Finalmente l'estate 2010: e se fosse un flop? mi sa che: no! Vito non ci prendi mai

[Pepps]

ne vedremo delle belle nello spogliatoio allora, per poco Noah non lo picchiava

[Alfio]

gli americani non si smentiscono mai

[tizio_incognito]

Gesù crisi

[TheAgentZero]

che tristezza...
a questo punto però dovrebbero fare anche un video per convincere brown ad andar via

[Vitor]

LeBron James has had a lot of power in Cleveland, according to ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher. Sources told Bucher that James vetoed trades he didn't like for the Cavaliers, while pushing other deals through that he thought would help the team.
Any team that signs LeBron will likely have to set a basis for how much power he'll have in the front office.
Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf never gave that type of power to Michael Jordan, so it's doubtful he'd give it to James.

[recs]

beh almeno possiamo assolvere ferry a questo punto.

forse anche per aver tenuto brown dopo l'anno scorso.

[Beato Angelico]

Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf never gave that type of power to Michael Jordan, so it's doubtful he'd give it to James.

beh si è visto cosa ha combinato reinsdorf negli ultimi 10 anni
comunque se è vero sono sempre più convinto che andrà a NY

[Vitor]

I Sixers dovrebbero ripartire da Doug Collins

[Francovaro85]

dopo i Pistons di Grant hill ha più allenato?

[Vitor]

i Wizards di Jordan, mi pare

[TheAgentZero]

confermo

[Manu]

I Sixers dovrebbero ripartire da Doug Collins

Se pensi che un altro papabile era mitchell, direi che poteva andare peggio

[Beato Angelico]

If Chris Bosh leaves the Raptors, he’d prefer to leave for one of a handful of predictable locations.
Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo admits there are a group of teams that Bosh would like to go to should he decide to leave the Raptors as a free agent in July.
ESPN.com reported Bosh’s agent, Henry Thomas, has told Colangelo that Bosh would like to go to the Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat or New York Knicks should he decide not to re-sign with Toronto.
“It has been narrowed down to a handful of teams, including us,” Colangelo said, not going into any more details.
That Bosh has narrowed a list to a group of teams — even if that list includes the Raptors — should hardly be surprising. Bosh has steadfastly said one of his top priorities is to play for a winner and the Lakers are definite championship contenders, the Bulls and Heat are both playoff teams while the Knicks haven’t been in the post-season in half a decade.
If Bosh leaves, the Raptors would like to work out a sign-and-trade transaction, which under NBA salary cap rules would allow Bosh to sign a longer contract with larger annual raises and boost the value of the deal by about $30 million.
Both Bosh and the Raptors said in end-of-the-season media interviews that they would work in concert to maximize the value to each side should the 26-year-old five-time all-star decide to leave the Raptors.
The Heat, Bulls and Knicks all have enough money under the salary cap without having to make any deal with the Raptors; the Lakers would have to be involved in a sign-and-trade transaction if they wanted to get him.
The ESPN report also had sources saying Bosh’s ultimate destination, if it’s not Toronto, could be linked to LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers all-star who is also facing a free-agency summer.
“If LeBron decides to go to either New York or Chicago, I think that’s where you’ll see Chris land,” an unnamed source told ESPN. “If LeBron stays in Cleveland, I think the process is more wide open.” That would run counter to every indication Bosh has given privately and publicly, which has been that he sees himself as a top-drawer player able to lead a team by himself.

se bosh va ai lakers cambio sport

[Vitor]

sì vabbè, e qualcun altro no?
che ne so, lebron? wade?

[н¢ε]

tutti al MSG dai

[Beato Angelico]

sì vabbè, e qualcun altro no?
che ne so, lebron? wade?

si, wade - bryant - lebron - bosh - gasol, così stern è contento.

[Francovaro85]

mavvà. Arriverà Felton o Blake con la mle.

[Beato Angelico]

se davvero bosh vuole andare a fare il terzo violino a LA verrà accontentato...i raptors si prendono ciccio bynum, che è meglio di chiunque altro possa ottenere con un sign&trade, e bosh si prende i $ addizionali.

[NeX]

A quel punto ci mancherebbe solo una PG decente... Deron Williams che faceva d'estate?

[Guardian80]

se davvero bosh vuole andare a fare il terzo violino a LA verrà accontentato

Ma il "gne gne gne, io sono un giocatore franchigia e vado a fare solo il primo violino"?

[Beato Angelico]

Ma il "gne gne gne, io sono un giocatore franchigia e vado a fare solo il primo violino"?

io non ci ho mai creduto tanto. Ma andare a LA è una cosa, andare ai Bulls o anche a Miami è un'altra.

[Vitor]

The Dallas Mavericks are expecting star forward Dirk Nowitzki to opt out of his contract late next month and become an unrestricted free agent July 1, sources close to the situation told ESPN.com.
The Mavericks, though, continue to negotiate with Nowitzki on an extension in hopes of convincing him to preempt his free agency. They remain confident the leading scorer in franchise history will stay with the only NBA team with which he's played, even if Nowitzki winds up joining the most anticipated free-agent class in league history.


