Yeah, no more Knicks/Miami/Other types of dream teams.

Some people are complaining how Stern is dictating the competitive balance of the league, and is trying to force the league to be a certain way.
Kind of BS. Get rid of Stern.

Stern is an absolute joke and obviously the new CBA didn't change anything at all.

Brandon Roy retiring :(

Magic are going to file a tampering lawsuit against the Nets, so maybe no Howard to NJ.

Chandler to Knicks for 4 years/$58m (lol)

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7336972/trail-blazers-greg-oden-suffers-setback-signs-reduced-deal-portland

ugh this is sad

I don't even get why Stern vetoed that trade, the Hornets actually got the better side of the deal IMO and that would have been the best they could hope for.

I don't even get why Stern vetoed that trade, the Hornets actually got the better side of the deal IMO and that would have been the best they could hope for.

It's obvious. Stern didn't want to see the Lakers get good stuff. It would have been a risky trade for LA in the short term, but Kobe needs somebody to replace him in a couple years as top dog, and Chris Paul would be a great choice.
It's obvious that the trade was going to benefit all parties, but Stern just was trying to pick winners and losers.

Also, http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/sam_amick/12/10/chris.paul/index.html

Chris Paul has declined the last couple of years and it's not unreasonable to think he won't keep going in a few years since his knee is bad.  He's also the most overrated defensive player in the league by far and gets burned by physical point guards (see: Deron Williams).

Rip going to the Bulls makes them one of the favorites imo, even more than they already were.

The Bulls are going to be solid this year.

I'd love to see them in the finals... I just don't think it's going to happen with Miami being such monsters.
A Thunder Vs Bulls finals would be the best thing I could hope for.

Ha thunderbull, I assume that's what you were getting at

no. not a chance you buffoon

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Ha thunderbull, I azzume that's what you were getting at

Not only for that, but also because it would just be a great series.

But yeah, I want to see ThunderBulls, because the NBA lacks teams named Rise, _____, Mega, or One.

also lakers traded odom to the mavs for a first round pick and $9mil. terrible trade for the lakers

The pick is top-20 protected too, basically just a dump because Odom wanted to be moved

also lol at this CP3 thing, it's totally ridiculous now