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NBA Offseason Thread! All offseason NBA talk in THIS thread!
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Holy shit, Shaq is putting out that 'Roger Clemens leaving Boston' vibe. :lol Way to go Lakers!
Also, did anyone post about Vince demanding to be traded? One of those "selfish over-rated player, terrible organization going nowhere" disputes that just kinda make you chuckle because they both deserve it.
Also, did anyone post about Vince demanding to be traded? One of those "selfish over-rated player, terrible organization going nowhere" disputes that just kinda make you chuckle because they both deserve it.
:lol :lol :lol I'm not even gonna bother quoting all the funny posts, there's so many I'd probably flood the forum. :lol
Not much new with the VC thing, save for him coming out himself and declaring it. Think that's a mistake on his part, but he obviously wants out of here with the quickness. Can't blame him in some ways...as long as that cunt lick Richard Peddie is part of the organization, I wouldn't want to be involed with them either. Having said that, he has to know that trades simply aren't gonna be happening a few weeks before training camp, and that his trade value isn't exactly terrific. Hell, Shaq was basically traded for Lamar Odom and some jellybeans...a Vince trade at this stage could only land us the jellybeans. :lol
As for Lonestar, he's only upset cause he knows there's a real possibility that VC could get flipped to the Sonics for Ray Allen. Which would mean having to suck VC's cock as he does for every player that wears those snot green colours. Don't know why he's so worried though...it isn't like he hasn't been full of shit before. :lol
Not much new with the VC thing, save for him coming out himself and declaring it. Think that's a mistake on his part, but he obviously wants out of here with the quickness. Can't blame him in some ways...as long as that cunt lick Richard Peddie is part of the organization, I wouldn't want to be involed with them either. Having said that, he has to know that trades simply aren't gonna be happening a few weeks before training camp, and that his trade value isn't exactly terrific. Hell, Shaq was basically traded for Lamar Odom and some jellybeans...a Vince trade at this stage could only land us the jellybeans. :lol
As for Lonestar, he's only upset cause he knows there's a real possibility that VC could get flipped to the Sonics for Ray Allen. Which would mean having to suck VC's cock as he does for every player that wears those snot green colours. Don't know why he's so worried though...it isn't like he hasn't been full of shit before. :lol
Shinobi said:
VC would be a great fit for a lot of teams. The problem is like you said that no one is going to give up anything huge to land him. VC could really push a team like San An to the next level, VC, Kobe, and TMac are only a few of the 2 guards who are athletic and can shoot these days. I wonder if VC will cry as much as Shaq to get out of Toronto, I wish the Lakers would have shown a little backbone like the Raptors and not taken the easy way out by trading Shaq so quickly.
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calder said:
if it took getting traded to motivate his fatass to finally get in shape (apparently making $30 million a year isn't enough motivation) then we were lucky to get rid of his ass when we did. Whats his motivation gonna be the year after next? Or the year after that? Fuck Shaq for pulling this shit.
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Ninja Scooter said:
Actually, I think the possibility of not making $30 million per year is Shaq's real motivation. He is getting up there in years and only has one more shot at a large contract. No one will pay $30 million per for the fat, injured Shaq that "played" for the Lakers the last couple years. Shaq is shaping up for now, in hopes that he can secure a 3 to 5 year max extension with Miami. If he can trick Miami into doing that, then he can happily go back to being fat Shaq again.
HalfPastNoon said:
Oh please, you'd suck Magic Johnson's HIV-laden dick if he returned to the Sonics as a power forward.
And Ray Allen isn't nearly as athletic as Vince, Kobe, T-Mac, Wade, J-Rich, or even Fred fucking Jones. But he's as good a shooter as there is in the league. I'd be sad to see Vince go, but if Ray came back I'd be fine with it, cause I don't see us getting anything better.
It's been Clyde Drexler week on NBA TV, because he just got inducted into the Hall of Fame and all. Watching all the highlights and old games he played in, all I can say is WOW-- I knew he was good, but not like that. The guy was an incredible player. Even on the Rockets in '95 during the playoffs, he was unbelievable. He really knew how to play the game, and was a blur on the wing on the break-- he really streaked downcourt faster than most guys.
I seriously hope Drexler is talking about coming back as coach or something. 
I used to watch him all the time when he was playing with the Blazers, and he was pretty damn fast, and if you watch him play head to head with Jordan, they were pretty well matched up. I know all the hype was between Magic and Jordan, but to me, Drexler and Jordan were a much better head to head matchup.
I used to watch him all the time when he was playing with the Blazers, and he was pretty damn fast, and if you watch him play head to head with Jordan, they were pretty well matched up. I know all the hype was between Magic and Jordan, but to me, Drexler and Jordan were a much better head to head matchup.
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i just read the whole Kobe transcript. No way does he seem "arrogant" or incriminating like so many of those apologist bitches from Court TV were trying to hype it up, and THIS certainly wouldn't have helped the prosecution one bit had it been allowed IMO. Kobe's groupie learned a valuable lesson, in the words of Jodeci, "if you come up, get done up, inside and let me run up..."
