NBA 2011-2012 Season

[salsadancer7]

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.

 

[BillD1984]

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

I heard today that the Knicks may get Paul.

 

[AntAltMike]

Amazing how fast Rondo's stock fell.

 

[salsadancer7]

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.

 

[salsadancer7]

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.

 

[salsadancer7]

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

 

[Rey]

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 :haha

 

[salsadancer7]

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 :haha

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!

 

[salsadancer7]

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.

 

[salsadancer7]

Now.... Chris Paul is pulling a full fledge Carmelo Anthony with a douche bag twist!

Chris Paul knows FULL WELL that the Knicks have nothing to trade. Man, I feel sorry for the Hornets and the Knicks... New Orleans for putting up with this crap and the Knicks getting all excited and try to do way too much to accomodate the Hornets to even attempt a trade...this is some serious diva shiznit!

Chris Paul’s(notes) agent informed New Orleans Hornets officials on Wednesday that his client will not sign a contract extension and wants to be traded to the New York Knicks, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

More From Yahoo! Sports StaffAgents, teams can begin talking Nov 29, 2011 As soon as the NBA lifts its lockout restrictions, Hornets general manager Dell Demps wants to meet with Paul and hear that directive from him.

Nevertheless, the prospects of the Hornets executing a trade with the Knicks appear to be dim, if not impossible. The Knicks simply don’t have the trade assets that come close to meeting New Orleans’ criteria for a deal. Demps has been listening to overtures from teams around the league, and has been actively working under the assumption that Paul would reject a contract extension.

The Hornets have no intention of letting Paul walk away at season’s end without trying to get maximum value for him. There are several teams, including the Boston Celtics, that could be willing to make a deal for Paul with the hope of convincing him to eventually sign an extension.

Chris Paul requests trade to N.Y. - NBA - Yahoo! Sports

 

[BillD1984]

Opening Day will now be Christmas Day:

12:00pm ET- Celtics at Knicks (ESPN)
2:30pm ET- Heat at Mavericks (ABC)
5:00pm ET- Bulls at Lakers (ABC)


Another thing the lockout did was deprive the Mavs from having their day in the sun, with their
banner raising ceremony. Now it's Opening Day, Christmas Day, Finals rematch with LeBron and company in the house. All that AND a banner ceremony. WOW!

The NBA has announced some changes to their original Xmas schedule. It's in TNT's contract that they get to televise the first game of the season, and the NBA has added two games at night.

The new schedule......

12:00pm ET- Celtics at Knicks (now on TNT)
2:30pm ET- Heat at Mavericks (ABC) (ABC will show the Mavs banner ceremony starting at 2:00)
5:00pm ET- Bulls at Lakers (ABC)
8:00pm ET- Magic at Thunder (ESPN)
10:30pm ET- Clippers at Warriors (ESPN)

 

[salsadancer7]

The NBA has announced some changes to their original Xmas schedule. It's in TNT's contract that they get to televise the first game of the season, and the NBA has added two games at night.

The new schedule......

12:00pm ET- Celtics at Knicks (now on TNT)
2:30pm ET- Heat at Mavericks (ABC) (ABC will show the Mavs banner ceremony starting at 2:00)
5:00pm ET- Bulls at Lakers (ABC)
8:00pm ET- Magic at Thunder (ESPN)
10:30pm ET- Clippers at Warriors (ESPN)

Awesome line-up!

 

[salsadancer7]

According to ALOT of folks, the Lakers wanna go hard at acquiring BOTH Chris Paul AND Dwight Howard. Everyone is tradeable on the but Kobe.

Yep, that new CBA sure as hell making it easier for a more balanced league ....LOL!

 

[Rey]

According to ALOT of folks, the Lakers wanna go hard at acquiring BOTH Chris Paul AND Dwight Howard. Everyone is tradeable on the but Kobe.

Yep, that new CBA sure as hell making it easier for a more balanced league ....LOL!

agreed. the new cba didn't do much more than just make more money for the owners. for that they should've done the deal a long time ago. what a joke

 

[salsadancer7]

agreed. the new cba didn't do much more than just make more money for the owners. for that they should've done the deal a long time ago. what a joke

In reality, what they really did was just get the small market teams more money when a team goes over the salary cap.

LMAO! And I am calling it right now...in 6 years when the owners can get out of THIS CBA, they will because they will no longer like this deal...AGAIN, like the last one.

 

[Ramy]

Go Lakers!

 

[salsadancer7]

Go Lakers!

Reports are...they are going ALL OUT after Chris Paul and Howard...

It would make me hate them MORE, but sure as hell be fun!

 

[Ramy]

Reports are...they are going ALL OUT after Chris Paul and Howard...

It would make me hate them MORE, but sure as hell be fun!

Yep, they need a good big man. Bynum is hurt too much. And their point guard is past what little prime he ever had.

 

[salsadancer7]

Yep, they need a good big man. Bynum is hurt too much. And their point guard is past what little prime he ever had.

A "Big 3" in the West...(CP3, Kobe and Howard)....Big 3 in the North...('Melo, Amare and Deron Williams) and a Big 3 in the south...(Wade, Lebron and Bosh)..!! That would be fun.

I guess that new CBA REALLY helped the small market clubs to spread the wealth when it comes to talent huh? LOL!

Let the SEASON BIG!!!

 

[SabresRule]

Looking forward to taking my NBA-watching talents to the television.