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And you might want to learn correct capitalization before you start correcting people on grammatical errors.

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Jamal Crawford Caron Butler Tyson Chandler Aaron Afflalo Wilson Chandler Kenyon Martin Nene JR Smith Rodney Stuckey Tayshaun Prince Yao Ming DeAndre Jordan Marc Gasol Zach Randolph Shane Battier Mario Chalmers Luc Richard Mbah a Moute Marco Belineli Carl Landry David West Jason Richardson Thaddeus Young Aaron Brooks Grant Hill Greg Oden Marcus Thornton Nick Young Like I said in the post above, FAR from crap.

Wade is a good person, LeBron is a child.

There are several MVP candidates in the league this year and LeBron James is definitely one of them. He has better teammates than ever indeed but the fact that he's averaging the same stats that he was in Cleveland shows that he's still as important to his team as he was in Cleveland. Besides, even if it's true that they tend to give the MVP to a player that does more with less (which seems quite logical indeed anyhow) you definitely can win MVP while playing with great teammates. Bill Russell won several MVPs despite the fact that he was surrounded by players like Jones, Havlicek, Heinsohn, Cousy or Sharman. Moses Malone won it despite the fact that he had Erving and Cheeks for teammates. Larry Bird won it despite the fact that his teammates were McHale, Parish and DJ. The last year he won it there was even Walton in the team (even if Bill wasn't exactly the player he used to be by then because of his injuries...). Magic won it despite the fact that he was surounded by Jabbar and Worthy. When Shaq won it the Lakers were the better team in the league on paper (except maybe the Blazers). So it can happen. This said it is true that right now the clear MVP is definitely Derrick Rose. For a simple reason : who would have thought that the Bulls would be the best team in the East before the season started ? No one. Everybody was talking about Boston, Miami and Orlando. Yet they are. Not only that but Derrick led his team to the best record in the East despite all the injury troubles they had. Boozer missed more than 20 games and Noah more than 30. What Rose has done this season is just beyond belief. Meanwhile most people were sure that the Heat would not only win the ring for sure but would even win more than 70 games... The result ? They have now 0 chance to win 70 games are right now the 6th best team in the league. So in short we have two players who are both having a terrific season and would both deserve to be MVP indeed but the fact is that James hasn't led his team to its expectations while Rose has led his team to an even better level than it was supposed to be. Again despite the fact that the Bulls had so many injury troubles... So it's definitely impossible to make a case against Rose right now, he is the clear MVP indeed. Now the season is not over yet. And there are other MVP candidates. Dirk Nowitzki is definitely one of them, we saw how important he was to his team when he was injured. And if he wasn't injured the Mavs would probably have the second best record in the league and would be very close to the Spurs right now. The other two in that top five candidates are certainly Durant (who among the top candidates is probably the one who has the less good teammates) and Dwight. However both teams' record is probably not good enough right now. Especially for the Magic, they haven't been as good as they were supposed to be (this can be explained by the fact that they had an important trade during the season) so I would be surprised if Howard was named MVP this year. So IMO it will be either Rose, James or Dirk. But honestly I don't see how anyone else than Rose could be MVP. Because the only way that Dirk or James could be MVP is that the Heat or Mavs would have a much better record than the Bulls. As a matter of fact contrary to Chicago they were both legit contenders to the ring before the season started. Yet the Bulls have right now a better record than both of them, and even if the Mavs and Heat can still have a better record than Chicago at the end of the season we know now that whatever happens (unless the Bulls lose totally their basketball during the last 24 games, which is more than unlikely...) they will not have a much better record than them. There is no doubt that Derrick deserves to be MVP this year.

I think The Truth is trying to rival Swish.

OMG nobody commented in the Lakers/Wolves thread yesterday, awfully quiet in that bitch! Just 17 posts (one page) in the LA/Orlando game, the one that was on ESPN on Monday, for everyone to see. Just 11 posts (lol) in the LA/Dallas game on Saturday, two contenders, Lakers win. We can whine and cry about the same thing...but, well, we just don't. The Heat are like those old 55-60 win Kings squads until they do something in the playoffs. Definitely not a big deal when they win regular season games.

Yea, I noticed. If the Nuggets had a lead with a few minutes to go this thread would be at 3 pages.

Told you, Miami threads get 6 posts when they win and 100+ when they lose.

keep him in his place hahahaha. Do you read what you write? It looks like one of those example essays of what not to write that teachers always show.

itt: The Truth reveals he is a retard

David West is FAR from crap.

LMFAO You do realize that using '"your" instead of "you're" is an error in grammar, not in spelling. What grade are you in? 4th?

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omg :wallbash3:

Weird how the good person pouts to the media after losses while the child shoulders the blame like a man.

this is good news 2 less games we have to worry about him breaking his knee

Stop making these everyone is discussing the game in the March Madness one. Didnt you notice the first one being a fail?

No need for this thread...

Why are you guys making individual gameday threads when we have this thread? Pretty pointless imo.

I don't know if its the Lakers bias in you talking but DUDE are you serious?

Thank god for the refs.

If you think those two kids deserved to die, and have their families suffer just because they stepped on your toes a little, then you're just [expletive]ed up.

