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Dude, you're gone. All you do on OTR is bait Magic fans and talk trash on McGrady and Bosh. Don't re-register, or I'll redirect your IP to another site of my choice.

It is music...I mean anything honestly can be considered music...and what makes it good or bad is just a matter of opinion

What is it with Rockets fan and Magic hating? I'm not sure, but every critic the Magic have now all happen to be fans of the Rockets. And they're always talking about Alston's, a former Rocket player, perimeter defense like it means something to someone. How's Hedo doing this year by the way? 14 points a game and by far his worst defensive rating (116 points given up per 100 posssessions as opposed to the 115 he scores). He may have been a good defender once upon a time, back in his earlier days with Sacramento, but he's never been even an adequate defender since joining the Magic. This season alone, he's let Jefferson go for 25 on him, and let Marion score 18 in a world where Marion no longer scores 18 points a game. He also got triple-doubled on in his first game against LeBron. On the other hand, Carter's defensive rating is where it's always been, at roughly 104 as opposed to his 112 offensive rating. He also gave Jackson a tough time in his first Bobcats game, holding him to 4/14 shooting and also held Iguodala to 8 points on 3/11 shooting. So why is Hedo a better defender? Because a Rockets fan said so?

Yeah buddy. I guess he should be called the "high young" haha.

Perfect fit if Iverson isn't looking to contend this year (sort of goes against what he was wanting, but no contender has the room or the offense for him). Simply put, the Knicks are the old Suns, minus the talent, leadership and chemistry. They are a troubled team defensively, but they run the ball up and down the floor and have many different ways of scoring. You add talent, and you add scoring and, most of the time, victories. Under D'Antoni, Phoenix ran the "seven second offense," where they would literally try and find a great position to score within seven seconds, most of the time off of long rebounds (due to defensive stops by Marion or Bell). While they did have those defenders, their team defense was horrible, and their defense at the point and at the center position (where Amare was) didn't leave anything to be desired for, either. So, in New York, you have David Lee playing center...and we know how he is defensively. Iverson isn't a good defensive player, probably better than Nash...but what does that really matter? One gambles, one just gets burned, so no difference there. New York has a shooter in Gallinari, has a versatile Harrington, a speed demon in Robinson, and a coach that runs. Thing is, the Knicks are ninth in points per game (at over 101 per)...but are second to last in points allowed (109.5 per), and they allow 50% shooting. The Suns, who are doing VERY well this season, allow 47.7% shooting and are 25th in that regard (which is very bad), 26th in allowed points per game (at 106 per) and first in points scored per game, at approx. 110. What does all of that mean? The Knicks are building a Suns clone for D'Antoni. They are modeling their team after Amare, Nash, Bell, Marion, Barbosa and that old D'Antoni. In their head, they are thinking that, if they do this AND lure in LeBron James next season, that automatically bumps them up to contender status...and it does. They won't play much defense aside from LeBron's ability to block shots on a break, but Phoenix didn't need defense to get to the WCF and eventually get robbed of the NBA Finals (and I'm almost certain they would've defeated the Cavaliers in 2007, also, for their first NBA championship). Good move by the Knicks, really. If they get LeBron, they would have put together a poor man's version of the Suns...but with a superstar that can take them all the way to the Finals.

I think Benson's smart enough to recognize that getting 29, 27, 37, and 34 carries in four respective games this season will eventually wear him down throughout the season, and into the playoffs. The Bengals don't have such a great need to run him more then 20 times a game down the stretch. They play Oakland, Cleveland, Detroit, Minnesota, San Diego, Kansas City and the Jets down the stretch, with only the Vikings having that dominant run game. Even then, the Vikings would still giving Fred Evans and Jimmy Kennedy a lot more snaps as they rest the Williams' for the playoffs as well. The Jets don't have Jenkins, the Chargers don't have Williams, and the Browns, Lions, Raiders and Chiefs just cannot stop the run. Giving a bit more of a workload to the stable of back-ups Marvin Lewis has assembled is a smart idea. You need to divulge the number of carries to reduce the risk of injury. I have no problem with any team running the ball 35-40 times a game if they can do it. Pound the football, and let Carson Palmer and that nice cast of receivers make plays through the air in single coverage. Scott should get 6-8 carries a game, Johnson 3-5, Leonard should be getting third down duty, and give Benson the leftovers, probably 14-18 a game. Benson already has 205 carries with 7 games left. If he keeps that up he'll be up in that 370 range. You just need to think about the long-term effects of giving a guy 27 carries against such a physical defense like the Ravens.

Not sure, to be honest. It'll be a tough game without Jameer. Rondo will simply pick apart J-Will (who is playing on bad knees, doesn't have that quickness or lift he used to have). If I were to put money on it, with it being in Boston, I'd take the Celtics. I think that Sheed will find a way to draw fouls on Howard, and when you remove him, it's all up to Carter and Lewis to beat a very deep Boston team. Carter needs to go right after Ray Allen from the start, get him into foul trouble, wear him down and take away that three-point threat to begin with. With Pietrus giving Pierce fits (cross your fingers and hope he keeps him from that accurate elbow jumper), it forces Rondo and Garnett into a two-man game against the Magic, who will start launching threes to put Boston to sleep, as their perimeter defense isn't as solid as the interior defense they'll pull from their hat. So...while Boston could take it, I really wouldn't be surprised if Orlando pulls out with a win. They just need to contain Pierce and get Allen out of the game.

I was sort of pissed because they didn't show this game on our local channel (they usually do despite it being a road game, not sure why they skipped it now). I expected the Magic to take it, though...and it was a beating after three, with Orlando up 30, haha. They just took that comfortable lead and decided to coast through the fourth. Looks like they didn't limit Howard very well in the 18-19 minutes he played (still put up 11/10), and the Magic did end up hitting 13/31 threes (which is a good 41% from downtown). Harden had a great game, but all five starters shot a combined 14-46 from the floor (30.4%) and none of them shot over 39%.

Once, actually, and not in a way where he actually wants someone to die. I like Destroy the Runner, I think they're a pretty decent band. The melodic hardcore sound is something which makes Destroy the Runner unique. The vocalist also has quite a good vocal range for a h/c singer. Listen to the start of Columbia to see that in effect.But if you were looking to prove a point about real music being un-real, then you could have gone with something a little bit more.. hardcore, heh. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olEZZax-7Jw&feature=related Check that out. It's by The Devil Wears Prade. Incidentally, Sword Dragons and Diet Coke was one of the first names I used for basketball forums in 2006/2007. I like the style of music, to me it's more than just screams and grunts, but I can understand why people wouldn't.

How bad must the guitarist's head hurt after shaking his head around like that?

You got some set of balls my friend.

You are by far the coolest person on this forum.