Soxbadger

I dont think that was the look of fear, I think it was the look of a guy who wonders if he shouldnt have gone against his own philosophy. No rebounds, no rings. DENG was ridiculous that quarter.

Heat are searching for answers right now because the bulls front court is just dominating.

Bulls just have to keep it close, eventually theyll hit some shots. And the fake screen is killing Miami, they over commit every time.

If it wasnt for offensive rebounds the Bulls could be down 15 right now. Instead its tied.

I think Dan Glibert is part owner of Fat Head, so you know he loves sticking to the Heat.

Lebron has supposedly been sick for the last 3 days. I guess Chicago weather can help the Bulls too.

Dirk wants another shot at a title, Westbrook playing to out of control, Durant otherworldly as always.

Wooo wild pitch!

JP is going to steal 2nd and Gordon steal home.

The mythical 1st and 3rd.

Like I said, if you want to semantically say that the Hornets were in possession of the pick and put in the envelope, then yes, Charlotte did draft Kobe. But if you are arguing (as I have been) that the Lakers were the ones who actually selected Kobe and told the Hornets who to draft, the evidence speaks for itself. This started over a remark where I said that there is nothing different in the NBA today, than in the past, that the teams who won a lot of championships, for the most part drafted their star player. Kobe Bryant was drafted by the Lakers, he was not signed as a free agent, he was not drafted by the Hornets and refused to play for them. He was drafted by the Lakers. Ive never argued that Hornets didnt have the rights to the pick when it was selected, just the fact is that all the Hornets did was put in the Lakers selection. Such a waste of time arguing this.

From the head scout of Charlotte at the time:

That article fully supports my argument that the Lakers drafted Kobe, not the Hornets. The guy speculated that when the Lakers traded for the 13th pick, they would take Bryant. You argued that the Hornets traded the pick because Kobe refused to play for them. The article you quoted concludes with the fact that Kobe would have played for the Nets. So the Nets took Kittles because Kittles agent convinced them, not because of anything Kobe did. The article just confirmed my article, Lakers traded with Charlotte prior to the draft, Charlotte never had Kobe for a second, because the pick had previously been traded. You are completely speculating, the article I quoted, was from a Charlotte front office member, Charlotte wanted no part of Kobe Bryant. In fact the article states that had Charlotte not taken Divacs, he was going to be traded for a later pick, meaning the Lakers would not have had a shot at Kobe. ugh

Knight, Did you read the article that I posted? That story is false, the Lakers and Hornets had agreed to the trade the day before and Lakers told the Hornets who to pick. The Hornets had no intention of ever drafting Kobe Bryant and Kobe has said that he would have played in Charlotte. I linked the article. http://www2.journalnow.com/sports/2008/jun...trued-ar-113126

Steve, AJ is taking your credit http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/news/lo...story?track=rss

He also had a hot girlfriend Linda Cardellini who was Sam on ER.

Ted's character is the least of my concerns, so I dont even usually care about the mother plot line. Im more interested in whether Barnie is going to marry Robin or that other girl, my prediction, Robin.

It would be semantics if someone jokingly argued that it was the Hornets pick and that the Lakers used the Hornets pick. But J4L was trying to act like the Hornets actually made the pick and then Lakers tried to trade for Kobe after. The fact is that the Lakers traded for the pick before the draft, so therefore it was entirely the Lakers decision to take Kobe. To say anything else is patently false and completely misconstrues the fact that the Lakers (like the other teams I mentioned) got their superstar through the draft. Just because the majority of my basketball posting comes in the NCAA thread, doesnt mean I dont know about the NBA. I can still remember the night that Wade was drafted in front of the Bulls and we took Hinrich. I dont think Ill ever get over it.

J4L, Hornets had agreed to trade the pick to the Lakers, so it was the Lakers pick. http://www2.journalnow.com/sports/2008/jun...trued-ar-113126 So yes the Lakers did draft Kobe, just saying.

I meant in NBA or NFL, my guess is that MLS has some teams far below salary cap too.

Yep, but that was due to the fall out of MJ and the Bulls.

The NBA was the same way in the past. The Lakers got Magic on a coin flip with the Bulls losing. The Bulls got Jordan at the 3 because 2 teams passed. The Lakers drafted Kobe. The system will always be broken because you cant turn Memphis into Chicago. So with all things being equal (aka salary cap and max contract), players will likely choose the better destination, with the better chance of winning. That is the drawback of the salary cap. At the end of the day, with or without a salary cap, the smaller market teams are still at a disadvantage.

Which is why my solution was to give teams that cant spend money an incentive to not spend (potentially trading cap for draft picks), while still allowing other teams some flexibility when it comes to a cap of $50mil or so. The real problem is the hiring of Gm's that have no clue what they are doing, they then get fired and hired by another team to do the same nonsense.

Knicks were still at salary cap. I just really cant think of examples where a team in a league with a salary cap has spent drastically lower than the cap for multiple seasons. Imo it usually seems that all teams spend to the cap. The lockout wont fix anything because the reality is not all franchise are created equal. Unlike the NFL there are more than 8 home games to sell out.

Id do Amanda.