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This thread needs to go away forever.

lol @ Heat fans thinking they are hated, let me play you guys a violin to those sweet tasting tears.

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You wouldnt be "ecstatic" if Micheal Beasley was your first option and Mario Chalmers was your second. such bull[expletive]

Yeah, we get it, the NBA revolves around the Heat. Most of us don't [expletive]ing care. The hard cap proposals have absolutely nothing to do with the circus in Miami right now.

I really doubt this happens, and if it continues to be part of the new CBA negotiations, you'll most definitely see a lockout. A hard cap will eventually restrict where free agents choose to go. If all contenders are at the cap, or a hair below it, big-name players will literally be forced to go to a struggling team, or in many cases, a small-market team. And in restricting team availability, it will force salary cuts. Someone like John Wall may be a deserving max player, but the only teams that could offer the max are the Bucks, Cavaliers, Pistons and Pacers...and assuming they are all struggling, and they aren't Los Angeles, Miami, or New York (where all big-name players want to go because of the market), Wall will have to look to a team like Denver, who may have a little less money to offer, is a better team, but not exactly cream of the crop (yes, Melo has left). So, really, a free agent really won't be free anymore. Also, you create a problem come draft time, if a team is maxed out and has a top pick. That's $3-4 million they will need to shed off of their roster just to sign their top pick, which could mean some deserving player ends up out of a job because his team had to waive him. Most all contract lengths will be shorter (much, much shorter) for guys like Oden, Yao and Bynum, who have been suffering from injuries over the last three seasons, because teams know they will NEVER be able to get out of those contracts once they write them up. How many times will you see a team offer expiring contracts in deals for non-superstar players? It would be much easier to pick up a superstar through free agency, with the hard cap, so teams will more than likely keep their expiring contracts, even of those players who are barely logging minutes. Could lead to more teams tanking seasons, keeping useless players on their rosters just to have an extra $18 million for the following season. You drop the luxury tax, and suddenly, the NBA doesn't make money off of it. I could go on and on.

yeah LA sucks.

-_- Serious knee injuries cause 2 major problems; 1) Players pretty much never regain full strengh and mobility in it again, and 2) They are, more often than not, reoccuring. Many times I've heard players and coaches say a player is back to full strength after a serious injury...it never happens. I heard people say it about Amare, and even though he made a miraculous comeback, he has never been the same as he was before microfracture (which he will need again in the next few years). I heard people say it about T-Mac with his back, and then later on with his knee. That DEFINITELY did not happen. To expect Arenas to be as explosive as he was before 2007 is unrealistic. Now, looking at the prospect of him needing additional surgeries or having other problems with it in the next few seasons, if he is healthy and playing well it could potentially be the only chance they will have to get great value in return for him. Of course he could turn out to play all 82 games every season for the rest of his contract, but then you run a big risk. Get prime value in return for him now if he plays well this season, or wait and risk that his surgically repaired knee can hold up. Looking past health, you have to look at his contract. He's going to be making max money for another 4 seasons. Considering the Wizards are in rebuilding mode and the new CBA may restrict the cap and different exceptions, is Arenas worth it? No. Why pay a guy max money when the team's ceiling is mediocrity for at least the next 2 years (half of Arenas' contract)? Why not let your annoited franchise player take the reigns, give the team major cap flexibility, and maybe get a few good players and draft picks in return? Lastly, both Wall and Arenas are ball-dominant guards. Neither play well off-ball, and Arenas is a high-volume, low efficieny player (who jacked up 19+ FGA when he made an effort to be passive). Both are undersized at SG without the defensive ability to make up for the size. Because of how Arenas plays, Wall will never get the proper chance to realize his potential as long as GA on the roster.

Regarding the clutch stats, they don't mean much to me. LeBron has the higher FG%, we all know that, and he didn't have much help in the fourth quarters...right? There was a season where Bryant averaged 10+ PPG in fourth quarters alone, and that was around the time he didn't have Shaq or Gasol, if I recall correctly, and nobody had accomplished that since Wilt or Jordan. But, according to 82games' clutch stats, sorting +/- stats, you'll find that Mo Williams is on top of everyone. In fact, five of the first six players are from Cleveland, +/- stat leaders. Williams, James, Parker, West and Varejao, in that order. You'll also find that, among non-bigs, Delonte West has the highest FG%, at 66.7%. It really doesn't mean much to me, in the end. Down two, five seconds to go, a prime Scottie Pippen defending my best forward/guard...who takes the final shot? Bryant, and nobody else crosses my mind unless their name is Michael Jordan (and I take Bryant over Jordan as well).

I think a lot of the shallowness comes of the pressure put on by other guys to be with an attractive girl. A lot of guys are judged by how good looking their girl is and made fun of is she's not hot. I mean at the end of the day it's whatever makes you happy, if she does it for you, [expletive] what everyone else says, they are just jealous they don't go what you have.

any particular reason hustler, or just getting that post count up?