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Sorry MM, just saw you posted this^
 
huevonkiller said:
Yeah that's what I thought buddy. You made some BS post and avoided my question.
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nobody wants to talk to you about anything ever...i enjoy making fun of you, just like everyone else, that is all you are good for

oh and "yeah denny, get some brah"

i, on the other hand, contribute posts with great depth and clarity, and am loved by all :lol:
 
back on topic, this lockout is making me very happy my niners are doing well, if they were 0-5 as usual, id probably be watching soccer :lol:
 
HCP said:
Stern was emphatic in saying that the league has no furtive wish for a long lockout or the cancellation of any games as a strategy intended to bust the players union.
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"Bystanders then reported that his nose grew two feet longer and his trousers burst into flames."
 
3RA1N1AC said:
nobody wants to talk to you about anything ever...i enjoy making fun of you, just like everyone else, that is all you are good for

oh and "yeah denny, get some brah"

i, on the other hand, contribute posts with great depth and clarity, and am loved by all :lol:
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Yeah like I thought you're talking out of your ass and dodged my post. That is fine, because I love trash talking. I will always enjoy our little back and forth.

Let me give you some advice, never ever criticize the fastest growing economy in the history of the world. The fucking stupidest opinion I have ever read was uttered in this thread. You do not know what Singapore has gone through and you don't know basic economic terminology. You can't be taken seriously because you have no valid position on this subject.


Also going back to sports, I love pointing out how inferior your sports franchises are to mine. You can't even win there.
 
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Rastapopoulos said:
"Bystanders then reported that his nose grew two feet longer and his trousers burst into flames."
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Hahaha, funny


I think it's a true statement though. The league does lose money when there are no games. I think he just wants the union to roll over and give them everything they want.
 
huevonkiller said:
Also going back to sports, I love pointing out how inferior your sports franchises are to mine. You can't even win there.
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speaking of "The fucking stupidest opinion I have ever read"....

i guess thats not too hard when you change your favorite team to correspond with whomever is good at the time :biglaugh:

sf giants current world champions
49ers 5-0 in super bowls, 4-1 this season, first place

been a fan since i can remember, through good times and bad

who are your "teams"? whomever has the best players? whomever is doing the best that season? you have got to be fucking kidding right?
just.....stop....:lol:
 
Dwight Jaynes on 1080 on the NHL lockout

Owners wanted 42%
Players wanted 47%

After missing a full year of games, the players settled on 39%

The players need to wake up and realize they're going to get fucked if they don't accept the 50-50. That's the best offer they're going to get at this point and it will only get worse as the owners position gets stronger and stronger.
 
RoyToy said:
Dwight Jaynes on 1080 on the NHL lockout

Owners wanted 42%
Players wanted 47%

After missing a full year of games, the players settled on 39%

The players need to wake up and realize they're going to get fucked if they don't accept the 50-50. That's the best offer they're going to get at this point and it will only get worse as the owners position gets stronger and stronger.
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damn, straight truth right there, plus that way we will get to watch some fucking bball
 
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Gerald Wallace just updated his Facebook status.......

Looks like Stern will have a quiet Christmas!!


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"Most players don't give a damn about the game," he said. "They want the money and all of a sudden they want unity. I'm not taking the owners' side. I think the players should look at themselves." -Dennis Rodman
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SI.com

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The new percentages of BRI will be no more important than the new definition of BRI.

If all basketball-related income were included in BRI, the players would probably jump at getting 47%. If BRI deductions were increased a lot, the owners would probably give players 60%.

The final percentages will be for face-saving purposes only. The real change will be in the definition of BRI.
 
Mediocre Man said:
When Rodman is making more sense than the current players, they really need to look at themselves
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That is funny. And so true. But I will say this about Rodman, when it comes to marketing he is pretty sharp. I sat in a bar in florida with him for three hours discussing a myriad of topics, and as bizzar as the guy is, he had a lot of good ideas when it came to making money.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
That is funny. And so true. But I will say this about Rodman, when it comes to marketing he is pretty sharp. I sat in a bar in florida with him for three hours discussing a myriad of topics, and as bizzar as the guy is, he had a lot of good ideas when it came to making money.
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He has to be sharp. He made more out of his ability than anyone else could have.

