The Rockets absolutely DECIMATED the Jazz tonight. It was a 45 point win and the worst home loss in Utah history. They've now strung 3 wins together and if they can beat Denver on Wednesday, then they can end January on a high note after the ing abysmal run they had earlier in the month.

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Damn I wish the Kings would stay in Sac.

I swear the Maloofs have been running the team into the ground for the last 10 years. No recent big name free agent signings, no money spent on coaching, have some of the lowest payroll in the league year after year... how do you expect the team to be good?

Then you don't sell the team to a local seller and use all of Sacramento's efforts to keep the team to get a better deal with Seattle (who by the way is desperate themselves to get a team). What a bunch of scumbags.

Like someone else mentioned, the only good thing to come out of the deal (as a Kings fan) would be that the Maloofs would no longer own the team.

Can't describe how much it blows that the Kings have been tanking all of these years under the Maloofs only to be traded away. After years of mediocrity, when these horrible owners are finally removed from ownership and the Kings show new hope for change... they are sold to another city.

The new owner in Memphis sucks. Basically ruined any chance of his team competing for a title in the near future.

LOL @ Cuban being the idiot that he is not taking Calderon because he didn't want to part with ing Wince Carter of all people, thought the bank of Cuban was supposed to be open

Looks like Rudy Gay is reportedly heading to Toronto. While this seems like a dumb move on Memphis' part IMO, I'm perfectly happy with it as I'm a Rockets fan and the Grizzles are in our division Not to mention the fact the Rockets actually traded the draft pick that became Rudy Gay to Memphis for ing scraps.

Originally Posted by renique46 LOL @ Cuban being the idiot that he is not taking Calderon because he didn't want to part with ing Wince Carter of all people, thought the bank of Cuban was supposed to be open

That doesn't make any sense. Carter has a very reasonable contract for the rest of this year and next and he plays well for the 3 million he makes. You would flip that guy for an expiring contract? Had the Mavs had a chance to get some decent assets I am sure they would have thought of parting with him, but not for an expiring contract.

Watch out the rest of the NBA, because HE is coming



Also good win for the Bulls against the Bucks tonight. Knocking on the door for that second seed in the East cause nobody want to play Miami until the Conference Finals.

Time to play another game of what scrub will have the game of his life against the Lakers D

Tonights contestant : Michael Beasley

Props to Joey Crawford once again blatantly ignoring fouls and travels

these refs need to start stepping it up or have money taken away but who am i kidding stern wont do shit

the end of the raptors/hawks game was pathetic

dude gets annihilated by 3 dudes in the paint and somehow nobody sees anything, Dwayne Casey has every right to be pissed off

Originally Posted by PimpLimp Looks like Rudy Gay is reportedly heading to Toronto. While this seems like a dumb move on Memphis' part IMO, I'm perfectly happy with it as I'm a Rockets fan and the Grizzles are in our division Not to mention the fact the Rockets actually traded the draft pick that became Rudy Gay to Memphis for ing scraps.

Couple Points

Rudy is on a max contract and shooting 40 pct from the field. Some of him not avging the numbers he could be avging is the Grizzlies system but he's really not a max player. That being said, he is a very good player, inconsistent, but I think capable of somewhere between 22-24 ppg for the Raptors.

This move gives the Grizz room to re-sign Tony Allen in the summer and maybe go after another free agent for the mid level. Tayshaun Prince will fit in seamlessly with the defense and provide some desperately needed 3pt shooting while Ed Davis will help frontcourt depth. ZBo is only getting older unfortunately and eventually Ed can take over.

So basically Rudy is way too inconsistent of a player for the price and I'm very happy with this trade. I really don't think this will have an impact on how well the Grizz will perform in the playoffs this year. I think this team can make the 2nd round or even the WCF, but the Grizz are solidly in the 4th spot and are just a step below the 3 premier teams in the West. The issues with this team are on offense and there have been multiple games where Rudy shot an abysmal %.

