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****The Official 2014-15 NBA Thread****

Discussion in 'Other Sports Forum' started by schmolioot, Jul 7, 2014.

  1. Stitches

    Stitches ThePhin's Biggest Killjoy Luxury Box

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    FYI, NBA.com has summer league free trial today. So you can watch all today's games free, or you can watch past games.
     
  2. TooGoodForDez

    TooGoodForDez Deion Sanders for GM

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    Andre Dawkins 7 3's, 27 points, nice 2 guard.
     
  3. Section126

    Section126 We are better than you. Luxury Box

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    no. that was Broussard. Windy was well behaved.
     
  4. ckparrothead

    ckparrothead Draft Forum Moderator Luxury Box

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    He used Miami to get championships and Miami used him to get championships. He took less money to get those championships and Mickey Arison paid a bunch of luxury tax to get those championships.

    Again, resisting the urge to be bitter about this. The reason I don't think he calls to Heat to warn them about this beforehand is probably because he knew they'd be bitter and didn't want them letting the cat out of the bag.

    And to be honest he may have words with Rich Paul about not giving the Heat the same courtesy call he gave Dan Gilbert (which reportedly came minutes before the SI piece went out).
     
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  5. schmolioot

    schmolioot Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Regardless, we've got to get up off the mat.

    I know it's chaos now, but we can still sign Bosh. the max here is a lot more than Houston. He already won two rings. He can be a legend and hero here or he can be somebody else's third wheel.

    Then we still have a ton of money to spend. Compete for Deng/Ariza/Isiah Thomas. Maybe make an offer for Monroe.

    Fight.
     
  6. finfansince72

    finfansince72 Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Great? All of his numbers were down, he was good but not max player good. No team in the league would even consider him a max player right now. I don't want to to turn this into a pissing contest about Wade, he's a great player but his career is probably at that point where he projects down its just the way it is.
     
  7. finyank13

    finyank13 Reality Check

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    Spurs at 10PM for me....gotta catch my boy Cotton....
     
  8. Section126

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    Windy is retracting..and saying that Lebron called Micky and Pat a few minutes before his essay posted on SI.

    Told them that he was leaving, and to log onto SI to read an essay he wrote.
     
  9. ckparrothead

    ckparrothead Draft Forum Moderator Luxury Box

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    Brian Windhorst just corrected himself. LeBron James personally spoke on the phone with Pat Riley and Mickey Arison before the essay posted.
     
  10. Section126

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    I am sick of arguing Wade's numbers. Exhausted over it.
     
  11. phinswolverinesrockets

    phinswolverinesrockets If he dies, he dies

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    So, Morey got rid of Lin and his $15 mil salary for basically nothing. The first round pick will come from the Asik deal to NO. lol
     
  12. CaribPhin

    CaribPhin Guest

    Does Miami hang LeBron from the rafters? If not, then what about his jersey?
     
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  13. PhiNomina

    PhiNomina White-Collar Redneck

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    I wonder how long LeBron knew he was coming to Cleveland. Gilbert meeting was a week ago. Seems like a lot of little things point to this being a decision that has been made for some time.

    This feels a lot more like the original Decision that anyone wants to admit.
     
  14. bigbry

    bigbry Huge Member

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    I blame Ireland for this.
     
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  15. ckparrothead

    ckparrothead Draft Forum Moderator Luxury Box

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    Apparently Rich Paul phoned up Dan Gilbert to inform him that LeBron is a Cavalier, and simultaneously LeBron himself called Pat Riley and Mickey Arison.
     
  16. finyank13

    finyank13 Reality Check

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    Was wondering what took you so long....

    I do too actually...
     
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  17. Rouk

    Rouk Well-Known Member

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    It takes awhile for a letter like that to be set up so Im sure he knew from the get go
     
  18. finyank13

    finyank13 Reality Check

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    If thats the case how did they found out by the internet?
     
  19. Ludacris

    Ludacris Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Just wanted to thank LeBron for helping Wade get his third championship. It's been swell.
     
