Real Deal

You listed those three, but you didn't list anything about his daughter, the mother of his daughter, his mother, his hardships, the media, paparazzi, tragedies, his own fans, the government, celebrities, the rap game, and many other topics he has driven his truck into through the years? I love Pac, but I'm sure he would run out of things to rap about if he were still alive, too, and there were a lot of things that were repetitive in his lyrics, and the same goes for all rappers.

Adam was actually bashing LeBron a little more than the regular Cavaliers fan WHILE James was still in Cleveland...just thought I'd put that out there. In fact, it was also before the playoffs last season.

This is the guy that tweeted to him... http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/1138168528/40991_460596854782_555804782_6467932_1189368_n.jpg Looks like he deleted his account. And, by the way, people do that to athletes all the time. Someone did that to Brandon Jennings when he first got his Twitter. They do it so the athlete will respond to it, basically re-tweeting it with that person's name, and it's supposed to be cool. Plus, when you ask for haters to mouth off to you (LeBron declared it "Hater Day" before the guy typed it to him), you're going to get a handful of idiots mouthing off racial slurs and other things you probably don't want to read.

Best lyricist of all-time, and I'm not sure if anyone could really argue that...but best rapper? I'm not quite sure.

I bounced back and snagged eight points and fell in second place (Phightins had eight, but I'm guessing he won the tie-breaker, right?)...so that bumps me back up to fifth place, overall. Just saw that Guru and I are the only two that have gotten 10 points in a week. Super accomplishment for me, at least, lol.

Good to see you posting here, man. I'm pretty sure you'll be well-known before you even realize it. Some of our best posters stand out like a sore thumb (a good thing) because we tend to get rid of those that don't contribute or cause trouble (they either get banned, or seem to be intimidated by people knowing their stuff), so our community is driven by our knowledge, not from 300+ members being online all the time. So...welcome to the best. Bring your friends over.

Wow, we lost to Butler by less than two touchdowns, and we fall from #3 in the poll all the way to #8. Lose to the #1 team in the country in a close game, and you fall five spots? WTF.

I'm thinking he wasn't going to start posting consistently until the Sixers brought back Sammy Dalembert. I think that hurt the most because, if I recall correctly, he's Mason's favorite player.

By the way, he's not the Real Deal because I am.

Starting out, the idea for New York was to keep Danilo, but Denver wants him included. I figured the trade wasn't going to get done solely because of that. The Knicks have no reason to complain, though. It's Carmelo Anthony. Gallinari isn't a franchise player, and the opportunity to form a trio of Melo, Amare and Felton should be the biggest reason to try and deal whoever they can to get that done.

Well, he's struggling right now. A lot of people figured he would start showing how good he could potentially be right out of the gates, but so far, it's not really anything to be excited about. I just hope, for the team's sake, that if George becomes a decent player, the Pacers don't move Granger up to the power forward slot more than they did last season, and then settle. Both Granger and George are capable of playing the two, Paul more than Danny. If Indiana wants to make some real noise, it'll depend on how they play those two in the lineup, and how well George plays to begin with. Then they can focus on the four, because I don't believe Hansbrough or McRoberts should be starting. Give him a few years, though. He's an all-star if he becomes more of an aggressor on the offensive end. I have a feeling Indiana will be choosing one or the other, though, and Granger just keeps getting hurt, shoots a low percentage, and doesn't really pass the ball much.

This is seriously amazing. I'm not going to embed this, because I want you guys to click on it and watch it in full screen...very important. One of the coolest things I've ever seen, honestly...not to mention, the lyrics are off the wall.

I won't argue the 55+ wins because I really don't know...I saw how well Utah did with Deron and Boozer, so it all depends on how much Rose, Noah and Deng have improved since last season. However, I can't see this Bulls team beating Miami. Maybe if the Heat have severe chemistry problems, or they are dissolved due to injuries, but a healthy Bulls and Heat team in the playoffs? It would take significant defensive improvement from every single Bulls player in the starting five to even take Miami to seven games.

