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The triangle is predicated off the same principles, and Kobe and Shaq won 3 titles in that offense with both guys scoring like crazy off iso plays. There is no team in the NBA that runs a true Princeton offense...but the idea is to have those principles, and some set plays out of it. Kobe, Nash, Pau and Bynum will be able to freestyle away from it at times, though, and they should as they all can do some very unique things on their own. Why I think this offense will work well is three of those guys (Bynum excluded) no how to pass the ball and make extremely smart decisions, so I think a team with all these guys who flourish in one-on-one/PnR situation can still run an effective Princeton offense. FWIW, the only team I've ever seen run a true Princeton offense to near perfection was the early '00's Kings. They were really incredible due to their big men's passing ability. I think with Pau these Lakers will have a high effectiveness if they commit.

2 years too late. They could have done it in the 2010 offseason, when he was 2 years younger and in the best shape he had been in years. Also, that was the year Rose was an MVP and they actually had a chance to win a championship. SMH.

The Princeton offense is very similar to the triangle, with little differences here and there. Should be effective and something most of the players adapt to pretty quickly. I understand ABL's concerns with taking the ball out of Nash's hands and also relying on Bynum's decision-making if he is one of the 1st options. I think this team has too many good one-on-one players to let Nash play the way he did in Phoenix...that doesn't mean he shouldn't have the ball in his hands a lot or should be relegated to spot-up shooter, but you can't sacrifice Kobe/Pau/Bynum's strongest abilities to let a 38 year old PG run wild like he did in Phoenix. I think you'd see more succss having Nash sacrifice some and have more spot-up opportunites than vice-versa. As for Bynum, the only touches he should get are from easy touches off ball movement, or iso situations where he's got some kind of distinct advantage. If he is limited in that regard, this offense could become really dangerous.

REALLY?!? If this was a year ago you probably wouldn't even know 2 Chainz even though the mother[expletive]ers been around for over a decade. If his name was still Titi Boi or whatever and didn't get on a few radio features, I'm sure you'd be laughing at anyone putting him on their list. C'mon bro...you could listen to the mother[expletive]er from Playa Circle the rest of your life? Dude hasn't even dropped a solo album yet! 2 Chainz over guys like Em, Jay, Big, Pac, Nas, Big L, Pun, EVERY MEMBER of Wu/Dipset/Blackstar/ATCQ/Outkast/Mobb Deep/NWA/Lost Boyz/De La Soul/Terror Squad/Geto Boys/D-Block/Dead Prez/Roots/Black Moon/Jedi Mind Tricks (and their affiliates), Snoop, Common, Cormega, AZ, Canibus, DMX, Noreaga, Immortal Technique, MF Doom, Diabolic, Del the Funky Homosapian, Black Milk, R.A., Lupe, Papoose, TI....hell, even the original G-Unit, Jeezy, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Big KRIT, Joey Bada$$, Chamillioniare, Curren$y, Jay Electronica...you'd rather listen to [expletive]ing 2 CHAINZ your entire life over those artists?!? And pretty much all of those artists also apply to my feeling towards Ross, though he's understandable because he'd got a pretty respectable discography and has made a lot of solid music over the years.

Nas, Eminem, Pac. All 3 have very, very extensive, diverse discographies so I wouldn't get bored of them like I would other artists.

Kobe can stay productive as long as his health holds up and he doesn't get any major injuries. MJ was averaging 20PPG at age 40 because he adjusted his game throughout his career to not rely on athleticism to beat his opponent...Kobe has those same skill and even more, though he doesn't have the same strength to dominate in the post like MJ did. I can see him being a 20PPG scorer for the next 5 years on halfway decent efficiency if he wanted to.

You're close...go across the river to another city beginning with N, that's the greatest city ever. Anyway, this was the first time I've seen Team USA this summer. I came away a bit unimpressed. They don't have the same defensive ferocity that they had in 2008, and there isn't as much cohesion. They really miss Wade off the bench, too, with his defensive energy and ability to get to the rim at will. He was the best player on that 2008 squad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugkjSxnzPDM One of the most awesome moments in rap history starting at 2:14. Cam absolutely murders this beat while counting money and then dancing with the money in the pink getup. Funniest dude ever in the rap game, and the most effortless flow ever (including Biggie).

It's a tool for diabetics. That's it. Only a small number of diabetics will be implanted with this chip, and I highly doubt the government is doing something so elaborate to keep tabs on and track these people. It doesn't even make sense. And Real Deal has clearly explained to you things it cannot do and it would need to be redesigned to do. The government can basically already track everything we do and say via cell phones, satellites, computers, infrared cameras, credit cards, licenses, passports, etc.. They don't need some damn chip to do that. However, when you bring in the idea of human implantation of chips, it sounds fancy and sci-fi, so YOU SHEEP (i.e consperacists who latch onto anything anti-government/media and pro-new world order) run with it. There is good and bad things about this, but mostly good. I love how people who are on quests to break ignorance can be so ignorant. I like to keep an open mind about things and "never say never," but when mostly all the FACTS support the more obvious answer, that's the side I tend to take. You do the exact opposite.

