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Josh takes shot at ATL fans
Sure...like the fans told you to take yet another fadeaway 20 ft jumper instead of driving the ball to the basket, or get a tech arguing about coming into the game or a non call while Boston scores on the other end...ugh
18 days ago
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Josh takes shot at ATL fans
Sure...like the fans told you to take yet another fadeaway 20 ft jumper instead of driving the ball to the basket, or get a tech arguing about coming into the game or a non call while Boston scores on the other end...ugh
Do you believe them?
"I will tell you that if we are at the trade deadline and we think we are missing that piece that we think will take us over the top, we [would pay the tax]," - Michael Gearon Jr.
I'm still skeptical...what say you?
Russo replaced as head of TNA Creative
Well...will this change anything, or will we still get the same ol TNA BS?
No Joe, not again.....
Money quote:
"I don’t get all of the glory when we win, so I don’t get to take all the [blame] when we lose," Johnson said before this playoff series started.
13. Atlanta Hawks
Six reasons we need a lockout ...$16,324,500
$18,038,573
$19,752,645
$21,466,718
$23,180,790
$24,894,863That's what Atlanta owes Joe Johnson, by year, through 2016. You know, because any time you can totally overpay someone hitting his 30s who isn't one of the best 15 players in the league, you have to do it. To be fair, at least Johnson played the best basketball of his career once he locked that money do- ... oh, wait, that's not what happened at all. He had his worst season in six years. These things can't happen anymore. Once the owners blow up the system and pass the "no contracts can last longer than four years" rule, we will never see another contract like that one. Joe Johnson, you made history. Anyway, here's how the next three months will play out for Hawks fans ...
APRIL: The Hawks get crushed by Orlando in Round 1, a sweep highlighted by Zaza Pachulia starting three "someone hold me back, could someone hold me back so I look tough, HOLD ME BACK!" altercations with Dwight Howard, as well as 7,300 Hawks fans showing up for Game 4 and Charles Barkley saying, "The Hawks were turrrrrr-able ... . They were turr-able. Number one, Joe Johnson, if you wanna be paid like a franchise player, you gotta play like one. Second of all, Atlanta needs to blow things up, Ernie. And number three, that's why we havin' a lockout, because Atlanta had to overpay their best player to keep him, and Ernie, he ain't that great."
MAY: With Atlanta desperately needing to cut payroll ($65.7 million guaranteed to eight players next year), the Josh Smith trade rumors kick into 19th gear. NBA reporters are faced with a dilemma: should they tweet every single rumor they hear, or should they just pass along stuff that they know is true? Naturally, they choose to tweet every single rumor they hear. Josh Smith trends for the next six weeks straight, to the point that non-NBA fans wonder, "Who is Josh Smith? Is he trapped in a well or something?"
EARLY-JUNE: Fresh off the success of "The Heat Index," ESPN.com launches "Just Joshing," an entire site devoted to totally unsubstantiated Josh Smith trade rumors that will never happen. Yahoo responds by announcing that, every day until Smith gets traded, Adrian Wojnarowski will write a scathing column blaming Atlanta's increasingly dire situation on Worldwide Wes and LeBron James.
LATE-JUNE: The Hawks finally make their move: a three-teamer that sends Smith and Pachulia to the Clippers, Chris Kaman to Cleveland (absorbed by their trade exception for LeBron James), and Al-Farouq Aminu to Atlanta. The deal saves the Hawks a whopping $30 million over the next two seasons but locks them into 42-45 wins for the rest of eternity. And you wonder why we need a lockout.
13. Atlanta Hawks
Six reasons we need a lockout ...$16,324,500
$18,038,573
$19,752,645
$21,466,718
$23,180,790
$24,894,863That's what Atlanta owes Joe Johnson, by year, through 2016. You know, because any time you can totally overpay someone hitting his 30s who isn't one of the best 15 players in the league, you have to do it. To be fair, at least Johnson played the best basketball of his career once he locked that money do- ... oh, wait, that's not what happened at all. He had his worst season in six years. These things can't happen anymore. Once the owners blow up the system and pass the "no contracts can last longer than four years" rule, we will never see another contract like that one. Joe Johnson, you made history. Anyway, here's how the next three months will play out for Hawks fans ...
