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    You bet your sweet ass if Clark gets resigned I'm buying a black alt jersey with his name on it.

     

    If you grab that jersey, I think you will start to notice some changes.

    As you walk down the streets, I think you'll start to see the masses of people parting way for the sake of your convenience. I think you'll be, how can I say this...untouchable?

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    See, that's where you got that wrong. The MEDIA is talking about dumping Nash. For all we know, they're all snuggled in a bed together eating oreos and telling stories.

     

    Amare, he wanted to go to NY. He wouldn't have been happy had Phoenix resigned him. Everybody knew that.

     

    At some point they need to start rebuilding. Nash isn't going to be there forever, they need to get assets in return while he is still as productive as he is now. I'm not sure what to think of the Phoenix situation, do they even know?

     

    And how dare the OP toy with my head jk. I want Gortat back, but that isn't going to happen.

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    Someone else that watched FlashForward. haha. I appreciate this.

     

    That was the exact thought that popped into my head when I read of this. hehe.

     

     

    I personally didn't think that show was as bad as some people thought...I liked it. Shame it didn't last.

     

    I want a second season so bad. I never watched it till halfway through the season and got hooked when I saw them online. The characters were decent, the plot was engaging IMO....they had a lot of twists. And that musical score was awesome.

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    The issue is, it's better to have that weakness than to mortgage our strengths for the sake of fixing that weakness. Keeping our rotation and adding a random big body for the playoffs is what we're trying to do.

     

    That's what I've been saying all along. With this specific trade idea, I was pondering another approach.

     

    The underlying message here is to say that trades involving Randolph, Dalembert, Camby, etc. probably won't happen for us. I've said before that testing the FA wire would be best for us. If we were to go ahead with a trade, I believe it would be for pieces like these. Role players who are capable of handling and excelling given more minutes. Players who have potential with our coaching staff.

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    Sharpshooter, are you making trade offers that would get rid of Jason Richardson and give JJ Redick a spot on the starting lineup, no matter how ridiculous these offers may be? :pokewithstick:

     

    :shard:

     

    I'm just thinking, I don't think teams will be willing to deal proven...big name players. Do they want to be part of the conglomerate that builds the force that is the Orlando Magic? Do they want to build up a team that is already Playoff bound and striving for a Championship? The Phoenix trade was fair on both parties and it left us with a kink in our armor -- the backup center/forward.

     

    I still say we tryout FA prospects before we do anything. About Webster though -- he can light it up from deep, he can create his shot, he has improved a lot since last season. When he is fully recovered and given minutes, I'm confident that he'll produce.

     

    I'm not saying, "Trade J-Rich now", I like the pieces we have (but we have a problem we need to address). My point is that we're setting our expectations a little high for our next move. I don't think we're getting Samuel Dalembert unless he finds the Carmelo in him to demand a trade out of Cali. At that point, it is uncertain if we could come to terms with Sacramento. We need to find a guy comfortable with playing 15 minutes or less to fill in for Dwight when he is on the bench. Pekovic isn't the worst option, and he was excellent in Europe. He hasn't been given enough burn to prove himself in the NBA (and he's one year younger than DH).

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    Bring on the hate:

    http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=29w7m5z

     

    Webster fits our system well and has progressed considerably since last season. He's been efficient and consistent after he returned from injury with exception to his last game which he went 1-8 from the field. He is half the offense that J-Rich is producing now, but with the right approach, he can be a key part of our team now and for the future. Wesley Johnson could also be an asset to target, but he is too inconsistent and I do not think the Wolves would trade him in a package deal for J-Rich.

     

    Pekovic is also a young talent from overseas (don't we all love European center/forwards). He has size at 6'11" and can assume the role Gortat had before, when he was on the team. He can rebound and finish around the hoop. He might not be as athletic as Gortat, but he can catch the ball when it's passed to him.

     

    I'll have to say, do not hate on Webster. His stats may be underwhelming, but he is coming off an injury and has recieved fluctuating minutes. He has shown his ability to shoot efficiently (Game Log) and I see a lot of potential in him. He's young and with SVG as coach, I'm confident he'll approach defense like a religion.

     

    Just a thought here. We don't have to go after any big name centers, we need championship pieces. Obviously this specific trade will not happen, but I'm looking for something along these lines. J-Rich might not be the one to get traded, but anyone is subject to a trade...except for the dude with the cape.

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    One of the nice things, IMO, about an internet forum like this one is that it exists entirely as a meritocracy. I don't know anyone's race or religion unless they tell me. Until that time, everyone is on a level playing field, at least in the eyes of any one person. That's awesome. That's the ideal. It's, well, unfortunate that people looked at things I'd written and read into them things that weren't there. But ultimately, I refuse to lose sleep over something I never said or implied.

     

    As far as off the internet, I've found that the best thing you can do with a racist is hold them accountable for the things they say, and call them on it when they're repeating falsehoods. In the end, though, you're not responsible for them. If they're unable or unwilling to change and learn to be more accepting of different people, that's immensely disappointing, but it's not your responsibility.

     

    As for the one race=human race thing, honestly, everytime I hear some version of that, I think of this comic strip(Warning: bad language ahead) http://www.asofterwo...ndex.php?id=478

     

    I don't think it's possible to separate out so completely what makes us different. That doesn't mean, though, that I don't believe those differences are insurmountable; I just think that those differences shouldn't be ignored. As a white guy born to an upper middle class family in Atlanta, I'll never truly be able to relate to the life experience of, lets say, a child of Mexican immigrants. Ours will most likely be a different life. And that's fine. That we're not the same doesn't mean we can't find things to relate to each other over, that we can't break bread together, that we can't be friends, or anything else. But I think the one race the human race idea tends to be naive in how it relates to real race relation issues.

     

    That was way more than I intended to write about this.

     

    Great post.

     

    That was way more than I intended to write about this.

     

    I'm glad that you did. Although this is a basketball related forum, I like talking about life in general. You speak your mind and in a well-thought manner, I enjoy reading posts like this.

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