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Post#861 » by Pharaoh » Tue Nov 29, 2016 9:40 am

hoophabit wrote:I had nothing against Lebron until the Heat move, and that was so poorly handled that it was annoying. It wasn't shocking that he left the Cavs when he did though, and his deciding to come home impressed me. The work of his foundation in Ohio also impresses me, so at this point I'm good with Lebron.

I hated the move to Miami not simply because he announced it on a special.

He essentially ran the Cavs for x amount of years and then bailed on them when the guys he wanted couldn't get the job done!

That's poor form. I'd have more respect for Lebron if he stayed and suffered through another rebuilding cycle or 2 before he bailed on them or won a ring.

Look at KG - no one hates on him for leaving Minnesota. Why? I believe it's simply because people understand that he gave them every opportunity to build a contender and 99% of the time the organisation failed.

In Lebron's case HE failed...then bailed...went to Miami with his mates and as soon as they looked like they were past it he bailed again!

That's BS!

Going home is the only reason he's not hated even more for it...

But like I said he's used his position to determine the fate of franchises. We can argue if a player should have that much power and how that impacts the sport long term but I'm not willing to pick a side on that cause I can see cases both for and against

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Re: RE: Re: Around the League 

Post#862 » by In SVG We Trust » Tue Nov 29, 2016 11:36 am

Pharaoh wrote:He essentially ran the Cavs for x amount of years and then bailed on them when the guys he wanted couldn't get the job done!

Why you cheat and lie to expose your argument?
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Post#863 » by DBC10 » Wed Nov 30, 2016 6:43 pm

Look at the string of games Anthony Davis has put up.

Seriously, these are basically GOAT numbers.
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Re: Around the League 

Post#864 » by zeebneeb » Wed Nov 30, 2016 9:45 pm

It would seem the magic board has crashed back to reality. I mean it was inevitable.
To everone else it was obvious. They just needed to see it to believe it i guess.
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Re: Around the League 

Post#865 » by Cowology » Wed Nov 30, 2016 11:30 pm

DBC10 wrote:Look at the string of games Anthony Davis has put up.

Seriously, these are basically GOAT numbers.

Statistically he's up there with the likes of KG, Hakeem and the Admiral during their respective MVP seasons. But until his team starts winning it doesn't really mean a whole lot. He's also still got to prove he can make it through a season without missing 20 games.
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Post#866 » by Blkbrd671 » Wed Nov 30, 2016 11:48 pm




this kid looks crazy good, his shot is so effort less and he understands change of pace. :droop:
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Post#867 » by MrBigShot » Thu Dec 1, 2016 12:17 am

He can definitely ball but he took 34 shots to score 38 lol

AD's talent is being wasted in New Orleans. Definitely feel like its gonna be a KG situation where he spends countless seasons of his prime competing for nothing.

zeebneeb wrote:It would seem the magic board has crashed back to reality. I mean it was inevitable.
To everone else it was obvious. They just needed to see it to believe it i guess.


Nothing against the magic in particular, but their fans were more off than any fan base when it came to pre-season expectations. I mean even the Knicks, if things went well for them, have some legitimate talent on their team. But the Magic? Who's suppose to score for them other than Evan Fournier? And then all of the talk about Aaron Gordon playing SF, yikes.
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Post#868 » by Pharaoh » Thu Dec 1, 2016 11:33 am

In SVG We Trust wrote:
Pharaoh wrote:He essentially ran the Cavs for x amount of years and then bailed on them when the guys he wanted couldn't get the job done!

Why you cheat and lie to expose your argument?

Back off dude

And it's no lie that the Cavs bowed down to Lebron on his go round with them.

