the suns surprised me tonight, they scored 130 points against the hornets and barely lost....WOAH
without marion, banks, aaand shaq?
so thats interesting .....and dj strawberry i forgot they even had him
hehe. Me neither. (although i do like dantoni). But still just for the kobe/shaq legacy it would be great if he won one more ring w/o kobe. For that id put my dislike for the suns aside.
But denver...thats a team i dont think i could ever root for no mater what.
NO
i like Shaq, but i hate the Suns too much to root for them with Shaq i could never ever root for the Suns EVER
i really dont hate the suns for that. It was our fault as much as the suns fault we lose that series. The teams i cant root for are the ones that have employeed dirty players and not done anything about it, the teams with hot heads/stuck up guys, etc. Thats why i dont like denver. Ill never forget the nut hugging episode with evans. the way carmello was acting in the series (i just dont like carmello in general).
Lakers i couldnt root for, not only because im a clipper fan, but because of the shaq situation, because of so many fans of them being so stupid (im talking the people who like the lakers just because theyre the lakers, and even when the lakers sucked tried to talk them all up all the time), because of kobe, etc. Other than that, im not sure theres other teams i couldnt root for. Maybe any team andre miller plays for?
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i really dont hate the suns for that. It was our fault as much as the suns fault we lose that series. The teams i cant root for are the ones that have employeed dirty players and not done anything about it, the teams with hot heads/stuck up guys, etc. Thats why i dont like denver. Ill never forget the nut hugging episode with evans. the way carmello was acting in the series (i just dont like carmello in general).
Lakers i couldnt root for, not only because im a clipper fan, but because of the shaq situation, because of so many fans of them being so stupid (im talking the people who like the lakers just because theyre the lakers, and even when the lakers sucked tried to talk them all up all the time), because of kobe, etc. Other than that, im not sure theres other teams i couldnt root for. Maybe any team andre miller plays for?
that's why i hate the spurs...they get things done, but in a dirty way...and i can't respect that...
duncan, parker, ginobili...some of the biggest crybabies in the league, and the refs often listen, because guess what, they're the champs...horry's hockey check on steve nash last year, bruce "lee" bowen's frequent dragon kicks to people's faces and achilles, and intentionally spraining ankles...
I don't think the Spurs are dirty. Bowen is the only guy who has used questionable defensive tactics, but the rest of the team is pretty damn wholesome. It's hard to hate the Spurs for me, but very, very easy to hate the Suns.
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Like showtime said, besides Bowen, I don't see any of the Spurs do anything too dirty.
Reason I like San Antonio is their the kind of team that goes on a 5-0 run, then minutes after trading buckets, they go on another 5-0 run or so, next thing you know, your down by 10, although you traded baskets for quite a while. They slowly squeeze the life out of you then kill you in the fourth quarter.
I dunno about you guys, but I like dirty players, the NBA just got too ****in' soft sometime in the last decade.
I kind of miss them too, I must admit. The NBA has legislated all of the Bill Laimbeers and Rick Mahorns out of the game these days.
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it originates with sam smith, so you have to take it with a grain of salt, but ben wallace for ak47 is being rumored now. If by some crazy stretch of the imagination this is true, then again, clippers are absolute oofs, because that deal makes no sense to the jazz. theyve got boozer and okur in the front court, why would they get wallace and his terrible deal to sit on the bench.
Even clipper scrubs like mobley and thomas would be a better fit than that kind of deal.
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I think Utah wants to get rid of AK47's contract so they can resign Williams without going over the luxary tax. Wallace's contract is front loaded so, he will be making less money each year. But yeah talent-wise it's a bad trade.
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who knows whats going on. Ever since the summer weve been hearing so many conflicting reports. ak47 is gone, now hes staying, now hes gone, now hes staying, he wants out, now he wants to stay.
I think its a similar situation as with many teams who give up current or former stars. I dont think ak47 fits into their plans for the money he is making. If i was utah id trade him to try to get more affordable pieces that fit better, plus expiring deal. Youre trading a HUGE talent, but on the utah team, hes not worth as much as he could be since hes only third, sometimes 4th fiddle now.
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Though not official the deal is in place for Kidd, Wright, and Allen to the Mavs for Harris, Stackhouse, Diop, Geroge, Ager, 3 mil, 2 1sts, and one 2nd.
Also word is Stackhouse will be bought out and return to the Mavs in 30 days (he can't return prior to 30 days).
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