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We closed each quarter terribly and for each quarter in second half, they started strong. Chauncey is increasingly irritating... he plays as if he doesn't care about anything and is not in shape mentally. His body language has been as poor as ever...

From owner's perspective, it wouldn't work... If Hornets are valued (for example) at $200 mil, and Clips at $250 mil... then one franchise has to buy out the other to make it work. If (let's say) D. Sterling decides to buy the Hornets for $200 mil, and "move" it to LA as the Clippers, the Clippers would not be worth $450 mil just because of the Hornets merging. From owner's perspective, it doesn't make sense. --- In fact, there's no pros I can think of from combining two franchises into one. But it's definitely a creative mind you have there

Hmmm... I thought one paragraph ago you said... Donald Sterling says hi

Down 21pts in 1st quarter, cut it to 3 now... can't complain.

I do think the Clippers too... it's always been the Lakers town... if they're gone, the small number (at least if you compare to Laker fans) of Clip fans can always become Laker fans, or become other teams' fans if they hate the Lakers that much And yes, they seem to have this unlucky thing and aura about them that spread within the organization and seem to stick and not disappear for decades... with the talent they have, they should be better than their current record, but they're always associated with losing. It's one thing to be unlucky short term, it's another to be unlucky long term. If the franchise folds, it's probably better for everyone in the organization... because "losing culture" can affect anyone especially if they're in the organization long term. You don't want to develop a losing/ victim/ self-pity mentality, no matter if you're a player, a coach, team staff, or owner.

From 14 and 11 to 20 and 15. I would vote for Love. [expletive] everybody else

Loved it, but I like IX and XII better

^lol Bulls are the most dedicated... I remember after 1998-99 season (MJ's 2nd retirement), they still sold out ALL of their home games for about 3-4 seasons when they were missing playoffs, before they "sold out" streak ended... but a solid crowd still turned out... that said something. Most dedicated fanbase, yes. Largest fanbase? No... it belongs to Lakers. lol

Going back to the topic, is about Melo being the best last second shot maker. My argument why this is the case is: 1.) Melo has 14 game winners under his belt and this is his 8th season. Did Kobe (in his 15th season now) have 14 game winners by his 8th season (03-04)? You can look it up, I bet the answer is NO. 2.) It took Kobe 4 seasons until he hit his first game winner against Suns Game 2 in 2000 playoffs... in comparison, it took Melo just 25 games in his rookie year to get one (vs. Sonics). 3.) Melo's 45.5 FG% in clutch situations is the best Is Kobe's clutch percentage in 15 seasons the same/ higher than Melo's? How about his clutch percentage by his 8th season... is it 45.5% or higher? I doubt it.

I'm pretty sure I was here around the same time Jammin was here (Feb 2005).

Yep if he's missing those that he was double teamed, and a large percentage of his game winners were the ones when he was singly-defended, then Kobe is not this super human that "buried game winners while being defended by 2-3 people"... or sometimes according to a normal Laker fan like Lkr, "the ENTIRE team" lol... You represent the majority of Laker fans who say Kobe is the greatest in the clutch because: - He has most game winners than anyone in NBA history (out of gazillion attempts in his career in 15 years... the last three tries against Pacers and Rockets were not successful... but of course people only remember the makes) - He ALWAYS gets double/ triple teamed in ALL those game winners... (myth). I bet not even 30% of his game winners were double/ triple teamed.

I've never really looked into +/- stats... they don't mean anything to me.

^That coach is Jamahl Moshley (spelling may be incorrect)... he had been with the Denver Nuggets for the pasr 3-4 years I believe... and this season he went to Cavs and we actually got his replacement in former Cavs assistant Melvin Hunt. Don't know if there's such thing as assistant coach trade? I do think Hunt is thousand times better than Moshley... Hunt is more engaging with players and knows the game more. Great "trade" for us. --- Anyway, Cleveland, the fans, and the organization are lame. I understand LeBron is a douche, but this victim, we've been wronged mentality is a loser and negative attitude that is contagious and not easily healed. It's on them to put these on themselves... LeBron was a douche yes, but it's their reaction that was lame. If someone angers you, the reaction is usually to be angry. But you always have a choice what you want for your reaction... whether to brush it off, to be unaffected and happy, or to be angry. If you always react, you'll be in emotional roller coaster all your life without being in control of yourself. Cleveland, organization, and fans chose to be pissed off and they've been wronged... it says more about them than it does about LeBron. I watch parts of the game and turned it off at halftime, the negativities displayed by the Cavs were just lame.

