I just saw that Gilbert Arenas is the 3rd highest paid NBA player and 30th overall in the world at $22M. And he hasn't played in 2 years! And he gets another $22M next year!
Also, it is not a good sign that Phillies management is any good at contract negotiations if I've never heard of Cole Hamels and he is in this list. Granted I don't watch a ton of baseball, but I'm fully aware of everyone else on that list.
Cole Hamels won MVP in the 2008 World Series. I think he won MVP in 2008 for the National League Championship Series too.
son, cole hamels was the mvp of the 2008 world series and one of the very best left handed pitchers in the world. you should know who cole hamels is.
I just saw that Gilbert Arenas is the 3rd highest paid NBA player and 30th overall in the world at $22M. And he hasn't played in 2 years! And he gets another $22M next year!
Also, it is not a good sign that Phillies management is any good at contract negotiations if I've never heard of Cole Hamels and he is in this list. Granted I don't watch a ton of baseball, but I'm fully aware of everyone else on that list.
Cole Hamels won MVP in the 2008 World Series. I think he won MVP in 2008 for the National League Championship Series too.
son, cole hamels was the mvp of the 2008 world series and one of the very best left handed pitchers in the world. you should know who cole hamels is.
Larry Brown won a championship MVP yet I'm sure anyone reading this thread has to google Larry Brown to figure out which sport he was involved with.
I just did a sanity test and I asked my friend sitting next to me if he knew who Cole Hamels is ... He had no idea.
I just saw that Gilbert Arenas is the 3rd highest paid NBA player and 30th overall in the world at $22M. And he hasn't played in 2 years! And he gets another $22M next year!
Also, it is not a good sign that Phillies management is any good at contract negotiations if I've never heard of Cole Hamels and he is in this list. Granted I don't watch a ton of baseball, but I'm fully aware of everyone else on that list.
Cole Hamels won MVP in the 2008 World Series. I think he won MVP in 2008 for the National League Championship Series too.
son, cole hamels was the mvp of the 2008 world series and one of the very best left handed pitchers in the world. you should know who cole hamels is.
Larry Brown won a championship MVP yet I'm sure anyone reading this thread has to google Larry Brown to figure out which sport he was involved with.
I just did a sanity test and I asked my friend sitting next to me if he knew who Cole Hamels is ... He had no idea.
1. what? if you are pursuing the "NBA" thread and do not know who larry brown is, you've got problems. 2. you and your friend are clearly communists and should be deported henceforth.
1.its a different Larry Brown 2. agreed...it's hard to believe that anybody that's followed sports over the last 5 years doesn't know Hamels, unless they turn the channel any time baseball pops up on the screen....hell, that's what I do with soccer and I've unfortunately learned a few names.
I just saw that Gilbert Arenas is the 3rd highest paid NBA player and 30th overall in the world at $22M. And he hasn't played in 2 years! And he gets another $22M next year!
Also, it is not a good sign that Phillies management is any good at contract negotiations if I've never heard of Cole Hamels and he is in this list. Granted I don't watch a ton of baseball, but I'm fully aware of everyone else on that list.
Cole Hamels won MVP in the 2008 World Series. I think he won MVP in 2008 for the National League Championship Series too.
son, cole hamels was the mvp of the 2008 world series and one of the very best left handed pitchers in the world. you should know who cole hamels is.
Larry Brown won a championship MVP yet I'm sure anyone reading this thread has to google Larry Brown to figure out which sport he was involved with.
I just did a sanity test and I asked my friend sitting next to me if he knew who Cole Hamels is ... He had no idea.
1. what? if you are pursuing the "NBA" thread and do not know who larry brown is, you've got problems. 2. you and your friend are clearly communists and should be deported henceforth.
I just saw that Gilbert Arenas is the 3rd highest paid NBA player and 30th overall in the world at $22M. And he hasn't played in 2 years! And he gets another $22M next year!
Also, it is not a good sign that Phillies management is any good at contract negotiations if I've never heard of Cole Hamels and he is in this list. Granted I don't watch a ton of baseball, but I'm fully aware of everyone else on that list.
Cole Hamels won MVP in the 2008 World Series. I think he won MVP in 2008 for the National League Championship Series too.
son, cole hamels was the mvp of the 2008 world series and one of the very best left handed pitchers in the world. you should know who cole hamels is.
Larry Brown won a championship MVP yet I'm sure anyone reading this thread has to google Larry Brown to figure out which sport he was involved with.
I just did a sanity test and I asked my friend sitting next to me if he knew who Cole Hamels is ... He had no idea.
1. what? if you are pursuing the "NBA" thread and do not know who larry brown is, you've got problems. 2. you and your friend are clearly communists and should be deported henceforth.
Wrong Larry Brown
ah, yes. nba thread, i thought you meant the coach.
but again, comparing dallas' larry brown whose career fizzled out the moment that game ended, to one of the best lefties in the game is asinine. i think you would agree with that.
