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Sorry, the term "you'll forgive me" was just a phrase I shouldn't have thrown in. I'm not actually looking for any forgiveness from you, especially since you think anyone suspicious of this deal is trying to paint Russians as criminals and implying we are racist. There was no need to go there at...

Zach Lowe ‏@ZachLowe_NBA AK 47 deal already drawing confused and angry whispers from other teams. Sounds like other owners are thinking the same thing The Internet is.

http://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2012/04/prokhorov-in-new-yorker-said-he-hasnt.html Get off your high horse. Prokhorov has admitted to doing corrupt deals before. Now we have a scenario where Kirilenko is getting neither the security of a long term contract nor a lot of money. Nor is...

If it wasn't about the money for Kirilenko, then he wouldn't have come out of the gate wanting $9M or whatever SA was trying to sign and trade for. He would have come out looking for a long term deal for a small amount and communicated it to all the contenders before their resources were spent...

It's shady not because the Nets could have paid more but didn't, it's shady because he could have gotten more but didn't. And don't use ring chasing as an argument because the Nets are not on the top of the title contending short-list unless they have access to a DeLorean that goes back to 2008

That deal is unbelievably shady. I wouldn't be surprised if tomorrow Kirilenko finds out he has a long lost relative who willed him a castle made of gold and diamonds somewhere in Russia.

Fantastic move. I'd argue maybe our most important personnel move of the off-season.

You can't confuse Moneyball with the use of advanced statistics or analytics. The later is very important. Miami and San Antonio have them. Dallas too I believe. Superstars are and will always be the most important thing in winning a championship in basketball, but you still need to put together...

Because Jason Jones is not good at his job and probably forgot the Kings could just match.

Don't fool yourself into thinking Evans would have taken a discount to stay in Sacramento. That's all empty bluster from the Evans camp. If the Kings came out with a lower offer before he even met with NO, Evans still would have shopped around and his agent/camp would have spun some "he was hurt...

NO has Jrue, Vasquez, Gordon, and Rivers. You can talk about the Kings muddying things with McLemore, but NO would have to fire-sell Vasquez and Gordon AND relegate Rivers to permanent 6th man combo guard duties to free up a spot for Evans

McLemore could have the same effect for Evans that Bradley Beal coming on for Washington did for John Wall

He was given a full-MLE contract after he failed his physical with New Jersey (whom he had the same deal signed with). There was nothing fishy or wink-wink about it. He did do us a favor deciding to retire instead of fighting his body like guys like Brandon Roy tried to do. And even if there...

I'm actually extremely leery of any greats that try to coach or teach because a lot of what made them great can't be taught. And Shaq always seems a bit out of touch with what made him great and what he was allowed to get away with.

Considering there was no reason for him to be retained and the new GM was gushing about him, I'd say there is good reason to believe he's good at what he's supposed to do.

Watch the Hornets pre-draft workout video of him going against coach Monty Williams and you'll see why he'll never shoot better than 43%

Yeah that's the thing. Too many people are caught up on GMs and coaches running things a certain way when in reality the best ones adapt to their personnel. I'm not a huge fan of the job Mullin did but I'm not going to knock him just because he tried giving his coach the types of players that he...

The Maloofs gave Petrie a bunch of lemons. But instead of making lemonade or even crappy spa water with them, he squirted himself in the eye

I have yet to meet a Magic fan that actually thinks Ewing did anything with Dwight. Most just comment on him hanging around practice to flirt with cheerleaders.

Kevin Pritchard, the guy who loaded up Portland before everyone's knees turned to dust, has been in Indiana for a couple of years. You can do worse than Bird, but he's got similar issues that I have with Petrie and he's got some of the same excuses for armor as him as well. Before you even try...