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  20. ckparrothead

    ckparrothead Draft Forum Moderator Luxury Box

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    The only logical explanation.
     
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  21. Finfangirl

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    Not asking for you to apologize, you feel how you feel, you say what you want, but as an outsider, reading some of your posts not just in this thread, you just come off like you're always angry. I personally don't care, just making you aware of how some might see you.
     
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  22. ckparrothead

    ckparrothead Draft Forum Moderator Luxury Box

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    They didn't. It was a bogus report.
     
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  23. TooGoodForDez

    TooGoodForDez Deion Sanders for GM

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    Hell no.
     
  24. NaboCane

    NaboCane Banned

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    If Riley isn't working a S&T to get Bosh max salary/contract and get back a player like Kevin Love, then he's lost in his own head. Like he's been all offseason, thinking that signing two donuts and a cup of coffee would be the changes LeBron wanted to see.

    That, and offering up same for Wade to wherever for whomever, to get him max money as well.

    Get some better players; pay off your guys who sacrificed money and stature.
     
  25. dolfan32323

    dolfan32323 ty xphinfanx

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    Best of luck LeBron. Thanks for the 4 years of amazing, exciting basketball and the belief we could win every single night. That was the best sports run of my life. I'm excited for what we will look like next year. He was a free agent. It happened. Oh well. Im upset, but at least he didn't force a trade out. I know I won't boo LeBron and wouldn't trade these heat teams for anything. That being said, I hope we **** all over Cleveland for for a years to come. Can't stand Gilbert, Verajao, or those losers that burned his jersey years back.
     
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  26. schmolioot

    schmolioot Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    100% agreed.

    We appreciate Shaq's contributions to our championship too, but he's never getting a banner.

    It's why I don't understand Bosh's rush to go to Houston to be a third wheel again.

    Stay here, bank an extra $30 million and be a legend/hero/icon.
     
  27. vt_dolfan

    vt_dolfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    WHOA. details of the crafting of the letter. Look them up.

    WHOA.

    He is a sociopath. This guy has real issues.
     
  29. Stitches

    Stitches ThePhin's Biggest Killjoy Luxury Box

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    Maybe because he has a better shot of a title in Houston? I personally think (again, assuming Parsons is retained) that even if Lebron stayed in Miami, Bosh fits better in Houston than he did in Miami.

    Also, Bosh could be a legend/hero/icon in Houston as well. He is from Texas, and whomever could get Houston back to the Dream years would be revered (not to mention I think the Houston market is bigger than Miami's if I recall correctly).
     
  30. phinswolverinesrockets

    phinswolverinesrockets If he dies, he dies

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    Bosh will be getting that Chinese money if he comes to Houston. Our players, even the role players, are getting deals from Chinese companies. The power of Yao Ming.
     
  31. vt_dolfan

    vt_dolfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

    How would we read about these details?
     
  32. Section126

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    you can't do that Nabo. Love is under contract, and Bosh is an UFA. Bosh has to WANT to go to Minnesota. No chance whatsoever.
     
  33. Section126

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    Lebby was reading the WOJ piece. WOJ has it.
     
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  34. SICK

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    Gotta give you props, bro. No way I thought Wade would opt out and Lebron would still leave....sorry for calling you out on it.
     
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  35. TooGoodForDez

    TooGoodForDez Deion Sanders for GM

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    Only Wade from this generation gets his jersey retired.


    Napier sucks, Heat are giving him every chance in Summer League, dude deserves to go overseas.
     
  36. Ludacris

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    Can we get Bosh and Melo now?
     
  37. finyank13

    finyank13 Reality Check

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    There was another video of a reporter in Miami on the air and a car drove by and the dude was yelling "**** LeBron" at her....

    I mean Miami has been classy for the most part but there are def *******s everywhere you go...

    hence this crap too, should have been arrested, how they not see who did this!?

    [​IMG]
     
  38. Section126

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    NO chance whatsoever.
     
  39. PhiNomina

    PhiNomina White-Collar Redneck

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