Real Deal

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It was against the Wolves. Maggette is a deer. And that's really weird. I've never seen a player do anything like that before. Haha, and he picked up those five fouls in 14 minutes. Scott Skiles: "Corey, go in there and play, or I'll trade you to the Raptors."

Anyone else interested in doing this? I'm not sure how many of you would want to do it, but I think it's a really, really good idea, to give everyone an opportunity to create videos and upload them to OTR's account.

None of that makes sense. Getting money does not relate to getting women, unless you're getting women because you're getting money. Not really sure what else to say to you. Good luck reaching your goal.

Rich in material (money) and rich in looks...they don't compare. That was the point I made. Katy Perry's looks...she didn't invest in them, she didn't go out and earn them by working a job. You aren't born with money in your pockets. You have to work to get it, whether we're talking a job or just investing. Using your logic, I can relate ANYTHING to earning money. Right now, I'm rich in bottled water. I have three cases of it. I believed I could get it at the store, so I got it. I'm also rich in basketball knowledge. I wanted it, so I got it. What you aren't getting is that EVERYONE wants money. The desire to have money is not the same as succeeding in getting money. Layman's terms, having a goal and doing what you can to achieve it does NOT mean you will achieve it. You can preach the same thing over and over and over again, but you're wrong. Everyone's life doesn't end like a fairy tale, dude, no matter how hard they work at achieving their goals. You're slapping people in the face when you preach how easy it is, how they should work harder, when you don't know a damn thing about anyone else on this board. Truth is, if being rich means I'm going to walk around and tell everyone what to do, not physically earn my money, and basically look down on anyone who can't make the money I'm making...there's no [expletive]ing way I want to be rich. Nothing you can ever say will change that.

I've never seen our bench play team defense this good before. Not even in the Kobe/Shaq era. :o Are we going to win an overtime game with Kobe AND Gasol sitting in the OT? EDIT: And no Odom? EDIT #2: Kobe is back in, lol. EDIT #3: No Kobe, haha.

Hahaha...man, I felt that blood pressure spike up just a bit, right when he was bringing that ball up the court. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS SEASON TO START.

Okay.

Vujacic is playing smarter than he did last year. Caracter is showing he can play...which is nice, because earlier in the preseason, he was rubbish. I wish Kobe and Gasol were more involved in the game, as far as facilitating and scoring goes. I understand it's preseason and the Lakers need to play guys like Ebanks and Caracter, but man...

How fitting is it that A-Rod strikes out to end the game, the series, and the Yankees' season? He played like garbage most of the series.

That's because I was born sexy. I wasn't born rich.

Game is on ESPN, everyone. When I first added these games, ESPN and NBA.com didn't have preseason games as televised. Screwed me over a bit.

It's Adam Morrison timeeeeee. Jerry Stackhouse is done. He'll hit a couple of open shots here and there, but he'll also get lit up by most players in the league today, and the Heat can't afford that. He was pathetic knocking down shots for the Bucks last year, especially in the playoffs, so I can't really say he'd hit those open shots, either.

He wants traded.

Toronto will need that extra boost in defensive energy. Davis can be a real special player for them. You can't expect him to replace what Bosh did, obviously, but if you're rebuilding a team from scratch, sticking him in the roster may not be a bad idea, at all. I really hope he proves to be a starter in this league.

By the way, last season was just that...last season. Houston has a healthier Yao and Martin? Playing an injured Yao could be a problem. Losing Ariza (who was putting up excellent defensive numbers for over half the season) may not change anything offensively, but defensively? For sure. Jefferson has yet to prove to me he's better than Boozer. CB has better shot mechanics, better post, better on the glass, much more efficient (should be Jefferson, but it's not), and is a better defender, even though they both can't play it. Raja Bell just got lit up by an injured Kobe. Haywood? If you're talking about Hayward, I'm pretty sure he won't mean much to the team for a while. He's scared to even shoot the ball against the more athletic, larger pros so far. Like I said, the Thunder were slow to take off last year. They had issues with who they were going to start at the four and five, who they were bringing off the bench and what five-man units they were using. They stuck with their starters most of the year, but they took 25-30 games just experimenting with their bench, and it cost them. They won 50 games last season, and they can win 55 this year if they all stay healthy. In the West, 55 games is a top 2-4 seed, and by the way Dallas plays, the Thunder could probably drop them out of the playoffs. People thought the same thing about Phoenix last season, but they ran up and down the court on their way to a WCF berth. Is that why Boston snagged the 4th seed in the playoffs, because they couldn't beat every team in the East?

