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Flip Murray · Post #721 » by **Flip Murray** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 3:23 am

i lost alot of respect for lebron today

TinmanZBoy · Post #722 » by **TinmanZBoy** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 3:26 am

EwingSweatsALot wrote:The "greatest teammate" is the absolute worst when it comes to coaches. Only Spo is the one that hasn't been fired.

Spo= Pat Riley

Eoghan · Post #723 » by **Eoghan** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 3:27 am

Wow, the Raps just waxed the Heat. Bad night for Florida basketball teams.

Post #724 » by **yosemiteben** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 4:54 am

BrotherDave wrote:Wow, the Raps just waxed the Heat. Bad night for Florida basketball teams.

And that was with DWade playing.

Post #725 » by **fatlever** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 5:42 am

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/how-david-blatt-never-stood-a-chance-with-lebron-james-and-his-camp-035612484.html

Woj Bomb Article about the Blatt firing.

Braggins · Post #726 » by **Braggins** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 5:25 pm

Apparently Lebron was pushing the Cavs to hire Mark Jackson... Don't get me wrong, Lebrons overall effect on the franchise has been extremely positive, but his meddling has really limited their potential. They could have kept Wiggins and got someone like Markieff Morris, David Lee, or Ryan Anderson for much less than what they gave up for Love. They could have easily put together something like this for a lot less money and would arguably be better than they are now...

Kyrie/Mo
Wiggins/Delly
Lebron/Shump
Kieff/TT
Andy/Mosgov

catch20two · Post #727 » by **catch20two** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 6:24 pm

EwingSweatsALot wrote:The "greatest teammate" is the absolute worst when it comes to coaches. Only Spo is the one that hasn't been fired.

If it was up to LeBron in his camp then Spo would've been fired too. Luckily for Spo, Pat Riley stood firm with his belief in him as a head coach and told LeBron's camp to deal with it.

TinmanZBoy · Post #728 » by **TinmanZBoy** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 10:11 pm

I'd really like to see a Mark Jackson and LeBron pairing, that's a disaster in waiting...

EwingSweatsALot · Post #729 » by **EwingSweatsALot** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 12:12 am

catch20two wrote:
EwingSweatsALot wrote:The "greatest teammate" is the absolute worst when it comes to coaches. Only Spo is the one that hasn't been fired.

If it was up to LeBron in his camp then Spo would've been fired too. Luckily for Spo, Pat Riley stood firm with his belief in him as a head coach and told LeBron's camp to deal with it.

And I think that's one reason why LeBron isn't in Miami anymore. Not the, he didn't fire Spo, but the he can't have his way, he doesn't hold all the aces in the organization.

LostInACrowd · Post #730 » by **LostInACrowd** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 4:04 am

Cavs lose their first game after Lebron gets Blatt fired. Made me laugh.

Post #731 » by **yosemiteben** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 6:35 am

Apparently some crazy stuff went down in the Suns - Hawks game tonight.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/MikeSGallagher/status/691113023029809152[/tweet]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/MikeSGallagher/status/691112311960907776[/tweet]

BlackOutBuzz · Post #732 » by **BlackOutBuzz** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 1:26 pm

^Can't tell from that tweet, but all that happened in the last 45 seconds or so. That nutty sequence ended up tying the game.

Post #733 » by **yosemiteben** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 9:09 pm

The OKC Thunder have had players miss a total of 8 games due to injury this season.

Must be nice.

Post #734 » by **fatlever** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 9:16 pm

yosemiteben wrote:The OKC Thunder have had players miss a total of 8 games due to injury this season.

Must be nice.

Check out the starting 5 for Detroit. They have collectively missed 1 game and have played more than 300 minutes more than any other 5-man unit in the league.

HornetJail · Post #735 » by **HornetJail** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 11:06 pm

yosemiteben wrote:The OKC Thunder have had players miss a total of 8 games due to injury this season.

Must be nice.

10. Durant missed 7, Andre Roberson missed 1, and Steven Adams missed 2. That is still crazy, crazy luck.

fatlever wrote:
yosemiteben wrote:The OKC Thunder have had players miss a total of 8 games due to injury this season.

Must be nice.

Check out the starting 5 for Detroit. They have collectively missed 1 game and have played more than 300 minutes more than any other 5-man unit in the league.

And THAT is even crazier. However, their bench is a huge zero outside of Brandon Jennings, who has only played 13 games.

Post #736 » by **yosemiteben** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 3:08 am

How dumb does Doc Rivers look?

Traded Matt Barnes (who was flipped for JLamb) and Hawes for Lance, who now doesn't even get off the bench for LAC.

Signed JSmoove, then dumped him for nothing.

Vanderbilt_Grad · Post #737 » by **Vanderbilt_Grad** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 1:17 pm

Doc is a terrible GM.

Post #738 » by **fatlever** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 4:21 pm

Blake Griffin hurt his hand by hitting a staff member? What?!?! I would love a massive Clippers implosion.

BatumtheGlue · Post #739 » by **BatumtheGlue** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 4:36 pm

fatlever wrote:Blake Griffin hurt his hand by hitting a staff member? What?!?! I would love a massive Clippers implosion.

Fat, would you give me the link for that news pls?

Post #740 » by **fatlever** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 4:39 pm

http://www.rotoworld.com/headlines/nba/287944/Report--Blake-Griffin-hit-team-staff-member

edit, this is better

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14651663/los-angeles-clippers-forward-blake-griffin-injured-hand-fight-member-team-equipment-staff