Miami quietly fills holes and becomes very deep.

[csfansince60s]

For teams considering claim on Chauncey Billups, he tells Y!: "A leader can be as disruptive as he can be productive..This is about me now."

@WojYahooNBA


Billups will try his best to land on a contender.

Good to see that Chauncey can be a punk, too.  So much of the "classiness" we see from players is a facade.

Yup...and this follows:

Billups: "People take my kindness and professionalism for weakness. They think I’ll be OK with (getting claimed). I won’t be OK with this."

I hate David Stern, however, his stand against players going to where THEY want to go and everyone else be [dang]ed, I 100% agree with.

Mr. Big Shot is not abobe the frey I guess.....but if he wanted to play with his buds PP and KG...

[Who]

Proud of Chauncey. He should stand up for himself.

He should not be forced to play for some crappy team and waste away the twilight years of his career.

Forced? What's preventing him from filing for retirement?

Why should Chauncey be forced into retirement? That is wrong. 

[PosImpos]

Proud of Chauncey. He should stand up for himself.

He should not be forced to play for some crappy team and waste away the twilight years of his career.

Forced? What's preventing him from filing for retirement?

play for a crappy team or don't play at all.  doesn't seem like much of a choice for somebody in chauncey's position.  what does he have to play for anymore except for another ring?

[Who]

Why would an aging player want to end up on a rebuilding team 

Why should he have to be a locker room leader somewhere he doesnt even want to be? 

All he's saying is for teams to consider his position as well as their own when considering him.  I think thats pretty reasonable.

Completely agree

[barefacedmonk]

Proud of Chauncey. He should stand up for himself.

He should not be forced to play for some crappy team and waste away the twilight years of his career.

Forced? What's preventing him from filing for retirement?

Why should Chauncey be forced into retirement? That is wrong. 

How is it forced retirement? He voted for the new CBA..he knew the whole amnesty and bid thing. Why cry about it now? Either play or retire.

[Yogi]

This might be the most annoyed anyone has been to get $14 Million to not do anything.

[PosImpos]

speaking about filling holes, apparently the heat got about 70 lbs less of eddy curry than they would have prior to the lockout.

WindhorstESPN Brian Windhorst
Curry does look much better pic.twitter.com/rRhBYGvg

[kozlodoev]

speaking about filling holes, apparently the heat got about 70 lbs less of eddy curry than they would have prior to the lockout.

WindhorstESPN Brian Windhorst
Curry does look much better pic.twitter.com/rRhBYGvg

So would they void the deal for non-delivery of goods?

[j804]

Ok I dont get it what is te whole bid thing? Can't Chauncey just choose where he wants to play? Or he will go to whatever team picks him does he have a choice?

[dtrader]

Proud of Chauncey. He should stand up for himself.

He should not be forced to play for some crappy team and waste away the twilight years of his career.

Forced? What's preventing him from filing for retirement?

Why should Chauncey be forced into retirement? That is wrong. 

How is it forced retirement? He voted for the new CBA..he knew the whole amnesty and bid thing. Why cry about it now? Either play or retire.

When he left Denver (which he didnt even want to do since he was from there and had his family settled there), he was "promised hed be playing for a contender" (his agents words).  If that is the case, and part of the reason he was ok with going to NY was that promise, then I think his frustration is even more understandable.  

I do remember when they initially discussed moving him from Denver, that he considered retirement.  Like someone else said, all he has left is to play for another ring.  If he didnt think he'd be doing that, he probably would have retired and just stayed in Denver, not moving his family and forcing his kids to change schools, etc.  To throw this at him now just a year after he uprooted his family due to the promise he was given is ridiculous.

[kozlodoev]

Ok I dont get it what is te whole bid thing? Can't Chauncey just choose where he wants to play? Or he will go to whatever team picks him does he have a choice?

Instead of simply claiming someone off waivers as before, teams can now bid a portion of that player's salary -- so if multiple teams claim a player, the highest bid will win. Then the waiving team is only on the hook for the remaining salary.

[dtrader]

speaking about filling holes, apparently the heat got about 70 lbs less of eddy curry than they would have prior to the lockout.

WindhorstESPN Brian Windhorst
Curry does look much better pic.twitter.com/rRhBYGvg

Been saying this.  I wouldnt sleep on Curry.  In shape, young, + motivated to get back in the league.  He could be trouble.

[barefacedmonk]

Proud of Chauncey. He should stand up for himself.

He should not be forced to play for some crappy team and waste away the twilight years of his career.

Forced? What's preventing him from filing for retirement?

Why should Chauncey be forced into retirement? That is wrong.  

How is it forced retirement? He voted for the new CBA..he knew the whole amnesty and bid thing. Why cry about it now? Either play or retire.

When he left Denver (which he didnt even want to do since he was from there and had his family settled there), he was "promised hed be playing for a contender" (his agents words).  If that is the case, and part of the reason he was ok with going to NY was that promise, then I think his frustration is even more understandable.  

I do remember when they initially discussed moving him from Denver, that he considered retirement.  Like someone else said, all he has left is to play for another ring.  If he didnt think he'd be doing that, he probably would have retired and just stayed in Denver, not moving his family and forcing his kids to change schools, etc.  To throw this at him now just a year after he uprooted his family due to the promise he was given is ridiculous.

It doesn't matter what he was promised as long as that promise wasn't a part of his contract. I have heard plenty of players say "It's business" when they leave a team for more money...it works both ways...a team can let you go for business reasons.

[PosImpos]

speaking about filling holes, apparently the heat got about 70 lbs less of eddy curry than they would have prior to the lockout.

WindhorstESPN Brian Windhorst
Curry does look much better pic.twitter.com/rRhBYGvg

Been saying this.  I wouldnt sleep on Curry.  In shape, young, + motivated to get back in the league.  He could be trouble.

eh, he'll still be awful defensively.  he'll be a huge upgrade on offense from joel anthony, but a big downgrade defensively.  if the heat could combine joel and eddy into one player, i'd be worried.  unless eddy eats joel and absorbs his essence (wouldn't rule it out), that isn't happening.

[Moreover]

If Billups wants to play for a contender, he should have agreed to waive his salary. Instead of amnestying him, the Knicks would have bought him out.

He's merely being traded. That's what this amnesty biding process is, a trade for cash.

Billups wants the cake and to eat it too.