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Posted Tuesday November 17, 2009, About: Pacquiao-Mayweather at Yankee Stadium?

when floyd was fighting judah, dlh and hatton, pacquiao was fighting at 130 lbs.
pacquiao at 130 lbs fighting floyd at 147? 3 weight divisions between them? that's like floyd fighting at super middleweight!

so what do you say about floyd not fighting super middleweights? floyd wont even dare fight at middleweight. he wont even fight true welterweights!

Posted Tuesday November 17, 2009, About: Pacquiao-Mayweather at Yankee Stadium?

what the hell?

when floyd was fighting judah, dlh and hatton, pacquiao was fighting at 130 lbs.
pacquiao at 130 lbs fighting floyd at 147? 3 weight divisions between them? that's like floyd fighting at super middleweight!

so what do you say about floyd not fighting super middleweights? floyd wont even dare fight at middleweight. he wont even fight true welterweights!

Posted Sunday June 21, 2009, About: Nadal clinging to No. 1 ranking

Did you also say this last year when Nadal won back-to-back slams( 32 consecutive wins) and only earned the no.1 ranking 6 weeks later?

That's just the way tennis rankings work. You defend your ranking points you earned from the previous year. Not exactly perfect but it's the same for everybody. It's not as if the rankings is favoring one player over the other.

You're a Roger fan? or a tennis fan?

Posted Thursday February 26, 2009, About: Donovan's Bayern stint to end?

first you say Bayern is a 4th ranked team, now Milan should not lose to Bremen because of it's superior ranking.

every top team in Europe always have a chance to beat other top teams.

and the Italian teams, they have the most championships+runner-ups in champions league. Milan have 2 CL trophies this decade and 1 runner-up.

the underachieving country in CL is France.

Posted Tuesday February 17, 2009, About: Why Suns may keep Amare

because the "defensive system" won't get them to the playoffs.

because the suns best players(nash,amare,richardson,barbosa) are better suited to a fast paced game.

they added shaq, a good but Old defensive player and they lost two good defensive players in marion and bell. it's clear the current team is incapable of a 180 degree turnaround. they changed their whole system because of shaq who plays very few minutes and doesn't play back to back games.

they were a 90% offense 10% defense team and by just adding shaq(and losing marion,bell) steve kerr still expected them to be a 50% offense 50% defense team in a span of one season?

Even though the suns know that Amare is not the franchise player and future leader they expected him to be, it's still best to keep him. can't believe there was even a trade scenario with yi jianlian!

Posted Saturday January 31, 2009, About: LeBron: 'Disrespect' for Cavs in All-Star voting

I thought coaches can pick 2 reserves irregardless of position. So why do everybody keep saying that Mo Williams doesn't deserve to be an All Star because Jameer Nelson and Devin Harris are more deserving.

In my opinion, Jameer definitely deserve to be there but the questionable one is Rashard. Rashard's a great player but Hedo's the one who's putting bigger shots eve though Lewis is the better shooter.

I would have put Hedo or Mo or Ray Allen before Rashard.

Posted Friday January 30, 2009, About: LeBron: 'Disrespect' for Cavs in All-Star voting

The fans should vote but the choices should be picked by the coaches, media etc.

the choices should be around 10-16 legitimate players per conference. No Bruce Bowens, Samuel Dalemberts, Yi Jianlians...

Posted Friday January 30, 2009, About: LeBron: 'Disrespect' for Cavs in All-Star voting

yeah rashard's a good player but come crunch time, it's Hedo who's the more willing to take the big shots. and there's not that much between Hedo(17.2pts, 5.3rebs, 4.8asts) and rashard(19.3, 6.0 and 2.7). Lewis is the better shooter but Hedo knocks down big baskets down the stretch.

Rashard, A.I(voted as a starter) and Shaq are the "questionable" ones, in my opinion. Shaq is having a good year but he sits down on the 2nd game of back to backs.

Posted Friday January 30, 2009, About: LeBron: 'Disrespect' for Cavs in All-Star voting

quite reasonable for them to feel "disrespected" since Orlando got 3 players who got selected. but that's the way it goes. There are more deserving players in the past who got snubbed.

don't feel bad Mo, just keep doing what you've been doing. hey the Jazz have no representative. Steve Nash who plays for the host didn't got in(probably because of the inclusion of Shaq). Al Jeff who's playing a fantastic year didn't got in.

Posted Thursday January 29, 2009, About: Will Mavs deal for Jackson or Miller?

not jackson or miller.

Dallas needs a post player to complement Dirk and Terry. Every leading contender(probably with the exception of cleveland) have an inside-outside combos. kobe-gasol,bynum. duncan,manu,tony. garnett,allen,pierce. dwight-hedo,rashard,jameer. nash-shaq,amare etc.

If Dallas have a decent big, Dirk will have a field day in the perimeter.

Posted Saturday January 24, 2009, About: Roy Jones on MMA card?

how often do you see mma fighters on a boxing match?

it's more common to see boxers on a mma match.

