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Comments like this and that image of Chris Paul yelling at him on that putback a few years ago when he stopped playing because he heard the shot clock buzzer go off. When he could have won the game on a putback. This should tell anyone exactly where/what his mindset is when it comes to working on and making free throws.
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you sounding like dude who hates Cousins for no reason now
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y'all sleep tho.
y'all sleep tho.
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Carmelo is goat then since Olympic play matters
more than NBA seasons..
more than NBA seasons..
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how is his opinion on this a bad thing tho? In every other sport winning an Olympic Gold is such a great thing why cant he feel that way in basketball. Not everyone makes it to the NBA. Then from there not everyone makes it to team USA.
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As much as he sucks he's still an improvement over our ex end of bench players like Sacre, Ryan Jelly, And soon to be Nick Young. 8 mil is a hefty price for him but it's a one year deal and they'll way more than make it back in chinese sales. Don't see the big deal one way or another
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Underrated post.
The Jim Buss boys on NT gave it their seal of approval. On some "This is fine" ****
Weird signing. Gotta twist yourself into a pretzel to spin this as a positive.
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Just saw the Lakers scrapped up Yi Jianlian from the bargain bin in China,showtime back
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I always wondered what happen to Yi. Thought he was out the league
He was out of the league. The lakers are bringing him back in
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There is no professional track league, or swimming league, or gymnastics league, or rowing league, etc.. So by default the Olympics is where the world's best individuals complete for the top honors.
Simply in basketball, the best players are in a league, the NBA, not the Olympics. When Kyrie said it, it came off as a politically correct thing to say, when Melo or DeAndre Jordan says it, it seems like they are just using it to make themselves seem more "decorated."
What legit MLB player would say "Hey I think a World Baseball Classic Championship, is the same as a World Series title."
Simply the NBA a collection of the world's BEST talent, the Olympics isn't. 3/4 of the NBA would be on other countries teams if the weren't American. Hell, Patty Mills is the Australian team leader, and the man is literally a role player in the NBA!
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Said this a while back...but I'd bet good money guys like Ewing, Barkley, etc. would gladly trade in their gold medals for a nba chip.
There is no professional track league, or swimming league, or gymnastics league, or rowing league, etc.. So by default the Olympics is where the world's best individuals complete for the top honors.
Simply in basketball, the best players are in a league, the NBA, not the Olympics. When Kyrie said it, it came off as a politically correct thing to say, when Melo or DeAndre Jordan says it, it seems like they are just using it to make themselves seem more "decorated."
What legit MLB player would say "Hey I think a World Baseball Classic Championship, is the same as a World Series title."
Simply the NBA a collection of the world's BEST talent, the Olympics isn't. 3/4 of the NBA would be on other countries teams if the weren't American. Hell, Patty Mills is the Australian team leader, and the man is literally a role player in the NBA!
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There is no professional track league, or swimming league, or gymnastics league, or rowing league, etc.. So by default the Olympics is where the world's best individuals complete for the top honors.
Simply in basketball, the best players are in a league, the NBA, not the Olympics. When Kyrie said it, it came off as a politically correct thing to say, when Melo or DeAndre Jordan says it, it seems like they are just using it to make themselves seem more "decorated."
What legit MLB player would say "Hey I think a World Baseball Classic Championship, is the same as a World Series title."
Simply the NBA a collection of the world's BEST talent, the Olympics isn't. 3/4 of the NBA would be on other countries teams if the weren't American. Hell, Patty Mills is the Australian team leader, and the man is literally a role player in the NBA!
I don't know why this is so hard to understand
You play in a league that has the TOP PLAYERS IN THE WORLD. Yet, you think going against a few of those guys (mainly role players) on your super USA team consistenting of all-stars, superstars, etc. equates to the same thing?
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That's the reason I don't think certain sports should be in the Olympics:
Men's basketball, men's soccer, tennis and golf shouldn't be there.. Also don't think baseball should be in (it's coming back for 2020), but I think softball should be in
For the athletes in the other sports if something were to happen to them injury wise it would be soul crushing, they've trained their heart out for that once every 4 years shot.. Those sports above most people involved don't really really care.. So focus on those sports where the Olympics is the pinnacle of their sport
Men's basketball, men's soccer, tennis and golf shouldn't be there.. Also don't think baseball should be in (it's coming back for 2020), but I think softball should be in
For the athletes in the other sports if something were to happen to them injury wise it would be soul crushing, they've trained their heart out for that once every 4 years shot.. Those sports above most people involved don't really really care.. So focus on those sports where the Olympics is the pinnacle of their sport
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Exactly. All of this.
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Again it's easy to say coming from where you're sitting, but from where he is sitting this could mean more. I don't see why it's a big deal. And yes a guy who just won a ring a couple of months ago said the same thing. Certain accomplishments mean more to others than they do to you.
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It's not really a big deal. It just sounds stupid to say, I don't see how it's wrong to say that much about DJ's opinion. It really is stupid, but if that's how he feels so be it
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What is the context of all these players talking about winning gold medals? They're probably just saying it so they don't **** all over the competition they're currently in. Every time the olympics roll around our stars speak very highly of the importance in winning a gold medal and what it means to them. Probably just easier to make fun of someone like Melo or DJ because of their situation in the NBA.
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Hmm...so apparently Lebron made a similar comment back in 2007
I'm going to go with these guys wanting to come across patriotic over the idea that they really believe this.
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They only saying that for the PR.. People only care about Olympic basketball if some team is able to upset the US
