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I feel like we are watching the same team from November.

What do you expect them to get? I mean honestly the market value for trading is horrible right now, just look at the offers a legitimate all-star big in Amare is getting. Expirings and a first (albeit a late first) are good enough, you knew they wanted Hickson but they couldn't pass on the expirings, knew they would fold and take the offer eventually. And now LeBron has his legitimate 2nd offensive option, no more excuses for LBJ, get your ring.

Mason would be a good compliment to Wade.

They should run Jamison at the 3 and LeBron at the 2.

Idk how I feel about this, I have never been a fan of Jamison at the 4 and I won't be just because he is a Cavalier. Hopefully this happened because the Suns turned it down and the Cavs weren't stupid to let Hickson prevent them from making a deal.

Bulls management has told John Salmons to remain at team hotel as it works to finalize a trade. As per RealGM. Seems like Kirk will remain a Bull then if they are managing to dump Salmons for expirings. I think his salary is all they needed to get rid of.

Lol at you thinking vets and crappy prospects are better than Hickson. Hickson is nothing particularly special but he is far more intriguing a prospect than both Cook and Dorell combined. Just don't understand how you can call their offer trash when Miami's is just as trash, or worse if anything. Cleveland will get Amare if Miami does not offer them a legit package, Cleveland's offer is pretty bad but is better than what Miami is offering without Beasley. Anyways I hope Cleveland gets Amare just so that 1, no more excuses for LeBron's cast being crappy, and 2, hopefully LeBron can get his ring and shut up all the idiots who hold that over his head. Either way, the Cavaliers getting Amare will pretty much eliminate any excuses you could make for LeBron these days for not having a ring.

Payback time IMO.

I don't have a clue what Walsh is doing, dude is an idiot if you ask me.

I think if you are trading 4 'depth' guys for a star, quite simply, you do it, no questions asked. Anyways I think value-wise this would be a great deal for Miami, especially since it is Amare's home town and he will likely re-sign. I think the Heat would need to make another move or two after this to acquire a shooter, since they will have NONE, and IMO you can't have a team without at least one good/great outside shooter starting or at least on the bench. They could probably pick up a cheap outside shooter on a half decent contract. I also think you are crazy on Dorell Wright, he is decent but will be a 5th starter at best IMO. JO | Amare | Beasley | Wade | Alston That is a pretty damn talented starting 5, and it would pretty much ensure Wade would stay.

I can't believe they are so attached to Hickson, I don't see anything particularly special in the kid, I guess I should watch him more.

Lol that is the dumbest idea ever, the pick thing, there would be no balance at all through the league, and it would force teams to build through FA, teams like the Raptors and Clippers and Bucks would be screwed because they have so much trouble attracting FA's. The current system isn't ideal, but it is better than anything else they could do. A hard cap would restore some balance as well, the top 5 teams in the NBA are also the top 5 highest payrolls pretty much, so a hard cap would allow all 30 teams (potentially) to spend the same amount of money, it would force teams to build teams without overpaying in FA constantly (Rashard Lewis anyone?) and wouldn't allow teams to constantly sit on their roster. I think a Hard Cap would just do a better job of spreading the talent out around the league more evenly, and would help the teams who can't afford to spend with the likes of the Cavaliers, Lakers, Knicks, etc. Anyways the only team legit 'tanking', is the Nets, so this isn't a concern IMO.

Honestly these kids think the Wizards are going to sour their own future just to spoil the Cavaliers. I think they are holding out for Hickson but will eventually fold, they can't pass on the chance to dump that contract off.

It is different playing in the all-star game when you don't see a 2nd and 3rd defender as soon as the ball touches your fingertips.

Any move the Sixers are rumoured to do lack any sort of direction. Amare for Iggy is a lateral move. They need to decide if they want to make a push and be a competitive team and in the playoff picture, or do they want to tear it down and start over with a youth movement. Either way a deal with the Suns makes no sense. I think they should deal for Beasley if they have the chance to.

Bayless needs to get some PT, this kid is a stud.

You could talk about whether or not a hard cap is a good thing for basketball. It is something that the owners are pushing for so it is relevant and also debatable IMO.

Knicks are willing to sell their souls for capspace lmao.

Wow.

Apparently the Raptors are still interested in Kevin Martin for Jose Calderon, idk if the Kings are. I don't know tbh, I mean we are hot right now and you don't want to mess with that, but at the same time you can't pass on a chance to add a legitimate second option scorer to this team, someone like Martin, can you? I don't know, Colangelo should just do whatever the [expletive] Bosh wants

Heat won't be getting Amare if Beasley is off the table IMO, they have nothing to offer that is better than Hickson. Maybe if the Cavs fall out of the running they can, but otherwise I don't see it happening. I am happy to see the Heat making an attempt to make an immediate move to appease their star rather than sitting back.

Over under 7 PPG for how much Ellis' PPG would go down on a 'normal' team? Any deal is a bad deal for the Celtics right now IMO, they should stand pat one more year and focus on getting healthy. If they fail this year then okay, make a move in the off-season. Ellis and K-Mart will ruin this team, they are young and used to being featured offensive players, and neither are a quarter of the player off the ball Allen is, and even though Allen has been struggling he is a better shooter than both of them.

Who cares what it looked like? That is like saying who cares what this looks like now since we don't know what Hickson will become. EDIT: Ya Marc was a top rated Euro player but don't be crazy, no one knew Marc would become as good as he is now this fast. That trade was highway robbery at the time, just like this deal would be now.

nvm I thought this was in the Heat forum. I think the Knicks need a main guy so they should just try and get whoever they can. Their fans have waited 2+ years so just get the biggest name possible.

I think it is mostly speculation.