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For some reason, I don't reckon the Magic will allow Howard to go to the Lakers. But then the Lakers will probably pay most for him...

I wonder what the Spurs are gonna do................ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Is anyone else sick of these super teams, or is it just me?

Nash is a great pick up for the Lakers, but as a basketball fan I just hate it. I would loved to have seen him go to a smaller market team and made them interesting to watch. Going home to Canada and seeing him play for Toronto would've been cool. Even going back to the Mavs would've been interesting, but ending up at the Lakers just seems like it's 'same old, same old' every year, just with different players.

Same with Ray Allen going to the Heat, as a basketball fan it's the least interesting of all of the possibilities. Seeing him play in Minnosota or Memphis would've been fun. Going to the Heat is just boring. I hope when Howard leaves he doesn't end up at the Lakers as well - that would surely be the worst move from a fan point of view, as we'll be subjected to 5+ years of Lakers v Heat and not much else.

Jason Terry to Boston is interesting. Joe Johnson to the Nets is interesting. (I'd be happy to see Howard end up there.) Anthony and Stoudemire at the Knicks is interesting (whether they play well together is another story).

The articles I'm reading seem to indicate the Hornets and Blazers are going to match the offers for Gordon and Batum, so I guess we'll wait and see what happens there.

By far the most exciting thing would be Dwight to the Nets, then to see him, Deron and JJ together would be just fantastic and what a boost for the newish franchise. He hasn't made the best PR moves recently must have the same advisor as LEeron but to create out of nothing another team that can challenge the Lakers, Celtics, Thunder, Heat, Spurs and Bulls would be brilliant.

Does anyone else wonder just what Dallas is thinking?

im a dallas fan so im hoping theres something up their sleeves or ill be a waste of a great talent like dirk.

maybe

sessions
mayo
marion
nowitzki
camby

wont win a championship but they will contend....

Anthony and Stoudemire at the Knicks is interesting (whether they play well together is another story).

Anthony and Stoudemire have been at the Knicks this whole past season. Anthony has had some injuries and Stoudemire lost his brother so they both had time off-court.

Anthony and Stoudemire have been at the Knicks this whole past season...

and they both played by far their best when the other one wasn't around and really the team was at it's most exciting when neither was playing. Both are obviously great offensive talents but one way players who are ball hogs and demotivate their team mates just aren't what I would like to build a team around even if they are top 20 scorers in the entire NBA.

Tyson Chandler, Landry Fields, Jeremy Lin and Iman Shumpert. There is an exciting (and VERY cheap) core I would love to see them build around. Just imagine they could somehow turn Anthony and Stoudemire into Dwight Howard, how would that team be? Trouble is the other GMs know about Anthony and Stoudemire and they are very hard to move as well as it would be very hard to admit they got it wrong.

'cept Fields is signing with the raptors and Lin with the Rockets unless the knicks match both offers (both are RFA's)

I would match both in a second, then trade those other two expensive duds for basically anyone with an expiring contract or just someone that plays defence and a team game. Don't get me wrong I think both Fields and Lin have a cieling but that dream run showed glimpses of a fantastic future the Knicks could have if they could just lose thoseThomasesque contracts of Amare and Melo.

Anthony and Stoudemire at the Knicks is interesting (whether they play well together is another story).

Anthony and Stoudemire have been at the Knicks this whole past season. Anthony has had some injuries and Stoudemire lost his brother so they both had time off-court.

Yeah I know, what I meant was it was an interesting prospect to see them go to the Knicks.

The Knicks chased hard after Anotheny and Stoudemire, they're hardly going to trade them away now. They knew what they were like defensively (i.e. they don't play any) when they signed them, so I'm guessing they were prepared to live with that.

My guess is that they will definitely match the offer for Lin. Not sure about the offer for Fields, probably depends on how much money they have to play with.

Agree with Dwight at the Nets, I'm just a little sick of seeing 3 superstars all go and play together. From a competition standpoint, it's the least interesting of all the possible options.

The Celtics did it, then the Lakers added Gasol (with Bynum already there) and have now added Nash, the Knicks tried it (they also wanted Lebron), the Heat obviosuly did it and now the Nets are trying it. There just seems to be too much of a gap between the top 4 or 5 teams and the rest, due in part to teams trying to create super teams to compete. The ironic thing is, the Thunder took the opposite route, developed their darft picks instead and built a team that way - and they've made it to Finals already.

I guess I'd just like to see the superstars spead over more teams, and seeing how they go playing against each other, rather than teaming up. It just seems this would make for a much more interesting competition.

I think I might've gone a little off-topic here. :p

I agree with everything you have said but the mistake the Knicks made was you can maybe afford one superscorer who doesn't play defence but why would you want two?

The Thunder did take the opposite route but building though the draft requires a ton of luck. What if they ended up with Greg Oden instead? Both Westbrooke and Harden turned out better much faster than expected. Even Chicago got massive luck when they got the top pick and took Rose. As for Charlotte, they show you that you can try to build the "right way" through the draft but if your picks aren't the best then you get nothing.

As Stephen A Smith would say, "Kwaaaaameeeeeeeee Brown".