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The only thing as stupid as the NFL Pro Bowl being the last game of the season is NASCAR opening their season with their biggest race.

I thought I was watching some tacked on bonus footage at the end of A.I. and not the legit end of the movie. That was painful.

But it was OK to give Phoenix a free throw with 1:04 left in regulation of a 1 point game because a Wizard touched the ball as it went through the hoop? No one wants to see that either, but it still happened.

The Lakers lost to the Wizards in OT earlier this week when Arenas dropped 60 on 'em and Kobe couldn't handle that his 45 points wasn't good enough so he made some snide remarks about Gilbert's shot selection. They did beat the Nets last night, but Rendclaw brought up the comments about Arenas after last night's game, so that might be where your confusion lies.

Yeah, that's really KOBE BRYANT criticizing someone's shot selection.

I'd say no just because his last few years were so awful that it kind of marred his legacy. He's a lock to get in, I just don't know if it'll be on his first try.

Arenas is a beast.

I just remembered why I can't watch the NBA when in the span of a few minutes Nash berates a ref the entire length of the court and doesn't get a tech, but a Wizard touches a ball as it bounced through the hoop and got a delay of game tech even though he didn't delay the game or anything as the Suns weren't in position to inbound. Stern needs to come up with a way for close games to be decided by the players. Amare also got away with a huge chickenwing on the baseline right in front of an official but if they won't call obvious shit, they certainly won't call that one.

He will go down as the greatest SS/3B, but not the greatest SS or 3B. I blame Christ Jeter for not moving to 3rd. Only a selfish prick makes the best defensive player at his position move. He should, but then Pujols will break his mark unless Albert's got the whole "Dominican shave 4 years off of your birthday thing going on". Never. His reputation today is more for being an overpaid choker, and the guy's already a Hall of Famer. Unless he goes on a Bondsian run at some point in his late 30's I think that rep is going to stick. Not unless he leaves the Yankees. He probably would have done it already in Boston. I'm guessing next offseason because he's too stupid to ask to leave now. Maybe one more season of everyone in the city hating him might get him to finally change his mind. P.S. I love how the guys above me answered "no" to a question that asks when something will happen.

Was he making $200 million back then?

Cabrera plays in a no pressure environment. He's not going to get $200 million from any team and be allowed to live in that bubble anymore. I'm not saying he will fail, but no one knows how he'd handle the daily grind in a New York, Boston, Chicago etc., and even if he gets the money from a smaller market team looking to make a huge splash there's no guarantee he makes them a championship contender. Just look at A-Rod and how $252 million and all of the baggage that came with it damaged his psyche, his game and has essentially made one of the greatest talents in the history of the sport appear to have a shitty year when he "only" puts up top 10-15 MVP stats instead of top 3 MVP stats.

Anyone who pays Cabrera $22-29 million per year deserves to have their head examined. Unless you're talking about Pujols no one in baseball right now deserves that kind of money.

Larry Brown is the biggest locker room cancer ever. Just go away.

David Lee wins it with an inbound tip in with .1 seconds left in the 2nd OT after the Bobcats fumbled away a chance to even get a shot off after a possession that began with about 23 seconds to go.

Jamal Crawford is now 0 for 2 on game winning shots tonight as the Knicks/Bobcats go to 2OT.

Yul did not throw challenges. Becky was the one that brought up that Aitu wasn't trying hard and Yul jumped on the bangwagon, but that was spin at its finest and it sucks that many people fell for it. If they weren't trying that hard, and yet desperately wanted Ozzy out, how come they couldn't beat him once? Come on. FYI Yul wasn't ahead doing the puzzle. He was ahead in getting the bags back to the starting point until the final one. Ozzy was at least a minute or two ahead by the time Yul started doing the puzzle. Chris won because women can't see women succeed. If it's 6 men against a woman, there's no fucking way the woman wins.

Floyd and Woodward off of the team is almost as good as a decent signing.

This season was lackluster because of the amount of stupid people that played during it, and because it was clearly a 2 man show halfway through the season. I think the wrong guy won, even though I thought he played a great game. Had Cao Boi and Flicka not flaked on voting Becky out in the beginning I probably would have been more interested in how things unfolded. For the most part it was exactly what I expected based on being around large enough groups of each ethnic group involved and how they tend to interact amongst themselves and each other.

