If you were an NBA owner...

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Post#1 » by RockTHECasbah » Fri Apr 4, 2008 10:02 am

would you run your mouth like Mark Cuban?

I know I would when things get effed up like last night.
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Post#2 » by DelaneyRudd » Fri Apr 4, 2008 10:21 am

No, but I would look at the correlation between spending money and winning and seeing very little. I would pay top money for a GM who is smart and doesn't look at the salary cap like a College Freshman with their first credit card.
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Post#3 » by CircleCitysportsfan » Fri Apr 4, 2008 10:45 am

No, but i'd be broke with a 3 billion dollar tab at a bunny ranch.
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Post#4 » by D-Wags#13 » Fri Apr 4, 2008 12:00 pm

i think i would definitively run my mouth like cuban. i'm pretty sure i would piss a lot of ppl off...
i have a pretty loose mouth in general, i doubt it will ever change :rofl:
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Post#5 » by hotbloodedbasketballer » Fri Apr 4, 2008 12:02 pm

if i have that much money i will talk crap whenever i want
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Post#6 » by hermes » Fri Apr 4, 2008 1:36 pm

no i wouldn't run my mouth
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Post#7 » by Kyrama » Fri Apr 4, 2008 6:38 pm

DelaneyRudd wrote:No, but I would look at the correlation between spending money and winning and seeing very little. I would pay top money for a GM who is smart and doesn't look at the salary cap like a College Freshman with their first credit card.

That's exactly what I was going to say. I'd be complaining about my employees, not the league.
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Post#8 » by Jemini80 » Fri Apr 4, 2008 7:54 pm

yea, I would be worse than Cuban, I'm pretty sure if i didn't like a call I would run on the court, whip my dick out, piss on the ref, and then hire the best lawyer money can buy, and walk away without anything happening.
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Post#9 » by Flash3 » Fri Apr 4, 2008 8:55 pm

Money shouldn't change your respect for others.
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Post#10 » by RockTHECasbah » Fri Apr 4, 2008 9:08 pm

IDK if you were referring to me or just in general, but money wouldn't change me, it would actually give me more outlets other than RealGM to talk the craptastic truth about referees
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Post#11 » by Flash3 » Fri Apr 4, 2008 9:09 pm

In general.

Just because you have the power & money, still shouldn't give the the "power" to talk crap about people. -- That's just asking for it, a la Mark Cuban and his prediction on the David Letterman show.
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Post#12 » by NetsForce » Fri Apr 4, 2008 9:13 pm

I'd run my mouth like Jerome James runs the fastbreak.
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Post#13 » by RockTHECasbah » Fri Apr 4, 2008 9:14 pm

You're right. What gives Mark that right is his constitutional freedom. I know you're from Miami and probably don't like him, but he's more truthful than the NBA is about its referees.

I was just saying, if you were an owner would you speak up and get fines, or keep your mouth shut and let bull reign.

What was his prediction BTW?
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Post#14 » by PopAGat » Fri Apr 4, 2008 10:38 pm

Yeah.

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Post#15 » by Flash3 » Fri Apr 4, 2008 10:40 pm

RockTHECasbah wrote:You're right. What gives Mark that right is his constitutional freedom. I know you're from Miami and probably don't like him, but he's more truthful than the NBA is about its referees.

I was just saying, if you were an owner would you speak up and get fines, or keep your mouth shut and let bull reign.

What was his prediction BTW?
He went on parading about how his team was this and that, being up 2-0 in the Finals. And, how he had a large part in giving such wing players as LeBron, Kobe, & Wade the freedom to operate w/o getting hassled (i.e. - hand checks). And, all of that went against him. :eyebrows:

In essence, he was gloating, and I personally hate people who do that; I couldn't care less who you are.
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Post#16 » by TNBT » Sat Apr 5, 2008 7:08 am

I'd probably talk a bit when it came to topics involving my team, but I wouldn't be as bad as Cuban.
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Post#17 » by Heat3 » Sat Apr 5, 2008 12:48 pm

i'd be partying with Jerry Bus and his bitches.
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Post#18 » by KB20 » Sat Apr 5, 2008 3:05 pm

Me? I wouldn't because that's just not me though I do get pretty tense when refs piss me off. Cuban, however, brings that entertainment we need in this league and I hope he never changes.
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Post#19 » by damo[23] » Sat Apr 5, 2008 3:14 pm

I'd like to think I wouldnt, but I probably would do ..

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