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Wasn't that the game LeBron was held to 4/12 shooting by Danny? But yeah, what happened the game before that, back in Cleveland in November? I believe it was Granger who dropped 33 on LeBron, shot almost 60% from the floor, and almost beat the Cavs at home. Granger scored 38 on him, also, back in April of 2009. Kobe shot 33% against the Knicks about a month ago. Just one game.

Bold your sentences, fellas.

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Apparently, Brandon can demonstrate endless fighting, granted his impressive jumping kicks land momentously, not on powerful quadriceps retaining steroids, to unequaled velocity while Xena's yelling, "Zombies!" Yeah, I have no clue.

I'm game. Give me a few.

That would be funny, if Washington kept Ilgauskas for the rest of the season, just to get revenge on Cleveland for all of those playoff beatings.

Awesome. I like Lesnar, one of my favorite fighters. I just always have that fear that he'll get caught again. He did much better in that second fight with Mir, but I was just waiting for Frank to grab his ankle. Minus those sick-looking hammer fists, he's still pretty solid. People forget that he was a national wrestling champ and played in the NFL (barely, haha). They just remember his days wrestling The Rock and Kurt Angle, haha.

Ah, forgot about that. Deron is going to read this topic and be pissed off you're laughing about it.

That Denver game may be tough, since he'll have to defend Melo and have both Anthony and Afflalo on him quite a bit. I don't think he'll get it. Even that Utah game looks bad for Durant. Kirilenko and Brewer are mean, defensively.

I need to root against both teams, for the Lakers' AND the Thunder's sake. Guess I'll pull for New Orleans, as the Thunder are actually dominating right now.

Right, but isn't Lesnar done for good (because of that bacterial infection)? Or there's a big possibility he is? I haven't read otherwise just yet.

We both forgot Steve Nash.

Well, from another source (which I can't find now, lol), there was word that there was a verbal agreement between the two clubs, and there may be proof of that. Probably not, though...and since it's been done so many times in the past, I don't see the problem with it. HOWEVER, there should be a rule against it. The Lakers fans toyed with an idea of trading Fisher in a deal for Hinrich, then bringing him back after Chicago waived him...but honestly, it's a terrible way of dealing players that gives the advantage to teams who really don't care about the trade they are making.

I'll re-work that post and add all-stars into the mix, some borderline all-stars (like Danny Granger). If LeBron had to hold Granger all by himself an entire game, Granger would light him up...but if it were Shane Battier or Bruce Bowen on Granger, it would be a different story (the younger Battier and Bowen, obviously). I'll say this much: if it were the last shot of a game, the attempted game-winner, and you knew Paul Pierce was going to stop at that elbow and take a jumper...would LeBron be that one guy you'd consider putting on him if you had a choice out of everyone in the NBA? Would he be a top five? Josh Smith, Gerald Wallace, Ron Artest, Kirk Hinrich, Aaron Afflalo, Shane Battier, Eric Gordon, Kobe Bryant, Brandon Roy, Ronnie Brewer...all of those guys are better man-to-man defensive players than LeBron James, and I may have left some out.

No Warren tonight...case of mono and an ankle injury (still).

I watched it every now and then when there wasn't anything else on TV, except for the season where Carrie Underwood won, since we talked a few times before she was famous, lol. Adam Lambert isn't exactly someone I'd listen to...but he should've won that last season, hands down. It wasn't even close. Other than that, I just tuned in every few weeks, just to see who all was left, and how good they were.

Hmm...so, Shutter Island or Avatar? I can't watch Avatar in 3D because I only have one eye (funny, sort of, but then not really, lol), so it's the 2D version of Avatar. Which one?

I wouldn't be surprised if the league did refuse it, though. They did it with Stackhouse. But yeah, I can see why Wizards fans are happy, haha.

The competitive fire kicked in after his dunk in the fourth. Too bad that's not how things are supposed to work for all-star caliber players, and I think it'll hurt the Magic when it counts most, in late April and May.

Yeah, lots of developments in that area, Tulsa and Oklahoma City. A few years ago, nobody would've guessed there'd be an NBA team, a WNBA team, or even a D-League team.

He's lucky he probably won't get to fight Brock Lesnar again.

Because of his weak-side shot-blocking and steals in traffic? Stick him out on an island with a superstar, nobody else to help, and he's going to get shot on or taken to the rim. Sky is saying that LeBron gets away with a lot of fouls on his blocks, the hand-checking he does, and the physical play he puts out when someone is posting him up (grabbing at their arms and literally pushing them out of the post with his other arm, he does it way too much). Shaq is a good example of this. He wanted more fouls called in his favor, but he didn't consider all of the offensive fouls he was creating, massive elbows to the chest and throat to gain position, using his off-arm and driving it into a player's chest to prevent a block, among other things. When you play football on a basketball court, you're going to get fouled. You're also going to create most of that contact yourself, and half of the time, it's going to be on you. The refs don't budge, so why should they do him any more favors? LeBron, Dwight and Durant are the three players averaging 10+ free throw attempts per game. James is averaging nearly the same amount as Shaq did in two of the three dynasty seasons. He needs to stop the whining.

Damn...I had no idea the personal reason for him leaving was this. Why not just keep him on the roster and wait it out? Philly isn't going to make the playoffs. I'll be upset if they do that to him, unless he requests it, of course.

Sactown shot 47% from the floor, but turnovers killed them, by Evans, Casspi and Greene. Udrih had 17 PTS on 7-9 FG, 4 REB and 5 AST in 24 minutes. Pretty nasty.

Durant with 32, 28 consecutive games (passed Iverson). The Thunder get another huge win, although it was pretty close at the end of the game. Surprisingly, the Wolves caught up and made it a one-bucket contest. Oklahoma City is 12 games over .500 right now, possibly the hottest team in the NBA and I believe the best win streak.