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What happened with the Nets playing in Brooklyn? Is that still happening?
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OzFactor posted:What happened with the Nets playing in Brooklyn? Is that still happening? Next year.
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| # ? Dec 20, 2011 23:31 |
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harperdc posted:Blazers fans will always hate the Lakers - national fanbase, plus the usual California/Oregon snobbery too. This one has grounding in a lot of playoff series as well. The lakers are the only real rivalry for Portland. I'm not sure if its reciprocated at all, but I like to imagine it is.
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| # ? Dec 21, 2011 01:09 |
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Mini rivalries pop up but they don't last very long since players don't stay on one team for very long. The Cavs and Wizards were almost brawling in every game but now both teams are awful and nobody gives a poo poo. Every modern rivalry is done within two years
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| # ? Dec 21, 2011 01:18 |
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All that's left is the Drew Gooden cultivated Deshawn/LeBron feud which lived on into last year's finals.
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From 2004 to 2008, any time the Suns played the Spurs or Mavs was a massive, massive event. Fantastic play between these teams in the regular season and playoffs. And then shaq happened... I still have nightmares of Duncan draining a 3 in the first round of the 2008 playoffs, in the first loving game, effectively skullfucking the Suns for the series.
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Kekekela posted:All that's left is the Drew Gooden cultivated Deshawn/LeBron feud which lived on into last year's finals. You would think that of all people Drew Gooden would avoid getting in feuds because the odds are he will be teammates with his antagonist within six to eight weeks. I want the NBA to make Drew Gooden: Coming to an arena near you! banners every trade deadline. He's still about 20 teams away from having all 30 NBA jerseys.
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Kekekela posted:All that's left is the Drew Gooden cultivated Deshawn/LeBron feud which lived on into last year's finals. My favorite part of that was LeBron comparing him and Deshawn to Jay-Z and Soulja Boy, only to have the Wizards invite Soulja Boy to the next game.
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| # ? Dec 21, 2011 01:51 |
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Does anyone hate the Clippers?
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| # ? Dec 21, 2011 01:58 |
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SteelAngel2000 posted:Does anyone hate the Clippers? No but everyone hates Sterling.
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SteelAngel2000 posted:Does anyone hate the Clippers?
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| # ? Dec 21, 2011 01:59 |
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Kekekela posted:No but everyone hates Sterling. I've regularly heard Sterling compared to Bill Bidwell as the worst owner in professional sports. Is it the classic "Just cares about turning a profit" thing?
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| # ? Dec 21, 2011 02:03 |
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SteelAngel2000 posted:I've regularly heard Sterling compared to Bill Bidwell as the worst owner in professional sports. Is it the classic "Just cares about turning a profit" thing? quote:When Clippers' head coach Kim Hughes needed surgery for prostate cancer, Sterling refused to pay for an out-of-network procedure, leading Yahoo Sports blogger Kelly Dwyer to brand him the "worst person in the world."[13]. The bill of $70,000 was paid by some current and former Clippers players, Corey Maggette, Marko Jaric, Chris Kaman, and Elton Brand.[14] He's also a racist piece of poo poo.
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SteelAngel2000 posted:I've regularly heard Sterling compared to Bill Bidwell as the worst owner in professional sports. Is it the classic "Just cares about turning a profit" thing? Bill Bidwell got to the Supa Bowl and could have won it by mere millimeters. Bill Bidwell owns. And the Cruds are 7-7 mind you, GO CARDINALS.
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He's also quite literally a slumlord and has allegedly (definitely) discriminated against minorities in the properties he owns.
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SteelAngel2000 posted:I've regularly heard Sterling compared to Bill Bidwell as the worst owner in professional sports. Is it the classic "Just cares about turning a profit" thing? Just cares about turning a profit to the extreme that you would think he is the lady owner from Major League and is a terrible human being.
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SteelAngel2000 posted:I've regularly heard Sterling compared to Bill Bidwell as the worst owner in professional sports. Is it the classic "Just cares about turning a profit" thing? No. He's also a hugely racist slumlord who would "bring women into the locker room after games, while the players were showering, and make comments such as, 'Look at those beautiful black bodies.'"
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a shameful boehner posted:He's also quite literally a slumlord and has allegedly (definitely) discriminated against minorities in the properties he owns. "black people smell" is the quote, roughly.... ah, the heat in the night...
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| # ? Dec 21, 2011 02:07 |
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Also the hilarity of actively heckling Baron Davis from the stands while he was on the Clips (then basically paying a lotto pick to exile him to Cleveland)...but yeah mainly racist slumlord plus being a complete cheapskate with the team to turn a profit.
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morestuff posted:No. He's also a hugely racist slumlord who would "bring women into the locker room after games, while the players were showering, and make comments such as, 'Look at those beautiful black bodies.'" 
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| # ? Dec 21, 2011 02:10 |
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Donald Sterling asked Paul Silas, when he was the head coach of the Clippers, if he would be willing to wrap players ankles so Sterling wouldn't have to pay a trainer. This is a real thing that happened.
