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Did Dubya just get a cheer?

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 6, 2011 -> 10:08 PM) The Celtics are just a terrible match-up for the Magic. And Gilbert Arenas is bad at basketball. Hedo 1 for 10, Gilbert 0 for 7 and the team was 3 for 24 from 3PT land. We're just not going to win basketball games against good teams when we shoot that poorly.

Tiki Barber's doing the pregame show on the BBC over here. He's obviously doing well for himself.....

Anthony Parker is probably the player they'll end up with IMO. Straight swap for Johnson maybe?

Man Utd lost for the 1st time all season today to f***ing Wolves. Since Wigan also won, I'm sickened as a West Ham fan right now...

U would hav gon eall Derrick Rose on the basket if he was there 1 on 1 wouldn;t u.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Feb 6, 2011 -> 03:16 AM) It's a bit different doing it in an NBA stadium True. True. But I was 10 back then (and I was a s*** FT shooter back then). Dwight is 25. He's always gonna be like Shaq from the line pretty much.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 6, 2011 -> 03:16 AM) Cleveland. Bad. So Byron Scott has gone from coachin Jason Kidd in the NBA Finals to the worst team of all time basically. Got no sympathy for him. He'a d oucehbag basically anyway. Somwhere Mike Brown is enjoyin himself right now....

QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ Feb 5, 2011 -> 10:54 PM) what about howard? he has improved his post game so much this season, averages 22 points a games, demands double team every time in the low post, can single handedly get your entire front line in foul trouble, and also single handedly turn a bad defensive team into a good one, the winner of the last two DPOY, well on his way to a third. I would also take wade over rose this season. funny that not so long ago people were debating that whether or not Wade is the best player in the league after lebron, and I don't think wade's game has declined a bit this season, it's just the effect of playing next to lebron Yeah Dwight has improved his offensive game no doubt, But when u shoot f***in 3 from 13 from the line, I got no f***ing sympathy for u. Hell even I made those shots in little league b-ball down under for f***s sake.

I hope u chaed afta him, flipped his bike ova, and he's feeli sorry for himself in the hospital right now....

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 6, 2011 -> 02:56 AM) You've turned English on us Aussie Ahould I take that as a positive. I'll win a green cerd soon aenoigh than u very juch,

Last w/e in Lomdon, went to my fav. stripper in London with my mates, not ax espensive as Zurich a a few weeks ago (my mate shoute 2500 francos gootd times) but a bloody good nite i tell ya.

Saw this little bit in a John Hollinger Chat from yesterday BTW;

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 4, 2011 -> 02:57 PM) Absolutely true. Gortat was such a nice backup big, too. Not sure that's definitely true. Right now Hedo is banged up, although he had a nice game last night, still think he's the best player out of that PHX deal for both sides (albeit Gortat has heated up lately, although it's very easy for a competent enough big to play with Steve Nash). Carter and J Rich is probably close to a wash. J Rich is probably more athletic, but maybe a little weaker defensively. The Magic should get Troy Murphy after the trade deadline once he's bought out by New Jersey, he'll be a decent fit as a backup C who'll get Gortat's old minutes. The Arenas for Lewis deal hasn't really been a win for either side. Gilbert's shooting 37% from the field and his A:TO ratio is only at around 1.75:1, that's just not going to get it done, period. I'm hoping it's the new players still trying to learn SVG's complicated defensive schemes, which was always going to take some time (although as I mooted earlier, getting Q Rich into the lineup more would be a definite start). And when the shooters such as Redick and Anderson (4 from 18 last night) aren't hitting their jumpers, we're not that good of an offensive team outside of Dwight. Think we'll probably end up with the 4 seed now, which means Atlanta first round, and then probably Boston in the semi - finals.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 4, 2011 -> 03:13 AM) Dbaho, your perimeter D is AWFUL. This is why you don't make moves simply to appease your superstar. The Magic were better before the trades. The Magic have nobody that can even bother Lebron or Wade. Actually when Carmelon Anthony blew up against us in Denver, that forced Otis Smith to make the trade (not like Carter and Lewis are great defenders at the 2/3 spot regardless). I think we need to get Q Rich into the lineup more, he's by far our best perimeter defender. But I agree that Orlando defenders have been far too dependent on Dwight to clean up their mistakes. That needs to change if we're going to contend.

LeBron's 8-8 and has 20 points in the 1stQ so far. Safe to say he wanted to prove a point to Otis Smith.

