Man the Nets franchise is doomed. It was all good when they first moved to Brooklyn with them cool looking fitted hats right?
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Was hoping the nets could keep McCullough though
Well at least y'all still got my boy Lin. #winning
Could it be Magic vs. Bird ... for Paul George?
Sam Amick | USA TODAY SportsUpdated 2 hours ago
Paul George wants to stay in Indiana.
But like so many things this time of year, when the phones are ringing off the hook in NBA offices as the trade deadline nears, the situation between the four-time All-Star and his Indiana Pacers is racked with nuance. So when George met with team owner Herb Simon in recent days and told him that the Hoosier state was still the place for him, how he would love nothing more than to eventually go down as the greatest Pacer of them all, it came with one qualifier.
Indiana Pacers forward Paul George (13) says he wants to stay with the Pacers.
If they can contend for a title.
According to a person with knowledge of the meeting who spoke to USA TODAY Sports on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation, that is the crossroads that Pacers president Larry Bird now faces. If the Thursday deadline comes and goes and the Pacers roster remains the same, the pressure rises in a significant way.
George will be a free agent in the summer of 2018, and it’s no secret that the 26-year-old Palmdale, Calif. native would love nothing more than to sign with his hometown Lakers if the future is bleak in Indiana. The fact that the Lakers are in the process of trying to land George right now, with new lead executive Magic Johnson moving fast to fill that superstar hole that Kobe Bryant left behind, only makes these next two days all the more compelling.
Magic & Bird, together again as NBA power brokers, on Day No. 2 of Johnson’s new job. You can’t make this stuff up.
Bird is known to be searching for options that would ease George's concerns, inquiring about players like Philadelphia’s Jahlil Okafor, the Sacramento Kings’ Arron Afflalo, Portland’s Allen Crabbe and Ed Davis. Yet if he can’t make significant moves, and if the Pacers (29-28, sixth in the Eastern Conference) seem destined to tread water while George ponders the notion of heading West, then maybe it's time for Bird to turn the page on the Paul George era.
The George landscape is complicated elsewhere, too, in large part because of his desire to sign with the Lakers if the Pacers experience simply doesn’t pan out. The Boston Celtics, with fellow 80s/90s star Danny Ainge at the front office helm, must ponder factors such as these as they decide the price worth paying. That reality, that enormous risk, exists for all other suitors as well.
George still has dreams of being bigger than Reggie Miller, of giving this franchise its first NBA championship and one day seeing his jersey up in the Bankers Life Fieldhouse rafters. But his gruesome leg break in the summer of 2014 taught him that time waits for no man, that every day on the court is a blessing after he spent more than a year working his way back.
He wants to win a title, and he wants nothing more than to do it Indiana. It’s up to Larry Legend to get these Pacers back in the game now.
Sam Amick | USA TODAY SportsUpdated 2 hours ago
Paul George wants to stay in Indiana.
But like so many things this time of year, when the phones are ringing off the hook in NBA offices as the trade deadline nears, the situation between the four-time All-Star and his Indiana Pacers is racked with nuance. So when George met with team owner Herb Simon in recent days and told him that the Hoosier state was still the place for him, how he would love nothing more than to eventually go down as the greatest Pacer of them all, it came with one qualifier.
Indiana Pacers forward Paul George (13) says he wants to stay with the Pacers.
If they can contend for a title.
According to a person with knowledge of the meeting who spoke to USA TODAY Sports on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation, that is the crossroads that Pacers president Larry Bird now faces. If the Thursday deadline comes and goes and the Pacers roster remains the same, the pressure rises in a significant way.
George will be a free agent in the summer of 2018, and it’s no secret that the 26-year-old Palmdale, Calif. native would love nothing more than to sign with his hometown Lakers if the future is bleak in Indiana. The fact that the Lakers are in the process of trying to land George right now, with new lead executive Magic Johnson moving fast to fill that superstar hole that Kobe Bryant left behind, only makes these next two days all the more compelling.
Magic & Bird, together again as NBA power brokers, on Day No. 2 of Johnson’s new job. You can’t make this stuff up.
Bird is known to be searching for options that would ease George's concerns, inquiring about players like Philadelphia’s Jahlil Okafor, the Sacramento Kings’ Arron Afflalo, Portland’s Allen Crabbe and Ed Davis. Yet if he can’t make significant moves, and if the Pacers (29-28, sixth in the Eastern Conference) seem destined to tread water while George ponders the notion of heading West, then maybe it's time for Bird to turn the page on the Paul George era.
