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Good morning, all. I will be live chatting NBA and anything else you want to talk about beginning at noon, EDT. You can submit questions now. Nothing is off limits.
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Hello, y’all. Just filed a video to the site, have to mess with the software for a second, then will be right back.
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Ok, sorry for the delay. Off we go …
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Since Harden is not on the 22-man roster, I’d have to say Gordon, who the Team USA hierarchy fell in love with in Turkey. They love dead-eye 3-point shooters, and Gordon already earned his stripes by playing on the team that went to the 2010 Worlds. That stuff carries a lot of weight with Colangelo and Krzyzewski.
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12:10
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Sorry for the delayed answer. Heisler called.
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12:11
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12:13
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Granger and West is waaaay too much. You’re talking about their two best players for a guy who is 31 and just came of a soft season and is not about to run himself ragged with the Spanish National Team. I think the Pacers would consider West for Gasol straight up, but even that is a somewhat risky proposition.
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I think he is going to sign with the Knicks for three years at the mid-level. He lives in NY in the summertime, he loves the city, and he is exactly what the ‘Bockers need. Moke Hamilton wrote a column last Friday (you can find it on the homepage or in his columnist archive on the right sidebar) saying if the Knicks were forced to choose between Nash and Jeremy Lin they should choose Nash, because they are trying to win now. They’re already an oldish team with Chandler, Stoudemire and ‘Melo, and Nash is a proven commodity wheras Lin is a flash in the pan. I totally agre with Moke.
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I think if the Knicks wanted to get Dwight Howard, they’d be willing to offer ‘Melo and Chandler, but they’d want Glen Davis back instead of Turkoglu. And if I am Orlando, I want no part of Stoudemire’s uninsured contract and would demand Carmelo Anthony and Chandler. I wrote about this here:http://sheridanhoops.com/2012/05/23/dwight-howard-wants-out-of-orlando-and-nets-or-knicks-could-get-him/
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If the Magic are trying to include another player with Dwight (Turkoglu, for instance), then they need to wait until after July 1 to give the Nets the flexibility to send them back some assets via sign-and-trade (Lopez, perhaps Wallace). The best thing that can happen for Brooklyn’s chances to get stronger is for them to win one of the top three spots in the draft at the lottery next week. If they don’t land in the top 3, they have to send the pick to Portland as payment for Wallace. But it they win, it could put them over the top in the Howard Sweepstakes because they will have the draft rights to a very, very good player.
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12:24
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Oops. I have no opinion on the Tigers. Hit the wrong button.
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Hit the right button that time, Wyatt. To answer your question, I think that is all going to depend on the Oklahoma City Thunder, as they are the only true young up-and-comer that has a legitimate shot at the title. But you have to remember, young tams rarely win titles. And look what the experienced Mavs did to these same Thunder last season in the WCF. This Spurs team that the Thunder is about to play is better, IMO, than last year’s Mavs team by a lot. Quite honestly, I don’t see them getting past San Antonio with the way the Spurs have been able to operate with such amazing offensive efficiency. But we shall see.
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Jan Hubbard wrote about this on this site a couple months back. Give it a read. It addresses the age and experience issue.http://sheridanhoops.com/2012/02/06/hubbard-not-sold-on-oklahoma-city/
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I think we just might. The only two bigs the Heat have are Joel Anthony and Juwan Howard. I imagine they will activate Curry and deactivate James Jones or Norris Cole, probably Jones.
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When Jerry Sloan says he would be interested in taking a job with you, you HAVE to bring him in and talk with him. And why wouldn’t they hire him? About the only reason I can guess they wouldn’t get him is if Sloan and Michael Jordan come to an agreement in the next couple days, which would pre-empt whatever the Magic want to do. And Jordan and Sloan have spoken already (Hat tip to Steve Luhm of the Salt Lake Tribune for breaking that story). Here is the link:http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/jazz/54163647-87/sloan-coach-jazz-nba.html.csp
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Oh, you asked about percentage. As I said in my CineSport video two days ago, 1 percent. Like Larry Bird, I’ll spell it out. O-N-E.
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It is always tricky when there is legal language that can be read two different ways. Some documents have language regarding these ambiguities, and some do not. I am unsure what the new CBA says in regard to ambiguities. It has not been published online yet. But the union obviously felt that it had a strong enough case to bring it before an arbitrator.
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Jerry Sloan and Donnie Walsh. Who will they get? Too soon in the process to know. Their next order of business needs to be a sit-down with Howard, and you can bet your bottom dollar that meeting is coming soon.
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I think AK will play for Prokhorov in Brooklyn if the Nets are able to land Howard and keep Deron Williams. AK already had a max contract, so it’s not about the money for him. He was passionate enough about not letting down his teammates that he decided to stay with CSKA when the lockout ended rather than returning to the NBA. So money will not be the determining factor for him, IMO.
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12:45
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Very, very hard to say at this point, but gun-to-my-head answer is Lakers.
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I don;t think it will be about the money for him.
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12:47
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Back in 5 mins.
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12:53
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Sorry, phone call from libel lawyer who represented me recently.
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No one has reported that. But from being around the Knicks corporate culture the past dozen-plus years, and seeing how it has evolved since Dolan became captain of the ship, I don’t think Jimmy would want to bring in a guy who speaks his mind. He had that when Larry Brown was here, and Dolan cringed whenever Larry spoke. I think Woodson is a good hire, but I also believe the Knicks owe it to their fans to at least reach out to Jackson and gauge his interest. I also think it was a brutal move on their part to make Woodson fire his agent because of the agent’s family ties to Larry Brown’s agent. Very petty.
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At this point, I would have to say no. I think the only job hat would interest him would be the Knicks.
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Brooklyn. But it is a shaky prediction, because the Nets are on very shaky ground if they can’t get Dwight and they lose Wallace as a free agent if he opts out, because Deron would then leave, too, presumably for Dallas. And if that is the case, the Nets will have surrendered Derrick Favors, Devin Harris and three No. 1 picks for bupkus.
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1:04
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Thanks for joining the chat today, folks. Sorry I couldn’t get to everyone’s questions. We shall do this again tomorrow.
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