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To be fair, Shaq never won a ring until Kobe rose to All-star status. Unless that was sarcasm.

And the Rockets won the championship the year before Drexler got there.

I'm probably not going to come up with anything for this week, so whoever needs to use the GPX go ahead.

I hope they're really not blowing that feud off on free TV.

Of course now I have to remember to tape game 7, since the Spurs couldn't get it done on my night off.

Ralph Sampson started in 83, unless you're not counting that now or something. And I think I remember that call a *little* bit now that Ripper mentioned it. I'd have to see it to really pass judgement, though.

And someone will have to explain the bad call in the Bulls-Knicks series to me...I've heard about it but never saw it. I only remember the bad calls against the Pacers.

Oh relax Lushus, I wasn't being a smartass at all. The fact that you, a Knick fan, posted right before that was a coincidence. It also hasn't been mentioned that when the Bulls lost to the Pistons in '90, it was Scottie that had the migranes the last couple games and couldn't play up to standards.

Since the argument against Pippen seems to be that he couldn't win on his own, where are the complaints about Patrick Ewing being in the top ten?

The finals are 2-3-2, remember.

Didn't Chambers start before 84, though. This list is players whose entire careers happened since 84.

McDonald's - double cheeseburger Hardee's - chili cheeseburger if it's in, if not I usually get some slammers. Wendy's - classic double or triple A & W - deluxe bacon double All of the above should be meat & cheese only (and chili, in the case of the chili burger). I usually get fish at BK and spicy chicken at Wendy's.

I'm not the president of Pippen's fan club or anything, but Jesus, give me a break, you guys. Detlef Schrempf and Glen Rice? I'm a big fan of both those guys, but you've got to be shitting me if you honestly think Pippen ranks with those guys. I don't really like to dwell on personal achievements too much, but what was posted above really speaks for itself. Granted, I think some of the All-defensive berths really are given out on reputation after you've been selected two or three times, but Pippen is 5th all-time in steals, and with 25 more of them would be third. And the eight first-teams in a row, without looking it up, I believe is unmatched. And he *did* make the Bulls a threat the year after Jordan retired, but no one was going to overcome Stern's "I'LL GET THE KNICKS TO THE FINALS OR DIE TRYING" campaign in '94. I could very easily have bought them winning a fourth straight that year. Pippen is top 15 at the absolute lowest.

Labor talks making progress

Minnesota hired Seattle assistant Dwayne Casey as head coach. Perhaps one of our Sonic fans can shed some light on this.

Cleveland waives Lucious Harris and declines to pick up the option on Robert Traylor. Miami picks up Alonzo Mourning's option.

I was planning on doing something involving the GPX, but I'm not sure what yet.

*puts Hoff's hand in a bucket of water*

Wait for it... I might do something this week.

Besides, it's not like it matters if they were just going to dump him anyway.

I've got a hold of the Pierce article, thanks to bravesfan.

Oh yeah, I left out a pretty important part, which is Boston would then buyout Van Exel and go after Allen or Redd in free agency.

A rumor has Paul Pierce going to Portland in exchange for Nick Van Exel and the No. 3 pick in the draft. I'm still working on getting an article for this, as I don't have ESPN Insider.

Calbert Cheaney exercised his option to stay with the Warriors. I'll be editing the first post to reflect this stuff.