As for the lockout, Stern has been blowing the union out of the water on his recent radio and tv tour. He comes across as very believable and a lot of national media guys are siding with the owners.
 
Mediocre Man said:
As for the lockout, Stern has been blowing the union out of the water on his recent radio and tv tour. He comes across as very believable and a lot of national media guys are siding with the owners.
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He comes across as believable to those already inclined to believe him. I'm actually a big fan of Stern - he's a good Democrat, contributes hugely to Democratic campaigns, does things like put the All Star game in N'Awlins after Katrina... but he comes across as totally disingenuous these days. [Edit: I guess it's not just me.] I imagine it depresses him a little - having to stand up for the interests of people like Sarver he probably thinks of as idiot assholes.
 
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RoyToy said:
Yes

The unofficial offer the players wouldn't even sit down and consider, and totally blew it off.
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The one that was based on a lower definition of BRI so that it really works out to about the 47% that the owners were pushing right from the start (as opposed to the 57% player share that's existed since 1999). Wonder why the players were less than thrilled?
 
They're not going to get a better offer. Only going to get worse. The owners have all the leverage.

Players need to wake up.
 
The Union say that if the NBA misses this season that a few franchises will have to fold.

Billy Hunter is such a fucking amateur.
 
RoyToy said:
They're not going to get a better offer. Only going to get worse. The owners have all the leverage. Players need to wake up.
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That's the fundamental premise of the pro-owner group, but--

To believe that, you have to believe owners that they're losing money. To believe that, you have to believe the reason they won't show complete financial statements is that they simply want to protect their privacy.

And even if you go for those premises, owners still claim that a third of them make a profit, so that third is losing money during this lockout. All it will take is a sixth of the owners added to that third to make a majority to make a settlement.
 
if a few teams fold we will have a better draft pick every year
 
JaVale McGee only acknowledged the inevitable Friday when the Washington Wizards center said a few NBA players are “ready to fold” in their contentious labor negotiations with the league.

McGee and union president Derek Fisher both believe far more players are sticking together and staying strong as they head into a crucial week for the league’s future

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AqV5ndec0fNNccfi0QAPux68vLYF?slug=ap-nbalabor-players
 
Of course some players are ready to fold! Some owners were perfectly happy with the old CBA. This is news?

Tom Ziller killing it these days:

I mean, does The Commish not sound like a parody of himself at this point? I kept waiting for Frank Caliendo to break character and slip into some Charles Barkley to mindlessly agree with Stern, or some John Madden to liven up the affair. Stern continues to pound the points dozens of writers have blown apart like dandelions. (A few weeks ago, when asked if he could see the framework of a deal in the league's negotiations with the players' union, Stern dismissively joked that he'd leave that to the "bloggers." That sad thing is that bloggers representing each side could have had this deal done months ago in a form that I assure you will look similar to what we'll eventually get.)

Only Stern can keep a straight face when lilting through an explanation of the league's 4 percent annual growth projections on his way to a complaint that in seven years, under the NBA's plan, the average player's salary would rise from $5.5 million to $7 million ... which happens to represent 4 percent growth. He gives the listener no credit at all. Imagine sitting in a negotiation room with him.

If I hear the comparison between the L.A. Lakers' payroll and the Sacramento Kings' payroll one more time, I'm going to kick a Maloof. (Note to Adrienne Maloof's personal security detail: not your Maloof. One of the others. Probably George.) The Lakers-Kings comparison is cherry-picked, non-representative of history and reality, and completely irrelevant. The Kings were not trying to compete last year! They were trying to rebuild! When you rebuild, you don't sign available free agents to contracts that damage the flexibility you are trying to gain!
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