who is most likely to leave his situation

[.:DaYg0sTyLz:.]

hey CC   you must remember this

the Showtime lakers did not win every year

nor did the Bird/Mchale/Parish Celtics

Nowhere near the same thing. lol. It would be more equal to Magic and Bird deciding to team up together with another elite player.

eh

it would have been more like Jordan joining the Celtics (with a McHale type) to knock off the Lakers or Jordan joining the Lakers to knock off the Celtics

You get what Im saying tho

[wcsoldier]

Dwight is going to L.A as the Lakers FO won't pick up Bynum team option at the end of 2012

Dwight can go to the Clippers now which would make more sense.  The Clippers are younger & hungrier, unlike what I heard of the Lakers sometimes they play harder in their games all the time.  Don't hear any of that they're bored.

yeah what Dwight gonna play with in LAL?  35 year old kobe and 40 year old d fisher?

Dwight 27
Gasol 32
LO 33
Kobe 34






You don't think this core doesn't have a very good shot at the title ? LOL

[Chamillitary Click]

Deron is going to NY in 2012.

[.:DaYg0sTyLz:.]

Dwight is going to L.A as the Lakers FO won't pick up Bynum team option at the end of 2012

Dwight can go to the Clippers now which would make more sense.  The Clippers are younger & hungrier, unlike what I heard of the Lakers sometimes they play harder in their games all the time.  Don't hear any of that they're bored.

yeah what Dwight gonna play with in LAL?  35 year old kobe and 40 year old d fisher?

Dwight 27
Gasol 32
LO 33
Kobe 34






You don't think this core doesn't have a very good shot at the title ? LOL

They could. Kobe will have to start learning to defer to the other players on the team tho. I dont think his ego will let him sacrifice himself for the team.

On a side note, not one superstar in the league should ever consider going to Clippers. They are just a black hole. Talented players go there and disappear forever

[OG Hack Wilson]

Howard would be better going to OKC with Durant and Westbrook

[Chamillitary Click]

Howard would be better going to OKC with Durant and Westbrook

OKC will never win. No superstar is going to the middle of nowhere; even if that team has substantial upside for the future.

The NBA is DONE with. After Paul or Deron goes to NY, the other will join up with a team like the Heat or Knicks; Bynum will go to LA.

Jon Barry knows; "There will be a few really good, amazing superstar teams & the rest of the league will be the Cleveland Cavaliers". Preach.

[OG Hack Wilson]

Howard would be better going to OKC with Durant and Westbrook

OKC will never win. No superstar is going to the middle of nowhere; even if that team has substantial upside for the future.

The NBA is DONE with. After Paul or Deron goes to NY, the other will join up with a team like the Heat or Knicks; Bynum will go to LA.

Jon Barry knows; "There will be a few really good, amazing superstar teams & the rest of the league will be the Cleveland Cavaliers". Preach.

lol   the NBa might as well get rid of Memphis, Cleveland, LAC, Minny and New Jersey

[Lunatic]

Dwight Howard is most likely on that list to stay put

D-Will & CP3 will probably both leave

I can see Granger leaving eventually

[OG Hack Wilson]

Dwight Howard is most likely on that list to stay put

D-Will & CP3 will probably both leave

I can see Granger leaving eventually

I'm no MAgic fan but if Dwight goes to LA i'm gonna hate that faggot forever for quitting on the Magic just becaues the Heat are in the same state/division

[7even]

Obviously Howard wants to leave, why else would he flat out lie about not being eligible to sign an extension when everybody with knowledge tells him that he is. I just hope he doesn't go to LA. But isn't part of the reason that there's this salary stuff in the NBA to prevent those superstar-teams? In soccer or baseball you can just sign the best players in the game if you have the money and the market. Nobody can do anything against it really. In the NBA you have to play along with the salary stuff. Which is a great thing in my opinion. So, how in the fuck could, for example, the Heat sign another max contract superstar? They obviously will never have cap room, and they have no assets to trade. Even if they'd give up their best role players in Miller and Haslem, that would still only account for like 9 million. Plus noone would trade their superstar for those kind of players - old niggas with long term contracts who specifically wanted to play for the title. So how in the hell could the Heat ever sign a Chris Paul or Dwight? It's not possible. Similiar situation with the Knicks and Lakers now. The Knicks gave up all interest-drawing players they had for Melo. They only have trash noone would want on their roster now. Melo, Amare and Billups alone are eating all the cap room. Only thing they could do is trade Billups' expiring contract plus 2016 picks and cash. Not very tempting now is it. Lakers? Obviously no cap room as long as Kobe's big contract is running. Trade assets? Bynum and Odom. That is certainly better than Miller and Haslem, but nothing I'd ever trade a superstar for. You might rather trade for expiring contracts, cash and picks and sell your franchise.

[.:DaYg0sTyLz:.]

Obviously Howard wants to leave, why else would he flat out lie about not being eligible to sign an extension when everybody with knowledge tells him that he is. I just hope he doesn't go to LA. But isn't part of the reason that there's this salary stuff in the NBA to prevent those superstar-teams? In soccer or baseball you can just sign the best players in the game if you have the money and the market. Nobody can do anything against it really. In the NBA you have to play along with the salary stuff. Which is a great thing in my opinion. So, how in the fuck could, for example, the Heat sign another max contract superstar? They obviously will never have cap room, and they have no assets to trade. Even if they'd give up their best role players in Miller and Haslem, that would still only account for like 9 million.

Its a soft cap in the NBA. You can exceed the salary cap and if you go over the luxury cap you will just have to pay a tax to the league for every dollar over the luxury cap you go. Thats why teams like the Lakers just always far exceed the salary cap AND the luxury cap. They feel its worth paying the extra tax to buy a championship. Likewise, teams like the Clippers benefit by NOT spending money and collecting all that revenue share from teams like the Lakers.

The league could implement a hard cap and eliminate some of this forming of Superstar Teams, to an extent. Players will always be able to take less money to play for a championship together...if they want. Another thing they can do in the new CBA is create a franchise tag like in the NFL. Allowing small market teams (or any team) to Franchise a player for the following year. They would have to tweak it a bit maybe, because that might only gain you one extra year with that player on your team. But it could give a little bit of control to the teams