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LOL ... espn has a poll: What's likely to happen first ... A) NFL Labor Agreement ... B) Lebron hits a game winning shot. NFL is winning with 64%. 
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LOL ... espn has a poll: What's likely to happen first ... A) NFL Labor Agreement ... B) Lebron hits a game winning shot.
NFL is winning with 64%.
Even the state of FL agrees with 59%. Hilarious.
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Wow .... how quickly Florida turns on their "Super Friends" .......
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yeah but at least 70% of florida just found out miami has a basketball team.
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Wow .... how quickly Florida turns on their "Super Friends" .......
yeah but at least 70% of florida just found out miami has a basketball team.
The other 30% are Magic fans...
Am I the only one that pronounces hyperbole "Hyper-bowl" instead of "hy-per-bo-le"?
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What about the big percentage of Floridians who can't stay up past 7:30 to watch a game anyway?
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They were not part of the sensus...
Something about the fact that they didn't know how to fill out the form...
Some guy named chad or something...
Am I the only one that pronounces hyperbole "Hyper-bowl" instead of "hy-per-bo-le"?
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Nothing like a 10-year-old joke. 
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He still did not give them the opportunity to get anything in return for him. I'm not about to pat Chris Bosh on the back for tweeting "What team should I play for next?" two months before the season was over.
He did give them an opportunity, they just chose to roll the dice and they lost. Just like we did. That's the only comparable thing to what happened here. Its not even close to what happened here in any other way, unless Bosh did an ESPN special I didn't hear about.
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he did, except it was on cbc, and nobody was watching because there was a hockey game on.
i think don cherry played the role of jim gray too.
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Bosh didn't really start saying he wouldn't be back until after the trade deadline last season. Toronto couldn't do anything at that point.
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At least nobody missed a last second jumper for Miami tonight, but that's because they lost by 9. http://www.didtheheatcrylastnight.com/
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At least nobody missed a last second jumper for Miami tonight, but that's because they lost by 9.
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At least nobody missed a last second jumper for Miami tonight, but that's because they lost by 9.
http://www.didtheheatcrylastnight.com/
It's so hard to be king
If they continue the slide, the beatings will be worse.
We're trying to throw the ball downfield and he checked the ball down to Trent Richardson and the Indians on the choice.
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Man, Wade is throwing everybody under the bus, real backhanded-like, in the postgame presser.
"I know I'm going to be aggressive, I know LeBron's going to be aggressive...we've got to figure a way to get Chris to be more aggressive"
"we've got guys on the bench that can help us...but the lineups are up to [Spoelstra]"
LeBron: "its just a dry spell...every team goes through it"
...the Cavs of the last three years didn't go through it!
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Wow ..... just amazing. Getting back to the Cavaliers ...... they seem to be developing the one thing the Heat lack ..... and that's depth. They very well might be a better team than Miami in a couple of years. Look at what they are starting to put together as far as young talent. Guys like Samuels, Eyenga, and Sessions .... to go with guys they have acquired who appear to have size and potential in Erden and Harangody ...... then add in a pair of younger veteran bigs like Varejao and Hickson and you appear to have some solid pieces. Even guys like Alonzo Gee and Manny Harris have shown some ability, and might be able to be part of a package that could help fill a need next year. They're not "all stars at every position", but a good team needs more than that. These guys are, at least, complimentary pieces, and some might even be starters on a contending team. They also have 2 2nd round picks coming up, and might be able to package up some of the younger "extra" guys to a team in need of youth to gain some additional assets. Imagine if Philly wants cap relief, and says to the Cavaliers, "We want to get younger, and want to get rid of a tough contract like Andre Iguodala, and we want a couple of young, inexpensive players, and a draft pick in return. There have been reports that the Sixers may look to move him after the season, and originally wanted to during the season, but then started winning, so that screwed up that plan. lol The Cavaliers could offer youth plus their trade exemption after the season to take Iguodala's contract off the Sixer's books. Add in a high end veteran like Iguodala, and a couple of young high end players .... mixed with a nice young group of complimentary players and this turnaround could happen quicker than many predicted. Or am I just dreaming here? 
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Man, Wade is throwing everybody under the bus, real backhanded-like, in the postgame presser.
"I know I'm going to be aggressive, I know LeBron's going to be aggressive...we've got to figure a way to get Chris to be more aggressive"
"we've got guys on the bench that can help us...but the lineups are up to [Spoelstra]"
LeBron: "its just a dry spell...every team goes through it"
...the Cavs of the last three years didn't go through it!