Nice ya man that doc was extremely interesting, the inflated salaries these guys take home is just ridiculous. I also saw Exit Through The Gift Shop really did like that one also. Thanks for the link to Harlan County I'll check that out, never heard of it. Last night I watched Lincoln Lawyer at the theatres and was pleasantly surprised. I am not a fan of Matthew McConaughey at all but this was one his best performances IMO. The whole LA vibe of the movie was great and it kept you interested all the way through. http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm233/lebronze23/77bea357.jpg 8/10

:wallbash3: Just answer this for me. How good would the Bulls be without Rose? How good would the Heat be without LeBron? You keep italicizing the word player in your posts, do you realize it's the "MOST VALUABLE" player, and not necessarily the BEST player. You keep acting like the award just goes to the best player, but it goes to the most valuable.

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Don't ask me. I think Kobe should've had more than one MVP, and Shaq as well, being the best players in the league for a decade...but it didn't happen that way. No reason to change it now, though. That's what you're wanting to do. The only thing, other than that, that bothers me about your post...is that you're using stats to find the best player in the NBA. LeBron is probably there this year, because Kobe is hobbled now...but two years ago, Bryant was the better overall player, the better defender and BY FAR more skilled offensively, yet he didn't take home the 2009 MVP award because the Cavaliers were a 66-win team without someone like Gasol backing up LeBron. The award isn't the best overall player, it's the most valuable to his team's success. The weight of the award rests in that team's record AND the fact that the player must be of superstar level, putting up superstar numbers. It should never change. There wasn't a single person better than Mike from 1986-1998 (exceptions are the years he retired, and played just 17 games in the return), but I didn't see him win 10 season MVP awards, either.

Man your sense of sarcasm [expletive]ing sucks bro

it's a one and done tournament. that's why it's so hard to predict and why the big east can look like shit. i mean, they're all capable of winning any night, but also losing any night...going to happen dude

My bracket went to shit after the first round. I practically need a miracle to win my pool. [expletive]ing Pitt. Typical chokers.

I don't think he's a retard, just wasn't really thinking at the time. There have been times when I've done and said things like that before. It's really no big deal though, despite it being pretty funny.

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Wisconsin has the gayest team ever. No offense Badger fans.

LOLWUT So an unproven draft pick is better/less of a risk than a proven NBA player? OKAY BUDDY.

Well... that just ruined my entire bracket.

Thank GOD I didn't fall for the Pitt hype. This loss only paves the way for Wisconsin.

Yes blame the writer. -_-

Maybe he read the word 'acquired' as 'required' in the article...That's the only possible explanation as to what the hell he's thinking or talking about...

I thought it was Dwyane Wade's team. :o

They are a good supporting cast, but not close to 60 win good. Not to mention all the injuries they've had. I know you will defend LBJ unconditionally, but he simply is not the MVP this year. Best player in the NBA? Yeah, but those are two completely different things. Only way LBJ will EVER win MVP with Wade on his team is if the Heat win close to 70 games or Wade falls off and looks more like a 2nd option instead of a superstar. Might not seem fair, but that's just the way it is going to be from here on out.

Maybe he just ain't as good as everyone thought.

Because when you have 2 possible MVPs on one team it shows that one is just not that valuable.

Don't call him Swish, his name is Sacha. There's only one Swish that I know.

Why does everyone love Wade so much and hate LBJ? This idiot is talking about getting rest when his team is playing like they are? I mean if the Heat were rolling then alright, but come on.... Wade is talking about wanting more rest, and LBJ is talking about his these last games are a chance to improve for the playoffs, yet LBJ is public enemy number 1 on the internet?

No I don't. What is the difference? (I was joking with that post. I just hate when people use the whole "he isn't on the same level as that guy so he should shut his mouth" comments.)

Chris Bosh isn't good enough to "speak on Kobe Bryant" but some random dude on a message board is good enough to say that Bosh needs to be quiet?

Yea, we aren't beating the good teams, but when we do, its overlooked. We beat the Lakers twice, we got revenge on the Spurs, and we play closely every game against the Bulls and Celtics. Sure a loss is a loss, but its not like we are getting absolutely dominated. One little adjustment here and there in all those game and we come out with a win. We just have 0 luck in clutch situations, and thats really all it comes down to. We take stupid clutch shots, when its as easy as driving into the lane and getting a layup/foul. Last night on that play where Wade didn't get the foul call and then got a technical was basically the reason we lost control of that. I could sense we were going to take that game down to the end...instead Wade doesn't get a call, Harden hits a three because everyone is bitching, and then we get hit with two technical fouls. Tell me what team would get over that? I could easily come up with an excuse for all our close losses like a bunch of Lakers fans did when they lost to us a few games ago, but I just sit here and accept it. Nothing matters until we get to the playoffs. I honestly can't see a team that is going to put us away like we are a garbage team. No one wants to go out and cover Wade and James for 5+ games in a row. They can go off, but they can go cold as well. I just think that in a 7 game series, the chances of the big three going ice cold is very small. The only team I am worried about is Chicago. Despite the Magic having Dwight, we take pretty controlling leads over them a lot. Boston is not the same without Perkins. All the other teams in the East are just decoration. Chicago kills us on the boards, shuts down our offense, and they don't screw up when they have a lead. So aside from that, I am going to be a homer and say no team scares me other than Chicago.

How is D-Wade average at everything else? Great rebounder for his size, great playmaker and much better defensively than Melo.