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I am happy Terence Howard got the nod, but I am routing for Phillip Seymour Hoffman because the guy has been incredibly good in everything he has played in. Which of course mean that Phoenix will probably win it. Matt Dillon, I want to win, Paul Giamatti I want to win. Though I liked Dillon performance this year better, Paul needs to be recognized.

I actually think that the Timberwolves are going to be pretty good now. Mark Blount looks like he wants to play, Ricky Davis is going to be Ricky Davis and if they keep Marcus Banks or trade him for Reggie Evans and/or Flip Murray, they might sneak into the playoffs and have a future.

I had no problem with Kevin until he fucked up my ability to search for big BUTT brazillian porn. Now Google is worthless. Now I hate the guy.

Okay, i have gotten it to show up on NBA but when it ask where to load draft class from, it still only goes to the College Hoops directories to look for it. I am not putting the file in the right place?

Suns were just missing too many people today. Without Raja Bell, and Thomas and Diaw getting into foul trouble so early, I expected a bigger loss. I am starting to wonder what the fuck Jim Jackson did to Mike D'Antoni because he refuses to play him no matter what.

UM, no, don't do it. Real life you take Wallace, in fantasy land Webber is more likely to getting a 30+ points and double digit rebounds. Wallace is on a more balanced team and his big games are fewer and further between.

If he does I will be the first to buy it. I mean seriously, between Death is Certain, the M.I.C. Mixtape and Independents Day, he has one hell of a run going with incredibly good albums.

Um...you want to share? You have to manually copy it to NBA's saves. It's in TDATA or UDATA, one of those. I forget which number folder is College Hoops and NBA, too. Download some roster file online, and you can see. I'm afraid you have no idea what I'm talking about. I know what you mean. I don't have the game saved to my HD, so I guess I will have to reburn the game? Thats alot for one draft class, but He thats what I want to do so hells yeah. Thanks. But would that load as a draft class or would this be the players just added to the games Free Agent pool?

Tripod told you so?

The suns were collapsing in the lane, shutting down most or all drives and post up opportuitys so they needed some people that could hit the outside shot on the court. Kapono hit a few for them, but not as well as they would have hoped. I am pumped that the suns got Tskitishvili. I wanted him there last year and I wanted them to sign him the off season, so now they have a guy that is a 7 footer, can run the floor and can flat out shoot the open jumper. He will do very well in phoenix As for the Boston deal...Minnesota comes off like bandits if they can get in the playoffs and make that 1st rounder no big deal. Blount is a upgrade from Kandi, although I know you Bostonites hate him. Davis is a upgrade from Wally because although he can't shoot as consistantly as Wally, he can actually play D. Hopefully that will mean they won't have to start Trenton Hassell to pick up the slack defensively and play a guy like Jaric at the 2 and Banks at the point. For Boston, I have no doubt that Wally's scoring is going to jump. But when it jumps all they are going to have is the same points that Ricky gave them, without the defense. Kandi will be a downgrade from Blount, and while West is the man, who exactly is going to back him up? Did they call up Will Bynum from the D league?

Just to play devil's advocate here, if Kobe's a superior defender and an opposing player is ripping apart the defense, why isn't Kobe guarding him? Because Phil wants Kobe to use most of his energy on the offensive side, because quite frankly no one else on the Lakers is playing up to standards. And also isn't Bibby a point guard? Why would Kobe guard the point guard? That's Smush Parkers job. Because Bibby was anally raping Smush and Kevin Martin was just kinda standing there watching everything so Phil made Kobe stop wasting his time and sent him over to be anally raped by Bibby also. And he was on him from late second quarter, late third and all of the fourth. That is MOST of the game. Ripper - felt like saying anal rape.

