Pablo Torre: Kawhi/Clippers/Ballmer/Aspiration Thread (part 2)

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Re: Pablo Torre: Kawhi/Clippers/Ballmer/Aspiration Thread (part 2) 

Post#401 » by raleigh » Tue Oct 14, 2025 7:33 pm

Invictus88 wrote:Cuban was emotional and it just bounced off of him like teflon?


Honestly, that's a pretty accurate description of the episode.

Yes, Cuban has consciously made his mind up and has done so for emotional reasons. (Both can be true simultaneously).
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Re: Pablo Torre: Kawhi/Clippers/Ballmer/Aspiration Thread (part 2) 

Post#402 » by Invictus88 » Tue Oct 14, 2025 7:36 pm

AleksandarN wrote:
inonba wrote:

I want a woman that loves me as much as Cuban loves Ballmer


So are you planning on cheating on her and hope that she defends you publicly about it too?
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Re: Pablo Torre: Kawhi/Clippers/Ballmer/Aspiration Thread (part 2) 

Post#403 » by Larry Ellison » Tue Oct 14, 2025 7:41 pm

I like Mark Cuban. He is a smart guy and an independent thinker. It doesn't mean all of his opinions are correct. At this point, he needs to shut up and let the league complete its investigation. He is just speculating. He does not know all of the evidence.
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Re: Pablo Torre: Kawhi/Clippers/Ballmer/Aspiration Thread (part 2) 

Post#404 » by AleksandarN » Tue Oct 14, 2025 9:08 pm

Invictus88 wrote:
AleksandarN wrote:
inonba wrote:

I want a woman that loves me as much as Cuban loves Ballmer


So are you planning on cheating on her and hope that she defends you publicly about it too?

Who says I plan on cheating? Unconditional love sure though
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Re: Pablo Torre: Kawhi/Clippers/Ballmer/Aspiration Thread (part 2) 

Post#405 » by Bad Bart » Tue Oct 14, 2025 9:15 pm

Larry Ellison wrote:I like Mark Cuban. He is a smart guy and an independent thinker. It doesn't mean all of his opinions are correct. At this point, he needs to shut up and let the league complete its investigation. He is just speculating. He does not know all of the evidence.


Unlike everyone in these threads.
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Re: Pablo Torre: Kawhi/Clippers/Ballmer/Aspiration Thread (part 2) 

Post#406 » by Invictus88 » Tue Oct 14, 2025 9:29 pm

AleksandarN wrote:
Invictus88 wrote:
AleksandarN wrote:I want a woman that loves me as much as Cuban loves Ballmer


So are you planning on cheating on her and hope that she defends you publicly about it too?

Who says I plan on cheating? Unconditional love sure though


I just figured if you cheated then it would complete the analogy.
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Re: Pablo Torre: Kawhi/Clippers/Ballmer/Aspiration Thread (part 2) 

Post#407 » by Larry Ellison » Tue Oct 14, 2025 10:36 pm

Bad Bart wrote:
Larry Ellison wrote:I like Mark Cuban. He is a smart guy and an independent thinker. It doesn't mean all of his opinions are correct. At this point, he needs to shut up and let the league complete its investigation. He is just speculating. He does not know all of the evidence.


Unlike everyone in these threads.


Cuban is an owner. He is held to a different standard than what applies on an Internet message board.
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Re: Pablo Torre: Kawhi/Clippers/Ballmer/Aspiration Thread (part 2) 

Post#408 » by Dr Aki » Tue Oct 14, 2025 10:39 pm

AleksandarN wrote:
inonba wrote:

I want a woman that loves me as much as Cuban loves Ballmer


To understand just how rich Ballmer is, he has another billionaire running around as his stooge
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Re: Pablo Torre: Kawhi/Clippers/Ballmer/Aspiration Thread (part 2) 

Post#409 » by JustLucky » Wed Oct 15, 2025 11:37 pm

inonba wrote:
JustLucky wrote:"However, there remains the possibility that neither the Lakers nor the Raptors were completely forthcoming in their disclosures precisely because they waited until after Leonard signed with the Clippers and didn't want to explain why they didn't report the solicitations immediately. If that's even part of why only the Clippers were investigated, then I have no sympathy. You can't play that type of game and then complain about the outcome."

why do you keep repeating this you have no evidence of this. Its your entire argument and its bad.

Also kawhi was technically already a raptor during negotiations and calling out a current player in current contract negotiations is not something any team would ever do (not that you have evidence this is what happened)

Bird rights are something in theory that should give you a competitive edge. cap circumvention is something that goes around that competitive edge. the raptors had birds rights. SO no not every team was effected like the raptors so yes if you take picks from the clippers its logical to give them some. I never once said I thought this was likely to happen im simply stating its what should happen. There is a small world where the players union says you can't remove guaranteed contracts which would make it logical to move the picks rather then erase them


Don't bother. At some point, you have to realize the person making making the complaint lacks the basic reading comprehension to understand anything that's going on. After he's proven wrong, he just moves the goal post and doubles down with a sprinkle of Loki's wager to top it off.

It started with:
Raptors and Lakers didn't file a complaint.
Raptors and Lakers didn't file at the time.
Raptors and Lakers didn't file a complaint before the contract was sign.
We don't know if the Raptors and Lakers are completely forthcoming while they filed the complaint.

At some point, you have to realize you're being trolled. You're talking to a guy that thinks he knows the CBA than the entire Raptors, Lakers front office as well as the commissioner of the league and think everyone is wrong and he's right. Literally when reality conflicts with his beliefs, reality must be wrong. I don't know about you, but I can't argue with people who quote the CBA and think it says something that it doesn't.


you so right i mean that was already my last post after coming back here weeks later

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