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I wish I could short the Thunder at 1.8-1 to win the West. Vegas hasn't adjusted yet.
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China is going to be watching a lot of James Harden and they're not going to know what to make of him.
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Best defensive center.
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Kevin Martin will be 33 years old by the time the LeBron dynasty has ended. Durant and 'Brook will be 27.
So the only thing preventing the OKC dynasty would be if LA's management is capable of pairing 28 years old in-his-prime Dwight Howard with a reasonable backcourt. But then again, when has the Laker's front office ever shown an accumen for acquiring star players on short notice?
So the only thing preventing the OKC dynasty would be if LA's management is capable of pairing 28 years old in-his-prime Dwight Howard with a reasonable backcourt. But then again, when has the Laker's front office ever shown an accumen for acquiring star players on short notice?
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Most interest backcourt ever. Easily.
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Dante Cunningham noticed when he reported for work in Minnesota this fall that his new Timberwolves team is unlike any for which he has ever played.
"Day One, we were all in the elevator and I kind of looked up," he said about a crowded ride with many of his new teammates, "and I was just like, 'Where is everybody?' "
Everybody, in this case, being black teammates. Come opening night on Friday, Cunningham will be one of five black players on a 15-man Wolves team that has reversed the National Basketball Association's historical racial percentages with a roster that is the league's whitest since the Boston Celtics teams of the 1980s.
Raised in Washington, D.C., and educated at Villanova, Cunningham played his first four professional seasons for three different teams in a league where American-born black players constituted 78 percent of roster spots last season and have been at least 75 percent since 1991-92.
Twin Cities black leaders have noticed, suggesting the franchise strategically has rolled back the calendar by decades in a league that long has been at the forefront of diversity among America's professional sports leagues.
"How did we get a roster that resembles the 1955 Lakers?" asked Tyrone Terrell, chairman of St. Paul's African American leadership council. "I think everything is a strategy. Nothing happens by happenstance."
That strategy, Terrell and others in the black community believe, is to sell tickets to the Wolves' fan base, which is overwhelmingly white.
"Patently false,'' said David Kahn, Wolves president of basketball operations. He and other Timberwolves executives instead call it a coincidence of circumstance and a purposeful plan to scour the globe for the best players they can possibly obtain. They will start the season with players from Russia, Montenegro, Spain and Puerto Rico, a total of five international players among a group that also includes five white American-born players.
Just for shits and giggles, I calculated the odds of coincidently ending up with a roster of 10 white players in a league where approx. 3/4ths of the players are black. The answer is roughly 0.07%. But i'm sure Kahn is telling the truth when he says he was going after the best talent available.
"Day One, we were all in the elevator and I kind of looked up," he said about a crowded ride with many of his new teammates, "and I was just like, 'Where is everybody?' "
Everybody, in this case, being black teammates. Come opening night on Friday, Cunningham will be one of five black players on a 15-man Wolves team that has reversed the National Basketball Association's historical racial percentages with a roster that is the league's whitest since the Boston Celtics teams of the 1980s.
Raised in Washington, D.C., and educated at Villanova, Cunningham played his first four professional seasons for three different teams in a league where American-born black players constituted 78 percent of roster spots last season and have been at least 75 percent since 1991-92.
Twin Cities black leaders have noticed, suggesting the franchise strategically has rolled back the calendar by decades in a league that long has been at the forefront of diversity among America's professional sports leagues.
"How did we get a roster that resembles the 1955 Lakers?" asked Tyrone Terrell, chairman of St. Paul's African American leadership council. "I think everything is a strategy. Nothing happens by happenstance."
That strategy, Terrell and others in the black community believe, is to sell tickets to the Wolves' fan base, which is overwhelmingly white.
"Patently false,'' said David Kahn, Wolves president of basketball operations. He and other Timberwolves executives instead call it a coincidence of circumstance and a purposeful plan to scour the globe for the best players they can possibly obtain. They will start the season with players from Russia, Montenegro, Spain and Puerto Rico, a total of five international players among a group that also includes five white American-born players.
Just for shits and giggles, I calculated the odds of coincidently ending up with a roster of 10 white players in a league where approx. 3/4ths of the players are black. The answer is roughly 0.07%. But i'm sure Kahn is telling the truth when he says he was going after the best talent available.
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I'm sure James McBoberts has nothing to say about the fact that KAAAAHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNN is purposefully assembling a team of all white men because he is racist.
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"...Both men say their concerns are heightened by the fact the team does not have a black in a position of power in the front office. The team is one of the NBA's few without a black general manager, assistant general manager or head coach; the Wolves have had two black head coaches in their history: Sidney Lowe and Dwane Casey.
Team owner Glen Taylor did not respond to a request seeking comment."
Kahn said he has "consistently" believed that the team's front office should become more diverse and said he is "working behind the scenes" to make that happen this season.
This is just getting funnier and funnier :lol:
Are we in Coach Creme territory yet as far as buying explanations?
Team owner Glen Taylor did not respond to a request seeking comment."
Kahn said he has "consistently" believed that the team's front office should become more diverse and said he is "working behind the scenes" to make that happen this season.
This is just getting funnier and funnier :lol:
Are we in Coach Creme territory yet as far as buying explanations?
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Relevant now: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/848 ... en-dilemma
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Only white people with beards are willing to move to Minnesota.
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That awkward moment when you realize Lebron did everything right and you were so fucking stupid to think you could lead a small market team to a championship. Jordan, Kobe and Lebron are laughing their asses off at you, KD.