Not if there is a god. Their owners sold their collective souls to the devil when they stole that team from Seattle. It is the hope of righting such wrongs that keeps me an optimistic agnostic and not a full-fledged atheist. The atonement is coming. I want them to lose, and lose badly, to GSW so Durant and Westbrick both flee Cowtown and their clueless, manure sniffing, hillbilly fans get several years of the hell of sub-20 win seasons. BNM
I think the Magic made the right decision--until he tore his knee up, Hardaway was at least as good a talent as Webber and a better fit with Shaq. Not to mention, they got a bunch of draft picks for (essentially) trading down. So it was Penny and several first-round picks instead of Webber. If Shaq had stayed and if Hardaway hadn't had knee issues, they would have been the post-Bulls superpower instead of the Lakers.
after i watched it, i went on bballref and tried to track the picks in that trade, or what happened to them. its kind of an incestuous clusterfuck. warriors traded their 96,98, and 2000 #1 picks, in addition to penny, to orlando for cwebb. orlando traded both the 96 and 98 pick from golden state to washington in order to unload scott skiles and open up salary to sign horace grant. washington traded golden states 96 and 98 pick BACK to the warriors with their own 2000 #1 and tom gugliatta for chris webber. all in the course of a year or so after getting back their picks the warriors selected todd fuller in 96, and in 98 drafted vince carter and immediately traded him for antawn jamison. orlando held on to the warriors 2000 #1 pick (traded 7 years prior!) and drafted mike miller.
hah no shit, i remember when i first saw his name i was like, huh? now we got Sharkesha, Tequiwela, Khrist, Ishtopher n all kindsa bullshit out there. uploading the ep for those without the 'Flix.
Not if he wants to be the man. I don't think he's quite yet to the Karl Malone/Gary Payton coattail rider phase of his career. He may also go to SAS or WAS. GSW is definitely Curry's team and if he joins a 2-time defending champ, everyone will say they didn't need him, they were doing fine without him. I don't think that's the legacy a competitive athlete in his prime is looking for. If he joins SAS and they upend GSW and win a title, he can claim he's the reason. SAS couldn't get past the 2nd round without him, but with him they are champs. BNM
They got a mulligan with howard (not as good as shaq, but still was a top player) and lost him too. Makes me feel like orlando sucks
Hope so. Maybe then okc will move back to seattle. I cant see that city supporting a team without westbrook and durant through the hard times.
Ego wasn't the motivation for either Webber or Nelson. Nelson manipulated him with behavioral tricks, and Webber felt they were dirty and immoral. He despised Nelson for his deceits. As for Shaq, his motive was always jealousy and an inferiority complex.