Agree. More of a matter that I live in an area devoid of a MLB team, thus not many follow the game closely. Combine that with the fact that I can't stand watching sportscenter anymore, that is why he was off my radar. It appears he is good after researching him.
The seven road wins in Games One and Two have already tied an NBA record. The only other time seven road wins happened in Games One and Two of the first round were in 1993, 10 years before the format moved from best-of-five to best-of-seven.
Reading 2004
Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016 Fenway 2, 2018 MSG 2022 St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023 MSG 2024, MSG 2024 Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
i know racism is born from ignorance but I just don't get it ... why the heck would you date a half-black girl and own a franchise where all your key employees are black!???
Good point by Bill Simmons that the NBA kinda catered to Sterling by directing Chris Paul to him when they've known he's been a shitty owner and a racist for decades.
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Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
D'Alessandro: Donald Sterling's candid moment? It's business as usual, and NBA business is often ugly
Adam Silver has a parade of laudable business partners that he inherited from his morally ambiguous predecessor, David Stern.
The new NBA commissioner has a business partner in Washington who doesn’t know the difference between a tax code and "class warfare," who bribes bloggers, slugs fans, bulldozes the neighboring Chinatown population into Virginia so he can help put up more Hooters, and asserts that we should all be grateful for the privilege of subsidizing his team.
He has a business partner in Orlando who is so righteous he has poured millions into anti-gay marriage initiatives, because gays "keep asking for favors" and "special treatment," and marriage is "not vital to them, in my opinion."
He has a business partner in Cleveland that made billions in the mortgage business, many of them by passing subprime loans along to the ultimate thieves, Countrywide, which greased the derivative machine that helped destroy the global economy.
He has a business partner in Oklahoma City who made his billions through fracking, which has been linked to everything from toxic drinking water to earthquakes to climate change, and then screwed landowners out of their royalties when business went bad.
He has a business partner in Brooklyn who is an oligarch, that special kind of patriot who uses political connections to grab billions in state-owned assets for micropennies on the dollar, leaving much of the population to starve in the feudal cesspool left behind.
And yes, he has a business partner in Los Angeles who is a slumlord that refused to rent to minorities because they are "not desirable tenants," and because "black tenants smell and attract vermin," and "Mexicans sit around and drink all day," leading to a humongous settlement of a federal housing lawsuit; and who has some scary attitudes toward women, which has led to harassment suits and yet more settlements.
We’re not here to put Donald Sterling’s racism on a scale with other social sins practiced by Silver’s business partners, which stretch from here to Seattle.
We can only remind you that everyone already knew that Sterling was a despicable human being. If you didn't know it, you simply weren't paying attention, or – like Stern and Silver and everyone else in the NBA – you chose not to care.
Racism is an indelible part of what he is. If he issues a thousand mea-culpas today, nothing changes that. He has stood courtside with a what-me-worry visage for decades, because he is part of a lunatic fraternity that always embraced him as a bit eccentric, but always One of Ours.
So we find this latest example of Sterling spewing his usual vile nonsense not even remotely interesting, or as anything but redundant. This is Donald Sterling we’re talking about. What TMZ captured on tape is not a smoking gun. It is a longstanding business practice.
Yet his remarks have received a ton of attention, because the people who do business with him suddenly cannot overlook the fact that he is a public embarrassment and a risk to their virtuous enterprise.
(Pause here for eye roll.)
Only two things should vex these Men of Basketball.
One: They never denounced Sterling a decade ago, when his odious viewpoints were already a part of the public record — yet the players took his money, his partners shared in his largesse, and the fans subsidized his business.
Two: They don’t seem to care that all this evidence of bigotry was obtained via an egregious invasion of Donald the Clown’s privacy, which is a candor test that absolutely none of these Men of Basketball would be able to pass.
So, better late than never, we go to the torches and pitchforks. Donald has everyone fired up just by being the despicable human being that he is, so expect Silver to punish him for, essentially, free speech. He has the authority to do that within the framework of the NBA constitution — because, you know, Sterling’s latest behavior isn’t in the best interests of the league.
Just let the record show that until Saturday morning, it was just fine.
The public response was outrage, and, sure, mostly proportionate. As for the punishment, most of us scratch our heads like LeBron James, the league’s commercial colossus, who says, "There is no room for Donald Sterling in our league."
Try to keep up, young fella. Clearly, there’s abundant room for all types in your league.
The other primary cash cow, Michael Jordan, was one of the first owners who had the guts to speak up in the first 24 hours. But MJ, not exactly the world’s foremost expert on perspective, concluded his statement with, "In a league where the majority of players are African-American, we cannot and must not tolerate discrimination at any level."
It wouldn’t matter if there was one black player, or two. Discrimination is intolerable, period. Unless one of your business partners is Donald Sterling.
If I had known then what I know now...
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i know racism is born from ignorance but I just don't get it ... why the heck would you date a half-black girl and own a franchise where all your key employees are black!???
