The Dude Abides

Seeing as it seems like we didnt get any of the expiring contracts pawned off on Seattle in a S/T... can we package their contracts up, trade them for future picks and recieve a trade exception for the amount of the contracts? When MC reported that the Magic werent goin cheap.... Do you think he meant we are about to sign another guy or make some more moves, or is he thinking we are about to extend our unreliable, unproven, turnover prone, non passing, "all eyes on me" PG??? That would top off an incredibly stupid day of moves very well.... horse puckey I tell ya, simply horse puckey.

quote: Originally posted by WPMagic:I hear ya Smack. I keep on waiting for Otis to pull a rabbit out of his hat. (That pun is for you djmase.) "When I put our team on the (dry-erase) board in my office and I look at every other team in the Eastern Conference, I like our team that much more. And when I look at the teams in the West, I still like our team." He obviously isn't thinking, and from what it looks like at face value - he isnt expecting to do much more either.. He better have something else on that dry-erase board that we dont know about... either that or he is d-ILLUSION-al (keeping up with WP, thats for you DJ)

why dont yall post those pics yall were talkin about..Dante the Giant and Such

quote: Originally posted by Skywise316:Hopefully when its over they'll at least put the whole game up on the web site for download and/or streaming. EDIT: I dunno about you guys, but I'm getting perfectly clear video of the scoreboard counting down from about 12 minutes. Maybe all the Memphis/Miami fans finally left?? Here's to hoping! Clock video is flawless - heres hopin were in the clear

well, thats the end of the Miami / Memphis Game......hopefully a butt ton of people drop off and we get a clean feed, maybe it wont be so jammed up. hopeful thinking....??? I dont remeber if I posted this is the other thread or this one, but all the other teams pages were linked into our feeds...so maybe its all them gumming up the works...

I went to all the other teams site, and they are all redirecting their links into OUR feed.... this could account for the massive hit the stream is taking....

same thing here fellas - was doin fine earlier---now I get a commercial every now and again, and some sporatic comments from the announcers... The feed must be taken a massive hit and they need to alot more resources to the feed or sumthin.

Did I not read somewhere, maybe a denton blog or sumthin, that the CBA actually outlined that free agency signing period begun on the tenth this year? rather than wednesday the 11th??? or Did I Make that up? edit: looks like I didnt make it up, maybe Denton did, but Ball junkie posted this earlier from the Denton Blog.... Thread on CBA set dates re-edit...looks like Denton was incorrect and retracts his error.... you can find that post here... Corrected his error

quote: Originally posted by ibonedteribell:... sitting my secretary in my lap, banging the laptop etc... I know your problem IBone....you got it backwards. You are supposed to sit your computer on your lap... and bang your..... you get the picture.

i was just away from the monitor ...but I heard that people were having problems and they were too....i didnt quite catch all of it

quote: Originally posted by You're Fat, Pat!:so did it take a long time to actually get to the commercial??? or along time AFTER the commercial?? after... and try this,,it will do a speed test for you... http://broadband.nba.com

OHHHH and how about Greg Oden in Vegas????? 10 effin fouls, fouls out, in only on the court for half the game!!!!!

quote: Originally posted by You're Fat, Pat!: to The Dude- are you saying maybe i should like wait a couple of minutes, or something??? I didnt think mine was working either, but I left it over, I was scouring NBA site and changin the address around, and almost signed up fro NBA.com...but then..I heard YA YA YA GO GO GO and looked and viola, it was playing in the background...It was prolly more than a minute or two from me actually watchin the commercial, if not longer... GOOD LUCK

the question is did you get the GoPro commercial? If you didnt, your access is most likely being blocked by a firewall, but if you wait after the commercial it took Forever...(in internet time) to load

wait a bit---it took about 1.5 minutes to finally load up the action... you may be behind some kinda firewall or sumthin over there

quote: Originally posted by SmackDaddy:Now a week after Marc's adventure to Seattle he is regreting that he shaved his body to make his drag costume more attractive. I heard his "friend" that shaved him, went ahead and played a practical joke on him leaving him with this on the back of his head...

quote: Originally posted by Nathan Rule:this map was found in the back seat of Marc's car... Some more help on what this place is would be appreciated... I believe he was in San Fran so i guess i could type in that address in google to find the place... let me know if you find out! I too am not sure exactly where or what that map represents....but what is curious, is that this picture accompanied the map Nathan found...

