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quote: Originally posted by Marc Acres 3:16:I'm kinda surprised that this wasn't already posted- Maybe because it doesn't come as a shock to anyone... To me it seems that Riley is really really really concerned about his coaching record. Always stepping down when the Heat plays like **** and then returning as a coach when the team is on an upward trend. I have to agree with Colombiano: I see Riley returning as a coach if Miami lands a big name free agent this off-season. Otherwise he'll probably stick to his GM job.

quote: Originally posted by Jareth Cutestory:A+ Sebi as always.

quote: Originally posted by AddiFB:

Yes, the players were behind Del Negro but there were rumors of him being fired ever since last December. So this is not really surprising. I'm not saying Del Negro is a bad coach but if they don't cut ties with him now the rumors will flare up again every time the Bulls go on a bad stretch. It will be a distraction to the team all over again. I'm waiting to see who they go after before I decide for myself whether this is a bad move or not. To me it will definitely be a bad move if the Bulls hire a coach with zero experience again.

Just watched the postgame presser. Man, Mike Brown was pissed! I like how he said: "Lebron's elbow is fine. Neither him nor his trainers said anything to me. If it is bothering him then it's news to me."

Nice find, RevTy. IMO, that is a bit "too much plain-text, too little logo" (if that makes any sense). I can live with it... Though I will miss the old font that read "Orlando".

quote: Originally posted by ButterMilkPancakes: quote: Originally posted by Live or Die Magic:Now, if he were to come out and say that he has it on good authority that Boston will win because Stern wants James to be disgrunted with Cleveland so that he bolts to New York, then I'm listening with interest! This is pretty much how I see it... if Stern really wanted to control things, he would probably do his best to make LeBron hate the Cavs so much that he would bolt to the Knicks (Stern's team...). How do you do that? Make him lose in the 1st/2nd round of the playoffs. Even if the league works that way I don't think that Stern wants to see Lebron in New York by all means. New York is a big market team regardless of Lebron. The Knicks have been sucking for ten years now but they are still doing fairly well (plus now they have a lot of money). Cleveland on the other hand is nothing without Lebron. If Lebron leaves the Cavs all the media hype and a lot of the 'fans' will be gone from Cleveland.

quote: Originally posted by MagicKnightsBucs:Its a lot cleaner looking and more simpler than this one. Lets just say they want to get away from the Magical look, ie. the stars in the primary logo. They are doing it for the new arena because they want a "new" look. The current secondary logo will now be primary, thats why everything within the past year has the shooting ball. Also there is new NBA wide jersey material so technically new jerseys too. Where did you read/hear that? If they are changing it I hope they don't mess with it too much. If anything they should go back to our old logo, IMO. A lot of teams messed with their logos in the past and eventually ended up going old school again (Pistons, Sixers, Jazz, Sonics). I'm really not into all the logo changes throughout the league. That's one thing I like about franchises like Chicago, L.A., Boston and N.Y. - they only tweaked their logos/jerseys slightly throughout team history.

**** it, the Bucks could have at least covered the spread... Oh well, Milwaukee can take pride in what it has achieved this year. With Bogut in the lineup that probably would have been an upset for the Hawks.

quote: Originally posted by KillingInTheNameOf:Which is why exposing corruption is so difficult. Possessing knowledge of it typically requires one to be corrupt. Admitting to being a conspirator simultaneously establishes credibility & destroys it. True. quote: Originally posted by KillingInTheNameOf:According to Stern, it's the coaches creating this "corrosive" environment, not the fact a former ref exposed obvious tank jobs that altered NBA history... He compares SVG to Phil Jackson & Pat Riley for one measely comment? Why so hypersensitive David? Message seems clear, I make you all a lot of $, **** or else I will end the gravy train for you! Yes, the current situation is pretty messed up. For me, the fact that nobody is allowed to criticize the bad calls is even worse than the bad calls themselves.