My bad...I meant to say in the west. 1) Lakers 2) Celtics 3) Heat 4) Magic 5) Thunder or Bulls

LOL, already did that. I ran one that went to [expletive] because of the individuals that were doing computer work through friends of friends of friends, house calls, no business. Just like I used to do when I was younger. Incorrect. My dad's boss is also an electrician, an electrical engineer to be exact, and he's making enough money to purchase and restore nine classic cars (three Corvettes in mint condition), moving up the ladder because of the work he has done and the duration he has spent with the company. There's also an inspector that visits Coffeyville, from Virginia, every month. He comes and inspects the oil refinery tanks and machines, stays here for three days at a time. Works for around 36 days total, makes $260k a year JUST doing that. The refinery makes roughly $3 million a day (know this because I was a systems analyst and had access to everything) and they have others on their payroll that I would consider pretty wealthy, and it's due to their work. Incorrect. Here, since I'm middle class, I'll tell you: bills that you have to pay immediately, before you fall into the homeless category. I don't drink, never had a real vacation in my life, already have enough clothes. For being in the middle class (because you are), you don't know much about anyone around you. No, they scream, "Buy me, sucker...I'm an author that gets rich by selling books about how they should get rich." When pyramid schemes first became popular, one was that you spend a little of your money to purchase a video tape. You watch it. Guess what the tape has on it? It told you how to create similar video tapes, how to sell them for a few bucks more than what it costs to purchase and make them, and what do you put on the tapes? How to make the tapes and sell them for a few bucks more. You tell someone how to screw people over, while you screw them over. So, basically, you're one of those books you keep telling us to go read, except you can't sell your words on OTR. But if you could, you would. That's how it's done. If parents could earn money by providing false hope to their children, they'd be rich by the time their kids were teenagers. You keep saying the same thing over and over again, but you don't personally know a CEO, you don't personally know a rich labor worker, and you don't personally know anyone who is struggling, and it's evident by the way you talk, evident that you have not experienced anything of the sort. I know all of them. Yeah, I've invested before. So has my girlfriend's parents. Companies sell out. Companies die. Investments wipe out, plummet. Things happen that you can't control with just the belief that "things will work out in the long run" and all of this confidence you believe you can embed into people's brains. I have no reason to believe a word you say, and neither does anyone else.

Done.

Martin's numbers in Sacramento were sugar-coated, really...but if he can put up those numbers in Houston, good for him. It'll be great for the Rockets. Ariza was a different player...definitely not the scorer Martin is, more of a third or even fourth option on a good team, meant to play lock-down defense, play the break, and hit open shots. As far as the statement from Morey goes, still laughable...but I'll stop there.

I REALLY like Blake in the triangle offense.

This is exactly why you're getting the cold shoulder from EVERYONE on the site. If it's so simple, and none of us are rich, you're basically calling everyone stupid and incapable of successfully making money, because it's soooo easy. It's so easy? Why is it your life-long goal? Why is it not your month-long goal? Why is it a goal to begin with, since it's so easy? People are getting pissed because you act like it's easy. You even SAY it is, but you ignore the fact that there are only 1,000 billionaires on this Earth. It's getting pretty damn annoying, to be honest. This is exactly why you didn't get a personal forum for this. Everyone on OTR would've turned their heads and ignored it (like they were doing), or would've given you negative attention. But, well, you'll see for yourself, I guess.

Not really sure if that's the problem, to be honest. He controlled his diabetes pretty damn well in college, much better than I ever did playing sports (way too difficult for me to control it without running my blood sugars extremely high, just fearing I'd have a seizure). I think it may be a combo of that injury he suffered his rookie season AND the fact that, really, he never had any other basketball skills aside from his shooting.

Melo, Billups, Lawson and Afflalo? 10-43 FG so far. http://www.nba.com/games/20101021/DENPOR/gameinfo.html

Wow, Steve Blake is lighting up the Warriors. http://www.nba.com/games/20101021/GSWLAL/gameinfo.html