Atlanta would need the cap space NEXT summer. sure they could have that and save it, but why when they can get future draft picks to go with a potential superteam.
...and be much worse next year without Horford, meaning a likely Top 5 pick as opposed to either low-lottery or out of the lottery. If you're going to tank, just fucking tank now while teams have cap space and unload a big contract to a team with the space to absorb it. That won't happen, but it's not like it wouldn't be a more effective way to improve a lottery pick for next season. In terms of tanking, it makes complete sense. NYK did basically the same thing during the LeBron Sweepstakes.
Da Professor would add an extra 3000 white kids alone a night. It's an interesting marketing strategy, being serious, though. We're going to save up money for summer 2013 (you can't name players, but Smith can name players), and although we may suck next year, we're going to play a brand of basketball that will be up and down the court, and will be the closest thing to Paul Westhead/LMU that the NBA has seen since Paul Westhead flamed out in Denver.
shit would be dope. or basically have a bunch of scrubs feed J-smooth all day everyday so he averages 40ppg.
The more likely scenario would be a Howard/Horford-and-filler trade after Howard signs the 5-year max, though.
Maybe the Mavs don't blow it up. They sign Nash + Roy...do kind of a swan song for Dirk and Nash...get a few more old guys and they are the Celtics-West.
We have cap space. If they want people on one-year-contracts, they can sign them into the cap space that we give them.
manu is expiring, and duncan is a free agent not to mention parker signed at below market value for 3/37 so this makes no sense
