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He was already playing with an achilles issue, which is why he looked off from the start. He appeared to have broken his toe during the game.

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The first two hack dramas were crazy, haha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5FOe-qEo78

Love it! -__-

LOL at the September 2009 poll. I remember Guru made a Jason Kidd signature that was one of my favorites. Not sure if he still has it. I hope Kyle (iMan) submits a signature with his awesome Photoshop skills.

Neither team is horrendous. The Nets, when healthy, are a playoff team. The Knicks, when they are right and healthy, are around fourth or fifth seed.

Nets: $71.1 M in guaranteed deals, Knicks: $236 M in guaranteed deals. Also, as of a week ago, the Nets' games were against teams that were a combined 22 games over .500, and the Knicks' games were teams that were a combined 34 games under .500.

Nets are now 5-0 when Deron drops 24 points or more. Irving is simply incredible. It would've been nice to have Brooks playing yesterday as well. The game was sloppy down the stretch, but time was our friend. First winning streak of the season. D-Will appears to be as good as he's ever been with us.

Blasco left?!

Either LeBron said it himself shortly after leaving, or someone reported it that he would like to return to Cleveland as his career nears its end. So maybe he would consider returning to Cleveland earlier than planned. There is still quite a gap of time until then, during which the Cavs can continue to build through the draft and have their young talent impress. But I don't see James being disappointed enough to leave what they have set up on the Heat. Other super-teams/near super-teams have formed following his departure from Cleveland, so he would probably be reluctant to break away from Wade and Bosh to compete against them without those two at his side.

How appropriate... we reached 300 K posts less than a week ago. Happy seventh anniversary, OTR!

HEADBAND FOREVER!!!

Deron is wearing the headband today. It probably has something to do with this commercial being shown yesterday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpp7c7xhNhQ&feature=youtu.be

http://watchshock.com/photo/Casio/G-Shock/G-8xx/G-8000B-3/G-8000B-3.jpg I bought this watch five years ago. I stopped wearing it after some time, but it suddenly gained popularity so I wear it everyday now.

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There's reportedly no opt-out clause in the contract.

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Just to add, we are probably better than about seven teams at least. Sent from my HTC on the Now Network from Sprint.

I'm saying not to rule out the chance of Deron staying if Dwight ends up somewhere else. L.A. is the only other destination where I can see Dwight being dealt where he would want to stay, and if he does get traded there, how does Deron join him? The other main competition for Deron would be Dallas, and a 34-year old Dirk doesn't beat out MarShon, Lopez, and at least one high 2012 draft pick (maybe something as good as MKG or Barnes), by much. I'm not guaranteeing anything... I'm just saying that Deron's departure is not a guarantee. Brook's offensive game isn't that far off from Howard's. Bynum is better than Lopez, but he isn't better than Lopez, Brooks, and two 2012 picks.

Maybe you should also consider this news, where we actually heard something from Deron's mouth: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/12/05/deron-williams-90-percent-chance-i-stay-with-nets/

I'm not denying that officials can't make mistakes. But there's a difference between the close calls that you can only truly determine through replay and the things you should be able to catch live. How three referees miss a shot hitting the glass before being blocked not once, but twice, is beyond me. You probably could find mistakes that went in our favor... but nothing as obvious as the two goaltends and the wrong call on the video review. It's Chris Broussard saying that D-Will is likely to leave if the Nets don't land Dwight. That's hardly news. We have yet to hear anything out of Deron's mouth, and this is one reporter telling us something that isn't shocking. That doesn't rule out the possibility of him staying put without Dwight. No, genius. Otis accepted the deal... the Orlando ownership said no. Again, you're blowing his rebounding struggles out of proportion. Yes, his defense is lacking. That doesn't make him lower than the third best player on a contending team. The Nets are irrelevant? I don't know, Dwight has Brooklyn as his top choice.

It didn't bounce off the rim. It hit the glass... on both goaltends. These are professional officials. You would think one of those three referees would recognize that the ball hit the glass. Okay, but my point is that they're CLIPPERS' announcers acknowledging that the CLIPPERS got away with things they shouldn't have. ... except that they're almost the same exact weight. What's comical is that you didn't even watch the game. Members on Clippers' blogs said themselves that they benefited from the officiating. Really?! You must have some great inside sources, because that has never been heard before. What are you talking about... Otis accepted a deal before the season started revolving around Brook Lopez, but management shot down the deal. To say that Brook Lopez is one of the most empty stat players in the league is completely absurd and ignorant on your part. His defense is incredibly lacking, but to call him one of the worst seven-foot rebounders in league history makes no sense. You're basing it off of an off-year last season, when he averaged more than 8 boards in his rookie and sophomore years. You're completely ignoring his offensive game. If you think his absence is hardly a loss, then it's not even worth arguing with you.

So the Clippers' own commentators were sarcastic as well when they themselves acknowledged every one of those errors? Deron getting hit in the face? What are you talking about? That was clear goaltending... you could see that from the distance of the camera. So the crew working together and watching the video serves as justification that they made the correct call? Griffin hardly hit it up... he hit the side of the ball. Shelden didn't even appear to make contact with the ball. You could see Griffin stick out his arm and push Shelden back. The Clips' own announcer acknowledged that he trucked right over Shelden. That's ridiculous. You think that the Nets, who are playing without Brook Lopez, are the worst team in the league? New Jersey has played five home games and ten road games. For comparison, the teams that they have played are a combined 14 games over .500. The Knicks have played teams that are a combined 34 games under .500. With all that, the Nets are only two games behind the Knicks. Right, because you really know what you're talking about.