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Good pick Alf, thats where I was going next.

Alonzo Mourning's wife is tall.

Beat their asses!

I don't know, man, they have the LARGEST FIREWORKS DISPLAY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER!!!!!!!!!!!! in Portland during the 4th of July. If we become another country, we're gonna have to figure out a way to keep that.

Especially since the Democratic party doesn't really nominate people who have lost the primary before... the VP spot would be Edward's best shot at eventually becoming President.

Nice pick. Czech is up, KOAB and Pembleton each have two picks whenever.

Yeah man, I grew up in Beaverton... and I love it as a man loves a hometown... but fuck Hillsboro. Also, BUTT-fuck Hillsboro. Portland, however... I'm coming back in three days for the summer. I cant wait.

I guess it's back to Broward, then. We're not going to wait 48 hours.

KOAB or Pembleton are both free to make their picks!

Whatever, man, cheese quesadillas and 7 layer crunch wraps are good to eat.

That IS weird. How's his stamina?

Hahahaha, I love that you've got pictures of him holding puppies and standing with his family. Good pick.

I like Olberman. Just saying.

A win! 33-0! Pitched a shut-out, good job defense.

Pau Gasol - Forward/Center I wanted Smits, but I'll take this seven foot foreigner, instead. Honestly, he's a better fit for my team. 20 points/9 rebounds/5 assists/2 blocks... coming off the bench to play solid defense in the triangle system... I'll take it. Also, he's been a rookie of the year, an all-star, yadda.

Aww, I was gonna pick Smits. Back to the ol' db.

He was one of my favorite players back in the day.

He got along well enough and for long enough to win three rings and make a run at another. On top of that, neither Vince Carter nor Tracy McGrady are Kobe Bryant. Both of those guys have played with other superstars, and done it fairly well. T-Mac with Yao and Vince with Ason Kidd.

I already said "it's his money and he can do what he wants with it". What bugs me a little is the unspoken implication that there is no school currently in existence which is good enough to teach his oh-so-gifted kids. I mean, opening his own new school, is that really necessary? And I've always found the general idea of rich folks sending their kids off to also be elitist. It's understandable if you live in an area where the public schools are complete shite and there's a massive difference between the two. But it makes me think back to my high school years, when I lived in a rich town full of rich kids. The public school I went to there actually scored higher on test scores and related subjects than the two local private schools (our sports teams regularly kicked their asses, too). Yet some parents would still spend untold thousands of dollars for their kids to go get an inferior education, just because Private Is Better somehow. Firstly, you're still assuming that all these families just have one kid. Secondly, just because you're making 92K on paper doesn't mean you can throw away 12K per year (or 24K, or 36K...) on something like this. With the standard of living cost so high in Cali, and whatever taxes or debt they might have which drags that number down further, it's not hard for a person who makes that much to not have much disposable income. I'm not assuming anything. You're assuming they're going to send all of their kids to the same private school. Let's just head this off at the pass before we keep arguing past each other. I'm saying they CAN afford it, you're saying they SHOULDN'T spend the money on tuition. That's something I would agree with you on in certain cases. Where I grew up, the public schools were great. I'm like you, the public school I went to had better test scores than the Jesuit High School that was the private school of note in the area. The problem in this specific case is the schools in California are garbage balls, and what makes this seem even LESS elitist to me is that the school seems like a good idea.

I was debating taking him when I picked Paul Pierce... It was between him, Pierce or McGrady. I didn't want to take T-Mac or Carter because of their atittude problems... Where as I took Pierce because he would play great with my team and has the right kinda attitude to be succesful. I wouldn't say T-Mac has an attitude problem. I think it's more that he just can't handle being 'the' guy. On a proverbial all-star team such as all of these are, he'd be ideal. Well another factor is he folds under pressure, although I have Isiah Thomas who would shoulder all of the pressure... I just felt Pierce is a better fit for my team. Oh I like Pierce better too. My point was just that the issues plaguing Vince and T-Mac are very different. Vince can be 'the' guy under pressure and carry his team to greatness, he chooses not to. Tracy just can't do it. Eh, I wanted to put together three guys who can pour it into the basket who I can rotate in at the 2 and 3. I got that. Neither T-Mac or VC have to be the guy, here. I've got Shaq, I've got Gervin. On top of that, I've got Phil Jackson, one of the great motivators. He'll give Vince The Art of War and T-Mac the "What If..." comics where The Hulk kills Wolverine and call it a day.

