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

[bigmike23]

Lmao@cp stay taken shots

 

[duba169]

Originally Posted by DoubleJs07

Originally Posted by Bigmike23

Screaming A was on the Dan Patrick show

Said last night 2 different sources told him it was bron,bosh and wade going to the heat

Said he was told the last 2 years that it was bron to the Knicks but things have changes. Said any one that knows him can figure out who was telling him that(www)

I like screaming A but seen how like a week ago he said bron and shaq to the Knicks he is dumb for putting his name on this story

Mike didn't WWW say Lebron to the Bulls was a done deal a few weeks ago? 

this stuff is obviously being done on purpose to maximize profitability and exposure for everyone. WWW got thibs a job. i think joe johnson and amare was just confirmed to be a max guys because WWW told both the bulls and heat that lebron would go there, thus making them open up even more room.

there are also reasons over my head. i just think it's time that we all agree that lebron and his boys are manipulating the media for their own reasons. some hidden and some blatant.

 

[jpzx]

Originally Posted by Im Not You

I swear this past playoff series has soured everyone on Joe Johnson. You'd think he was a bum the way people bring his name up lately

 

[airjordan jb23]

Joe Johnson still could have an impact on a team. I think he's one of the couple players who will get overpaid this offseason, but that doesn't mean he can't help change a team around. Mix him in a rotation & that team will most likely improve.

 

[steve cash]

Raja Bell to the Heat

 

[mytoasterspeak]

Joe Johnson isn't a max player, the playoffs proved this. Good player, not a super star though. Has Joe ever played in a structured offense?

 

[mytoasterspeak]

Joe Johnson isn't a max player, the playoffs proved this. Good player, not a super star though. Has Joe ever played in a structured offense?

 

[noblekane]

Originally Posted by CP1708

All of a sudden JA been posting like mad again.  Where you been all thru the playoffs homie?  You ain't type much back then........

son been crying tears of sorrow after the lakers won

haters never learn tho. quit being arrogant pricks about your team, spend more energy on your team than hating on another and good things will come. the way mav fans was talking greasy about the spurs like they were the nets....maaaaaaaaaaaan....

and then supporting every team after that faced the lakers japanair??? not a good look  lol

 

[noblekane]

Originally Posted by Steve Cash

Raja Bell to the Heat

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

 

[CP1708]

I like my dude JA, he's good people, I was just commenting on how it was pretty loud out in Dallas land for a bit and then it suddenly got real quiet.  Was only curious is all. 



Wonder if Raja knows something?  Or he just likes South Beach.  Either way, I dunno what he has left.  Haven't seen him play meaningful minutes in like 4 years. 


Joe is good, but I dunno if he wins anything as a 1-2.  As a 3 I could see it, but does anyone honestly think him as the second option makes a team dangerous?   I don't see that.  But, maybe on a deep deep team, as the 2, maybe something could come together for them.  He did play pretty damn well vs Boston in 08 for a stretch.....

 

[steve cash]

Heard this a few days ago and forgot to post it.

Josh Childress is coming back to the NBA next season and it looks like it might be with the Wizards.

 

[big j 33]

Link for Raja to Miami?

 

[i nasmatic i]

CP, Raja lives in Miami with his family and considers it his hometown.

Edit:

Here's the stories on Raja and Miami.
May 10:
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[h1]FIU product Raja Bell would welcome Heat opportunity[/h1]If low-budget parts are needed to round out what is expected to be an overhauled Miami Heat roster, former Florida International University guard Raja Bell says he is up for the challenge.
Speaking Monday on The Jorge Sedano Show on 790 The Ticket, the 33-year-old journeyman guard said he would welcome the opportunity to revive his NBA career with what he considers his hometown team.

"I've talked a lot about it with my agent and my family," the 6-foot-5 defensive stopper and 3-point specialist said. "Miami is my first choice. If there would be any interest from the Heat I would give it a ponder. It's my home town"

A native of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Bell was raised in Miami, attending three high schools there.

The 10-year veteran was dealt early last season from the Charlotte Bobcats to the Golden State Warriors, but played only six games in 2009-10 due to a partially torn ligament in his left wrist. He was released in March by the Warriors and is an unrestricted free agent.

Over the weekend:

Dime: Are there any teams that you are considering in particular?
RB: I’d obviously like to play for a winning team and win something. I got two boys and a wife and our home base is Miami so anywhere up and down this east coast would be a great fit for me.

 

[yeeupp]

[h1]Wade Says None Of Top Free Agents Has Made Decision
[/h1]Jun 28, 2010 7:04 PM EST

Dwyane Wade denied making any firm free-agency plans, including a trip to visit any team.

