2012-2013 NBA Offseason [news, free agent signings, trades, rumors, etc]

[thirtyone]

The players I've been waiting to join Steve Nash in Phoenix are all coming together now (Scola, Dragic, Beasley Wes Johnson and hopefully Eric Gordon). Ayun nga lang wala na si Nashy


My nba 2k12 roster

Gortat
Scola
Beasley
Gordon (although I already traded him to Mayo)
Nash

Bench
Dragic
Johnson
Dudley

Sakto na sana e

[thirtyone]

I still think Channing is overpaid! way way over!

[LakersAcesFan]

Mavericks are the
favorites to sign
Dwight Howard next
summer if he's not
traded to the Nets or
the Lakers, according to Yahoo! Sports.

kokontrahin na ni Marc Cuban lahat ng trade regarding Dwight.haha buset

[sqloudane]

Dwight Howard's plan to sign with Dallas next summer makes trade from Orlando problematic



By Adrian Wojnarowski

6 hours ago

As appealing trade scenarios for his franchise player shrink, Orlando Magic general manager Rob Hennigan's mission of beginning to build trust with All-Star center Dwight Howard was met with an unmistakable response in a Wednesday meeting: Howard continues to rule out a future with the Magic, and wants a trade to the Los Angeles Lakers before the start of the season, sources told Yahoo! Sports

"Dwight remained unchanged in his want to be traded," a source with knowledge of the meeting said. "And he has no intention of signing another contract extension with Orlando."

Dwight Howard remains steadfast in his demand to be traded to the Lakers. Without a deal that would deliver him to the Lakers in the near future, sources said Howard wants Henningan to revisit trade talks with the Brooklyn Nets in January, when center Brook Lopez is eligible to be traded. If deals don't surface with the Lakers or Nets, Howard plans to sign with the Dallas Mavericks as a free agent in the summer of 2013.

While the Lakers and Nets won't have the salary cap space to sign Howard, nor the opportunity to execute a sign-and-trade deal under new CBA rules, the Mavericks will be flush with cap space next summer. Mavs owner Mark Cuban plans to make a run at Howard, and potentially another star player, to join Dirk Nowitzki.

For Howard, that threat continues to make it difficult for Orlando to attract trade suitors willing to unload valuable assets for a superstar likely to be a rental player for only several months. Despite the Houston Rockets' determination to trade for Howard and convince him to stay long term, Howard's camp has repeatedly warned Houston owner Les Alexander and GM Daryl Morey that they will lose Howard to rival Dallas in free agency next July, sources said.

Hennigan and Orlando assistant Scott Perry flew to Los Angeles on Wednesday and met with Howard and his representatives for about two hours. When told that the Magic had tried to honor his desire to be moved, Howard probed Hennigan on why the GM hadn't accepted deals that could've sent him to the Nets or Lakers before those teams used valuable trade assets to acquire Joe Johnson and Steve Nash respectively.

Hennigan has insisted that no proposed deal has been satisfactory and the franchise has shown some willingness to take its time to see what offers develop. Nevertheless the rental market for Howard is lean and the Lakers used two first-round picks in the sign-and-trade deal for Nash. The Cleveland Cavaliers and Houston are willing to be third-team trade partners for the Magic and Lakers in deals that would send them All-Star center Andrew Bynum.

[Impenneteri]

Mas mabuti wala ng mag sign kay Howard, sakit lang ng ulo ng ibang teams. If he doesn't want long term contract, aba maghintay sya, next season na lang sya maglaro.

[MajorPain]

I still think Channing is overpaid! way way over!

Either Channing is overpaid or Luis Scola is underpaid.

A bigman who shoots 3s and averages 11pts 6rebs or a solid bigman who can give 16pts 7 rebs easy every night

[faaip_de_oiad]

Bakit si Yi Jianlian and flag bearer ng China? Nakakabastos naman kay Lin Dan, Sun Yang at Liu Xiang. T_T

[sTaRter_01]

Either Channing is overpaid or Luis Scola is underpaid.

