Comments on: The Party’s Over http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/12/09/the-partys-is-over/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Sun, 19 May 2013 22:08:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Mr OK Jazz Tokyo http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/12/09/the-partys-is-over/#comment-269582 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:48:41 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=76755#comment-269582 [0] Yeah, Simmons brought it with this article. I don't enjoy his work anymore but the guy really loves his hoops and it shows here. Seriously..what an insane decision by the NBA. Still can't believe it. [0] Yeah, Simmons brought it with this article. I don’t enjoy his work anymore but the guy really loves his hoops and it shows here.

Seriously..what an insane decision by the NBA. Still can’t believe it.

]]> By: Mr OK Jazz Tokyo http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/12/09/the-partys-is-over/#comment-269581 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:39:43 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=76755#comment-269581 Doesn't this prove once and for all how wretched Stern and the owners are? Totally inexplicable as this was a GREAT trade for the Hornets. Doesn’t this prove once and for all how wretched Stern and the owners are? Totally inexplicable as this was a GREAT trade for the Hornets.

]]> By: Jon DeRosa http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/12/09/the-partys-is-over/#comment-269580 Jon DeRosa Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:52:02 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=76755#comment-269580 [7] This sums it up well, I think... http://tinyurl.com/763hh2s [7] This sums it up well, I think…

http://tinyurl.com/763hh2s

]]> By: ms october http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/12/09/the-partys-is-over/#comment-269579 ms october Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:35:11 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=76755#comment-269579 [7] yep agreed back. wilbon wrote a decent but hastily written article on how the nba is not the nfl. the small market team have become obsessed with keeping their top players. but as has been pointed out perhaps if they were well run (see spurs, thunder) the stars wouldn't automatically bolt. this block probably hurts the hornets more than any other team. even though it became a circus the nuggets were far better off trading melo than letting him walk for nothing. as you say what can the hornets possibly do with chris paul now? yeah baron would be an interesting pick-up. that roster and the bright lights would be a good fit for him. just stay the hell away from arenas. feel bad that roy is having to give it up. [7] yep agreed back.
wilbon wrote a decent but hastily written article on how the nba is not the nfl. the small market team have become obsessed with keeping their top players. but as has been pointed out perhaps if they were well run (see spurs, thunder) the stars wouldn’t automatically bolt.
this block probably hurts the hornets more than any other team. even though it became a circus the nuggets were far better off trading melo than letting him walk for nothing. as you say what can the hornets possibly do with chris paul now?

yeah baron would be an interesting pick-up. that roster and the bright lights would be a good fit for him. just stay the hell away from arenas.
feel bad that roy is having to give it up.

]]> By: RagingTartabull http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/12/09/the-partys-is-over/#comment-269578 RagingTartabull Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:24:23 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=76755#comment-269578 [4] I think it accomplished nothing in that ostensibly the goal was, in part, to keep small market teams competitive. Well now the Hornets are in a position where their options are a)trade Paul for 50 cents on the dollar, or b)watch him walk out the door for nothing in July. [5,6] Agreed on all points. I was in no fan of how LeBron handled his departure but every time Gilbert opens his mouth the decision (and The Decision) becomes more and more understandable in hindsight. As for the Knicks, I think they're sitting pretty all things considered. They have one of the best front courts in the conference, if not the league, and they still have an extra $5 million to drop on a PG. If nothing else go get Baron off waivers from the Little Sisters of the Poor in Cleveland and go to war with Melo/Amare/Tyson/Baron/Landry...I'll more than take my chances with that. [4] I think it accomplished nothing in that ostensibly the goal was, in part, to keep small market teams competitive. Well now the Hornets are in a position where their options are a)trade Paul for 50 cents on the dollar, or b)watch him walk out the door for nothing in July.

[5,6] Agreed on all points. I was in no fan of how LeBron handled his departure but every time Gilbert opens his mouth the decision (and The Decision) becomes more and more understandable in hindsight.

As for the Knicks, I think they’re sitting pretty all things considered. They have one of the best front courts in the conference, if not the league, and they still have an extra $5 million to drop on a PG. If nothing else go get Baron off waivers from the Little Sisters of the Poor in Cleveland and go to war with Melo/Amare/Tyson/Baron/Landry…I’ll more than take my chances with that.

]]> By: ms october http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/12/09/the-partys-is-over/#comment-269575 ms october Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:33:40 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=76755#comment-269575 [5] sorry for all the typos. this story actually has me pissed off. i like the chandler signing for the knicks. sounds like they are going to use the amnesty on billups, which sucks for him. hopefully toney douglas has worked on his point guard skills during the lockout. [5] sorry for all the typos. this story actually has me pissed off.
i like the chandler signing for the knicks. sounds like they are going to use the amnesty on billups, which sucks for him. hopefully toney douglas has worked on his point guard skills during the lockout.