"I haven’t set anything in stone," Wade said. "It’s funny when you hear these things come out, especially when they come out about you."

Wade will let the process play out before making his decision.

"But none of us know what’s going to happen," he said, referring to himself and the other top free agents. "Not LeBron. Not me. Not Chris. Not any of us, right now.

"I love Miami and everyone knows that. We worked hard to put ourselves in this position. But as a free agent, you explore everything and see what happens."

A barrage of conflicting claims about free agents' intentions -- many of which claim that certain players have already made up their minds -- are littering the airwaves and Web as the start of free agency nears.

 

[jpzx]

[h1]http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archi...will_try_to_woo_bosh_with_truckloads_of_fans/[/h1]

[h1]Rockets Will Try To Woo Bosh With Truckloads Of Fans[/h1]

Jun 28, 2010 7:18 PM EST

The Rockets' lead free-agent target remains Chris Bosh whom they hopeto acquire by working out a sign-and-trade deal with Toronto.

Based on their fans' suggestions, the team is planning to send three truckloads of Rockets' fans to their free-agent meetings.


[h1]http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_a..._lebron_to_bulls_not_even_close_to_done_deal/[/h1]

[h1]Knick Official: LeBron To Bulls 'Not Even Close' To Done Deal[/h1]

Jun 28, 2010 7:09 PM EST

Two of the fiercest competitors for LeBron James appear to be the Knicks and Bulls.

A team official with the Knicks who did not wish to be identifiedtold The New York Times that James is still within New York's grasp.

"It’s not even close to being a done deal," the official said abouta general manager's statement that he thought both James and Chris Boshwere certain to sign with the Bulls.

In the meantime, Donnie Walsh continues to insist that his free-agency plans do not revolve around any one player.

[h1]http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_a...haw_visits_with_cavs_about_head_coaching_job/[/h1]

[h1]Brian Shaw Visits With Cavs About Head Coaching Job[/h1]

Jun 28, 2010 8:10 PM EST

The Cavs met with Brian Shaw on Monday. Shaw is a candidate to fill Cleveland's vacant head coaching position.

The 43-year-old Shaw spent five seasons in Los Angeles on Phil Jackson's coaching staff.

Shaw is expected back for meetings on Tuesday.

It is believed that no offer has yet been made to Shaw who may be the frontrunner for the Cavs' job.

Mike Brown was fired from that job shortly after the Cavs were eliminated from the playoffs.

 

[dade b0y]

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[Retroballer]

Originally Posted by JPZx


[h1]http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archi...will_try_to_woo_bosh_with_truckloads_of_fans/[/h1]

[h1]Rockets Will Try To Woo Bosh With Truckloads Of Fans[/h1]

Jun 28, 2010 7:18 PM EST

The Rockets' lead free-agent target remains Chris Bosh whom they hope to acquire by working out a sign-and-trade deal with Toronto.

Based on their fans' suggestions, the team is planning to send three truckloads of Rockets' fans to their free-agent meetings.

where do i sign up?

  

 

[Retroballer]

Originally Posted by JPZx


[h1]http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archi...will_try_to_woo_bosh_with_truckloads_of_fans/[/h1]

[h1]Rockets Will Try To Woo Bosh With Truckloads Of Fans[/h1]

Jun 28, 2010 7:18 PM EST

The Rockets' lead free-agent target remains Chris Bosh whom they hope to acquire by working out a sign-and-trade deal with Toronto.

Based on their fans' suggestions, the team is planning to send three truckloads of Rockets' fans to their free-agent meetings.

Where do i sign up??

  

 

[doublejs07]

Seems like there is a power-struggle between folks in Lebron's camp....I had a feeling that this would happen when WWW put himself into the fold.  Who exactly is looking out for Lebron's best interest?  I wonder if Lebron would ever cut ties w. his boys because of his ties to WWW....

Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports continues to bring new information to light about the power moves unfolding within the inner circle of LeBron James.

With James' free agency imminent, members of his crew are jockeying for position wherever the superstar plays next.

None more so than William Wesley who, writes Wojnarowski, wants James out of Cleveland and to a new city where his own control would expand.

"If LeBron leaves, Wes is going to get carte blanche wherever he signs," one source said. "He’s going to have the run of the place, and he doesn’t have that in Cleveland. He has access there, but Maverick Carter is the guy with the keys there. …[Carter’s] much more influential, and would always be in Cleveland."

Maverick Carter and the other high school friends of James would seem to prefer him to remain in Cleveland where their spheres of influence are well established.

"No one cares about those guys walking around in Chicago or Miami or New York," one league executive told Wojnarowski.

