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Offical 2009-10 NBA Season Thread
- Thread in 'Sports & Training' Thread starter Started by mateen cleaves,
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Yah, at 31 he's suddenly regain his old form again.
He's done. Washed up.
He's done. Washed up.
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Tmac sucks. No way in hell I want him in Orlando. Dude is a bum, then we can have 2 players with no heart? No thanks. I'm upset enough we have Vince.
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T-Mac did quit on his team in his last year on the Magic. It was disappointing to see that as a fan of him. He then requested a trade that summer after no help was brought in and was shipped to the Rockets. Yeah, he also wanted the Magic to pick Okafor because he felt Okafor would be more ready than Howard to help the Magic at that point. The consecutive exits from the 1st round, playing with a bunch of young "scrubs" (two (Mike Miller, who got traded away for Gooden) are actually good 6 years later
), Grant Hill's injuries, Hill's big contract preventing the Magic from picking up decent help, and Patrick Ewing, Andrew DeClerq, and John Amaechi
as the starting centers were just too much for T-Mac. There was also the new GM, John Weisbrod, who did not like T-Mac's attitude and dismantled the team after picking Howard. But yeah, the best player will always get blamed. Too bad the Magic did not do anything when T-Mac said his "ship his a** out" statement privately.
Many people like to say that T-Mac would be out of the first round if he stayed with the Magic after selecting Howard as the #1 draft. That it was his fault that he quit and whined about the lack of talent on the team. But come on, this is the same management that traded away Mike Miller (good friend of T-Mac's) after he won ROY in order to get Gordon Girieck and Gooden. Traded away Mobley (good friend of Francis's) for Doug Christie. Traded away Anderson Varejao and Drew Gooden for Tony Battie. This finally stopped when Otis Smith became the GM in 2005.
End rant...
Many people like to say that T-Mac would be out of the first round if he stayed with the Magic after selecting Howard as the #1 draft. That it was his fault that he quit and whined about the lack of talent on the team. But come on, this is the same management that traded away Mike Miller (good friend of T-Mac's) after he won ROY in order to get Gordon Girieck and Gooden. Traded away Mobley (good friend of Francis's) for Doug Christie. Traded away Anderson Varejao and Drew Gooden for Tony Battie. This finally stopped when Otis Smith became the GM in 2005.
End rant...
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I'm sure that money means nothing to him.
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Gasol and Brewer are going to sit for the rest of the season. Good move considering we are already out the playoff race and will give Thabeet more time.
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Kobe was probably gassed, then he realized he was in ****ing Utah, and he'll be like
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Don't worry Kobe, I had the same reaction, and I was just there to connect to another flight.
Don't worry Kobe, I had the same reaction, and I was just there to connect to another flight.
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$$$+, scratch that then, CP.
When I was a child, my summer vacations consisted of my parents shipping me off for a week to visit my cousins. They were army brats, so it just happened to be wherever they were living at the time. Which was alright sometimes, because I got to go to Florida, LA, or DC...but also @$*$$!$ terrible when my uncle was stationed in SLC or Sacramento. You ever been to SLC in the summer? It's @$*$$!$ terrible. Winter is alright, at least you can go skiing or something, but in July? C'mon son....
Alright, I'm done, ya'll have a good weekend...
When I was a child, my summer vacations consisted of my parents shipping me off for a week to visit my cousins. They were army brats, so it just happened to be wherever they were living at the time. Which was alright sometimes, because I got to go to Florida, LA, or DC...but also @$*$$!$ terrible when my uncle was stationed in SLC or Sacramento. You ever been to SLC in the summer? It's @$*$$!$ terrible. Winter is alright, at least you can go skiing or something, but in July? C'mon son....
Alright, I'm done, ya'll have a good weekend...
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Rondo just broke the franchise record for assists in a season.
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Martin upset about popcorn prank
On a night when the Denver Nuggets should have been celebrating a much-needed victory over the Portland Trail Blazers, the franchise continued to struggle with off-the-court issues when an April Fools' Day joke sparked anything but laughter.
During Denver's 109-92 victory, a former Nuggets ball boy, Laquan Johnson, got into the club's locker room, took Kenyon Martin's car keys and filled the player's Range Rover with buttered popcorn. The car had a white interior.
