Comments on: Andrei Kirilenko Headed to CSKA Moscow?

By: Ansonious

Ansonious — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:44:10 +0000

And I don’t care if the teams wanted them out star players don’t deserved to be disgraced like that.

By: Ansonious

Ansonious — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:40:07 +0000

@ flipthescript Who the fu– do you think you are this is a place for people to post their opinions of what they think in the world of hoops, I won’t lie and say that I don’t disagree with what people are posting, yet I hear them out, understand where their coming from, and don’t act like I’m the big cheese or have some form of authority as if I was some kind of god. It’s just like religion it may be for you just don’t push it on me. A.I. to the nuggets for what not shit. Ron Ron for what pretty much nobody. Pau Gasol for Kwame, Aaron Mckie,and Jarvis please. S-jack, Harrington for Murphy, and Dunleavy please. What did the blazers get in return for Sheed? You want to talk shit to the fans as if you were the owner, if it wasn’t for the fans we wouldn’t be having these debates, conversations, opinions, and contraversy over the game we all love(even if were not the stars.) So you my friend need to have a tall glass of SHUT THE FUCK UP NOT us. I’m out like flipthescript having a point peace!

By: FlipTheScript

FlipTheScript — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:29:58 +0000

@Amar

That’s the blindness I’m talking about. I said Boozer was A centerpiece, not THE centerpiece. Check the post before you slam it. Boozer is an integral part of this team, and the win/loss column doesn’t say it all. Who can run the pick and roll the way Sloan wants it? I doubt Memo is fast enough for it. AK is definitely too thin for it. Like it or not, Boozer helps your team more than he hurts it. He can move and shoot almost like the Mailman. Remember the Laker series last year? Boozer was in foul trouble most of the time and Deron couldn’t do it by himself. A successful NBA team needs at least 2 high-quality ballers to win. Check the last 8 championships:

00-02 – Shaq/Kobe
03 – TimmyD/Parker/Manu
04 – Rip/Billups/Rasheed
05 – TimmyD/Parker/Manu
06 – Shaq/Wade
07 – TimmyD/Parker/Manu
08 – KG/RayRay/Truth

The win/loss column in itself is very subjective: it changes every year depending on the strength of the teams. It also depends on player development. Before DWill was drafted, Boozer was still improving.

Open your eyes and ears to the rest of the L. Then when you see that a lopsided trade DOES exist, maybe you’ll stop fantasizing that the Jazz can reach at least the Conf. Finals with Deron by himself. Once Boozer leaves next year, Jazz will fall to the lower echelon of the West Playoffs.

If you really support your team, then you know that everyone is important to the cause unless they start tanking. I don’t think averaging a double-double constitutes that.

Stop acting like a football fan (check YouTube for football riots) and enjoy the game. I’m a Laker and Warrior fan, but I appreciate the competition that each game can bring. If Memphis or NYC starts playing like they want to win, hell, I’ll show some love their way too.

I might not know and analyze all the stats like you have expertly provided, but I do know enough to appreciate the game in its entirety.

Peace.

By: it ain't easy being green

it ain't easy being green — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:57:19 +0000

@ marcello- I’d dominate u in live. Or anyone else for that matter!!!!

By: Amar

Amar — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:26:09 +0000

deron williams is the centerpiece of this team. gotta love wannabe-fans. you’re as subjective as you proclaim us to be.

26 wins w/o ak and boozer, before drafting deron

42 wins w/ ak back and Rookie deron, still w/o boozer

By: FlipTheScript

FlipTheScript — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:04:49 +0000

Gotta love the wannabe-GMs…

Shut up and just be fans. Everybody has the right to bitch and complain but at the end of the day, you ain’t GMs. Stop all the one-sided trades, the stupid signings, and all that crap. Sure everyone’s supporting their teams, but is everyone blinded by false grandeur?

Point is, be logical.

Boozer is a centerpiece of this team, injury or not, Arenas wasn’t overpaid, and you ain’t gettin a superstar player from a chump team for change. The Lakers just got lucky.

Just sit your asses down and enjoy the games.

peace.

By: marcello robertson

marcello robertson — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:57:28 +0000

Not to get off the subject (real b ball), but Okur is a 30-35 point scorer at the PF in nba live 08. With a couple of trip dubs. No lie……Seroiously

By: Amar

Amar — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:55:21 +0000

okur plays more defense than boozer. the problem is that you can’t have both boozer *and* okur on defense. together they compliment each other on offense, but that’s only half of the game.

the jazz would be better served with letting boozer go, look at the games he has missed due to injury — either kirilenko or millsap gets plugged into the 4 spot and they have huge games. (like millsap vs. cleveland, or andrei vs. lakers last season — both jazz wins) the 4 spot is a focal point in the jazz offense that makes the player, not the other way around.

put memo at the 4, and start fesenko (a 7’2 shotblocking bigman who intimidates and only plays in the paint). pay millsap, brewer and crew, and get better.

By: Logan Light

Logan Light — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:43:13 +0000

Are we getting into the days when there might be conspiracy from overseas teams to “re leave” teams of highly paid players? Would the NBA team get some sort of kickback for letting their player go? Will Stern catch on and introduce a ludicrous rule about going overseas?

Thanks Josh Childress… we owe all of this hob-nob to you… sheesh.

By: Ansonious

Ansonious — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:10:48 +0000

Okur is alright but he has no defense whats so ever.