D-Will to follow DH12 (forget about him coming to BOS)

[greenpride32]

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/218455/Source_Williams_Future_With_Nets_Completely_Tied_To_Howardhttp://

Deron Williams' would prefer to remain with the Nets, but that appears to be predicated on the team's ability to acquire Dwight Howard, say sources.

Williams will sign a new deal with the Nets if Howard ends up joining him in Brooklyn.

The Mavericks, the Knicks and the Lakers would be his preferred options if he leaves the Nets, according to sources close to the situation.

If Howard is traded to another team that he plans on re-signing with, the Nets will begin to explore a trade of Williams, according to a source.

Doesn't appear we'll have any shot at D-Will; unless of couse we can pull off landing DH12 AND D-Will.

[letsgoblue86]

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/218455/Source_Williams_Future_With_Nets_Completely_Tied_To_Howardhttp://

Deron Williams' would prefer to remain with the Nets, but that appears to be predicated on the team's ability to acquire Dwight Howard, say sources.

Williams will sign a new deal with the Nets if Howard ends up joining him in Brooklyn.

The Mavericks, the Knicks and the Lakers would be his preferred options if he leaves the Nets, according to sources close to the situation.

If Howard is traded to another team that he plans on re-signing with, the Nets will begin to explore a trade of Williams, according to a source.

Doesn't appear we'll have any shot at D-Will; unless of couse we can pull off landing DH12 AND D-Will.

These guys sicken me. I don't remember Michael Jordan demanding a trade when he couldn't win a title in the 80's.

[j804]

This crap is getting out of hand agreed

[Lucky17]

If Stern can fine GMs for commenting on acquiring players who are under contract with other teams, can't he fine players who say "I'll go where he goes?"

[jc3celticsphan]

trade the big 4 for deron n dwight the only way we get him ray and kg come back next year maybe

[KCattheStripe]

How dare players use free agency to determine what the best situation for them to work is! HOW DARE THEY! Who do they think they are? Americans?

[LarBrd33]

If you traded Pierce for an expiring contract, you could have 34-38 mil in cap space next year and probably just enough to sign Deron and Dwight (if they even make it to free agency without signing extensions).

Just saying...

[PosImpos]

How dare players use free agency to determine what the best situation for them to work is! HOW DARE THEY! Who do they think they are? Americans?

free agency is one thing, but what the players have been doing in recent seasons basically undermines the ability of GMs to actually plan how they want to build their team. 

i know some people are not at all bothered by the idea of the players being the GMs, but to me that's a pretty sad state of affairs.  i want a league where the best teams are the ones that are best managed, not the ones that all the best players decided to flock to.

[KCattheStripe]

How dare players use free agency to determine what the best situation for them to work is! HOW DARE THEY! Who do they think they are? Americans?

free agency is one thing, but what the players have been doing in recent seasons basically undermines the ability of GMs to actually plan how they want to build their team. 

i know some people are not at all bothered by the idea of the players being the GMs, but to me that's a pretty sad state of affairs.  i want a league where the best teams are the ones that are best managed, not the ones that all the best players decided to flock to.

Would you have this same feeling in any other business?

[nickagneta]

Well if they want to play together this is the only solution.

Let everyone expire and renounce them.

Amnesty Pierce.

That would leave about #35 million in cap space.

Sign Dwight Howard and Deron Wiiliams to matching 5 year-$85 million deals.

Trade Rondo to Portland for Wesley Matthews and a S&T Nic Batum.

Resign Brandon Bass, Mickael Pietrus and Ray Allen.

Draft two rookies. Sign vet mins.

Starters

Deron Williams
Ray Allen
Nic Batum
Brandon Bass
Dwight Howard

Bench
Wesley Matthews
Mickael Pietrus
Avery Bradley
1st rounder
1st rounder
E'Twaun Moore
JaJuan Johnson
Greg Stiemsma
Vet min center
Vet min PF

Yeah yeah. I know, I'm dreaming, but that is one heck of a one year rebuild. Right?

[PosImpos]

How dare players use free agency to determine what the best situation for them to work is! HOW DARE THEY! Who do they think they are? Americans?

free agency is one thing, but what the players have been doing in recent seasons basically undermines the ability of GMs to actually plan how they want to build their team. 

i know some people are not at all bothered by the idea of the players being the GMs, but to me that's a pretty sad state of affairs.  i want a league where the best teams are the ones that are best managed, not the ones that all the best players decided to flock to.

Would you have this same feeling in any other business?

No!  But this is not any other business!

This is a professional sports league with 30 teams that are all supposedly meant to have a realistic shot at competing.

[KCattheStripe]

How dare players use free agency to determine what the best situation for them to work is! HOW DARE THEY! Who do they think they are? Americans?

free agency is one thing, but what the players have been doing in recent seasons basically undermines the ability of GMs to actually plan how they want to build their team. 

i know some people are not at all bothered by the idea of the players being the GMs, but to me that's a pretty sad state of affairs.  i want a league where the best teams are the ones that are best managed, not the ones that all the best players decided to flock to.

Would you have this same feeling in any other business?

No!  But this is not any other business!

This is a professional sports league with 30 teams that are all supposedly meant to have a realistic shot at competing.

No, no it's not. All 30 teams are not supposed to be able to compete for a title. The only way to do that is to spread the talent so thin that the product would be nigh unwatchable.

There is no logical complaint or quarrel one can have with people who work in the same field wanting to work together to reach new heights in that field.

[ozman]

players have always been bigger then the team in this league, but man its getting ridiculous

[Marcus13]

Good idea for D-Will.  It's the only way you can compete in this league anymore

[PosImpos]

How dare players use free agency to determine what the best situation for them to work is! HOW DARE THEY! Who do they think they are? Americans?

free agency is one thing, but what the players have been doing in recent seasons basically undermines the ability of GMs to actually plan how they want to build their team.  

i know some people are not at all bothered by the idea of the players being the GMs, but to me that's a pretty sad state of affairs.  i want a league where the best teams are the ones that are best managed, not the ones that all the best players decided to flock to.

Would you have this same feeling in any other business?

No!  But this is not any other business!

This is a professional sports league with 30 teams that are all supposedly meant to have a realistic shot at competing.

No, no it's not. All 30 teams are not supposed to be able to compete for a title. The only way to do that is to spread the talent so thin that the product would be nigh unwatchable.

There is no logical complaint or quarrel one can have with people who work in the same field wanting to work together to reach new heights in that field.

Sure there is.  You can't treat the NBA, or any other professional sports league, as if it is a job market like any other.  It operates totally differently.

The better analogy is that the NBA is one large business and the teams are sub-sets of that business.  The business makes money by entertaining fans, and each sub-set is an integral part of the product that the NBA offers.

A league governed entirely by free market principles would be a joke of competitive balance.  Just look at European soccer leagues.


By "meant to have a realistic shot at competing," by the way, I don't mean in a given season.  That's obviously not the case.  But the idea is that each team operates under more or less the same rules with more or less the same resources.  The best teams should be the ones that do the most under those rules with those resources, not who has the most money, the best location, or the star with the most friends.