Real Deal

Good answers, dude, but I needed you to answer a few of mine weeks ago. So much for that 0-3 start, haha.

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Home team, as Force stated, because if we went by who won the game, the Lakers would have around 60 topics in their forum...and the worst teams in the NBA would have 15-20. Gotta do our best to promote discussion for every team.

I stared for 20 minutes and still couldn't see my reflection, don't see what you're getting at here, sir.

Korver trying to turn into Teen Wolf, might be a little too late, though. And Amare misses Nash, dearly.

He's got too much help. I think it was a little different with Steve Nash, and at that time, there wasn't really anyone else contesting him for that MVP award (many argued that Shaq should've gotten it, but...really?). It's really the same reason Kobe and Shaq never won more than one MVP. They played on the same team from 1996-2004. If this was Rajon Rondo putting up these numbers, and winning 50+ games, with lesser teammates...well, that would be a different story, but when you have MVP candidates named Kobe, Durant, Howard, LeBron, Wade, CP3 and Andray Blatche, you're going to have to impress a little more.

Rebuilding that Philly fanbase here at OTR...good to see. Welcome to the best.

I can't believe a Tom Thibodeau team is giving up the three-point line like this.

We had no reason to go into either country because our intentions were not what we said they were. We're fighting people that aren't even in al-qaeda, making more enemies. Does our military believe that al-qaeda will suddenly walk into our war zone and fight us? I'm pretty sure I told you what we should've done. Guess who looks like the most intelligent person coming out of all this? Bin Laden. Instead of fighting a war, he attacked and watched us get stupid. His biggest terrorist act isn't the 9/11 incident...it's actually watching a country go into major debt by blowing trillions of money on a war that serves no purpose, making more enemies, and having their own being killed off of US soil.

We didn't win anything...what are you talking about? The war was even titled "The war against terrorism." Tell me...how are you going to end terrorism? You don't go to war against an act that anyone can create, unless you decide you're going to kill everyone on the planet. We should be defending our soil, sure, but only by monitoring what goes on here. We never, ever needed to go overseas to find a terrorist group that is spread out among countries, diving into the center of the Middle East and through their religious mini-wars, and pretending like we were there for a purpose. Cool, we somehow accomplish our task and bring down what we feel is the core of al-qaeda. Six months later, a guy from Syria, who has been living in the states since 2002, hijacks a plane and flies it into another building. If we're led by Republicans, that means we go over to Syria and destroy their country, put their people in danger, probably fly over the country and drop bombs (like we did in Baghdad), and put our country in even more danger than it's already in because we think we know what we're doing. There's no way anyone can convince me you can have a war against a single act, because a) the act happens, and it's over with, and b) you can't defeat something that can be attempted by anyone in and outside of the states. We marched our troops over to find and execute Saddam, take over land so we can have cheaper oil, and then search mountains in countries that would rather fight us than let us stroll in and take over their land. For such a powerful and rich country, we sure got exposed, and nine years later (yeah, nine years), we have accomplished nothing.

This is the problem with politics. You think that, because I support Obama, I support every single thing a Democrat lays on the table. Most every single time I hear this kind of stuff, it comes from a damn Republican, which is funny. Select a President, throw the best in office without labels, and start thinking of ways to help our country without promoting a group of ideas. The House and the Senate are full of puppets, for the most part, and it's sad. I wouldn't be opposed to this country locking all borders and forcing everyone to become citizens before stepping foot in the US (and, of course, finding a way to speed up that process). Wanting to close borders or crack down on illegal immigration doesn't mean I'm Republican, it means I don't need strangers, family or friends telling me what to believe in. What wealth? And a genocide is different than a war for oil and a war against an act. As stated earlier, if we're going to go in to fight terrorism, we might as well plan on a war against murder, and maybe even racism...see how effective that will be.

Durant played pretty bad last night, and he's been less of himself for these first games of the season, shooting poorly or throwing turnovers. I wonder when he'll drop that first big game.

Now THIS is a game where Rose needs to drop 30, attack the basket and get Amare into early foul trouble. Felton doesn't have the defense to contain Rose, and while Gibson is a decent defensive player, Amare could really wreck him this game. It'll be up to Rose to attack the paint, and Noah and Chicago's frontcourt to pull down all of those boards.

OKAY, WE READ IT THE FIRST TIME, WOW.

