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It's no secret that the Golden State Warriors have been a much better team without their former captain, Stephen Jackson. Not only has the ball movement improved, but the overall chemistry has gotten higher and defense has been more efficient. Now that one of the bums is gone, it's time for the Warriors to trade a player that they should have never signed in the first place: Corey Maggette. Maggette's contract could be the worst in the league, he puts his stats before winning, and is injury prone. Well maybe the injury prone part is not that bad, since the Warriors are a better team when he does not play. The Warriors went into Dallas, and beat the Mavericks. One of the reasons for the win was because Don Nelson did not coach, but we'll leave that for another article. The main reason the Warriors won was because the youth played unselfishly, played defense, and played with heart. Those are some traits that the overpaid sixth man does not comprehend. While Maggette may provide scoring, that is not what Golden State needs right now. If you want an example that stats are misleading, look at Maggette. He averages 17 points per game and numerous free throw attempts, but what you do not see in the box score is the number of times he has killed the Warriors' momentum. When the Warriors are down by a big margin, they usually put up a fight and make little runs to comeback near the end of the game. The young guys put up quality scoring streaks and display acts of teamwork. But what could be their only mistake during the runs? Passing the ball to Maggette. The lazy Maggette gets to the free throw line, but countless times during the game he chucks up random jump shots. Most of the jumps shots are bricks that do not even come close to going in. The jump shots and ball-hogging are just a part of the problem Maggette causes. His defense is below average. He may draw a few charges once in a while, but he is a great flopper, something you should not be proud of. Corey also turns the ball over more than you would expect. Some turnovers are because he lowers his shoulder while attacking the rim, but most of them are because of lazy passes and low-IQ plays. Maggette has also averaged 1.8 assists per game since wearing a Golden State jersey. That is not a number you want from your veteran guard. This is a memo to the Golden State Warriors, Corey Maggette needs to be traded because he is not a player the Warriors need, especially with his horrendous contract. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/298568-memo-to-golden-state-warriors-corey-maggette-must-go

I'm generally pretty anti-war, but the war in Afghanistan has been one I've always supported. I was always opposed to the war in Iraq, ever since we invaded in 2003 or whatever year it was. It was a very unpopular stance to have at the time, and I was still young 6 years ago, but I was interested in these kinds of things. I just never saw the logic of focusing and putting more troops in Iraq then Afghanistan. These were the people who ATTACKED US, not Iraq. This is the war we should have been fighting the past 8 years or so. Instead, it's been almost ignored, pulling troops away from Afghanistan and placing them into Iraq. This is why I support President Obama's plan to send more troops to Afghanistan. I feel finding Osama Bin Laden (if he's not already dead) and taking out more, or most of the Taliban/Al Queda should still be a priority for the United States. I think we should (if he hasn't already begun) taking troops out of Iraq, and putting them over in Afghanastan or sending them home. I'd give this plan a year or so, see how things go, and if we've made generally no progress, then the time to end this thing has come.

Agreed. The celebrity media is killing for news so they're willing to potentially ruin a man's marriage with this. While there is a possibility Tiger is at fault, the world doesn't need to know about it, especially through a personal voicemail.

I'm kinda the same way. On aim I just don't capitalize words and use apostrophes, and I occasionally substitute "u" for "you", but other than that I talk pretty much the same. I have nothing against it though, as long as it's comprehensible like bigdog's. I've seen some pretty ridiculous people typing really "gangsta" like "u kno dat da beetches hav bin dawg ma hos!?!?!?!?!"

Mostly kidding, but I've just noticed he's been talking more like "u kno dis n dat wit tha thing."

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Shouldn't be fighting a war that you can't win to begin with. You can't defeat terrorism. I have no idea why it started, no idea why it's still going on, and that's where most of our money has been wasted this year, last year, and since 2001. Damned if we do, damned if we don't today. If we stay and fight, we continue to spend for a war we'll never win. If we leave, we leave a country in ruins, one that others will blame us for destroying. Go figure.

I would measure it by measuring if a player understands game situations, teammates' strengths and weaknesses, how to attack opponents, if a player can anticipate, if a player knows where open shots are on offense, and on defense, where potential open players could be and how to shut them down. If a player knows when to go to his counters, if a player knows not to force things, etc. I think most of these players (except really Anthony) are high IQ players, but it also shows that the GM's and front office types are just as skewed towards stars as fans are. How is Andre Miller not on this list? Or Joel Pryzbilla, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Brian Scalbrine, and Derek Fisher. Why isn't Brandon Roy up there, and of course Duncan. No Lindsay Hunter, no Shane Battier, no Pau Gasol? No Grant Hill? No Chuck Hayes? No Kevin Ollie? No Kurt Thomas? It's as if they just took the best backcourt or wing playmakers and called it a day, which isn't what the question asked.

I love how I've posted proof that everything you've posted about Gerhart playing inferior D was wrong, yet you ignore it. You have showed you have no knowledge about college football.

BAHAHAHA the best part is a bunch of UF people make fun of FSU and call them the Criminoles. I have Alabama winning