Ska its been going on long enough...time to lock....

[mateen cleaves]

Gordon

 

[youngtriz]

Originally Posted by SoHi 23

Ehh, D-Wade is not a legit superstar IMO.

Maybe the media like him or something, but if Kobe/LeBron/Duncan/Melo, etc. had a team that was as bad at that team last year,
they wouldn't have seen the end of it on ESPN and the internet. True superstars don't let their team be THAT bad

Don't give me any of that tanking bs, they didn't start going into full tank mode until Pat Riley starting scouting college players instead of coachinn

his team was doing bad and he was injured...he tried to come back to early and give them a lift but all he did was hurt himself and the team more by notbeing full recovered....

so your saying he is not a superstar for having a bad season playing injured last year???

 

[franchise3]

Originally Posted by igotthatjuice

this guy chris broussard just said bynum, pau and kobe is a better three than Tmac yao and artest ... i have officially heard it all from the guys espn pays to talk about sports

It's kinda close though.

Yao > Bynum

T-Mac < Kobe

Gasol = Artest, IMO.

Gasol is a skilled big man no doubt, but, I think once you get in his head/get physical with him, you can take him out of his game. Sorta like what KG did. Artest gives up height, but he can body Gasol to try and prevent him from getting deep position. And whatever height Artest lacks on the defensive end, hemakes up for it on the offensive end, as, Artest has SG skills and quickness to beat Gasol facing the basket.

What's more important is the Rockets have two guys who can play top notch D out on the peremiter, or, they could double down on Kobe, with Artest andShane alternating. That's tough.

I'd take Shane + Brent Barry + Landry off the Rockets bench then any three from the Lakers bench, though. Yes, bias.

 

[lnmymind]

Originally Posted by SHUGES

Dwyane Wade said today that he is "angry," and plans to play that way in the upcoming Beijing Olympics. The Miami Heat guard said he is angry about those who have questioned his fitness, those who debate his value to the U.S. team, and those who equate the Heat's drop in the standings to a supposed decline in his ability at age 26 (as well as those who continue to run tired pictures of Wade being carted off in a wheelchair). "That's going to be like that probably all year, for a while, just that anger, that focus of getting back to total respect," he said this morning by phone before joining his Olympic teammates at practice in Macau, China. South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Son is gonna have a big year.

Won't matter....they probably won't win more than 40 games...if that.

 

[swyftdahoe]

Originally Posted by SoHi 23

Kobe/LeBron/Duncan/Melo

Umm.. sorry but Melo definitely does not deserve to be in that group.. As far as overall impact right now, Wade > Melo..

 

[bhzmafia14]

Originally Posted by franchise3

Originally Posted by igotthatjuice

this guy chris broussard just said bynum, pau and kobe is a better three than Tmac yao and artest ... i have officially heard it all from the guys espn pays to talk about sports

It's kinda close though.

Yao > Bynum

T-Mac < Kobe

Gasol = Artest, IMO.

Gasol is a skilled big man no doubt, but, I think once you get in his head/get physical with him, you can take him out of his game. Sorta like what KG did. Artest gives up height, but he can body Gasol to try and prevent him from getting deep position. And whatever height Artest lacks on the defensive end, he makes up for it on the offensive end, as, Artest has SG skills and quickness to beat Gasol facing the basket.

What's more important is the Rockets have two guys who can play top notch D out on the peremiter, or, they could double down on Kobe, with Artest and Shane alternating. That's tough.

I'd take Shane + Brent Barry + Landry off the Rockets bench then any three from the Lakers bench, though. Yes, bias.

I have to agree with the exception of the bench comment

. That'sa maybe.

Tmac will match Kobe tit-for-tat in scoring, even if his defense is nowhere near the caliber of Kobe's. Yao will demolish Bynum unless he gets in foultrouble and Gasol is mentally weak. Even though Artest wouldn't be guarding Gasol all game long, he does have somewhat advantage over him just becausehe's physical. If you're physical with Gasol, he will cave in.

