The Official Dwayne Wade <<<<<< you thread

Give me Bosh over Aldridge any day of the week. All LMA does is shoot mid range jumpers.

Gil wrote:Give me Bosh over Aldridge any day of the week. All LMA does is shoot mid range jumpers.

1. Don't be ridiculous. LMA> Bosh.

2. So? Efficiency is key. LMA knows his strengths and weaknesses and plays to that. Bosh shooting 3's, playing on the perimeter so damn much is shameful. He should be putting the ball on the ground and taking these bigger PFs and Cs to the hole. He's faster than most anyway.

Nah, LMA> Bosh.

Gil wrote:Only on GL are Cousins, Love and Aldridge on the same level as Dwight Howard.

Same level?

Love and Aldridge are flat out better

All LeMarcus does is shoot jumpers? Because Bosh is taking it to the rim and posting up like all the time?

Gil you tool

The Franchise wrote:Dont think it will ever happen.

The full effects of HGH are still not fully understood as far as I know, some think Messi's injuries now are some residual effect of HGH. If this is pie in the sky or has any real factual basis I have no idea, but thats not the important part.

The importance is, as far as I know its not fully understood in terms of long term effects and if you introduce it into the sports world, that risk is something not everyone wants to be a part of it.

I can imagine a situation where player X doesnt want to take it because its not fully understand, player Y takes it not only helps over come injuries but positive impacts his performance and player  Z takes it and his performances increase anyway, but the shred of doubt hangs over him.

Lets say Kobe took HGH after his Germany knee surgery. Everyone would of been up in arms about his performances the following season, he looked that much quicker and bouncy than previously, people would naturally conclude that it wasnt the Germany knee op, but the HGH.

I am with Mark Cuban in principle, HGH should be allowed to get over injuries, but it seems there is no enough known about it really 100% back it.

Good point about long term effects and some players using it for performance and not recovery, that could be a problem.. There will have to be heavy regulation for that

I just hope the pros outweigh the cons though.. Injuries are definitely the worst aspect of sports

I agree, the amount of injuries to stars is higher than any point I ever remember. Ever.

Gil ffs No sane person believes Howard is better than LMA and Love... ffs... Cousins is also a better player imo, if he could just fix his head.

Dwight Howard getting dominated by Perkins as usual, his hook looks so awful, it's disgusting really.

The one match up a year Perkins is useful

Curry 1 single rebound away from back to back triple doubles. Just missed out.

Blake Griffin:

Over his last five, he averaged 30.2 points, 12.2 boards, 3.0 assists 1.4 steals and 0.8 blocks on 55.0 percent from the field and 81.6 percent from the line.

The Franchise wrote:Blake Griffin:

Over his last five, he averaged 30.2 points, 12.2 boards, 3.0 assists 1.4 steals and 0.8 blocks on 55.0 percent from the field and 81.6 percent from the line.

Only saw the Portland game of those 5, but he looked improved. More decisive in the post

Great to see Blake improving his game, shooting 70% from the line so far this year.

Oh god Lambs stroke looks amazing, love watching him play.

KD

33, 13 and 5

Jackson: 16 & 8
Lamb: 20 on 7-9

Can Kings become a legit team now?

Freeza wrote:Can Kings become a legit team now?

Even if they don't win this game they look much better. The Rudy Gay trade was a win for both teams.

They need a bench and for McLemore to step up because it's mostly Cousins-Rudy-Thomas they have 78 of their 102 points

He has truely expanded his game. His jumpers are falling, he is driving aggressively, mixing up his game and just generally being productive.

He is shooting almost 42% from 20-24 feet, which is higher than Dirk, (obviously he shots much less open jumpers), Aldridge, Scola, Milsap, Carmelo and David West.

15-19 he is struggling at 36%, which is considerably lower than all the above, but its still an improvement on last year. And still up on guys like Lee, Lebron.

Still criticise his footwork though, he jumps off the wrong foot too often and often shots with his body not even facing the basket when its not needed.

Defence is also improving, DeAndre Jordan too.