The sides have until the end of June to reach a deal to keep Nowitzki off the open market, but sources told ESPN.com this week that it's more likely -- with free agency less than 40 days away -- the nine-time All-Star becomes an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his career.
"That wouldn't change our approach one bit," Mavericks president of basketball operations Donnie Nelson told ESPN.com when asked about the prospect of Nowitzki exercising his opt-out clause.
"We're going to do everything we possibly can to make sure Dirk is a Maverick for a long, long time," Nelson added, describing team management as "hopeful, optimistic and expectant" about reaching terms with Nowitzki on a new deal.
Although the opt-out scenario would expose the Mavericks to the possibility of another team swooping in to sign him away, as seen in the summer of 2004 when the Phoenix Suns stunningly pilfered Steve Nash, numerous executives around the league remain doubtful that they can pry Nowitzki from the grasp of Mark Cuban, given the close bond they've forged through Cuban's 10 1/2-year reign.
"It's impossible for us to imagine Dirk in any other uniform," said Nelson, who was instrumental in the pre-Cuban maneuverings on draft day in 1998 that landed Nowitzki and Nash in Dallas in separate trades.
"I think his heart is in Dallas. You learn to never say never in this business, but from our perspective we will be doing everything possible to keep him right here."
Nowitzki, who left this week for his annual return to Europe, could not immediately be reached.
Cuban likewise could not be reached but insisted in a recent radio interview with KTCK-AM in Dallas he believes Nowitzki isn't "going anywhere."
Even if his intention is to stay with the Mavericks as opposed to testing the market, Nowitzki has at least two contractual incentives to opt out and sign a new deal, as opposed to extending his current contract on top of his successful history with Cuban and the team's intention to flank him with a major sign-and-trade acquisition.
Opting out to sign a new deal, for starters, would lock in terms based on the NBA's current collective bargaining agreement through the life of the next contract. Under the league's current system, Nowitzki is eligible for a four-year maximum contract from Dallas worth $96.2 million once he opts out. The most he could receive from another team is a four-year deal worth $93.1 million.
Signing a three-year extension to the last remaining season on his current contract, by contrast, would expose Nowitzki to potential after-the-fact reductions to his annual wage if league owners are successful in their attempts to lower the value of maximum salaries in the next collective bargaining agreement.
Players with max-salary extensions that start in 2011, such as those signed earlier this season by Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol of the Los Angeles Lakers, might be facing unforeseen rollbacks depending on how drastically salaries are reduced in a new CBA.