I've thought it for quite a while, whether I said it or not, I don't know. But, if the heat doesn't win it all this year, the coach will be the scapegoat. Mark my words.
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You're certainly not dreaming. I've been pretty impressed by what Eyenga, Samuels, Harris and Gee have shown in flashes. What they lack will come largely with experience. I mean, there are nights when the Cavs are starting multiple rookie UDFAs. I'm loving what Ramon Sessions has shown, and even JJ seems to have gotten his head out of his ass since the break. Add to that two likely-top-ten picks as part of five picks over the next two years, plus a couple extra first rounders further down the road, plus some big expiring deals in the next couple years, plus a $14+ million TPE, plus cap space, and what this team finally has is options. Seriously, when was the last time we had options like this? I'm not saying I want to experience <15 win seasons regularly, but the front office can go in a number of different ways in order to improve the team for the long term. I'll be anxiously awaiting to see what happens with the CBA over the next few months.
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If you're dreaming of championships, then yes. If you're dreaming of one and done playoff appearances, then no.
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Why?
The Cavaliers could come out of the draft with 2 top tier players, and if they do manage to pull off a trade using their exemption, they could have 3 top end type players. Add that to a solid nucleus and suddenly this could be a contending team.
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You're not dreaming at all. We've got a nice base, and we're about to draft two of the best college players in the country. - Just wait until the NCAA tourney hits, then America will get a good look at some of the talented young guys. - And the Cavs will bring in two of them. Which means that the Cavs popularity will bounce back, and Dan Gilbert can expect to sell some tickets this year. So, again, take the base we have now, then add two of the top young players coming out of college, then take into account that we have all sorts of options as far as cap space, and that we have an owner who does whatever it takes, and I feel it's safe to say that we are looking at a championship caliber team in two years. - The kind of team that will be title contenders for a long time. Look what I just read: Lebron James and Dwayne Wade score 69 points, but the Heat fall to Trailblazers. Two guys..69 points...loss. - How bad must the rest of that team be? Apparently really, really, really, bad.
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Getting back to the Cavaliers ...... they seem to be developing the one thing the Heat lack ..... and that's depth. They very well might be a better team than Miami in a couple of years.
We just might...I'm liking what we've got available draft wise...
At 1 or 2 we can get a STUD...At 8 or so a SOLID player...
Jamison should bring something solid...So should Davis...
Add another top 5 pick next year and we might just coax a top tier FA here...
Man I'd LOVE to get Howard here...We'd BEAT-DOWN Miami...
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You're not dreaming at all.
This is like watching Tribe fans talk about baseball.....
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This is like watching Tribe fans talk about baseball.....
Not really. It's slightly below how we would talk if the Browns had multiple 1st and 2nd round picks for the next 4 or 5 years.
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now bosh is complaining about his role in this thing. it's gettin a little ugly down there.
and to think, the playoffs haven't even started yet. how bad is it going to get when they get bumped out?
i tend to not go with the general consensus on issues, but how can you not agree that the heat deserve everything they are getting after that garbage we all saw the night after the decision?
there is no doubt spoelstra is gone after the season. anything short of a trip to the finals (probably) and he's gonna be someone's assistant next year, at best.
i'm not even sure pat riley wants to deal with the hand that spoelstra has been dealt. who would go and coach them? i don't think it'd be anyone of great status? jerry sloan wouldn't go and coach that.. after what happened in utah? not a chance. larry brown? come on now... i think nellie would probably be a good fit, but the guy is 70 and i don't think he'd even want that.
seriously, can anyone name a coach with a reputation that would go there?
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seriously, can anyone name a coach with a reputation that would go there?
Pat Riley
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hahahahahahaha
and to steve, i said i wasn't even sure riley would want to deal with this. he might have to because nobody with any rep is going to want to deal with that.
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ah, sorry. I missed that. Bear in mind, though, that it was Riley that dealt the hand. Him creepily grinning with his fingers in his mouth at their title celebration I think says he thinks they should win. I'm sure he thinks he can make them win.
And about Spoelstra saying the crap about "nobody's on our bandwagon anymore," GMADB. You (the Heat) are the bandwagon. Everything about the way that team wa built, right down to Lebron's tweets as they were signing new players, all the way up to the more recent hirings of Dampier and Bibby, is bandwagon all the way.
I guess if he means they're off their own bandwagon, he might be right.
BTW, my wife yesterday while I was watching the highlights asked "why does their logo look like a saggy n*tsack?"
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I wonder if ESPN will have a "Heat Index" next year ........ or if they'll have a weather forecast instead ........ "Heated, with raging hot air and precipitation in the form of lots of tears coming out of the Miami locker room .............."