Couple of days ago Steph got a triple double, and last night he almost had another one (29 points, 11 assists, 9 boards)

The image to the left shows Tony Parker and French comedian Dieudonné making the “quenelle” gesture, which is the reverse of the Nazi salute. It is reportedly one of multiple times that Parker has made the body expression this year.

Now, the Spurs point guard is being asked to apologize for the gesture by the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC), a Jewish human rights group.

As The Algemeiner reports:

Calling Parker’s use of the gesture “disgusting and dangerous” and, saying that the star was “mainstreaming anti-Semitic hate,” Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean of the SWC, said that Parker should, “apologize for his use of the quenelle ‘Nazi’ salute.”
“As a leading sports figure on both sides of the Atlantic, Parker has a special moral obligation to disassociate himself from a gesture that the government of France has identified as anti-Semitic,” Cooper said, in an interview with The Algemeiner.
Dieudonné M’bala M’bala, the ”comedian” whom Parker is pictured with, has reportedly referred to Holocaust remembrances as “memorial pornography” and made light of gas chambers in Nazi concentration camps in the past.

Parker is not the only professional athlete who has recently come under fire for use of the “quenelle” gesture. Nicolas Anelka, a French striker for the English Premier League’s West Bromwich Albion Football Club, celebrated a goal this past Saturday with the salute and has been the subject of immense international scrutiny.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker apologized Monday for a newly surfaced photograph that shows him making the same gesture with anti-Semitic connotations that French soccer star Nicolas Anelka displayed while celebrating a goal this weekend, creating an uproar in their home country.

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The photograph shows Parker and a French comedian making a gesture known in France as a ''quenelle,'' which critics describe as inverted Nazi salute. Parker said in a statement released through the Spurs that the photograph was taken three years ago.

Parker, who was born in Belgium but raised in France, said he didn't know at the time that ''it could be in any way offensive or harmful.'' He said he thought it was part of a comedy act and said he apologized for any misunderstanding or harm.

''While this gesture has been part of French culture for many years, it was not until recently that I learned of the very negative concerns associated with it,'' Parker said.

The photo surfaced on social media after Anelka made the same gesture celebrating a goal in an English Premier League game Saturday, causing an outcry in France.

Anelka's club, West Bromich Albion, issued a statement Monday saying that Anelka has agreed not to perform the same gesture again. The English Football Association has also begun an investigation and could punish Anelka with a five-match ban.

Anelka has defended his actions, saying he was merely expressing his support for French comedian Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, who performs the gesture on stage. Dieudonne claims the salute, which involves pointing one straightened arm downward while touching that arm's shoulder with the opposite hand, is anti-establishment and not anti-Semitic.

The photograph of Parker also shows him posing with Dieudonne.

Parker did not speak with reporters after practice Monday. He said in his statement that he would never repeat the gesture again.

''Hopefully this incident will serve to educate others that we need to be more aware that things that may seem innocuous can actually have a history of hate and hurt,'' Parker said.

Oh, watching the brow take it to LMA, gave him a brutal rejection in first half.

Blazers are a fun team, but they really cant stop anyone. Davis killed them inside and Jrue is scoring at will on them. oh well

The brow with some quality defending on albridge in the last minute to force the miss

oh wait Lillard just drilled another 3 to tie the game

brb evans just answered, poor mo got shaked and baked, pelicans +2



edit: Brow playing some dominating defense on Albridge in the last minute. he got the possession twice to make the difference for the blazers as if to prove a point vs the brow but he failed twice against terrific defending.

Davis is a VERY long, bouncy kid. He jumps high, but jumps quickly.

I saw vs the Rockets a couple offensive rebounds where he just engulfed Howard and got the tip in before Howard even got off the ground.

His fast twitch muscle fibers must be off the charts

I hope the Brow has a slower week because I'm going up against dmize this week.

yup, got into some foul troubles today because he was jumping too soon, but grabbed quite a few offensive rebounds as well, that hurt them. Whenever Lopez was guarding him he looked like he was running in a candy store