...which you cannot prove. And considering we are talking with a dude who has INSIDE info on this, and who says that the chip would need to be totally re-designed as it currently is to perform the duties your theory mentions, I would say your statements have little to no bearing. It's funny, you always talk about how we are the sheep, but it seems like every consperacy you latch onto while staying ignorant to the actual facts which support the opposite. Believe it or not, the government doesn't always lie, they aren't always scheming on us is a negative way, and not every major event is due to a master plan developed by a hierarchy of evil to help advance their plans of world domination or whatever Pinky and the Brain shit you're on.

You truly are not grasping what Brandon is trying to say, are you?

Kinda looks like DJ Khaled. http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m717ckuffg1qi3i5y.png http://i.imgur.com/gjNqi.png http://i.imgur.com/aEhLv.png http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m717wgxHEL1qi3i5y.png http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m71837alTD1qi3i5y.png

Deeper Than Rap was better than Teflon Don...and I like Rich Forever better than both. None of those three deserves to be mentioned in any top 10 of anything. Ross is decent, though he's made by great production and features.

I actually think they did improve the season after. Remember, they swept the first 2 rounds in 2010, and the Hawks series they historically destroyed them. However, they ran into a Celtic team that was on a serious roll. They beat the Celtics the previous year, but that was in 7 games without KG. Definitely didn't make the improvements to win a championship, though, and the horrible contracts they latched onto handicapped them. And as I said in my first post, he was literally ran out of town by a GM who would constantly trash him in the media and behind the scenes. T-Mac's personality didn't help things, but I think T-Mac wanted to stay deep down.

Shaq- Wanted to play in LA. Penny- Broken knees. McGrady- Ran out of town by the GM/wanted to go to better team. Howard- Wanted to play in bigger market with (at least) a 2nd superstar.

Besides Bale, I thought Kilmer was the best Batman. Forever wasn't a great movie (very entertaining, though), and not better than Batman or Batman Returns, but he was a much better Bruce Wayne than Keaton. Keaton was too quirky and shit for that character.

I know I'm like 2 years late, but I FINALLY got to listen to this all the way through. Went to FYE to cop Life Is Good and saw this there on sale, and since I'm a HUGE fan of Kanye's first 3 albums, I figured I'd pick it up. This thing is truly a masterpiece. I prefer Late Registration and College Dropout because some of the musical aspects of this are so abstract and different, and I'm into his old style big time, but I got mad respect for this album. The intro and Devil In A New Dress are easily the 2 best songs on the album for me. Especially the latter, that type of production is why I love Kanye albums/Kanye production (not sure if he necessarily produced that track, although you know if he didn't he got the producer to do exactly what he wanted with that beat). Lyrics are pretty ill, too. I miss that Kanye, with the soulful production and heavy sampling.

Overpaid considering he hasn't played in the NBA in 2 seasons and wasn't exactly great when he did last play. But in Kahn they trust...lol.

Haha I said yep when you asked if Jay would do the same thing. When it comes to sustaining serious mainstream popularity, Jay is probably the king of rap. What amazes me about Nas doing this, though, is the little promotion this got, and the culture of illegal downloads nowadays. And he is strictly a rap artist, as opposed to crossover talents like YMCMB, Kanye, etc..

Who made this a Nas-Jay thing? And Nas is definitely the better artist IMO. Jay has a better ear for beats and probably better at making bangers, but that's about it. Nas is the better story-teller, better lyrically, more vicious with his disses, and IMO has more range. I don't think Jay could deplicate what Nas did on Untitled and DR in terms of socially-concious subject matter, at least not as well. And IMO while Jay might have the more consistent discography, I'd take the top 5 Nas albums over the top 5 Jay albums any day of the week, month and year.

Nah homie, the link I got it from when it dropped was deleted. Anyway, I picked up the physical copy today...first time ever buying a CD. And wouldn't you [expletive]in know it's the clean version! <_< Oh well, it's still nice. Also picked up Stillmatic and MBDTF (hadn't listened to it all the way through, and true CD quality is essential for an album like that).

Lol @ the Kobe Bryant- Bynum for sale, call...

Yep, he will. And considering Nas didn't have any real huge radio singles for this album, didn't get a ton of promotion, and since there is so many illegal downloading venues nowadays, 140k first week sales is an amazing number for a dude that's released his first album 18 years ago. Jay wasn't even around then (well, he was, but was absolutely awful pre-Reasonable Doubt). Look at the famous rappers that were that are still alive...Rakim, KRS, Chuck D, Ice Cube, Dre, Snoop, Wu-Tang...except maybe Dre, NONE of those guys can still sell over maybe 70k first week (that's being generous, probably). For Nas to double that and still put out an incredibly high quality album, it's unbelievable.

Source? And not a Youtube video by some random dude. A real, factual source.