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Post by user9327 on Dec 24, 2010 4:43:37 GMT -5
Maybe this is LeBron's way of saying Dwayne Wade is only as good as James Worthy and Kevin McHale in comparison to his own right to the Magic and Bird of today.
Although it's hard to deny that New Jersey and Minnesota serve much purpose in the grand scheme of things, or stand a good chance at doing so going forward. Jersey has to hope to hit a home run on Melo this Summer and if not they are screwed. Minnesota paid Darko Milicic millions just so they could attempt to finish 20th overall.
Why didn't Lebron mention Cleveland and Toronto???
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Post by twinn on Dec 24, 2010 5:33:11 GMT -5
I actually agree with Lebron for once......
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Post by extreme on Dec 24, 2010 15:29:45 GMT -5
i would add Rudy Gay, Ramon Sessions, and Kevin Love on one team.
'Gay Love Sessions' would be the biggest big three in the league.
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Post by LA Times on Dec 24, 2010 19:48:18 GMT -5
I was reading an article on espn on LeBron saying the league would be better with less teams which would mean more stars on teams. LeBron said that the league would be better, more marquee games. sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=Ag3SUQUrAbcZNvvCvN2pJz68vLYF?slug=ap-lebronjames-contractionWhat you guys think? You think he's defending his choice during the summer? There was more quotes on this on another article on espn. "Imagine if you could take Kevin Love off Minnesota and add him to another team and you shrink the [league]. Looking at some of the teams that aren't that great, you take Brook Lopez or you take Devin Harris off these teams that aren't that good right now and you add him to a team that could be really good. Not saying let's take New Jersey and let's take Minnesota out of the league. But hey, you guys are not stupid, I'm not stupid, it would be great for the league." Those are two pieces that the heat need; point and center lol. I would have believed him, but the last part saying that "you guys are not stupid, I'm not stupid..." sounds fishy. I don't mind several stars on teams, but he couldve kept the association in order/balanced if he stayed with the cavs. I like the 30 teams at the moment. I feel that owners do not go for the correct pieces which creates bad teams. I'm a clippers and lakers fan, but I love a competitive basketball game. How you you guys feel? I like having stars spread out and representing different cities, but when only 8 different teams have won the NBA Championship since 1980, why would anybody believe teams like the Mavericks, Suns, Jazz, Nuggets, etc will win a championship anytime soon?
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Post by christianedge on Dec 24, 2010 20:42:16 GMT -5
How many serious contenders do you think there are in the league?
I have the Lakers, Spurs, Celtics, Heat, and possibly Orlando if they could get a decent back up big. I can't add the Mavs due to their playoff woes. The Bulls, Thunder and Jazz, and maybe the Nuggets would be next on the list of teams that have a good shot of winning the title.
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Post by Cult Member BriGuy on Dec 25, 2010 14:47:24 GMT -5
wow what a choke job by the Bulls. Bulls didn't score a point for 8 minutes in the 4th quarter.
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Post by user9327 on Dec 25, 2010 21:32:51 GMT -5
Orlando looks real good since that trade.
But regular season Celtic and Laker teams are irrelevant when the playoffs start.
Nice to hear the Knicks won. Gonna watch it now.
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Post by Jean-Ralphio on Dec 25, 2010 23:04:12 GMT -5
Nate was a disaster today, the entire game was ugly, but games like this you can see missing Rondo.
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Post by Nash on Dec 26, 2010 2:15:16 GMT -5
wow what a choke job by the Bulls. Bulls didn't score a point for 8 minutes in the 4th quarter. Yea that was def part of it, but i dunno some of those calls down the stretch were kinda crazy. Amar'es foot was in the circle by a good few inches on that Boozer and-one. And it seems like Rose can't buy a foul anytime he goes in the lane when its pretty obvious he's getting hit pretty hard. Give credit to them for sure, and no scoring for 8 mins. is inexcusible, but some of the calls late in the game were somewhat brutal.
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Post by user9327 on Dec 26, 2010 4:16:33 GMT -5
Boozer caught the pass from above the block though so the rules with the circle get tricky.
Amare really played great defense today, I hope they can keep this play up and worry about Free Agency in the offseason.
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Post by LA Times on Dec 26, 2010 10:14:43 GMT -5
Con Artest raffled off his Lakers championship ring. No big loss since he will be getting another one soon, but I wonder if Lebron or Charles Barkley entered the raffle.
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Post by Cult Member BriGuy on Dec 26, 2010 11:27:42 GMT -5
When Ron dove out of bounds yesterday onto that guy on the Heat bench I thought he was going to start punching or kicking. He had that crazy look in his eyes.
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Post by Hollywood Asia on Dec 26, 2010 12:53:06 GMT -5
Rockets have 4 in a row
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Post by user9327 on Dec 27, 2010 9:22:28 GMT -5
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Post by Jean-Ralphio on Dec 28, 2010 9:56:13 GMT -5
"That's crazy, because I had no idea what the word 'contraction' meant before I saw it on the Internet,"
Really?
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Post by twinn on Dec 28, 2010 10:47:23 GMT -5
"That's crazy, because I had no idea what the word 'contraction' meant before I saw it on the Internet," Really? lmao...
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Post by user9327 on Dec 28, 2010 20:57:11 GMT -5
He's gotta be playing cat and dog with the media.
If he really is that uneducated (contraction was 1st grade for me), wowwww
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Post by Quanthor on Dec 29, 2010 16:03:01 GMT -5
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Post by Cult Member BriGuy on Dec 29, 2010 16:38:56 GMT -5
Neat, thanks for sharing.
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Post by LA Times on Dec 29, 2010 21:13:01 GMT -5
Kevin Garnett injured his knee again in tonight's game against the Pistons. F*CK!
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