NBA Season 2015/16

[RiOtChEsS]

[Jay]

Kanter signed massive deal with Portland I forgot trying to find the amount again. But why would you go to Portland?

Can't see a scenario where OKC don't match.

[Jay]

i feel really bad for Dallas and Dirk, he has been taking less money to keep the team a contender and this bonehead basically derails all his hard work with his indecision, i hope that Jordan is healthy and irrelevant for the rest of his career :-X

Yeah there's one person I feel sorry for in all of this. Dirk NowitKi :(

[RiOtChEsS]

Mark Cuban
Cuban then went on to detail his communication with Jordan. "Through all of Monday we were texting back and forth discussing players available, the amount of cap room we had left. Who our staff liked. How excited he was," he wrote.

"Then on Tuesday the communications basically stopped and we started hearing rumblings from multiple people that something was up.

"So I flew to Houston and got a room at the galleria, which is just a few minutes from his house. I had my driver take me to his house. It's inside a small gated community but the gate was wide open. So we drove in and I literally walked right up to his door.

"There was no one home. So I texted him saying that I was there. I know something is up. Let's talk. He texted me that he was on a date."

Cuban wrote that he told Jordan to have fun and offered to "come by there and say hi" or take Jordan and his date back to Dallas for a night out. Jordan did not respond.

After about 10 minutes, Cuban wrote, he returned to his hotel. He "didn't think it was right" to sit in front of Jordan's house.

Once at the hotel, Cuban wrote that he texted Jordan: "Have fun on this date and we will talk," and received an immediate reply from Jordan thanking him.

"He knew I was in town," Cuban wrote. "He knew I was close by. I knew something was up. I was getting the same reports that everyone else was.

"I also knew his agents were coming to town. It made sense that he would talk to them and worst case, even if he was having second thoughts the agent would be able to give me updates.

"Like any big career move it's natural to have second thoughts. So while I was concerned, I still wasn't worried. So I went to bed."

[Jay]

Nets and Deron Wolliams have agreed on a buyout. He will sign a 2-year deal with Dallas.

BEST NEWS IN MONTHS FOR BOSTON! Their unprotected pick will be very handy this year 8) hopefully they trade Johnson now too. We don't get Dallas' pick unless it's outside the top 7 - this move should make sure of that ;D

[RiOtChEsS]

Mark Cuban
Cuban then went on to detail his communication with Jordan. "Through all of Monday we were texting back and forth discussing players available, the amount of cap room we had left. Who our staff liked. How excited he was," he wrote.

"Then on Tuesday the communications basically stopped and we started hearing rumblings from multiple people that something was up.

"So I flew to Houston and got a room at the galleria, which is just a few minutes from his house. I had my driver take me to his house. It's inside a small gated community but the gate was wide open. So we drove in and I literally walked right up to his door.

"There was no one home. So I texted him saying that I was there. I know something is up. Let's talk. He texted me that he was on a date."

Cuban wrote that he told Jordan to have fun and offered to "come by there and say hi" or take Jordan and his date back to Dallas for a night out. Jordan did not respond.

After about 10 minutes, Cuban wrote, he returned to his hotel. He "didn't think it was right" to sit in front of Jordan's house.

Once at the hotel, Cuban wrote that he texted Jordan: "Have fun on this date and we will talk," and received an immediate reply from Jordan thanking him.

"He knew I was in town," Cuban wrote. "He knew I was close by. I knew something was up. I was getting the same reports that everyone else was.

"I also knew his agents were coming to town. It made sense that he would talk to them and worst case, even if he was having second thoughts the agent would be able to give me updates.

"Like any big career move it's natural to have second thoughts. So while I was concerned, I still wasn't worried. So I went to bed."

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/13236673/deandre-jordan-issues-apology-dallas-mavericks-mark-cuban

this makes it even worse
"After the tweets were published, Cuban told ESPN.com via his Cyber Dust messaging app that he still has not had any communication with Jordan since Tuesday night. Cuban said Jordan's mother, Kimberly, called him, but he declined to elaborate on that conversation."
His Mum is tidying up his shower ::)

[Mat0369]

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine  1h1 hour ago
ESPN sources say Sacramento Kings are in advanced discussions with Andrea Bargnani and closing in on signing the former Knick



http://deadspin.com/deadspin-up-all-night-i-will-remember-you-1507813821

[Mat0369]

And some bad news

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/deep-sixer/Embiid-likely-to-miss-season-after-2d-surgery.html

It turns out he grew another 2 inches after the surgery which could have been what has caused the setback. I remember reading just some basic info after the original surgery when everyone was giving their opinion. There was a sports surgeon that said the potential cause of these fractures is the fact he hasn't finished growing. His skeletal system is not fully matured and when it does he will be pretty much good to go. So pretty much if he has stopped growing this second surgery should have a high success rate and he should be good to go. Obviously with navicular injuries we know they can be messed up (Clark and Trengove), but it's not all doom and gloom yet.

[Jay]

And some bad news

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/deep-sixer/Embiid-likely-to-miss-season-after-2d-surgery.html

It turns out he grew another 2 inches after the surgery which could have been what has caused the setback. I remember reading just some basic info after the original surgery when everyone was giving their opinion. There was a sports surgeon that said the potential cause of these fractures is the fact he hasn't finished growing. His skeletal system is not fully matured and when it does he will be pretty much good to go. So pretty much if he has stopped growing this second surgery should have a high success rate and he should be good to go. Obviously with navicular injuries we know they can be messed up (Clark and Trengove), but it's not all doom and gloom yet.

So maybe drafting two injury prone centres in consecutive drafts wasn't the smartest choice.

[Holz]

And some bad news

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/deep-sixer/Embiid-likely-to-miss-season-after-2d-surgery.html

It turns out he grew another 2 inches after the surgery which could have been what has caused the setback. I remember reading just some basic info after the original surgery when everyone was giving their opinion. There was a sports surgeon that said the potential cause of these fractures is the fact he hasn't finished growing. His skeletal system is not fully matured and when it does he will be pretty much good to go. So pretty much if he has stopped growing this second surgery should have a high success rate and he should be good to go. Obviously with navicular injuries we know they can be messed up (Clark and Trengove), but it's not all doom and gloom yet.

So maybe drafting two injury prone centres in consecutive drafts wasn't the smartest choice.

got them Okafor this year and when he is back they have elite talent. I like their picks.

[Mat0369]

So maybe drafting two injury prone centres in consecutive drafts wasn't the smartest choice.

Or maybe drafting Okafor as insurance is looking a lot better right now. It takes the pressure off Jojo

[Jay]

[Mat0369]

We will see this soon enough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Irvvb7Y4-w

[Jay]

We will see this soon enough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Irvvb7Y4-w

Thought the same thing about Oden.

[Mat0369]

Thought the same thing about Oden.

Different age, different injury