Ninja Scooter said:
Dude the first mistake you made was watching Court TV. They are always rabidly pro prosecution. Second, I agree it isn't incriminating, but it doesn't fucking matter, that dirty whore and those red neck cousinfuckers dropped the case. It is over. Now the only question is whether Kobe will spend 5-10 million to defend his civil case and risk losing more or just settle for a few hundred grand?
One final observation, why do people act like this case wasn't about race? If some dirty black women showed up to the police office with a history of being insane and was covered with 2 other men's semen accusing Brad Pitt of rape, don't tell me people would not have viewed the case differently.
Cloudy said:
It will cost him a shit load of money to take this thing to trial dude. Why risk losing (even though the chance is VERY small) and why spend millions on the case and keep this shit alive for another 1-2 years when he can just cut the crazy slut a check for a few hundred thousand and get back to his life. She has nothing to lose at this point, and if he settles he can put in an agreement that she won't write a book or make a movie about it.
Because if he settles, the media will make him out to be an MJ. If he fights it in court, even if he loses, everything about her will come out too and the public will know how she gets down as well. And there is a cap on lawsuits in Colorado so she can't get more than $1.5 mil at the worst. Will her lawyers continue to work on a contingency basis for years? I doubt it....
With this embarassing info out there, it'd be dumb to settle at this point IMO. $5-$10 mil is not too much for Kobe to pay to retain even a shred of dignity out of all this...
PS: If you saw her lawyers on tv after the case was dismissed, it was clear that their extortion plan was to threaten Kobe with this info coming out. Her lying ass does not plan to testify in any trial, they just want money. You'll see.....
With this embarassing info out there, it'd be dumb to settle at this point IMO. $5-$10 mil is not too much for Kobe to pay to retain even a shred of dignity out of all this...
PS: If you saw her lawyers on tv after the case was dismissed, it was clear that their extortion plan was to threaten Kobe with this info coming out. Her lying ass does not plan to testify in any trial, they just want money. You'll see.....
Cloudy said:
$5-10 mill of HIS money doesn't sound that much to you. If I were his lawyer I would just tell him to settle and get it over with. People have a way of forgetting things and people made up their mind about this case when it first came out, this won't change anyone's mind. Most people still think he is innocent anyways.
bionic77 said:
You have a point there that no one's mind will change eitherway but if there was gonna be a settlement, her lawyer's would not have been on tv trashing Kobe after the case was dismissed. And the chick's lawyers are probably looking for $5-$10 of Kobe's money. You think they'll be satisfied with a few 100 grand after the contract he just signed?
Cloudy said:
Well if they want too much, then you just say fuck it and go to trial, but she has really good lawyers for her civil trial. Most civil trials settle for a reason and her lawyer is no different, he has settled most of his past cases as well. I really don't see this going to trial, Kobe is probably going to give her peanuts, get her to sign an agreement that she never talk to the media after the case, and then he can focus on basketball after this.
But seriously, why can't basketball players say no to sex?
Sumidor said:
Yeah, except in the '92 Finals where Jordan averaged 36 points, 7.6 rebounds, 6.8 assists, and 3 steals/game on Drexler, shooting 52% from the field, while holding Drexler to nearly 6 points below his season average and forcing him to shoot 40% from the field (versus his 47% shooting for the season). But besides that, yeah, they were pretty evenly matched.
Seriously though, Drexler was a great, great player, and incredibly athletic. Some of the highlights they showed were just outrageous, even by today's standards.
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AC Green must have shot a load like a cannon on his wedding night.
Cloudy said:
I agree with this...with everything out in the open now, I wouldn't pay a red nickel to this broad.
And who the fuck released these tapes anyway? The man isn't going to be tried, and this shit gets leaked anyway? It's absolutely disgusting. Kobe oughta sue the leak and every media outlet that's played this shit.
Cloudy said:
You dissin' my boy AC Green?!?
Don't sleep on him...cause he won't sleep with you.
Shinobi said:I agree with this...with everything out in the open now, I wouldn't pay a red nickel to this broad.
And who the fuck released these tapes anyway? The man isn't going to be tried, and this shit gets leaked anyway? It's absolutely disgusting. Kobe oughta sue the leak and every media outlet that's played this shit.
You dissin' my boy AC Green?!?
Don't sleep on him...cause he won't sleep with you.
:lol That line about AC is classic.
And for Kobe, well if he settles now for a few hundred grand it all goes away and the bonus of that is that he can get her to agree to shut up and then this whole thing disapears in a few months when the playoffs start. If he doesn't settle and she losses, she will just try to make her money with a smear book and movie about Kobe. If I were him I would just give her a few dollars (not anything substantive though) and get on with his life while she continues being the local whore for Eagle.
The nightmare scenario for Kobe is this:
After he pays this chick off, other women he's been with in the past start popping out of the woodwork looking for a payout as well. I don't know too much about law but I don't think the embarassment factor can get any worse for him than it is now. The only way to really save face (if at all possible :lol) is to see her ass in court!
After he pays this chick off, other women he's been with in the past start popping out of the woodwork looking for a payout as well. I don't know too much about law but I don't think the embarassment factor can get any worse for him than it is now. The only way to really save face (if at all possible :lol) is to see her ass in court!
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