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2012 NBA Mar |OT| Knicks fans now drinking JD in straight shots

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ryutaro's mama said:
We can get Sessions for a couple of cheeseburgers.
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Matt Barnes + a 2nd and he's yours.

I'll be by the phone all night.

Emwitus said:
LOL. Chicago though, are a tweak a way from a dynasty. I don't think that tweak is pau tho, more like dwight/Bynum.
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Emwitus said:
LOL. Chicago though, are a tweak a way from a dynasty. I don't think that tweak is pau tho, more like dwight/Bynum.
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Bringing in Dwight and Bynum is just a tweak?

What's with the drive-by Triple Ls today? Is it the trade deadline looming?

Remember when the Lakers team bus backed into BoozIR's SUV on his last day in Utar?

Milsap hasn't missed a beat since.

And G TYME.
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I bet his SUV was repaired quickly, but it took an extra few weeks to get back on the road and then another few weeks to get back into road shape.
 
Too bad neither of those could happen. I think the Thunder have a better chance at being a dynasty. All they need is a few role players on the bench and they're set for the next 5+ years.
 
Jeff-DSA said:
Boozer is an expert at riding teammates to the conference finals!
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Boozer is awesome to hate and quite terrible, but I'm not sure he rode that many guys to the conference finals that year. Deron played pretty bad in a lot of the games against Houston and Golden State (which is pretty understandable for a really young player and Deron generally played well in the playoffs afterward, but Boozer was pretty good in that WCF run...)
 
http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2012/03/dont-put-me-in-coach-a-review

Turner, nicknamed "The Villain" by Titus, gets a lot of run in the book and the two did have a brotherly relationship in the sense that they could fight like cats and dogs and but ultimately end up okay. Turner, in fact, that honored Titus by wearing a "CLUB TRIL" shirt on senior night (which would also be Turner's last home game).

While Titus took pride in making fun of all of the underclassmen, Turner was by far his favorite target because "he made it incredibly easy to get under his skin". Turner had arrived at Ohio State with a huge chip on his shoulder and was convinced "that everyone was either trying to piss him off or keep him out of the NBA". He quickly become known as the guy that would kick a ball across the gym in practice after missing a couple of shots and Thad Matta eventually became fed up with this and gave Turner an ultimatum after the Tennessee game his freshman season:

"I’ve scheduled this practice for an hour and a half. That’s only 90 minutes. Today we’re going to see how long it takes before Evan loses his mind. I’ve got the countdown on my watch and if Evan lasts the entire 90 minutes without a meltdown, the team won’t run today. But if he freaks out, we’ll run a suicide for every minute left on the countdown. So, for example, he loses it an hour into practice, everyone will run 30 suicides. Evan, the entire team’s fate lies in your hands. Don’t let your teammates down."

With 10 minutes remaining in practice, Turner had held his cool and the team was breathing a sigh of relief until Matta told the players to break out for free throw shooting to end practice. At this point Matta instructed Turner's chief tormentor, Titus, to pair up with Evan for the drill. You can guess what happened next:

When I walked over to Evan’s basket, he smacked his lips and said, "What are you doing over here, walk-on?" while in the middle of one of his free throws. (Yes, he called me "walk-on.")
I explained that Coach Matta had asked me to shoot with him and that we were supposed to shoot five free throws at a time before we switched. He seemed cool with this, shot his five free throws, and then stepped off the free throw line to switch spots with me without any trouble. And that’s when, to put it eloquently, **** went down.

Before I go any further with this story, it should be noted that I faced up to 10 suicides if Evan lost his cool, so it’s not as if I was actively trying to piss him off. But as I soon found out, I didn’t have to try with Evan. As we switched spots, I handed him the ball and asked him to toss me a bounce pass once I got lined up, just like a referee would do if I were shooting free throws in a game. But he apparently interpreted this as "roll the ball on the ground before I even get set so it hits my feet, makes me bend over, and completely destroys my rhythm." I picked the ball up and got situated at the free throw line before I gently tossed it back to Evan and again asked him to throw me a bounce pass. This time he fired a chest pass at me.

Now, I admit that I probably should’ve taken the high road at this point and just shot the free throws, but my pride kicked in and wouldn’t let Evan get the best of me, so I threw the ball back and once again asked him to simply throw me a bounce pass. As soon as the ball hit his hands, he rocketed it right back and yelled, "Just shoot the **** ball!" so loudly that he got the attention of everyone in the gym, including Coach Matta. But instead of blowing his whistle and making us run, Coach decided to sit back and watch everything unfold.

I shot my free throws and switched spots with Evan, who had been standing underneath the basket rebounding for me (and throwing passes back to me as hard as he could). As we walked past each other, Evan called me a bitch under his breath and threw his shoulder at my face, connecting square with my chin. Coach Matta instantly blew his whistle and yelled, "There it is! Everyone on the line!"
And with that, Evan had finally had his meltdown.
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lulz from Emo Turner to Crazy Turner
 
True, noted and edited.

Raised in Brooklyn and schooled in Westwood, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar never quite warmed up to clogging or cheese making in Milwaukee. After six years of powering the Bucks to a 342-150 record and a league championship, Abdul-Jabbar felt he had done his time in the Midwest. He wanted to go to the Knicks or Lakers, and there was nothing the Bucks could do about it.

"Live in Milwaukee? No, I guess you could say I exist in Milwaukee," Abdul-Jabbar said in a early magazine interview. "I am a soldier hired for service and I will perform that service well. Basketball has given me a good life, but this town has nothing to do with my roots. There's no common ground."
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Link to quoted piece.
 
I love how Ryan Andersen gets the ball in the post as soon as he puts his hand up but Dwight will get ignored by 3 ball handlers before getting a touch.
 
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