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^I agree with the confident cocky part. Brown is a great teammate and locker room guy. This is not to say J.R. is a cancer... when he goes "nuts" he doesn't bring the team down like most cancers, e.g. sabotaging a game... this is because I can say without bias that J.R. tries to be the player George Karl wants him to be, but due to GK's crazy scrutiny on him, he tends to fold under pressure. I do believe J.R. just happened to play with 2 coaches (Byron Scott in New Orleans and George Karl now) that don't tolerate him much. I do believe GK has a strong bias against J.R. In other words, he tries to make too much over little stuff when J.R. screws up. And probably Byron Scott did too. In Portland game, we saw how Billups jacked up a contested 30 footer 3-pointer with 13 secs left that cost us the game. GK always complained about J.R.'s shot selection, and yet he did not say anything about that Billups shot, and Billups (shooting career worst 31 3PT% this season, including about 33 overall FG%) has taken many ill-advised shots since last year. I do believe J.R. can thrive and at least become a 20 ppg scorer under the coach that pushes the right buttons with him. Coaches that are patient and hold their own emotions in check when dealing with him, yet those that demand respect. Phil Jackson comes into mind. George Karl just doesn't seem to have any interest in getting out that diamond from the rough or take any "crap" from J.R. Despite the baggage, I'll take J.R. any day for many reasons: - He is a scoring threat that EASILY creates his own shots, be it half-court sets or full-court sets. - He passes like a PG, he can pass so well that he is one of the few non-PGs that actually have that chance to be a full-time PG... Despite his disdain for J.R., it's not uncommon for him to trust J.R. enough to run the team's plays even when Billups/ Ty are on the floor at times. He has not only passing skill but also the court vision of a PG. He can be a SG version of LeBron, one that scores but also facilitates the team very well. He passes so well that I rarely see him commit a TO from his passing. He can do pick and roll and bounce passes through tight spaces of defense better than most PGs in the L. He can penetrate and kick out flawlessly. He can dish alley oops off dribble in transition. Unfortunately, there's not many youtube videos of his passing as evidence... all I ask is if you doubt my opinion on J.R.'s passing, please watch and observe more Nugget games. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A2zfItzJAw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmEPwMke2sA - When he puts his mind to it, J.R. is actually a good defender... I wouldn't say he is All NBA Defensive Team, but one that is clearly above average J.R. is not my favorite player by any means, so I can say with certainty that I said all above without bias.

I brush in the sink... but I know some people do in the shower, like my brother lol

Gezzz North Korea government needs to be destroyed.

My man, let's put it this way, your team wants to trade for Melo: - WAY MORE than we want to trade Melo, - WAY MORE than Melo wants to play for your team, - WAY MORE than we want to trade for Favors and insert a second star here... Talk about leverage. You think the Nets have leverage in these talks? When you can sense and feel their desperation even here in Australia. lol... Are you kidding? Also remember that we rejected Favors and Kirilenko... and now all of a sudden you think Nuggets will take Favors alone for Melo? Your team is not the only team we can trade Melo to. It is not "New York Nets". The Knicks can always sweeten their offer... or according to Marc Stein, Dallas, Houston and a lot of teams are willing to risk trading for Melo for the rest of the year and hoping he would sign extension on their team.

We'll take Williams too for a throw in He's very gifted... but the guy needs to mature a little.

You're right... but what do you think China and Russia will do?

Who the [expletive] pees in the shower? There's toilet use it!

LOL Lopez is not even an All Star yet... his stats are actually down across the board from last season: - 17.2 ppg from 18.8 ppg - 6.3 rpg from 8.6 rpg - 1.3 apg from 2.3 apg - 42.2 FG% from 49.9 FG% - He fouls more (3.8 FPG from 3.1 FPG) in less minutes this season (34.7 mpg from 36.9 mpg) D-Favors is a talent, but also a project. Melo is proven. I'm not even biased about Melo, again, I'm his biggest critic on this site. I also love Favors but this discussion stinks because of your biasedness.

Do you really think Favors alone would secure Melo? Or Lopez alone? If Nets have offered Favors and Harris... I don't see why the negotiation cannot get to Favors and Lopez, even if it means depleting the Nets' frontcourt. For the pure reason that Melo is one of the top 5 players, a superstar, and he might be lazy on some nights (although it's getting less often, trust me I'm the hardest Melo critic on the site) but fact is his team never missed a playoffs in his career. If it means getting a true franchise player, a player that sells merchandise and puts butts on the seats... Bad teams don't get better because they don't have that foundation to build around... Melo is that foundation. I don't see why Phokorov and Jay-Z won't do this. If you trade Favors and Lopez for Melo and keep Williams and Harris, the 1-3 is one of the best in the L. You only need serviceable 4 and 5. With Melo as the #1 option, Harris might thrive as #2 option and regain his All Star form. Plus we can always throw in Melvin Ely.

