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2012 NBA Offseason |OT2| Lakers Fans Despise Freedom.
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TheKaeptain
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Lakers need more fans. Not enough of us here. Go ahead G-Fex jump on the bus.
It's alright, dude. Take solace in this. Reinsdorf is gutting the team to preserve his top profit margin.
Let that keep you warm.
A big trade? Here comes Ben Gordon!
it means godlike pokes make you broken tier
lightningcars are that new ish
Never forgiving them
Laker girls came to my store years ago, did they ever go to yours? Didn't think so.
Also, Angel was the best girl they cut out of KOF next to Vanessa.
Oh yeah?!?!
Way too similar to 5pur5 court.
TheKaeptain
Banned
Welcome aboard.
TheKaeptain
Banned
WHERE YOU AT JORDAN!
Herpes Reasons
Banned
apparently, cuban doesn't think kidd is cool at all.
Mark Cuban wont retire Jason Kidds jersey because he went to the Knicks
No, no, no!!! Go be a Mavs fan, darn it!
Iron E Man
Member
Konex is crying in the corner right now
Oh, good lord.
He's who you guys got in the trade, right?
LOL, he's taking it better than I thought he would.
TheKaeptain
Banned
You ever smell your hands after scratching your man part?
Syphon Filter
Member
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
dirk is cool as hell but the Mavs as a franchise is a ship that has sailed cause they're owner outsmarted himself.
i don't blame kidd either for leaving the Mavs were running him into the ground like he was going on 30 not 40.
i don't blame kidd either for leaving the Mavs were running him into the ground like he was going on 30 not 40.
I don't see what Cuban said was... bad at all.
Dirk? yes, retire.
Kidd? Eh........ that was always going to be a stretch. I think most people would say Kidd played his BEST years at NJ/PHX.
Yes, they're a young team with a bright future.
I can't ever believe you again can I?
MorisUkunRasik
Member
Some young talent, will be in the playoffs for sure, maybe even second round. Need another big piece to even be in the conversation of contenders.
Herpes Reasons
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sixers have the best up and coming center in the league in andrew bynum.
with more playing time and no injuries, he should dominate in the east.
MorisUkunRasik
Member
Knux is good people and painfully realistic regarding The Sixers.
ET for Kembarly
CoffeeJanitor
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seriously lmao at this
http://espn.go.com/dallas/nba/story...rk-cuban-moves-deron-williams-goes-jason-kidd
What a fucking sore loser. Now that he doesn't want to sign...oh suddenly maybe NOW it wasn't a good idea?
Once again Cuban shows he's no more of a grown man than Dan Gilbert.
What a fucking sore loser. Now that he doesn't want to sign...oh suddenly maybe NOW it wasn't a good idea?
Once again Cuban shows he's no more of a grown man than Dan Gilbert.
not even close
I don't get how they aren't.
Cuban has been bitching and whining like a spoiled rich kid since he entered the league. Some of it is justified, doesn't change that fact though.
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
they sure have a lot of young's on that lineup unfortunately both players aren't that good.
Jrue can't pass
Nick Young is a volume shooter who wants to take more shots
Evans can't shoot
Thaddeus Young averages 10 pts and 5 rebounds but will be paid 7 million next year
bynum is gonna get tired of hurting his legs doing everything in the post and just shoot 3's
the only reason they make the playoffs is because Doug Collins will threaten them all with death by strangulation if they don't get him the wins he needs to keep his job.
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Wut.
Cuban gave a realistic answer to why Deron didn't come over.
I..... Wut?
What are you complaining about? What did he say there where he complained?
I didn't say he complained about anything in this situation.
He's basically spent the last year pursuing Deron. Now that he struck out...he starts going off on why it wasn't a great idea to sign Deron to the max?
If Deron is a Maverick you think Cuban is saying any of this shit?
so what should he do? accept defeat? that doesn't do any good for the team morale
He could keep his mouth shut instead of trying to pull the "Well, we're better off without you anyways!!!" card when we know all along this is what they wanted.
I don't mind if he lists why he thought Deron did not stay in Dallas. But to say "Well, we're better off because he would have choked our salary cap!" is laughable.
They saved and sacrificed a whole season just to pursue him.
I think he was explaining why Deron didn't come.
Deron asked "ok, once you add me to the roster, what other moves are you going to make, you were talking about adding dwight, how do you do that" and then explained it wasn't really possible.
I don't think he was saying it was bad for the Mavs to add Deron, but it wasn't possibly Derons best move to add the Mavs.
I'm not saying staying at the nets was necessarily better.
Well, that isn't wrong either.
I'm not totally sure what you mean but if paying Deron the max wasn't the greatest idea then why was he priority number 1 the moment the 2011 NBA Finals ended?
Management's first option was clearly to pay him and try to get a star-stacked team. Remember everyone saying "omg Dirk doesn't have another star to play with, if he gets one HOLY SHIT!!" I don't want Cuban to say in any fashion "We might be better off"
It's a little bit of both.
And if he knew it wasn't Deron's best move to go...well then that shows piss poor management and a lack of direction. Hey, let's give up a year to try to entice this free agent by completely selling the hometown factor and playing with Dirk...oh wait now we're finding out he might not want to come here because we have quite a few shitty contracts!
And I don't think going to the Nets was a good move either. In fact, if you say "Shitty contracts" the Nets would be in the top 3 for that.
I'm not sure what you want here. Would you prefer Cuban castrate himself when asked the question about what happened in that negotiation process? Should he lie? Its pretty much what people wanted specifically - he said what happened. He lost flexibility and he was not willing to drop Marion's contract for whatever reason. He felt he couldn't land Dwight as well. Shit happened.
I don't understand how you got "We might be better off" either. He said that they'd be stuck - and it was something that Deron was held up on about. They would've been stuck - and it probably wouldn't have been enough to win again. Anyone looking at the situation can see that. As fuckwild as BK is, they'd still be more flexible in the short and long term.
You're trying to take things from the article that simply aren't there.
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