[CBS Sports] Howard no lock for Lakers; interested in Rockets

It is absolutely circumvention and your description nails it.

IF they made that deal under the table, the Lakers would refuse to honor it. If Dwight and his agent caused a fuss at all they'd have to make public their agreement. If they did that, Stern could veto his contract, there could be perjury charges, the Lakers would get slammed with fines and draft pick compensation. And after all that he still wouldn't be able to go to the Nets.

 

Bwar - har - ha ha !!! :grin:

 

ahh yah thanks...I am being more careful in my responses now haha.

 

Rockets' latest twitter following...

 

The Rockets started following Dwight last off-season, didn't they?

 

Guess they unfollowed him somewhere along the way, because it's showing on my activity feed that they just followed him.

 

I believe last offseason they followed hedo, big baby and earl clark along with Dwight right? Seems to me they might just be trolling, whoever controls the Rockets' twitter feed has a pretty good sense of humor about things

 

Most likely so. Probably means as much as the Johnny Rockets "clue" did.

 

if you want a good laugh go look at what some of the dallas mavericks fans are saying

http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/mave...lan-d12-are-rockets-bigger-threat-than-lakers

 

The what have they done in the last 10 years thing always strikes me as desperation, just about everyone knows it doesn't mean a great deal.

Maybe someone should take a time machine back to 2004 and tell Shaq not to go to Miami, and on your way, be sure to let KG and Ray Allen know about Boston, past 10 years and everything.

Plenty of teams have winning cultures (plenty have losing too), but beyond that it's all about the players, your results in 2008 don't matter, your roster does.

 

Geez, I wonder who has reasons to tell Steve Kyler del HoopsMondo that Houston is a "fractured organization" that Dwight should be careful about joining.

 

Not sure how a fractured organization managed to get the most inexperienced team in the league into the playoffs...but hey I guess we did it...

 

I know there are people on this board who try to discredit McHale but when Sampson was running the show it was clearly a different product on the floor.

 

This line was the worst of his opinion on Houston...
It's a fractured organization. A coaching staff that's run by McHale, really run by his assistants, Kevin is a figurehead, a nerdy front office with Daryl Morey, that's not necessarily on the same page as the coaching staff...

There maybe some truth to it but this and the rest of the Houston rant was mere speculation on his part and really doesn't hold much water. I don't know this guy Steve Kyler but why is he trying to push back on Houston? Is he part of Dwight's camp and they are scared there's been too much good Houston buzz? Not sure. But I talk it with a grain of salt just like the Hoopsworld article yesterday that said Houston was the favorite with LA, and the others a distant 2nd.

 

What these hoopsworld (pardon me: PUKE BLARF HEAVE; ok, I'm back) creative typists don't grasp is that we wouldn't be in a position to sign Dwight if Morey were handing out ridiculous contracts like many GMs do.

Granted, Morey's moneyball approach is very revolving-door, even cold. But he'll pay those who earn it. That Kyler uses Parsons as an example is kinda douchey. Parsons is outplaying the contract he signed and can't be paid yet.

I swear, your Kylers, your Ingrams, of the world listen to agents (who are just using them to get info out) b**** about the Rockets front office but maybe they should talk to buttsore GMs who hand out huge money to the Blatches of the world.

 

9-7 a little over .500 and this is CLEARLY a different product on the floor how? We ended the season a little over .500 so i would say it was pretty much the same. And i give credit to the coaching staff for having a successful season. Was coach perfect? No. But he did get better as time went on. That is all you can ask for both your players and coaches if you ask me.

 

By your logic the Rockets played the same way as the Lakers because they tied their season record.

 

There's no truth to it at all.

Kyler employs Bill Ingram, he of "Rocket Guy" fame, who the Rockets shut out years ago due to numerous bull**** rumors and general unprofessional behavior. Since then, Ingram has published numerous hit pieces on Morey and the Rockets, going as far as to make up alleged "feuds" between players and the front office. Part for his own ego, part because controversy sells. Kyler is his boss, so...

The only guy at Hoopsworld I take at all seriously is Kennedy, and only because he's a complete kissass to NBA agents. He won't tell you the whole story, but when it comes to free agents, he'll repeat what he's fed by the player's agent. Kyler and Ingram are completely worthless.