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[Jonas F]

Nate não fica nos Bulls.

 

Editado 30 Maio 2013 por Jonas

[Pat Riley]

Sources: Raptors offer Ujiri deal

The Toronto Raptors have offered Denver Nuggets general manager Masai Ujiri a five-year deal worth nearly $3 million annually, league sources told ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard.

 

Ujiri, the NBA's Executive of the Year, is expected to make his decision sometime this week. Sources told Broussard it's a virtual certainty that Denver can't match Toronto's offer.

 

Nuggets president Josh Kroenke didn't want to spoil the day of new Colorado Avalanche coach Patrick Roy, so he deflected any talk about the situation involving his general manager.

 

The Nuggets allowed Ujiri, to meet with the Raptors about their GM vacancy over the weekend, Yahoo! Sports reported. Ujiri's contract with Denver expires June 30.

 

As president of the Avalanche as well, Kroenke attended Roy's announcement on Tuesday. He remained mum about Ujiri, saying, "There are no Nuggets questions today. Sorry. It's all about Avalanche."

 

Ujiri was assistant GM in Toronto for three years before joining Denver in 2010.

 

Information from The Associated Press and ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard was used in this report.

 

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9320461/toronto-raptors-offer-masai-ujiri-five-year-deal-worth-3-million-per-season-according-sources

 

 

Drama Awaiting Rockets with Dwight Howard?

 

Howard_Inside_USAT_3Over the last 72 hours or so, speculation about Los Angeles Lakers free agent Dwight Howard seems to have kicked into overdrive. Though no decision can be made before free agency starts in July, speculation is absolutely rampant about where Howard will spend the foreseeable part of his NBA career.

 

There are a couple of things to keep in mind as we begin to approach this subject, starting with the fact that Howard has been notoriously indecisive about his future over the last two seasons. He talked about how much he wanted to stay in Orlando, even as “sources” around him couldn’t wait to talk about him wanting to play in Brooklyn or in L.A. with the Lakers. Many of those same sources are now pointing a finger at Houston as his next destination, and while it’s difficult to put much stock in rumors that surface in May about a decision that might not be made until August – or even later, in a nightmare scenario – it’s worth noting that there are likely to be some adjustment issues in Houston if they do finally land their prime free agency target.

 

The Rockets have been chasing Howard for several seasons, though to date they have not been able to get so much as an audience with him. They see him as the superstar around which they have been hoping to build for years. In fact, they have built the perfect team to complement him even without any sign that he would eventually land there. When Howard made his lone trip to the NBA Finals in 2009, the Magic surrounded him with an array of three-point shooters and allowed the offense to flow inside-out, for the most part. The ball didn’t exactly run entirely through Howard, but the attention he commanded from the opposing defense created plenty of open threes for his teammates. That combination wasn’t enough to win a championship, but they were three wins away from that feat before Magic management broke up the team.

 

Like that Orlando team, the Rockets have accumulated a roster full of three-point shooters. James Harden, Chandler Parsons and Jeremy Lin were all great from behind the arc this season, and that was without any low-post threat to suck the defense in. Imagine how much more efficient that offense would be with Howard creating open looks. The only thing missing from Houston’s attack would be a legit power forward to play off of Howard, like Rashard Lewis did so effectively on that Finals team in Orlando.

 

There is still a big question remaining, however, even if the Rockets do land Howard. Since helping the Magic to the Finals, Howard has gone from being a fairly humble person to being one of the league’s biggest prima donnas. He wants all of the attention to be on him, and if he can’t manage that with his play on the court he will try to make it happen off the court. He allowed his free agency decision to become an even bigger embarrassment than LeBron James’ “Decision” debacle, and his insistence on putting himself above the team got an outstanding coach, Stan Van Gundy, fired in Orlando. As a member of the Lakers, he was disgruntled that some guy named Bryant something or other was the offense’s primary focus, and the fact that he wasn’t immediately the Lakers’ primary offensive option is possibly what has him preparing to leave the NBA’s biggest stage looking for greener pastures.

 

If Howard does land in Houston, how upset will he be and how many problems will he cause when he finds out that the offense will still likely run through James Harden?

 

It could very well be a nightmare waiting to happen.

 

What the Rockets will have to do, assuming they do turn out to be the team of choice for Howard, is make sure everyone understands the pecking order in terms of touches. The last thing the Rockets need is to finally land the franchise center they’ve been chasing for years and then allow internal squabbling to tear the team apart from the inside.

 

Epá não sei o que pensar se isto se confirmar. Gostava que resultasse só para ver os Lakers que andaram todos a criticar o Howard a engolirem um sapo, mas já sei que dificilmente isso acontecerá. Aqui tem um projecto muito melhor seja como for.

Editado 31 Maio 2013 por Snoop Dogg

[pedrituh_9]

Kings gaining the interest of Monta Ellis

 

Reza Nuk :biggrin:

[LgD]

Não vão oferecer contrato ao Evans para dar ao Ellis? ffs

[pedrituh_9]

Monta Ellis' interest in joining the Sacramento Kings as a free agent became much stronger with hiring of Mike Malone as coach, according to Yahoo! Sports.

