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Why would he do that if he'll be under contract? Do you wake up a dumbass, or do you have to apply yourself?
LAST summer = 2013. THIS summer = 2014. NEXT summer = 2015. That's a pretty common way of phrasing things.
Fair enough! I'm just sayin', he might have had a reasonable point this time. There'll be plenty of other, unquestionably legit, times for everyone to pile on him.
Do you really refer to the summer of 2014 as THIS summer? I generally use "This" to refer to the current season or the most recent until the coming season is closer than the season the prior year. By the logic above, once we hit September/October, if somebody asked us what we did "this summer", we would have to say "Duh dude - it hasn't happened yet but LAST summer....". We are near the tipping point of whether this summer refers to 2013 or 2014 but at this time I would still consider this summer to be 2013 and next summer to be 2014. I interpreted Mixlito's comments the same as HCP. He is locked up until the summer after next. Of course, I may be all wrong. Gramps...
(grammar nerd alert) I think "this" depends on the tense and context. I don't think it's wrong to say either "we traded for Lopez this summer" or "We will look for a mid-level free agent to sign this summer". But I do think that if you use "next" summer, it's referring to 2014. If you say "last" summer, it's 2013. I don't think anyone thinks that we drafted Lillard "last summer".
If it's Tuesday, does "this weekend" refer to the upcoming weekend or the past one? "Next" introduces some gray area, for sure.
LA & Blazers would have to play like this for 82 games for serious consideration. Lebron not looking good tonight in final minutes of huge game vs Indiana. Missing layups, missed free throws, turnovers, air balled wide open 3. He had many chances to impact the end of the game tonight and made poor plays every time. I don't even dislike Lebron, but he does this a lot vs good teams.
The only thing that bothers me about the MVP conversation is the guys that only look at stats, with no consideration for playing in the weakest division or conference, and no consideration for the correlation to team success. If Portland ends up finishing a top the West, you can't make an argument that someone other than LA should get MVP unless you ignore those other factors.
