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[Vahagn]

Sorry that I have to do this NBA-GAF but... I find it hilarious Vahg that you continually defend a rapist who pushed out the most physically dominating player of the last 30 years as well as quit on his team in the playoffs, went on radio demanding his team trade him, talked shit about his teammate to a fan, continually shot his team out of wins, snitched on his teammates to the police, and more and yet you call me out for defending LeBron's integrity?

What does Kobe not being a great human being have to do with the fact that you constantly defend Lebron's integrity even in situations he's wrong in.

The real contradiction, is that you're so willing to jump to worst case scenarios on every one of Kobe's situations: "He's a rapist" instead of "well maybe he's actually not", "He pushed out the most dominating force" instead of "Maybe the organization didn't want to give a max multi year extension to an injury prone guy past his prime"


But with Lebron you view every event in his life with rose colored glasses. Again, irrational hate.

 

[Psychological Intellect]

michael bolton is joining the thread killer list

 

[Fjordson]

Y'all done did it now.

 

[CB3]

Sorry that I have to do this NBA-GAF but... I find it hilarious Vahg that you continually defend a rapist who pushed out the most physically dominating player of the last 30 years as well as quit on his team in the playoffs, went on radio demanding his team trade him, talked shit about his teammate to a fan, continually shot his team out of wins, snitched on his teammates to the police, and more and yet you call me out for defending LeBron's integrity?

 

[Emwitus]

Sorry that I have to do this NBA-GAF but... I find it hilarious Vahg that you continually defend a rapist who pushed out the most physically dominating player of the last 30 years as well as quit on his team in the playoffs, went on radio demanding his team trade him, talked shit about his teammate to a fan, continually shot his team out of wins, snitched on his teammates to the police, and more and yet you call me out for defending LeBron's integrity?

Why am i not surprised you took that bait vag?

 

[Red Blaster]

man did this dude just did this

 

[The Frankman]

IAMB is really not helping his case to dispel the Clovingsteam 2nd account issue.

 

[SamuraiX-]

lmfao

this is amazing

 

[exarkun]

Vag is trax-like in his love for kobe. Incoming thesis summary, with the actual thesis pm'd to all thread participants.

 

[iamshadowlark]

People really need to wake the fuck up with all this "my favorite player wouldn't do this or that" shit.

Looking at almost every superstar in the past few decades, specifically the best player in the game types, and it gets increasingly hard to find one that doesn't bail if faced with the situation Cleveland had. Middling at best players, no cap room to make any kind of major move, Ohio, execs who seem like they're there more to kiss your ass than win chips, etc.

You can argue that they don't do a "the decision" or that they don't form a "super team", etc but please tell me that 9 out of 10 players don't kick rocks in Lebrons shoes?

 

[Black Mamba]

 

[Psychological Intellect]

hey mamba what do you think abuout the rest of the series?

 

[Black Mamba]

hey mamba what do you think abuout the rest of the series?

Not backing down from my heat prediction. Once again we'll find out what lebron is made of. He's responded well every time so far.

But the series is so wacky I'm prepared for a game 7 shard vs bonner MVP duel.

 

[Fox318]

Sorry that I have to do this NBA-GAF but... I find it hilarious Vahg that you continually defend a rapist who pushed out the most physically dominating player of the last 30 years as well as quit on his team in the playoffs, went on radio demanding his team trade him, talked shit about his teammate to a fan, continually shot his team out of wins, snitched on his teammates to the police, and more and yet you call me out for defending LeBron's integrity?

 

[captmcblack]

Sorry that I have to do this NBA-GAF but... I find it hilarious Vahg that you continually defend a rapist who pushed out the most physically dominating player of the last 30 years as well as quit on his team in the playoffs, went on radio demanding his team trade him, talked shit about his teammate to a fan, continually shot his team out of wins, snitched on his teammates to the police, and more and yet you call me out for defending LeBron's integrity?

I'm sweating here. :jnc

 

[Black Mamba]

Somebody bet vag. If x happens, vag can't talk about Kobe all offseason. Not in any bullshit "but I didn't say his name" either type ways either.

 

[Nori Chan]

cmon vahgn expose him for being the alt that he is

plus we need something before game 6

 

[Liquidsnake]

Mad respect to the Spurs. I never gave the trio the respect they deserve. If they pull this off, actually I don't even know what to say the words escape me.

