Thread: NBA 2011-2012 Season

Originally Posted by Neutron

I'm done with the NBA. I'm just glad that I got to see the Mavericks finally get a championship before this mess happened. Dirk is a classy player and actually plays like a team player unlike the flab-3 on the Heat....

Lmao...obvious still soar about 6 years ago.

Originally Posted by salsadancer7

Rumors are that the Celtics are looking to trade Rondo for Chris Paul...

I heard today that the Knicks may get Paul.

Amazing how fast Rondo's stock fell.

Originally Posted by BillD1984

I heard today that the Knicks may get Paul.

They have no cap space and nothing to trade. They can wait till he's a free agent...but unless they involve multiple teams....they cannot get him.

All kinds of Rondo rumors: To OKC, to Indiana, to New Orleans...

Also, supposedly, the New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets are ready to offer Lopez and some players for Dwight Howard.

WOW!!

How MORONIC these NBA players are!! You signed with a f***ing communist country!! LMAO!!!!

China could block NBA players return

By Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports
Nov 28, 2:12 pm EST


The Chinese Basketball Association is showing no inclination to let unhappy NBA players out of their contracts for the 2011-12 season, and will likely mandate they not receive clearance letters to return to the NBA until the Chinese season ends in March, sources told Yahoo! Sports.

Wilson Chandler, Kenyon Martin, J.R. Smith and Aaron Brooks are the four top NBA players under contract in China, and several sources involved in those contract entanglements said escape clauses won’t be allowed with the impending end of the NBA lockout.

The Chinese Basketball Association passed a rule that its teams could sign only NBA free agents during the lockout, and it was made clear to those players they would have to play the full season to be given FIBA clearance letters to sign contracts with NBA teams.

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J.R. Smith is one of three Nuggets free agents playing in China.

Smith has had multiple clashes with his team, and some Chinese officials fear players becoming obstinate and purposely missing practices and games once they realize they’ll be held to their contracts.

Team officials have prepared for the possibility some players could try to force their way out of deals, but their contracts give teams the latitude to fine and suspend players without pay. Chinese teams invested heavily when they signed NBA players, also providing hotel suites, personal drivers and chefs to make the players more comfortable.

“They can play, get paid [in China] and return to the NBA in March,” one Chinese team official said. “Or they can not get paid, and return to the NBA in March.”

As a member of FIBA, the NBA needs a letter of clearance from Chinese teams to allow players to sign NBA deals. Chinese teams could face forfeiture of any games that NBA players participated in, if the players somehow end up back in the NBA before the Chinese season ends.

“If they think that they’re going to make things difficult, not play, create problems, what’s going to happen is that the teams will not release their letters of clearance they’ll need to sign in the NBA,” a Chinese Basketball Association official told Yahoo! Sports. “There’s no way out.”

China could block NBA players return - NBA - Yahoo! Sports

awesome!!!!lmao!!! they thought they can pull the shenanigans they pull here in america?? dumb-asses. they're gonna have to fulfill their contractual obligations

Originally Posted by rey_1178

awesome!!!!lmao!!! they thought they can pull the shenanigans they pull here in america?? dumb-asses. they're gonna have to fulfill their contractual obligations

HOW can an agent NOT have this written in their contracts that IF the season comesback, they can immediately come back to the US?! I would KILL my agent!

Now Chris Paul states he will NOT sign for a contract extension if he were traded to Boston. There is NO DOUBT he wants to go to the Knicks. Also, word is they are into "asset aquisition mode" so that IF they aquire a few players that a decent(i.e., Grant Hill, David West...) where they can make a trade down the line.

Interesting and smart move by the Knicks because they have nothing to trade.