How am I sounding like a Kobe hater? Kobe's man lights him up. He is on the court most minutes for the Lakers and guards either the two guard or the point(not as often). They seldom put him on the opposing teams SF because of the punishment he would take against them. Night in and night out the opponets Two guards are having great games against the lakers. Even guys that usually are pretty average. If you are going to say that it has nothing to do with Kobe you have to fooling yourself. Its simply following trends. Sure you can pretend maybe Kobe guarded the PF that night or the Center, but come on. Its quite obvious. And I have to use stats as a crutch because when I mention what I see watching the game, people call me crazy. Then I show stats and there must be an excuse. He doesn't play great D. I would definatly say Lebron is the better defender although not by much. Lebron stays on SF's because they know he can't guard smaller players because they are too quick. Eventually the Kobe is going to have to accept that also or he is going to keep getting scorched. And Michael Jordon was quite possibly the best team defender I ever saw. Every team had to always know where he was on the court or he was going to hurt you. Either in the passing lanes a well timed blocked shot, or just disrupting your offense. HOWEVER. He was not that great of a on man defender. Guys would blow by him with ease at times and him trying to help all the time would leave shooters open. THere are different types of D. Both Kobe and Lebron are also good team defenders. Guys like Alvin Robertson, Andre Igudola, Ron Artest...those are great on the ball defenders. Call me a hater if you wish, but look. Kobe will PROBABLY be the second best offensive force at the two guard in NBA history when it is all said and done. If he changes his game, and he still has plenty of time, he could be one of the best players ever. But the guy is great only on one end of the court and only at one function at that end of the court.

Once again, SINCE SHAQ HAS BEEN GONE, VINCE CARTER IS THE BETTER SHOOTER STAT WISE BETWEEN THE TWO. Carter shot better than Kobe last year and Kobe is shooting better than Vince this year by less than one percentage point. Take away a dominant big man and the playing field is even. In the even playing field, Vince is statistically the better shooter. People, I would see if Kobe was the best shooter in the league and I was challenging that, but seriously, there are at least a dozen better perimeter shooters than Kobe. Vince is one of them. Kobe is a better player than almost all of them.

Um, isn't not taking God Awful shots a sign of a good shooter? Good point on the three point shooting, but minus Shaq, Kobe isn't shooting better from anywhere than Vince.

Now you....you have GOT to be fucking kidding me. The same Kobe Bryant that was (and lets just go over the past few games) gave up 18 to Raja Bell on 6 of 10 shooting and forced him into no turnovers. The same Kobe Bryant that help give up 40 to Mike Bibby forcing only 3 turnovers. The SAME Kobe Bryant that had Dwayne Wade embarrasing him for 34 points and 1 turnover. The SAME Kobe Bryant that watched Jason Richardson drop 37 on him before that. Lebron before that had a damn good game. Juan FUCKING DIXON dropped 27 on him before that. Cuttino Mobley for 36. He did a good job on Jalen Rose and Stephen Jackon in the last 10 or so games. THIS Kobe Bryant? Seriously, keep going back. Just keep going. WHOEVER Kobe has been checking this year have been having their season highs and big games against him. WHOEVER. I know points isn't always a good factor in who was playing D, but his lack of forced turnovers and their above season average shoting tell a whole lot too. Now look at Lebrons games. He isn't a all world defender, but he forces turnovers from his guys and force them into tough shooting games. Yeah, Marion and a few others torched him but NOTHING like the streak that Kobe had going before Jalen got shut down. I know you are a laker fan but come the fuck on.

I know Kobe is more called the man and Vince is hated on over his Toronto situation, but actually....really. Vince Carter is the better shooter. Lets just look at the past 5 years of their career. Kobe is less than 1 percentage point better shooter than Vince (Vince is at 43.92 and Kobe is at 44.86) Vince is shooting 3's at almost 39 percent for his CAREER and that is factoring in his 28 percent shooting his rookie year. Kobe is a career 33 percent 3 point shooter. And can anyone seriously refute the fact that Vince was always the guy double teamed in Toronto and now in New Jersey. No one is doubling Kristc. No one is double teaming Jason Kidd, or Richard Jefferson for that matter. Carter still is the focus of the opposing teams defense. Kobe for the most part of his career was NOT. He benefited from having a dominant player that demanded a double on the court. Just like Penny, Dennis Scott and Nick Anderson did (all of whom had major drops in shooting percentage when Shaq left). So did Kobe and so did Damon Jones. The ONLY way you could argue Kobe is a better shooter is to deny that playing with a dominant big helps your shooting percentage. ANd I hope you guys aren't going there. I will say that Kobe is outshooting Vince this year....by less than one percent. Kobe is on a record setting pace and has had games were he couldn't miss and was shooting over 60 percent....and he is less than a percentage point ahead of Carter in shooting percentage. Hell Kobe is the better scorer, and everything else, but he is not a better shooter than Vince Carter. Argue if you want about Kobe being a better shooter, but calling me high and saying it is no way when they are less than a percentage point away in shooting percentage is pushing it. If ANYTHING you have to say that it is very arguable. I do want to take back something I said earlier though. Lebron is actually a much better shooter than Kobe also.

