NBA Playoffs

[warreng88]

Same here, that means my Magic made a great trade! I see Dwight going to the Rockets or maybe the Nets

And the Nets are already at $82,685,196, almost $25 million over the salary cap. I guess they could get rid of Lopez, but he is only making $13.5 versus $20 so that would bring their salary to $89 million and change. That would mean they would have to pay an additional $45 million in luxury tax. That's a lot of coin...

[MonkeesFan]

And the Nets are already at $82,685,196, almost $25 million over the salary cap. I guess they could get rid of Lopez, but he is only making $13.5 versus $20 so that would bring their salary to $89 million and change. That would mean they would have to pay an additional $45 million in luxury tax. That's a lot of coin...

Yeah, that is alot so I guess Dallas is the only option?

[warreng88]

Yeah, that is alot so I guess Dallas is the only option?

Dallas would be a great option because Dirk is going to be done in a few years. He could go to one of teams that aren't so good who have money to spend like the Bobcats, Hornets (refuse to call them the Pelicans), Kings or suns. I would think Dallas or Utah would be a good fit for him.

[MonkeesFan]

Dallas would be a great option because Dirk is going to be done in a few years. He could go to one of teams that aren't so good who have money to spend like the Bobcats, Hornets (refuse to call them the Pelicans), Kings or suns. I would think Dallas or Utah would be a good fit for him.

I agree

[BoulderSooner]

I saw Dwight going to the Rockets before they signed Harden to $80,000,000, five year deal. I am not sure they are willing to pay another almost $20 million a year to get Howard. If everyone except Asik stays, that would put their salary at $46,350,551. Add to that $20 million and you are looking at $66 million and change. If the salary cap were to stay at $58 million, that would put them $8 million over which would mean they would have to pay a luxury tax of $12,750,000. Not sure if they are willing to do that or not.

salary cap is 58 mil ... the luxury tax limit is 70.3 mil

[warreng88]

salary cap is 58 mil ... the luxury tax limit is 70.3 mil

That's right, that's my fault. I guess that would put the Rockets under the luxury tax limit, so it would be a possibility for him to move to Houston. Again, they had a lot of interest in him before he went to LA.

[Sonny_Crockett]

The Lakers getting swept is going to be the ultimate highlight of the playoffs!

[Teo9969]

Nope...OKC winning the Title will be the ultimate highlight!

[Sonny_Crockett]

Nope...OKC winning the Title will be the ultimate highlight!

Have faith OKC can survive without Westbrook and LeBron gets hurt, otherwise Miami repeats. That idiot Bill Plaschke on ESPN says there shouldn't even be the NBA playoffs and that David stern should just hand the NBA title over to the Heat after the regular season.

[MonkeesFan]

Nope...OKC winning the Title will be the ultimate highlight!

Until Lebron, Dwyane, and Christopher retires, the Thunder is not winning anything

[MonkeesFan]

Have faith OKC can survive without Westbrook and LeBron gets hurt, otherwise Miami repeats. That idiot Bill Plaschke on ESPN says there shouldn't even be the NBA playoffs and that David stern should just hand the NBA title over to the Heat after the regular season.

Might as well do it, the Heat is winning the Finals this year anyway

[warreng88]

As much as I would love to see the Thunder win the playoffs, I don't think they can do it without the #6 scorer in the league. The second best thing to the Thunder winning the title would be the Knicks beating the Heat and the Spurs beating the Knicks to win it all again. There is no reason to just give Miami the title. They still have a lot of work ahead of them. Getting past Chicago (most likely) and Indiana or NY is not going to be a cakewalk.

[MonkeesFan]

Alright,

Theoretical, granted...


IF <--- just humor me

it looked like we could win the title, would Thunder bring back Westbrook for a game to get a ring? Or does he get one even if he doesn't play?

Yeah, Westbrook will get a ring no matter what

[warreng88]

Alright,

Theoretical, granted...


IF <--- just humor me

it looked like we could win the title, would Thunder bring back Westbrook for a game to get a ring? Or does he get one even if he doesn't play?

Oh yeah. At half, send him into the locker room and if it looks like it is looking good and more importantly on our home court, let him on the court playing SG, not doing much.

[Anonymous.]

I guarantee you if OKC won the championship this year, the party would go to where ever Russell is.

[Sonny_Crockett]

Game 5 Wednesday night at the Peake!

[Just the facts]

Game 5 Wednesday night at the Peake!

You might want to hold off on that. Although it is aggravating as hell watching the Thunder take 3s when nearly every Rocket on the floor is 1 foul away from fouling out. Drive the damn ball to the basket and make them foul or give up a layup..

[zookeeper]

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[Just the facts]

Well that sucked. Westbrook or no Westbrook - the Thunder are still the worst team in the NBA with 5 seconds left in the game.

[zookeeper]

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[venture]

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Cheater. :-P

We all saw your "SWEEP! 104 to 101" post already.

[zookeeper]

Wow, sorry I passed along false news of the Thunder victory, I deleted the post. I came back in the room, the page at NBA.com showed a Thunder win.

[zookeeper]

Cheater. :-P

We all saw your "SWEEP! 104 to 101" post already.

See above post. NBA.com really screwed up. Sorry.

[zookeeper]

Look! It's still showing that!
NBA TV Companion

[Jim Kyle]

That's the game 3 score. They're not quite up to real-time reporting, obviously!