THE 2015 NBA PRE SEASON THREAD: BEST WISHES TO LAMAR ODOM

Who will represent the Western Conference in the NBA Finals?

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@rck3sactown  your new sig looks familiar 
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rck3sactown said:
 
Andre Miller

KG?

Carter?? Pierce??? JT? Manu?

I googled it:

Nazr Mohammad and Pablo Prigioni is also in that age group although undrafted
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I just remembered a couple of FA's off the top off my head

Ray Allen, Lamar Odom , Jermaine O'Neal, Rashard Lewis

Also Shawn Marion is going to retire in a couple of days

So like 17 soon to be 16 players are left from the 90s

End of an Era
 
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Sources: LaMarcus Aldridge expected to leave Blazers in free agency

LaMarcus Aldridge is not expected to re-sign with the Portland Trail Blazers, several people close to the All-Star forward told ESPN's Chris Broussard.

And Wednesday's trade of forward Nicolas Batum was an indication, league sources told ESPN.com's Marc Stein, of Portland's growing belief that Aldridge is poised to leave in free agency.

"He's gone," a source close to Aldridge said. "There's a 99.9 percent chance that he's out of Portland."

The sources listed several reasons Aldridge is expected to leave the Blazers, for whom he has played since entering the league in 2006. They said he doesn't believe the Blazers can attract top free agents to improve the team, that he feels somewhat underappreciated by the organization and that he simply is looking for a new environment to live in.

Sources told Stein that the Blazers have been pressing for more concrete signals from Aldridge's camp about his plans before the July 1 start of free agency and are ‎increasingly fearful they have little chance of retaining the All-Star big man once he hits the open market.

On the list of teams Aldridge will consider signing with are the San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks and Atlanta Hawks, sources said. Aldridge is actually thinking more and more about a free-agent jump to the Lakers, sources told Stein this week.

The Lakers, sources added to Stein, firmly believe they now will be in the Aldridge hunt. As ESPN.com first reported ‎Monday, Lakers officials also continue to try to press the Sacramento Kings to trade them All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins.

The Spurs, sources say, continue to be Aldridge's most likely destination.

"He has tons of respect for coach [Gregg] Popovich," one source told Broussard. "And he thinks highly of their organization and front office."

The Spurs will have to be creative with their salary structure to offer Aldridge a max deal beginning at $18.8 million while retaining stars Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili.

Sources also say there is a rising sentiment the Lakers have edged past the Mavericks on Aldridge's wish list despite the fact that he was a high school star in Dallas.

San Antonio is likewise familiar ground to Aldridge after he played collegiately at Texas in nearby Austin.

The Lakers' and Knicks' hopes of landing Aldridge likely will depend on who they select in Thursday's draft, trade for or sign in free agency. Aldridge lives near Los Angeles in the offseason and has been there this week, sources told Broussard.

A long-shot candidate for Aldridge would be the Cleveland Cavaliers, who likely would have to execute a sign-and-trade with Kevin Love. Love opted out of his Cavaliers contract Wednesday and is from Oregon.

As ESPN.com reported earlier Wednesday, Portland is expected to make its own hard push in free agency for Love, should Aldridge leave town.

The Blazers created an additional $4 million of potential ‎salary-cap space by ‎shipping Batum to Charlotte for Gerald Henderson and Noah Vonleh and have been well set up by general manager Neil Olshey to have the flexibility to go in a variety of directions if they need to respond to an Aldridge defection.

Atlanta also is on Aldridge's list, as he believes he could potentially form a strong frontcourt tandem with Hawks center Al Horford.

Sources told Stein that Portland plans to be very aggressive in July in trying to convince star guard Damian Lillard to commit to a five-year max extension in the $120 million range.
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http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/1...ward-lamarcus-aldridge-leave-team-free-agency

Aldridge to Blazer ownership & managment: happy trails RIP city.

Lakers managment to Alrdridge: Welcome to LA LA.

Spurs don't have the cap space to pay him and bring back Kawhi Leonard, Manu & Tim Duncan for one last run.

He's from Texas and played college ball there but prefers and live in the LA area during the off season.
 
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dennistrane said:
I just remembered a couple of FA's off the top off my head

Ray Allen, Lamar Odom , Jermaine O'Neal, 
Rashard Lewis

Also Shawn Marion is going to retire in a couple of days

So like 17 soon to be 16 players are left from the 90s

End of an Era
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Lamar ain't played since 2013 lol. Jermaine, Ray and Rashard weren't on teams this past season. There are 11 players, by my count, left from the '90s, who played this past season.
 
Boogie ain't coming to LA :lol:
I really hope kings aren't dumb enough to help a division rival
 
Woj: Nuggets interested in three-way trade centered around DeMarcus Cousins to Lakers

Some interesting reports coming out this evening. First we have Yahoo! Sports Marc Spears (a former Nuggets beat reporter for the Denver Post) tweeting that the Nuggets have made Danilo Gallinari available in trades, according to a single source.

And within the next half hour Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski has a report that the Kings and Lakers are talking about a possible deal for DeMarcus Cousins. Of note though, Woj says the Nuggets are trying to get in the conversation in a three way trade that still sends Cousins to the Lakers, and possibly the 2nd overall pick heading to Denver via the Lakers, with the Nuggets sending a package of players to the Kings, including Ty Lawson
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http://www.denverstiffs.com/2015/6/...d-in-three-way-trade-centered-around-demarcus

Hmm.. and the saga continues.
 
My goodness if the franchise players in Sacramento and Portland go to LA this summer. :lol:
 
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Woj: Nuggets interested in three-way trade centered around DeMarcus Cousins to Lakers

Some interesting reports coming out this evening. First we have Yahoo! Sports Marc Spears (a former Nuggets beat reporter for the Denver Post) tweeting that the Nuggets have made Danilo Gallinari available in trades, according to a single source.

And within the next half hour Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski has a report that the Kings and Lakers are talking about a possible deal for DeMarcus Cousins. Of note though, Woj says the Nuggets are trying to get in the conversation in a three way trade that still sends Cousins to the Lakers, and possibly the 2nd overall pick heading to Denver via the Lakers, with the Nuggets sending a package of players to the Kings, including Ty Lawson
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Source:

http://www.denverstiffs.com/2015/6/...d-in-three-way-trade-centered-around-demarcus

Hmm.. and the saga continues.
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George Karl sees the words "Nuggets" and he pulling the trigger 
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Who do the Nuggets want in that trade up? I know they wanted Mudiay but if they're trading all the way up to 2 it would seem to be for somebody else.
 
Now the narrative is SAC/LAL trade is dead, LMA and whoever or whichever Reporter who needs some shine next and has the latest tip says, to LAL.

So we have Woj with Cousins
Broussard with LMA.
Who's next, Stein? Aldridge? Sheridan? SAS?

Those should be our honorary OP's.

*Deletes Twitter and adds NT to my Mobile Homepage.

Ok seaman, keep that thread title on point, I'm relying on you G.
 
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I don't think it's possible for LMA to choose Spurs over Lakers.

Lakers can also offer more dough too, right?
 
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Splitter isn't even on a bad contract team will want him they should have no problem dumping him if need be
 
I just can't see it being in the realm of possibilities, if LA is an option.
I know Stein said Spurs is his first choice, but I don't believe that for one second, hell to the in oh

Kobe's last year too.
LA would be LA's/(Boogies).
That's a no brainier.
 
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