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I don't now if the case was actually settled under the original terms, but if it was it would have been the single largest penalty ever given by the U.S. Dept. of Justice for housing discrimination.
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| # ? Dec 21, 2011 02:12 |
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What exactly is a trade exemption?
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Clippers owner Donald Sterling testified Tuesday about his past deep loyalty and trust for former executive Elgin Baylor despite an admission by the owner that he wasn't completely clear about the NBA legend he appointed vice president of player personnel in 1986. "You didn't know about his basketball career?" Baylor attorney Carl Douglas asked Sterling in his first day on the stand as Baylor's wrongful termination civil lawsuit against the team continued at a Los Angeles courthouse. "His accomplishments? The Hall of Fame?" "No," Sterling answered. "... I didn't know that. I hired him for $3,000 a month. I didn't really know what his role was.... He was working in a mail-order company back then." Baylor, the NBA's first overall pick in 1958 and a member of the league's 50th anniversary all-time team, was an 11-time All-Star who once scored 71 points in a game and brought the Lakers to the cusp of a title they would ultimately win the season he retired.
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| # ? Dec 21, 2011 02:13 |
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Bob Shabazz posted:What exactly is a trade exemption? If a team takes back less salary than they contribute to a trade, they can get an exception to use in a future trade allowing them to go over. Like everything in the CBA its more complicated than that and there are a ton of restrictions and most of the time they never get used but that's the gist. Here is a link with specifics (its from the last CBA but I don't think its changed in any meaningful way): https://webfiles.uci.edu/lcoon/cbafaq/salarycap.htm#Q71
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Twat McTwatterson posted:"black people smell" is the quote, roughly.... ah, the heat in the night... I believe it was "smell and attract vermin". This was his excuse for not renting to black tenants. Also "Hispanics smoke, drink and just hang around the building." Sterling you so classy.
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EllisD posted:I believe it was "smell and attract vermin". This was his excuse for not renting to black tenants. Also "Hispanics smoke, drink and just hang around the building." Don't forget that Koreans are alright because "they will take whatever conditions I give them and still pay the rent.”
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Bob Shabazz posted:What exactly is a trade exemption? It's just a technicality for teams over the cap (or who would end up over the cap after the trade) to make trades. All part of the "soft cap" system (since you can't do anything over the cap without an "exception").
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Oh yeah we forgot about him refusing to cover the costs of surgery to save the life of a Clippers assistant coach who was diagnosed with prostate cancer.quote:According to former Clippers assistant coach Kim Hughes, Sterling and the Clippers organization refused to cover the costs of a surgery Hughes' needed after being diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2004.
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| # ? Dec 21, 2011 02:20 |
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Kekekela posted:If a team takes back less salary than they contribute to a trade, they can get an exception to use in a future trade allowing them to go over. Like everything in the CBA its more complicated than that and there are a ton of restrictions and most of the time they never get used but that's the gist. Thanks, this link is super helpful.
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| # ? Dec 21, 2011 02:23 |
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Actually here is an old article from ESPN that talks about a ton of the terrible things that Sterling has done. The quotes about him as a slumlord don't even begin to show how lovely he was. Read about how he treated a tenant that was partially paralyzed and legally blind. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4187729
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For the record, Corey Maggette is supposed to be one of the nicest and most generous guys in the NBA in spite of his horrific playing style and hilarious nickname. Edit: I'm hoping our potential success will shed much more media light and pressure on Sterling and will finally get rid of him.
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I don't know how feasible it is but they just need a player to publicly say they aren't signing or re-signing with the Clippers specifically because of Sterling
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spamman posted:For the record, Corey Maggette is supposed to be one of the nicest and most generous guys in the NBA in spite of his horrific playing style and hilarious nickname. Maggette has the best Internet-sourced nickname in the league - Bad Porn. Why? There's a lot of scoring but you just don't feel like anything is happening.
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e: wait I confused Corey Maggette with Quinton Richardson, nevermind, you still suck and had nothing to do with my favorite sports celebration, Corey Maggette.
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MorningView posted:e: wait I confused Corey Maggette with Quinton Richardson, nevermind, you still suck and had nothing to do with my favorite sports celebration, Corey Maggette. fist antlers own
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harperdc posted:Maggette has the best Internet-sourced nickname in the league - Bad Porn. Lots of penetration but not sure if you are going to enjoy it. Maggette is a pretty unique player on the court. Something like 30% of his points are from the free throw line despite opponents knowing his first, second and third thoughst are to drive to the rim. R.D. Mangles posted:fist antlers own Man averaged a double double of points and rebounds in college playing as a guard. He can do any celebration he want.
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R.D. Mangles posted:fist antlers own I still bust them out after all of my life's major accomplishments, up to and including "made beer pong shots".
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lalC0ucPfaQ
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MorningView posted:I still bust them out after all of my life's major accomplishments, up to and including "made beer pong shots". That's where it's best to break out the Sam Cassell dance, really.
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