Um, no I am not high. I can see. Lets toss out three point shooting because Vince is unarguably a better three point shooter. Then we have two point shooting. For career, Kobe is shooting about 1 percent better than Vince from the field. Thing is Vince had two HORRID years when he was playing on a gimpy knee and ankle when he shot 41 and 42 percent repectively which pulled his average down. PLUS you have to factor in my WOS factor (WITH OUT SHAQ). You know, when teams didn't have to worry about doubling a 7'3" center and can double Kobe. His percentages have been pretty low the last few years. Vince never had a WOS factor. He never had a with any goddamnbody factor because he has always been the guy to get doubled. Unless you think people were staying at home on Jerome Williams or something. Statistically, almost all of the guards that Shaq has played with has had a major jump in field goal percentage and a drop off when he left (thus the WOS factor). Kobe is a better player because he has better ball handling, a better defender, rebounder and when he wants too is a better passer(he just doesn't do it). But Vince is a better shooter. ANd would have been putting up even better shooting numbers had he been playing with Shaq. As for the doesn't fulfill that talent stuff. I am sorry but thats just bullshit. Vince is a fucking idiot that admitted what anyone in their right mind knows. When you are on a god awful team and one of the worst teams in the league, you don't play as hard as when you are on a better team. For a while there, Vince was still putting up those Vinsanity numbers and the Raptors were still losing. Alot. A WHOLE LOT. He didn't play as hard when that happend. He is not the first and won't be the last to do so. 1: Lebrons career average is going to better than Kobes in all those. I am not talking pure numbers here. Lebron dominated from the second he stepped into the league. Kobe didn't Even after he got the PT. 2: What the fucking hell. Okay, so I can't argue the fact that Lebron has better numbers (except scoreing). Then I can't even argue Kobe MIGHT have had TREMEDOUS HELP in getting 3 Rings from the best player in the league at the time. Okay. What the hell then. Honestly, I don't care who averages more anything, I was just refuting Lushus's "Kobe got the numbers" thing. Lebrons got the numbers. The ring thing is skewed because Kobe Played with HOF Centers. Lebron played with Eric Snow. BOTTOMLINE: Lebron James is NOW a better player than Kobe Bryant and barring injury or a change of heart from Kobe, he always will. If basketball player was defined as guy who scores, the Kobe would be tops. But Lebron not only scores, he is better at EVERYTHING ELSE that goes into being a basketball player. EVERYTHING. Better passer, rebounder, defender. THAT is what makes him a better PLAYER and will make him have the better career. Jordon, Shaq, Magic, Chamberlin, Bird, LEBRON - what all these guys had in common is that they not only were great at what they did, they made teammates better. Jordan made so many guys millionares when they became free agents because he made them look like a million bucks. Who on the Lakers is being made to look like a million bucks. THIS is why I will never call Kobe a better player than any of these guys because there is more to the game than putting the ball in the basket on the offensive end.

What argument is there for Bryant being better at 19?