Posted Wednesday December 17, 2008, About: Blazers prop up underwhelming Oden

portland should make oden earn his minutes. everyone's who's defending oden is saying that he's only playing 23 minutes per game. hey joel przybilla is also playing 22 minutes per game and they have almost the same numbers.

przybilla's 6ppg 8rpg 1.5bpg 81%FG
vs
oden's 8ppg 8rpg 1.5bpg 51%FG.

for someone hyped to be the next bill russell he's only putting up joel przybilla's numbers.
granted he's only a rookie, still he should do better than joel.

Posted Tuesday December 16, 2008, About: Blazers prop up underwhelming Oden

kwame brown? he doesn't have enough talent for the nba. oden, he's got natural defensive skills.

oden's doing fine. the problem is the media overhyped him. i cringe when i see replays of the "nba roundtable" with all the great centers around him. russell, d.robinson, pat ewing, walton etc.

with all that hype, he better put up better numbers than emeka okafor, who's a career 14 pts, 11 rebs and 2 blocks guy, who got to the nba without anyone saying he'll be the next bill russell or the next patrick ewing or the next mourning.

Posted Friday December 12, 2008, About: Ford: Raptors made me their fall guy

absolutely. last season they went .439(36-46) and currently they are 7-14(.333). at the rate they are going, they'd finish with 27 wins. they'd be lucky if they match last season's total wins.

and also indiana's "success" this year can also be attributed to the rise of danny granger and not just the "consistent" play of ford.

calderon is a rock solid point guard. not your typical flashy point guard but he gets the job done and makes his teammates trust him. he's currently averaging career highs in points, assists, rebounds, freethrow and 3 %.

Posted Friday December 05, 2008, About: Suns deny shopping Stoudemire

and you said dwyane wade's the most overrated player too?
this is hilarious.

Nash who led phoenix to a 54-28 record without Amare in 05-06
Pippen who led Chicago to a 55-27 record without Jordan in '93-94
Wade who carried Miami single handedly in the nba finals against dallas.

they're overrated?

Posted Friday December 05, 2008, About: Suns deny shopping Stoudemire

that's why i was asking if the Suns were better with KJ's Huge numbers compared with when they were with Charles. KJ's numbers may have been better without Charles but they accomplish more with barkley. barkley was their best player when they reached the nba finlas.

Amare is still young and might accomplish more in the future. he's good the last 4-5 years but Nash was the Suns best player the whole time.

how did dallas do after nash left? pretty much the same as the suns.
dallas were 58, 60, 67, 51. west semis, nba finals, 1st round, 1st round.
phoenix were 62, 54, 61, 55. west finals, west finals, west semis, 1st round.

and the time dallas reached the nba finals? they beat the suns 4-2 in the west finals who were without Amare.

Posted Friday December 05, 2008, About: Suns deny shopping Stoudemire

the Suns were better before barkley? the 4 seasons before barkley arrived in phoenix the suns won 55, 54, 53 and 55 in a season and lost in the first round of the playoffs 2 seasons before charles arrived.

with barkley they were 62-20 and reached the nba finals.

you said it yourself, amare's numbers are down this year. that's because of the decline of Nash. without Amare Nash did just fine and averaged career in high in scoring. Amare goes were nash goes. but Nash, without Amare is still Nash.

Posted Friday December 05, 2008, About: Suns deny shopping Stoudemire

in 2005-2006 Phoenix missed Amare who averaged 26 points per game and 9 rebs per game the previous season. Nash led team all the way to the conference finals. How many teams could have survived a season without their leading scorer? Look at what happened to San Antonio when David Robinson got injured. Look at Miami when wade got injured. Look what happened to LA after Shaq left. Phoenix did just fine because Nash is their best player not Amare. he's an excellent leader.

your first post sounded like Phoenix needed Amare more than Nash. without amare the suns had their best finish since Barkley and KJ. if nash were the one who got injured, it would have been a disaster.

i love KJ but he had Barkley, probably the 3rd best PF in history.

you take KJ. i take Nash.

Posted Friday December 05, 2008, About: Clippers: No love lost for Maggette

of course the warriors knew what they're gonna get with maggette. they have tons of these kind of players but they don't care. it's "perfect" for their system.

the warriors are lucky they have a very patient and unselfish Center in Biedrins.

Posted Friday December 05, 2008, About: Suns deny shopping Stoudemire

you made it sound like Nash needs Amare more than Amare needs Nash. Nash would be furious if Amare leaves? What would Amare feel without Steve?

Steve Nash and the Suns did just fine without Amare in 05-06. They finished as the no.2 seed in the west and hey they even reached the conference finals.

he's ONLY averaged double digit assists in 4 seasons? and that's a bad thing? ONLY 4?
how many point guards actually average double digit assists in a season?

aside from magic, stockton and oscar robertson, can you name one point guard who had at least 5 seasons with double digit assists per game in a season?

Posted Friday December 05, 2008, About: Nice guy Theus on hot seat

those who have never played pro ball have no right to say who's player or team is soft or not.

it's not fair to fire theus with the assembly of players he have. but when things are going bad the coach is always the first to go. eddie jordan did a phenomenal job in washington and when the team piled losses because of the injuries he got fired.