Crooked?

Degenerate Gambler turned tattle-tale or just looking for more money to blow at the craps table?

http://deadspin.com/5392067/

The NBA threatened to sue the publisher so it's been pulled for now.

Wasn't that military-dude from a couple years back supposed to change things? Is he a company-man now?

Was anyone else actually disappointed when they resigned the agreement with the old refs? I completely ready to deal with crappy officiating for most of this season if it meant less BS down the road...

Who is the most improved team this season?

Here are some teams that seem to have improved:

Orlando got:
Matt Barnes
Brandon Bass
Vince Carter
Jason Williams

and they lost:
Rafer Alston
Tony Battie
Courtney Lee
Hidayet Turkoglu

The Blazers got:
Juwan Howard
Andre Miller
Ime Udoka

and they lost:
Channing Frye
Sergio Rodriguez

The Cavs got:
Coby Karl
Jamario Moon
Shaquille O'Neal
Leon Powe

and they lost:
Tarence Kinsey
Aleksandar Pavlovic
Joe Smith
Ben Wallace

The Spurs got:
Keith Bogans
Richard Jefferson
Antonio McDyess
Theo Ratliff

and lost:
Bruce Bowen
Drew Gooden
Fabricio Oberto
Kurt Thomas
Ime Udoka


Honestly, I'm thinking Blazers. They barely gave up anything and got 3 quality guys. Tough
to ignore the Cavs tho. And the (not listed) Celtics. I like what the spurs did, but it's tough to see it as too much of a step up since they lost such solid guys.

What do you guys think?

bucketology

Beasley picked on Diawara because of his deep French accent. Diawara, a Pepperdine grad, shot back: “I’m an educated man. Put Pepperdine against wherever you went, college dropout. Did you even stay long enough to major?” Beasley, who spent one season at Kansas State before leaving to become the No. 2 overall pick in the 2008 draft, didn’t hesitate. “Yeah, I had a major. My major was Bucketology. You don’t know about that. I mastered in getting buckets.” Miami Herald

jordan's trainer..

And yet there’s no magic to Grover’s formula. It demands immense work. That’s why Michael Jordan thrived with him and why Kobe and D-Wade do now. Those are the trainer’s three clients for the ages, the standards for everyone else. And he must admit: Arenas surprised him a little this summer. Grover knew he was a great scorer, but ultimately unsure he had the capacity for completeness. “I put Gil right up there with those guys, if not pretty damn close behind,” he said. “All the things he can do – and he showed – I never knew he had all that.”



man, if jordan, kobe, and dwade's trainer is the same guy, and he says THAT about arenas... dang man...

More instant replay

Referees will now be permitted to use instant replay in the following situations:

• To determine at any point during the game whether a 24-second shot clock violation occurred prior to the release of a successful field goal attempt or prior to a foul being committed.

• To determine during the last two minutes of regulation play and the last two minutes of any overtime period which player last touched the ball prior to it going out-of-bounds or whether the ball was last touched simultaneously by two opponents.

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I alright with that.