****The Official 2014-15 NBA Thread****

"Section126 wrote:

They don't think he is worth it.

I DO.

Absolutely. Particularly in a scenario where everybody will have cap space

It's interesting that the Spurs don't think he's worth big money.

Obviously the Pacers didn't know exactly how good he was, but they DID give up on him before finding out. And now the Spurs seem ready to give up on him too? It's interesting. What is it about him? That he's so quiet? That he doesn't have the will to put the team on his shoulders?

Incidentally is Ray Allen going to sign with anyone?

I mean, I'd still love him to sign with the Heat. We may have gotten some good 3 pointers last night but they were from unexpected and inconsistent sources. I think not having people that can consistently hit the 3 pointer is going to be a big hindrance this year.

"Section126 wrote:

They don't think he is worth it.

I DO.

Have the Spurs ever given someone a Max contract? I think they expect him to see that they are a place he can win at and offer him a fair deal. I don't blame them, Max contracts can kill teams. The Spurs have probably been the best run team over the last 10 years or so, its kind of hard to knock their front office.

For Cleveland's upcoming home game:

Confetti packets are being distributed to every fan in attendance at the arena in anticipation of the chalk toss so they can throw the confetti along with him, according to ESPN's Darren Rovell.

Living vicariously much?

"finfansince72 wrote:

Have the Spurs ever given someone a Max contract? I think they expect him to see that they are a place he can win at and offer him a fair deal. I don't blame them, Max contracts can kill teams. The Spurs have probably been the best run team over the last 10 years or so, its kind of hard to knock their front office.

Tim Duncan was near max before this last extension, but yeah, they never have cared for giving every dime available to anybody.

"ckparrothead wrote:

It's interesting that the Spurs don't think he's worth big money.

Obviously the Pacers didn't know exactly how good he was, but they DID give up on him before finding out. And now the Spurs seem ready to give up on him too? It's interesting. What is it about him? That he's so quiet? That he doesn't have the will to put the team on his shoulders?

What they have is the evidence that they have played very well without him and he has had an injury history for such a young player.

My counter argument to that of course is this......had the Spurs won Game 7 vs. the Heat in 13', Leonard would currently be a Back to Back Finals MVP. That's kinda a big deal.

Imagine if we win the title this year, then sign Leonard in the off-season.

"Section126 wrote:

What they have is the evidence that they have played very well without him and he has had an injury history for such a young player.

My counter argument to that of course is this......had the Spurs won Game 7 vs. the Heat in 13', Leonard would currently be a Back to Back Finals MVP. That's kinda a big deal.

"Silverphin wrote:

Imagine if we win the title this year, then sign Leonard in the off-season.

We believe on 3 We will do it on 6...1..2..3 we believe...4..5..6 We will do it

lmao what a corny ad by Nike.

I think there's starting to be a little bit of a backlash to these goofy Lebron ads. The rest of the country obviously doesn't care about the plight of Cleveland.

There's that fat load Brian Windbag on ESPN...

I can't stop watching the dunk by Ennis, anyone think Ennis will enter the dunk contest?

"JShady wrote:

I can't stop watching the dunk by Ennis, anyone think Ennis will enter the dunk contest?

He should.

Oh my, that TNT Lebron return celebration coverage is the height of hypocrisy. Charles Barkley in the middle of it after he constantly and unabashedly criticized Miami for their big 3 pep-rally.

These people have no shame.

"Sumlit wrote:

Oh my, that TNT Lebron return celebration coverage is the height of hypocrisy. Charles Barkley in the middle of it after he constantly and unabashedly criticized Miami for their big 3 pep-rally.

These people have no shame.

I don't get it, I really don't. Why so much hate for Miami? What did we do to piss the sports media off so much?

It's disgusting.

Not the party, but the coverage. Let them have the party. But it should be criticized just like we were criticized.

But it won't. Cleveland was the "aggrieved " party therefor as the victim they can do whatever they want.

Nobody cares about us. We were the home wrecking mistress that got what she deserved. And frankly, LeBron doesn't see his time here any differently. It's why I'm so adamant that he never have his number retired.

We had a mutually beneficial fling. You don't keep mementos or hang up pictures

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep-9sSKa0RA

Do Cavs fans remember this or did they sweep it under the rug?

"Section126 wrote:

Guys...**** is getting REAL.

Word around the camp fire is that the Spurs will hold firm to their insult of an offer to Khawi Leonard, and will sign and trade him in the offseason if he balks at it again.

Pat Riley...GO TO WORK.

what did they offer him?

Lets go Knicks, beat the Cavs.

"JShady wrote:

Lets go Knicks, beat the Cavs.

If the Knicks go 4-78 this year I hope we beat Cleveland all 4x. Lebron just tweeted that this has to be one of the top sporting events of all time. This isn't even one of the top 1000 Knicks games of all time or top 100,000 sporting events of all time. Nothing worse then a person who thinks they are more important then they are and an ego the size of an arena to boot. He is that unlike-able to me.

"Boik14 wrote:

If the Knicks go 4-78 this year I hope we beat Cleveland all 4x. Lebron just tweeted that this has to be one of the top sporting events of all time. This isn't even one of the top 1000 Knicks games of all time or top 100,000 sporting events of all time. Nothing worse then a person who thinks they are more important then they are and an ego the size of an arena to boot. He is that unlike-able to me.

Right now aside from the Dolphins winning a super bowl, I'd say eliminating Cleveland in a game 7 -in- Cleveland would be my biggest sports fantasy.

LeBron has to be one of the greatest marketers of his generation.

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Knicks need a point guard so bad, Larkin sucks.

"Boik14 wrote:

If the Knicks go 4-78 this year I hope we beat Cleveland all 4x. Lebron just tweeted that this has to be one of the top sporting events of all time. This isn't even one of the top 1000 Knicks games of all time or top 100,000 sporting events of all time. Nothing worse then a person who thinks they are more important then they are and an ego the size of an arena to boot. He is that unlike-able to me.

But you know ESPN will ride that narrative. Hell, they might just do a 30-for-30 on it, and air it on Saturday.

Love is looking like Cleveland's best FA pickup early