 

[gordon gartrelle]

Originally Posted by HarlemToTheBronx

DWade's an NTer?

That's what I was thinking. He must have been browsing through these pages with all the laughs we've had at his expense. LOL

 

[lazyj10]

Originally Posted by Mateen Cleaves

Gordon

 

[ce0 mal]

Wade > Melo..
Lulz.

Melo > Wade.

 

[you big dummy]

Dwyane Wade has shaved his head and won't let his hair grow out the way Vince Carter and Gary Payton did during the Sydney Olympics of 2000.

Vince was a beast when he grew his hair out

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

Originally Posted by swyftdahoe

Originally Posted by SoHi 23

Kobe/LeBron/Duncan/Melo

Umm.. sorry but Melo definitely does not deserve to be in that group.. As far as overall impact right now, Wade > Melo..

And the %#+%*!*+ on Melo continues....

 

[willinc]

Originally Posted by lnMyMind

Originally Posted by SHUGES

Dwyane Wade said today that he is "angry," and plans to play that way in the upcoming Beijing Olympics. The Miami Heat guard said he is angry about those who have questioned his fitness, those who debate his value to the U.S. team, and those who equate the Heat's drop in the standings to a supposed decline in his ability at age 26 (as well as those who continue to run tired pictures of Wade being carted off in a wheelchair). "That's going to be like that probably all year, for a while, just that anger, that focus of getting back to total respect," he said this morning by phone before joining his Olympic teammates at practice in Macau, China. South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Son is gonna have a big year.

Won't matter....they probably won't win more than 40 games...if that.


They'll be at least .500, which is a hell of a lot better than 15 games. We still need 1 more piece anyway.

and WADE > MELO

Why yall *substitutes* acting surprised ? I like Melo's game but he is not a superstar.

 

[Chester McFloppy]

Originally Posted by SHUGES

(as well as those who continue to run tired pictures of Wade being carted off in a wheelchair).

 

[alphaqup523]

Nice avy chester

 

[GreenNGold89]

The NBA-Euro exodus continues ...
By J.E. Skeets

I'm trusting The Sport Count's Babelfish skills here, but MetroNews Italia is reporting that 40-year old, six-time All-Star, and baby-makin' machine (

) Shawn Kemp has been offered a contract by Italian club Premiata Montegranaro. So, for those of you with your "NBA-Euro Bingo cards" out at home, that brings the list of players to have signed or be considering a move overseas to: Childress, Garbajosa, Delfino, Nachbar, Krstic, Brezec, Landry and Delonte West. Hopefully Reignman completes that elusive "X" you're gunning for.

 

[miamin2]

Originally Posted by HarlemToTheBronx

DWade's an NTer?

I was thinking the same thing while reading that

 

[you big dummy]

Ben Gordon considering playing overseas, according to Michael Wilbon on PTI

 

[allen3xis]

Melo is not better than Wade

 

[young retroz]

Originally Posted by allen3xis

Melo is not better than Wade

Fixed

 

[jordanlover34]

Originally Posted by allen3xis

Melo is not better than Wade

Wow Melo is better than Wade

 

[23mcpizzle23]

Originally Posted by igotthatjuice

this guy chris broussard just said bynum, pau and kobe is a better three than Tmac yao and artest ... i have officially heard it all from the guys espn pays to talk about sports

I'm sorry but if andrew comes back strong this is true lakers 3 > rockets 3

 

[i nasmatic i]

 

[nyk buc]

Originally Posted by 23MCpizzle23

Originally Posted by igotthatjuice

this guy chris broussard just said bynum, pau and kobe is a better three than Tmac yao and artest ... i have officially heard it all from the guys espn pays to talk about sports

I'm sorry but if andrew comes back strong this is true lakers 3 > rockets 3

yao >>> bynum.
artest > pau for the simple fact he's tougher
kobe > tmac

and let's not forget also battier there to contain kobe.

 

[mister916]

Those jerseys are horrible.

 

[enlightened thought]

love still has that baby fat.