ending. If Carmelo Anthony can find a way to escape to a major market, joining a top team to contend and get the financial security of the current CBA, we'll have seen the latest manifest of the players' power in the modern NBA.

It's Denver's move. And how the next six months play out could speak volumes as to the fate of their franchise. It will also reaffirm the impact of what went on this summer in free agency, and how the landscape has changed.

 

[japanair21]

That jersey is too plain IMO.

I liked the ones they debuted last year..

Vibrant colors, nice placement, it just worked for me.

@ Dominque Jones,

.

There's just something about the jerseys, they look like they were trying to knock off Magic jerseys. Similar shade of blue although lighter, city name across the front, with number centered below it. I'm just not a fan. PLUS, if those pictures posted by you earlier Mister916, if those are real..

They are completely inconsistent. You take a look at the back it's fine, but the front is all messed up. The blue away has the number down below the "AS" in Dallas, but the home has the numbers front and center, and damn huge too, but then in the picture of Dom Jones, on the road it's back in the center for the away jersey! Maybe it was just a mistake on the look of the jerseys, but ehh..

I always liked the look of the Mavs jerseys because they were always a little different than everyone elses jerseys. The number on the side had a very euro feel, and if they abandon it....... I'm just not a fan of the jerseys. ALL of their previous jerseys I liked better, even that silver tin-foil crap.

 

[scott frost]

Really milking Jeremy Lin's 15 minutes.

 

[mister916]

I hope this isn't permanent. If it is i'm gonna be pissed.

 

[mister916]

These are really nice

 

[frenchblue23]

Originally Posted by I NaSmatic I

What's up with that cheap looking material?

I remember someone posting an article that Adidas was going to try out a new cost effective material

If anyone can find that article, I searched for it, but had no luck.

But yeah, they do look cheap.

 

[mister916]

Just saw John Wall on Sportnation and I guess the Wizards are also going with the v-neck.

 

[Deleted member 38182]

Originally Posted by Mister916

I hope this isn't permanent. If it is i'm gonna be pissed.

did they move the numbers

I am indifferent with the new GS jerseys

 

[duba169]

damn those kings jerseys suck. how the hell do u manage to mess up purp and black?

 

[blazers21ntnp]

I posted about the new uniforms close to a year ago now, I guess? But yeah, every team will be wearing a new, lighter Climalite material and their is no more stitched multi-layered tackle twill; it is now lighter material twill, and it is all heat pressed. Authentics will retail for $299.99, and are much nicer, both fit & quality wise.

You can probably tell how much better they fit from the rookie photos. Not grossly oversized like they have been for most of the past decade.

On another note, any Cavs "fans" left? Photo from today...

 

[andrew630]

Whats new with the Kings jerseys?

I didn't know that so many teams are getting new jerseys this year.