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10-01-2010, 09:05 AM
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Death is hereditary.
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Ohio
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That's like saying the only reason why people hate Charles Manson is because he's white.
We are truly near the end of days.
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10-01-2010, 01:39 PM
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#102
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Inhumans
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Dobbs Ferry, NY
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Originally Posted by joefixit2
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Agreed, I don't think anyone cared what race he was.
People were pissed because he handled it like an 8yr old instead of a Man.
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10-01-2010, 04:58 PM
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Kiss my shiny metal arse!
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Brooklyn, NYC
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Kobe should be thanking this guy....
Now he's the biggest A-Hole in the NBA....
What blows my mind is that Jalen Rose on ESPN actually agreed with him.
I think most people just feel that he took a shortcut towards a championship. Like he threw his hands in the air & said screw it let me play with these guys so I can win. In the process he basically diminishes his status by joining someone else's team. Just look @ the little presentation the HEAT made with all 3 players; who was in the middle? Wayde, with his supporting cast around him.
Then to top it off the whole ESPN special was over the top. He should have had a regular press conference making his announcement & be done with it.
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10-01-2010, 09:04 PM
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#104
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Hercules
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: By a Lake in NC
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Originally Posted by stormshadow75x
Kobe should be thanking this guy....
Now he's the biggest A-Hole in the NBA....
What blows my mind is that Jalen Rose on ESPN actually agreed with him.
I think most people just feel that he took a shortcut towards a championship. Like he threw his hands in the air & said screw it let me play with these guys so I can win. In the process he basically diminishes his status by joining someone else's team. Just look @ the little presentation the HEAT made with all 3 players; who was in the middle? Wayde, with his supporting cast around him.
Then to top it off the whole ESPN special was over the top. He should have had a regular press conference making his announcement & be done with it.
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I heard Jalen Rose and thought he sounded like an idiot. He said someting like, they called him an egomaniac which clearly showed it was about race. Huh?
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10-26-2010, 08:44 AM
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Galactus
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: the void
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I think it's so funny how the topic of income tax doesnt get focused on more in the LJ discussions. he was paying taxes out the nose here in Ohio, and now is only going to pay a fraction of that living in Florida.
Honesty is the best policy. He is young and got caught up in the machine. Bottom line...the Cav's management sucks...always has, always will. Why would anyone WANT to play there? Next bottom line is money. He might have taken a pay cut on paper...but he just might take home more in Florida...as crazy as that sounds. The real money is in endorsements anyway. The more championships you get the sweeter those endorsements are. Miami will get him a ring. Clevelend never would.
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11-06-2010, 06:13 PM
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Kiss my shiny metal arse!
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Brooklyn, NYC
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Originally Posted by rychehitman
I think it's so funny how the topic of income tax doesnt get focused on more in the LJ discussions. he was paying taxes out the nose here in Ohio, and now is only going to pay a fraction of that living in Florida.
Honesty is the best policy. He is young and got caught up in the machine. Bottom line...the Cav's management sucks...always has, always will. Why would anyone WANT to play there? Next bottom line is money. He might have taken a pay cut on paper...but he just might take home more in Florida...as crazy as that sounds. The real money is in endorsements anyway. The more championships you get the sweeter those endorsements are. Miami will get him a ring. Clevelend never would.
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Machine? what machine? the machine is handlers created.
I think fans in general get that it's about money & his own personal goals but in the end it just looks selfish & the public will respond to that. My issue is don't make yourself look like a victim & don't make race an excuse for negative backlash.
I hope one day we will see an athlete be honest & say "yea i did it for the money"; he'd get my respect.
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but I found this funny: 
