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IR him until finals.

I don't think Artest can afford to have his brain rattled.

Impossible.

Awesome PPV up until the Divas match, if Cena-Barrett closed the night this would have been a 4/5 for me.... Cena definitely isn't joining Nexus, or he isn't going Heel at least. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4088/5049159247_e66582f0f6_m.jpg

1. Popovich 2. Jackson 3. Adelman 4. Larry Brown 5. idk

CP3 is a top 5 NBA player, and dominant on the level of Wade and company, I seriously doubt Rondo will ever reach that level, if his jumper is still this bad by this point, it probably never will be very good. It is funny he says all of this with no mention about his jumper, is he just ignoring that or does he think he doesn't need one?

Raptors hopefully. Probably Wolves though.

No player will ever as age as well as Kobe has. 14 seasons and there is no end in sight for when he will start to 'fall off'.

Getting 50 people to pay 5 bucks each would be a pain in the [expletive] anyways, just check atdhe and ustream if you are looking for games.

I think LeBron intended on re-signing 2 years before his contract expired too But seriously, what Dwight says now is completely irrelevant 2 years from now, especially if the Magic don't make any significant changes and he sees his USA teammates racking up rings.

lolol pretty funny.

haven't watch SD in a while, might tune in.

You didn't like it? I thought it was hilarious. Dwight's daycare was unrealll

Not sure which thread it was that that billionaire kid called me an idiot for suggesting fantasies on salaries being potentially rolled back, but I think this is worth posting so he can eat my dick. Honestly, maybe now you won't be so quick to dismiss someone else's opinion just because it doesn't agree with yours. Or maybe I should just be a sports 'expert'

Toby and Michael were so win tonight, Michael realizing he got tricked was so hilarious, I haven't laughed that hard during the office in a while. I am gonna miss Michael so much.

LOL I was kidding but it looks like I struck a nerve.

I am just posting the fact son.

Joined: 20-July 10 Like you have any sort of credibility.

Diaw looked so fat in the fiba thing.

It is a shame Bosh has been better than him for 3+ seasons now.

This reminds me of when Shaq said it was racist that Nash won MVP.

Are you really suggesting it is easier to retain/keep your players with a hard cap than it is with a soft/lux tax? The big markets don't give a [expletive] about the lux tax, the lux tax is just another thing hindering the smaller markets and making it easier for the bigger markets to add the assets the small markets can't. Like I said before, you don't (typically) win in the NBA unless you are spending the lux tax, or damn close to it, and many franchises, quite simply, cannot afford to. The Miami Heat are fine, if players are going to take less and rig FA (they basically did), they are going to do it regardless of a hard or soft cap. I have no problem with what the Heat did, the fact they did everything they did within the cap, and unable to go over it, is worth applauding. I am just still stuck on the 'superstars will still take less to play together' part of your post, how often do players do this, or have done this, up until the Heat? This wasn't even a concern until the Heat big 3 did it, and they aren't even part of my thought process for wanting a hard cap. If this superstar grouping continues, we have bigger issues beyond whether the cap is hard or soft. I want a hard cap so that the Heat, for the sake of the argument, can't keep adding 5M salaries with the MLE and re-sign their guys until their salary is 90 million like LA, you think they are stacked now? Wait 3 years from now (with a soft cap) when they have added a bunch more sick MLE players like Artest, Odom, Miller (all in the MLE salary range) who took less because they can go as far over the cap as they want to, or have re-signed players and have a bunch of tradeable salaries to add another big name if they want. I don't like that the top teams somehow still have the ability to get some of the best players in FA despite not having cap, meanwhile teams like Memphis, Milwaukee, Indiana, Charlotte will all be stuck in the middle because FA's would rather sign an MLE with a team already way over the cap. Not to mention a hard cap stops teams from overpaying because they feel they have to, IE. Hawks with Joe Johnson. If a soft cap is kept in place, the Miami Heat, as they stand now, are just the tip of the iceberg for what they could be a few seasons from now. Tyson Chandler, Nene, Troy Murphy, do you really want the Heat to be able to pick one of these guys up next FA? And players like this in the coming FA's? I know I don't, and I don't want LA, Boston, Orlando, etc, to be able to get more rock solid players like them either, unless they have to trade something for them. I would rather see these talented players signed to teams looking to go from lotto to playoffs, 40 wins to 50, instead of them signing the MLE for a team looking to go from 55 wins to 60. Sorry for rambling but I was struggling to get all my thoughts without it being 1000 words.

Interesting, too bad the Hornets traded Collison, he was probably their best asset, all they have right now is Peja's big expiring, they don't even have the assets the Knicks do, which isn't a good sign for them.

As long as they don't use him as a jumpshooter I am sure he can still be effective.

So 1-4 studs each draft helps the other 10-15 teams who missed the playoffs/middle of the road teams that year get better? The point about the Thunder is that they are contending with low salaries, but in reality they are contending with a time limit because of the rookie deals. There is nothing wrong with it at all, the way that team was built was 100% how I would do it as a GM if I was good smart enough to be one. The point is they haven't had to re-sign anyone yet so I don't think it is fair to use their salary as an example in a discussion like this. The Heat, Lakers, Celtics got good through good drafting? Outside of Boston, Al Jeff specifically, I don't see it. Lakers hit a homerun trade, but this isn't about how they got good, for me at least, it is about how these teams STAY good, and I don't like how easy it is to stay good in the NBA right now, the way the cap is constructed. San Antonio might be the best managed team for the past decade. A hard cap could potentially encourage teams to be built exactly like the Pistons were.