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I don't care about LeBron the person, all I care about is LeBron the player, so as far as I am concerned nothing has changed, he is just on a better team now.

Awards: Most Valuable Player: Dwight Howard Defensive Player of the Year: Dwight Howard Rookie of the Year: John Wall Sixth Man of the Year: Mike Miller if he doesn't start All NBA First Team: G. Wade G. Kobe F. LBJ F. Pau C. Dwight All Defensive First Team: G. Rondo G. Kobe F. LBJ F. Josh Smith C. Dwight All Rookie First Team: G. Wall G. Turner F. Monroe F. Wesley Johnson C. Cousins Regular Season Leaders: PPG: 1. Durant 2. Kobe 3. LBJ RPG: 1. Dwight 2. Bosh 3. David Lee APG: 1. CP3 2. Nash 3. Deron

We know he wants to go to Toronto.

Bounce 3 times spin it backwards and let it roll in the left hand while bending the knees, once it stops spinning comfortably let it fly.

get in your time machine and go back to 2005.

I can agree with that. With Payton.

Cool to see LBJ is hanging with players outside of Wade/Bosh.

The worst part about all of this is that Stern is probably happy this is happening.

this list is turrible. Dirk Pau Bosh Amare Duncan rest don't matter. I believe Bosh is better than Pau but I don't feel like arguing about it, somehow Bosh will put up worse numbers this year but because he is on a 60 win team he will somehow be better.

I think they are probably better off going this route since they will get televised more than if they played in Europe, but hopefully top prospects don't go there commonly. People will have more access to what they are doing and how they look than if they played in Europe.

I would love it if Houston used the Knicks picks in a deal to obtain Melo.

"Lakers should trade for him and he can replace Kobe down the line"

Well it is extremely hard to argue with 2 MVP's regardless of what system you are playing in.

can't tell if this is a troll attempt or not, wouldn't be surprised if you were serious. Anyways the answer is no, you need a Kevin Garnett or a Ben Wallace to be the best defensive team of all time.

your attitude/sarcasm is extremely annoying. what I meant to say was a sophomore not rookie contract (I am sure you will consider this backpedalling but this is of course your goal to annoy me as usual). I don't think a player should win a most improved award when his improvement is expected more than ever (sophomore, even 3rd year which is why I don't like Brooks winning this past year), which is in his 2nd season lol. 2 sophomores have won it in the past 15 years or so, I could be off by 1 or 2, but thanks for the basketball lesson. let me re-write my original post with more clarity: I wouldn't suggest anyone picking Demar or anyone like that, a sophomore has won the award only twice in the past decade and a half so I think it would be somewhat foolish to choose such a young player for an award like this! You should predict someone a few years further into their career like Beasley! lolololololol *insert 2 paragraphs of nothing here to make myself sound smart*

what is it?

can't tell if srs. how can you talk about potential? he has been in the league 6 seasons, what you see now is pretty much what you will get. best case I see Trevor Ariza in him.

Kobe isn't going anywhere anytime soon and a 40 year old Kobe would still be twice the player JR would be even with a good attitude. I don't know why anyone would want JR, I would stay as far away as possible.

Beasley is my vote for sure... I am expecting huge point totals from him this year. Maybe Bargnani, how can you vote Demar or someone that is still on their rookie contract lol...

yes it can lol. it isn't the end all be all but blocking shots is a pretty big part of defense, look at Dwight Howard, not a terrific man defender but his blocking disrupts entire offenses, same with Camby.

I think Rivers forgets that Bynum was out in 08 lol.

I see Bargnani as a player between a role player and core player. While he brings a lot of good things to the table, spread the floor, solid passer for a 7 footer, and score in the post on smaller players, block the occasional shot, he also brings a lot of bad things to the table like his sometimes non-existent help defense, and his well publicized putrid rebounding. He honestly reminds me quite a bit of a player like Al Horford in terms of his tertiary type of role on a team, not their skillsets obviously, though Horford is probably a better overall player at this point. I think Bargnani is definitely better than Okur, at least the Okur I have watched I didn't see him early in his career. I see Okur as a spot up shooter offensively but Bargnani is deceptively quick and can blow past his defender occasionally, he is actually surprisingly explosive on the perimeter at times. Bargnani needs to take that next step as a player, he has the skills to become better on the defensive end, hopefully with Bosh gone he becomes more assertive because that has always been his biggest weakness as far as I am concerned, his assertiveness. I think he can be a contributor on a winning team, but I don't think he can be a featured offensive player (first or second option at least). He has always been at his best playing off others, he just needs to continue to refine his skills on the defensive end, especially on the glass. He might be an occasional all-star because of the lack of C's, but the key to our future lies in Demar and hopefully a top 5 pick this year, as well as Ed Davis.

Trade Turner+Brand for Melo. Lol jk, I would trade everything except him and Holiday, that means I package whatever attractive assets I have in hopes of dumping the bad contracts. I am not a believer in Speights at all, I get rid of him asap. I don't know much about Turner but from what I take he will be an all-star, will he be a superstar though? If not they are going to need to add another top 5 pick alongside him or another all-star some way. This is why you clean house now, don't go for the playoffs go for the lotto. Take the same route with Turner the Thunder did with Durant. Clean house, have Holiday and Turner grow together and over the next 2-3 years add lottos and slowly progress to the playoffs, it will be painfull for a bit like it was in Seattle/OKC, but in the end it will be worth it.

If I am the Knicks GM I offer Gallo, Chandler and 2 firsts for Melo... he is a top 10 player I don't [expletive] around I try and get a deal done right away. You might not win much this year with your other players but in the coming off-season you will have a ton of flexibility to put pieces around him and Amare.

Milt Polaciao (idk what happened to him lol he kinda sucked but I liked him), Anthony Parker and Sonny Weems. Also Mo-Pete. For other teams it would be Zaza Pachulia, Mickael Pietrus and Nate Robinson.