Another motivation for Nowitzki to opt out as opposed to signing an extension is the ability to secure a no-trade clause.
Only players with at least eight years of NBA service time and four seasons with the same team are eligible to have a no-trade clause, but such clauses can only be added to new deals. NBA rules prevent major changes, such as adding a no-trade clause, to an existing contract or an extension, which is largely why Bryant possesses the league's only active no-trade clause.
Bryant secured a no-trade provision when he became an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2004 and received a seven-year, $136 million deal from the Lakers. Yet most star players such as Nowitzki and Boston's Paul Pierce -- who will also have to decide by the end of June whether to opt out if he doesn't negotiate an extension -- sign extensions before they ever get to unrestricted free agency, denying them the opportunity to score a no-trade clause.
In a recent radio interview with KTCK-AM in Dallas, Cuban said: "Well, I can see the circumstances where he would opt out but not necessarily leave the franchise. ... Dirk told me that if he can help the team get better, he would sign a different deal. So we made the decision to see what was going to be out there and how things played out and work together."
By "different deal," it's believed that Cuban was suggesting Nowitzki will consider signing for less than a max contract if he's convinced that providing a discount will get him more roster help. The implication is that any financial relief through reduced luxury-tax payments Cuban gains in that scenario would encourage him to continue pursuing expensive trades, such as the pricy midseason swap with the Washington Wizards that landed Caron Butler and Brendan Haywood.
Another round of roster retooling is expected in Dallas because that trade -- although initially hailed as a potential landscape-changer in the West -- couldn't prevent the Mavericks from losing to longtime rival San Antonio in the first round, thus sparking fresh questions about the long-term potential of the Mavs' aging roster beyond Nowitzki and promising guard Rodrigue Beaubois.
Nowitzki turns 32 in June, which brings the league's over-36 rule into play. Because of that rule and Nowitzki's age, Dallas does not have the advantage of offering him a new contract that's one year longer than rival teams can offer. Cleveland's LeBron James and Miami's Dwyane Wade, for example, are young enough to command six-year deals from their current clubs as opposed to the maximum five years that can be offered by other teams.
The Mavericks also know that Nowitzki would almost certainly command a four-year max contract from teams such as the New York Knicks and New Jersey Nets if he fielded pitches on the open market, since he would instantly become one of the most coveted free agents in the 2010 class along with James, Wade, Chris Bosh and Amare Stoudemire. So Dallas must sell Nowitzki on its plan to stay in the West's elite to get him to consent to any sort of discount.
If the sides unexpectedly reach terms on an extension before free agency, Nowitzki is only eligible to receive an additional three years tacked onto next season's scheduled $21.5 million because of the over-36 rule.
"I don't think Dirk's going anywhere," Cuban said in his recent radio appearance. "I said the same thing about [Steve] Nash, but I don't think this is a similar situation.
"Dirk's been with this team more than 10 years versus four or five when Steve left, so it's a different situation. And I think Dirk is as committed as I am to bringing a championship to the Mavericks."
Re-signing Nowitzki is a must for the Mavericks on several levels. Not only have they won 50 games for 10 consecutive seasons with Nowitzki as their focal point, becoming just the fourth franchise in NBA history to do so. Nowitzki's presence is also central to Cuban's planned offseason pursuit of an elite free agent.
Sources say Dallas has been planning for months to use Erick Dampier's fully unguaranteed $13 million contract for next season and perhaps Butler or Haywood as trade chips in forthcoming sign-and-trade offers for free agents such as Cleveland's James and Atlanta's Joe Johnson, but attracting a player of that caliber rides on the prospect of teaming up with Nowitzki.
Although he has said many times winning a championship in another uniform wouldn't "feel right," given his long association with the Mavericks, Nowitzki would not commit to a return after Dallas' Game 6 loss to the Spurs. In an interview the day after the defeat, Nowitzki reiterated finishing his career in Dallas "was always my plan" but insisted that "I just have to keep my options open at this point" after the disappointment of the Mavs' third first-round exit in a span of four seasons.
The Mavericks privately acknowledge that Nowitzki, despite Dallas' habit of carrying one of the league's highest payrolls every season, needs more top-tier help to get the the team back to the Finals. Like James throughout his Cleveland career, Nowitzki hasn't played with a consistently All-Star caliber player since Nash's departure in 2004.
Even Nash's peak was reached in Phoenix in his back-to-back MVP seasons in 2005 and 2006, leaving Nowitzki to carry deep but otherwise starless rosters for the last six seasons.
Having seen the impact of Gasol's arrival in Los Angeles on Bryant's career and the difference playing with Pierce, Ray Allen and the emerging Rajon Rondo has made for Kevin Garnett, Cuban has spoken often of his determination to strike his own Gasol-style trade. Even if Beaubois keeps developing and ultimately lives up to optimistic comparisons with Rondo and Tony Parker, Dallas realizes it needs to flank Nowitzki with a elite sidekick.
"I don't think that you guys would disagree with me or that anybody listening would disagree that he's earned the right to take some time and think about things," Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said during a recent "Galloway & Company" appearance on ESPN Radio in Dallas (103.3 FM).
"Let's face it: He has had a tough run here with playoff basketball and there have been some very disappointing endings to seasons. But I'll tell you this -- and in the face of some of the personal things he's had to deal with -- this guy has been an absolute great player. Beyond belief. If you don't give him his due there, then you're not being right, you're not thinking straight and you're not telling it like it is.
"Give the guy some space. Let him think about what he needs to think about. He and Mark will get it worked out and things will go on from there. But he's earned the right to have some time to ponder things."




****** %&%/

[Francovaro85]

Ai Suns!!

[Vitor]

The Mavericks expect Dirk Nowitzki to opt out of the final year of his contract, a source said Saturday, because it will allow the two sides to work on a new four-year deal. If Nowitzki opts out by July 1, it may allow him to add a no-trade clause to any new contract.
The source added that whether he opts out or not won't have any impact on the likelihood that Nowitzki will remain with Dallas.
Working out a new deal could give the Mavericks more flexibility in the next few seasons.

daje!

The Nets are hoping Avery Johnson will become their new head coach and the former Mavericks head man is reportedly interested in the job.
"Besides being a very good coach, the Nets really like the fact that Johnson has a lively, effervescent personality and he's good with the media," one league official said.
"Whether you like him as a coach or not, they think he'll help promote the team. He's good on TV. He's got a lot of pizzazz. And that's very important to Prokhorov."
Johnson reportedly wasn't scared off by the fact that the Nets lost the NBA Draft Lottery this week.
League sources say that Johnson likes the idea of working for team president Rod Thorn.

Former Washington Times reporter John Mitchell writes for TheGrio.com that the Wizards are committed to removing Gilbert Arenas from the roster before next season.
According to a source, the team will "definitely consider buying out" Arenas' contract if he cannot be traded.
The Wizards will select John Wall with the first overall pick and, according to two league sources with knowledge of the team's future plans, will do everything in their power to make sure that Wall is never in the same locker room as Arenas.
One source with intimate knowledge of the team's plans says that Ernie Grunfeld does not want Arenas anywhere near Wall.
Grunfeld and Arenas used to share a strong relationship but they have barely spoken over the last two months.

[н¢ε]

wall of text, dice che Wuberone se ne va?