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  1. Pinwheel1

    Pinwheel1 Well-Known Member

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    I agree with you, but if he does realize that when he is on OKC he won't get traded. I would take the chance on trading for him and hoping he would learn from it. But it is all moot because OKC would not trade him to Portland.
     
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    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    The Nets are so bad.

    So are the Magic.

    Dwight and Deron have the same exact problem: surrounded by scrubs.
     
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    Masbee -- Rookie of the Year

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    Look at the rosters of all the teams involved. It isnt as clear as you make it seem. Lot of it was just luck of the draw.
     
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    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    If Brooklyn lands Howard they'll have the best 1-2 punch in the League IMO but the rest of the roster would be D-League material.

    Can you still win with that? I don't think so.
     
    Fez Hammersticks, Dec 29, 2011
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    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    But I suspect you may get some veterans chasing the ring, that will come for less.
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    The only veterans that do that typically aren't worth much more than the veteran's minimum anyway. Guys under 32 or so just don't do that.
     
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    No, but it doesn't hurt when guys like Haslem and Battier take less money to play for you. If NJ got Dwight, I think they could get similar role players to come for less.
     
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    crowTrobot die comcast

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    i just ordered a bunch of sealed 2007 basketball card boxes. anything with durant RCs in it is about to take another jump.
     
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    Amare and Melo have to be the worst defending forward duo in the League.

    Horrific defense.
     
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    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    Btw, if Amar'e is 6'11" like he proclaimed this fall, Gasol has be be 7'4".
     
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    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    Dallas 0-4. Who would have thought?
     
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    KingSpeed.
     
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    Their schedule has been pretty brutal, and the loss of Tyson Chandler was huge
     
    Mediocre Man, Dec 30, 2011
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    Probably doesn't need its own thread, saw this from Stein:

     
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    Wow if true.
     
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    huevonkiller Change (Deftones)

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    Well no, since Westbrook and Derrick Rose are essentially the same player. So Russell would be just fine in Chicago.

    People have created this double standard where Rose is allowed to ballhog and he doesn't get called out on it, Westbrook plays at the same level and handles the ball better than Durant, and all of a sudden he's a bad guy.

    Durant has a massive usage rate already, there's not much more Russell can do to fix that.
     
    huevonkiller, Dec 30, 2011
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    It deserves its own thread.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    +1

    Westbrook is being made out to be some sort of bad guy. It's all the media's fault.
     
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    Rose doesn't have the best player in basketball on his team. Much different scenario IMO. If Westbrook was somewhere else, he becomes the #1 option and his ball hogging ways would be accepted. The difference is Durant is a better player, scorer, and star than Westbrook. There is something wrong if Westbrook was getting 5 more shots a game than Durant. KNOW YOUR ROLE!!!!

    [video=youtube;FlYRJOW-JD4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlYRJOW-JD4[/video]
     
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    huevonkiller Change (Deftones)

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    But Durant is getting his touches so the criticism is overblown.

    If the Thunder want to go anywhere Westbrook has to develop.
     
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