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they are quality looks ;) most of them dunks while kobe just pulls up even when the double team is coming.

Well theres a reason why they call Kobe a ball hog... sometimes he goes into a sook mode and just shoots the team to death or he doesn't shoot at all.. Jordan never did that.

Remember the year when the Lakers had payton, kobe, malone and shaq and got smashed by the pistons? Kobe chucked a sook and refused to shoot in the 4th quarter.

Also there are many times when kobe chucks a sook and refuses to trust his team mates and just shoots the team to death. Notice many games where when kobe scores a ton, the lakers lose a ton as well? this happened many times even when they had gasol and the superstar lineup they had.

I'm not trying to bag out kobe here, but putting him next to jordan may seem like I'm bagging him out =P hahahah
Jordan is simply that good =P

and the consensus about the knicks/denver trade is that the knicks lost way too much to acquire carmelo... like i said, they tanked 10 seasons already, why not wait another 4 months LOL. I guess this years playoffs will bring in a lot of moolah for owner Dolan. He cares more about the business side of things in regards to making money then winning championships. he will sell more carmelo jerseys then the jerseys of all those players he gave away.

A massive factor in that with Jordan was his early years. I bet if you break those shots down between his early years and championship years he would have taken less shots in the championship era. That was the beaty of what Jackson did as a coach. He was able to help MJ make his teammates better and understand that they would never live up to his expectations of what they should play like.

Kobe has only shown signs of that in the last couple of years.

If you want a great read buy "The Jordan Rules" by Sam Smith. He was the beat writer for the Bulls and basically wrote a behind the scenes book on one of their championship years. (i think the 2nd one from memory) AS lot of interesting stuff in there about how bad a team mate MJ was at different times.

Just in on the ESPN website :
Nets get Deron Williams
Jazz get Derrick Favors, Devin Harris, 2 first rounders and the now mandatory it seems $3 mil

The Nets claim it wasn't a desperation trade after missing out on Melo, but giving up Favors and 2 first rounders is selling out your future, especially when there isn't all that much to put around Williams at the moment.

And so the Jazz enter rebuilding mode?????

Awesome trade for the Nets in my book. Top 5 PG in the league. Will play D and is young enough to contribute for a long time. NJ still have a 1st rounder and Deron is a massive upgrade over Harris (and trust me as a Wisconsin fan i love Harris).

The must be more to come for Utah. They now have Jefferson, Milsap, Kirralenko and Favours who pretty much all play PF. Maybe Orlando will come knocking for one of them?

How can it be awesome for the Nets???? They now have Williams, Lopez and ...... Kris Humphries?????? The Nets will be lucky to win 5 more games the rest of the season they will be that bad. Mr Russian must be banking on free agency in the off-season otherwise the Nets will only win about 10 games next season and Williams will be looking to get out.

Utah on the other hand are in a great position, draft picks galore and with the 4 players you have listed they can trade one and shape their roster however they want ... probably package Kirralenko and a 1st rounder for a PG.

LOL thats awesome news for Phoenix Suns.. they will slot straight into the playoffs with denver and utah rebuilding =P

Western Conference
Team GB
1. * San Antonio --
2. Dallas 6.0
3. * LA Lakers 8.0
4. * Oklahoma City 9.5
5. Portland 14.0
6. New Orleans 14.0
7. Denver 14.0
8. Utah 15.5
9. Memphis 16.0
10. Phoenix 18.0
11. Houston 20.0
12. Golden State 20.0
13. LA Clippers 25.5
14. Sacramento 32.0
15. Minnesota 33.5

Long term it's great for the Nets. They weren't winning anything this year anyhow. Plus they will be 16-18mil under the cap in the off-season which makes them a major player in the FA market. I am pretty sure they still own another 1st rd pick (just looked and it's the Lakers pick so not awesome but at least they have one ) so they haven't sold themselves out completely. Also if the Murphy deal goes through they will land Gadzuric and Wright.

Also Deron William is a guy you can build a franchise around. Favours and Harris were not. They have a Top 5 PG in the league and a solid C. The positions they need (lots of) help at are the easiest ones to fill.



Last edited by coachnoodles at 2/23/2011 4:20:40 PM

Well hopefully now for the nets under achievers like morrow and outlaw will step up under their new leader deron.
they still need cash aisde to resign kris humphries and brook lopez.

so in the meantime their new lineup is
PG deron williams
SG anthony morrow
SF travis outlaw
PF kris humphries
C brook lopez

farmer, vujacic, wright, petro, gaduriz

Well they still have a lot of assets and picks remaining, plenty of expiring contracts as well. Lots of cap space to trade for more picks and expiring contracts..

I suppose they'll make some big moves in the off-season, but it's rumoured Deron isn't happy about being traded to the Nets, so no guarantee he'll sign an extension next season.

Well they got one year to make him happy, and show him a road map to the finals... if he doesn't like it then they can do a sign and trade deal for deron.

he can become a free agent after next season... so expect plenty of action during next seasons trade deadline if deron doenst sign a contract extension =P