Off season 2011

[ucci90]

fra l'altro, Tanta roba i back-to-back-to-back e i back-to-back ai playoff

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NBA teams will likely play two preseason games each, reports John Schuhmann of NBA.com. Teams normally play 7-8 exhibition games over a three-week period, but the NBA lockout has forced everything to scrunch up in order to maximize the length of the season that actually makes money.
Training camps are tentatively set to open December 9, assuming there is no major roadblock in the final negotiation and ratification of the lockout deal. The regular season will begin with a national TV triple-header on December 25.

[Aimo]

[UnodiNoi]

pronostico educato della espn

http://espn.go.com/nba/bracket

Io ho provato a guardare ora ma ci sono i risultati dei playoff dell'anno scorso...
Sarà stato un problema del sistema

[AndreA71]

non è un pronostico, credo sia un brackett fatto per un qualche ordine di inserimento, che è uscito per errore
però fa ridere

Sicuro perchè apro il link oggi e c'è il bracket dello scorso anno...

[Loki]

si ma non puoi arrivare sempre dopo un mese!
l'altro giorno c'era uno strano bracket, con i bobcats primi, per dire

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Essendo che la free agency e i training camp iniziano lo stesso giorno e che ci sono situazioni particolari(giocatori in europa,cina)
i primi giorni di mercato saranno frenetici perchè diverse squadre non hanno proprio numericamente gli uomini per allenarsi.

Poi all'esordio i finalisti Heat vedranno la consegna degli anelli ai Mavs campioni

Sarà una stagione piena di record,molti dei quali negativi però....

[Syd]

Nene won’t lack for suitors. The Golden State Warriors, New Jersey Nets, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers, Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks and Portland Trail Blazers are among the teams that figure to have interest.

Nene, 29, says he wants to play for a contender – perhaps at the expense of a more lucrative contract elsewhere. The Heat and Mavericks, who will both be over the salary cap, should be happy to hear that.

“It’s not about the money,” Nene said. “If I wanted to retire today I could retire because I saved my money. So right now I want to be happy and improve. That’s what I want. That’s what everybody wants. I need help. I need good players around. People say, ‘Nene, the last six years you averaged 14 points and eight or seven rebounds.’ OK, but they don’t say why.

“Right now I want to happy first. Two, I want to win. Money? Money, I am going to have because I worked and busted my butt. Money will come.”

Nene is arguably the top free agent in a thin group that also includes Mavericks center Tyson Chandler(notes), New Orleans Hornets forward David West(notes) and Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol(notes), who is a restricted free agent

[A.M.33]

vieni da noi nene

[Aimo]

ingordo

[A.M.33]

non si è mai troppo sazi......specie se si è ancora a bocca asciutta

[badboi]

Qual è il primo giorno utile per il mercato?

[Franco]

il 9 forse..

[il borbone]

sì, il 9.

[badboi]

sì, il 9.

grazie, l'avevo nel frattempo trovato. 9 primo giorno utile per firmare ma agenti, giocatori e team da oggi ufficialmente in talks se non ho capito male.

[Syd]

Pacers talk with Celtics about Rondo deal
By Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports

As Boston Celtics general manager Danny Ainge aggressively pursues possible deals for Rajon Rondo(notes), the Indiana Pacers have emerged as an intriguing suitor for the point guard, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

For the past few days, Pacers officials – and third-party surrogates – have been making calls and gathering information and insight into Rondo’s reputation as a teammate and leader, sources said.

The Pacers and Celtics have discussed the preliminary framework of a deal, but two sources said Indiana would need a third team to provide Boston with the talent it wants to do a deal. The Celtics are likely trying to gather the necessary pieces to make a bid for Ainge’s ultimate target: New Orleans point guard Chris Paul(notes), sources said.

It was unclear if the Pacers had begun to reach out to broaden discussions, but there was an expectation they would do so.

The Celtics have been gauging Rondo’s trade value for more than a year, and have held discussions with teams about him across the past few trade deadlines and NBA drafts. There have long been divides within Boston’s front office, coaching staff and locker room about Rondo. He can be moody, difficult and stubborn, and several league sources were dubious if the Pacers’ young coach, Frank Vogel, would have the stature to deal with Rondo.

Boston could be trying to gather players to make a more attractive bid for Paul, sources said. New Orleans has shown no interest in a deal that would include Rondo and any combination of Celtics teammates. Yet, New Orleans GM Dell Demps is determined to get maximum value for Paul, if it’s clear the point guard sees his future elsewhere. Demps has no desire to simply let Paul walk away as a free agent to New York.

Most teams in the league are engaging New Orleans about Paul, whose intentions are to get to the New York Knicks as a free agent in the summer of 2012. Paul does have some history in Oklahoma City, having played there with the Hornets in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, but the Thunder have resisted dialogue on a Paul-for-Russell Westbrook(notes) deal, sources said.

The Thunder are prepared to make Westbrook a substantial contract offer – probably a maximum deal – in the near future

[badboi]

nn capisco chi potrebbe essere interessante per NO tra i giocatori di Indiana

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As you know, there’s a big difference between contracts NBA players signed with teams in Europe and those signed by players in China. FIBA required deals with European teams to include opt-out clauses allowing players to return to the NBA upon the end of the lockout; the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) forbade them.

Chandler, Kenyon Martin, Smith and Brooks, among others, signed contracts with Chinese teams, and now, some NBA teams have interest in bringing them back to America.
The Denver Post reported that Martin will honor his contract, and Chandler is now saying the same thing.
“What can I do? I have my contract with Chinese team, I won’t fly away, I can’t fly away. I’ll stay here in China,” Chandler said.
Smith, Martin and Brooks will probably end up saying the same thing.
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They have to play in China, and return to the NBA in March. The CBA season is much shorter, so J.R., Aaron and Wilson could take part in the playoffs. If play well, they can get a good contract next summer,” Luchey said.

But a China-based agent told me earlier this week, “If the NBA stars want to escape from China, of course they can find some ways. Absent from practice, maybe even games. I don’t think there’s no way out.”

[Mattia]

i rumors

[Aimo]

mi illuminano le giornate i rumors