I didn't say it will make the actual salt sweet... the faith will trick your mind into believing that the salt is sweet, although the salt itself is of course still salty, and therefore you would (directed by your subconscious mind) pour salt into your coffee when you want to sweeten it without you consciously realizing it... and then moments later, you'd be like (realizing you just poured salt into coffee), "did I really pour salt into my coffee?" "Reality" is not universal, reality depends on the person to accept what they think is real and what they think is not real. E.g. a person can see a blue color and say it's "blue", but what is "blue" to another person who's color-blind since birth? How about a "blue" color that looks "green" to another person? We're not blessed with feathers like birds, so of course, we can't naturally fly. But can we invent machines that enable us to fly? Yes. And we had Michael Jordan "who believed he could fly"... and at times, Michael Jordan mesmerized us into believing that he could really fly... because the person (MJ) really and truly believed he could fly. Whether or not the definition of "flying" being jumping from the free throw line and being pulled back by gravity seconds later matches other people's realities of "flying" matters not, as long as MJ believed in his own definition of "flying". Other people's realities mattered not to MJ, it's his own reality that mattered to him. It's YOUR OWN reality that matters to you whether you "fly" or not, after 1 year of conditioning and believing in that statement. Your beliefs and realities differ from other people's just as people see one color as different colors. --- What can be accepted as a universal truth/ reality, however, is this: man can create nothing which he does not first conceive in his mind. If you program your mind to believe you can fly to the point that you really believe you can fly, you might find a way to fly. But you will NEVER ever (find a way to) fly if you act indifferent toward the subject of flying, or worse, don't believe it. Therefore, the concept of getting rich is the same: if you somehow program your subconscious mind into believing that you will be rich, you might find a way to be rich... but if you act indifferent toward it, or don't believe it, you will NEVER be rich. That's why being "rich" or "poor" is A STATE OF MIND... it is ALL mental. Check the get-rich books, I bet 99% of the titles say "THINK and Grow Rich" or "THINK like a billionaire". It's all about THINKing. The true/ core difference between a billionaire, a millionaire, a middle class, and a homeless man is NOT their money, but their MENTAL or the way they THINK when it comes to the subject of money. Some people (when they get money) will spend all their money, some people will invest it, some people will gamble it, some people will save it, and some people will use all the money to pay their bills that nothing's left. They are all different paths that lead to financial success, or financial stagnancy, or financial mediocrity. Different people with different thinking when it comes to money will do different things with their money, that's why some end up a billionaire, some end up a millionaire, some end up middle class or poor. Money is just a measurement/ meter/ reflection of their financial IQ smarts as well as their habits with money.

Seoul is threatened by North Korea's artillery, Tokyo by its missiles, and Pyongyang is believed to be designing missiles capable of reaching the U.S.

Don't resort to personal attack. In the original proposed deal, your team would have lost BOTH Favors and Harris to get Melo. Problem was, the Nuggets were not interested in Harris because we already have Billups and Ty, so your team invited Charlotte and Utah so the deal became Harris being redirected to Charlotte, and instead of Harris, the Nuggets would have got Kirilenko. It wasn't Harris, but to get Kirilenko to Denver, your team has to send Harris too. Does it matter if Harris goes to Denver or Charlotte or Utah FROM YOUR TEAM'S POINT OF VIEW? No. In other words, would Nets fans like you care where Harris ends up? No. Here's what it looks like FROM YOUR TEAM'S POINT OF VIEW: OUTPUT: Favors and Harris INPUT: Melo So now that the deal is dead, your team is trying to deal directly with Nuggets, without a 3rd team. So if that's the case, the Nuggets are essentially asking the Nets back to replace Harris with Lopez. So it's looking like (FROM YOUR TEAM'S POINT OF VIEW): OUTPUT: Favors and Lopez INPUT: Melo Without Favors, no deal. If a deal with Nets ever happens, I'll bet ANYTHING with you that Favors will be in the package. He's our #1 target. Think again before calling anyone retard.

