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Or a sign-and-trade after everything he gave the Miami Heat...but the organization would be completely foolish to trade him to a contending East team, so the chances of that happening are slim to none.

Anyone else get this feeling that Jason Richardson wishes Kobe Bryant didn't even exist? Bryant was abusing him on the block the last game, and now he's just killing him on the perimeter this one.

Well, see, it was different until that last board update...so that's where I was confused. I remember everyone griping about the "new" View New Content link a month or more ago. I've never used either until the complaints, and that was only to check out what's wrong. I have to read every topic anyways, scrolling down the board and through the forums, so those links do nothing for me, lol. Thanks for the clarification.

Well, back in 2006, we were hitting 1000 posts per day. Since I started pressing for activity in topics like this, we've increased our post counts from 200 PPD to nailing over 500 in our last two days, and hitting 564 today with still one full hour to go. When people know it's time to step up, they step up. If we dropped below 100 per, and they were mostly off-topic, I don't see a reason to continue with it...but really, for me, that's unrealistic, so I should never consider that in the first place.

Either way, awesome win by the Saints. It's great to see them undefeated.

The wrist was down and the ball was already coming out, easy to see even with one eye. It wasn't tucked in right after the hit, very evident in the replays you can watch. If the hit didn't cause the fumble, gravity must have...and that just sounds pretty ridiculous. As for the other comment...just sayin...you sound bitter. No biggie if you aren't.

Wrist, if anything...ball was coming out right before his hand even hit the ground (something had to knock it loose, and it was the hit). I'd be pissed if the Saints won, too, except I'm a Raiders fan.

Guess so. http://i48.tinypic.com/o0b5th.jpg http://i45.tinypic.com/2cqibnc.jpg

It's more about losing the discussion, honestly. If we don't have basketball discussion, members don't have anything to discuss...and for that sole reason, I don't see the need to keep the site up. I don't want us ever turning into an off-topic site. I'll do whatever it takes to prevent that. If I fail, then so be it...but I have enough confidence in everyone else to hold their ground and help me with that. Basketball discussion is most important, and providing a place for everyone to talk about the games and the news is all I'm ever after. If that changes despite my efforts, I can't say it's worth keeping OTR alive. EDIT: I actually believe that's what you were getting to.

LeBron was dancing around again, and the broadcasters were putting him on blast again.

LOL, yeah, we don't watch football. I didn't even see the play, just took a stab in the dark.

Yeah, the View New Content link is sort of similar to the Today's Active Content link you'll see near the bottom of the site. There's a difference...but I'm not exactly sure what it is, haha.

IPB 3 has everything vB 4 will have, and more. It's also more secure, better support, and many, many more updates. Invision has a leg up on anything vBulletin has done for about two years now. After some of the problems I've seen with vBulletin, I'd almost rather use a phpBB board.

...this board.

Not a chance. It's a terrible software, difficult to customize the skin, and it's less user-friendly in the ACP. There would be no way I'd ever move to vBulletin, especially after the price increase...and even then, if it was for free, I wouldn't take it. I've worked with many vB boards for a few years, coded for two and skinned for plenty, and it's junk compared to IPB 3.

Late, late whistle to ruin the kick (since the NFL is rigged, I guess), but it doesn't matter...Saints put them to sleep. Awesome, awesome win.

Wow, hell of a choke job, for sure. Saints right at the goal line. Terrible defensive effort.

LMAO, football is only rigged when games don't go your way. I guess I should be saying this after every single Raiders loss. He wasn't down. That ball was coming out. The Redskins failed because the Saints are right there with the Colts as the best team in the NFL, and there isn't much more to say about it.

I've seen cameras switch over to non-superstar players dancing on the sidelines. Ronny Turiaf comes to mind before anyone else...but then again, not very many players do it to begin with.

We didn't have a serious activity crisis? We fell to under 200 posts per day. That's about enough to shut down the board for good. If the topic isn't for you, don't worry about it. There's no harm in telling everyone how we're progressing, gearing up to reach 600-700 PPD or more.

Ingram. I'm not really sure if anyone else is close, honestly. And wow, Case Keenum, how the hell do you throw 76 passes? I didn't see the game, but I saw the pick at the end, and they said it was his third of the day? Crazy though...but yeah, Ingram all the way.

Haha, she actually didn't know much of anything about the NBA at first. Now she can run through the entire Lakers roster, Cavs, and a few starting fives from other teams...and I'm working on some history with her, gotta create a fan from scratch sometimes.

They beat a dysfunctional Bulls team, but this is the Raptors squad I figured we'd see this year, out playing defense as much as they can and taking smart shots.

Guys, you still can't discredit what Jennings did in that 55-point performance, bad teams or not, doesn't matter if Jennings was the only one scoring the ball. Keep in mind that LeBron had just one 40+ point game his rookie season (and it was 41), and it took him 62 games into his second NBA season to drop his first 50-point game. Jennings dominated Billups and Lawson in that game against the Nuggets, also. He's going to be good. As it stands, he's one or two among the rookies, Evans being the other option in that regard. Against any NBA defense, 55 is stellar for a rookie. As far as Tyreke Evans goes, he's playing very well, more consistent than Jennings. Until a full 82 games are played, I'll say both are up there. Evans will hit that rookie wall soon enough, probably deeper into the season. Everyone does.

Man, really crazy...but Jessica (my girl) just brought up Shaun Livingston. She doesn't know a ton about basketball, but she remembers seeing that clip of him busting his knee, and she reminded me of "the Clippers player that did something similar." With that in mind, I really, really hope this isn't going to be a similar situation.