All things SPORTS

Thats big time though don't you think?  Why not go and play for way more money then you would make here?  And it's only a matter of time before they put up enough money to lure one of our superstars away like a LeBron Or Kobe.  Once that happens it will be a snowball effect I believe.

yes, Blazers are legit. they've been making very good draft choices last few years, especially this past year. Bayless was a great pick up for them, IMO. hopefully the blazers don't turn into a modern day Clippers and trade away all of their building block players. 

anyways, how about the 49ers still being in the playoff hunt?! hahah! it was an ugly win, but whatever. 

bengals lost again.....

marbury was told by the GM not to show up at all until further notice.

^^^they will have a strike b4 that happens shaka.  It won't even go down.  They have had it this long already and a few won't screw the rest out of it.  I would be shocked if that went down.

What was exactly the Allan Houston rule, I vaguely remember it but don't remember the details

Grant Hill may have been another one under those rules.

Actually, I just googled it, and even though its nicknamed "The Allan Houston Rule" the knicks actually used it to waive Jerome Williams because they gambled that Houston's knee injury would have been covered by his insurance policy anyway.  I never actually realized he wasn't waived under the rule that was later named after him.  

Emoney's in the house ^^^LAKERS....

Originally posted by ANGRY AGENT I just can't get over this.  Vince by far was my best dunker of all time and that dunk contest that he won was the best ever not even debatable.   Dunking over 7 footers jumping straight over them

I actually did a dunk like this once in a game.  The guy I jumped over was only about 6'2" though.  I could do it pretty easilly with someone in the 5'6" to 5'9" range messing around in practice.  Same thing with my brother.  highest I ever got in the air was when I got stiches over my left eye from hitting my head on the rim going for a block.  Still got the scar to prove it!  Another scar on my lip from hitting my face on the lower edge of the backboard. 

shakuzu how tall are you??

Originally posted by lursan shakuzu how tall are you??

5'11".  I come from a long line of dunkers.  My father is only 5'6" and I remember him dunking on my friends into his late thirties and after about six or seven knee operations. 

Yeah, something in the genes.  Brother is 5'10" and still in shape, have seen him pull 360's in traffic.  All my cousins are between 5'7" and 6'1" and throw down pretty easily.  Every single one of us has horrible knee's though.  I think its funny that I pretty much pass out walking up a flight of stairs right now I'm in such bad shape, but I can still dunk a basketball pretty easily......well once, then I'm too tired to try again.  

Yeah, I know....been saying it over a year now.  I can actually see 24 Hour Fitness from my place almost.  Opening your own company really kills the workout drive.    

Well once again the Lakers go into a game thinking they can turn it off and on whenever they want to and lose a game because of it.  They only play consistant D-fense when they feel like it and honestly if they played D-fense for 48 minutes they would blow everyone out no problem, and I just don't know why they won't buy into it.  If they keep this attitude they won't win another title and it pisses me off.  Kobe is always yelling at everyone for everything and tonight that last play was his fault.  He decided to switch on his man and left Gasol out to dry when dude cut to the basket and got a lay up try, both Gasol and Kobe tried to block the shot and Kobe should have blocked out instead and wasn't in postition.  Subsequently the ball was tapped in for the win.  They had a 15 point lead going into the 4th quarter.  If they blow people out and keep the foot on the gas pedal other teams will give up, but instead they are sending the wrong message by letting teams creep back in.  Teams will all think they have a chance to beat the Lakers because they let their guard down consistantly.  COmpletely wrong message to send to the rest of the league!

Originally posted by lursan That's cool, one of my bro's goal is to dunk one day, he's 5'11" and can barely touch the rim. But he's a little heavy so if he lost a little wait he could do it. I'm 5"7" but my main sport is soccer, so height isn't really a factor.

Originally posted by shakazulu12 Originally posted by lursan That's cool, one of my bro's goal is to dunk one day, he's 5'11" and can barely touch the rim. But he's a little heavy so if he lost a little wait he could do it. I'm 5"7" but my main sport is soccer, so height isn't really a factor.   Soccer players have hidden hops, they just have to learn how to transfer their horizontal explosiveness into the vertical plane.  I was a soccer player for a long time.  My freshman year my vertical leap was a whopping 14".  After a year of playing basketball it was in the mid 30's.  I was 5'6" the first time I dunked a ball at 15.

that's just good genes.  i could probably do leg presses and drills for a straight year and not be able to dunk....and i'm 5'8. 

i think dunks look extra cool when you're short.  there was a guy in my hs that was about 5'5-5'6 that could dunk real easy, it was the slowest, smoothest dunk i've ever seen.  it's been reported that spud webb was able to dunk his senior year of high school standing only 4 feet 11 inches.  i wish i could have seen that with my own eyes. 

I hear what your saying shaka. I used to play volleyball for a little while and that helped me to learn to start jumping higher. I've played soccer for 14 yrs now, I've gotten real good at winning balls in the air over taller people. Also, I get nowhere near dunking, but it's funny that I still manage to out-rebound many guys way taller than me, just cuz I know how to jump. But I still suck at basketball at least on offense

I can outrebound guys a lot of times too just from knowing how to position myself right, boxing out.  I post up guys like 6'4" or 6'5" too because I have good foot work and junk in the trunk.  Guys get mad when they see a 5'8" guy just using the sh!t out of them in the post.  I love it too........getting in your opponents head and messing their game up, I thrive on that

Oh and here is the best Vince Carter Dunk Mix

Avery basically went on camera saying "Hey (player on team we're playing tomorrow), remember how you're getting my sloppy seconds with Elisha Cuthbert?"

Originally posted by ANGRY AGENT I can outrebound guys a lot of times too just from knowing how to position myself right, boxing out.  I post up guys like 6'4" or 6'5" too because I have good foot work and junk in the trunk.  Guys get mad when they see a 5'8" guy just using the sh!t out of them in the post.  I love it too........getting in your opponents head and messing their game up, I thrive on that

I just watched the clip.  Big freaking deal?  Tasteless?  Definitely.  Maybe worth a fine, sure why not.  But totally suspended?  I really don't get it.  Its hockey.  They let people fight on the ice.  I really don't see the problem.