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Threash
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The Heat are in a pretty big slump though.
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Rasix
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And they never play well in Boston..
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They are 15-5 in their last 20 games and now leading their division. I'm expecting a nice playoff run.
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Cyrrex
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They are 15-5 in their last 20 games and now leading their division. I'm expecting a nice playoff run.
The only problem with this scenario is fuck the Celtics.
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ghost
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I love the Celtics.
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Well, Dwight Howard is out for the season. Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard will undergo back surgery on Friday morning in Los Angeles to repair a herniated disk, effectively ending his season and eliminating him from participation in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Howard's agent said on Thursday night. This seems a little odd to me. Anyway, watch the Magic make the finals without his ass.
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So I went to the Spurs/Lakers game last night. I had someone give me seats that were quite good (it's the only way I would ever be able to get them ) and it was my second time sitting non-nosebleeds. A couple of thoughts from the game: 1. I know Koby just got off of injury, but he's definitely lost a step. And he's possibly lost the "it" that made him so damned deadly in the early 2000's. 2. Andrew Bynum is a complete headcase, but holy fuck he is huge. His legs are longer than Tony Parker, I think. Overall I'm not terribly impressed with his game. 3. Ron Artest, ahem Metta World Peace, is a gigantic dude. I'm fairly certain he's been on the 'roid train in his life. He definitely wasn't that big in college, and with his history of temper issues..... 4. Manu Ginobili is freaky good. He gets the utter hell beaten out of him every game and isn't terribly athletic, but when his three pointer is falling the guy is ridiculous. 5. Tim Duncan still has it a little bit. Also, we sat about 5 seats away and 3 rows back from his wife, who is super hot and actually doesn't seem very high maintenance. 6. NBA arenas are fucking loud. Not with fans, but with all sorts of extraneous bullshit that is questionable at best when considering whether or not it is "entertainment". 7. Kawhi Leonard was a great pickup for the Spurs. The guy rebounds like crazy and plays super defense in addition to stroking the three. After seeing this game I think that the Spurs are clicking well on all cylinders. Kawhi Leonard was the missing piece that they didn't have last year. I'm actually expecting to see the Spurs in the finals and feel that they'll win it in this shortened season. Then I expect that Tim Duncan will retire, and wouldn't be surprised to see Ginobili retire as well.
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Threash
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Well, Dwight Howard is out for the season. Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard will undergo back surgery on Friday morning in Los Angeles to repair a herniated disk, effectively ending his season and eliminating him from participation in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Howard's agent said on Thursday night. This seems a little odd to me. Anyway, watch the Magic make the finals without his ass. There were whispers that he was exaggerating his injury because he refused to play for Van Gundy anymore, but i think having a season ending surgery that might even keep him out of training camp next season pretty much disproves that.
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« Last Edit: April 22, 2012, 05:58:18 PM by ghost »
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Threash
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He's still claiming it wasn't intentional, i hope they come down hard on him.
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ghost
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One would think that he should be banned permanently. I mean, for fuck's sake, the guy waded into the fan section at Auburn Hills and started punching people. He's a menace.
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Paelos
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One would think that he should be banned permanently. I mean, for fuck's sake, the guy waded into the fan section at Auburn Hills and started punching people. He's a menace.
They won't do that. He'll get a first series suspension at best.
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Well of course they won't do it. They clearly showed that they care fuck all about image when they didn't ban him for life after the Auburn Hills incident.
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Paelos
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It's the NBA. They THRIVE on the thug image.
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Threash
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Bullshit, they've gone to extremes to squash the thug image.
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Nebu
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Besides, real thugs play hockey.
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caladein
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It's the NBA. They THRIVE on the thug image.
Yeah, except for that completely insane dress code or how your next great player has all his tattoos hidden under his jersey. The NBA really loves the thug imagery. NBA players get banned for fixing games or drugs. Artest had the longest suspension ever for the Melee, even longer than Spree trying to kill his own coach.
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Paelos
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Didn't say David Stern liked it. I said they THRIVE on it.
A player hasn't been permanently banned from the NBA in two decades. The few that did get banned got back in. They will absolutely ban you for associating with organized crime and gambling, or for being unable to get your shit together over narcotics.