The George landscape is complicated elsewhere, too, in large part because of his desire to sign with the Lakers if the Pacers experience simply doesn’t pan out. The Boston Celtics, with fellow 80s/90s star Danny Ainge at the front office helm, must ponder factors such as these as they decide the price worth paying. That reality, that enormous risk, exists for all other suitors as well.
George still has dreams of being bigger than Reggie Miller, of giving this franchise its first NBA championship and one day seeing his jersey up in the Bankers Life Fieldhouse rafters. But his gruesome leg break in the summer of 2014 taught him that time waits for no man, that every day on the court is a blessing after he spent more than a year working his way back.
He wants to win a title, and he wants nothing more than to do it Indiana. It’s up to Larry Legend to get these Pacers back in the game now.
The Brooklyn Nets, sources say, are another team Detroit has engaged with on Drummond. Sources say Detroit also expressed an interest in DeMarcus Cousins before Sacramento traded Cousins to New Orleans with the understanding that Drummond would have to be included in talks with the Kings had they progressed.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...talks-andre-drummond-kentavious-caldwell-pope
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...talks-andre-drummond-kentavious-caldwell-pope
drummond to the raptors come on make it happen
Man the Nets franchise is doomed. It was all good when they first moved to Brooklyn with them cool looking fitted hats right?
Far from doomed
Marks never wanted him. Had him in the DLEAGUE the whole season to showoff to other teams. Glad Bogie is gone and that Wizard pick may end up being high teens/low twenties.
They gotta hard ass remaining schedule
I don't want Drummond man
Billy King fucked shit up over there. if you end up with the top pick and the Celtics take it......
Billy King fucked shit up over there. if you end up with the top pick and the Celtics take it......
Can't trip on the inevitable. 2 first round picks, ton of cap space and solid young players. Plus any player that wants to come to NY for sure ain't fucking with the Knicks with Phil Jackson there.
Long process but we're far from doomed.
No one is coming to New York. The thrill of playing there is looooooooong gone.
History proves that's wrong. I say it will be harder for free agents to turn down more money from their drafted team to go to another squad. That's why first round picks are so vital.
Yeah that whole big lights shit.....only Deron Williams and Melo have proven to give a fuck about playing in NY lol.No one is coming to New York. The thrill of playing there is looooooooong gone.
Is this right? Celtics got Nets first rounder? No lottery protection? How the fuck was this allowed? And what pick did the Celtics use to take Jaylan Brown? Was that a Nets pick too?
Really. Nobody gives a fuck about it anymore. You can market yourself just as well now in small market cities.
We swap with them this year and they got our pick next year. Celtics haven't really took advantage of it yet honestly.
Nope. Boston can swap the pick with the Nets in 2017. Not only that but Boston also owns the Nets 2018 first round pick. All to get Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett.
They got fleeced for old ass Paul Pierce and KG
Muthafuckas are retired(Pierce needs to be) and they're still paying off their debt
Damn. That pisses me off. He's been struggling a bit lately but still didn't wanna trade him. You can give Saric his minutes though. Maybe a good sign in resigning Noel though.
They will coming up. Ya'll fucked up.
Doubt it but we'll see
Really. Nobody gives a fuck about it anymore. You can market yourself just as well now in small market cities.
Right. And you got all off-season to live in NY. Brooklyn and New York are arguably the two worst run franchises in the league.
That shit was dumb at the time and is still dumb. I didn't know they had two first rounders out of thst. That's wild as hell.its only fitting if they get he #1 pick.They got fleeced for old ass Paul Pierce and KG
Muthafuckas are retired(Pierce needs to be) and they're still paying off their debt
Nope. Boston can swap the pick with the Nets in 2017. Not only that but Boston also owns the Nets 2018 first round pick. All to get Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett.
Omg.......so if they swap this year then they get the 2019 first round pick lol.
Yeah well let's see them fuck it up this year in a deep draft lol.
Nets most definitely was in win now mode when they moved to Brooklyn so they did some dumb ass moves.
Different regime now so we're moving smarter. Hurts not having our own picks for the next two drafts but can't cry over spilled milk.
None of these guys are guarantees. That's why they trying move the pick for Butler or George
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