I think this guy's starting to anger me Naw, he's not so bad. Just bitches a lot about nancy shit. Everything I've seen outside of this thread has been aces.

Okay... I'll bite. SG Vince Carter 8 Time All-Star 2 Time All-NBA Slam Dunk Champion 1999 ROY 2000 Gold Medalist Career Highs: Points – 51 (2 Times) Field Goals Made – 20 vs. Milwaukee 01/14/00 Field Goals Attempted – 36 @ Philadelphia 01/21/01 Three Point Field Goals Made – 9 vs. Memphis 12/11/06 Three Point Field Goals Attempted – 20 vs. Memphis 12/11/06 Free Throws Made – 23 @ Miami 12/23/05 Free Throws Attempted – 27 @ Phoenix 12/30/00 Offensive Rebounds – 8 vs. Chicago 11/05/05 Defensive Rebounds – 13 (2 Times) Total Rebounds – 16 vs. Washington 04/07/07 Assists – 13 @ Golden State 01/24/07 Steals – 6 (2 Times) Blocks – 6 vs. Chicago 03/28/99 Insane athlete, arguably the finest dunker to ever set foot in the NBA, and a prolific scorer. He shoots a high percentage from 3, especially in his prime, and he's being reunited with his cousin. You may not like him, especially some of you Canucks, but you have to guard him... just not with a 7 foot French guy.

We're talking can afford, or can afford and still get some jet skis? Median household income was $46,000 or so in 2005... and that's the whole US. In California, where this school is, it's more around $65,000. For families of four? It's $74,000! In '06, the income went up... Census Median Income By State. The top 20% in the United States? $92,000 average income! 15.8% of U.S. households made six figures or more... these are people who can afford $12,000 in tuition. Not to mention, my original statement was to be taken relative to tuition in general... so.. this whole thing turned into another argument altogether. Another argument you were wrong about, but another argument all the same.

Are you kidding? 90% of American households couldn't afford that, especially if they had more than one kid. I would define that as "a whole lot". I'm not saying it's a bad thing and we should fart in his general direction for it. But... buying your own school and running it the way you want because you don't trust any currently existing schools with your kids? It just seems kinda pretentious and elitist to me, but hey, it's his money and he can do what he wants with it. 90% of America, huh? With all due respect, I don't think that number is accurate at all. It's actually more around $12,000 per year for the school, too, which is average for non-sectarian private schools... so... it isn't any more elitist and pretentious than private school as a whole. Aside from the facts, I don't really understand your opinion about this being elitist and pretentious. Will Smith obviously has money, what should he spend it on, in your opinion? More beach houses? Cars? Should he donate it to one of the already well-established private schools that already exist for privilaged children in LA? If you think THIS is elitist, then in your opinion, it seems anything short of anonymous charity would be elitist . You, sir, are guilty of hatin'.

Alright, Spike Lee probably has a point here, but I fucking hate this shit. I went to a movie premiere around here, it was this super low budget project that some dude had been working on for ten years. It had Dante from Clerks and Aly Sheedy and the Green Ranger in it and it was pretty funny, you could tell the guy who made it was thrilled that it was finished... and he went up to take questions about it and the first question was a black chick asking "WHY WEREN'T THERE ANY BLACK PEOPLE IN YOUR FILM!?" and the guy just looked deflated. Guess what, bitch, not every movie has to have a black person in it! Fucking retarded... this is different, since it's big budget and all, but it just reminded me...