 

[StickSoldier]

Mad respect to the Spurs. I never gave the trio the respect they deserve. If they pull this off, actually I don't even know what to say the words escape me.

You didn't think they had a chance? I've always thought they would win the series, so if the Heat pull it off I'll be super surprised.

 

[Liquidsnake]

You didn't think they had a chance? I've always thought they would win the series, so if the Heat pull it off I'll be super surprised.

I had a hope. I had a dream.

 

[Emwitus]

hey mamba what do you think abuout the rest of the series?

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[obijkenobi]

This is one of the best Duncan/Pop articles I've read. I think it really puts into perspective all the comments from various Spurs about how much they want Timmy to get ring number 5

http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/201...n-gregg-popovich-san-antonio-spurs-love-story

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

People really need to wake the fuck up with all this "my favorite player wouldn't do this or that" shit.

Looking at almost every superstar in the past few decades, specifically the best player in the game types, and it gets increasingly hard to find one that doesn't bail if faced with the situation Cleveland had. Middling at best players, no cap room to make any kind of major move, Ohio, execs who seem like they're there more to kiss your ass than win chips, etc.

You can argue that they don't do a "the decision" or that they don't form a "super team", etc but please tell me that 9 out of 10 players don't kick rocks in Lebrons shoes?

9/10 All-NBA players demand a trade after finishing number one or two in the conference in consecutive seasons with a combined 37 regular season losses? In the past 20 years, only Shaq, Iso-Joe, and LeBron have had it so good and walked away, and Shaq/Johnson at least were honest about doing it for money.

 

[darkside31337]

9/10 All-NBA players demand a trade after finishing number one or two in the conference in consecutive seasons with a combined 37 regular season losses? In the past 20 years, only Shaq, Iso-Joe, and LeBron have had it so good and walked away, and Shaq/Johnson at least were honest about doing it for money.

Dwight did it worse than all those guys.

 

[Dominican Power]

I blame Shaq than Kobe for him leaving. Kobe was fully committed to winning and he felt that Shaq wasn't matching his level of commitment. Those two could of 3 peated again. He left to be the man some where else but ended falling back to D Wade.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

I blame Shaq than Kobe for him leaving. Kobe was fully committed to winning and he felt that Shaq wasn't matching his level of commitment. Those two could of 3 peated again. He left to be the man some where else but ended falling back to D Wade.

I'm talking about Shaq leaving the Magic. They had 60 wins in the 95-96 season, and were hit by injuries in the conference finals against Chicago.

Dwight was pretty bad, but the ownership there was far more clueless than Cleveland.

 

[Fox318]

This is one of the best Duncan/Pop articles I've read. I think it really puts into perspective all the comments from various Spurs about how much they want Timmy to get ring number 5

http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/201...n-gregg-popovich-san-antonio-spurs-love-story

Great read

 

[BadAss2961]

People really need to wake the fuck up with all this "my favorite player wouldn't do this or that" shit.

Looking at almost every superstar in the past few decades, specifically the best player in the game types, and it gets increasingly hard to find one that doesn't bail if faced with the situation Cleveland had. Middling at best players, no cap room to make any kind of major move, Ohio, execs who seem like they're there more to kiss your ass than win chips, etc.

You can argue that they don't do a "the decision" or that they don't form a "super team", etc but please tell me that 9 out of 10 players don't kick rocks in Lebrons shoes?

But that's what he did.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

yo, how come after every game it turns into Kobe OT

 

[MiamiWesker]

So Lebatard says we should give the Spurs credit for simply being better than us last night. Get out of here with that rational thinking.

 

[BadAss2961]

So Lebatard says we should give the Spurs credit for simply being better than us last night. Get out of here with that rational thinking.

LeBron also could've shown up in the 4th. Shit, maybe the whole 2nd half.

 

[fertygo]

So Lebatard says we should give the Spurs credit for simply being better than us last night. Get out of here with that rational thinking.

What? And we shouldn't?

EDIT : oh sarcasm, or at least I hope so.

 

[StickSoldier]

So Lebatard says we should give the Spurs credit for simply being better than us last night. Get out of here with that rational thinking.

Wasn't that Chris Brown who said they swept themselves in the Lakers/Mavs series in 2011? No one wanna give the winning team credit unless it's the Lakers or Heat.