Simply to DS they are ALL just possessions to him.
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So every series is going to game 7 except the Heat?
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
So every series is going to game 7 except the Heat?
wizards are already through ...
oh yes, thought i was forgetting someone else but wasn't sure.
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
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I just did a sanity test and I asked my friend sitting next to me if he knew who Cole Hamels is ... He had no idea.
2. you and your friend are clearly communists and should be deported henceforth.
2. agreed...it's hard to believe that anybody that's followed sports over the last 5 years doesn't know Hamels, unless they turn the channel any time baseball pops up on the screen....hell, that's what I do with soccer and I've unfortunately learned a few names.
but again, comparing dallas' larry brown whose career fizzled out the moment that game ended, to one of the best lefties in the game is asinine. i think you would agree with that.
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Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
Fenway 2, 2018
MSG 2022
St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
MSG 2024, MSG 2024
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"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
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Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
Fenway 2, 2018
MSG 2022
St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
MSG 2024, MSG 2024
Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
Adam Silver has a parade of laudable business partners that he inherited from his morally ambiguous predecessor, David Stern.
The new NBA commissioner has a business partner in Washington who doesn’t know the difference between a tax code and "class warfare," who bribes bloggers, slugs fans, bulldozes the neighboring Chinatown population into Virginia so he can help put up more Hooters, and asserts that we should all be grateful for the privilege of subsidizing his team.
He has a business partner in Orlando who is so righteous he has poured millions into anti-gay marriage initiatives, because gays "keep asking for favors" and "special treatment," and marriage is "not vital to them, in my opinion."
He has a business partner in Cleveland that made billions in the mortgage business, many of them by passing subprime loans along to the ultimate thieves, Countrywide, which greased the derivative machine that helped destroy the global economy.
He has a business partner in Oklahoma City who made his billions through fracking, which has been linked to everything from toxic drinking water to earthquakes to climate change, and then screwed landowners out of their royalties when business went bad.
He has a business partner in Brooklyn who is an oligarch, that special kind of patriot who uses political connections to grab billions in state-owned assets for micropennies on the dollar, leaving much of the population to starve in the feudal cesspool left behind.
And yes, he has a business partner in Los Angeles who is a slumlord that refused to rent to minorities because they are "not desirable tenants," and because "black tenants smell and attract vermin," and "Mexicans sit around and drink all day," leading to a humongous settlement of a federal housing lawsuit; and who has some scary attitudes toward women, which has led to harassment suits and yet more settlements.
We’re not here to put Donald Sterling’s racism on a scale with other social sins practiced by Silver’s business partners, which stretch from here to Seattle.
We can only remind you that everyone already knew that Sterling was a despicable human being. If you didn't know it, you simply weren't paying attention, or – like Stern and Silver and everyone else in the NBA – you chose not to care.
Racism is an indelible part of what he is. If he issues a thousand mea-culpas today, nothing changes that. He has stood courtside with a what-me-worry visage for decades, because he is part of a lunatic fraternity that always embraced him as a bit eccentric, but always One of Ours.
So we find this latest example of Sterling spewing his usual vile nonsense not even remotely interesting, or as anything but redundant. This is Donald Sterling we’re talking about. What TMZ captured on tape is not a smoking gun. It is a longstanding business practice.
Yet his remarks have received a ton of attention, because the people who do business with him suddenly cannot overlook the fact that he is a public embarrassment and a risk to their virtuous enterprise.
(Pause here for eye roll.)
Only two things should vex these Men of Basketball.
One: They never denounced Sterling a decade ago, when his odious viewpoints were already a part of the public record — yet the players took his money, his partners shared in his largesse, and the fans subsidized his business.
Two: They don’t seem to care that all this evidence of bigotry was obtained via an egregious invasion of Donald the Clown’s privacy, which is a candor test that absolutely none of these Men of Basketball would be able to pass.
So, better late than never, we go to the torches and pitchforks. Donald has everyone fired up just by being the despicable human being that he is, so expect Silver to punish him for, essentially, free speech. He has the authority to do that within the framework of the NBA constitution — because, you know, Sterling’s latest behavior isn’t in the best interests of the league.
Just let the record show that until Saturday morning, it was just fine.
The public response was outrage, and, sure, mostly proportionate. As for the punishment, most of us scratch our heads like LeBron James, the league’s commercial colossus, who says, "There is no room for Donald Sterling in our league."
Try to keep up, young fella. Clearly, there’s abundant room for all types in your league.
The other primary cash cow, Michael Jordan, was one of the first owners who had the guts to speak up in the first 24 hours. But MJ, not exactly the world’s foremost expert on perspective, concluded his statement with, "In a league where the majority of players are African-American, we cannot and must not tolerate discrimination at any level."
It wouldn’t matter if there was one black player, or two. Discrimination is intolerable, period. Unless one of your business partners is Donald Sterling.
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10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
Pearl Jam bootlegs:
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10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA