[SMDre]

Originally Posted by Theo!

Congratulations to SMDre, who had the 13,000th post on the Mavericks forum



Well done guys, this forum has been great lately

I'm Special!!!! Let's Party.

[Tersk]

Man, I got camp soon

God, do I ever hate it

[DHarris34Phan]

what is camp?

[Tersk]

We go outback in the bush for 9 days, **** in buckets, eat horrible food, sleep under a plastic sheet, hike all day

[aussiewill]

Originally Posted by Amir

Guys, does any of you follow European Soccer ??

I do . I beat you are a big Kezman supporter being one of your best countrymen. Myself, I like Middlesborough in the EPL and Juventus in the Seria A.

[SMDre]

Originally Posted by Theo!

We go outback in the bush for 9 days, **** in buckets, eat horrible food, sleep under a plastic sheet, hike all day

Have Fun.

[Amir]

@ aussiewill - how come Kezman is my countryman ??

[aussiewill]

Sorry Amir, I thought he was also a Kosovian, my bad.

[SMDre]

Well tonight was not a good basketball night for me. First I have to suffer through Salim Stoudamire beating OSU on a pull up jumper with 2.8 seconds left, then came to find out that the Mavs lost to the Kings when it seemed that they had the game won. Today just wasn't a good day. I hope Ill stomps Zona and Salim Stoudamire.

[Dre™]

Help me out. My sim needs members. I don't know about the advertising rules for the site, so PM me if interested in a basketball sim, or AIM me.

[SMDre]

I was watching the Lakers vs T-Wolves game on TNT and it's amazing how far the mighty have fallen. It makes me wonder how long will it be before they return to glory, or will Kobe and/or KG will have to leave their safe haven in order to win again. Also, who would want the alias of "The Big Ticket." Its seems to be to long. The only problem is that all of the good ones are taken.

I pose this question? If you were an NBA superstar, would you want the team you decide to stay with or go to, when you are a free agent, would you want that team to max you out. I wouldn't. I see what it did to the T-Wolves and the Lakers, and I wouldn't mind taking less then the max.

Your Thoughts

[Dre™]

No offense, but it's easy to say no when you're not in their position. That said, I still probably wouldn't. An 6 year, 54M kind of offer, where you're making 9 annually should be more than enough to live off of for a long, long time. And that's not even close to the max.

The money aspect is going nowhere though. Superstars are going to get paid, and want "superstar money". A lot of it isn't even for their own sake, it's the pettiness of keeping up with the last guy.

Owners are pulling for a 4-5 year Max deal in this new CBA coming up, so hopefully that'll help the salary structure.

Hopefully there'll be a guy smart enough to get a good deal, be smart enough to let that last him for life, and still have cap room for his team to make moves. Hopefully.

[Tersk]

I poem I whipped up in solo time at camp (therefore, it sucks)(it was in about 10 minutes)

10 days 10 days I say
Why must we go away
Away from our computers and television
I'd rather be at school learning about fission
Sleeping out under the stars
and waking up to the gallahs
As I'm walking I realize it's not that bad
and suddenly im not so sad
Still, I can't wait until the bus goes
But I may, just may miss Tom Rose*

*Tom Rose was our Outward Bound instructor. There are many courses, even in America and Canada

[SMDre]

Not to bad, but I don't see you making it as a poet in life.