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Feb 21, 2011 10:22 PM
With this and the Lebron circus last summer....really glad the players are pretty much running things now.....
Feb 21, 2011 10:22pm
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Feb 21, 2011 10:24 PM
Thank god it's over.
Feb 21, 2011 10:24pm
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Feb 21, 2011 10:25 PM
Dunno what the big deal about players wanting to play in big markets. If you're going to be a FA you should be able to go sign wherever you want, you cant tell players where they can and cant play
Feb 21, 2011 10:25pm
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Feb 21, 2011 10:26 PM
Knicks ended up giving up Mozgov too. Zeke is definitely advising Nolan.
Feb 21, 2011 10:26pm
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Feb 21, 2011 10:27 PM
Hb31187;686702 wrote:Dunno what the big deal about players wanting to play in big markets. If you're going to be a FA you should be able to go sign wherever you want, you cant tell players where they can and cant play

yeah, but they are holding teams at ransom. I just think it has been going downhill for a few years now. The business side of it is complete turn off.
Feb 21, 2011 10:27pm
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Feb 21, 2011 10:28 PM
karen lotz;686703 wrote:Knicks ended up giving up Mozgov too. Zeke is definitely advising Nolan.

Absolutely he is, Isiah even got the Knicks to bring back his greatest draft pick Renaldo Balkman.
Feb 21, 2011 10:28pm
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Feb 21, 2011 10:34 PM
Knicks will = better.
Feb 21, 2011 10:34pm
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Feb 21, 2011 10:35 PM
Hb31187;686702 wrote:Dunno what the big deal about players wanting to play in big markets. If you're going to be a FA you should be able to go sign wherever you want, you cant tell players where they can and cant play

Im with you, because I look at myself and being able to choose where I look. Only difference is that they are owned by a team, and in turn also the league. I cant just tell my company to trade me to NYC cause I wanna work there. I can quit my job and go move there fine, but I wouldnt be brought back into my company. That is the difference in real work and sports.
Feb 21, 2011 10:35pm
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Feb 21, 2011 10:38 PM
wes_mantooth;686697 wrote:With this and the Lebron circus last summer....really glad the players are pretty much running things now.....
wes_mantooth;686705 wrote:yeah, but they are holding teams at ransom. I just think it has been going downhill for a few years now. The business side of it is complete turn off.


+1 it is only to get worse.
Feb 21, 2011 10:38pm
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Feb 21, 2011 10:39 PM
People are gonna love this team cuz the players weren't douches like Lebron about going to their new teams.
Feb 21, 2011 10:39pm
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Feb 21, 2011 10:40 PM
Laley23;686715 wrote:Im with you, because I look at myself and being able to choose where I look. Only difference is that they are owned by a team, and in turn also the league. I cant just tell my company to trade me to NYC cause I wanna work there. I can quit my job and go move there fine, but I wouldnt be brought back into my company. That is the difference in real work and sports.

If he really wanted to though, he could of just waited til the end of the season and went and signed with NYK and the Nugs would of got next to nothing out of it. Itd be like a person relocating to a different branch of his or her job. He did the Nuggets a favor by telling them he basically wasnt gonna re sign, at least they got pieces out of his trade instead of gettin fucked over like Cleveland.
Feb 21, 2011 10:40pm
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Feb 21, 2011 10:41 PM
SportsAndLady;686718 wrote:People are gonna love this team cuz the players weren't douches like Lebron about going to their new teams.

It was only 1 player.
Feb 21, 2011 10:41pm
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Feb 21, 2011 10:42 PM
Hb31187;686722 wrote:If he really wanted to though, he could of just waited til the end of the season and went and signed with NYK and the Nugs would of got next to nothing out of it. Itd be like a person relocating to a different branch of his or her job. He did the Nuggets a favor by telling them he basically wasnt gonna re sign, at least they got pieces out of his trade instead of gettin fucked over like Cleveland.

This.

He told the Nuggs he wasn't resigning. It was up to them to make a deal happen or they would lose him in the off season and get NOTHING.
Feb 21, 2011 10:42pm
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Feb 21, 2011 10:43 PM
Hb31187;686722 wrote:If he really wanted to though, he could of just waited til the end of the season and went and signed with NYK and the Nugs would of got next to nothing out of it. Itd be like a person relocating to a different branch of his or her job. He did the Nuggets a favor by telling them he basically wasnt gonna re sign, at least they got pieces out of his trade instead of gettin fucked over like Cleveland.

Good point. It really just isnt possible to relate sports to real life lol.

I dont blame players at all for wanting to go to the bigger cities and make more money and all that. I just think you sign a contract, you play it out and dont bitch and moan (not that Carmelo did that, or even LeBron...but too many players do). It isnt like the NFL where they can cut you after the season, if you sign a contract, you honor it and then make a choice.

If you know like Melo, then you can tell the FO your going to be leaving so they can trade you. I like how he went about this.
Feb 21, 2011 10:43pm
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Feb 21, 2011 10:43 PM
ernest_t_bass;686714 wrote:Knicks will = better.
Maybe next year but i don't see them being much better if at all the rest of this year. That is a lot of changes to get clicking in a short time.
Feb 21, 2011 10:43pm
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Feb 21, 2011 10:44 PM
Since no one has posted the deal....lol

Denver gets:
Wilson Chandler
Raymond Felton
Danilo Gallinari
Timofey Mozgov
Knicks' 2014 first-round draft pick
Warriors' 2012 second-round pick
Warriors' 2013 second-round pick
$3 million in cash

New York gets:
Melo
Chauncey Billups
Shelden Williams
Anthony Carter
Renaldo Balkman
Feb 21, 2011 10:44pm
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Feb 21, 2011 10:44 PM
wildcats20;686726 wrote:It was only 1 player.

Till Deron Williams/Chris Paul join.
Feb 21, 2011 10:44pm
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Feb 21, 2011 10:44 PM
Well, the blueprint for a bad PR move and how to fuck over your current team had been established, so there was little chance of him going that route.
Feb 21, 2011 10:44pm
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Feb 21, 2011 10:45 PM
Laley23;686735 wrote:Till Deron Williams/Chris Paul join.

True.
Feb 21, 2011 10:45pm
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Feb 21, 2011 10:47 PM
And where did the Warriors' picks come from??
Feb 21, 2011 10:47pm
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Feb 21, 2011 10:47 PM
wildcats20;686737 wrote:True.

That's what I meant..I figured someone else would go to NY after this season, no one is going to hate them though
Feb 21, 2011 10:47pm
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Feb 21, 2011 10:48 PM
SportsAndLady;686740 wrote:That's what I meant..I figured someone else would go to NY after this season, no one is going to hate them though

Yeah I was being too narrow minded and only thinking about right now. I'm not sure who it's going to be(won't be Chauncey though), but there will be a stud PG in the Garden next year.
Feb 21, 2011 10:48pm
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Feb 21, 2011 10:51 PM
wildcats20;686742 wrote:Yeah I was being too narrow minded and only thinking about right now. I'm not sure who it's going to be(won't be Chauncey though), but there will be a stud PG in the Garden next year.

Wasnt it Deron Williams who just had the report that said he would sign with NYK if they got Amare (I know, but it just surfaced recently) or something?
Feb 21, 2011 10:51pm
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Feb 21, 2011 10:54 PM
I think Deron will go to NY...Deron, Melo, and Amare seem like a great fit.
Feb 21, 2011 10:54pm