Carter controls certain people in the media and plants the stories he wants reported. Last week Chris Broussard quoted Carter in a story breaking news about how James was cancelling plans to visit the cities of the teams interested in signing him this summer.


Link

 

[jpzx]

[h1]http://www.digitalsportsdaily.com/nba/news/2020-colangelo-thinks-chris-bohs-is-a-goner.html[/h1]

[h1]Raps GM Colangelo thinks Bosh is gone, hopes for trade[/h1]

TorontoRaptors Chris Bosh speaks to the media after finishing the NBA seasonin Toronto April 15, 2010. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (CANADA - Tags: SPORTBASKETBALL)

Toronto Raptors general manager Brian Colangelo told 590 AM radio in Toronto Mondaythat he thinks forward Chris Bosh will sign elsewhere this offseasonbut he hopes Bosh will do a sign-and-trade with his new team.

"I think it's likely he will leave, the question is will he put usin a position to benefit from a sign-and-trade scenario that could nethim the most money and us something coming back," Colangelo said.

"There's so much out there right now," added Colangelo. "(Bosh) isgoing to wait for probably LeBron (James) to make a decision and theneverything else is going to happen."

"Anybody that says they know what is happening, is nonsense. I dofeel like I have an insight because I've had a chance to communicatewith Henry Thomas (Bosh's agent) and with Chris Bosh over the lastcouple of months about various other things. But it's not like anyoneis sitting here with any information that those individuals themselveshave shared with anybody."

Sunday the New York Times quoted an NBA executive who believes Bosh will sign with the Chicago Bulls along with LeBron James.

Colangelo added that Bosh has declined his 2010-2011 player option.That option if exercised would have been worth $17.149 million.

 

[japanair21]

Originally Posted by JPZx


[h1]http://www.digitalsportsdaily.com/nba/news/2020-colangelo-thinks-chris-bohs-is-a-goner.html[/h1]

[h1]Raps GM Colangelo thinks Bosh is gone, hopes for trade[/h1]

TorontoRaptors Chris Bosh speaks to the media after finishing the NBA seasonin Toronto April 15, 2010. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (CANADA - Tags: SPORTBASKETBALL)

Toronto Raptors general manager Brian Colangelo told 590 AM radio in Toronto Mondaythat he thinks forward Chris Bosh will sign elsewhere this offseasonbut he hopes Bosh will do a sign-and-trade with his new team.

"I think it's likely he will leave, the question is will he put usin a position to benefit from a sign-and-trade scenario that could nethim the most money and us something coming back," Colangelo said.

"There's so much out there right now," added Colangelo. "(Bosh) isgoing to wait for probably LeBron (James) to make a decision and theneverything else is going to happen."

"Anybody that says they know what is happening, is nonsense. I dofeel like I have an insight because I've had a chance to communicatewith Henry Thomas (Bosh's agent) and with Chris Bosh over the lastcouple of months about various other things. But it's not like anyoneis sitting here with any information that those individuals themselveshave shared with anybody."

Sunday the New York Times quoted an NBA executive who believes Bosh will sign with the Chicago Bulls along with LeBron James.

Colangelo added that Bosh has declined his 2010-2011 player option.That option if exercised would have been worth $17.149 million.

See, TEAMS want trades, the PLAYERS want the cash.......

There are no down-sides of a S+T..

 

[bangdak]

Of course it makes sense. But do teams really have anything SOLID to offer?

 

[steve cash]

if anyone cares, chris bosh also cut his hair

 

[edweeno]

[h1]Sources: Mavs to pursue Johnson[/h1]

By Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports 12 hours, 56 minutes ago

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Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban will pursue a sign-and-trade to lure Atlanta Hawks free agent Joe Johnson(notes), league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

The Mavericks are unlikely to engage the Cleveland Cavaliers into a sign-and-trade for LeBron James(notes), but Johnson has emerged as a realistic target for the Mavericks. Johnson, is more likely to embrace a sign-and-trade to the contending Mavs than sign a free-agent contract with New York or Chicago, sources said.

“New York is far from his first option,

 

[edweeno]

[h1]Sources: Mavs to pursue Johnson[/h1]

By Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports 12 hours, 56 minutes ago

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Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban will pursue a sign-and-trade to lure Atlanta Hawks free agent Joe Johnson(notes), league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

The Mavericks are unlikely to engage the Cleveland Cavaliers into a sign-and-trade for LeBron James(notes), but Johnson has emerged as a realistic target for the Mavericks. Johnson, is more likely to embrace a sign-and-trade to the contending Mavs than sign a free-agent contract with New York or Chicago, sources said.

“New York is far from his first option,