Ozzy didn't have any real allies in the game thanks to Becky getting rid of Cecilia as soon as possible. He played every challenge (even rewards) to win, and win by as much as possible. To think he would have gone half speed even on the "dominant" tribe seems silly especially considering he won almost everything from 7 on down, which is incidentally when his team took the numerical edge. Yul deserved to win if Ozzy had been eliminated. There's no doubting that, but this idea that he perfectly calculated everything and his puppets danced when he said dance was only made possible because he had someone on his side who killed off all of his enemies by never allowing them the chance to vote him out. If an average person had been selected instead of Ozzy we'd have ended this season with someone like Adam or Parvati winning the million dollars, Candice and Jonathan finishing in the top 4 and Yul being this season's Rob Cesternino.

I think you’re underestimating Yul on the team challenges prior to the merge. While he wasn’t as important to their team victories as Ozzy, he still was important to their success. Replace Yul with a weaker competitor like Jonathan, and no amount of heroics from Ozzy would have been enough to save them from losing as least once prior to the merge. You’re exaggerating how much Yul needed Ozzy. It’s nowhere near as close as much as Amber needed Rob. If Ozzy gets voted out, Yul still would have the hidden immunity idol, which he still could have used to get Jonathan to switch to his side, which would have made the 2 tribes even 4 vs 4 at the merger. Dude, the mutiny was at 12. It was 8 to 4 at that point. Team BOYS had to win two challenges just to get to the merge at a 5-4 deficit. If they lose just the first one, Ozzy's out because Yul would have listened to Becky. If they lose just the second one, Ozzy and Sundra are out because Yul would have done whatever he could just to save Becky. If they lose both, Ozzy, Becky AND Sundra are out and Yul wouldn't have been able to do shit down 8 to 3, 8 to 2 or 8 to 1 leading into the merge, HII or not. If you swap Ozzy and Jonathan at that point in the game, Ozzy still has a chance to make it to the merge because his tribe would have won all of the team challenges, and then he could go on to dominate by himself from there. Yul however would have lost his wingman, any team challenge, his HII, and any chance at the money. I don't think it's even debatable.

No, Ozzy needed the mutiny and then the merge to even stay in the game. The game didn't screw him - it worked to his advantage. And as for Ozzy not needing Yul, that's absolutely ridiculous. If there wasn't an Aitu four alliance, Ozzy would've been booted the one time he didn't win immunity. Don't get me wrong, it was an amazing run by Ozzy, but you cannot take away from how significant it was to have Aitu staying so tight, and that had a lot to do with Yul (and Becky, really) keeping everybody loyal to one another. I'll grant you that Ozzy needed the mutiny to stay in the game. Yul however needed Ozzy on his team to win the game. If Ozzy mutinies or gets voted out Yul's "brilliant" strategy only gets him to the final 6 at best. I think relying so heavily on another player to win the game for you means that someone else played better than you did. Or are you going to conclude that Amber beating Boston Rob in AS was brilliant play by Amber? Giving Becky credit for keeping the group tight was the funniest thing I've read in this thread when she wanted Ozzy out from the get go. Like Amber she was just another dumbass who lucked into a great finish because Superman was on her side.

Yul was only able to boot people off because Ozzy won all of the challenges for their team, and then kept Yul in the game by not losing solo immunity until Jonathan was the clear boot even for his former allies. If Ozzy loses once early on and goes home, Yul's advantage of the HII dies quickly thereafter as he'd be the next biggest target, and he follows a few TCs later. Yul NEEDED Ozzy to get to the end. Ozzy didn't need Yul. I think it was pretty simple to see that Ozzy got screwed.

I haven't owned a Nintendo system since the SNES, and I can't even remember what the Zelda games from that era play like. On the other hand I still own FFVII, FFVIII, FFX, FFX-2, and FFXII (I also had FFIX, but it wouldn't work on my system because of the laser, so I just resold it). I've enjoyed all of them and have beaten the first 4 at least twice, so it's Final Fantasy in a walk for me.

The Nuggets won't be a top 4 seed, and without homecourt they won't come close to beating one either. This trade may increase merchandise and ticket sales, but that's about it.

I agree with everything, especially the bolded stuff. I guesstimate that Candice gained at least 20 pounds. Ozzy didn't need Yul to make it to the end since he won immunity every time from the mutiny to the end but once, while Yul was unable to win a single challenge by himself in the entire course of the game. Ozzy had a target on his back from the point when there were 12 people left in the game, everyone knew he was the biggest threat, he made it to the end with no help and yet still somehow lost. It was BS.