The rest? You'll get suspended, and that's it. Players have gone into the stands a couple times in the last decade, not banned. Bench clearing brawls? Suspended 10 games. Felony gun charge? 7 game suspension. Reckless driving that kills a man? Seven games. Pulling guns on each other in the actual lockerroom? 50 games. Not banned. In fact, he's gone on to play two more seasons subsequent to that.
The NBA can dress it up, or say they are taking control of the situation, but they aren't. The track record under Stern is anything but.
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I've seen enough neck tattoos to know that the "thug image" is barely contained underneath all the glitz and glamour. They've done a decent job at trying to hide it, I suppose, but Stern doesn't want it to go away completely. It's marketing.
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caladein
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The rest? You'll get suspended, and that's it. Players have gone into the stands a couple times in the last decade, not banned. Bench clearing brawls? Suspended 10 games. Felony gun charge? 7 game suspension. Reckless driving that kills a man? Seven games. Pulling guns on each other in the actual lockerroom? 50 games. Not banned. In fact, he's gone on to play two more seasons subsequent to that.
No one bans for that shit either. MLB has a couple of bans that have stuck for non-drugs/steroids/gambling, NHL suspensions haven't even passed a half-season yet, and NFL personal conduct suspensions are hilariously short given some the events. And ghost... wow. Just wow man.
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Paelos
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That's because people in baseball aren't dumb enough to go wandering around the clubhouse with guns. http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-02-21/sports/27056861_1_gun-problem-weapons-policy-deadly-weaponsGossage says he's owned guns "since he could pull the trigger. ...I was brought up around guns and you have to be very respectful of them." But he never brought one to work.
"Nobody ever carried guns when I played," said Gossage, a spring instructor with the Yankees. "I never saw it, nothing. You never thought about a weapon. You never felt threatened. They might throw a battery at you on the field, something like that. But we never had guns. It was never an issue. I've never heard a story about one, either."
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Nobody fucks with the Goose.
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7 game suspension for Artest. The NBA is a bunch of idiots.
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Paelos
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Color me not shocked.
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Um, yeah. Billy Hunter may be in some totally deep shit. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports has dropped a bombshell of a report on Billy Hunter, the executive director of the NBA players’ union: In 2009, Hunter sought an investment worth between $7 million and $9 million of the NBPA’s money in his son’s bank.
Sources told Wojnarowski that Pat Garrity, then the treasurer of the players’ union, sought to challenge Hunter on his business practices because of a nonsensical “investment opportunity” idea he was promoting in Phoenix during All-Star Weekend 2009. He wanted to invest millions in Interstate Net Bank of Cherry Hill, N.J., which federal and state banking regulators had slapped with debilitating “cease-and-desist” orders.
Digging around online, Garrity discovered that Hunter’s son, Todd, had a seat on the board of directors of Interstate Net Bank. He’s also a vice president for Prim Capital, which has a consulting contract with the NBPA that has paid the company in excess of $2.5 million since 2006.
“Why didn’t you disclose any of this?” Garrity reportedly asked Hunter several times at the 2009 meeting.
Garrity was later told he was no longer welcome on the executive committee, being a retired player and not a current one. He left the NBPA and never returned. This is a huge deal. Embezzling money isn't cool, and it makes sense that Derrick Fisher is getting his shit together now.
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Mosesandstick
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That is massive. What I read said that Fisher was voted out because Hunter turned the players against him.
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ghost
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That is massive. What I read said that Fisher was voted out because Hunter turned the players against him.
Wonder why Hunter might do that?
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Threash
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And Rose just tore his ACL at the end of a blowout, fuck.
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That really, really sucks. I like Rose a lot.
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Threash
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Meanwhile Orlando shockingly steals one on the road. Check out the Duhon dance in the back:
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Wow. Crazy ass comeback by the Clippers last night. They were down by as much as 27, and 21 in the fourth quarter. This team could be good if they played entire games.
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Threash
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Yeah, that was a great comeback. Too bad it had to be a team like the Clippers against a team like Memphis.
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Chris Paul is hard for me to like.
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Since Jay Z is involved with the design and promotion of the Brooklyn Nets, I expect that they will be extremely popular in the very near future.
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Paelos
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Hawks beating the Celtics is really pissing off everyone at ESPN. I'm loving the tears, since they already counted out Atlanta in basically ever projection. What will happen if Atlanta wins, OMGNOBODYWILLWATCHTHEM!
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