Jasmine was just askin about any news... and really the news is, as is.... he's in the same position he was in last year as far as I see it, deserved or not... but I also think we will see someone moved, maybe even him, during this summer, and with that being the case he will have an option to atleast battle for the job, that was my point...nothing more, nothing less.... If I were to contest what yall are sayin, I'd say that everyone is gonna play better under SVG, our guys are way more geared to moving rather than dumping in low everytime, especially as we didnt have an outside shooter out there.... but lets not forget that Meer WANTS to be the scorer, the guy, he has said just that... I think whatever direction we go in, our guy better be more willing to look for others and creating than looking for their hi-light... thats just my opinion...

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Good List Star, I think it will come in handy after July 11th, until then we dont know who or what or where people are really headin, what we will have left, who wants to come, what kinda money we got, and where we are thin at...

quote: Originally posted by MagicNoles:meer is better than diener. You are correct. Meer is a much better SG than Diener... as far as a NBA PG...hands down Deiner gets the nod. Comparing Diener to Meer is not apples to apples... they both bring a TOTALLY different game and attitude towards it... The arguement only lies in what you would prefer to see out on the court, and what would be a better fit for what we are supposedly goin after.

keep an eye on what we do as far as S/T or any other deals out there. I'm guessing though that SVG got a call from DWade at some point with a glowing endorsement. TD and DW supposedly still talk alot, and I cant imagine that it hasnt come up in passing between Wade and SVG. At first when we offered up the QO, I was thinking it would be to deal him, now I am thinking we are leaning more towards keeping him around (see the discussions about who Seattle wants or other contracts that we may move and you will see why we may become thin at PG soon) Diener would be a great fit, his game would come cheap and with his outside threat and propensity to keep others involved in the game rather than trying to take it over himself..AHHEWWWmmmm, unlike others we have currently.. COUGH COUGH makes it a no brainer as far as Im concerned. And Jasinfla, whenever you see a response by STs90, just disregard it..his only MO in commenting is too regurgitate and mimmick other peoples thoughts on the board. Go check out his post history...zero in the way of actually contributing, even his attempts at comedy flatline. And on the rare occasion that he even attempts to be on topic, they are just one liner rubbish with no substance.

quote: Originally posted by PimpinORL:Neither. Why would anyone trade Ariza or Redick to keep Darko? Simple... because we are thin upfront, overloaded at forward.. Ariza will need a new contract soon enough.. All three are unpolished, but Darko is more proven than either of them, and you cant just go out and find 7 footers with athletiscm up for grabs around the league. Darkos inside presence has just as much upside as Ariza's perimeter and off the dribble D. Darko creates a mismatch versus ANYBODY while playing along side Dwight and Shard. I can think of some more... tell me why you think Ariza's presence, given we have Hedo and Rashard...two proven forwards, has any more upside than the possibility of keeping Darko...

quote: Originally posted by D-BoFats:I'm surprised so many people would be willing to get rid of Ariza. Really, all he needs is a jumpshot, and he's a star. Besides, who's going to stop Lebron when he comes to town? If we want to win the East, we'll have to slow down "King" James. well d-bo, like i said, his D is the one thing that makes me hesitant, and Im hoping all this is really just a hypothetical question. WE NEED to get Darko on the phone, see if we can even repair this relationship...If we cant...then we dont need to feel as much pressure to get a sign and trade done, although it would be helpful to in ditching some monies that we will need to go after other pieces... its just a ****ed if you do, ****ed if you dont situation if you ask me... thats why I have been sitting back taking it all in, but no commenting lately.... I'll save my wrath/praise/questioning/b!tching/trust/confidense..etc.. for when all the smoke clears..Its really still to early to say where I am going to fall on my feelings about how we did this summer until It becomes reality, rather than wild speculation and rumor

Seeing as this is hypothetical.... considering that I would rather ditch Carlos, Garrity, and Battie on them.... I would have to say Trevor... his defense is the only sticking point.. but with Hedo and Shard at forward, I'm not so sure we wouldnt be overloaded at their position. With Trevor needing a new contract next summer, I think he would mbe more desirable to the Sonics in a Salary dump, which is what I think they are looking for. Any way you look at it, we will have the forward spot covered..so even if they wanted Hedo, I wouldnt flinch, but I think he brings more to the table currently than Ariza will bring any time soon, hes still developing and immediate needs may take precedence.... I still would like to try to find another way..option four, to get the S/T done..again CA, Garrity, and pick or Battie....the only problem I see with geting rid of Battie is if Darko def. not comin back, then we are SUPA-THIN up front... atleast Tony is just an over paid warm body... IMHO his veteran leadership, output and everything about his game is suspect, I always hear all this crap about TB being a decent piece...I contest hes just a piece...of crap.