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Wrestling used to be badass, it is watered down now but is still alright. I feel bad for YOU if you didn't like Stone Cold Steve Austin or The Rock in your childhood or 10 years ago. Wrestling was awesome from 98-02.

Wade wouldn't hold the ball much more than he already does lol. Only difference would mean he is guarding PG's instead of SG's. Wade already turns it over quite a bit, I don't think this type of move will fix the Heat season. I would definitely, as a Heat fan, rather the ball be in Wade's hands than Chalmers or Rafer though.

And the Lakers are going to add salary onto their payroll with a trade? Would be kind of crazy if they lost Phil because of trying to pay him less.

On a player by player basis I think you are wrong in saying their casts are equal, in fact it isn't even close. Like RD said in another thread the Lakers have like 5 guys capable of averaging 15+ a game, the Cavaliers have 2, maybe 3 if Shaq can actually play every game but that is still shaky. You make a good point though, LeBron's cast compliments his game perfectly, which is what makes them so great. Of course the Lakers would be worse off without Kobe but they would probably be able to adjust much easier because of the individual talent they have is so much better. LeBron is probably in on or responsible for like 70% of the Cavaliers buckets. He plays PG and SF for this team basically. You take LeBron out of the offense they will be the worst offensive team in the NBA, or close to it. If you take Kobe off LA they are obviously worse, but they just have too much talent for me to be convinced they are not a borderline 50 win team. That is what separates LeBron and Kobe IMO, LeBron can't have a bad game because no one can pick him up. But if Kobe doesn't have it working he has Pau, Bynum and Artest and even Odom who can pick up the slack offensively. If LeBron is stinking with his jumper he will just go out and get 15 assists. Kobe will just continue to launch 18 footers, or just dump to a big. LeBron has the load offensively all the time, especially with Mo out. Personally I just can't wait to see what happens if LeBron plays with a legitimate all-star in the future. I wonder if he is capable of playing off the ball. I wonder if the Cavaliers would be truly better with Jamison or Stoudemire in the mix. I think LeBron is the only player in the NBA that could make any team he is on great.

If they trade him for Kevin Martin or Monta Ellis I guarantee they will not win a championship with this core again. He is also one of the Celtics who has remained relatively healthy over the years playing 70+ games each year. He is in a slump right now but I don't think there is anyone who could fit their SG role better than he does. Re-signing him is a whole other question though. I mean what does he want? He probably wants one more decent deal like 3 years but the C's can't really afford that. If they are sure they cannot re-sign him to what they want then dealing him makes sense. I hope for Allen's sake he doesn't think he is worth much more than the MLE anymore.

You could say that for any player in the NBA. LeBron is not a reckless player, he is a great open floor player but with his strength how often do we see him get knocked down? If he gets hurt, it probably will not be because of his supposed reckless play.

2nd easiest compared to what? 2nd easiest in the entire NBA or among the 4-8 seeds in the East? If the entire NBA that is pretty sick, lol.

Oh ya, true. I wonder what would have gone Atlanta's way. Obviously nothing good, they came to their senses at the last minute, it seems.

Have to figure that AI was headed to Atlanta in the deal, would have been a great deal for both teams to be honest. Hawks passed on another PG again, can't believe they took Marvin at 2, he didnt even start in college did he?

I guess it would make more sense if Sasha was involved like you said. But still, the owners are looking to get a hard cap which means the Lakers are going to be [expletive]ed when they have to start trying to get down to the hard cap. I think if this team has the best record in the West at the deadline and are 1st or 2nd in the league, they will stand pat. The only way I see the PG position changing is in the off-season, through trade for free agency. I think the Bulls first option, like mentioned, is to move Salmons for an expiring. I think the only way that this deal happens is if LA starts to really struggle, and they are willing to trade just expirings for Kirk, that would mean getting another team involved or sending Fisher as well. And the Bulls would only do this if they were unable to unload the amount they needed to clear. I know people said Buss said money is no object or he will spend to win. But these owners, all of them, HAVE to be keeping the CBA issues and potential lockout in the back of their mind when constructing their teams, especially long-term. At least I would think so. I would be shocked if he tied 90+ million dollars into this team next year when not only the cap is going down but a hard cap is nearly inevitable coming into 2011-12. You have to look at the big picture, when the Lakers have Odom and Artest over 30 years old, Pau at 30 and Kobe well into his 30's, all these guys are on pretty big deals, and the Lakers will be forced to move them for almost no value just to get into the new cap restrictions, or they will be forced to move Bynum, Kobe or Pau, three guys I doubt they planned on moving in the next 3-5 years. Adding Hinrich will only make working under the potential CBA even harder.

If the Heat fall out of the playoffs I am sure Wade is gone. I don't see how you can stay in a situation where management would rather sit around and wait for 2010 rather than appease their only star player. At least the Raptors and Cavaliers are making a serious attempt to please their stars, the Heat are completely neglecting Wade. He should leave just to make a point.

You can't be a fan of two teams it is impossible.

I think the teams in the 8 spots now will be the teams in the 8 spots come playoff time. I think there is a serious talent drop off from that Bulls squad who is in 8th to Milwaukee and New York. Philly has the talent but they need a coach before they can do anything.

Artest has never been a good scorer, he always shoots a low percentage, he is just really streaky. He is not a very good spot up shooter though which, from what I can tell, is what he is doing a lot of. He just isn't quick enough anymore to get by his man, not to mention his feet are apparently pretty messed up. Artest used to be a guy that would get 5-6 APG, he needs the ball in his hands to do anything with it. He honestly reminds me a lot of a less crafty but better defending Hedo Turkoglu.

Seriously lmao at Jack Armstrong.

Kings have like 9 points this quarter. Salami and cheese time with that 3 I would think.

Antoine Wright has been playing like a stud as of late.

Martin has been pretty invisible since I have been watching, Tyreke holds the ball so much it is hard for Martin to get touches. Not to mention Donte Greene is a big time ball stopper. Refs have been suspect as hell in the 2nd half. I just hope Bosh can carry us to the victory, I don't care how we do it, just do it please.

Honestly what happened to our defense? The Kings are just scoring at will.

Just woke up, typical Raptors playing down to the competition.

I still don't see the Lakers tying up that much more money long-term, especially with the owners seemingly deadset on instituting a hard cap soon. The Lakers will be in dire straights if they are at a salary of 90+ million with like 7 long-term contracts when teams are starting to get forced to LOWER their cap. Not to mention Kobe is apparently getting 3 years 90 million or something absurd like that, maybe if he takes a paycut or just stays where his salary is this makes more sense, but otherwise it just doesn't.

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It honestly should not matter at all what team you are on for all-star weekend, whether it be for the competitions or for the game. The best players should be in, period. I agree with you on Gibson, but not for your same reasoning, I don't care if he is on the Nets or Cavaliers, it doesn't change whether or not he is deserving. Besides Morrow didn't get in last year and was first in percentage, it is the same thing.

I don't like team forums, I think it discourages general basketball discussion. When you post something in a team's forum it sucks how you are typically only getting thoughts from the people who follow that team.

If we could get Caron with Jose that would be awesome, I don't understand why we WOULDN'T take Stevenson, I really hope that isn't what is holding up a deal. Butler & Stevenson for Jose, Wright & O'Bryant works, get er done BC If we did that we would have like 25 million in expirings for 2011, and we could make a serious power move next year with all those expirings.