Week 1 Winners: AboveLegit, Cobb, MoeRoadKill (60) Week 2 Winners: Cleveland's Finest, STATCity (55) Week 3 Winner: AboveLegit (45) Week 4 Winner: Confidence (50) Week 5 Winner: *Swish* (50) Week 6 Winner: Cobb (60) Week 7 Winner: Oliver P (45) Week 8 Winner: bigdog17k (60) Week 9 Winners: bigdog17k, ChosenOne, Confidence (45) Week 10 Winner: magicbalala245 (50) Total Scores (after Week 10) ChosenOne 45 45 30 25 45 50 30 50 45 45 410 Confidence 40 40 20 50 45 50 30 40 45 45 405 AboveLegit 60 40 45 25 45 50 25 40 30 40 400 bigdog17k 50 50 25 20 45 30 30 60 45 45 400 TheHutch 50 50 30 30 40 40 25 55 35 45 400 Cobb 60 50 10 25 0 60 20 45 35 40 345 Oliver P 0 50 30 30 45 40 45 40 25 40 345 STATCity 55 55 35 30 30 40 0 50 40 0 335 magicbalala245 40 40 20 20 25 40 25 35 35 50 330 htown11 50 45 0 25 30 45 30 55 40 0 320 MoeRoadKill 60 45 25 25 45 35 30 55 0 0 320 Sun Tzu 0 40 20 25 20 55 30 35 20 45 290 Lone Wolf 55 0 30 15 40 50 30 50 0 0 270 deestillballin 50 0 25 0 25 40 35 30 35 0 240 N.1.A.K. 0 50 20 20 35 30 0 50 35 0 240 Cleveland's Finest 0 55 25 25 45 35 0 0 0 45 230 Guru 45 45 25 25 25 50 0 0 0 0 215 Lemon 50 0 0 35 40 55 30 0 0 0 210 headliner 55 40 35 35 0 0 0 0 40 0 205 Dash 30 50 0 35 0 0 25 55 0 0 195 STL10 25 35 25 0 0 35 35 30 0 0 185 TheGreatPoodhini1 0 40 20 30 0 50 0 0 0 45 185 *Swish* 0 0 0 0 50 30 0 50 35 0 165 Flash 45 0 30 0 0 0 0 55 0 0 130 Check my Stats 40 35 20 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 125 Vitasoy 50 50 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 The Next Knick 45 45 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 Jazzfan 45 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 Newman 45 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 DaSin 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 kingfish 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 IllWill21 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 Prodigy 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 bloo 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 20 0 0 45 AllenIverson#1fan 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 NBAMistress 0 0 20 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 sas45champs 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 Lkr 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 25 Luke 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 25

Looks like this will be interesting all season long. Close scores, fellas...good job. AboveLegit - 60 Cobb - 60 MoeRoadKill - 60 DaSin - 55 headliner - 55 kingfish - 55 Lone Wolf - 55 STATCity - 55 bigdog17k - 50 deestillballin - 50 htown11 - 50 IllWill21 - 50 Lemon - 50 Prodigy - 50 TheHutch - 50 Vitasoy - 50 ChosenOne - 45 Flash - 45 Guru - 45 Jazzfan - 45 Newman - 45 The Next Knick - 45 Check my Stats - 40 Confidence - 40 magicbalala245 - 40 Dash - 30 The REAL STL10 - 25

Atlanta looks better than they did last year, BUT they also started the season 11-2, and they went 6-0 to start the 2008-09 season before losing four straight. It seems like they are one of those teams that can start out playing team basketball, but they go back to that Joe Johnson ball once 2-3 of the guys start struggling, then they never actually recover from it here and there throughout the season. Of course, the Hawks were a 53-win team last year, so it's hard to really criticize them after five wins this season...but I suspect they will start showing problems once they run into a legitimate contender, and decide to change their game a little.

I don't believe Garnett one bit. Garnett running down the court, looking over at Charlie, "You're cancerous to your team, and to this league!" LOL...please.

Well, hey, at least my eye problems are better than they were a couple of years ago...which means I can go out and save up every penny I make before the Repubs take over the world (yes, the world) again.

Haha, good one. Triano is not a role model, though, so it's all good.

The one thing that makes me believe this is true is that there was mention of LeBron's friends (or family, or someone close to him) not being able to fly with him anymore, something along those lines. I forgot where I read it at, but it might have been during the preseason. If true, good to hear Riley is holding LeBron's hand, for the time being.

Conley gets his extension, and suddenly, he wants to put up near triple-doubles.

Ha, nevermind what I said. Bring back Kobe.

I don't see how we won't sustain the lead, now. Evans picked up his fifth...should be smooth-sailing from here on out.

Duncan did work tonight. I figured it would happen because of the size advantage, but I wouldn't have predicted this. Lopez did pick up those three fouls and played what...a quarter so far? Still, Duncan knows when to put his foot on the gas.