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Does he point with his thumb, or is his thumb shattered and bent backwards?

Well, supposedly hacked, although I still have a suspicion that our server (from our old host) blew, and they weren't providing backups like they were supposed to do each day. Never really got an explanation as to why they couldn't give me a backup of the database. According to them, it was an SQL injection that made it's way through our FTP...however that seems to work, strikes me as odd because that's all they told me, and they wouldn't give me an IP address of the last person accessing the FTP. I forgot what member it was now, but someone said that they were reading an off-topic thread on another board, and two members from there were bragging about hacking OTR...but I never saw the posts, so I'm not sure how legitimate that was.

Okay...FOUR entries so far, and they are looking good. This is actually turning out better than I expected.

Change your name back to the New York Knickerbockers, wear short shorts and long tube socks, and force Tyson Chandler to legally change his name to Willis Reed.

Maybe Gilbert will be taking a trip to Germany.

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/recap/NBA_20120127_PHO@POR

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/recap/NBA_20120127_UTA@DAL

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/recap/NBA_20120127_SA@MIN

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/recap/NBA_20120127_ATL@DET

Any limits as to how many can be requested in a certain amount of time? I'll leave that up to you as well, since you were one of the captains of the team last time.

I don't necessarily want him (rather have someone like JR Smith), but over Arenas? Every day of the week.

Gasol, back to impersonating Dirk (and doing a poor job of it).

Maybe I will, though? :o Or not.

Don't watch hockey, at all, but I'm assuming this is the beginning of the end for Crosby. Did he ever become good enough to be mentioned among the all-time greats? That's really all I heard about the guy.

Should be fixed.

Yep, due to work...he's trying to become a researcher, said he hasn't watched much basketball at all lately.

When I put the new board up, summer of 2009.

We did bring them back, a few months ago, and it just didn't work out. I needed all of the members to post everywhere, not just to promote their own team forum, and that's sort of where we're at today as well. Back when we were pretty active, it was different. We were more focused on filling spaces, but now, we're geared towards making up for the spaces we never filled (meaning, posters being replaced over time). A while back, we could have had a team captain for EVERY team (and I believe we nearly did, I think we filled 27 spots, and I took the remaining three). Would be nice to see that again, haha. I'm hoping all of these extra things will encourage activity, and members will start to roll in, somehow. If we can get back up there, I'll definitely assign TC's again. It's been something I've liked to do for a while now, especially when they can help move gameday topics, lmao.

Haha, don't ever remember seeing this topic. Pretty interesting, to say the least. Shaliq, has this topic been on your mind the entire time?!?! Yeah, not having the rep system from 2005-2009 sucks...although, Shaliq, I don't think he used our TOTAL post counts, either (think it was active posts, post-hack, or else I'd have much more than 11-12k). I really wish the rep system was used solely for the best posts...but over half are given for the funny stuff. Guess that really doesn't matter, though, since we don't do anything with reputation to begin with, lol.

Kobe remembers this shit, from Twitter: http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/425295_368811799812170_100000500589161_1525980_467950131_n.jpg

Blatche for anything, because he's a cancer. Any defensive player from 2-4 (McGee and Wall will start, regardless), any productive post scorer that is not Andray Blatche...whatever it takes, even a first-round draft pick.

LA's biggest problem is their offense, and they can solve that with two different ways: 1) Drew needs to pass out of the post a lot more. He has to be able to create from the block, especially when he's drawing doubles...but he has no idea how to, never looks to pass, and it's a waste trying to get him to be a 20 PPG scorer if he can't create for others. 2) We need a PG that can facilitate, to take the ball out of Kobe's hands so we can preserve him a bit more. Kobe is STILL the primary option AND the facilitator for this team, and that's a Derrick Rose role that he really shouldn't have, with so much talent surrounding him. Problem is, the Lakers are old, so Ron Artest (who used to be a point-forward) and Steve Blake are not going to run the offense. Andre Miller would be nice. He doesn't want to drop 30 a night, and he would rather pass the ball. I'm even open to a JR Smith, who I think could flourish under Kobe and Gasol. He is a decent passer, does a little bit of everything, is athletic and young, can penetrate and create, score the ball, hit shots, even defend. But Arenas is just a red flag for me. I wouldn't take him for the league minimum, which is sad, because we could waive him at any time, in that case. I just wouldn't want to waste any games trying to figure him out, watch him fail, and see our top 2-3 seed slip away in a shortened season.

Posted a bit more of the article...took me a bit to realize what the title actually meant, because the article doesn't lead into that until the very end, lol. Not sure why he's doing that, though. Feels like Bird is the type of guy that wants to be part of a winning crew...and who doesn't? Only one team wins it all every season, though, and the Pacers aren't going to be the 80s Celtics.

He won't start trouble, but I'd rather have Fisher out there with a broken collarbone. Arenas needs the ball in his hands. Fisher knows he's not a scoring option on this team. The last time Gilbert said he would play team ball and sacrifice his offense (and admitted it was due to his injuries), he lied and shot 16 FGA/G for 39% until the Wizards traded him. We need a starting PG that can do something with the ball, not another spot-up shooter, or some injury-prone player that's clearly out of his prime (far out of it). Goudelock would be the better option at the point right now, honestly. Same with Darius Morris. Plus, Steve Blake will be getting his minutes back when he returns, and he's three times the player Gilbert is. There's a reason nobody has signed Arenas to a minimum deal yet, despite being waived for over a month now.