Dat2U wrote:tontoz wrote:Dat2U wrote:This is Javale's problem....
http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dish/20 ... medicationhttp://www.denverpost.com/ci_22909147/just-being-javale"I just didn't want to take [Ritalin]," McGee said. "I was young (when it was diagnosed); it was a long time ago. But, yeah, it's definitely fun having ADD. It's extremely fun. I'm not boring."
I read it maybe a year or so back and I'm glad we traded him. He doesn't care or really wants to be a successful basketball player, he'd rather be a happy-go-lucky type of guy. Good for him, but I no longer want any parts of him on my basketball team.
See if you can stay out of the penalty box longer than a day this time. No more Bulls board for you. If you go over and say hi that might be enough for another vacation.
If I get suspended again for something as simple as typing IBTL in a joke of thread that got deleted on the GB minutes later then that's probably a wrap for me here. Despite whatever Howard Mass said, it's laughable that we can let mods say anything, allow their own board members or buddies to say anything yet they can have an iron fist when it comes to enforcing certain rules with posters they are not familar with.
Imagine if I actually did something regrettable lol.
Again the only reason I deal with it is the core group of posters here.... everyone else can fly a kite into some electric wires.
And that was my point in the Howard Mass thread. HIs new rules primarily embolden already self-important and bloated would-be bullies to show off for their pals and collect syncophantic rear-end sniffing. And keep all boards parochial since people are nervous about crossing over even to say hello. All it does is stifle dialogue which OUGHT TO BE THE **** POINT of a message board. That you have some give and take with each other. What the actual hell. The only positive that limits Mod power is the idea that you can now have a singleboard ban, so the Bulls mods can temp ban you from posting on a the Bulls board instead of shutting you down on all boards because one assbag is swollen with a sense of power. And what is the BS that you can't criticize Mods anywhere ever? Or get sent to the Gulag? Vlad Putin will send death squads to make us disappear? You really want petty dictatorships instead of dialogue?
For years I had no idea who Mass was or any of the mods on any other board because who gives a rip? Like in business often the best management move is to put good people in place and not dick around with it. Now there's this activist moderation trend that's really distasteful. The point of a mostly anonymous message board is free speech, so long as you are providing interesting content, even if it is disagreeable to those who read it. Squelching that conversation is counterproductive. That's why I was always a champion of folks like SD20 and all, because they would get people talking. Villains provide drama, otherwise we just have poorly edited screeds full of self-congratulation about how right a poster was the one time they were actually right. And people getting on each others nerves over minor points of disagreement. Give me some major points to argue. Give me disagreement and fervor.
It's stupid. The only thing the new rules lead to is people being too nervous to cross over into another board at all. And to become timid in posting a strongly felt opinion. I had a feeling that shxt would happen when Mass horned in to the the thread on that topic. Its a dumb move. Counter productive, and will only eventually serve to make the boards boring if that trend keeps up. Cross pollination is good.
Hmmn, sorry to derail the thread. Um, yeah: Trevor Ariza is good, and even better under a system that only lets him do what he is already good at: shoot threes and hit close baskets. A perfect fit. On the plus side: Garret Temple is this year's Martell Webster, as Ariza was last year's. The John Wall effect is real. You will get open shots, just keep your hands up. And there are good quotes from Temp talking about the David Adkins effect as well, nitpicking on the small things that pay big dividends to fix your form. Lets hear it for actual player development!