1st, Vince Carter is a better shooter than Kobe, and I honestly believe that he would have thrived with the Lakers than Kobe. Vince also did a better job carrying a group of bench players than Kobe has. He couldn't do it anymore but as a team player, his willingness to defer and actually put up big numbers in assist, I actually think that Vince Carter would have help bring rings to LA. With Shaq there of course. Yes Kobe has Numbers but when you compare them wouldn't it be a fairer assesment to look at every team that Lebron had around him and that Top 50 greatest, one of the most dominant big men ever, Hall of Fame guy that Kobe had with him. Seriously. If Larry fucking Hughes ends up being the 2nd best player that Lebron hooks up with, I think we MIGHT see a reason for them rings. If we want to go by the numbers lets look at it like this. IF they play the exact same number of years, Lebron will have more points, assist, rebounds, steals, and blocks than Kobe, better field goal percentage from the looks of it (although Kobe could become a great shooter and Lebron go to the shits). Think about that. Lebron is on pace to be better in EVERY SINGLE STATISTICAL CATAGORY than Kobe. THE ONLY thing that Kobe will have to add to the argument will be the he won rings when he played with the single most unstoppable player in the league at the time. AND I think when we look at the sucess of Kobe led teams and Lebron led teams, Lebron will probably get the edge there. AND honestly, if Iverson wins ONE title with any of the philly teams that he has been on then he has a better career. At this point, Kobe does edge him SOME, but Iverson is on pace to outscore, out assist, and out steal Kobe. He would be up there but Kobe will out career him. Although, Iverson will go down as the best little man to ever play the game, while Kobe will be that guy that was really good...but he was never a Lebron.

To me Ghostface is alright, but I will never get album. The only Wu Solo album I have REALLY REALLY liked is Only built for Cuban Links and a few of GZA's. Ghostface has some of the greatest tracks in hip hop history, but dude can drop some SERIOUS Garbage on them albums too. Tush Tush was Black Eyed Peas bad. Yeah....I said it.

This is just plain wrong. I hated....HATED Lil Wayne. But at some point between those sucky first few albums and Tha Carter, this muthafucka learned to rhyme. Then after the Carter he dropped like 550 mixtapes of him just flowing. Then the Carter II has come out with no production from Mannie and I have to say, its a better album than the first one. Oh No is fucking sick. Of course, the fact that I said that I don't like Ghostface in another thread will make all this irrelevant to most.

Damn good episode. Do have to go back to my "Whats up with DAVID" line of thinking. Only 4 people knew about Jack being alive. I doubt Chloe, Tony or Michelle told anyone. But we do have David "I know shit with nerve gas and POSSIBLY MORE SHIT was about to go down and DIDN'T TELL ANY GODDAMNED BODY" Palmer walking in front of the window with a somber look on his face and getting shot. I want to say he did it to bring Jack out of hiding so he could help with this, but that doesn't make THAT much sense. I doubt he would have let Tony and Michelle die.

Get the fuck outta here with the "Lebron has to win this many titles" crap. Robert Horry has five and he isn't going to have a better career than Kobe or Lebron. Will Purdue has rings and Karl Malone doesn't. Who had the better career. Robert Horry was instrumental in most of the championships he won but he wasn't the MAIN reason they won. Same for Kobe like it or not. Take Allen Iverson on those laker teams, and you got just as many rings. Take Vince Carter...you have just as many rings. Tracy McGrady...just as many rings. SHAQ was what made those Laker teams impossible to beat. Kobe makes them tough to beat. Not taking everything away from kobe because if you take Kobe off those teams and don't replace him with a great player they don't win either, but take Shaq off those teams and they have nothing. Take Kobe off and you STILL might see a championship. Right now, Lebron is the more talented player right now, mostly because Kobe has been taking the defensive end off this year so he can score more points, while Lebron is better at every faucet of the game. Not to trivialize Kobe putting up the greatest scoring performance in NBA history, but if McGrady, or James shoot the ball 50 times and go to the free throw line another 20, they would probably have a game like that. Lebron is in year 3. THREE. And I honestly don't know how anyone can say the guy lacks a killer instinct.

Um...you want to share?

If I was Jay, I wouldn't respond. First of all, he has a label to run and artist names to get out there. Wasting time on Cam's publicity stunt isn't going to help. Second, dude, you are retired. If for some reason you lose this battle (though, I don't think it is possible. Cam is a alright battler because he is willing to cross the line and say some off the wall shit. Like with that "Take your daughter to R. Kelly. Let him have his way with her face" line when he dissed Nas but honestly....I believe that Jay would murk the guy) you are just screwing up what will be seen a pretty damn good legacy. Third...Tru Life needs pub. Tru Life does not like Cam. Tru Life is fucking sick on the mic. Tru Life is on your label. Use this opportunity to let him MURDER Cam's ass, and make a name for himself.