Guest FrigidSoul Report post Posted January 15, 2004 If I needed 3s I'd pick him up for my squad, but between Walker, Pierce, Cassell, Artest, Jiri Welsch, Mike James, Rasheed Wallace, and LeBron James I'm all set Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest OctoberBlood Report post Posted January 15, 2004 Pierce, Jiri Welsch, Mike James Represent Boston, baby. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest FrigidSoul Report post Posted January 15, 2004 I have Marc Blount at C too, he's been good for a double-double a night lately. I'm in first place in a 12 team league. Here's my team. PG Cassell (got him in the 6th round) SG Pierce G LeBron(took him in the 4th round and was ridiculed during the draft for doing so...I got the last laugh) SF Antoine Walker PF Rasheed Wallace F Ron Artest C Theo Ratliff C Marc Blount Uti Jiri Welsch Uti Mike James Bench Josh Howard Bench Ronald Murray Bench Samuel Dalembert Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest OctoberBlood Report post Posted January 15, 2004 Nice team. Mark Blount has been a good asset this year. I'm in 2 NBA leagues and I'm in first place in both. Teams: Billups, Chauncey Pierce, Paul Mason, Desmond Rose, Jalen Jackson, Stephen Boozer, Carlos Stojakovic, Peja Thomas, Tim Miller, Brad Boykins, Earl Giricek, Gordan Murray, Ronald Radmanovic, Vladimir Wells, Bonzi Wright, Lorenzen --- Richardson, Jason Murray, Ronald Pierce, Paul Stojakovic, Peja Randolph, Zach Artest, Ron Cassell, Sam Maggette, Corey Carter, Vince Divac, Vlade Thomas, Kurt Thomas, Kenny Baker, Vin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest FrigidSoul Report post Posted January 15, 2004 Drop Vin Baker, he's basically done Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted January 15, 2004 There are rumors about the Mavs bringing in Pat Riley as coach and a trade of Rasheed Wallace for Jamison, Najera, Delk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vern Gagne 0 Report post Posted January 15, 2004 Why would Dallas want that cancer? Question. For King fans. Are the Kings fans anxious to get Chris Webber back? Should be a easy answer. Up here people think that Wally, T-Hud, Kandiman will hurt the chemistry. Which might be the case at first, but adding 3 guys who can score 20 points each will only help the teams depth and playoff chances. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest OctoberBlood Report post Posted January 15, 2004 Drop Vin Baker, he's basically done Yeah, I am. I'm gonna pickup Dalembert. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted January 15, 2004 I like him, but Dalembert is only averaging 6.7 pts/game and 5.5 reb/game. He's getting a lot of minutes because Coleman has been hurt, so I'd expect his minutes to go down once Coleman comes back (don't know when that will be). Last night was by far his best game of his career, so I wouldn't expect those types of games out of him every night. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest FrigidSoul Report post Posted January 15, 2004 Dalembert is a bench player for me, no big deal...he grabs boards and blocks shots which helps my team out. I'm in first place in the league yet other teams have so many more games played than me its funny. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted January 15, 2004 Why would Dallas want that cancer? Question. For King fans. Are the Kings fans anxious to get Chris Webber back? Should be a easy answer. Up here people think that Wally, T-Hud, Kandiman will hurt the chemistry. Which might be the case at first, but adding 3 guys who can score 20 points each will only help the teams depth and playoff chances. Nobody on the team wants to play defense..........including the headcoach, so they are looking to get a dirty player if you will. Its not the first time they did this, the Mavs did have Dennis Rodman on the team once. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alfdogg 0 Report post Posted January 15, 2004 Yeah, but they didn't have to trade three players to get Rodman. Hell, I wouldn't even trade just Jamison for Wallace. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest FrigidSoul Report post Posted January 15, 2004 Nash and Jamison can play defense if they let them. Nelson seems to have Nash off on weak shooters and Jamison just hanging around the boards though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest OctoberBlood Report post Posted January 15, 2004 I like him, but Dalembert is only averaging 6.7 pts/game and 5.5 reb/game. He's getting a lot of minutes because Coleman has been hurt, so I'd expect his minutes to go down once Coleman comes back (don't know when that will be). Last night was by far his best game of his career, so I wouldn't expect those types of games out of him every night. Dalembert is averaging 27.3 minutes, 10.8 points, nine rebounds and 3.3 blocks over his last four games. As long as he's getting those minutes, he's gonna be on my team. Everyone else in the FA pool isn't worth any more than him, so thats why I picked him up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted January 15, 2004 Yeah, but they didn't have to trade three players to get Rodman. Hell, I wouldn't even trade just Jamison for Wallace. I doubt that it was a straight up 3 for 1 deal, I would assume that some draft picks or cash would also be involved. I first heard of the trade rumor from the local news channel Texas Cable News which seems to be based out of Dallas. Mavs do need someone on the team to play defense badly, hell look at the last game where they gave up a 20 point lead to hold on the win by 3 in the 2nd Overtime. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vern Gagne 0 Report post Posted January 16, 2004 Why would Dallas want that cancer? Question. For King fans. Are the Kings fans anxious to get Chris Webber back? Should be a easy answer. Up here people think that Wally, T-Hud, Kandiman will hurt the chemistry. Which might be the case at first, but adding 3 guys who can score 20 points each will only help the teams depth and playoff chances. Nobody on the team wants to play defense..........including the headcoach, so they are looking to get a dirty player if you will. Its not the first time they did this, the Mavs did have Dennis Rodman on the team once. Wallace doesn't put out the effort every night to be a dirty player. Besides I don't think someone with has much talent has Wallace, needs to be a dirty player. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted January 16, 2004 Why would Dallas want that cancer? Question. For King fans. Are the Kings fans anxious to get Chris Webber back? Should be a easy answer. Up here people think that Wally, T-Hud, Kandiman will hurt the chemistry. Which might be the case at first, but adding 3 guys who can score 20 points each will only help the teams depth and playoff chances. Nobody on the team wants to play defense..........including the headcoach, so they are looking to get a dirty player if you will. Its not the first time they did this, the Mavs did have Dennis Rodman on the team once. Wallace doesn't put out the effort every night to be a dirty player. Besides I don't think someone with has much talent has Wallace, needs to be a dirty player. When I said "dirty" I did not mean as in a walking flagerant foul player looking to get PIMs if you will. I was refering to a player who is willing to hustle for offensive rebounds, make a move for a steal, or take a charge if needed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted January 16, 2004 Reports: Nets' sale almost complete Are the Nets Brooklyn-bound? Looks like it. The current owners of the NBA franchise have told real estate developer Bruce Ratner that they intend to sell the team to his investors' group for about $300 million, according to Bloomberg News. In December, the Nets and the Yankees announced a preliminary agreement to end their YankeesNets partnership. That gave Nets owners Lewis Katz and Ray Chambers the green light to sell the team. Meanwhile, a group headed by New Jersey developer Charles Kushner is still involved in the talks. Kushner's group, which includes U.S. Sen. Jon Corzine, D-N.J., has bid $267.5 million. That group would keep the Nets at the Continental Airlines Arena at the Meadowlands sports complex in East Rutherford. "We have to continue to pore over the information to see if a revised bid is warranted," Kushner group spokesman Michael Turner said Thursday. Kushner representatives met Tuesday with the Meadowlands operators, the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority, to discuss renovating the arena, authority spokesman Jim DeBosh said. The authority has had no contact with Ratner, he said. Ratner has said he plans to move the team from the Meadowlands sports complex to Brooklyn, where he would build a new arena. Newsday is also reporting that an announcement is imminent. When asked by ESPN.com on Thursday if a sale was imminent, both NBA commissioner David Stern and Phoenix Suns managing partner Jerry Colangelo, who is also chairman of the NBA board of governors, declined comment. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Deputy Mayor Daniel Doctoroff were informed that Ratner's group, which includes rapper Jay-Z, is getting the team, one of the people familiar with the negotiations told Bloomberg. "There are a million details that have to be worked out with the NBA," a source told Newsday on Wednesday. "We're close, but it isn't going to be done tomorrow [Thursday], unless there's a small miracle." The proposed Brooklyn Arena and Brooklyn Atlantic Yards are a combined residential, retail and commercial space with 7.7 million square feet of space. The arena would seat 19,000 for basketball, and include 4,500 units of residential housing and 2.1 million square feet of commercial office space. Under the plan, development of the arena would begin this year. The completion of the project would be in time for the 2006-2007 NBA season; the team's lease in New Jersey expires in 2006. The Brooklyn arena would be located at the intersection of Flatbush and Atlantic avenues in downtown Brooklyn, near a major Long Island Rail Road terminal. The ambitious proposal has its local opposition. Patti Hagan, leader of the Prospect Heights Action Coalition, a group formed to combat the plan, told Newsday: "He's got a huge fight on his hands, because we are not going away." Ratner has said the project "will be almost exclusively privately financed" but officials have said some tax revenue could be pumped into the project. The Nets have advanced to the NBA Finals in the past two seasons, but the team is losing tens of millions of dollars a year, according to Newsday. The Nets are in first place in the Atlantic Division with a 21-16 record after Thursday night's 86-83 loss at Milwaukee. In their home victory over the Wizards on Wednesday, the Nets drew just 9,778 fans. In November, Ratner initially bid $275 million for the team, the highest of four suitors. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vern Gagne 0 Report post Posted January 16, 2004 Why would Dallas want that cancer? Question. For King fans. Are the Kings fans anxious to get Chris Webber back? Should be a easy answer. Up here people think that Wally, T-Hud, Kandiman will hurt the chemistry. Which might be the case at first, but adding 3 guys who can score 20 points each will only help the teams depth and playoff chances. Nobody on the team wants to play defense..........including the headcoach, so they are looking to get a dirty player if you will. Its not the first time they did this, the Mavs did have Dennis Rodman on the team once. Wallace doesn't put out the effort every night to be a dirty player. Besides I don't think someone with has much talent has Wallace, needs to be a dirty player. When I said "dirty" I did not mean as in a walking flagerant foul player looking to get PIMs if you will. I was refering to a player who is willing to hustle for offensive rebounds, make a move for a steal, or take a charge if needed. Understood. Wallace is certainly none of those things either. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alfdogg 0 Report post Posted January 16, 2004 Just read Shaq is out another week, and it will be at least two weeks before LA has all four guys back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Kamala 0 Report post Posted January 16, 2004 Sacramento will kill the Lakers tonight. The Lakers roleplayers are just too awful to compete with the Kings. Another thing, do you think Gilbert Arenas still thinks the Wizards will make the playoffs? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alfdogg 0 Report post Posted January 17, 2004 Glen Rice has been waived by the Clippers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alfdogg 0 Report post Posted January 18, 2004 Poor Clippers...despite Brand's 35/20 night, the awesomeness and sheer grit of Slava Medvedenko and Jamal Sampson was NOT TO BE DENIED, and the Lakers still won. Who the fuck is Ime Udoka? Isn't that some kind of wine cooler? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Kamala 0 Report post Posted January 18, 2004 Hulk Hogan sighting at Dennis Rodman's ABA debut 14-JAN-2004 - LONG BEACH, CA - Dennis Rodman made his anticipated debut with the Long Beach Jam (13-4) of the American Basketball Association (ABA) Friday night in front of a sellout crowd of 4,373 people at the Long Beach Pyramid. With his hair dyed the Jam's colors, Rodman entered the game midway through the first quarter to a standing ovation. Despite being absent from professional basketball since 2000, Rodman muscled his way to 14 rebounds in 130-110 demolition of the Fresno HeatWave. Although they trailed by nine points at the half, the Jam blistered the HeatWave in the third quarter, outscoring the team by 24 points. Long Beach was led by Matt Barnes' 31 points and six rebounds. Fresno's Louis White notched 29 points. With more than 50 media credentials issued to local, national, and international media, Rodman's debut was a worldwide event that lived up to its billing. In one of the many sideshows of the night, Hulk Hogan rose to his feet during the intermission between the third and fourth quarters, removed his leather jacket to reveal his signature yellow shirt, and then ripped it off to the delight of the fans. The first-place Jam are 5-2 on their current eight-game homestand. Cincinnati's DerMarr Johnson is leading the Jam in scoring with 23.1 points per game. Geno Carlisle is the team's second-leading scorer with 22.9 points per game, including a blistering 54 percent (58-107) from three-point range. Jack Hartman has been grabbing a Rodman-esque 16.5 rebounds per game this season and Yuta Tabuse leads the team with 6.5 assist per game. The Jam play the Jersey Squires Sunday. The game is nearing a sellout, so fans are encouraged to order their tickets early. The 36-game ABA 2003-04 season includes seven teams, the Long Beach Jam, Kansas City Knights, Tijuana Diablos, Gallos de Pelea of Juarez, Jersey Squires (Trenton), Las Vegas Rattlers and Fresno HeatWave. The ABA includes unique game rules such as the ã3-Dä rule (when a team loses possession while in the backcourt, the team who acquires possession gains one additional point per field goal÷2-point shot becomes 3, 3-point shots become 4: if a foul occurs, the number of free throws awarded increases by one), and the international basket interference rule (once the ball hits the rim, it is live and any player may make contact with it without being penalized for "goaltending"). Looking at the roster, that league looks a lot more credible than the NBDL. Hell, Master P plays on a team coached by Kobe Bryant's dad. Does anyone think Rodman will play in the NBA? If I was a GM of a team with a grain of credibility I wouldn't hire this guy, but if I GMd say the Atlanta Hawks I'd snap him up in a minute. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alfdogg 0 Report post Posted January 18, 2004 Well, should Rodman's 14 boards be considered: 1) Impressive, since he's 42 and hasn't played professionally in almost four years or 2) Unimpressive, since he's playing in a league with players who can't even make the NBDL? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Kamala 0 Report post Posted January 18, 2004 I dunno if you look at the league's roster on www.abalive.com, a lot of the guys aren't slouches. DeMarr Johnson (Making a comeback from a broken neck) for example's on Rodman's team. Like I said if I were say the Atlanta Hawks or the Washington Wizards I'd sign Rodman to a 10 day contract in a snap. There's nothing to lose if your the Hawks and you sign Dennis Rodman. If he's still decent, your team gains some cred. If he starts acting crazy, your team sucked anyways and either way you're gonna sell a few hundred if not thousand more tickets. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted January 18, 2004 Paul Pierce got a blackeye during practice from Vin Baker while going for a rebound. Well that is the story that Paul gave Jim Gray in the pre game interview. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted January 18, 2004 Can someone tell ESPN and ABC that the rest of the country doesn't give a shit about Stephon Marbury and the Knicks quest to get the fucking 8th seed in the Eastern Conference. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted January 18, 2004 But NYC is the Capital of the World. If Marbury has a papercut you will here about it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest OctoberBlood Report post Posted January 18, 2004 This sucks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
