Bahahaha. At least my Bulls are maddeningly mediocre.

Frankly the Raptors should be even more ashamed tonight.

The NBA should really adopt a salary cap.

So who the hell is LeBron supposed to go now? The list of possible places was headlined by the Nets and Knicks, but both are so horrific I can't imagine him going there.

Please, BronBron...go to the Clips.

As a resident of Jersey, I have to say that this does not surprise me.

Not in the doggone least.

But then again, I'm a Suns fan, so I really have no room to talk either which way.

Bill Frist: Both would still be top playoff seeds if you dropped LeBron onto the teams. Knicks especially. Drop LeBron in and get them a decent PG and they are a contender.

No way. Not even Lebron can single-handedly add 40 wins to your team.

skinink: If the Mavs had lost to the Nets, Mark Cuban would have on a web cast the torturing of every Mav player, coach and front office person.

Nah, he'd put that shiat on HDNet. Needs all the help it can get.

Bill Frist: DamnYankees: Bill Frist: Both would still be top playoff seeds if you dropped LeBron onto the teams. Knicks especially. Drop LeBron in and get them a decent PG and they are a contender.

No way. Not even Lebron can single-handedly add 40 wins to your team.

Look at the shiatty teams LeBron has had around in the Cleveland!

It's a whole lot better than what they have in NY and NJ.

RockChalkH1N1: beantowndog: The NBA should really adopt a salary cap.

It would help the sport a lot

My sarcasm detector is working, right?

DamnYankees: Frankly the Raptors should be even more ashamed tonight.

Oh crap. Oh holy holy crap.


/gomavs

Last One Left: Which will be the first team to lose to the Nets? They have the Knicks on Sunday.

Knicks already beat the Nets, so probably not them.

LeBron could get either team (NY, NJN) into the playoffs. Hell, maybe added to that Knicks roster they could even win a playoff series. But no way in hell they could win it all and that is what will determine where LeBron goes.

atlanta 146 points and no one had more than 24.

Last One Left: robsul82: Knicks already beat the Nets, so probably not them.

But the Knicks aren't that consistent are they?

They're not, but the Nets still looked pathetic against them. I don't see how that changes in a rematch - they're both huge piles of shiat, but the Nets are a slightly bigger pile of shiat.

RockChalkH1N1: bighasbeen: My sarcasm detector is working, right?

No... I mean, do you think the Yankees would have won the World Series if the MLB had a cap?

Baseball has their own issues (lack of a cap AND a floor). My comment about the sarcasm detector was that the NBA does have a soft salary cap and floor, luxury tax, restrictions on max contracts, prohibitions against signing free agents if you are over the cap (Bird-rights and MLE aside) and structured deals.

This is the Nets own fault having nothing to do with salary structure in the NBA. If a team can't or won't pay $65-70 million in salary I don't feel at all bad for them when they go 17-65.

Ever been to a Nets game? It's depressing. The arena stinks on ice. There's zero atmosphere. The fans, all 200 of them, are lethargic. It's as bad a sporting experience as there is.

Bill Frist: bighasbeen: But no way in hell they could win it all and that is what will determine where LeBron goes.

I mean, this is true, but again both the Nets and Knicks will have totally new teams in 2010. If the Knicks can dump Curry somehow they could easily build a contender around LeBron in his first year.

Not that I'm saying he will bail or not, but Cleveland has a shiatty coach and a shiatty team sans LeBron.

If only that hadn't traded their draft pick this year...

Meh. I would never go to a D'Antoni run-run team if I were looking to win a championship. They only reason those Suns did as well as they did was that a lot of the strong teams in the Western Conference over the previous 10-15 years were in the toilet (Lakers, Kings, Blazers, Rockets, Jazz).

Cleveland held onto Ilgauskas too long. It's great he has the record for games played and all, but what a farking waste of money. And yes, Mike Brown needs to go, but changing coaches (unless it is to Phil Jackson or Pat Riley) usually doesn't lead to playoff success. And I think Shaq is the only max contract/big free agent to win a championship with his new team.

4NSpy: bighasbeen: LeBron could get either team (NY, NJN) into the playoffs. Hell, maybe added to that Knicks roster they could even win a playoff series. But no way in hell they could win it all and that is what will determine where LeBron goes.

Boston didn't look like a team to go the distance until KG and Allen landed.

I wonder if one of the other big 2010 FA's will sign for less to join LeBron.

To the first point: true enough.

The second: I doubt it. The Players Association is losing enough ground in the CBA that I doubt they'll be encouraging that. His best option is to go somewhere where the second high profile player could be maintained via Bird Rights or bringing in a new one to Cleveland.

I'd say they are playing pretty crappy teams like Chicago over the next 4-5 games. But then you have to realize... the Bulls at 7-9 hold the 7th seed in the east, so, they actually are supposed to represent a "playoff" caliber team.

devioustrevor: and how far into Jay Triano's doghouse has Antoine Wright gotten himself that Sonny Weems can play 29 minutes and Antoine Wright can't even get off the bench.

Maybe it has more to do with how far Antoine Wright got into the cupcakes that he can't get off the bench.

shiat, wrong guy.

Last One Left: robsul82: They're not, but the Nets still looked pathetic against them. I don't see how that changes in a rematch - they're both huge piles of shiat, but the Nets are a slightly bigger pile of shiat.

Makes sense. I won't be watching that crapfest anyway. The Saints will be going up against the Skins at the same time.

Exactly.

Jak Damage: The Ron Artest story on the ESPN site tonight is pretty funny and not much of a surprise... Is it me or has the NBA become for the most part simply hard to watch?.....

It's you. The NBA is great to watch. It's really at a very high level right now, probably as good as its been since the 80s.

Bill Frist: bighasbeen: But no way in hell they could win it all and that is what will determine where LeBron goes.

I mean, this is true, but again both the Nets and Knicks will have totally new teams in 2010. If the Knicks can dump Curry somehow they could easily build a contender around LeBron in his first year.

Not that I'm saying he will bail or not, but Cleveland has a shiatty coach and a shiatty team sans LeBron.

If only that hadn't traded their draft pick this year...

But why would LeBron sign with them? There's literally 0 reason other than the city itself. I can't think of any reason he would sign with the Knicks over the Clippers.