On December 09 2011 11:51 slyboogie wrote: Lol. They lock out their labor, bitch and moan about competitive balance and on the 3rd trade of the season, a trade has to be stopped - for competitive balance purposes. I HIGHLY doubt the owners are doing this for the sake of the Hornets. They're just trying to screw the Lakers out of a net positive trade.
See what I mean about the Owners being dicks? hahahahaha
On December 09 2011 11:49 igotmyown wrote: Why wouldn't you root for the Heat? They're great players (except Bosh), they play hard, they're exciting, and they're the natural evolution of the NBA salary cap and everyone comparing players to Jordan's rings.
And evidently superteams are only bad if players make them, not owners.
I didn't realize fans choose their teams based on stat sheets. In that case, fuck Minnesota.
I can literally think of 20 reasons to root against the Heat. Are you a fan of Phil Collins?
while i feel sorry for dell demps in that he did manage to get a respectable array of players (and a pick) for paul, i don't mind the trade being nixed at all >_<
I feel bad for Odom... they gutted their front line to get CP3, not sure how smart of a decision that is... they depend so heavily on Bynum now, or if they can somehow flip him into Dwight... O_O
I'm a bit puzzled. Even though I don't like the Lakers (more so Kobe) it's ridiculous that of all the trades the league and other Owners could make a stink about it's THIS one.
Really? So when the Lakers got Pau Gasol for Kwame Brown and Javaris Crittenton where was the uproar?
The league could at least pretend to be nixing the trade because Houston is getting fleeced.
On December 09 2011 11:49 igotmyown wrote: Why wouldn't you root for the Heat? They're great players (except Bosh), they play hard, they're exciting, and they're the natural evolution of the NBA salary cap and everyone comparing players to Jordan's rings.
And evidently superteams are only bad if players make them, not owners.
I didn't realize fans choose their teams based on stat sheets. In that case, fuck Minnesota.
I can literally think of 20 reasons to root against the Heat. Are you a fan of Phil Collins?
The original post was why would anyone root for the Heat, my answer was a retort, so the implication of your answer, that fans might do it because of location only helps refute the original point.
The main answer why people wouldn't like the heat is the anti-competitive affect of the heat on the league... which the Lakers have recently helpfully shown is created by the owners more than free agency.
The peripheral catty reasons are really just excuses for the fact that the other team won/are too strong. But in the heats case the reaction is magnitudes larger than that, which doesn't make too much sense since the owners have been doing this since Bill Russell's Celtics or earlier.
On December 09 2011 12:39 Ace wrote: I'm a bit puzzled. Even though I don't like the Lakers (more so Kobe) it's ridiculous that of all the trades the league and other Owners could make a stink about it's THIS one.
Really? So when the Lakers got Pau Gasol for Kwame Brown and Javaris Crittenton where was the uproar?
The league could at least pretend to be nixing the trade because Houston is getting fleeced.
Yeah I have no idea what houston is doing here. Giving up scola AND martin AND draft picks for gasol? That seems ludicrous
I find it kinda of funny though that the league is vetoing this when new orleans is probably getting the best end of this deal (that is unless the lakers trade for dwight)
God I hate this trade so much. I agree with what stern did. The lakers are stacking their team. The lakers fans say "Well we gave up two bigs for 1 small", when in reality it's all a set-up to get dwight. The magic would rather trade him to the west coast than anywhere in the east because they play that team less. it's all conspiracy bullshit. If all of this happens there will be 3 good teams. Heat, lakers and bulls
On December 09 2011 12:39 Ace wrote: I'm a bit puzzled. Even though I don't like the Lakers (more so Kobe) it's ridiculous that of all the trades the league and other Owners could make a stink about it's THIS one.
Really? So when the Lakers got Pau Gasol for Kwame Brown and Javaris Crittenton where was the uproar?
The league could at least pretend to be nixing the trade because Houston is getting fleeced.
Yeah as much as I hate the trade I think it's pretty poor form from the NBA for vetoing it.
It shouldn't be up to the NBA to stop GMs making boneheaded decisions.
If the NBA didn't want stuff like this happening they should have brought in a hard cap.
On December 09 2011 13:09 igotmyown wrote: The peripheral catty reasons are really just excuses for the fact that the other team won/are too strong. But in the heats case the reaction is magnitudes larger than that, which doesn't make too much sense since the owners have been doing this since Bill Russell's Celtics or earlier.
Wouldn't that imply that the reason people hate the Heat has nothing to do with their skill level? And I assure you it has nothing to do with location.
Perhaps it has to do with a bunch of immature players who whine after every call and hype themselves more than EG does? Led by a star who continually says stupid shit and has been a prima donna since 6th grade?
Is everyone just supposed to be a fairweather fan, flocking to the new #1 team on the Power Rank every week? Or are we still allowed to care about personality and supporting a team that's not lined with douche bags? If Lebron moves to Detroit, I will still think he's an asshole.
No one hates the 2010 Mavericks or the 2000's Spurs, and the people who hate MJ's Bulls are the ones who lost to them. That has nothing to do with the hate that the Heat receive and why would it? They haven't won yet.
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