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It’s a shame Simmons put the Book of Basketball 2 on a podcast? Was he that lazy to make another book?
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THEE OFFICIAL 2019-2020 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD: VICTORY LAP
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- Mar 31, 2011
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Lol at being lazy 
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He doesn't have time nor desire to write anymore.
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As far as all-time SFs go though, I'm really, really interested in seeing what the next 5 or so years of Kawhi's career looks like. He'll never have the regular season accolades, but playoff performance and accomplishments could be at an all-time level.
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I doubt if he ever sniffs his performance from last year's playoffs. All downhill from there
antidope
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Really dude? The most famous and iconic team sport athlete who also owns a basketball team being outed as someone who gambled on the game would be terrible.antidope
Can you explain how knowing about his gambling issues would put a black eye on basketball and not just on Jordan?
I'm not very in tune with baseball but the Pete Rose thing was a huge deal, now imagine if that was Micheal Jordan. PLUS Stern sweeping it under the rug? The NBA would take a financial and marketability hit.
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The NBA would never financially recover from that
- Oct 13, 2001
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Yes, REALLY "dude."
Jordan has been retired for almost 20 years now.
Unless info leaked that Jordan was fixing games, I can't see how the CURRENT NBA product would take a hit for something that happened in the Mid 90s.
But simply HIM doing his own thing, nah.
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Magic, Bird, Scottie and Mike all hated Isiah's guts. That's enough to get you kicked off any team.
Dumars was being considered as well and didn't make it. Being a Bad Boy had consequences.
Dumars was being considered as well and didn't make it. Being a Bad Boy had consequences.
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BINGO!
Are Joe Dumars & Isiah Thomas still close in present day?
I felt like Joe Dumars was taking shots at Zeke in this podcast interview he did with BJ Armstrong. He said something to the effect of you can't boast about being called a Bad Boy and then complain about people not liking you years later.
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Agree to disagree man. I just don't see how this couldn't have a touchpoint with the league itself now especially if the cover-up portion is true.
But I'd rather not be proven right or wrong it should all stay buried
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So just to be clear, you fully believe Jordan's gambling issues were intertwined with the actual NBA? (I am NOT saying that is a far-fetched idea).
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- Mar 24, 2001
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You want the truth to stay buried because a mega corporation worth nearly $100 billion could maybe possibly lose a few dollars?
antidope
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Yes. I believe he was gambling on his own games with a fair level of regularity and it was discovered by the league.
I feel like you're trolling me.
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I'm trying to understand what you're actually saying. That seems like the gist of it. You don't want the NBA to lose money or look bad. So you'd rather be lied to and want everyone else to be lied to as well. As much as Jordan is snitching in this doc, you don't think the truth about him should come out because he's 'suffered enough'.
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It's been about a week since I've heard of nba resuming in Disney. I'm guessing that gained no real traction.
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antidope
Man, whatever is done in darkness will eventually come to light. If Jordan was gamling on NBA games and it was covered up, it needs to come out. That messes with the integrity of competition. (Not that I think there has been or will ever be integrity in billion dollar sports leagues).
I am with
BIG LEEMELONE
on this one, what are you hoping is protected here? Corruption? Nah.Basketball won't be deleted from the Earth.
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They may still be working on it, but the last thing I saw about it was the league realizing how massive a logistical undertaking it would be and wondering if they could have the COVID testing capacity in place to make it work. So I don’t know that the idea is dead, it’s just not going to happen soon.
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Sounds like Italy is going to resume individual work outs for their footballers starting on May 18. We're over a month behind them. That should tell you a lot about how close we are to resuming the season, anywhere. Probably hard to secure a facility for an actual game without any sort of frame of reference for sports resuming.
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I mean Magic didn’t lose that often. When Cap was on the team the list is pretty short. Philly, Hakeem, the Celtics, and.... the Pistons. Zeke’s G6 in ‘88 is one of the most iconic performances in finals history. Pistons lose that series in 7, sweep the Lakers next year. Cap retires, Magic watches Zeke win finals MVP. Of course Magic (and Larry for that matter) would have a great respect for him. Nothing nostalgic about that
antidope
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It's less about Jordan than it is about the league itself but yes. The point about Jordan was that if people are really looking for him to face consequences or what have you, the death of his father as a result of all of this (Allegedly) covers that.
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The death of his father was the consequence of his gambling. You want to hide the truth so that he (and the NBA) don't face any consequences for getting his father killed. Allegedly.
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What consequence would you like for him or the league to face if that is case?
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