The fiasco that will be free agency.

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#301
If he goes to NY then he has a better opportunity at making more money than any other team..
 
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#302
He can't go anywhere except Cleveland without taking a paycut. Ny offered him a max and a big deal for jj, amare etc. Or 11.5 mil which leaves a lot of space for a few others with similar deals. I'd have to think that either way sets this all up for the same success level he had in Cleveland.

Word is wade is leaning Chicago. The more I think about it, the more I think chi city is the only place lbj can start his dynasty.
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#303
GahLee said:
Easy to call it a bad choice when looking in hindsight.

Worst analogy ever.
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Sorry that I offended you. I'm sure you're poor because someone else is keeping you down.

After reading several of your posts I can see why you didn't get the analogy, although you should have since the NBA is operated very similarly to a socialist government and that's the reason that you are poor because of this damn capitalist nation that you're stuck in where the whole system is designed to keep you down. (or you're just an idiot)
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#304
The NBA is shockingly non-competitive at times for a league with a salary cap.

The only explanation I can ever think of is simply piss poor management on the part of half of the franchises in the league, and a handful of teams who are ready and willing to completely take advantage of these teams.
 
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milohimself said:
The NBA is shockingly non-competitive at times for a league with a salary cap.

The only explanation I can ever think of is simply piss poor management on the part of half of the franchises in the league, and a handful of teams who are ready and willing to completely take advantage of these teams.
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part of the issue is that some owners are unwilling to pay true market for fear of looking cheap and irritating fans. There is no owner in his right mind who believes Joe Johnson to be a max contract basketball player. Same of Chris Bosh. Hell, the vast majority of the huge contracts are to decent players at best.
 
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#306
aka Darko's new deal.

Perceived talent will only put butts in the seats until the fans realize their team sucks. Winning is the way.

Obviously, you can have your cake and eat it too when in the eastern conference as you can suck and still make the playoffs. At least up until this upcoming season, anyways.
 
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#307
Darko's deal wasn't bad. It may look bad because he's Darko, but he played pretty well last year. 5M a season isn't bad for a starter.
 
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#308
If DWade goes to Chicago, I'll eat the crow all-knowing hat passed on when he called the Mavericks a legitimate title contender.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
part of the issue is that some owners are unwilling to pay true market for fear of looking cheap and irritating fans. There is no owner in his right mind who believes Joe Johnson to be a max contract basketball player. Same of Chris Bosh. Hell, the vast majority of the huge contracts are to decent players at best.
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Agreed on all of this. I think Atlanta might wind up looking rather dumb for giving Joe Johnson a max contract. His disapperance in the playoffs this past year didn't warrant a max contract, IMO.
 
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bamacheats said:
Sorry that I offended you. I'm sure you're poor because someone else is keeping you down.

After reading several of your posts I can see why you didn't get the analogy, although you should have since the NBA is operated very similarly to a socialist government and that's the reason that you are poor because of this damn capitalist nation that you're stuck in where the whole system is designed to keep you down. (or you're just an idiot)
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I'm not offended at all, just amazed you really think that.

To say that people are poor for ONE reason and ONE reason only is ignorant on your behalf, you cannot make such a definitive statement like that and expect people to agree with you.

Easy on the name calling, internet wise guy.
 
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GahLee said:
I'm not offended at all, just amazed you really think that.

To say that people are poor for ONE reason and ONE reason only is ignorant on your behalf, you cannot make such a definitive statement like that and expect people to agree with you.

Easy on the name calling, internet wise guy.
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Depends on your definition of poor, I was strictly referencing poor monetarily. That is the world that I currently live in, dealing with many things financial. So from experience and evidence I can absolutely assure you that anyone who stays in poverty in this country does it by a constant string of poor decisions.
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Jaytrain5 said:
Disagree.
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Don't think TylerD is talking strictly contract. The City has more resources than any other to help him with that Billionaire goal of his. This is a fact no one is debating so there's not much to disagree with.
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#314
bamacheats said:
Don't think TylerD is talking strictly contract. The City has more resources than any other to help him with that Billionaire goal of his. This is a fact no one is debating so there's not much to disagree with.
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That's exactly what I'm disagreeing with.

LeBron doesn't need New York in order to become a global icon -- not if he's good enough.

Jordan didn't need New York.
 
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Jaytrain5 said:
That's exactly what I'm disagreeing with.

LeBron doesn't need New York in order to become a global icon -- not if he's good enough.

Jordan didn't need New York.
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Jordan didn't need NY but he needed Gatorade and his own Jumpman line with Nike to accumulate the wealth he currently has. The comment that you disagreed with was that Lebron couldn't make more money from NY and that's simply not true with the resources the City offers. That was NY's pitch and if it was even debatable other teams would have attacked it which they didn't.

Lebron is already a global icon. That wouldn't change even if he played for the Grizzlies. We're talking about his goal of Billionaire athlete. NY is the fastest way there.

Regardless, that's obviously not #1 priority because word this morn is NY knows they're out of Lebronathon.
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#322
Amare Stoudamire 5 years 95 mil to the Knicks. Melo supposed to be not far behind. Please don't let the Parker rumors be true...
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