I can imagine, Steve.
And when that happens, I still will have to like him and the Lakers IF they face a Heat with Wade. And, for the sake of all of us fans, I hope Wade does not hop over to join James in LA.
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I can imagine, Steve.
And when that happens, I still will have to like him and the Lakers IF they face a Heat with Wade. And, for the sake of all of us fans, I hope Wade does not hop over to join James in LA.
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It would take a lot of getting used to him in Laker colors. Would you dig him in Celtic green
It would take a lot of getting used to him in Laker colors. Would you dig him in Celtic green
That's true, Steve. It would indeed need getting used to to see him in our fave team colors. And, knowing the Celtics tradition of getting old players past their primes, the C's might land Lebron when he is 40, and by that time, I will NOT dig him at all.
He'll have to be a Laker first before a C.
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Nowitzki out 6 weeks and D. Howard set to return tonight as the Lakers set to defend their winless 0-5 preseason
lakers 0-5 ? hmm, they gotta hone up and start winning or else these hated heat bunch are gonna go on a rampage. yesterday, rashard lewis was born again, nailing 3 or 4 tres for the heat vs spurs. and ray allen has gone ballistic, arguing hard with refs which was not a common sight when he was a celtic. he continues to diss rondo in a word war, and boy, this season will be all about stopping those snipers from miami.
opening night is just less than a week and the big drama is boston visiting miami. allen is going to be there but he won't be getting a ring. a lotta lakers haters here are telling me l.a. won't win the title this season but as i said before, any team but miami - they've got too many reasons to be hated and now they added one more - an ex-celtic.
yesterday, rashard lewis was born again, nailing 3 or 4 tres for the heat vs spurs. and ray allen has gone ballistic, arguing hard with refs which was not a common sight when he was a celtic. he continues to diss rondo in a word war, and boy, this season will be all about stopping those snipers from miami. opening night is just less than a week and the big drama is boston visiting miami. allen is going to be there but he won't be getting a ring.
a lotta lakers haters here are telling me l.a. won't win the title this season but as i said before, any team but miami - they've got too many reasons to be hated and now they added one more - an ex-celtic.
watching the first few moments of howard's debut with the lakers. this is one strong first five in the history of the nba. all 5 positions are 'solid'. question now is the 2nd unit, and umm, the coach. but he can do a spoestra, in the thread of being fired, win a title, and get an extension.
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0-6, steve. howard poured in 17 but the bench seems to be thin. jamison had 0. and that will tell in an 82 games season. nash, kobe, peace, they could be panting down the stretch, add gasol too.
you guessed that right, jack. don king topped the poll, frederick douglass was second, and bride of frankenstein was far third.
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Thunder trade James Harden to Rockets
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The Thunder couldn't reach a deal with James Harden. (Getty Images)The Thunder couldn't reach a deal with James Harden. (Getty Images)
The Oklahoma City Thunder have traded James Harden to the Houston Rockets after they were unable to agree to a contract extension with the star guard, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.
The Rockets sent Kevin Martin, Jeremy Lamb and future draft considerations to the Thunder for Harden, sources told Y! Sports. Along with Harden, the Thunder will send Cole Aldrich, Lazar Hayward and Daequan Cook to the Rockets.
Houston also sent two 2013 first-round picks (from Dallas and Toronto) to Oklahoma City, sources told Y! Sports, as well as a 2013 second-round pick (via Charlotte). The Thunder will receive the Toronto pick this year if it's slotted Nos. 4-14. That pick also is top-three protected in 2014, top-two protected in 2015 and top-one protected in 2016.
Contract extension talks between the Thunder and Harden broke down, and Thunder general manger Sam Presti moved quickly to trade the guard. Harden rejected a four-year offer that would have paid him a base salary of $53 million to $54 million, league sources said. That offer would have pushed OKC's payroll to $95 million, and Thunder officials weren't willing to go any higher. The 2012-13 salary cap is set at just over $58 million, and the luxury tax kicks in at $70.3 million, while a four-year max deal is worth $60 million.
The Thunder are already paying franchise stars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook on maximum contracts. The trade breaks up OKC's young core, which carried the franchise into last season's NBA Finals. The Thunder agreed to a four-year contract extension worth about $50 million with forward Serge Ibaka after the season.
Houston hasn't been allowed to discuss a contract extension with Harden's agent Rob Pelinka yet, but will start immediately once the deal is officially completed. Houston can choose to give Harden a four or five-year maximum contract extension.
The Rockets are expected to make a max offer of four or five years before Wednesday's deadline for the class of 2009 extensions, sources said. Harden is expected to come to terms and never see restricted free agency in the summer of 2013.
Harden, 23, averaged 16.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists last season and was named the league's Sixth Man of the Year.
Martin is happy to be headed to the Thunder.
"Oh my gosh!" he told Y! Sports' Marc Spears. "Feels like a dream. Sometimes words can't describe it."
7 hours ago
The Thunder couldn't reach a deal with James Harden. (Getty Images)The Thunder couldn't reach a deal with James Harden. (Getty Images)
The Oklahoma City Thunder have traded James Harden to the Houston Rockets after they were unable to agree to a contract extension with the star guard, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.
The Rockets sent Kevin Martin, Jeremy Lamb and future draft considerations to the Thunder for Harden, sources told Y! Sports. Along with Harden, the Thunder will send Cole Aldrich, Lazar Hayward and Daequan Cook to the Rockets.
Houston also sent two 2013 first-round picks (from Dallas and Toronto) to Oklahoma City, sources told Y! Sports, as well as a 2013 second-round pick (via Charlotte). The Thunder will receive the Toronto pick this year if it's slotted Nos. 4-14. That pick also is top-three protected in 2014, top-two protected in 2015 and top-one protected in 2016.
Contract extension talks between the Thunder and Harden broke down, and Thunder general manger Sam Presti moved quickly to trade the guard. Harden rejected a four-year offer that would have paid him a base salary of $53 million to $54 million, league sources said. That offer would have pushed OKC's payroll to $95 million, and Thunder officials weren't willing to go any higher. The 2012-13 salary cap is set at just over $58 million, and the luxury tax kicks in at $70.3 million, while a four-year max deal is worth $60 million.
The Thunder are already paying franchise stars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook on maximum contracts. The trade breaks up OKC's young core, which carried the franchise into last season's NBA Finals. The Thunder agreed to a four-year contract extension worth about $50 million with forward Serge Ibaka after the season.
Houston hasn't been allowed to discuss a contract extension with Harden's agent Rob Pelinka yet, but will start immediately once the deal is officially completed. Houston can choose to give Harden a four or five-year maximum contract extension.
The Rockets are expected to make a max offer of four or five years before Wednesday's deadline for the class of 2009 extensions, sources said. Harden is expected to come to terms and never see restricted free agency in the summer of 2013.
Harden, 23, averaged 16.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists last season and was named the league's Sixth Man of the Year.
Martin is happy to be headed to the Thunder.
"Oh my gosh!" he told Y! Sports' Marc Spears. "Feels like a dream. Sometimes words can't describe it."
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Season starts tonight with Dallas at Lakers.
Reports already have Stoudemire out for the first 6 weeks
Reports already have Stoudemire out for the first 6 weeks
Hoping it will be a great season for either one of us, Steve.
Ray Allen faces his old team tonight as well.
Will OKC be better or worse without Harden?
Ray Allen faces his old team tonight as well.
Will OKC be better or worse without Harden?
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I think so too. If I look back, the Rockets have a good history of winning too. They're young and talented.
I was wondering how the C's would take the Heat ring ceremony later on, and I just read that Doc said they're be watching Homeland in their locker room. Great choice!
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