THE "OFFICIAL" AROUND THE NBA 2012-13 THREAD...........

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  1. THE HCP

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    Come on Knicks!
     
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    'Melo is killing 'em.
     
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    If this thread are as jinxedas hcp's game thread; maybe we should talk about how we want the lakers to win in this one. Kobe may get injured and Howard walks.
     
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    22 pts for Melo in the first quarter.

    41 pts allowed by the Lakers in the first quarter.

    This warms my heart.
     
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    This is wonderful. Sheed for 3!
     
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    Dwight with no explosion.

    Wow
     
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    Looks like the lakers got the Dwight they deserve.
     
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    Dwight has 16 points on 8 shots. At least he can play. Bynum is out. But Dwight prob won't re-sign and that's great.
     
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    Now Kobe is faking a back injury? Lord.
     
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    He had worn out his welcome in Memphis to a degree. The team was going nowhere at the time, and Gasol was a good scapegoat as the team's "franchise" player and a soft Euro. The thing is, most fans were expecting to get something in return for him other than cap space. When you blow up a franchise through a trade with the purpose of rebuilding, usually you at least get some good draft picks in return. The cap room does a team with no potential of winning in the near future very little good. And out of all the teams to send Pau to for nothing, we sent him to the Lakers...? Really...? That trade just reeked of Jerry West and his LA affiliations.
     
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    I'd say Marc Gasoline was something in return.
     
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    In hindsight, Marc's become the best player in that deal, but he was nothing more than a throw-in at the time. Nobody saw that one coming, not even the Memphis front office.

    I guess I quoted a discussion from a few pages back, but I mentioned that in my original post -

     
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    I gotta agree with NOVoodoo here. The deal was considered so bad for Memphis at the time, the fact that the "bad" Gasol brother was a throw-in with the deal just made the whole thing a joke.
     
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    The NBA is a crazy place....... the Warriors got spanked by the Magic tonight and the Nets were up 17 on Detroit and are about to possibly lose at home!
     
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    At the time of the trade (Feb 1, 2008) Marc was the 48th pick of the most recent draft, played for Akasvayu Girona (a team that went bankrupt that year), hadn't played a game in the NBA and had the following scouting reports:
    (two weeks after trade) "He wasn't really a go-to guy for Girona on the offensive end (mainly because of Real Madrid’s double-teaming defense), but especially he doesn't make a great impact on the defensive end. His limited mobility gets exploited in pick-and-roll situations that the opponents throw at him; he's not a great intimidator, he allows smaller opponents to shoot over him; and given his superb size, he's not the best rebounder around."
    "How much will Gasol’s lack of athleticism get exposed in the NBA? I guess that’s the question every single decision maker will be asking himself when it comes to evaluating the big Spanish center. With much more individual oriented defenses, it’s a very legit concern. In the ACB League, he relies on his excellent positioning to emerge as a very solid defensive presence. It’s not going to be the same in the NBA."
    On the negative side, this Final Four again exposed that he could certainly use a better left hand. He loses space and effectiveness going for an orthodox right-handed short shot instead of a left-handed jump-hook whenever he attacks a rival from the left."
    Still, Pau's younger brother is one of the most promising centers in Europe, and probably an underrated piece -by the American media- in the recent blockbuster trade that involved both brothers. Anyway, he doesn't seem to fit too well with the current Memphis Grizzlies game style, but he might be a nice asset to work in a trade in the near future.

    From DraftExpress.com http://www.draftexpress.com#ixzz2F5QjgcIi
     
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    This Piston vs Nets games is AWESOME!
     
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    This thing is going to go into 3OT!
     
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