710 ESPN Podkast - Send us your Q's
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Put your thinking caps on.
I've been trying to remember back to the Cleveland Cav's of the early - mid 80's. As I recall the NBA passed a special rule requiring Cleveland to submit any and all trades of players and/or draft picks to the league office because of some of the ridiculous trades they had been making. (I think they may have traded a 1st rounder for a vacuum cleaner one year. Ha!)
Does anyone else remember this rule or the circumstances? I can't seem to find a reference to it anywhere.
Posted by: Laker Larry | April 30, 2009 at 03:05 PM
131-92 and BUTLER are one and the same. The guy isn't a Celtics fan. He's just a troll, aiming to rile up the Lakers blog faithful. A true Celtics fan's tongue would be tempered by the remaining foul taste of 20+ years of basketball obscurity. One championship per decade does not a franchise remake.
Trust me on this one: Ignore BUTLER, aka 131-92. No, Steve Nash is not the greatest point guard of all time. Yes, Rondo looks like a woman sans wig.
Go Lake Show!
Posted by: The Outlaw | April 30, 2009 at 03:18 PM
Longtime,
I understand everyone makes mistakes. I just wasnt sure if I was missing something when you kept bringing up the Sixers.
Heres my take on the Rondo foul ... That was the game tying basket. I dont think he was going for the ball and I dont think he was trying to slug him in the mouth. I think he was swinging at his arm to foul him and stop him from an easy score. He missed the arm and caught him in the face.
Same as when Shaq would go for a dunk and somebody wraped him up. The guy isnt going for the ball in this case just trying to prevent a dunk. Things are going on rather quickly and sometimes you dont hit the arm or whatever you trying to hit.
Now if somebody takes Rondo out "intentionally" not just a hard foul to prevent him from scoring thats different.
Just like if you kill somebody the penalty is different than if its premeditated even though the results are the same.
Bottom line is that Im sure if you ask your Laker team if they would have done the same or wanted a teammate to do the same they would say yes.
What was Rondo to do? Just stand there and catch a game tying basket. Give me a break!
Posted by: 131-92 | April 30, 2009 at 03:20 PM
Charles - finger point back atcha....
Magia32/Pig - yup - no one in the world is as looney-bird as Bill Testes except his brother gold teeth garnett. Who do you think would win in a cage fight? Seriously - who?
Fatty - whew. Thanks for that. I was really concerned. I'm with you, though. Free giveaways always bring the people out. Put some fans in the seats. Bring on da noise, bring on da funk. It's like a manna-miracle!!!!
Is it Monday yet? I'm dyin' ovah heah....
Posted by: justanothermambafan | April 30, 2009 at 04:10 PM
Kobeblitz,
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Nemaia was referring to the losses of PJ in the Finals, not playoff series.
Posted by: GameFaceON | April 30, 2009 at 04:28 PM
Laker Larry
- I found this at Real Gm, Larry Coon's CBA
After reading this, it became obvious to me we didn't just steal one great player in our history. Not only we did we get Gasol from Memphis, but stole James Worthy from guess who?.......... Our friends at Cleveland
The "Seven Year Rule" allows teams to trade draft picks up to seven years into the future (for example, if this is the 2008-09 season, then a 2015 pick can be traded, but a 2016 pick cannot). It is common to "protect" picks depending on their position (e.g. "we keep it if it's in the lottery, otherwise you get it"). This helps to avoid a repeat of some unfortunate past trades, such as the trade between the Cavs and Lakers where LA received what turned out to be the first overall pick in the 1982 draft, with which they selected James Worthy. It is common for these protections to relax over several years. For example, a team might convey its own pick in the first draft in which such pick is not a "Protected Pick," where a Protected Pick is defined as picks 1-14 in 2008; 1-10 in 2009; 1-6 in 2010; and unprotected in 2011. If the team owns one of the protected picks in 2008, 2009 or 2010, then they keep it; otherwise it is conveyed to the other team. If they make it to 2011 without having conveyed a pick, then the other team gets their 2011 pick unconditionally.
Teams are restricted from trading away future first round draft picks in consecutive years. This is known as the "Ted Stepien Rule." Stepien owned the Cavs from 1980-83, and made a series of bad trades (such as the above-mentioned 1982 trade) that cost the Cavs several years' first round picks. As a result of Stepien's ineptitude, teams are now prevented from making trades which might leave them without a first round pick in consecutive future years.
The Stepien rule applies only to future first round picks. For example, if this is the 2005-06 season, then a team can trade its 2006 first round pick without regard to whether they had traded their 2005 pick, since their 2005 pick is no longer a future pick. But they can't trade away both their 2006 and 2007 picks, since both are future picks. Teams sometimes work around this rule by trading first round picks in alternate years.
Posted by: Fatty | April 30, 2009 at 05:21 PM
God told me that the cavs will beat us in the finals. He didnt tell me in how many games. He gave me signs to prove that they were gonna loose. And what ever he says is true. I hope he will change his mind. At least they will make it to the finals again but whats the point if there gonna loose again. Dang man life sucks
Posted by: omega | April 30, 2009 at 12:59 AM
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Leave the Magic Mushrooms alone and quit worshipping false idols.
Posted by: JustaLakerFan | April 30, 2009 at 05:41 PM
socalife,
I hope Howard realizes he is not receiving half the punishment that Shaq received. O'Neal didn't go crazy till the Chicago Game when both Oakley and Miller.
Though Shaq got flack for giving punishment, people forget he taketh.
Posted by: Charles | April 30, 2009 at 10:37 AM
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How true! I even remember Shaq downcourt in a game against the bulls alone except for Dennis Rodman.
The camera panned down and the announcers laughed that Rodman was jumping all over Shaq, pounding him with fist and elbows and Shaq ignoring him likke he was a fly on his back.
If Shaq would have gotten pissed and retaliated against Rodman, Shaq would have been vialified and Rodman would have been done.
Posted by: JustaLakerFan | April 30, 2009 at 05:54 PM
Oops - hit return by mistake.
I was saying that Bill Ron is sooooo crazy pills he probably owns his own funny farm...
Posted by: justanothermambafan | April 30, 2009 at 07:00 PM