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ah, sorry. I missed that. Bear in mind, though, that it was Riley that dealt the hand. Him creepily grinning with his fingers in his mouth at their title celebration I think says he thinks they should win. I'm sure he thinks he can make them win.
And about Spoelstra saying the crap about "nobody's on our bandwagon anymore," GMADB. You (the Heat) are the bandwagon. Everything about the way that team wa built, right down to Lebron's tweets as they were signing new players, all the way up to the more recent hirings of Dampier and Bibby, is bandwagon all the way.
I guess if he means they're off their own bandwagon, he might be right.
BTW, my wife yesterday while I was watching the highlights asked "why does their logo look like a saggy n*tsack?"
the thing is, i kinda disagree about him bringing those guys together to think they should win. i think he just thought it'd create a circus that would benefit him either way...
the funny thing is. the so-so moves of bibby, dampier, etc... were more about wanting to win than the move of lbj and bosh... if you think about it. the motivation anyway.
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Maybe Antonio McDyess or Kurt Thomas will be next. Aren't they always thrown onto a team to get over the hump?
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haha. it wouldn't shock me at all.
i mean really, do you kinda buy what i am saying about riley?
i wouldn't be surprised if he's not surprised that it's going this way and that it could get worse.
i think he figured that win and he looks like a genius and also the slithery snake that he is. lose? he can just throw his hands up and say hey, i brought in the best talent on the market in 2010, what more do you want from me? but either way it brought attention, which brought money. national tv games. ad revenue, etc, etc...
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A draft that is the weakest in a decade.
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That team you are describing cannot contend with the Bulls, Lakers, or Thunder any time soon. They would most likely be trapped in the Hawks, Magic, Trail Blazers zone. Good enough to make the playoffs and move on a round. But not a title contender.
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i know everyone says this draft is the weakest in forever, but let's wait for the tournament to play out first.
i'm more worried about there being a lockout and we are stuck with mostly seniors. although i believe we would be lined up in the next lotto if a full season is missed.
the cavs will be back. it is just going to take time.
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i know everyone says this draft is the weakest in forever, but let's wait for the tournament to play out first.
We should know by now, after 30 games played, which guys are good.
The tournament will only reinforce what we already know.
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Throw a great PG (which #1 would bring) along with another solid big, and add a guy like Iguodala in a trade for salary relief, a pick, and maybe a couple of young players .... and suddenly you're looking at a team with some real potential.
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Agreed ... this isn't the 2003 draft. It's not like we can walk away with a Lebron James and Dwyane Wade with two top picks. Think more like the 2006 draft. There were no run-away favorites for top picks and the best player in college was Adam Morrison, who people weren't sure if he could translate it into NBA skills (like Jimmer Fredette). Out of that draft, the only All-Star was Brandon Roy (he went #6), and he's not exactly going to lead a team to a Championship. So say that draft translates exactly to this years draft ... and we nail both picks (as well as we can) We'd probably wind up with LeMarcus Aldridge and Brandon Roy. That's not putting us anywhere near a championship. In their rookie year, we're likely still going to get crushed, but lets say all the young guys play well, and we work ourselves out of the worst in the NBA position Enough to get a high pick, but not #1. Looking at the 2007 draft, best case scenerio, we'd get Al Horford or Joakim Noah. Even with those three hypothetical draft picks, we'd be the Atlanta Hawks-north, just like crfs is saying. So yes, you're dreaming. I guess best case "dream" scenerio is that we take someone like PG Irving and Enes/Sullinger/Random-Big-Man that falls to us. Hope that Irving has a "Rondo" type epiphany in 2 or three years and Random-Big-Man develops into someone like Al Horford. But, fortunatly we suck just enough to get the #1 pick NEXT year ... and amazingly someone like Dwight Howard/Kevin Durant appears.
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1. I know at one point the 76ers were thinking about trading Iguodala. Right now they are 33-30. Wouldn't they want to try and add some pieces instead of trading away one of their best players who has finally figured out his role?
2. The worst record does not guarantee the 1st pick. The lottery has been around since 1985. Since then the team with the worst record has only won the lottery four times.
3. IF the Cavs got the #1 pick. IF they somehow got a quality player through trade. IF they got a "solid big". With all that they would still barely be a playoff team. In the NBA you need top 10 players to win (except for the 2003-04 Pistons who beat a Laker team that hated each other).
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We'll see what happens. I am rooting for a Sixers collapse and/or a rapid exit from the playoffs ...... followed by an increased luxury tax.
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