Take Favors out and Nuggets will pull out of the deal. The centerpiece in your team's package is Favors, not Harris, not even your best player Lopez. Yes Favors is the centerpiece. The question is who's that second guy to be put in the deal... so far you know the Nuggets have rejected Andrei Kirilenko. It was even said the Nets will be willing to put Harris in as well (so it's Harris + Favors). But Nuggets are pushing for Nets to put in Lopez.

I wonder if Miami would consider Nene and J.R. Smith for Chris Bosh? We would do Kenyon Martin (and Heat would too), but he's out until January so I guess they'll not take him. Let's face it, LeBron is the PG of this team. But if you want a secondary "PG", enters J.R. For those who don't believe J.R. has a great vision and passing skills like a PG, I insist you watch more Nugget games. He can penetrate and kick out, he does pick and roll with Nene (he's our best pick and roll passer on the team actually). He can make bounce/ straight pass. He can make pass off the dribble, he can draw more defenders and find open big men inside. I rarely see J.R. commit a TO passing the ball. Without bias, I can say with certainty that J.R.'s passing is so good that I would rate him as the best passer on the team, ahead of Ty, Melo, and Billups. More importantly, J.R. can knock down outside shots. C - Nene PF - Udonis Haslem SF - LeBron James SG - Dwyane Wade PG - J.R. Smith --- For Nuggets, arrival of Chris Bosh is a win-win for Nuggets and Bosh. Bosh will definitely have a bigger role in Denver and can easily average 20 and 10... and for Nuggets, the arrival of Bosh gives them the strongest reason yet for Melo to stay. C - Shelden Williams PF - Chris Bosh SF - Carmelo Anthony SG - Arron Afflalo PG - Chauncey Billups What do you guys think? I'm all for this trade.

^Nuggets want Favors more than they do Lopez... the talk is who is to be included in the Favors package.

^Hey man glad to see you back, if you have any question, just post here or shoot me a PM. Good to have you on the site again Thanks for showing interest. 16.) You have to focus on what you WANT, not what you don't want We tend to focus on the things that we don't want. The following are what unsuccessful people habitually do: "I don't want to be poor." "I am afraid of losing her. What should I do?" "I don't want to screw up at this job interview." "I don't want to be late." Law of Attraction says you attract what you're focusing on and it's EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET. Instead, try to say the opposite and find what you WANT (what successful people habitually do): "I want to be rich." "I will rebuild our relationship and get in her good graces." "I want to excel at this job interview." "I will show up early." Focus on what you WANT, it's what successful people habitually do. 17.) You must take 100% responsibility for your life Jack Canfield says it all: "EVERYTHING in your life, you are creating it/ you have created it. In other words, you're participating in creating it or allowing it to continue. You have to give up all the blaming." We tend to blame other people and/ or situations that we think are the cause of our failure(s) or shortcoming(s): "I cannot focus because my neighbor likes to irritate me and therefore my productivity at work declines" "I grew up in poor environment, I will never be rich." "It rained so I decided to not to go to job interview and found out they're no longer interested in me. I hate it when it happens. Why don't people understand? When it rains it's hard to go anywhere." If you want to be successful, you have to give up ALL the blaming, complaining and excuses. ALL OF IT. You have to be in charge of your own destiny because you CAN control you... instead of depending on outside factors such as other people/ situation that you CANNOT control. As long as blaming, complaining, and excuses are still a part of your life, you will NEVER ever reach any financial success/ any other success(es).

Maybe he can try Turkey like AI

^How did BC not score Beasley in a Bosh trade? Instead of 2 first round picks?

I'm all for Lopez and Favors to Denver... but I don't think Melo will agree to go to a team that's decimated. C - Troy Murphy (lol) PF - Kris Humphries (lol) SF - Carmelo Anthony SG - Terrence Williams PG - Devin Harris Unless the Nets can convince Melo they will score a free agent center next summer, build through draft picks or trade Murphy's expiring now for a decent C. Because Terrence Harris and Devin Harris are pretty good... and their bench players are pretty good too in Morrow, Farmar, and Outlaw.

Does he only break down the Heat?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqs0Zf_TJ2c Video: Amar'e Stoudemire recognizes Blake Griffin's dunking greatness Moments later, while Stoudemire was at the line, the Knicks star acknowledged Griffin's posterization with a knowing glance of respect.

Blake Griffin is so awesome that you can't help but feel bad for Taylor Griffin. How come all the awesomeness goes into Blake and not his brother?

Is it safe to say that Griffin is untouchable now? Not even for Kobe, Wade, LeBron. The only player I see Clippers trading him is if it's for KD (age reason).

I want some Griffin jam on my bread please. Even the characters in NBA Live are jealous they can't dunk like that.