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Post by fatmenace on Jul 3, 2014 7:19:35 GMT -6
I know it's a ridiculous long shot, but if Gasol winds up in SA, I'll scream like a little girl.
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Post by fatmenace on Jul 10, 2014 12:49:32 GMT -6
fivethirtyeight.com/features/...-to-cleveland/Nate Silver makes some really good points in this article about how Lebron's best chance to win championships isn't in Miami or Cleveland. He points out that Miami losing wasn't a fluke. 54 wins in that Eastern Conference wasn't good and teams with that many wins rarely win championships. Miami is on the decline and I'm tired of hearing people on ESPN say over and over again that Miami is his best chance to win and they're still great, blah blah blah. He points that Chicago, Phoenix, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, etc all give him a better chance of winning championships. Interesting.
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Post by fatmenace on Jul 10, 2014 12:53:45 GMT -6
Retweeted by Ira Winderman PHIL TREXLER-ABJ @philtrexler 59m
Folks in Bath feel strongly that LBJ will sign w/ CLE. LBJ's camp contacted cops hour ago to alert them of tonight's anno
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Post by fatmenace on Jul 10, 2014 13:06:06 GMT -6
Retweeted by Ira Winderman Tom Winter @tom_Winter 20m
Bath Township, Ohio police -- home to Lebron James -- tells NBC News they are NOT preparing for an announcement or extra police details.
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Post by fatmenace on Jul 11, 2014 10:47:55 GMT -6
Cavs have Heat's pick next year lol.
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Post by gk on Jul 11, 2014 11:51:32 GMT -6
Cavs have Heat's pick next year lol. Top 10 protected but still lol
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Post by fatmenace on Jul 13, 2014 5:39:59 GMT -6
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Post by gk on Jul 13, 2014 22:25:33 GMT -6
People hyping that Anthony Bennett is looking really good this camp. Might be just hype, but then again, maybe it isn't.
Do the Cavs suddenly have too many players?
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Post by fatmenace on Jul 14, 2014 6:30:55 GMT -6
Not trying to shit on Houston because I know how a team's plans can change at an instant... but I don't see how they aren't worse. Lose Parsons, Asik and Lin. Gain Ariza, Withey, etc. They're going to need to make some killer signings with the remaining space to move forward.
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Post by gk on Jul 14, 2014 9:10:00 GMT -6
Yeah going 0'fer on Melo, Bosh, and Lebron. I suppose they could still get Love, but I'm not sure they have many tradable assets left.
And suddenly people are getting excited about Dallas after they added Chandler and Chandler (man, that's going to get confusing).
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Post by fatmenace on Jul 15, 2014 10:51:02 GMT -6
Simmons' Lebron column as completely asinine. Lebron is an unparalleled genius. Really? Unparalleled? Kobe and Duncan aren't great, but Lebron is? For real.
Unbelievable.
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Post by fatmenace on Jul 15, 2014 10:52:44 GMT -6
Jalen today saying Lebron is playing chess and everyone else is playing checkers. What the f8ck? He wanted to go back to Ohio. He never even met Blatt. It's not like he engineered some European super player who know one knew of.
I love Lebron going back. Happy for Cleveland. But the breathless gushing is starting to get old.
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Post by gk on Jul 15, 2014 14:43:08 GMT -6
Jalen today saying Lebron is playing chess and everyone else is playing checkers. What the f8ck? He wanted to go back to Ohio. He never even met Blatt. It's not like he engineered some European super player who know one knew of. I love Lebron going back. Happy for Cleveland. But the breathless gushing is starting to get old. Drew Magary gets it right I think: deadspin.com/lebron-james-tells-the-sports-world-exactly-what-it-wan-1603746132 He's not exactly Richard Feynman because he understands he'll earn more money by earning his next contract after the new TV deals and CBA. ... and now back to watching Andrew Wiggins Summer League Highlights.
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Post by fatmenace on Jul 15, 2014 15:15:45 GMT -6
Jalen today saying Lebron is playing chess and everyone else is playing checkers. What the f8ck? He wanted to go back to Ohio. He never even met Blatt. It's not like he engineered some European super player who know one knew of. I love Lebron going back. Happy for Cleveland. But the breathless gushing is starting to get old. Drew Magary gets it right I think: deadspin.com/lebron-james-tells-the-sports-world-exactly-what-it-wan-1603746132 He's not exactly Richard Feynman because he understands he'll earn more money by earning his next contract after the new TV deals and CBA. ... and now back to watching Andrew Wiggins Summer League Highlights. that touched on everything I have rattling around in my head. He stages an announcement better this time, and suddenly he's GREATER than Duncan or Kobe. Ugh. My disgust is with the media. I'm actually pulling for Cleveland.
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Post by gk on Jul 15, 2014 16:04:19 GMT -6
Mike Miller agrees w/ the Cavs apparently. Could be fair to say this is the first time LeBron has successfully wooed a player to Cleveland.
Picturing a Chicago-Cleveland ECF.
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