2013 Official NBA Off-season Movement & Rumors (Merged threads)

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  1. illmatic99

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    Re: 2013 Official NBA Off-season Movement & Rumors

    Oladipo #1. Wow. Fans in Indiana would seriously laugh at the thought. People here still think he's borderline lottery, much less a guaranteed top 10.
     
    illmatic99, May 29, 2013
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  2. The_Lillard_King

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    Re: 2013 Official NBA Off-season Movement & Rumors

    You want to trade LA, Batum . . . a couple more years we can add Lillard to that list, or is he already on it. :)
     
    The_Lillard_King, May 29, 2013
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  3. PtldPlatypus

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    Re: 2013 Official NBA Off-season Movement & Rumors

    But Kingspeed says he's a cross between Dwyane Wade and Michael Jordan!
     
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    Love KS actor talk . . . "Oladipo, it's Dwyane Wade meets Michael Jordan"
     
    The_Lillard_King, May 29, 2013
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  5. Fez Hammersticks

    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    Re: 2013 Official NBA Off-season Movement & Rumors

    Marcus Smart would have been the consensus #1 pick had he stayed in. He has zero shot at that next year.
     
    Fez Hammersticks, May 29, 2013
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    Re: 2013 Official NBA Off-season Movement & Rumors

    Riiight, let's see him in the NBA first
     
    HailBlazers, May 29, 2013
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    Re: 2013 Official NBA Off-season Movement & Rumors

    IMO, it's a swing for the fences mentality, and it's the one we need in order to have a shot at a title. As long as his rookie year isn't his peak, Lillard already is a home run. Batum's production at his current salary is more like an Ichiro-style slap single. Swapping Batum for Oladipo--hoping he becomes an all-star player--is an Adam Dunn-type all-or-nothing cut.
     
    PtldPlatypus, May 29, 2013
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    Re: 2013 Official NBA Off-season Movement & Rumors

    Was not impressed with him against the Ducks at all.
     
    Pinwheel1, May 29, 2013
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    Re: 2013 Official NBA Off-season Movement & Rumors

    He might have been in the mix for the to spot with other guys, but no, not consensus #1.
     
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    Haha, so true. Patience is a virtue many don't seem to have.
     
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    Re: 2013 Official NBA Off-season Movement & Rumors

    http://www.latimes.com/sports/basketball/nba/lakers/la-sp-lakers-2014-20130529,0,178120.story

     
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    Re: 2013 Official NBA Off-season Movement & Rumors

    Here's a question I was pondering:

    Suppose Paul Allen promised to give LeBron a chunk of his Microsoft shares if he would sign with the Blazers, and he did and he did. Would that actually be illegal? I'm sure there must be some safeguard against it, but doesn't capitalism demand it?
     
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    Re: 2013 Official NBA Off-season Movement & Rumors

    definitely illegal.
     
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    Re: 2013 Official NBA Off-season Movement & Rumors

    I always wondered how Karl Malone and John Stockton had their own car dealerships while they were still playing in Utah. I know they were not given them outright, but their names were on the different dealerships.
     
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  15. Rastapopoulos

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    Re: 2013 Official NBA Off-season Movement & Rumors

    Obviously "illegal" is the wrong word, because it wouldn't be that, but "against some NBA rule". But if so, which one?
     
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    Re: 2013 Official NBA Off-season Movement & Rumors

    rule dictating salaries, and the cap. Nothing can be given as added incentive beyond the reported money.
     
    RR7, May 29, 2013
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    Re: 2013 Official NBA Off-season Movement & Rumors

    I don't know where you read that fans in Indiana don't think Oladipo is good enough to go #1 in this draft. I'm more a college basketball fan then NBA and have watched all the top players and IMO Oladipo is the best player by far of any of them. This is a weak draft and in most drafts Oladipo wouldn't even be in the top 5 but in this draft he is the best prospect with the most upside. I wouldn't draft any of those top 3-4 other supposedly ranked players. I also think when it comes down to the draft after the teams work out all the players Oladipo will be #1 or #2.
     
    Tortimer, May 29, 2013
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    Re: 2013 Official NBA Off-season Movement & Rumors

    Last rumor I heard was Wes Mathews and #10 draft pick to the Clippers for DeAndre Jordan. Look for it to happen on draft day I guess.
     
    BigGameDamian, May 29, 2013
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    God no that's such a horrible horrible trade for us. Dont go after Jordan to begin with but if you do just give up the pick no reason what so ever to toss mathews in as well.

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    Re: 2013 Official NBA Off-season Movement & Rumors

    BGD made that up.

    I have my sources.
     
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