APRIL: The Hawks get crushed by Orlando in Round 1, a sweep highlighted by Zaza Pachulia starting three "someone hold me back, could someone hold me back so I look tough, HOLD ME BACK!" altercations with Dwight Howard, as well as 7,300 Hawks fans showing up for Game 4 and Charles Barkley saying, "The Hawks were turrrrrr-able ... . They were turr-able. Number one, Joe Johnson, if you wanna be paid like a franchise player, you gotta play like one. Second of all, Atlanta needs to blow things up, Ernie. And number three, that's why we havin' a lockout, because Atlanta had to overpay their best player to keep him, and Ernie, he ain't that great."
MAY: With Atlanta desperately needing to cut payroll ($65.7 million guaranteed to eight players next year), the Josh Smith trade rumors kick into 19th gear. NBA reporters are faced with a dilemma: should they tweet every single rumor they hear, or should they just pass along stuff that they know is true? Naturally, they choose to tweet every single rumor they hear. Josh Smith trends for the next six weeks straight, to the point that non-NBA fans wonder, "Who is Josh Smith? Is he trapped in a well or something?"
EARLY-JUNE: Fresh off the success of "The Heat Index," ESPN.com launches "Just Joshing," an entire site devoted to totally unsubstantiated Josh Smith trade rumors that will never happen. Yahoo responds by announcing that, every day until Smith gets traded, Adrian Wojnarowski will write a scathing column blaming Atlanta's increasingly dire situation on Worldwide Wes and LeBron James.
LATE-JUNE: The Hawks finally make their move: a three-teamer that sends Smith and Pachulia to the Clippers, Chris Kaman to Cleveland (absorbed by their trade exception for LeBron James), and Al-Farouq Aminu to Atlanta. The deal saves the Hawks a whopping $30 million over the next two seasons but locks them into 42-45 wins for the rest of eternity. And you wonder why we need a lockout.
Jerry Sloan....pipe dream, but...
...you think our skinflint owners would make a move if Sloan was receptive to coming to the A?
Zach Lowe....agree or disagree?
Frankly, I like his ideas. I still think you need to deal Josh and build around Horford playing the 4, but he makes valid points. So what say you?
Vote for Bamm Bamm!
THe Madden '12 cover is is up for voting....bracket style. Winner gets the cover, and our very P-Willy is on the list. His first round matchup...Seattle's 12th Man. Come on people...we can't let Willis lose to some flippin Seabag fans...vote for Bamm Bamm...vote early and often!
9. Joe Johnson. The Hawks are expected to offer him the max, but Johnson could yet earn a six-year, $125 million elsewhere in a sign-and-trade with the Knicks or another team, which could send a second-round pick to Atlanta and leave the Hawks with a highly-valuable $16 million trade exception to be used over the next year. Every team with cap space covets Johnson in addition to teams like the Mavericks, who hope to acquire him in a more traditional sign-and-trade using the expiring contract of Erick Dampier.
If this does happen, who would we want from the Knicks?
Seriously, if Joe wants to go, who in NY is worth having in a sign and trade? I say you gotta start with David Lee , Toney Douglas or Wilson Chandler...and if we can dump Bibby's contract, take Chris Duhon (if he's still under contract)
Mark Jackson getting a looksee
I doubt we actually hire him, but it would be great to pick his brain and get his observations on Jeff Teague
Jahvid Best, anyone?
Interesting point there...we have offensive pieces in place, but we don't have that true homerun threat....I could see it happening, but it would be better if we could get Best in round 2
2. I think, if I had to guess right now, I'd say the best shot for Tim Tebow on draft day is San Francisco, at number 13. No proof. No solid evidence. Just this: The Niners gave a tepid endorsement to Alex Smith as their quarterback of 2010 after the season; and Mike Singletary didn't draft him; and Singletary is going to fall in love with Tebow once he meets him after the season; and Tebow is the kind of winner that Singletary has preached he wants since he took the job from Mike Nolan in mid-2008. After Singletary meets Tebow at the Scouting Combine, this is my prediction of his reaction: He'll turn to GM Scot McCloughan and say, "That's my guy. We've got to have him.''
