With the trade deadline looming Thursday afternoon, this week is gonna be filled with rumor, speculation, and lots of ridiculous crap made up by Sam Smith.
The biggest and best of these will rotate around the universe that is Jason Kidd – everyone and their best friend is predicting he goes to Los Angeles. That’d be the Lakers, not the Clippers.
Kidd is saying all the things he’s supposed to, unless you think he should be saying “trade me, please.”
“I’m an employee until they tell me otherwise,†Kidd said. “That’s the way this business works. Things change fast, and you just got to go with it. Come Thursday, it can’t come soon enough, all that stuff dies down and we [,my new team, the Lakers,] try to make it to the playoffs.â€Â
Smoke, fire, up-down, left-right, blah blah – despite the constant denials of GM Rod Thorn, Kidd is on the block. He’s gotta be – NJ is going nowhere, he makes a gazillion dollars over the next two years, and his wife is gonna burn down the Meadowlands if he’s in the building too much longer.
Jason in LA is essential for both Laker-fan’s and Jason’s health.
Putting adside the fact that there’s no 2-team deal here that will satisfy the Nets, the question is thus…does he fit in Los Angeles? While on the surface it appears the Lakers need a PG whose name isn’t Smush, if you look beneath the surface, the triangle offense isn’t exactly tailor-made for Jason Kidd. He likes putting his mitts on the ball, and it should be there for him to be effective.
Our conclusion – do it, if for no other reason than to see what Joumana will do. Can you say hell-blazin’ road trip?
(We’re bored, so we attempted some speed-posting. This post was written in 10 minutes and 43 seconds. UNGHH!)
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This post was read in 49 seconds … your move
Touche.
i didnt even read the post
Why wouldn’t he force the Nets to keep him? Doesn’t everyone want to stick around until LeBron arrives to save The Brooklyn Nets. They’re owned by a rapper after all.
From Bill Simmons’ All-Star recap. Yikes:
“I had four conversations with connected NBA people over the weekend that centered around the same themes: LeBron isn’t playing nearly as hard as he did last season; it looks like his only goal right now is to get his coach fired; he’s regressing as a basketball player (especially his passing skills and his shot selection); he made a huge mistake firing his agent and turning his career over to his buddies back home (all of whom are in over their heads); he was a much bigger problem during the Olympics than anyone realized; he doesn’t seem to be enjoying himself anymore; he has an overrated sense of his own worth and his own impact in the sports world (as witnessed by the ESPN interview last week when he answered the “What are your goals?” question with two words: “Global icon”); he’s been protected by magazine fluff pieces and buddy-buddy TV interviews for far too long; he doesn’t have the same relentless drive to keep dominating everyone like Wade and Kobe have; and basically, we’re much closer to LeBron re-enacting the career arc of Martina Hingis, Eric Lindros and Junior Griffey than anyone realizes. This will evolve into THE dominant NBA story of the next two months. You watch.”
10:43 is a QUICK post?! uh oh.
It’s not as if LeBron’s malaise is a secret to anyone who follows the team, Simmons loves to paint in broad, dramatic strokes as if he is the only one who knows these things. LeBron has some issues but they aren’t nearly as stark as Simmons wants you to think. He has this infuriating habit of writing crap like that and then, when it’s proven unfounded, he’ll either find things to prove he was mostly right or ignore that he said it altogether.
That comment is like Office Space. Because he was using his “jump to conclusions” mat. Huh? Huh? ok, stupid and strained, but that’s the Simmons’ way.
Why can’t I say the same thing twice anymore? Stop suppressing my right to be EMPHATIC EMPHATIC!
I going to hit the submit button 10.43 times, lets see how many times it shows up.
I going to hit the submit button 10.43 times, lets see how many times it shows up.
I going to hit the submit button 10.43 times, lets see how many times it shows up.
I going to hit the submit button 10.43 times, lets see how many times it shows up.
The ratio looks like 4 : 10.43
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