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ARE
WHO
WE
THOUGHT
THEY
WERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's only appropriate
Fuck.
And, of course, I wanted to see the Wizards/Cavs battle for the title of worst team ever.
http://video.thescore.com/watch/lebron-responds-to-fan-taunt
"What has Hayward to do with this??"
Uh,
Possible report on Hayward being the cause
Chris Broussard alert but here's what he said:
"...
Williams and Sloan found themselves at odds during the 2010 draft and soon their already tenuous relationship began rapidly deteriorating. Deron lobbied hard for Ed Davis and Paul George. With Davis, Deron saw a big man whose size and toughness in the paint could finally allow Utah to solve the Los Angeles front-court problem. With George, Deron saw a running mate who could help Utah win right now.
Instead, Sloan saw this lobbying as a direct assault on his control over the team and a questioning of his abilities. He saw Deron's actions as an attempt to meddle in Sloan's affairs. Already leaning strongly toward Hayward, these actions pushed him solidly into Gordon's camp. The message was clear, Sloan wanted players who will come in, take orders, and stay out of his business.
As if not enough of an insult on its own, Sloan used the drafting of Hayward as justification for letting Deron's best friend on the team, Kyle Korver, to walk as a free agent. To make matters worse, Korver went to Chicago to play with Derrick Rose, a guy the notoriously jealous Williams was threatened by. Deron felt betrayed and from then on it was open war between the coach and his star PG.
Already not off to a good start, the situation was exacerbated when Deron met Hayward for the first time during the summer. The two bumped into each other in the team weight room. According to a source close to the situation, Deron asked Gordon if he could spot him on the bench-press. Gordon instead rolled his eyes, said "yeah right", and went over to the exercise mat to do jumping jacks. After doing a set of 200, Gordon left the facility and, according to reports, shut the lights out on Deron.
..."
"...
Sources say the first major blow-up came during a heated practice earlier in December. Known for riding his players hard during practice, Sloan was extra venomous over what he thought was a lack of effort and blatant disrespect on Deron's part. When Deron failed to pass the ball to a wide open Milsap who was standing behind the arc, Sloan stormed onto the court and started cursing out Williams.
"Do you want to get me fired? You want to get me fired you fucking piece of shit but I ain't going no where. Just run the fucking plays like you're supposed to you fucking dumb fucking fuck"
"Why the fuck are you always yelling at me so much? Fucking go bitch out Gordon for once, that fucking guy just ran into me when he was trying to set a screen and ended up tripping his own teammate the last play we ran"
"Because he does what I fucking tell him to. Do you ever want to win a championship? Then just fucking listen to what I tell you you big fucking idiot. You would be nothing without me, remember that. Now just do what I fucking tell you and you can maybe be a winner like Gordon"
From then on, Sloan's favoritism toward Hayward became such a sore spot among the players that they would often storm out of practice early. All except Hayward, who would often stick around to receive special one-on-one coaching. The players saw this as a blatant attempt at sucking up to the teacher. According to a team official who wished to remain anonymous, the two even went so far as to draw up special plays together just for Gordon.
...
The final straw happened this week against the Bulls. Not wanting to be shown up by his biggest rival on his own court, Deron yelled at Sloan during the final minute to get him the ball. But Sloan had a different idea. He drew up one of his special plays to get Hayward the ball. Williams was livid.
"If that fucking cracker gets the ball, then I am out of here"
"That kid has already hit more clutch shots then you ever will. Now pass him the fucking ball"
But Deron didn't pass him the ball, instead opting to modify the play on the fly.
Afterward, Gordon and Sloan were both livid. Sloan was pissed that Deron would ignore direct orders. After the game, Sloan stormed off to O'Connor's office with Hayward in tow to explain what happened and demand Williams be traded. This is where things take a twisted turn. According to a source in Hayward's camp, Gordon agreed to back Sloan up until the moment he realized that O'Connor wasn't going to side with the coach. He then did a 180 and told O'Connor that the team was sick of Sloan and that he needed to go. Betrayed, Sloan scribbled his resignation on a box-score print-out and stormed off."
"the point is there's more to it than just Deron."
I've been preaching this although I had no idea about THIS exchange.
So....fuck hayward?
He was pi$$ed for loosing Brewer, Mathews, Korver (and probably Maynor, which was a sign that money surpassed will to win)... but I was unaware of the gordon situation...
LET'S GO CAVS
"If that fucking cracker gets the ball, then I am out of here"
"That kid has already hit more clutch shots then you ever will. Now pass him the fucking ball"
But Deron didn't pass him the ball, instead opting to modify the play on the fly.
......
I watched most of this game and I do not remember Gordon being in the game much at all. Checking the game log on ESPN shows that Gordon only played 5 minutes during the game, all of which came in the middle of the second quarter. Gordon was not in the game during the final plays of any quarter so how the hell was any “special” play going to be run for him? From the bench, off the rafters, nothing but net?
As for special treatment from Sloan, Gordon is averaging 12 minutes a game and less then three attempts per game, not what I would call special treatment.
Unless, of course, that what you posted is satire, and I'm just completely missing it.
If you were bullshitting, then by all means write a book because you captivated me
So anyway, here is tonight's illustrative depiction of a coach - Avery Johnson:
http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/542807/IMG-20110212-00031.jpg
In short... she are who you thought she were.
Jesus Christ almighty these nba players are just RETARDED
FTFY.
awesome story - however untrue it is!!!
This is pretty much is. The number of crazy stories coming out right now has basically created this alternate entertainment. Basically since the truth is so absurd, a shotgun of absurd stories carry with it, which simply cannot believed, but you know one of them is the truth.
Also, if the part about Hayward's pendent in Akron didn't tip you off on that first link, I don't know what to tell you.
Magic needed that "marijuana" win, especially Dwight Howard, who killed Andrew Bynum at least three times.
Still kind of surprised that they looked that good when Gilbert Arenas is on the team.
It's games like this that make me wonder how good the Lakers would be if we swapped Howard and Bynum...
Between the clippers losing to both the cadavers AND craptors and demarcus cousins not being allowed on the team flight....is this the most bawful weekend ever?
I mean, I could have mentioned Shannon Brown's spectacular bricked dunk (which is why no one else wanted him during the offseason), but it's just repetition at this point.
But, since you want some non-Lakers suckitude - Update to @Anon - DeMarcus Cousins suspended by his own team.
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/13/demarcus-cousins-suspended-by-kings/
Sorry, chris. I think the Laker apologists want me to get off LA's back for a while, and your team is an easy target...
still secured the voskuhl though
And in Cleveland, a the bawful streak of 26 Generals road losses ends as the Cadavers fail to win a "surging" headline.
(Btw, whoever linked the "Cavs practice" Onion article, thank you!)
"Here’s one for you:
How would have liked Blake Griffin in a Raptors uniform?
You have to trust me on this but it comes from a guy I trust without doubt and it works like this.
Way back after the Clips on the lottery, there was a call made to determine if there was any interest in a deal that would have sent Chris Bosh to the Clippers for the No. 1 overall pick with Toronto willing to take back the then-monstrous contract of Baron Davis in the deal.
Didn’t happen, too bad."
http://thestar.blogs.com/raptors/