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Howard Traded to Lakers in 4 team deal!
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Lockout was about small market team not making money. it had nothing to do with actually winning a championship. New CBA will penalize (tax) the heck out of the big market / high payroll teams so the small market can share their revenue.
Adrenaline
Diamond Member
The Orlando GM is a moron. The Nets and Rockets offered a bunch more.
Lakers made out good on this.
Lakers made out good on this.
HendrixFan
Diamond Member
The Magic didn't get Bynum though.
Deeko's head explodes. D:
OILFIELDTRASH
Lifer
Pretty sure the 27 odd small market teams would beg to differ. They wanted a more level playing field and its gotten significantly worse recently. I won't blame the CBA though because the new NBA is about superteams. Once Miami built their team its either join a superteam or lose.
Red Storm
Lifer
It's only purpose was to make the owners more money, and they did accomplish just that.
Ns1
No Lifer
HendrixFan
Diamond Member
Miami only did that because Boston did it. Both Lebron and Wade knew they couldn't carry their teams past Boston individually. Boston played Cleveland to shut down Lebron and let Mo Williams beat them, which wouldn't happen. Against Miami they shut down Wade and let Beasley beat them, which wouldn't happen.
Going through the history of the NBA you will seldom find championship teams (2004 Detroit as an outlier) that don't have multiple future HoFers on their roster. Some teams luck out and get loaded teams, others pull savvy moves, now players are pushing it themselves to overcome incompetent GMs; but superteams are nothing new.
Red Storm
Lifer
100% this. Show me a championship team that didn't have good players. Anybody?
OILFIELDTRASH
Lifer
This is a different deal. Those old superteams were assembled through the draft and free agency not overpaid cry babies forcing their way into the teams/market they wanted.
I like all aspects of this trade principally because it gives so many of us up here in the cheap seats great reasons to pontificate. remonstrate. speculate, hold forth, and plain old rage. 😛
I think the Sixers had to take this chance because they were otherwise destined to be stuck in the mediocrity of mid-level limbo between first/second round playoff exits and never getting near the lottery for years to come. Go big or go home.
I fear this trade because Andrew Bynum is a moody, injury-prone enigma of a man child just one year away from being an unrestricted free agent. Just because he grew up in the area is no reason to believe he won't leave after this coming season and take the cash bonanza Houston or Dallas (or Brooklyn if they have the cap space) will surely offer him.
I'm hoping it all works out for the Sixers and Bynum meshes well with the young, athletic, and promising team core, and LOVES being the top dog in the spotlight here. But if he dogs it or says stupid things to the press, the fans here will be all over him.
All that said, I can't for the life of me figure out what Orlando was thinking here. For them not to end up with Bynum or Gasol, or both, makes no sense.
I think the Sixers had to take this chance because they were otherwise destined to be stuck in the mediocrity of mid-level limbo between first/second round playoff exits and never getting near the lottery for years to come. Go big or go home.
I fear this trade because Andrew Bynum is a moody, injury-prone enigma of a man child just one year away from being an unrestricted free agent. Just because he grew up in the area is no reason to believe he won't leave after this coming season and take the cash bonanza Houston or Dallas (or Brooklyn if they have the cap space) will surely offer him.
I'm hoping it all works out for the Sixers and Bynum meshes well with the young, athletic, and promising team core, and LOVES being the top dog in the spotlight here. But if he dogs it or says stupid things to the press, the fans here will be all over him.
All that said, I can't for the life of me figure out what Orlando was thinking here. For them not to end up with Bynum or Gasol, or both, makes no sense.
Red Storm
Lifer
I would have done it in a heartbeat. You've already tried with Iggy, now you have a legit post threat and the best big in the Eastern conference.
Red Storm
Lifer
And you know this how? It's because of 24/hour news and social media and the internet that we know what players are thinking/eating/screwing. I suspect the same exact stuff went on back then, it's just nobody would hear about it.
Atomic Playboy
Lifer
Maybe in the 70s and 80s. But the 90s and 00s saw a fair share of superstar complaining leading to the building of superteams. Drexler got traded to Houston because he complained about wanting to be on a contender. Barkeley left Phoenix for Houston in a similar fashion (though they didn't win that year). Rodman was constantly butting heads with the Spurs front office to the point that they traded him to the Bulls and created the best team in NBA history. Kobe's bitching got Shaq traded at a time when Shaq was the best player in the league. Bending over backwards to appease a superstar is nothing new. And, let's not forget, the last two teams in the NBA Finals were built through the draft (OKC) and free agency (Miami), and they've seen significantly more success than teams built around petulant superstars demanding trades (NY Knicks).
On paper, the Lakers suddenly look extremely good, nigh on unbeatable. But Kobe's getting older, Nash is ancient (even if he doesn't seem like it), and if you can't keep Howard motivated, you're just asking for more drama next year. And Pau doesn't want to feel like a third option, and now he's in a place where he could be seen as the fourth? How's that going to work with his demeanor?
Between the Clippers and the Lakers, LA basketball just became the hottest ticket in the league.
It's not a different deal. One 2012 finals team was built through the draft and the other was built through free agency.
Shaq/Kobe Lakers dynasty: free agency. Spurs: draft. The only two that can be accused of overpaid cry babies would be Boston and the current Lakers, but KG spent a long time with the TWolves before asking for a trade.
Red Storm
Lifer
And let's not forget that Spurs team was already very good, but that year Robinson went down with an injury so they tanked their way to the number 1 pick, Tim Duncan.
It is GREAT to be an LA sports fan (as usual):
Stacked Lakers
Heisman front-runner Matt Barkley on the BCS favorite USC Trojans
Stanley Cup Champion Kings
Clippers have 2 all-stars
Angels have Pujols and Rookie of the Year candidate Trout
Woohoooo
brainhulk
Diamond Member
all we need now is a football team with Aaron Rodgers, Arian Foster, Megatron, Larry Fitzgerald, and Gronk
Don't forget your killer team in the biggest of major leagues sports, football. What was their name again? 😛
SphinxnihpS
Diamond Member
Lakers just became the worst team in the NBA.
Baked
Lifer
Los Angeles Vikings.
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