At full health, Chicago has a 50+ win team, no doubt in my mind. They would also kick Atlanta out of the playoffs, if the opportunity came knocking at their door. I just think Johnson is meant to be a second option scorer in the league. No-show Joe in the spotlight. His all-star play really doesn't show its face when it matters most, and that's why I think, to be a contender, the Hawks will need to bring in someone that forces Johnson out of the role he's in now.

He'd still be happy. He's making more than any of the top students of his class, combined.

It's either Jamison or Hickson. Jamison is probably too slow to play the three, and he may have put on a little weight as well. Hickson deserves to start.

Did LeBron add Kobe to his list? I'd like to know, seriously.

Actually, he's comparing Turner to Morrison as bust material...and in regards to both being incredible college players that have skills not translating to the pros. He would've said Kwame, but Brown is a center that skipped college. Judging on his play so far, the comparison is legit...but, personally, I wouldn't be quick to make that judgment just yet, either way.

Without diving too deep into it, dollar signs are used in the code in board files (for instance, strings, but I'll stop there). Big conflict when calling usernames from that same block of code, if indeed those names contained a dollar sign.

Other countries need to handle their own. I don't even know why we still have troops overseas, trying to fight a war against an act (terrorism).

Sadly, it flew completely over your head, just like I figured it would. Do you personally know a CEO? Just wondering. Go to Google and find Spears Manufacturing. Largest plastic fitting industry in the world. The CEO is Wayne Spears, who lives in Agua Dulce, California. I've met and talked to him and his wife, Connie, plenty of times, when they come to Kansas to visit the main plant (where my dad works). He flies his own jet to Tulsa. You know what he does? He travels, all the time, and watches his auto racing team. That's about it. Right from the horse's mouth. Jokingly, he has told me he would hire me to manage his main offices in California, and to log production numbers and profits. Nice life. Labor workers do their own work to make themselves money. CEO's hire people to make them money. A handful of CEO's are fortunate enough to inherit their company. Others run up the ladder quickly and become rich using education, while those labor workers (who aren't a dime a dozen if you're looking for good ones, by the way...something you obviously don't know), work until they die. You're clueless, dude. You can't relate to any of this, because you don't work in an awful, 120 degree factory that wears you down every day, and you don't know a CEO that basically tells you how easy it gets. It's too bad, really, because someday, reality is going to knock you on your ass.

Wouldn't let me. I believe the dollar sign is an illegal character for display names.

My father makes $56k a year (consider where we live, cost of living is cheaper). I personally know someone who makes $275k a year, and he lives in Oklahoma City, OK. It's my dad who, to this day, makes enough just to get by. No vacation money. Jonathan (in OKC) just went to Spain in June, for seven days, and that was after his wedding in March, his honeymoon in Maui (I think, not 100% sure that's where he went), and he's got a vacation home in Florida. A person making $250k a year can rack up a million dollars in ten years. By the age of 32, for some. That makes them a millionaire. That makes them rich. $250k isn't rich as in Gates and Trump, but it's extremely wealthy. It's a very, very comfortable wealthy. The average person can't drag 150+ pounds of wire around for hours a day, either, and most CEO's wouldn't be able to do that. Gates wouldn't be able to work in an oil field. In your eyes, the average person isn't a CEO, and that's why you think $250k isn't rich. That's unfortunate for you. I'm done commenting in here because I'm sick of reading ignorance, so I'll leave you with something to chew on... "The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food." - Russian Proverb Bill Gates doesn't have anything if electricians didn't provide electricity to turn on his PC. CEO's know how to run a company. Yeah, they work their brains hard. There are MANY, MANY other people that work ten times harder, doing work that most CEO's could never touch, yet they make $10-20 an hour and live paycheck-to-paycheck. Guess who doesn't have a company without those workers? It's too bad the pay isn't reversed, and those who sweat and bleed to make those CEO's rich get the money they deserve.

Well...uh, I guess this game is on tomorrow? NBA is scheduling preseason games out of the blue, it looks like. Back when they released the schedule, they didn't have Utah playing Los Angeles on Sunday, and when I was watching the game, they said something about how if LA were to win and some other team would win their game, LA plays them...or it were to change depending on the circumstances. Some mind [expletive] I couldn't figure out.

http://www.nba.com/games/20101017/WASNYK/gameinfo.html Wall is going to be a scary player in 2-3 years.