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Re: Around the League 

Post#869 » by bballnmike » Thu Dec 1, 2016 4:41 pm

Ok this is pretty hilarious. UNC played at IU last night, and they happened to be honoring Zeke's 1981 championship team. After the game an IU student handed Isiah this, and well, a picture says a thousand words... :lol:

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Post#870 » by tmorgan » Thu Dec 1, 2016 6:02 pm

bballnmike wrote:Ok this is pretty hilarious. UNC played at IU last night, and they happened to be honoring Zeke's 1981 championship team. After the game an IU student handed Isiah this, and well, a picture says a thousand words... :lol:

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This is super awesome. Screw the Tarheels, Bulls, and Jordan.
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Re: Around the League 

Post#871 » by Blkbrd671 » Fri Dec 2, 2016 1:37 am

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bballnmike wrote:Ok this is pretty hilarious. UNC played at IU last night, and they happened to be honoring Zeke's 1981 championship team. After the game an IU student handed Isiah this, and well, a picture says a thousand words... :lol:

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This is super awesome. Screw the Tarheels, Bulls, and Jordan.



Media's trying to make it seem like IT is sour or hasn't let sh* go, because apparently everyone else has the mentality of a 8 year old girl.

IT ,when asked about it, seemed like he was just having fun and the crowd reacted. Ain't no body got time for b* a* feuds
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Post#872 » by TurboTitan » Fri Dec 2, 2016 6:34 am

Forget Booker, we should've taken Dekker over Johnson, he's already so good
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Post#873 » by coordinator0 » Fri Dec 2, 2016 3:17 pm

Mo-Town wrote:Forget Booker, we should've taken Dekker over Johnson, he's already so good


He would be nailed to the bench behind Harris, Morris, and Leuer too.
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Post#874 » by DBC10 » Fri Dec 2, 2016 4:23 pm

Yeah, I think most guys that have a semblance of a 3 point shot always looks overperforms in D'Antoni's system.

If Dekker was here, we'd be complaining the exact same things about SJ right now. Well, I guess Dekker would be a better shooter kind of, but again, who knows.
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Post#875 » by Pharaoh » Fri Dec 2, 2016 10:00 pm

Dekker wouldn't be playing here cause he's terrible at everything other than shooting.

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Post#876 » by ElectricMayhem » Tue Dec 6, 2016 3:47 am

“I really considered coming here as well,” he said of Houston. “Them and Boston and Washington, but especially here and Boston, were probably the two teams I was really, really looking at. So, just a lot to consider. A really good team, but at the end of the day I just felt like I was better off being in Boston.”


Horford visited with 4 teams. Look which one he doesn't mention. There were rumors that we almost had him, but it looks like he met with us simply as a courtesy - or just wasn't impressed with our presentation.
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Re: Around the League 

Post#877 » by TurboTitan » Tue Dec 6, 2016 5:29 am

So um... Is Sj and Kcp for Klay still on?
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Post#878 » by DBC10 » Tue Dec 6, 2016 2:37 pm

Yeah, like a lot of us said, the Klay trade was pure BS and pipe dream. I'm pretty sure Klay just destroyed any further remnants of that BS speculation to begin with.

GSW is on pace to win their rate last last year. They're taking off.
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Post#879 » by Pharaoh » Tue Dec 6, 2016 5:28 pm

ElectricMayhem wrote:
“I really considered coming here as well,” he said of Houston. “Them and Boston and Washington, but especially here and Boston, were probably the two teams I was really, really looking at. So, just a lot to consider. A really good team, but at the end of the day I just felt like I was better off being in Boston.”


Horford visited with 4 teams. Look which one he doesn't mention. There were rumors that we almost had him, but it looks like he met with us simply as a courtesy - or just wasn't impressed with our presentation.

I believe it was a courtesy to SVG & Tellum due to the obvious impact SVG has had here.

He came, met Stan Van Bower and went on to the next stop.

If we get Horford we don't get Ish, Jon Boy & Bobo the Giant so...

Hope we meet Boston in the playoffs!

Preferably in the second round


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Post#880 » by rmfc » Tue Dec 6, 2016 11:43 pm

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