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Originally posted by esy.iam Originally posted by ANGRY AGENT Vernon Maxwell, Barkley, Charles Oakley, Alonzo Mourning and Larry Johnson, Rick Mahorn, D-Rodman, Rudy Tomjonavich getting his block knocked off and ending his career.  Those were the good ol' days and we need to go back to letting the players police themselves a little bit more.  I'm not sayin to let them just go buck wild and get busy but it tends to calm things down after and keep the balance in check. don't forget to include the ENTIRE state of Utah. HAHHAHHA! i swear, they trained Malone, Stockton, and everyone to do all that.

I hated Malone.  He was always hitting people when they weren't looking.  Remember when he decked Isiah Thomas?  There was also the time he basically knocked David Robinson out from behind while they were jogging up the floor. 

Toronto Maple Leafs just signed Dave Nonis as their VP. Finally, we have a respectable management staff!!!

SEC championship game better be a good one.

Florida looked damn good today.  Oklahoma looked good in the first half but they have played like crap in the second half.

The golden mama doghh.....lost to another real fighter.  What a surprise.  Dude should start fighting women he might actually win  He is garbage and should hang'em up since he can't hang with the elite fighters out there.  Hopkins, Mosely, Trinidad and now Pacman who he should have had a big power advantage over.  His career is over period, that's it that's all!

Portland comes from behind to beat Toronto, great finish to that game. 

Originally posted by EMoney Just got back from the UNR UNLV B-ball game......GO REBELS!!!!!

You'll have a good season until you play BYU

I'll revise my prediction to the upper 40's, but I still don't see them being a contender for the division title at the end.  They still have a long ways to go mentally, as evidence by the Boston beatdown.

I do like that they are closing out close games though and keeping their composure.  Also, they did start the season with a really tough schedule and have still triumphed in the process.  Not to mention, going 4-1 on an east coast road trip isn't bad. 

However, I do think that by the middle of the season teams are going to figure out how to nuetralize Roy, which would really hold up the offense quite a bit as the rest of the team still hasn't quite figured out how to maintain the flow when he is not on the court.  They are making huge strides in it though.  I would like to see Fernandez become a mini version of Roy though.  Right now he brings energy and flair, but I want to see more of the playmaking that I think he is capable of.  Essentially I want to see him play the same role that Roy does when he is on the floor.  I honestly believe he has the talent in him to do it. 

I think Portland needs a year or two before they are really a force in the west.

I think you're bein modest^^^and don't want to jinx it so I will say what you really think.  50+ wins and a high seed in the West.  Last years Hornets this year.

OU is in the championship because once again the BCS sucks.  Texas should be there instead bottom line.  Texas beat OU so that would give them the go ahead to play in the championship but once again the BCS screwed this up.  When are we gonna learn that leaving the fate of teams up to computers and other stupid things (like coaches that might not like a certain school so therefore not vote for them) isn't the way to be.  Dont' they know that a playoff would generate way more money anyways.  Why don't they want to go to a playoff format?  It just kills me.

Portland vs Orlando tonight.  This is going to be a huge one on all fronts.  Portland is one of two unbeaten teams at home, Orlando is coming in on a pretty good streak.  Also, this is the first time that Oden and Howard will be head to head.  I'm hoping he doesn't get too motivated after last nights 23, 22 and 6 blocks stat line.  

Uh-oh, lakers going down.

Portland come from behind, looks like they are taking control of this one though. 

Lakers need to pick up their Defense letting a team score I think it was 113 is just garbage. Otherwise last year is gonna repeat itself. There gonna get to a team that can play some defense and there gonna blow it.

Originally posted by shakazulu12 Jason Richardson to Pheonix?  What the hell is MJ doing with Charlotte?  That guy really can't run a team to save his life.  So you give up one of your best players, in return you get Radja bell (not bad role player) and Boris Diaw who basically has no motivation at all and hasn't played hard since he got his contract.

wooohooo!

can you tell i'm a phoenix fan?

i'm still curious why the Blazers aren't playing Bayless?! i was talking to a friend/co-worker of mine earlier who is from Portland and is a huge blazers fan about that. i know he's a rookie and all, but he's not getting ANY PT! is he hurt? is it just a rookie thing? doesn't totally make sense because they played the shat out of Roy. i mean, they drafted him for a reason, right?! at least give him some PT and see what he can do with it. especially when they play against weaker teams. just doesn't make sense to me. 

Originally posted by esy.iam i'm still curious why the Blazers aren't playing Bayless?! i was talking to a friend/co-worker of mine earlier who is from Portland and is a huge blazers fan about that. i know he's a rookie and all, but he's not getting ANY PT! is he hurt? is it just a rookie thing? doesn't totally make sense because they played the shat out of Roy. i mean, they drafted him for a reason, right?! at least give him some PT and see what he can do with it. especially when they play against weaker teams. just doesn't make sense to me.

Too many gaurds on the roster already.  Its going to take some time to get him minutes.  Roy, Blake, Fernandez, Rodriguez ahead of him.  Not many minutes to go around in the back court. 

I suspect that they are eventually going to trade Sergio though.  However its kind of tough to do when he has such a chemistry with Rudy Fernandez who is an awesome ball player.  Having a good friend on the team is likely helping with the transition to the NBA, also Rudy basically took a paycut to come to the NBA.  I was thinking Blake might be on the block eventually, but the team needs a veteran gaurd on the roster as well. 

There hasn't been talk of soccer on here, and I thought this was kind of interesting. I am not making any statement, just curious what you guys make of this. I know you never hear of pro athletes having to put up with this in the States.

Lakers are not committed to playing solid defense for 48 minutes, sh!t I would be happy for 40 minutes of solid D.  That has always been our achilles heel, we let everyone stick around throughout the game and teams know we don't play D so they play that much harder against us cuz they know they have a shot to win cuz we let them.  Killer instinct.  Put teams away.  Play starters more minutes, or make an example outta Kobe when he yells at another player for not guarding his guy.  I would get in his ass if I was Phil Jackson.  There has been soo many times in the last couple of games that he has went to help and his guy leaks out or makes a quick cut to the basket or hits the open jumper because he's trying to be a ball hawk.  He needs to stay at home and play shut down D on his guy and help when necessary not all the time. 

yeah trying to get rid of some of this overhead you know?

BJ Penn vs. Georges St. Pierre UFC 94!  Who do you have and why?  I have St. Pierre cuz he is bigger and stronger then Penn and there skill level is really close.  I think if speed and skill is close that strength will be the deciding factor.  They are both great fighters though and Penn has a ton of heart.  It will be a fight for the ages I think if no one gets knocked out fast.

he's not going to retire!  No way in hell!  He stands to make millions still and is just selling woof tickets.  Trying to bluff nothing more