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Before I start explaining anything...do not abuse this privilege. You guys have been fine without it for six years, and I won't hesitate to go back to the word filter. I just want to give you guys some breathing room, and most of you are older teens or adults to begin with. So, please, don't jump into a topic and post a word 50 times, over and over, just because I'm doing this. Also, I'm asking that we still keep the post quality high. Our quality has been very good. Dropping the filter can have a negative effect, but I trust that we'll be fine. http://www.otrbasketball.com/forums/topic/18178-drop-the-word-censor Most wanted it done, so hopefully, this is going to be a good idea. Activity can pick up, members who left in the past because of the filter (no idea why anyone would do that) can change their mind, and we can make it work. There are two words in the ban filter...one is a racial slur, one is usually related to homosexuals. Those won't be posted because they'll be used to personally attack members, and I'm not going to lay that out on the table for everyone to grab. It won't really be a trial period, but I'll pay close attention to our post quality, and I'll make the best decision for the site when it's all said and done. OTR houses some of the best basketball posters out there, and we've sacrificed our activity to eliminate all of our trolls (most forums welcome trolls, to promote the baiting and activity, and the outcome is the site losing their best members). Everyone here seems mature enough to handle it, so I suppose I should say thanks for that as well. I wouldn't run a site if it contained a bunch of adolescent teens that spent their time trashing other sites, their own community, and posting worthless posts.

My brother passed away and I was diagnosed with diabetes less than a month before my first Freshman semester. Thanks for the condescending comment, though. Reinforces that you're a douchebag.

Lol, sure.

Payed 7 players a combined $120,661,522 to play in 82 games total from 2005-2010. Steve Francis '06-07 44 $15,070,000 Stephon Marbury '07-08 24 $19,012,500 Eddy Curry '09-10 7 $10,500,523 Anfernee Hardaway '05-06 4 $15,750,000 Eddy Curry '08-09 3 $ 9,723,983 Stephon Marbury '08-09 0 $20,840,625 Jerome Williams '07-08 0 $ 7,639,400 Jerome Williams '06-07 0 $ 7,014,400 Jerome Williams '05-06 0 $ 6,620,063 Maurice Taylor '06-07 0 $ 7,500,000 Dan Dickau '07-08 0 $ 2,990,028

Quality>Quantity. Knicks make out of this deal like thieves, but at least Denver gets SOMETHING for him, so in a sense they win too, just not as much as New York does. Knicks will remain competitive with Chauncey and set themselves up nicely to get CP3 or Deron now.

He came just short of the $16,000... you should sell some of your baseball cards to help him reach his goal, there would be word art sigs like woah up in this piece

i dont even care if we win by 30, no biggie hun

Who cares if we win. Life is short, live it to the fullest.

The Knicks won the grand prize because they got Melo. But the Nets also won a prize because I really think that if they didn't get back into the picture Mozgov would still be a Knick. Also, the Nuggets didn't win; they just didn't lose.

That would absolutely suck. Battier's defense has fallen off only because there's no Yao in the frontcourt. It's well-known that Shane's defensive play relies heavily on defensive anchors and help, and if he was playing in Boston, he would have the same effect as Posey did.

I don't know what you're talking about, this is all still just a smokescreen by Prokhorov, Melo is going to New Jersey.

$52,604,516 for 0 games played between Marbury, Jerome, Taylor, and Dickau....That's freaking awesome.

I don't see why everyone feels the need to cuss in this thread, but it's pretty cool nonetheless

I think its worth it no matter who you have to give up, if youre the Knicks. You can find Raymond Feltons, Gallinaris, and Chandlers across the league. Melo is in a class of his own, players like him do not come around often. You can easily build around Melo and Amare, thats a superstar tandem. Melo + Amare + the draw of New York = free agents wanting to go there. As for Dantoni, well youre not gonna win anything with him as your head coach. Just gotta get a new coach and the Knicks will be a contender.

Don't hate on JYD though

wtf?! this whole black and yellow shit is getting hella annoying now.

LOL that was fast....

there's been stat and melo remixes before he got traded...like a month ago ive seen them

http://i54.tinypic.com/24yo80l.jpg Took a pic of Melo from my game I made Walker number 32 now

We'll fill all 30 spots real fast, but I guarantee less than half the people would be active on a daily basis.

This or having a life outside of school. I barely went to class, failed a few classes and barely passed the rest.

It is pretty disgusting how some people are acting like Duncan is playing like a scrub this year. He isn't 28 anymore, he can't log those huge minutes (while he probably can, but why would you make him?). How about the fact that his per 36 numbers are still 17 PPG, 11.5 RPG and 2.5 BPG and just under 4 APG, which overall demolishes a player like Pau Gasol especially considering he is on the team with the best record in the NBA. Are his stats down? Yeah, of course they are, he's shooting the ball 11 times a game now instead of 15 and is playing 1 more minute than GEORGE HILL . Tim Duncan isn't as effective as he was 10 years ago, of course not, but he is still an all-star caliber big man, it's not like he is Jermaine O'Neal or something crazy shooting 43% of something, his entire career save a couple years, he has shot nearly 50% give or take either way just like now. If Kevin Garnett is a shoe in all-star, then so is Tim Duncan. I have no problem giving a player like Duncan, who is still effective in the time he is on the floor. I also have no problem letting all-time greats still get recognition even in their decline. Anyways, this conversation begins and ends (again) with Kevin Durant. Chris Bosh is overrated? He is what he is, if you thought he was a superstar that's your own fault. He was a 24-11 big man last year and we were a playoff team until he goes down (5th seed pretty sure), and our cast was nothing to write home about. He is not overrated, if anything, at this point, he is underrated.

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Holy poo-poo, that's awesome. This will be so freaking great! HECK YEAH!

I'm scared of what warren will do

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http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2011/0220/nba_g_kbljts_576.jpg lmao these espn pictures just keep getting better