]]> By: ms october http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/12/09/the-partys-is-over/#comment-269574 ms october Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:27:24 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=76755#comment-269574 i don't agree with simmons about lebron's move to miami, but his article, and most of the national media's harsh critique of stern is completely dead on. what stern and the lame ass owners like dan gilbert did is ridiculous. and that is why the remarks that reference certain historical events and the nba aren't as far-fetched as people wanted to make them out to be. i also hate the lakers and think very highly of chris paul, but i hope he does sue and ends up on the lakers. this is why i like the players to get their money and basically tell the owners to fuck off. the owners own SPORTS FRANCHISES not PEOPLE. i am also glad wade and lebron took control of this process last summer and took ownership of their own labor. fuck all these owners. i hope if chris paul is forced to stay in new orleans al year he signs with a big market team and nike puts up the rest of his money in salary. the shoe companies definitely want their stories in bigger markets so they should pay the difference in salaries to make it happen. as jay said i not a business-man i'm a business man. i hope the players find a way to flip this back. [3] the trade would have taken away the lakers biggest advantage which is front court depth. plus who would pick and roll with cp3 in la? so i'm not convinced it would have been so great for the lakers. i don’t agree with simmons about lebron’s move to miami, but his article, and most of the national media’s harsh critique of stern is completely dead on. what stern and the lame ass owners like dan gilbert did is ridiculous. and that is why the remarks that reference certain historical events and the nba aren’t as far-fetched as people wanted to make them out to be.
i also hate the lakers and think very highly of chris paul, but i hope he does sue and ends up on the lakers.
this is why i like the players to get their money and basically tell the owners to fuck off. the owners own SPORTS FRANCHISES not PEOPLE.
i am also glad wade and lebron took control of this process last summer and took ownership of their own labor. fuck all these owners.
i hope if chris paul is forced to stay in new orleans al year he signs with a big market team and nike puts up the rest of his money in salary. the shoe companies definitely want their stories in bigger markets so they should pay the difference in salaries to make it happen.
as jay said i not a business-man i’m a business man. i hope the players find a way to flip this back.

[3] the trade would have taken away the lakers biggest advantage which is front court depth. plus who would pick and roll with cp3 in la? so i’m not convinced it would have been so great for the lakers.

]]> By: Jon DeRosa http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/12/09/the-partys-is-over/#comment-269573 Jon DeRosa Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:05:12 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=76755#comment-269573 [3] I think the lockout accomplished a lot. The owners were upset about a lot of things, but pushed to the brink by Lebron and Wade conspiring to play together. They hated the players calling the shots so explicitly on team creation. So here is Chris Paul trying to get himself to the Lakers, and the owners banded together to stop it. The move that was going to follow Paul to the Lakers was going to be Dwight Howard to the Lakers for Andrew Bynum. So the front court was going to be OK I think. This is exactly what the lockout was designed to do - severely limit player power. Terribly regressive and awful policy, but it's what the majority of the owners wanted. [3] I think the lockout accomplished a lot. The owners were upset about a lot of things, but pushed to the brink by Lebron and Wade conspiring to play together. They hated the players calling the shots so explicitly on team creation. So here is Chris Paul trying to get himself to the Lakers, and the owners banded together to stop it.

The move that was going to follow Paul to the Lakers was going to be Dwight Howard to the Lakers for Andrew Bynum. So the front court was going to be OK I think.

This is exactly what the lockout was designed to do – severely limit player power. Terribly regressive and awful policy, but it’s what the majority of the owners wanted.

]]> By: RagingTartabull http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/12/09/the-partys-is-over/#comment-269572 RagingTartabull Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:06:49 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=76755#comment-269572 This is worse than the lockout because it hammers home the fact that the lockout accomplished NOTHING. We all just pissed away five months for no reason whatsoever. Nevermind the fact that you can make the case that the Lakers would have been more hurt by this deal than helped by it. CP3 is great, no doubt, but you're completely gutting the front court that Kobe NEEDED to go to 3 straight Finals and win 2 rings in the post-Shaq era. Derek Caracter ain't no Pau. But hey, Tyson Chandler. That front 3...I got visions of Mase/Ew/Oak dancing in my head this morning. Let's get it going! This is worse than the lockout because it hammers home the fact that the lockout accomplished NOTHING. We all just pissed away five months for no reason whatsoever. Nevermind the fact that you can make the case that the Lakers would have been more hurt by this deal than helped by it. CP3 is great, no doubt, but you’re completely gutting the front court that Kobe NEEDED to go to 3 straight Finals and win 2 rings in the post-Shaq era. Derek Caracter ain’t no Pau.

But hey, Tyson Chandler. That front 3…I got visions of Mase/Ew/Oak dancing in my head this morning. Let’s get it going!

]]> By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/12/09/the-partys-is-over/#comment-269571 Alex Belth Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:40:45 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=76755#comment-269571 Yeah, this is almost worse than the lockout. Yeah, this is almost worse than the lockout.

]]> By: Dimelo http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/12/09/the-partys-is-over/#comment-269570 Dimelo Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:34:21 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=76755#comment-269570 Yeah, Simmons is right on. David Stern, YOU BLEW IT!!!!! Yeah, Simmons is right on. David Stern, YOU BLEW IT!!!!!

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