If only a team had ever won a title with the league's best player not playing. If only...
But enough about the Raptors...
But enough about the Raptors...
Season might be over...
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This is great point. In a lot of the quotes/stories/tweets I'm seeing, this seems to be the underlying subtext for at least a decent percentage of the players. Paul George outright said it.jeffdjohnson said:
Also, I think the fact that these guys have been in a sterile Orlando hotel for 2 months now is being a little understated here. It wouldn't surprise me if a lot of guys are sick of it and ready to throw in the towel. This is just a breaking point.
Not saying this is comparable considering their visibility, but I've had to work on a project before for a month straight at a conference center where we stayed on the grounds of the conference center because they had rooms built in and it was ****ing horrible after only the first week. It really does stress you out in weird ways.
When your chief spokesperson is a guy who made it out of highschool only because he had athletic skills, this is what you get.
Bye.
Bye.
They will lose about $600 million in paychecks to walk away, plus their CBA will get torched. There are huge financial incentives to stick it out in Orlando.Head Ninja In Charge said:This is great point. In a lot of the quotes/stories/tweets I'm seeing, this seems to be the underlying subtext for at least a decent percentage of the players. Paul George outright said it.jeffdjohnson said:
Also, I think the fact that these guys have been in a sterile Orlando hotel for 2 months now is being a little understated here. It wouldn't surprise me if a lot of guys are sick of it and ready to throw in the towel. This is just a breaking point.
Not saying this is comparable considering their visibility, but I've had to work on a project before for a month straight at a conference center where we stayed on the grounds of the conference center because they had rooms built in and it was ****ing horrible after only the first week. It really does stress you out in weird ways.
And as I typed this, news is now being reported that the NBA players have decided to resume the playoffs....
lol LeBron is b**** made
LeBron is such a worthless pos. I love how billionaire thinks the country sucks.
Not another dime to the nba
Not another dime to the nba
How much money were you previously giving them?The D said:
LeBron is such a worthless pos. I love how billionaire thinks the country sucks.
Not another dime to the nba
MuckRaker96 said:How much money were you previously giving them?The D said:
LeBron is such a worthless pos. I love how billionaire thinks the country sucks.
Not another dime to the nba
Not a lot, but would attend 5-7 rockets game a year. Not anymore.
I'm sure they will miss you.
It would be a massive understatement to note that angry texags posters aren't exactly their core audience.
It would be a massive understatement to note that angry texags posters aren't exactly their core audience.
i just don't understand the plan here
nothing has changed
they just look weak now
no half measures
nothing has changed
they just look weak now
no half measures
good to hear. The fewer bitter bittersons clogging up this thread, the better.
I don't know about a plan, but just reading between the lines of the tweet below, I would expect an increased emphasis on social justice messaging. So, for those who were turned off by what we've seen so far, you probably won't like what we see next.cone said:
i just don't understand the plan here
nothing has changed
they just look weak now
no half measures
The thread is about players quitting on the season and people's reactions to it.MuckRaker96 said:
good to hear. The fewer bitter bittersons clogging up this thread, the better.
So we can only comment if we are happy about it?
LeBron's just like everybody else. Theologians like to pretend they're scientists. Business people like to pretend they're engineers. Athletes like to pretend they're warriors. LeBron likes to pretend he's educated. Cut him some slack. We're all Walter Mitty's at some level.
So the people they think need to hear their message, are even less likely to hear their message?LawHall88 said:I don't know about a plan, but just reading between the lines of the tweet below, I would expect an increased emphasis on social justice messaging. So, for those who were turned off by what we've seen so far, you probably won't like what we see next.cone said:
i just don't understand the plan here
nothing has changed
they just look weak now
no half measures
Excellent "plan".
Mike Shaw - Class of '03
whatever they think they need to do to do right
but the collective shrug over a cancelled playoffs has to pierce a lot of egos and scare the **** out of ownership
but the collective shrug over a cancelled playoffs has to pierce a lot of egos and scare the **** out of ownership
Listening to back stories on what took place yesterday, I'm not sure you'll see much more 'messaging' in Orlando than has already been in place. I think their focus will be more on putting more $ and emphasis ( including by owners) on directly lobbying legislature and getting out the vote for the November elections. They want to do stuff that goes beyond the 'slogan on T-shirt' stuff.LawHall88 said:I don't know about a plan, but just reading between the lines of the tweet below, I would expect an increased emphasis on social justice messaging. So, for those who were turned off by what we've seen so far, you probably won't like what we see next.cone said:
i just don't understand the plan here
nothing has changed
they just look weak now
no half measures
LawHall88 said:I don't know about a plan, but just reading between the lines of the tweet below, I would expect an increased emphasis on social justice messaging. So, for those who were turned off by what we've seen so far, you probably won't like what we see next.cone said:
i just don't understand the plan here
nothing has changed
they just look weak now
no half measures
Maybe they can fund some PSAs to run on TV telling people step by step how to not get their ass shot by the police...
Forum Troll said:
Maybe they can fund some PSAs to run on TV telling people step by step how to not get their ass shot by the police...
Forum Troll said:LawHall88 said:I don't know about a plan, but just reading between the lines of the tweet below, I would expect an increased emphasis on social justice messaging. So, for those who were turned off by what we've seen so far, you probably won't like what we see next.cone said:
i just don't understand the plan here
nothing has changed
they just look weak now
no half measures
Maybe they can fund some PSAs to run on TV telling people step by step how to not get their ass shot by the police...
