Inspirira njega prvenstveno lov na 6. prsten i Kareemov rekord, sve ostalo su priče za malu djecu.

morat ce zrtvovat malo svoje place da bi uopce mogo razmisljat o 6. prstenu

Rival owners and GMs are PISSED about the Nets

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--ne...180604173.html

The signing of Russian free agent Andrei Kirilenko – a $10 million-a-year player last season – for Brooklyn's $3.1 mini-midlevel exception has transformed rival owners and front office executives into an angry mob of disbelievers.

The insinuations are unmistakable: Around the NBA, there are calls for the commissioner's office to investigate the possibilities of side deals and Russian rubles ruling the day – for now, unfounded charges based on circumstance and appearances.

Once the Russian billionaire convinced a superb Russian player to take $7 million less to be a backup to Pierce, the rest of the NBA's reaction was instant and uproarious. For the first time now, the Nets have truly arrived as a contending franchise. They're good, with a chance to be great, and the rest of the NBA wants an investigation.

"Brazen," one Western Conference GM told Yahoo! Sports.

"Let's see if the league has any credibility," one NBA owner told Yahoo! Sports. "It's not about stopping it. It's about punishing them if they're doing it."

Another Eastern Conference GM: "There should be a probe. How obvious is it?"

The telephone calls and text messages kept coming on Thursday night and Friday morning, and the reason was simple: Few trust Prokhorov to honor the NBA's salary-cap rules and regulations. He made his $15 billion fortune in the wild 1990s in Russia in what he called, "cowboy territory with no sheriff." Bribes were part of the business culture, and Prokhorov confessed to his part in it.


Ko se sjeća slučaja Joe Smith i Mchalea tamo 90-ih

@ madmax Wolvesi nisu plaćali Smitha "ispod stola" kao što se ovdje sugerira nego su mu obećali veliki ugovor kad steknu bird prava (ako se dobro sjećam problem je bio što su to stavili na papir i to je procurilo u javnost )...

Pa? Ista stvar može biti ovdje, možda je Prokharov obećao Kirilenku negu uslugu u budućnosti, ako nekog treba koknut recimo, ili privatni avion

mislim da je Prokhorov obećao Kirilenku uslugu u sadašnjosti, a ne u budućnosti  i siguran sam da će to jako dobro sakriti od Sterna/Silvera tako da se neće ponoviti slučaj Smith 

Uzalud sve, ali Rusi uvijek nađu način

Williams/Pierce/Johnson/Garnett/Lopez, Kirilenko/Terry/Blatche/Teletović/Evans

Dovoljno dubine i kad srežu rotaciju na 8-9 igača u playoffu, sad jedino pitanje hoće li starci izdržat ritam sezone.

Petorka je strava, spoj iskustva i kvalitete, na klupi jedan od boljih šestih Terry te Kirilenko koji igra odlično pod stare dane, Evans će donjeti energiju sa klupe a Tele će zbuniti protivnike sa air-ballima, rookie Plumlee će učiti od KG-a, Williams > Rondo, Lopez > Perk, Johnson i Allen su tu negdje, ovako na papiru mogu do naslova


Inaće bi rekao bi da je problem uigravanje ali KG i Pierce se znaju godinama a ostatak momčadi Netsa su isto dugo skupa.