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Stephen Curry or Russell Westbrook. For the simple fact that they're deserving and more importantly....I dislike every one else you mentioned.

Holy crap! So I log into my old email account to see it still works and start cleaning out my inbox and I saw that this site is back. DUDE! Glad to see some of you guys again! I'll visit here more often, I need a place to talk hoops. As for why this place is slow. If I recall most of the members were in HS last time I was here. Now they're all in college probably getting laid on the daily...lucky bastards

In Bowen's defense, if anyone would know anything about a dirty play it would be him. Bowen kicked Wally Szczerbiak in the face, kicked Ray Allen in the back, kneed Nash to the nuts....

The day he says he's retiring, the next home game, the Suns should retire his number. Without a doubt, he's one of PHX's best players ever.

Ben Gordon 2.0 Williams is valuable, but I wouldn't break the bank to get him...which you know some GM is too stupid to stop himself from doing. It'll be interesting with the new CBA to see what happens.

I'm surprised they only gave him 7. Considering Bynum was given 5 games for what he did to Barea and all the media hype surrounding Artest's elbow, I was almost expecting Artest to be done for the playoffs. Glad that's not the case. No Artest, no way LA has a chance to get by Durant and OKC over a 7 game series.

Could be. A lot of times it really just depends on the judge that hears the case. It's not illegal until a judge says it is. But at least the NFL has more protection if it is placed under legal scrutiny. Just like with the NBA, the age limit was agreed upon by the players' union as part of the CBA. And, the NFL could argue that the rule has less to do about just age, and more about a players' physical maturity to withstand the physical violence of the sport. On that second part, the NBA really has no argument. Their age limit on the surface just appears to be arbitrary. They can't make a case that HS players can't physically compete when you have guys like LeBron, Howard, Amare, KG, etc. playing major roles their rookie seasons. The NBA can't argue that HS players hurt the game when the NBA's biggest stars are those players that were straight from HS and the NBA marketed them as stars. The NBA can't say that age limit allows players to further develop their skills/or that successful college players have more of an impact on the product...not when most college basketball's best players over 15 years -- JJ Redick, Tyler Hansbrough, Shane Battier, Juan Dixon, Adam Morrison, TJ Ford, Sean May -- are nothing more than role players or are out of the league. Meanwhile, even high schoolers who are considered disappointments -- Telfair, Brown, Webster, Harrington, Stevenson -- have had probably an equally if not better career than those that stayed 4 years in college. The NBA just doesn't have as good a case to discriminate against these adults, who are just as qualified, if not more, to play in the NBA.

How does Mayo feel now that he's almost been traded two years in a row. I guess getting dealt for Ray Allen is a step up from Josh McRoberts. So at least his value is increasing.

They should remove the age limit period. At the very least give the players an option to go straight from high school or they have to play somewhere else for two years. But really, they need to just get rid of the age limit. It is disingenuous for the NBA or NCAA to claim the age limit is in the best interest of the athletes. BS. The only ones that benefit are the NCAA and the universities who profit off these athletes who are only there because they have to, and the NBA because theoretically it limits their risk of drafting a bust (more BS). The institutions are getting rich off the players' skills, but the players don't. It's a modern-day form of indentured servitude. Let's be honest, these guys are in school to win basketball games, not get a degree. If they can do both, that's the cherry on top. But really, they're just there to generate revenue for the schools and for the head coach to keep his job. Going to college doesn't guarantee that teams won't draft busts. Acie Law, Sean May, Morris Almond, Joey Graham, Damion James where Srs. that haven't had much success. Actually, is appears HS Seniors coming into the NBA have had more success than college seniors over the past decade it appears. Sean May was one of college basketball's best players and he's no longer in the league...Kwame Brown is considered on of the biggest bust and yet he's still getting big contracts. Now, the NBA product might improve because some of these guys that are projects may be more ready to play right away. Dorrell Wright might have been able to contribute right away had he gone to college, but that doesn't mean his ceiling would be higher than it is now. Fact is, at 18 these players are adults. They can enter contracts, vote, join the military, get married, buy a gun, etc. So if these athletes think they are ready or just want to try to make it to the NBA, that's their choice. If they want to risk ruining their future, that's on them. If they think they're ready for the real world, they should be prepared to face real world consequences. As far as the legality of the age limit, it may be legal because the the players' union agreed to it. But, there are laws that prohibit age-based discrimination which this limit is. The NBA doesn't really have much of a claim that the age limit is a good thing, when for the past decade some of its biggest stars -- Kobe, LeBron, KG, Dwight, T-Mac, Amare -- are guys that came to the league right out of high school.

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I kinda feel sorry for Portland. Just a few years ago a lot of people (me included) thought this team was going to be a force for the next decade with Aldridge, Roy, and Oden. Well, Oden was Sam Bowie 2.0 (actually worse), Roy was on the verge of becoming an elite player and got injured, and Portland is back to rebuilding. I guess the silver lining is Portland might get lucky and pull a star (or 2) out of the draft to pair with a legit All-Star in Aldridge.

I don't know that they really are playing better. Artest has picked up the slack which is making up for Kobe's absence, and Matt Barnes has provided a major scoring punch for LA's bench...but outside of LA's win over San Antonio (who LA just matches up well against the Spurs), I wouldn't say that there's much difference. LA got smoked by the Suns, they struggled to get by a last place Hornets team, and they gave up a big lead to the Nuggets to squeak out a win. Honestly, it looked like the same Lakers team we've seen all year with Kobe. Struggle against bad teams, give up big leads, but step up in big games. Same ol, same ol.

Derek Who? It's pretty sad how bad LA's point guard play had been that as Lakers fans we get excited by Session making a layup.