We were waiting for Rudy to make the jump from pretty good player to star and it just never happened. Don't forget that the 2011 playoff run was w/o Rudy. While Zach was playing much better ball back then, playing even more inside/out will only help the Grizz.

Edit: I'm giving props to myself for this: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...88#post9238788

Even though it was probably a somewhat popular opinion, it was the day after the season started last year.

RIP, Jerry Buss.

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/s...-owner-dies-80

He will be missed... :(

Harden was an absolute animal tonight against the Thunder. He put up a career-high in points and Lin wasn't slouching either. Really glad we got the win.

Don't know what to think about the trade that they made just before the game though. Seems like we traded P Patt, who had clearly developed his 3-point shooting this season, for some rookie PF from the Kings that I haven't really heard of. But whatever. He was the 5th pick, so I guess he could have some potential.

Originally Posted by PimpLimp Harden was an absolute animal tonight against the Thunder. He put up a career-high in points and Lin wasn't slouching either. Really glad we got the win. Don't know what to think about the trade that they made just before the game though. Seems like we traded P Patt, who had clearly developed his 3-point shooting this season, for some rookie PF from the Kings that I haven't really heard of. But whatever. He was the 5th pick, so I guess he could have some potential.

Robinson was a beast at Kansas.

Vinsanity continues to turn back the clock. Aside from the rookie deals, he might be the best bargain in the NBA

I think Houston got a steal in Robinson. Patterson is an OK player, but 3 point % isn't really something I'm looking for from a PF. He also isn't a great rebounder. Like Casey said, Robinson was great at KU, and I think he'll really improve once he gets some minutes in Houston.

I wonder what my team was thinking. JJ was one of the only good things on our team and we dealt him off vs extending an offer. What we got in return was even more youth, no mid profile type player either.

This smell like the reverse of Otis Smith...

Man those Warriors alrernates are even worse when you see them used in the game.

Originally Posted by antlp89 Damn I wish the Kings would stay in Sac. I swear the Maloofs have been running the team into the ground for the last 10 years. No recent big name free agent signings, no money spent on coaching, have some of the lowest payroll in the league year after year... how do you expect the team to be good? Then you don't sell the team to a local seller and use all of Sacramento's efforts to keep the team to get a better deal with Seattle (who by the way is desperate themselves to get a team). What a bunch of scumbags. Like someone else mentioned, the only good thing to come out of the deal (as a Kings fan) would be that the Maloofs would no longer own the team. Can't describe how much it blows that the Kings have been tanking all of these years under the Maloofs only to be traded away. After years of mediocrity, when these horrible owners are finally removed from ownership and the Kings show new hope for change... they are sold to another city.

Well it looks like things aren't getting any better for the Kings either. Stern went on record yesterday saying that Seattle currently has the better offer on the table and that the current offer from Sacramento isn't comparable.

This surprisingly isn't the Maloofs fault either. Mayor (and former player) Kevin Johnson and the investors are apparently the hold up.

Even though it's a win-win for my Rockets when it comes to who loses in this Lakers/Warriors game, but I was really hoping the Lakers could upset Golden State so we could jump them in the seedings.

But oh well. Assuming the Lakers do manage to hold onto the 8th seed, no way they get out of the first round.

Originally Posted by PimpLimp Even though it's a win-win for my Rockets when it comes to who loses in this Lakers/Warriors game, but I was really hoping the Lakers could upset Golden State so we could jump them in the seedings. But oh well. Assuming the Lakers do manage to hold onto the 8th seed, no way they get out of the first round.

I feel that if the Lakers are looking for a shot of moving on, it'd be against San Antonio. They don't want to see OKC and dont have enough time to earn anything higher seed-wise. If the Lakers play the way they have been recently and Gasol can stay healthy, the Spurs are the better matchup for them.

That game also was win for myself, being a die hard Mavs fan, as we're now only 1.5GB. Running out of time and we definitely have the tougher schedule, but stranger things have happened.

Nice to see Cloppers trying to outdo the Lakers in losing to shitty teams they have no business losing to