I was a hardcore (yep) Kobe fan before so I am not clueless about his game... this double-triple teamed in game winning situations occurred, but NOT every time like you Laker fans seem to make them to be. See the video below and the breakdown: - 0:48: guarded one-on-one by Hornets' George Lynch - 1:37: guarded one on one by Suns' Shawn Marion - 1:50: guarded one-on-one by Mavs' Jason Terry - 2:05: guarded one-on-one by Grizzlies' Shane Battier - 2:24: guarded one-on-one by Nuggets' pitiful defense Jon Barry - 2:45: guarded one-on-one by Rockets' slow footed Yao Ming - 2:53: guarded one-on-one by who is that?? - 3:06: Kobe broke free and found himself alone enough in time to shoot over a late-rotating Blazers' Ratliff - 3:22: double- then triple teamed against Clippers - 3:40: guarded one-on-one by a Charlotte Bobcat - 3:48: double teamed by Nuggets' Andre Miller and Eduardo Najera - 4:06: double teamed by two Suns - 4:14: double teamed by Cavs' LeBron James and Zydrunas Ilgauskas - 4:35: double teamed by Suns' Jason Kidd and Rodney Rogers - 5:12: double-triple teamed by Nets - 5:22: guarded one-on-one by Heat' Dwyane Wade - 5:46: guarded one-on-one by Bucks' Charlie Bell - 6:01: not even defended after Kobe pushed off Kings' Beno Udridh - 6:31: guarded one-on-one by Celtics' Ray Allen - 6:54: guarded one-on-one by a screened Grizzlies' OJ Mayo... and then game winning 3 over a late-rotating Rudy Gay - 7:21: double-teamed by Raptors' ??? and Andrea Bargnani - 7:51: guarded one-on-one by Spurs' Bruce Bowen Only 7 out of the 22 plays above, was Kobe double/ triple teamed. Not in the video: (over Rip in Game 2 2004 NBA Finals) My point is stop acting like ALL of Kobe's winners were double/ triple teamed. Most teams would prefer to play great team defense no matter how great/ clutch an individual player is. I bet not even half of Kobe's game winners were double/ triple teamed.

^Kobe missed against Pacers (badly) and Rockets (twice)... He and Melo are afforded the last shots because their teams want them to take those last shots. But Melo's percentage is somewhere around 45% in game winning situations since he came to the L (2003) which is above Kobe. Sure you can have the most game winners in NBA history if you take every game winning shot for 15 years (it must be like hundreds of them?). But the point is, the way Melo is going (clutchest, best game-winning field goal percentage), he will one day overtake Kobe as the most game winners in NBA history.

^Fish is great love it... Once holidaying in an island, some tropical fishes in the sea, we fed them bread and caught them lol... put them in the box thinking we could buy a fish tank but they died in the boat, so we barbeque them, no seasoning, no dressing, just pure seafood... I think the meat itself is "marinated" in saltwater all their life the meat tasted like heaven

I also took a Excel class before, but forgot virtually everything except the basic stuff such as addition, subtraction, multiply, division, sum... You can google/ youtube all the info you need. Note: C2 and D4 and G5 etc here are just random cells I pick for example purposes... and you can replace them with anything Plus formula: =C2+D4+G5 ... or you can continue adding cells accordingly Substraction formula: =C2-G5 Multiply formula (if you want to multiply a cell value by 3): =D4*3 Division formula (if you want to divide a cell value by 5): =G5/5 Sum formula (if you want to add all cells usually in the same row/ column, e.g. B2+B3+B4+B5+B6+B7): =SUM(B2:B7) So you can easily see all formulas will require an equivalent (=) The rest you can google/ youtube it lol... there's some other pretty useful formulas such as IF, pretty complicated, but great tool.

I like virtually every food... so don't know which one I didn't like before. But maybe ginger... I hated it when I was a kid, and now I kind of like it.

^Do you know the Nuggets will deal Melo this season because they have no choice...??? Not because they want to trade him?

I do believe the Heat will strongly consider a Bosh-Melo swap if Denver wants to talk deal. Bosh is no interior presence, he is a mid-range scorer, which is what Melo does, only better. Melo's mid-range game, catch-and-shoot, and scoring in half court sets when the ball stalls is Melo's forte. Both Wade and LeBron are primarily slashers and finishers. When the opposing team is playing lockdown halfcourt defense, the Heat can turn to Melo to work his one-on-one magic. On open court, LeBron and Wade can murder teams. Bosh would definitely be the best offer Denver gets, if the Heat offers, even if the Nuggets are very high on Derrick Favors. So if the Heat want to do it, I'm sure it's almost deal done. Do the Heat want to do it, though? Melo is averaging 23.3 ppg and a career high 8.1 rpg. He can play PF, he has played inside this year more often than any in his career, and I think is a better interior scorer than Bosh... Melo is also playing arguably his best defense of his career so far this season. Bosh is no defensive stopper, no rebounder, if he's just another scorer in the Heat's fold, the Heat might as well replace him with a better one in Melo.

Losses start to pile up for the Hornets. I kinda felt it was coming... I wouldn't be surprised if they struggle all season from here on out.

I would love to live in Hong Kong or Japan, but can't speak their language

Nuggets 44-59 free throws NBA is rigged!

It could, if the Hornets get into a terrible losing funk... or end up losing bad in the playoffs (e.g. swept in first round) or even not making playoffs at all, and he demands a trade. But not until the season is over though, at least.