 

[The Frankman]

Do fans care about the Spurs?

 

[Nightstick11]

People really need to wake the fuck up with all this "my favorite player wouldn't do this or that" shit.

Looking at almost every superstar in the past few decades, specifically the best player in the game types, and it gets increasingly hard to find one that doesn't bail if faced with the situation Cleveland had. Middling at best players, no cap room to make any kind of major move, Ohio, execs who seem like they're there more to kiss your ass than win chips, etc.

You can argue that they don't do a "the decision" or that they don't form a "super team", etc but please tell me that 9 out of 10 players don't kick rocks in Lebrons shoes?

I strongly dispute your retcon of Lebron's history with Cleveland. Ferry surrounded Lebron with all the pieces he needed to win a ring in Cleveland, especially in 2009 and 2010. Hell, you can't just retcon history and say a team that went almost 40-1 at home in a season wasn't championship-caliber. The bottom line for Lebron in Cleveland is that he didn't come through. Not to put it all on him; for the life of me, I don't know why Mike Brown in 2009 tried to trap Turko every time down the court instead of going man to man, given that Turko was playing out of his goddamn mind and hitting open shooters everywhere.

Kind of reminds me of the 2012 and 2013 Clippers. There isn't really any roster need on the 09/10 cavs/12/13 clippers. It all boiled down to mental toughness and good coaching.

I can think of plenty of players who didn't bail in the past few decades, and I can think of even more who didn't bail and then try and band up with 2 other superstars. Lebron took the easy way out. He was supposed to be the Chosen One and bring balance to the Force; instead, he's a candy-ass jabroni who will leave far less of a legacy than he was supposed to. He was a once-in-a-generation type player, like Shaq or Duncan. But really, if he keeps this up, he will be lower than Hakeem or David Robinson on the totem pole when all is said and done.

 

[Psychological Intellect]

Cant wait for lebron to drop 60 points on the spurs tomorrow

 

[obijkenobi]

Wow, amazing screen shots of Danny Green's Twitter account last year. I'd say he's made up for last year...

https://twitter.com/sonia2032/status/346694829138395137/photo/1

 

[Vahagn]

Cant wait for lebron to drop 60 points on the spurs tomorrow

you could almost say, Lebron was Born Ready for this moment!

 

[thekad]

Uh, Lebron didn't demand a trade.

 

[I am Michael Bolton]

Uh, Lebron didn't demand a trade.

Dude has too much class for that.

 

[Black Mamba]

So it looks like we're getting the Los Angeles Czzzz

 

[charsace]

Sorry that I have to do this NBA-GAF but... I find it hilarious Vahg that you continually defend a rapist who pushed out the most physically dominating player of the last 30 years as well as quit on his team in the playoffs, went on radio demanding his team trade him, talked shit about his teammate to a fan, continually shot his team out of wins, snitched on his teammates to the police, and more and yet you call me out for defending LeBron's integrity?

Finally, you show some potential.

 

[I am Michael Bolton]

Finally, you show some potential.

Thanks coach.

 

[ph33nix]

man did this dude just did this

I thought it was

'did dat dude just did dis'

 

[exarkun]

Do fans care about the Spurs?

I actually had someone at a bar (in st. louis of all places, what do they know about basketball) tell me the Spurs play a boring brand of basketball. He then proceeded to tell me Kobe and Jordan were his favorite players, but he liked the the Mavs played in 2011.

My mind was full of fuck.

 

[Bread]

im getting the same feeling with this 3-2 series lead as i did with the celtics series last year. lebron is capable of evening up this series by himself, let's see if he pulls it off again.

 

[ph33nix]

Miami is a 7 point favorite so far for tomorrow

Vegas knows something we don't

 

[Black Mamba]

Miami is a 7 point favorite so far for tomorrow

Vegas knows something we don't

You know Vegas bases the lines on the money, right? It's the betters.

 

[Future PhaZe]

Yea, it's not hard at all to see the Heat winning 2 straight at home--might even go as far as to say I expect it.

I think the difference between these two teams is paper thin and almost anything could happen tomorrow.

 

[ph33nix]

You know Vegas bases the lines on the money, right? It's the betters.

Yeah I know but I'm still surprised the line is that crazy high

I wouldn't even take Miami beating that spread even if they win