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

[japanair21]

I'mma grab a sandwich, yall want some chips? a ring? something like that? anything?

Rondo's a funny cat.

Rose seemed pretty funny in those commercials too.

 

[steve cash]

why would anyone think that dude is richard jefferson?

 

[Retroballer]

At Rose cooking all that random food

 

[blazers21ntnp]

Posted September 17, 2010, 8:06 pm MT
[h1]Carmelo Anthony’s wife, Lala, on numerous reports that the Nuggets star is leaving: ‘None of it is true.’[/h1]
By Chris Dempsey


Carmelo Anthony to New York. Carmelo Anthony to Houston. To New Jersey. To the L.A. Clippers. To Chicago.

His wife, Lala, says she has learned to shrug all the reports off and laugh. Speaking to the Morning Show on KS1075 today, Lala said ‘none’ of what has been reported through sourced stories throughout the summer about Anthony’s whereabouts after this season is true.

“In the beginning it was stressful because you would hear so many things,

 

[duba169]

when i saw the commercial all i could think about was that story with rose cutting himself in bed while eating an apple ahhaha

 

[japanair21]

Originally Posted by DubA169

when i saw the commercial all i could think about was that story with rose cutting himself in bed while eating an apple ahhaha

I forgot about that.

People were biting their nails hoping dude was okay.

 

[duba169]

i think this is nike's first attempt at re branding bron

i wonder how arrogant his skills would be without wade and avatar backing him up

 

[sois frais g]

...his skills are legit....we've seen for the past 7 yrs.......





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[noblekane]

Originally Posted by DubA169

i think this is nike's first attempt at re branding bron

i wonder how arrogant his skills would be without wade and avatar backing him up

what a dumb shirt. your skills didnt produce an hour show about your decision dumb #@*#*

 

[menacin methods]

Originally Posted by DubA169

i think this is nike's first attempt at re branding bron

i wonder how arrogant his skills would be without wade and avatar backing him up

Horrible attempt by nike

 

[blazers21ntnp]

'Bron stays wearing wack tees.

 

[duba169]

Originally Posted by Menacin Methods

Horrible attempt by nike

it could have been worse. i don't think it's that easy to re brand him. i would try to make him look like the ultimate team player or just go straight villain

 

[airjordan jb23]

Reminds me of one of those And 1 tee's back in the day.

 

[h3at23]

Ya'll are too worried about his "Brand". !!!$ the "Brand". Bring me championships is all I'm worried about!

...his skills are legit....we've seen for the past 7 yrs.......

Oh you didn't know? He's not a Knick so he sucks now

 

[duba169]

i never said lebron "sucked" at basketball. not once. i even said pat riley will make him better because mike brown was awful. but don't act like lebron doesn't have question marks around him after quitting in the playoffs and the fake elbow garbage. He's still top 1 or 2 on the league, i'm not blind.


when nike doesn't let their cash cow speak at radio city music hall, some people are gonna wonder what nike has planned with him. i just find it very interesting. it's part of the whole story of next season

 

[JD617]

Reminds me of one of those And 1 tee's back in the day.

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[do be doo]

If thats RJ....HOOK ME WITH the MIA/LA tickets!

Tony Parker needs to chill.

The shrit BRON is wearing is lame....I like this one.

 

[duba169]

see even i like that shirt. you gotta go all out at this point

what did tony parker do?

 

[rjayrolln]

those shirts are hard

 

[do be doo]

Originally Posted by DubA169


what did tony parker do?

Talking about NYC...taking pics INSIDE the LA GYM...

Tony your SPUR act like it.

  

 

[h3at23]

DubA169 I'm just Effing with you man

 

[Girl Thats Jules]

Originally Posted by DubA169

i never said lebron "sucked" at basketball. not once. i even said pat riley will make him better because mike brown was awful. but don't act like lebron doesn't have question marks around him after quitting in the playoffs and the fake elbow garbage. He's still top 1 or 2 on the league, i'm not blind.


when nike doesn't let their cash cow speak at radio city music hall, some people are gonna wonder what nike has planned with him. i just find it very interesting. it's part of the whole story of next season

every basketball player has question marks around him.

dont try to downplay lebron

hes been the best in the L for like 3 years now




  

 

[acbboyz84]

Originally Posted by Girl thats Jules

Originally Posted by DubA169

i never said lebron "sucked" at basketball. not once. i even said pat riley will make him better because mike brown was awful. but don't act like lebron doesn't have question marks around him after quitting in the playoffs and the fake elbow garbage. He's still top 1 or 2 on the league, i'm not blind.


when nike doesn't let their cash cow speak at radio city music hall, some people are gonna wonder what nike has planned with him. i just find it very interesting. it's part of the whole story of next season

every basketball player has question marks around him.

dont try to downplay lebron

hes been the best in the L for like 3 years now




  

Yet he can't win @#% on a weak side Eastern Conference. Got his behind smacked good 2 times in a row by the Magic who almost got swept by the 30 years old age average Bostin Celtic. The fact is Lebron James is stoppable if teams play the Zone defense correctly.