Martin
Martin discovered the damage as he was about to exit Denver's Pepsi Center. At the time, had no idea who had pulled the prank. Angered, he went back to the locker room spewing profanities and threats at teammates and other members of the organization.
"That ain't no [expletive] joke," Martin said. "I'm going to find out who did it ... put my [expletive] hands on one of y'all. I'm going to put my hands on whoever did it. You better believe that. It's [expletive] personal. You better believe it."
Martin, who has missed 15 games with a torn patella tendon in his left knee, threatened to boycott the postseason if he did not find out who was responsible.
"How 'bout if I don't play in the playoffs until somebody tells me who did it," Martin said more than once.
Martin stormed in and out of the locker room several times, and a person close to him said his anger was not over the prank, but over the fact that someone could go into his pocket and take his keys during a game. Realizing the culprit had to have access to the private code for the team's gated parking lot, he assumed members of the organization either pulled the stunt or assisted in it.
"The fact that no one saw it or had anything to say about it -- not security, not the equipment manager," a person close to Martin said, explaining the player's anger. "Somebody had to see it. He was wondering how the organization let something like that happen. What if the kid had really wanted to do something evil?"
Later, Martin found out Johnson, the former ball boy who is now the driver for teammate J.R. Smith, was responsible. Johnson apologized to Martin and agreed to pay for the damage to his car.
"It was just an April Fools joke that went horribly wrong," said a member of the Nuggets organization who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "The kid thought it would be funny and it wasn't. Kenyon was back at practice today and everything was fine between him and his teammates."
The episode was the latest in a string of distractions Denver has had to deal with lately. Once regarded as the Western Conference's top challenger to the Los Angeles Lakers, the Nuggets have all but fallen apart down the stretch.
With Martin out and coach George Karl missing games while getting treatment for throat cancer, Denver had lost five of six games before defeating Portland. That stretch dropped them from the second seed to the fifth seed in the West.
Martin, who cannot guarantee he'll be healthy for the playoffs, said before Thursday's game that he hopes to return for the last regular season game or two.
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Originally Posted by JD617
Martin upset about popcorn prank
On a night when the Denver Nuggets should have been celebrating a much-needed victory over the Portland Trail Blazers, the franchise continued to struggle with off-the-court issues when an April Fools' Day joke sparked anything but laughter.
During Denver's 109-92 victory, a former Nuggets ball boy, Laquan Johnson, got into the club's locker room, took Kenyon Martin's car keys and filled the player's Range Rover with buttered popcorn. The car had a white interior.
Martin
Martin discovered the damage as he was about to exit Denver's Pepsi Center. At the time, had no idea who had pulled the prank. Angered, he went back to the locker room spewing profanities and threats at teammates and other members of the organization.
"That ain't no [expletive] joke," Martin said. "I'm going to find out who did it ... put my [expletive] hands on one of y'all. I'm going to put my hands on whoever did it. You better believe that. It's [expletive] personal. You better believe it."
Martin, who has missed 15 games with a torn patella tendon in his left knee, threatened to boycott the postseason if he did not find out who was responsible.
"How 'bout if I don't play in the playoffs until somebody tells me who did it," Martin said more than once.
Martin stormed in and out of the locker room several times, and a person close to him said his anger was not over the prank, but over the fact that someone could go into his pocket and take his keys during a game. Realizing the culprit had to have access to the private code for the team's gated parking lot, he assumed members of the organization either pulled the stunt or assisted in it.
"The fact that no one saw it or had anything to say about it -- not security, not the equipment manager," a person close to Martin said, explaining the player's anger. "Somebody had to see it. He was wondering how the organization let something like that happen. What if the kid had really wanted to do something evil?"
Later, Martin found out Johnson, the former ball boy who is now the driver for teammate J.R. Smith, was responsible. Johnson apologized to Martin and agreed to pay for the damage to his car.
"It was just an April Fools joke that went horribly wrong," said a member of the Nuggets organization who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "The kid thought it would be funny and it wasn't. Kenyon was back at practice today and everything was fine between him and his teammates."
The episode was the latest in a string of distractions Denver has had to deal with lately. Once regarded as the Western Conference's top challenger to the Los Angeles Lakers, the Nuggets have all but fallen apart down the stretch.
With Martin out and coach George Karl missing games while getting treatment for throat cancer, Denver had lost five of six games before defeating Portland. That stretch dropped them from the second seed to the fifth seed in the West.
