The OFFICIAL NBA Off-Season Thread - Congratulations Chicago Bulls 7-0

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stewie griffen

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I've read that Birdman has an option for next season but hoopshype suggest he doesn't, anyone know?

James Jones, Ray, $hard all have options that you'd expect them to pick up, so thats 85.6 on the books plus Bird. Thats a tax bill in excess of 34 million....

I foresee an amnesty... 13/2 isnt too bad, but add it into the repeater tax and it adds up fast.
 

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Some draft scuttle: Rockets have been offered chance to shed contract of PF Thomas Robinson for first-round pick in next Thursday's draft

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Rockets, I'm told, have eyes on fistful of international players they'd draft with a first for Robinson to keep overseas and avoid cap hit

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I'm no @chadfordinsider, so hope I'm getting these names right. Players on Rockets' radar: Adetokunbo, Gobert, Karasev, Nogueira, Schroeder

If Houston can get Adetokunbo to stash in Europe for a few years as well as getting Dwight I would be in heaven.
 

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Yeah i saw that.... I wonder if the Bucks would look at it. Dallas won't take on salary, and the only other option would be OKC at 12 but that might be a reach and I doubt they want to take that much salary on. It depends what pick they want back. If they are targeting the likes of Schroeder and Karasev they'd need something in the top 20 you'd think. Hawks could be another option, but if the Rox are targeting Howard then they probably won't want to help them. Cavs could work, but pick 19 might not get it done.
 

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Yeah i saw that.... I wonder if the Bucks would look at it. Dallas won't take on salary, and the only other option would be OKC at 12 but that might be a reach and I doubt they want to take that much salary on. It depends what pick they want back. If they are targeting the likes of Schroeder and Karasev they'd need something in the top 20 you'd think. Hawks could be another option, but if the Rox are targeting Howard then they probably won't want to help them. Cavs could work, but pick 19 might not get it done.

I doubt the Bucks would be too interested, given they've stated their preference for building around Sanders and Henson.

They may or may not need to replace their entire back-court, which means they might look at Schroeder or someone at #15.
 

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Dear Clippers,

**** off you tight arse campaigners.

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@BaxterHolmes: Source on Clippers: “They obviously got cold feet and they have just wasted everyone’s time" http://t.co/xngUOYf0qQ

Entering the day, league sources said there was little hope that a deal could be made, and the Celtics announced a noon press conference with Rivers and president of basketball operations Danny Ainge at the team’s practice facility in Waltham.

About an hour before that event, though, the Celtics canceled the press conference.

Why? The Clippers wanted to talk again.

A day earlier, the Clippers had moved their focus from trying to obtain Rivers and Kevin Garnett to just Rivers; but, in a bizarre move, the Clippers were also refusing to offer any compensation for Rivers, according to a league source.

It made sense, though, that if the Clippers were calling back a day later, they would have an enticing offer to make.

That wasn’t the case.

The Celtics have demanded at least one first-round pick in exchange for releasing Rivers from his contract — and in a prior offer, the Clippers essentially agreed to free up that asset if it meant attaining the services of the top-tier coach, league sources said.

Yet the Clippers’ offer as of Friday was a second-round pick — and it didn’t appear as though they were budging, just as the Celtics weren’t willing to budge either, a league source said.
 

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Chris Sheridan is reporting an 'exclusive' that Rondo f-bombed Doc in a team meeting and Doc then went after Rondo and they nearly fought. No details provided on when it happened.

He's saying that an intense dislike for Rondo is his reason for Doc wanting to leave the Celtics. I call intense bullshit on his story.
 

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Chris Sheridan is reporting an 'exclusive' that Rondo f-bombed Doc in a team meeting and Doc then went after Rondo and they nearly fought. No details provided on when it happened.

He's saying that an intense dislike for Rondo is his reason for Doc wanting to leave the Celtics. I call intense bullshit on his story.
Clearly BS. Rondo would never take a shot at Rivers. He would look to pass off to someone else.
 
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