 

Ellis has a player option with the Bucks, which he has mentioned that he may not pick up. The Kings have a few reports linking their interest in bringing Monta back to California and the signing of Mike Malone appears to have helped their case. It hasn't even been a day, but the hiring of Malone seems like an improvement over Keith Smart

 

Ele é que se está a fazer :mrgreen:

[Khronus]

Para os entendidos, acham que há hipóteses dos Spurs conseguirem o Thomas Robinson, se eles quiserem libertar Cap Space para o Dwight?

[Nuk]

Ele é que se está a fazer :mrgreen:

Tank god. Cousins e Monta na mesma equipa, QI over 9000.

[Nuk]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 1 min

Larry Drew has accepted Bucks coaching job, GM John Hammond tells Y!

 

Mediocridade, mediocridade everywhere

 

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 36 s

Masai Ujiri has agreed to a 5 year deal for $15 million with Toronto, league sources say.

 

E os Raptors parece quererem sair dessa mediocridade, well done.

Editado 31 Maio 2013 por Nuk

[Pat Riley]

Pus isso na página anterior nuk :mrgreen:

 

E acabou tudo por não comentar a noticia do D12. Acham que aquilo bombava?

[Lionel Messi]

Não me importava de ver o D12 nos Rockets, ficaríamos mais fortes. Mas depois lembro-me das birrinhas já habituais dele e fico um bocado reticente em irmos buscá-lo, não sei... Mas penso que há mais hipóteses, neste momento, de vir para cá do que ficar nos Lakers.

 

Coitado do Nuk, aqueles Bucks parece que nunca irão sair da mediocridade a que já se habituaram... :-|

[Carson Wentz]

Parece-me que, por ordem de probabilidade para o D12 estão Rockets, Lakers, Mavs e Hawks (loooooooong shot).

[Pat Riley]

Não me importava de ver o D12 nos Rockets, ficaríamos mais fortes. Mas depois lembro-me das birrinhas já habituais dele e fico um bocado reticente em irmos buscá-lo, não sei... Mas penso que há mais hipóteses, neste momento, de vir para cá do que ficar nos Lakers.

 

Tem muito mais condições nos Rockets. Tem aquilo que tinha nos Magic (uma equipa cheia de shooters)

 

O handicap é o Lin, porque a dupla Harden - Howard com um PG bom...

 

Parece-me que, por ordem de probabilidade para o D12 estão Rockets, Lakers, Mavs e Hawks (loooooooong shot).

 

Os Mavs são outra hipótese. Já o andam a namorar há muito tempo.

[Carmelo Anthony]

Melo wants help

 

Chris Paul angry

 

 

 

#DreamWontHurt #ExcitedMamba

 

[Lionel Messi]

Sim, o handicap é mesmo o Lin. Mas também já li por aí que não é descabido o Morey tentar arranjar uma trade para ele nesta offseason, mas não me parece muito provável que isso aconteça...

 

E concordo aí com a ordem do Mesquita.

[Pat Riley]

If Paul considers leaving the Clippers, the Atlanta Hawks would be a potential landing spot. Paul always has been fond of the city of Atlanta, and the Hawks have the cap room to sign both Paul and Dwight Howard, a Lakers free agent, to lucrative contracts.

 

[El Colosso]

Para os entendidos, acham que há hipóteses dos Spurs conseguirem o Thomas Robinson, se eles quiserem libertar Cap Space para o Dwight?

Os Spurs não precisam do Robinson

[OKT]

O Ujiri vai fazer aqui muita falta...

[andriy pereplyotkin]

Tem muito mais condições nos Rockets. Tem aquilo que tinha nos Magic (uma equipa cheia de shooters)

 

O handicap é o Lin, porque a dupla Harden - Howard com um PG bom...

Sim, o handicap é mesmo o Lin. Mas também já li por aí que não é descabido o Morey tentar arranjar uma trade para ele nesta offseason, mas não me parece muito provável que isso aconteça...

Eu não sou fã do Lin. Aliás, critico-o aqui há mais tempo que quase todos, senão todos. Mas isso não faz grande sentido. Os grandes combos da história funcionam em parelhas de PG-PF e SG-C. Isso faz todo o sentido. O Harden é um ball-handler e o D12 é um gajo de low-post, é fixe que o PG seja bom mas não é nada por aí além, a nível de importância.

[andriy pereplyotkin]

Nate não fica nos Bulls.

 

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Ele disse alguma coisa? É que a imagem não ilustra bem isso.

[Jonas F]

Ele disse alguma coisa? É que a imagem não ilustra bem isso.

Boa pergunta :mrgreen:

Eu vi isso no face, num grupo qualquer de nba e diziam que não ficava. Tomei a afirmação como sendo certa :confuso:

[Millán]

Volta para casa CP3, estas perdoado.

[andriy pereplyotkin]

Boa pergunta :mrgreen:

Eu vi isso no face, num grupo qualquer de nba e diziam que não ficava. Tomei a afirmação como sendo certa :confuso:

A imagem é numa de ir à FA. Não quer dizer que não volte para Chicago.

[LgD]

Caso ficassem com o Howard trocavam o Asik não?

[Klebergol]

Nuggets executive Masai Ujiri accepts position with Toronto

[OKT]

Preferia ver o CP nos bobcats do que nos Hawks, não sei porque mas nao simpatizo nada com a equipa. Em NY com o Melo era awesome.