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Natebishop3 said:
I wouldn't do that trade if I'm Cleveland. There is nothing compelling them to trade Irving. They still have him locked up for at least two more years. I would personally hold onto him until either the deadline or the draft. Or at least until they know what's happening with LeBron.
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Yeah, that's probably the coldly rational thing to do, but teams generally seem skittish about holding onto guys who don't want to be there. Of course, if your only trade options are awful, you bite that bullet and hold onto the player.
 
Id prefer putting 4 smaller gifs because More Nurk = More Better, and itd take up less vertical space...

But I can't make the gifs smaller.
 
I think I turned off sigs a couple years ago. Magnifier had too many huge sigs that drew attention, so it made it harder to browse at work. They were eye catching.
 
BonesJones said:
I explained it right after and you still took it out of context.

It is a bunch of trades that won't happen, was just outlining how it's possible that CLE could get 4 to 6 lottery picks
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I responded to what you wrote when you wrote it. I did not have the benefit of reading your subsequent posts where you added more detail. You do this a lot. You post something. Later add more detail and then accuse those responding to your original post as taking things out of context. It's not out of context, if it's the only context we have when we are composing our responses.

BNM
 
BonesJones said:
You think he stays is NY?
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I have no idea what he's going to do. I know that Houston doesn't have anything to trade. I don't see the Knicks caving and taking on a shit contract just to make him happy, so I think there's a very real possibility he plays out the year and leaves next summer as a free agent. If he does open up his NTC, it probably won't be for a month or two.
 
If the Cavs are truly blowing it up they would be stupid not to shop LeBron and eventually trade him before he just walks.
 
If there was any doubt of Lebron going to the Lakers next year, there isn't now.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I think I turned off sigs a couple years ago. Magnifier had too many huge sigs that drew attention, so it made it harder to browse at work. They were eye catching.
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It's a little off topic, but the Melo mega thread was the one that finally convinced me to turn off sigs. Too many one line posts with massive sigs make scrolling through that thread too tedious and time consuming. Sigs, even the good ones, are only cool the first time you see them. I don't need to see the same ones 50 or 100 times a day.

BNM
 
Scalma said:
Lebron isn't staying in Cleveland. Kyrie is younger, under contract, and a better long term building piece.
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I disagree. And off all the talk of Lebron leaving, he hasn't said one word about it. It's like Cantzano said Dame would leave.
 
Boob-No-More said:
I responded to what you wrote when you wrote it. I did not have the benefit of reading your subsequent posts where you added more detail. You do this a lot. You post something. Later add more detail and then accuse those responding to your original post as taking things out of context. It's not out of context, if it's the only context we have when we are composing our responses.

BNM
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Yeah, I guess you're right.
 
Boob-No-More said:
It's a little off topic, but the Melo mega thread was the one that finally convinced me to turn off sigs. Too many one line posts with massive sigs make scrolling through that thread too tedious and time consuming. Sigs, even the good ones, are only cool the first time you see them. I don't need to see the same ones 50 or 100 times a day.

BNM
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+1 :cheers:
 
noknobs said:
If there was any doubt of Lebron going to the Lakers next year, there isn't now.
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Honestly, I see him going to the Celtics. I could see BOS sign and trading Hayward for him.
 
Minstrel said:
You're a whore if you team up with other stars and you're a whore if you want to lead your own team. That makes it hard not to be a whore.
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You're a whore if that's what you took from my post.

That's not at all what I was saying. Not even close.

Tired of the inmates running the asylum. "I don't want to be here, and oh by the way, here is my list of preferred destinations." And "Lebron won't get in the way of a potential trade of Irving."

WTF? These are grown-ass men that signed contracts. You sign a contract, you honor it.
 
Not sure I understand the timing of this. Does Kyrie know CLE doesn't have a GM to help grant him his wish? Does he also not realize that by going public with this, it diminishes his trade value and makes it less likely he gets traded than if he would have waited until CLE had a GM in place and kept this in house, he probably would have gotten what he wanted?

And, it really screws CLE over. If he would have told the Cavs he wanted out sooner, they could have had a shot at Butler, George or maybe CP3. Or, he could have waited a little longer until they maybe landed Melo, or some other pieces to fill out their roster. Makes you wonder if he's deliberately trying to fuck over CLE and/or LeBron on his way out of town.

BNM
 
BLAZINGGIANTS said:
You're a whore if that's what you took from my post.

That's not at all what I was saying. Not even close.

Tired of the inmates running the asylum. "I don't want to be here, and oh by the way, here is my list of preferred destinations." And "Lebron won't get in the way of a potential trade of Irving."

WTF? These are grown-ass men that signed contracts. You sign a contract, you honor it.
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Ask a grown as man who's a businessman and they'll tell you contracts are made to be broken.
 
BLAZINGGIANTS said:
WTF? These are grown-ass men that signed contracts. You sign a contract, you honor it.
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Guaranteed contracts should work both ways.

If you sign a contract and then get injured or just plain suck, you still get every last penny.

But, apparently, if you sign a contract and get your feelings hurt, you can screw the team you signed with and still get every last penny.

BNM
 
BLAZINGGIANTS said:
You're a whore if that's what you took from my post.
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Your face is a whore.

That's not at all what I was saying. Not even close.
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Yeah, you didn't say much. I had to do some interpretatization.

Tired of the inmates running the asylum. "I don't want to be here, and oh by the way, here is my list of preferred destinations." And "Lebron won't get in the way of a potential trade of Irving."

WTF? These are grown-ass men that signed contracts. You sign a contract, you honor it.
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How is he not honoring it? If requesting a trade after signing with a team is being a whore, then teams are the ultimate whores for actually trading players after signing a contract with them.
 
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