Crabs wants to negotiate....
Maybe DeDouchion was on to something....
Crabby's Conviction(the Bill Simmons Theory)
by ronniemac03 on Sep 10, 2009 1:24 PM EDT
on Niners Nation
I read this....if any of this is actual thinking by El Crabbo, then he'll be dealt come March 2010...just dumb, I tell you...dumb
Discuss:)
51 commentsRUMOR: Crabtree's agent blaming him for holdout
IF this is true.....damn this kid is dumb
Va. Tech loses Starting RB for the year
That's gotta hurt...they don't have near the depth we have
Stadium Question
by ronniemac03 on Aug 6, 2009 1:21 AM EDT
on Niners Nation
Having never been able to catch a game at the "Stick" (all my 9er games have been in Atlanta, New Orleans, and the TO Star game in Dallas), was renovating the current stadium ever an option? I know that when the Rams moved to St Louis, the Angels took their old multi-sport stadium and turned it into the nice looking baseball park it is now, and the Bears spent a season up at the U of I while Soldier Field was being renovated, and while it doesn't look all that great (because of the historic restrictions with the exterior), inside looks great and it's more modernized. I really wonder why this couldn't work for us instead of Hunter's Point or Santa Clara. I admit, going across the bay and playing in Oakland(cause I doubt Berkley or Stanford are real viable options) isn't what we want, but why wasn't renovation put forward as an option...or was it and me being clear on the east coast, I never heard about it. What do you guys that live close and have been to home games think?
Holmgren's next move? Heading home to San Francisco -- or Seattle?
Honestly, I dunno how to feel about this one...what do you guys think?
Rondo on the block...should ATL make a move on this?
by ronniemac03 on Jun 6, 2009 6:57 AM EDT
on Peachtree Hoops
Taken from hoopsworld
For the past few days we've been hearing rumors that the Boston Celtics might be willing to part with Ray Allen before the start of the 2009-2010 season. HOOPSWORLD asked around in Chicago, where the majority of NBA executives were taking a look at most of the first round draft prospects, and managed to find out a few more details. We have now added to those, with the help of WEEI's Jessica Camerato in Boston.
Off the record, we have several sources telling us that Ray Allen is, indeed, on the block. It's easy to make the leap, as the Celtics have managed to develop some nice young talent around their Big Three while also managing to win a championship. They might have even repeated had Kevin Garnett been healthy. It's not a stretch to say the Celtics would part with Allen, who has an ending contract next season, if they could add another top young player to the mix.
On the record we have an added wrinkle - one that we thought to be highly unlikely until we found it reported with a quote attributed to Celtics GM Danny Ainge. It seems the Celtics are willing to package Rajon Rondo with Allen to make the right deal happen
"He's stubborn," Ainge told ESPN's Jackie MacMullen. "He doesn't always take direction well. He's very bright and knows what he needs to do to be successful. But sometimes he doesn't understand what the team needs to be successful."
Doc Rivers expressed similar sentiments, which he directed at Rondo himself earlier this season.
"Do you know your teammates hate playing with you? ... The point guard has to be the guy that brings energy to the team. You can't be the guy that sucks it away. Your moodiness is affecting us. Change it."
At the same time, Rondo has guys like Paul Pierce and Kendrick Perkins saying he's their leader and they believe in him. And while there is a great deal to be said for patience and seeing if Rondo will improve as much next season as he did in 2008-09, there is certainly a lot of negativity coming from the decision-makers - enough to fuel trade speculation.
The latest rumor making its way around - and we're not hearing that there is any truth to it, on or off the record - has the Phoenix Suns sending Amar'e Stoudemire (of course) to the Celtics in a package for Rondo and Allen, with Leandro Barbosa also included in the deal.
So . . .who gets benched? Kevin Garnett? Kendrick Perkins? You're talking about the best defensive front court in the NBA a season ago. Sitting Perkins removes a strong defender and replaces him with a true defensive screen door.
There is definitely some truth to the idea that the Celtics would move Ray Allen - and maybe even Rajon Rondo - if the right deal came along. As for the Suns coming up with the right deal, that seems highly unlikely.
I think if you're gonna move Josh...Rondo's the guy to get here. What do yall think?
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