Fisher wasn't working out playing with Kobe. That's why Blake has been getting more and more minutes. The truth is Fisher has been more of a liability for the Lakers than a help this year. He's an undersized SG starting at PG, which is fine except Fish has no point guard skills. Mike Brown and co. didn't have the balls to permantely bench him so trading him was the only way LA was getting rid of him. I think the Fisher deal was stupid but for a different reason. No way should LA have traded a 1st round pick in a potentially deep draft for Jordan Hill who, IMO, isn't even that good and is going to be a FA at the end of the year. LA needs to start valuing 1st rounders rather than hoping to keep getting lucky with 2nd round picks. First round picks are good ways for a team like LA to get young, cheap talent even if they need to be developed for a year or two.

After stiffs like Chucky Atkins, Smush Parker, and Derek Fisher starting for LA, getting Sessions is AMAZING even if he's just an average player. Add to the fact that Mitch actually got Gilbert to agree to take on Luke Walton and it's an AMAZING deal. And just like that Mitch has fully ridded himself of all his past mistakes: Kwame, Cook, Sasha, Radmanovic, and now Luke. My only concern is Session's ability to spread the floor. If Artest is still starting, then LA needs a PG that can spread the floor or else LA is still playing 5 on 3 offensively when teams pack the paint. I guess they could just start Blake and bring Sessions off the bench in the meantime.

How little does GS think of Ellis that they're willing to trade him for an injured Andrew Bogut? Makes no sense for GS. I would have thought that Ellis would be worth a lot more. And honestly, I thought Bogut could be had for much cheaper. Otis Smith must be pulling his hair right now. There goes his target to pair with Howard.

You know how Gary Payton was The Glove? Fisher is The Cape...always behind his man.

We should put it to a vote against these other embarassments. David Wesley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvOm7dPS0Uw JJ Redick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwRa2j2s6ao Derek Fisher http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85cZB9O_LkE

This is something I've always wondered, but how long can breaking news be considered "breaking news"? I notice that when something big in sports happens like a major blockbuster trade, signing, etc., they have a ticker on ESPN that says "Breaking News" and they report on it as soon as the even occurs. Yet...3 or 4 hours later, it's still under the ticker as "Breaking News". After 3 or 4 hours, is it really "breaking news"? In an era of the smart phone and internet that allows us to receive up to the minute updates, isn't it at that point just "news". Sorry but when I get bored my mind tends to wander on stupid stuff. But how long do you think news should be called "breaking news"? I say 1 hour, 2 hours tops.

Only way this signing makes sense is if the Lakers make a deal where they're left in need of a big man. Could mean Pau, Drew, or even McRoberts gets dealt. For minimum, it's not a bad signing. Definately better than any other FA big, though he doesn't really fill a need. Would rather have Arenas, though. Lakers need a shooter and Gilbert is a gunner....literally.

I think I've actually played against the asian kid in the front seat at that park before. He's no Jermey Lin, more Sun Yue.

20K per months seems pretty accurate for Puerto Rico. Their salary cap is only $500,000. But they also don't have Fuhrer Stern to overlook their contracts, so that 20K could be what's reported and doesn't include what could be paid under the table.

There's a rumor that he's undergone that procedure already. But when Nick Young is the source, how accurate can that really be. Anyways, I wouldn't mind getting Arenas just because he's probably the best FA that the Lakers can get and, if nothing else, Arenas is as good as you can expect for a 13th man. But I doubt he plays much unless Brown sacks up and puts Fisher on the bench, and even then I'd rather Goudelock get more burn. He's proven to be a spark of the bench and actually can create a shot for himself and has been surprisingly better than expected defensively.

Co-sign. Some people started complaining about his defense just a few years ago, I was pointing out how bad he was when he made Mike Bibby and Troy Hudson look like Pete Maravich and Isiah Thomas. Just now they notice how bad he is offensively, he hasn't been special offensively since 2001 when he had his epic playoff run. He should be cemented on the bench. Blake and GLock should get all the PG minutes. When Fisher and Artest/Barnes are on the floor, it's like playing 3 on 5 offensively. Phil Jackson tried to justify Fish's PT with some BS about him being able to facilitate the offense and bring the ball up (never mind Odom took up probably most of that responsibility), but what's Brown's excuse? Without the Tri LA needs more PG skills out there, something Fisher lacks severely. We know he sucks defensively, but Fisher can't create, run a break, make a layup, (yet he tries to do all these things which usually result in a TO or a brick), takes the worst shot in basketball -- the foot-on-the-three-point-line-two-point shot -- and now he doesn't even spread the floor anymore. He has no awareness. I've seen him pass up open three point looks (the only thing he's out there for) to pass to Artest to take a three. I've seen Fish pass up an open 3 to drive to the basket to miss a layup badly or just turn it over. With him on the floor, he's just a negative. He won't defend and offensively he's a non-threat. So what's the point of keeping him on the floor. As terrible as Artest is offensively and as horrible as his contract is, he still has a role on the team: He can still defend guys like Pierce, Durant, Melo, etc. But Fish brings NOTHING. He should join Luke on the bench and quietly collect his check. Well that was longer than expected. I get carried away complaining about Fish because I've been doing it for over a decade and it seem like just now others are seeing what I've been bitching about all this time.

He's not, but at least he doesn't lack confidence. Honestly, he's already surpassed what I thought he'd be in the league. I thought he'd be a 15/10 player. That said, even though he's putting up great stats, it's almost as if they're empty numbers because his floor impact doesn't match his stats. Love is a good talent, but I don't think you build a team around him. It's like Shawn Marion in his prime, he'll fill the box score, make all-star teams, and get paid MAX money, but on a championship team he's at best a third option.