A bigman who shoots 3s and averages 11pts 6rebs or a solid bigman who can give 16pts 7 rebs easy every night

no he's not underpaid Houston is still paying his contract..

credit goes to Bimathug of Clutchfans..

on July 13, the Rockets waived Luis Scola via the amnesty provision, clearing his salary off of the team’s salary cap. (Scola was subsequently claimed off waivers by the Phoenix Suns with a partial claim bid; and the Suns will pay Scola approximately $4.5 million per season for each of the next three years, with the Rockets paying the rest of the $31 million remaining on Scola’s contract. Major credit to Rockets owner Leslie Alexander for his willingness to pay $17.5 million for one of his best players to NOT play for him, all in the name of salary cap flexibility to pursue the opportunities necessary to return the team to championship contention.)

[KG21]

Timberwolves sign F Andrei Kirilenko. Kirilenko is expected to receive a two-year, $20 million contract, with the second season being a player option. He's spent time with CSKA Moscow, but now he'll return to the NBA where he should immediately start for the Timberwolves. Fantasy owners should take note of his versatile game, as he has career averages of 12.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.4 steals and 2.0 blocks on 47 percent shooting.

[cotton_on]

Timberwolves sign F Andrei Kirilenko. Kirilenko is expected to receive a two-year, $20 million contract, with the second season being a player option. He's spent time with CSKA Moscow, but now he'll return to the NBA where he should immediately start for the Timberwolves. Fantasy owners should take note of his versatile game, as he has career averages of 12.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.4 steals and 2.0 blocks on 47 percent shooting.

also note that he won an MVP sa euroleague during the NBA lockout afaik. so it's a good pick-up for the wolves after they fail to get batum.

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well, the magic now has a new coach in Jacque Vaughn. will he be able to convince diva12 to stay in orlando? rumors that he now wants to go to dallas after the 12-13 season if he will not be going to the LA lakers.

[vinsux]

Welcome to the PlayOffs TIMBERWOLVESS!!.. xD

Love, Rubio, Kirilenko, Roy..

reserve 1 playoff seat to them..

[kimrod16]

^^too many wing men and guards, too few bigs.

[rational]

^^too many wing men and guards, too few bigs.

Baka they want to do it Miami style. Or actually Team USA style.

[sqloudane]

Welcome to the PlayOffs TIMBERWOLVESS!!.. xD

Love, Rubio, Kirilenko, Roy..

reserve 1 playoff seat to them..

di ba injury prone yung tatlo...

[neth_row]

Still not sold on the Wolves. They're still a meh team.

Don't sleep on the Warriors. If Bogut and Curry remain healthy, they're a playoff team.

[cotton_on]

3 time slam dunk champion "krypton"Nate Robinson is Chicago bound this coming season...the question is, who will start and who will be off the bench between him and Hinrich?

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/bulls-a...6277--nba.html
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Brandon Rush returning to the warriors, signs 2 year contract. the warriors also bring Carl Landry to the team.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/warrior...9319--nba.html

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Jason Collins goes to the Celtics, re-sign Keyon Dooling

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/celtics...GlvbnM-;_ylv=3

[paul1213]

Dont forget Shved of team russia will also play next season for the timberwolves

[victoryliner]

NBA: Brandon Roy comes out of retirement to join Timberwolves
August 1, 2012 6:23am

link: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story...n-timberwolves

[ceedee]

interesting trivia from ESPN Sportscenter...

#DidYouKnow - At age 10, @MichaelPhelps was the #2 ranked swimmer in his age group. The #1 swimmer? ..... @KrisHumphries

[luks7210]

interesting trivia from ESPN Sportscenter...

#DidYouKnow - At age 10, @MichaelPhelps was the #2 ranked swimmer in his age group. The #1 swimmer? ..... @KrisHumphries

nasa katawan naman ni kris humphries yung pagiging swimmer. but i guess he's better with basketball.