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It's not really overrated since that many people actually like it and find it funny IMO.2 points
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PGs: Shaun Livingston - Charlotte is a great situation for him. He's the kind of player that Larry Brown loves. Raymond Felton - He's moving to an uptempo system, where D'Antoni will finally have a real point guard to run his system. Mario Chalmers - Playing alongside LeBron, Wade, and Bosh could do wonders for him. Louis Williams - He has improved every year since he came into the league. Brandon Jennings - He had a great rookie year despite low shooting percentages. There's a good chance he'll pick that up next year. SGs: JJ Redick - He had a great showing in his contract year, and played very efficiently whenever VC got hurt. As Carter ages, JJ's minutes will increase. DeMar DeRozan - Kid's got work ethic. With Bosh out of the way, he'll get his. Rodrigue Beaubois - He averaged monster numbers per 36 minutes last year. There is a high chance he'll start at the 2 next year. Gilbert Arenas - This guy has been getting a lot of hate, but I expect a strong comeback year from him. It depends how well he meshes with Wall. Raja Bell - One of several injured players trying to make a comeback. He has the chance to gain a starting role over in Utah. SFs: Dorell Wright - A great situation for him in the right system. His numbers will go way up. Terrence Williams - He got better and better last season. He should continue to improve throughout next season. Hedo Turkoglu - From a bad organization to a good one. We should see his game take a direct affect. Danilo Gallinari - Having Amar'e in the paint as well as a better PG, the shooter will definitely get his looks. Donte Greene - I'm unsure about this pick, but the potential is there. The Kings don't have a star SF, so the opportunity is there as well. Nicolas Batum - The kid can play. A full year of health with expose his talents, especially if the Blazers have playoff success. Corey Maggette - Though his stats won't have any significant increase, his reputation will. PFs: Michael Beasley - This talented player will finally have the green light in Minnesota. Blake Griffin - Number 1 overall pick is back from injury. Hakim Warrick - Right player for the right system. Andray Blatche - Sure he's immature, but you can't deny the talent. He'll have a full year of the starting position and the green light. J.J. Hickson - He was a starter for most of last year. We should see his role continue to increase and his skills to continue to develop. Al Jefferson - Like Maggette, he won't gain much higher numbers, but his reputation will increase from playing with a better team under a better coach. Cs: Greg Oden - He played well when he was healthy. Let's hope for a full year out of him. Darko Milicic - With promised playing time, he has all the opportunity in the world. Andrea Bargnani - Bosh is out. Will Bargs step in? Roy Hibbert - Size, skill, and willingness to improve. Tiago Splitter - I heard a lot of good things about him. He's playing under a great coach too. Marresse Speights - With Dalembert gone, doors are opening up for him. JaVale McGee - A full year of starting with consistent playing time, we will see some increase in his numbers. Yao Ming - Who doesn't want to see this guy succeed in his comeback year? Edit: I added JaVale McGee, Yao Ming, Marresse Speights, JJ Hickson, Al Jefferson, Nicolas Batum, Corey Maggette, and Raja Bell. I'll quote this later and see which ones I'm right about, and which ones failed.1 point
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Don't know if this is allowed but here is a link where you can download the games if you a program that processes torrent files such as Utorrent http://bt.davka.info/1 point
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http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u131/Bayman999/alleniverson.jpg just realized this one looks the same as the Felix Jones ones1 point
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This is why Tebow will get locker room respect from the vets. Not only is he a leader, but he is willing to have fun and is accepting his role as a rookie1 point
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I think you're really grasping at straws, man. Wallace shot sub-42% from the field and sub-35% from 3 in the post-season. No matter how you cut it, that's not exactly impressive. Not something so out of reach that JO can't match or at least make up for (as he surpassed 52% EFG in the 2006 and 2009 post-seasons). And again, we're not talking about Indiana or Miami Jermaine O'Neal in terms of what is needed from him. I think that's the biggest reason you felt Rasheed had an abberation of a post-season last year...he was a bench player and a 4th or 5th option virtually everytime he was on the floor, as opposed to in the past where his flaws were glaring because he was a featured player. He didn't really play any differently (sans Game 7 in LA, where his efforts didn't end up mattering anyway), it's just that you appreciate what he does offer when he isn't looked to as a primary weapon. JO will have the same role, possibly even less because the Celtics will be deeper than last year in the frontcourt. As for defensively, you can't realistically expect the Celtics to get a defensive player with such little off-season payroll as good as Wallace was. JO is a very solid defender who is very good at defending post-players, can block a few shots and isn't horrible on his rotations. On a team with a good amount of defensive talent and a terrific defensive gameplan, his defense will get better on the Celtics. I'm not saying he'll turn into an All-NBA defender, but often times players get better defensively when they are on the right team with the proper structure. As it is, he was a good defender to begin with. The thing is, Miami won't need Z to play major minutes in either the regular or post-season. They have a really, really good defender in Joel Anthony that caused guys like Bynum tons of trouble last year by properly fronting the post as well as blocking shots on the weakside. Howard and Haslem can play most bigs with success as well at the PF and C positions. Even Magloire isn't a bad defender if they need a big body to be put on Dwight for spot minutes. Even IF Dwight goes off on the Heat, he's going to have a lot of problems staying out of foul trouble against 3 of the top 8 players in the league last year in FT's made. Every year LeBron and Wade rip apart the Magic's defense. Bosh dropped 40 a year or two ago on them. The Heat have arguably even greater depth than the Magic with better talent. Dwight won't beat the Heat. His flash in the pan offensive showings is something Wade/Bosh/James can do on a nightly basis if the Heat need it. Also, the Heat have been top 10 in defense virtually every season since Wade was drafted. That's with a few totally different rosters top-to-bottom, 3 different coaches, them going from Shaq to being very undersized, etc... The organization will always have a defensive identity as long as Riley is in some position of prominence, and they made some huge upgrades on that side of the floor. They will figure out a gameplan to minimize Z's flaws just like they have done with so many players over the years. Offensively he doesn't even have to hit a shot; stand 15ft out and force the defense to pay attention to him so the lanes open a bit for Wade/James/Bosh. Anything else is gravy.1 point
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lol, cops aren't gamestop employees that have to sell a certain number of pre-orders and magazine subscriptions1 point
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He should go back to Miami because they could use him off the bench.1 point
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More cops. There is no reason to get pulled over by a cop and ticketed unless you deserve it, and with less cops, even more stupid crimes and shootings would go unnoticed.1 point
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If he does that, I guarantee things will be thrown and people will try to run at him. No doubt in my mind.1 point
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What a bunch of morons. I don't think they realize how similar their religions are either1 point