The Official NBA Discussion Thread IV

[RyanRXP]

Ray Allen agrees to sign with Miami:
http://espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/miam...ion-miami-heat



The Celtics still might be able to make a run at Mayo(depending on how Green's and Bass' contracts are built).

This signing also effects the futures of Camby and Lewis(who were both going after Miami's mid level exception). It looks like the Knicks as the favorites to land Camby. The issue here is that they need to land a sign and trade with either Dallas or Houston.



Andrei Kirilenko might be making an NBA return next year:
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsja...50-50.html.csp

[RyanRXP]

Jeff Green agrees to sign with Boston:
http://espn.go.com/boston/nba/story/...ng-green-agent








And the Knicks now are looking like the favorites for Marcus Camby. The team is currently in discussions with both Dallas and Houston for a sign and trade for either Camby or Kidd. The team most likely to agree to a sign and trade is Houston. They currently have no PGs and the Knicks would be offering Douglass in any sign and trade.

[RyanRXP]

USA's Olympic Basketball team has been announced:

Carmelo Anthony
Kobe Bryant
Tyson Chandler
Kevin Durant
Blake Griffin
James Harden
Andre Iguodala
LeBron James
Kevin Love
Chris Paul
Russell Westbrook
Deron Williams

[RyanRXP]

Kirk Hinrich is returning to the Bulls:
http://espn.go.com/chicago/nba/story...ls-source-says




Aaron Gray signs with the Raptors:
http://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/





DeMarcus Cousins' lack of maturity is putting him in trouble again. Jerry Colangelo(head of USA basketball) is being widely quoted as saying that Cousins "has a lot of growing up to do" before he can think about being part of team USA.

[RyanRXP]

Knicks get Camby through sign and trade:
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--ma...th-knicks.html

The Knicks trade Douglas, Harrellson, Jerome Jordan, and 2 second round picks for Camby(3 years 13.2 million). The Rockets are also still looking to trade for Howard.




Knicks also resign JR Smith for 2 years worth a total of 2.8 million:
http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/stor...ew-york-knicks

[RyanRXP]

Dallas gets Collison/Jones from the Pacers for Mahinmi:
http://espn.go.com/dallas/nba/story/...indiana-pacers




Dallas also signs Kaman(1 year/8 million):
http://espn.go.com/dallas/nba/story/...er-chris-kaman




Dallas also amnesties Haywood:
http://espn.go.com/dallas/nba/story/...ue-elton-brand

They are looking to add Brand, but could hold off because of news that the Rockets are likely to amnesty Scola(in order to make a better offer to get Howard).

[RyanRXP]

Blake Griffin Injures Knee:
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/s...-team-usa-camp

This injury is very important because this is the same knee he had issues with last season. Also, I believe in order to qualify for that 95 million extension he needs to make an all star game this year(due to the CBA rules allowing for this special type of extension)

[RyanRXP]

Knicks trade Jeffries and Gadzuric for Felton and Thomas:
http://twitter.com/FisolaNYDN

The Knicks will also send a 2016 second round pick to Portland and receive the draft rights to two players who are currently playing in Europe.

[Legacy]

JKidd being old, I still take him over Lin for a seaosn or two. Kidd had a bad season last year but new team, better players I think he will thrive and do awesome things..

As for my troubled Bobcats, not sure where we are going, still going to be a loyal fan, but like MKG is ncie and we still have Kemba. I need to see something good happen. But liking new logo and uniforms.

[Qarlf]

^ Kinda reminds me of the Seahawks logo. But I'm very sad to see Steve Nash join the Lakers. But I'm glad the Phoenix Suns got Scola (sp)