Rule 1, stop being black.
So, the fauxrage is over. Bunch of hypocrites.
MuckRaker96 said:
good to hear. The fewer bitter bittersons clogging up this thread, the better.
Who the **** made you the board monitor ?
caught me off guardMuckRaker96 said:Forum Troll said:LawHall88 said:I don't know about a plan, but just reading between the lines of the tweet below, I would expect an increased emphasis on social justice messaging. So, for those who were turned off by what we've seen so far, you probably won't like what we see next.cone said:
i just don't understand the plan here
nothing has changed
they just look weak now
no half measures
Maybe they can fund some PSAs to run on TV telling people step by step how to not get their ass shot by the police...
Rule 1, stop being black.
The D said:MuckRaker96 said:
good to hear. The fewer bitter bittersons clogging up this thread, the better.
Who the **** made you the board monitor ?
Nobody, who made you the board crybaby?
MuckRaker96 said:Forum Troll said:LawHall88 said:I don't know about a plan, but just reading between the lines of the tweet below, I would expect an increased emphasis on social justice messaging. So, for those who were turned off by what we've seen so far, you probably won't like what we see next.cone said:
i just don't understand the plan here
nothing has changed
they just look weak now
no half measures
Maybe they can fund some PSAs to run on TV telling people step by step how to not get their ass shot by the police...
Rule 1, stop being black.
Stupid
Rule 1 don't break the ****ing law!!!!MuckRaker96 said:Forum Troll said:LawHall88 said:I don't know about a plan, but just reading between the lines of the tweet below, I would expect an increased emphasis on social justice messaging. So, for those who were turned off by what we've seen so far, you probably won't like what we see next.cone said:
i just don't understand the plan here
nothing has changed
they just look weak now
no half measures
Maybe they can fund some PSAs to run on TV telling people step by step how to not get their ass shot by the police...
Rule 1, stop being black.
I think that when Mickey Mouse learned of the boycott, he called LeBron X and told him to get back on the court. Because it's all about the money, and the Mick wasn't about to lose any advertising revenue or tv rights fees.
I am not a fan of lebron building super teams. I am die hard mffl. However, to hate on Lebron because of his education is the height of stupidity from this board. Guess Steve Jobs , bill gates, Mark Zuckerberf are all idiots since they don't have college degrees
Lebron came from poverty, a single parent family, turned his athletic ability into millions. Invested the millions in wise investments. He is a early investor in blaze pizza which is one of the fastest growing pizza joints. He profited 40m by investing in beats in 2011. He just raised 100m in venture capital for his movie and entertainment studio.
He is doing all this with y a high school education.
If education level was the measure of how "smart" you are, I guess 99pct of us are idiots.
Lebron came from poverty, a single parent family, turned his athletic ability into millions. Invested the millions in wise investments. He is a early investor in blaze pizza which is one of the fastest growing pizza joints. He profited 40m by investing in beats in 2011. He just raised 100m in venture capital for his movie and entertainment studio.
He is doing all this with y a high school education.
If education level was the measure of how "smart" you are, I guess 99pct of us are idiots.
awinlonghorn said:
I am not a fan of lebron building super teams. I am die hard mffl. However, to hate on Lebron because of his education is the height of stupidity from this board. Guess Steve Jobs , bill gates, Mark Zuckerberf are all idiots since they don't have college degrees
Lebron came from poverty, a single parent family, turned his athletic ability into millions. Invested the millions in wise investments. He is a early investor in blaze pizza which is one of the fastest growing pizza joints. He profited 40m by investing in beats in 2011. He just raised 100m in venture capital for his movie and entertainment studio.
He is doing all this with y a high school education.
If education level was the measure of how "smart" you are, I guess 99pct of us are idiots.
I'm not talking about his formal education. I'm talking about how he can't say one word about his employer fawning over the communist China enslavement of Hong Kong, but he can get all righteous on things that don't affect his pocket book. Yeah, he's plenty smart. He'll take your money all day long and twice on Sunday.
In other words common sense.
awinlonghorn said:
I am not a fan of lebron building super teams. I am die hard mffl. However, to hate on Lebron because of his education is the height of stupidity from this board. Guess Steve Jobs , bill gates, Mark Zuckerberf are all idiots since they don't have college degrees
Lebron came from poverty, a single parent family, turned his athletic ability into millions. Invested the millions in wise investments. He is a early investor in blaze pizza which is one of the fastest growing pizza joints. He profited 40m by investing in beats in 2011. He just raised 100m in venture capital for his movie and entertainment studio.
He is doing all this with y a high school education.
If education level was the measure of how "smart" you are, I guess 99pct of us are idiots.
He graduated high school, and went straight to the NBA. His financial advisor is a educated genius! Not him.
Buford T. Justice said:
In other words common sense.
IOW, smarter than Vince Young.
Because he believes in something different than you he doesn't have common sense? Cmon man.
Please post all the times that trump has criticized xi or even Putin or Kim. Can you also post all the times a&m admin has criticized the Middle East given the oil money they get from the regions leaders? You can't..
Please post all the times that trump has criticized xi or even Putin or Kim. Can you also post all the times a&m admin has criticized the Middle East given the oil money they get from the regions leaders? You can't..
Please God please let the season be over. And all future seasons too. The NBA has become an unbearable cesspool of self-important crybabies with crap for brains. You couldn't pay me to watch that nonsense.
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