Garnett's played 9 more games than Boozer and is probably DPOY right now. Fine with him making the All Star team in a weak Eastern Conference. Johnson over Deng isn't a huge stretch, JJ is obviously the bigger name player and the Eastern Conference isn't stacked with great SG's.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 3, 2011 -> 11:16 PM) Eh, I have a hard time calling someone who can't do anything more than 5 feet away from the basket one of THE best in the game. If teams figure out to collapse and deny the post, Blake will disappear. To be fair, that was Dwight Howard in his first 3-4 season in the league also. Griffin's already averaging around 25PPG since December. Not sure if he's one of the best in the game already, but this time next season if he continues his upward curve, he very well could be.

Low risk even with all of supposed baggage. I'd expect him to start the season in AAA unless he tears it up in ST, which is entirely possible. He crushes lefties though, and there was a role for Andruw Jones doing that, so perhaps Milledge can make it with us doing that sort of role potentially.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Feb 2, 2011 -> 10:21 PM) Chicharito kicking butt for Man U Best 3rd striker in the world for any club I'd argubly say right now. His pace off the mark and finishing ability is just about elite already. Seriously reminds me a lot of Michael Owen at the same age (which is ironic because Owen's obviously at Man Utd right now).

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Feb 3, 2011 -> 07:36 AM) Good lord Kevin Durant.. I also have to wonder who will end their losing streak first. Cleveland's consecutive streak or Washington's road streak.. Or do we have to wait till both play.. in Cleveland. My money's on Washington, at least that team has some resemblance of talent on it. Cleveland are just a mess without Varejao. Good win for the Bulls team against a Clippers team that's been playing very well at home recently (albeit they were without Eric Gordon IIRC).

QUOTE (illinilaw08 @ Feb 2, 2011 -> 06:58 PM) This is an absurd statement for several reasons. (1) Jozy was getting playing time this year at Villareal, the third place team in La Liga. Yes, his minutes mostly came in Copa del Rey and Europa Cup competition (scoring twice), but he was getting playing time on a monster club, playing behind Rossi and Nilmar. (2) Jozy was loaned, not sold. Given the reported interest in him, Villareal could have recouped some of their investment (they paid $10 million for Jozy initially) by selling him off. The loan shows that Villareal still believes in Jozy Altidore's ability to help their club in the future. (3) He wasn't loaned off to some second division club. Buraspor won the Turkish League last year and are just 2 points off the pace this year. Kenny Miller from Rangers was just loaned to them as well. The fact of the matter is that coaches seem to like what they see in Jozy, not something that can be for Adu. (4) He's 21 years old. At 21, he has 9 goals for the National Team, played a crucial role on a successful World Cup campaign (beautiful move where he hit the post vs. England, the awesome knock down for the assist on Bradley's goal against Slovenia, he played the crucial play into the middle to Dempsey that led to The Goal against Algeria, he drew countless yellow cards from defenders - he did everything but score goals in that tournament). Unlike Adu who is so far out of the National Team picture right now. 5) The knock on Jozy early in his European career was his training habits. There have been no recent reports that this is an issue and he is developing into a pretty decent target forward. 6) The knock on Adu seems to be that his training habits are bad and that his slight build allows him to be pushed around. Adu eventually needs to move back to MLS as he clearly is not wanted by any top flight European clubs (see the fact that Benefica finally was able to loan him to a second division Turkish club after months of failed trials). To compare him to Jozy (reported interest from top flight teams in England, Spain and, obviously, Turkey at the transfer deadline) is comparing apples and oranges. At the end of the day, American soccer fans need to be patient with Jozy. He's not Messi. He's not Mueller. He's not a finished product at 21 like those players were. He has a somewhat heavy touch, and his goal scoring instincts aren't there right now. He needs playing time to continue his development and, ideally this move is going to give him that. If we are asking these questions of Altidore in 2014, or if the first division interest in him overseas ever dries up, then there is a problem. But to compare his situation to Adu is short sighted and, frankly, just plain wrong. End of rant. Ok you make some good points there on Altidore, and obviously you follow him pretty closely there. I suppose my judgement on him was based a lot on what I saw of him back when he was on loan at Hull City (albeit a s*** club). Just didn't seem as if he belonged at that level, at that time. What he needs is regular first team football. Don't know if long - term the Turkish League is the type of league where he should stay long - term, but it's a start I guess. FWIW, I didn't really see Altidore's named mentioned much for teams in the EPL at the deadline.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Feb 2, 2011 -> 01:38 PM) And Jozy was transfered to Bursaspor. Obviously they aren't Villareal but he wasn't playing much and Bursaspor are the reigning Turkish League champs and are involved in Euro competitions so they are still a good squad. Hopefully he can get some significant time over there. Altidore's career is at the point where unless he picks it up soon at a good European League, he could the way of Freddy Adu.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 2, 2011 -> 04:53 PM) FWIW, Katrina only came ashore as a category 2. That pretty much emphasises how much damage this cyclone could be capable of then.