 

[h3at23]

[h1]Sources: Nuggets soften trade stance[/h1]

The Denver Nuggets' resistance to trading star forward Carmelo Anthony is fading away, according to sources with knowledge of Denver's thinking.

The Nuggets still aren't aggressively shopping Anthony and haven't withdrawn their longstanding offer of a contract extension, but numerous sources told ESPN.com that Denver officials have in recent days let other teams know for the first time that they will listen to pitches after previously resisting such discussions.

"I'm not sure how soon, but I do think they're going to trade him [between now and February]," said one rival GM.

Said another source briefed on Denver's plans: "There's no doubt they are working on it. Eventually they're going to pull the trigger. "

Reports have persisted for weeks that Anthony, who can become a free agent at the end of the coming season, wants out.

ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher reported Aug. 16 that it was "a matter of when, not if, Anthony and the Nuggets will go their separate ways," while CBSSports.com quoted "multiple sources" last week as saying that the 26-year-old "has not wavered in his desire to be dealt" and that the New Jersey Nets are making the hardest active pitch for Anthony.

Although Anthony has not made any such declarations publicly, it appears that Nuggets management is growing increasingly resigned to the fact that they won't be able to change their franchise player's mind.

One source close to the situation told ESPN.com that Anthony has been no more communicative with the organization since the hiring of Masai Ujiri as Denver's new vice president of basketball operations in late August than he was before Ujiri's return to the Nuggets. Ujiri began his front-office career as a Nuggets scout during Anthony's rookie season in 2003-04 and spoke optimistically about arranging a face-to-face meeting with Anthony -- which sources say has not yet taken place -- and trying to sell him on the team's plans for the future at his introductory press conference.

The Nuggets, during Ujiri's first two weeks in the office, consistently told teams calling to register trade interest in Anthony that they weren't ready to discuss the subject.

But the Nuggets, sources said, have relaxed that stance and are starting to explore how much they might be able to get in return for the high-scoring small forward. To agree to a deal, Denver would expect at least one top-flight young player it can market along with salary-cap relief and multiple future first-round picks.

Trading Anthony, however, is not as simple as merely seeking out the best deal or even recruiting a third team to help facilitate a trade, because of Anthony's ability to become a free agent in July. It's widely assumed in NBA front-office circles that any team trading for Anthony would expect him to commit to a contract extension as part of the deal -- as Kevin Garnett did when Minnesota sent him to Boston in the summer of 2007 -- which gives Anthony some measure of input into his trade destination.

Yet sources say that Denver, after watching LeBron James and Chris Bosh devastate Cleveland and Toronto, respectively, by bolting to Miami in July, is determined to avoid the same fate with Anthony and will ultimately work with him on a trade before the February trading deadline if the alternative is potentially losing him outright in free agency.

Ujiri, in particular, just lived through the Bosh saga as a member of Toronto's front office before taking the Nuggets' job.

No clear frontrunner has yet emerged in the Anthony sweepstakes, despite Anthony's presumed desire to play for the big-market New York Knicks or Nets, but one source -- who told ESPN.com earlier this month that he believed Anthony could even be traded before the start of the season -- continues to make that claim.

The source said that a trade could materialize quickly enough that Anthony "might never wear a Nuggets uniform again."

The Nuggets' annual media day is Sept. 27, with training camp scheduled to open the following day.

During a TBS television appearance earlier this week with comedian George Lopez, when asked where he was expecting to play this season, Anthony said: "I'm a Nugget. I'm a Nugget, man."

Yet Anthony has also sidestepped such questions in other recent interviews, contributing to the mounting tension in Denver all summer while the Nuggets' three-year extension offer worth $65 million remains unsigned. Around the time of the draft in June, Nuggets officials were quietly optimistic that Anthony was about to sign.


Marc Stein and Chad Ford are senior NBA writers for ESPN.com.

 

[yeeupp]

Originally Posted by h3at23

Yet sources say that Denver, after watching LeBron James and Chris Bosh devastate Cleveland and Toronto, respectively, by bolting to Miami in July, is determined to avoid the same fate with Anthony and will ultimately work with him on a trade before the February trading deadline if the alternative is potentially losing him outright in free agency.
Ujiri, in particular, just lived through the Bosh saga as a member of Toronto's front office before taking the Nuggets' job.

I was thinking bout that when i heard the final two GM candidated were Ujiri (who just seen Bosh walk out) or Griffin (who just had Amare walk out). Always thought if anyone of them become GM
it would increase the chance of him being traded because of this