The Goat Pen

yep.... but based on history, I think if we put our hat in the ring, the NBA has a mysterious way of promoting their game through the lottery like LeBron in cleveland, Davis to NO (due to a struggling franchise with a new owner)... Wiggins to TO would be a dream fantasy for the NBA as well. I am sur...

i dunno... Kyrie missed a large chunk of his last year at Duke and large parts of his first 2 seasons so I understand Brooks post. But, at the same time.... a guy destined to be a top lottery pick regardless of whether he plays probably sits out.... a guy that can't make his team a playoff team prob...

there are a lot of bad teams but it will come down to injuries. the Cavs will be better because Varajeo and Irving aren't likely to miss almost the entire season and Bennett should help. If Detroit can add any talent through free agency, they should be better. If the Wizards can get more than 50 gam...

agreed owl.... and we are capped out as long as we have Gay.... and no good free agents will come here until we get a guy capable of taking us over the top and make us a winning team ... and that won't happen anywhere but the draft for this franchise. at least imo. the only time this franchise was g...

we apparently have signed Juylan Stone according to the Sporting News..... I had no idea who the guy even was. If that's what Uriji is spending his time on, you can tell he's adopted the tank theory.

Yep.... but Ujiri knows that Dumars is just like Colangelo.... he will wait to see if Detroit signs anyone good with their cap space...if the Pistons don't sign anyone significant, Dumars will get desperate and that trade will get a pick thrown in

Knowing Ujiri, he is working on extracting at least a pick out of Detroit as well. the Raps don't need to take both players back in exchange for Gay. They have more than enough cap room to facilitate a trade with just one of the 2 players mentioned.

this team needs to start over. Colangelo just always tinkered and signed or traded for guys just to show that he was doing something. Our current line up will end up exactly where it was last year without an overhaul. I would rather go backwards to go forwards. and next year's draft is a pretty fine...

Wow, rumour that Detroit would trade CV and Stucky (both expiring contracts) for Rudy Gay. Masai would be the masaih if he pulls that off. Instantly good enough to compete for a high draft pick and a really good bet if we could ditch Lowry for a first rounder. We would still have DeRozan, Val, Ross,...

i can still see your interpretation tho... since HE was by himself..... but we will see. that would seem to be disadvantageous for one team if only one side got to move a player but the other team got locked in. I suspect both teams have to live with the consequences.... but we will see.

re - my interpretation is that because Bargs was the sole moving piece going to NYK (not combined with other Raptor or Non-NYK players) & that it wasn't a sign & trade, he's movable once the moratorium is complete except he was combined with players... it took multiple players on the NY side...

that's why I said yes and no.... if they have something lined up for when the moratorium ends, absolutely. If they don't, but the Raps want to complete the deal, they won't be able to move him for 2 months. I have to wonder how great a deal the Clips must be if they didn't want to deal with Toronto ...

yes and no... i just couldn't remember the exact conditions which allowed for a traded player to be moved. your original post said "as early as July 11th".... but the source i quoted states it will have to happen immediately or he won't be able to be moved for a couple of months... so when...

just found this reference from a very thorough site on the CBA.....the Knicks can only trade him if it happens at the same time as the deal with the Raps. Who knows? if the Knicks get close to trading Bargs, but need more time, we might be able to extract more out of them for waiting (like lowering ...

i thought you had to be with a team for 3 months before being traded again (unless the transaction is relatively instantaneous)? I guess that because the trade doesn't become official until July 10th, the 11th is possible since it's almost instantaneous..... but if they don't trade him right away, d...

re - I still do not get why they did this the raps or the knicks? the knicks gave up nothing. the raps gave up a "potentially" offensively talented player. the salary figures are comparable... as is the duration. neither side "won" the deal. if you hate Bargnani, you think we won...

it should actually be interesting to see what happens to him in NY. I agree with both of ya.... no one expects anything.... and he seems indifferent to anything basketball related that he might actually get it.... doubt it, but possible. just hope they release Camby. he is reminiscent of one of the ...

yep... for a different, less talented big who can shoot, a grandfather (and guy who i can't stand watching), a protected first rounder in 3 years and 2 second rounders..... wish they had of at least sent us a case of beer and chips. never expected to get much for Bargnani but the salaries back are j...

cant wait for the 2020 Olympics..... that team will be a strong contender for a medal. 2016 should still be fairly exciting but the kids will be too young to be relevant. and this draft had no one that was interesting that I can't say I was surprised to see Bennett go #1 or Noel/McLemore drop as muc...

he was there but didn't get a green room invite. agreed on Philly dot.... that trade they made is brutal.