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Thanks. It took about two days. There wasn't THAT much editing going on with the exception of the team forum coding (main index logos), OTR logo on the posts, and all of the color replacements and banner adjustments. I just needed to get it done quickly after the update.

Gotta leave, but get an AIM list ready for me, please. Post your AIM's (and if you have anyone else's that are in the mock, go ahead and post them as well).

Dude, Obama has a nice jumper.

Yeah, I'm just adding them individually...only takes me about 2 hours. I started a bit ago. I open up Notepad, then another window, and copy/paste the full player name and salary into the Find/Replace box for Notepad, replacing JUST the player names. Lots of typing, but it's better than scrolling up and down a list 450 times, searching for each player.

Aldrich in the top five is a reach, but he's a legit big man that plays defense and can be a scoring threat down low. He was probably the most important player on the Jayhawks, if you want the truth (but you could argue for Collins, obviously). You can't pass that up in the lottery.

Rosters are done, I just need to add the salaries. SLAVEN, ARE YOU TAKING THE CLIPPERS? They got Chase Budinger, lol. Let me know.

Slaven, are you taking MoeRoadKill's Clippers? Hawks - Prodigy Celtics - .infinite Bobcats - TheHutch Bulls - Mamba Man 420 Cavaliers - ChosenOne Mavericks - LocalGunfighter Nuggets - Confidence Pistons - JohnWayne Warriors - deestillballin Rockets - Dash Pacers - GamerGuy Clippers - Lakers - trutrojan8 Grizzlies - Force Heat - Poe Bucks - Jenneral Wolves - notnowimintheZONE Nets - NeTs15VC Hornets - HipHopHead Knicks - Fish7718 Thunder - Lkr Magic - Riot Sixers - .50. Suns - Sun Tzu Blazers - Dr. Feelgood Kings - iBoldin Spurs - Smitty Raptors - travesy3 Jazz - CaliCurbStomppa Wizards - Vital24 If we're full, I'll be arranging rosters soon.

Do it on AIM or any other site, guys. Not here.

Aldrich is going to be a pretty good player in the league. He's a true big that plays defense, and he can score the ball. If you're looking for someone to replace Dalembert and give you three times as much in the process, Aldrich would be good. Xavier Henry isn't ready for the NBA. Wall, Turner, Cousins and Johnson will all be gone by the time Philly gets to pick, I'm sure.

MAN, that shot was just an inch away from going in. That would've been amazing.

Who do I take slashing to the basket? LeBron.

Nah, you're right, actually. Fooled me. Now that I think about it, he does play most of his time at the four, replacing Green sometimes.

In no particular order... Dwight Howard Chuck Hayes Kendrick Perkins Joakim Noah Andrew Bogut I want to put Serge Ibaka, but I need to see him play bigger minutes first. He's a pretty good defender, though.

Again, you aren't considering the teammates. You're comparing two different teams and players. Go to Kobe's career stats and look at 2003-04, and the points he averaged. Why so low? All you want me to say is that LeBron is the better player right now. He is. I don't deny that. But he's not the better clutch player. I'll take Kobe over LeBron on a three, on a free throw, and on a mid-range jumper, any day of the week. You should, also.

I could see this one coming right when he made the comments (about Manu and how Artest wasn't allowed to defend him after the double techs, by the way).

LOL, I'm not blaming Duke at all. I'm just upset that KU worked like hell to get that #1 overall, yet it gave them the toughest road to the championship. As far as me rooting against Duke, I really don't have a preference. I don't care for Duke, never rooted for Butler until they played K-State. However, since Butler is the lesser of two evils and possibly one of the bigger underdogs in the tourney in quite some time, I'm going to pull for them. No other reason, really.

Northern Iowa was actually one of the best defensive teams in the nation (read top three somewhere). And there was a huge difference in the brackets, even for Syracuse and Memphis, compared to Duke. If any team was going to beat Duke on that side, it would've been Louisville, but they lost in the first round. Then, in the Final Four, it would've been Memphis, but...well, you already know. So now they play Butler in the championship game? While Butler has been a good team, playing the Jayhawks or the Orange would've been a much tougher ride for Duke.

The point is, there's no need to look down on Kobe to make LeBron out to be a better player. I can say LeBron is clutch without saying Kobe isn't. When you give us his Game 5 against the Pistons, and I give you 5-6 other games where Kobe matched that performance, you go on to tell me it was the 29 consecutive points that made it special. Okay? Reggie's eight in nine, McGrady's 13 against the Spurs, Kobe's 19 in four against the Nuggets in the playoffs...Kobe dropped 20+ consecutive points before, without any teammates scoring. He outscored the Mavericks through three, something nobody in the history of the game has done through 36 minutes. He dropped 55 in one half, 81 in a game, 42 in another half of a different game. Bryant also averaged 10+ points in the fourth quarter one season, something that hasn't been done since Wilt, I believe. Four playoff game-winners for Kobe in 23 close playoff games. Four for LeBron in 17 close playoff games. Kobe is the all-time leader in game-winners made, NBA history. I believe he's also hit the most game-winners in a single season since the mid-90's, but it could go back even further (don't remember the statistic). LeBron is clutch. Kobe is more clutch. Eventually, I'm sure that will change as Kobe ages...but let's not kid ourselves here. Missing game-clinching free throws is huge, and so is the decision to take a three over a clear path to the lane. Double both players, and who do you take for that last shot? It's as clear as day. You take Kobe, although if you want the drive and the opponent isn't going to double, it's obviously James.

I just don't get how the #1 overall seed was thrown into the toughest bracket, while Duke (who was #4, I believe) had the easiest. That's all that really gets me upset.

The Kobe tech was really, really stupid. I think the league will probably review that and overturn it, but who knows. As far as the officiating goes, whatever. We still lost.

Ah, right. Kobe dropped 19 in four minutes against the Nuggets in the fourth quarter of that 49-point, 10 assist playoff game, but nobody cares about that, either. Four. http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/12539288 (over Ruffin with 5.7 to go) http://espn.go.com/nba/recap/_/id/270531008/cleveland-cavaliers-vs-detroit-pistons (layup to put the Cavs ahead with 2.2 on the clock) Then the two you mentioned. The two above are game-winning shots/layups, buzzer-beating or not. There was still 0.9 on the clock when he made the layup against the Wizards as well.

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LMAO, just think of how big this one single game is for him tonight. Dude has to be going nuts right now, just waiting for it. It would be AWESOME if it ended on a Butler game-winning half-court three after Duke blows a 20-point lead.

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