lack of American centres in the nba
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2012 NBA Offseason |OT2| Lakers Fans Despise Freedom.
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Sho_Nuff82
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But Dwight is already the best center in the league.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
I think a player like Hibbert or LMA (don't know if he was considered and turned them down or what..) would have been good fits...
Edit: guess Jamica got to got to Hibbert first....
ItWasMeantToBe19
Banned
LMA is injured, Bynum turned them down, Monroe is pretty bad and a horrible fit for the Olympics until he learns how to defend at all, Al is a terrible fit for the team.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Unfortunately the world wasn't quite ready for DeMarcus Cousins 
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
And any of them would have been better than what they have at center after Tyson..
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Unfortunately the world wasn't quite ready for DeMarcus Cousins
He would have been a good look too..
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Uh yeah pretty easily. Stern aint rigging shit for us.
oh please stfu
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Orlando and Charlotte are in the same boat. Magic are destined to get the #2 pick for the next few years.
Like in all seriousness, you could go 0-82 chances are you are not going to get the #1 pick. Tanking hard is a waste of time.
dude, you got the #1 pick over an expansion team - that got the fourth pick in that draft and had to trade up
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
I was man enough for your momma, last night!
HEY OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
*gives dapz to Morris, Method, Soul*
Wiggins is going to turn some team around. Unfortunately, the Bobcats will probably be bad enough to have a 25% chance again.
Sho_Nuff82
Member
Didn't your team draft Shaq and C-Webb back to back? Lol
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
shhhhhh *snicker*
Monroe would make a terrible fiba center
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Yeah and then Dwight after we sucked for a while too.
Gotta play the victim card now before we get the #1 pick next year.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
And D12 not much longer after that... Orl has had the number one pick 3 times in like 23 years...
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
And they have two NBA finals wins to show for it... yay?
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Thats not that bad...
More successful than like 22 other teams in the league or so during the same time period.
Knux-Future
Banned
If Stern rigs the Wiggins draft...he's going to Toronto.
Stern love gifting hometown boys when he can (Rose and Bron).
Plus he would stay unlike all of the other Raptors stars
Stern love gifting hometown boys when he can (Rose and Bron).
Plus he would stay unlike all of the other Raptors stars
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
How many of those teams drafted Shaquille O'Neal, Dwight Howard, Chris Webber/Penny Hardaway?
Oh...
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
But Bargnani is still on the Raptors.
LegendofJoe
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I'm fine with any team other than Orlando getting the top pick because they are far and away the least deserving of it.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Poor Orl always done wrong
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
I'd argue that anybody but the Bobcats deserve it. Futility shouldn't be rewarded. And thats all the Bobcats have ever been.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
All first picks should go to the NBA champs
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
I am just sitting here amazed though. To have Shaquille O'neal and Penny with DScott, Nick Anderson and not winning a finals game. Then to have Dwight Howard in the weakest era of big men since like George Mikan and only having two NBA finals wins to show for it. So many teams have done more with less.
I don't think its a coincidence that both of these superstars wanted to get the hell out of dodge. I mean that they didn't match the Lakers offer for Shaq initially, what in the world were they thinking?
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Why even have a draft? Just make all the kids unrestricted free agents.
I'm sure Lakers fans would like that.
LegendofJoe
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I'd love to have this argument, but it'll have to wait until the Bobcats get three number one picks in the span of a decade.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
How about one number one pick ever
And don't you forget it you bumbaclots.
LegendofJoe
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We had Lary Grandmama Johnson (aka Tyler Perry's hero) back in the day, but that was 20 years ago. If you give NOLA the entire Hornets history, then yeah we've never had a top pick.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
They have your history I thought...
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
Alright Best-GAF, I'm looking to take a break from GAF for a while, as I only have a small bit of vacation left, and I don't want to spend so much time on here anymore. I may still post if I have a question, and I'll likely be back soon, but I just wanted to say best of luck with everything. You guys are great.
LegendofJoe
Member
They do, it just feels wrong to disassociate the Hornets and the Bobcats because it's the city that counts to me.
Moving to LA or something?
Shoot, I wish! lol
i will pray... but it won't happen. Colangelo will know that it's a threat to the Bargnani era and ensure that we don't get the #1 pick
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
Make sure you keep us updated while on your vacation.
Lol, I'll be back in a few weeks when classes start. I've just got a bunch of games to play/books to read/friends to see, but I spend too much of my time here for that to happen. At least when classes start, I'll have an excuse, lol.
I fucking LOL'd
Enjoy yourself, SoulPlaya.
Hopefully your time off is enlightening enough to save you from the dark side.
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