Martin, who cannot guarantee he'll be healthy for the playoffs, said before Thursday's game that he hopes to return for the last regular season game or two.
Talkin bout not playin in the playoffs...like u bums had a chance anyways.
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I thought the popcorn gag was generally reserved for rookie hazing?
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Originally Posted by DontStepOnMyShoes
Originally Posted by JD617
Martin upset about popcorn prank
On a night when the Denver Nuggets should have been celebrating a much-needed victory over the Portland Trail Blazers, the franchise continued to struggle with off-the-court issues when an April Fools' Day joke sparked anything but laughter.
During Denver's 109-92 victory, a former Nuggets ball boy, Laquan Johnson, got into the club's locker room, took Kenyon Martin's car keys and filled the player's Range Rover with buttered popcorn. The car had a white interior.
Martin
Martin discovered the damage as he was about to exit Denver's Pepsi Center. At the time, had no idea who had pulled the prank. Angered, he went back to the locker room spewing profanities and threats at teammates and other members of the organization.
"That ain't no [expletive] joke," Martin said. "I'm going to find out who did it ... put my [expletive] hands on one of y'all. I'm going to put my hands on whoever did it. You better believe that. It's [expletive] personal. You better believe it."
Martin, who has missed 15 games with a torn patella tendon in his left knee, threatened to boycott the postseason if he did not find out who was responsible.
"How 'bout if I don't play in the playoffs until somebody tells me who did it," Martin said more than once.
Martin stormed in and out of the locker room several times, and a person close to him said his anger was not over the prank, but over the fact that someone could go into his pocket and take his keys during a game. Realizing the culprit had to have access to the private code for the team's gated parking lot, he assumed members of the organization either pulled the stunt or assisted in it.
"The fact that no one saw it or had anything to say about it -- not security, not the equipment manager," a person close to Martin said, explaining the player's anger. "Somebody had to see it. He was wondering how the organization let something like that happen. What if the kid had really wanted to do something evil?"
Later, Martin found out Johnson, the former ball boy who is now the driver for teammate J.R. Smith, was responsible. Johnson apologized to Martin and agreed to pay for the damage to his car.
"It was just an April Fools joke that went horribly wrong," said a member of the Nuggets organization who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "The kid thought it would be funny and it wasn't. Kenyon was back at practice today and everything was fine between him and his teammates."
The episode was the latest in a string of distractions Denver has had to deal with lately. Once regarded as the Western Conference's top challenger to the Los Angeles Lakers, the Nuggets have all but fallen apart down the stretch.
With Martin out and coach George Karl missing games while getting treatment for throat cancer, Denver had lost five of six games before defeating Portland. That stretch dropped them from the second seed to the fifth seed in the West.
Martin, who cannot guarantee he'll be healthy for the playoffs, said before Thursday's game that he hopes to return for the last regular season game or two.
Talkin bout not playin in the playoffs...like u bums had a chance anyways.
I'd be pissed also....buttered popcorn on a white interior (stupid for K-mart to get that color...but it's his choice)
I think it's funny that the former ball boy is now JR Smith's chauffeur
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Rudy with the 360
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I think Donte Green did it to Bobby Jackson last year..... Bobby was pisssssssssseeeeed
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You can't blame him, white interior with buttered popcorn all over it
Plus someone going through his stuff...
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and of course....it all leads back to EarlOriginally Posted by AIRJORDAN JB23
You can't blame him, white interior with buttered popcorn all over itPlus someone going through his stuff...
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Originally Posted by rck2sactown
I think Donte Green did it to Bobby Jackson last year..... Bobby was pisssssssssseeeeed
Nah, Donte stopped doing his rookie duties, so Bobby put popcorn in his car.
Then Donte did this to Bobby's car to get revenge:
Dog food and soy sauce on a white CL
Bobby went back in the locker room looking for him. He wanted to throw hands.
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^Damn
That CL
Coming from a rookie to a vet too, makes it even worse.
That CL
Coming from a rookie to a vet too, makes it even worse.
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All I remember was Bobby getting sooooooooo heated
and the front office calling Donte immature and a child
and then I'm pretty sure they sent him to Reno afterwards for a D-league banishment
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I bet JR Smith was the one who put his driver up to it...