quote: Originally posted by TreyTime: quote: Originally posted by Sebi: quote: Originally posted by TreyTime: quote: Originally posted by Sebi:Yeah, that facebook page is definitely good to stir up some discussion. Personally, (while I'm not a big fan of David Stern) I don't know how much stock I can put in the comments of an ex-referee who bet on games and went to jail for it. People said the same thing about Jose Canseco. After 'googling' that name I'm guessing you're referring to the steroid scandal. Please excuse my ignorace when it comes to baseball but I really know too little about what happened there in order to compare the two situations. Jose Canseco was the first player to get really hammered by baseball for steroids. He then wrote a tell all book and mentioned names of players taking steroids. Nobody took him seriously because everyone figured he just didn't want to look like the only guy juicing (like how Stern says Donaghy was a lone rogue). Over the years all of the names Canseco mentioned in his book have been proven to have juiced. Some notable names: Barry Bonds Mark McGwire Sammy Sosa Alex Rodriguez Manny Ramirez Roger Clemens Everyone has been proven guilty of steroids with the exception of Bonds technically, but even he is considered "OJ Simpson" guilty. Fair enough. As I said, I don't know how much stock I can put in his comments. Maybe they are true. Maybe they are false. Maybe I just want them to be false because I'd be really pissed if the league was rigged. Either way, thanks for enlighting me as to how that steroid scandal went down.

quote: Originally posted by TreyTime: quote: Originally posted by Sebi:Yeah, that facebook page is definitely good to stir up some discussion. Personally, (while I'm not a big fan of David Stern) I don't know how much stock I can put in the comments of an ex-referee who bet on games and went to jail for it. People said the same thing about Jose Canseco. After 'googling' that name I'm guessing you're referring to the steroid scandal. Please excuse my ignorace when it comes to baseball but I really know too little about what happened there in order to compare the two situations.

I think Lebron is exaggerating that whole elbow-story a little bit. And unless he goes out there and comes up with a 25% (or similar) shooting night I believe he is just fine. He probably just likes the whole attention that he's getting again. Or maybe he wants to give Pierce some of his own medicine.

Yeah, that facebook page is definitely good to stir up some discussion. Personally, (while I'm not a big fan of David Stern) I don't know how much stock I can put in the comments of an ex-referee who bet on games and went to jail for it.

quote: Originally posted by Bradspace: quote: Originally posted by Mickinator: quote: Originally posted by Svanxx:Until David Stern and his robot buddies are replaced, the NBA will continue to allow terrible reffing. Even as bad as the calls were against Dwight were this series, nothing was as horrible as the call that happened in the Phoenix vs. Portland series nothing was as horrible as the call that happened in the Phoenix vs. Portland series. That was the worse call I've ever seen, well besides when Dwight cleanly blocked Lebron's 3 pointer. Who was the call on and what happened? Didn't see the game I don't think. This is absolutely ridiculous! With the stuff he has called in the past I'm tempted to say that Joey Crawford is the worst ref ever. I think I've seen better referees on high-school level. As for D12 and his fine, I certainly saw that coming - no surprise there. Though I don't think his comments were worthy of a fine. But then again, I thought the same about some of SVG's comments in the past.

According to rotoworld.com quote: 2009/10: $16.3 million 2010/11: $17.3 million 2011/12: $18.0 million (Team Option)

I like that he keeps bringing that topic up. Don't give in to Stern's threats!

D-Wade is a beast!

Not a great game but I'll gladly take the W.

Time for Gortat to prove his worth.

Current state of NBA officiating: - refs make bad calls - Stern doesn't want to hear a word about it - coaches and players are prohibited to talk about it

quote: Originally posted by cunningstunt: quote: Originally posted by Sebi:I like the blue Stuff. Now if they'd get rid of the pink and yellow in favor of silver/black/white that would be even cooler because Stuff would sport our team colors only. i hear stuff was originally a backup for the phillys fanatic... we had so many front office people from philly at it's conception they just brough it down with them. Well, they certainly look like "distant relatives".

I like the blue Stuff. Now if they'd get rid of the pink and yellow in favor of silver/black/white that would be even cooler because Stuff would sport our team colors only.

Osprey, I understand your grading system and based on that I agree with most of the grades that you handed out. I think the "problem" here is that most people associate the grade C with mediocrity which doesn't apply for your grades. But because people automatically think "C=mediocrity" and "A=awsomeness" they naturally expect "higher" grades for Dwight and especially for our team. Maybe it would have helped if you had used a different scale. For example: -1=expectations not fulfilled 0=expectations fulfilled +1=expectations surpassed