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Expect? Not necessarily. Think they will? Yes Michigan State can be beaten...especially on the road. Don't get me wrong, they are a fantastic team and are more likely to win, but if NW and Illinois can beat MSU at home, Indiana certainly can. Yeah, they're playing an entirely different level of basketball right now than when they lost those 2 games. Fair point, however I still say they aren't invincible and Indiana has a shot.

Right but at least now there's precedent out there making it easier to win these cases. Obviously every situation is different (ie what if its just overnight, what if its 36 hours, etc), but its gonna be a lot easier to win these things if they continue to hold onto the samples on the weekend. Also, to the comment before, I wonder if that's the case because right off the bat Braun sounded confident that he'd get this overturned. Obviously every player busted that is planning to fight says the same thing, but I just got the impression based on whatever he said that he knew he'd have a good chance of getting it overturned.

Expect? Not necessarily. Think they will? Yes Michigan State can be beaten...especially on the road. Don't get me wrong, they are a fantastic team and are more likely to win, but if NW and Illinois can beat MSU at home, Indiana certainly can.

Yup, I'd love Roy as a 10-15 minute per game player. But I would obviously never count on him to be there in a big game. If he's there it's just a bonus. Kinda like Rip at this point.

Yep, I'm getting similar sentiment. Are these diehards or casual fans? I gotta feel like most people are happy that he's back long term but the casual fans dont understand how $15 million a year is excessive for a medium market club like STL.

lol I'm reading Gateway Redbirds, and they were predicting the Molina contract would be around 4 years $46 million. I havent gotten to the part where they discover the the final total yet.

So the Cardinals lose Pujols AND restrict their payroll flexibility (although not nearly as much). Good stuff.

Ah so thats why they couldnt pony up enough dough for Albert.

It's not greatness that is in debate, its GOAT territory, or at least top 10 player ever territory. Here are top 10ers that almost no one debates: Jordan Bird Magic Abdul Jabbar Chamberlain Russell Robertson Kobe Most people have the perception (and remember, perception is what we are talking about here) that these people all came up big in the clutch. And for the most part, that's true. LBJ needs fans to have that same view of him and it wont happen until he wins a title. Jordan was getting dogged with the same criticisms as he went titleless the first 6 years of his career. His teams kept coming up short in the playoffs, with the the later teams having higher expectations. It wasn't until Jordan won a title or two that people started piecing together his profile of clutch moments (like "The Shot" a couple of years prior.) It's not like LeBron doesn't have clutch moments in his resume. That ECFs game against the Pistons was an all time great performance. The game winning 3 against the Magic in the ECF a couple of years ago was all but erased in people's minds because the heavily favored Cavs lost the series but that was still a signature clutch moment. If/When LeBron wins a title, these moments will start to come together as part of LeBron's legend that will only grow as his career continues and especially when it ends. And that's the thing, most of us never saw Russell or Chamberlain or Robertson in the moment and yet almost everyone agrees that they came through in the clutch becuase of the legend they've created over the years. So to sum up reasons why LeBron is not considered clutch enough: 1. No titles 2. Extremely high standards 3. 24/7 Now that analyzes everything LeBron does instantly. 4. Not enough time to build a legend.

Steve Kerr was an established shooter that had hit clutch shots before. Gibson I believe was an 2nd round rookie. Does it make a difference? Maybe, maybe not.

Yeah no

Wow, that's pretty sweet.

Pencils down, the deadline has passed.

Makes sense. Everyone knew the Hawks desperately needed defensive help, and the Hawks are reeling losing 12 of 16 and now fighting for their playoff lives. Meanwhile the Jets are in the playoff race and probably didn't need to trade him if they didn't get a good offer.

What kind of blue liner is he? Would he be a 2nd pairing on some teams or a 3rd pairng? I don't know much about him.

I like Pahlsson. Of course he has never played for the Wings, so I didnt get the every game feel that Hawks fans got Yeah we got to learn a lot about him in the 13 games he played for the Hawks and then the 3 month concussion he suffered.

I miss back in December when the talk was making a run for Iginla or Nash. Now we're reduced to hoping we can get a marginal defensive upgrade instead of doing nothing at all.

You don't get why the world mercilessly attacks LeBron for everything he does or doesn't do? Just sit back and enjoy the hate, regardless of whether it's deserved. PS people have been ripping on him for passing the ball in key situations since he entered the league. Of course its a little different when you are passing to Deron Williams instead of Boobie Gibson. Or Brian Scalabrine. And Rose got his fair share of criticism for that as well.

lol @ Campoli

You don't get why the world mercilessly attacks LeBron for everything he does or doesn't do? Just sit back and enjoy the hate, regardless of whether it's deserved. PS people have been ripping on him for passing the ball in key situations since he entered the league. Of course its a little different when you are passing to Deron Williams instead of Boobie Gibson.

This is a couple of days old, but I don't think it got mentioned here: I think I've read a couple of 'reports' that suggest the Hawks locker room chemistry is not good at all. It really isnt much of a surprise, but it could help explain why the team was previously winning close games despite not playing their best and are now losing games handily. A big part of it is talent of course but chemisty can come into play too. Doesn't help that Q has consistently shuffled the lines as he has his entire career.

Perceptive one, arent you? :)

Considering how willing everybody in the organization was to take that giant step back last year, this might be the actual wake up call they need to finally stop living off the glory of 2010. Nobody seemed all that upset about having a 1st round exit. Everybody just chalked it up to a hangover and assumed they'd be back this season. But now that they might actually miss the playoffs that nonsense can stop. Bowman has to actually start acquiring impact players at some point. He hasn't done anything but sell so far. I'd be fine if it doesn't happen until the offseason. Missing the playoffs would suck, but maybe this team needs the excuse to fire Q and overhaul the supposed "core" that has done very little since the cup. My biggest concern is Rocky will hesitate to remain financially aggressive, but if he keeps the checkbook even moderately open, they should be much better very soon. I agree with this. Last year everyone expected to be a rough one but pretty much everyone figured we'd "bottom out" last year and improve to some degree starting the next season....and even with "bottoming out" I don't think anyone thought we'd barely make the playoffs. If we miss the playoffs this year, we will have been a quasi-miracle win by the Wild from not making the playoffs 2 years in a row after winning the Cup. With the talented core that we have that's ridiculous. I understand the limitations we had and everything, but its on Bowman to make it work. He has proven nothing in this job so far so the rope is only as long as the Hawks respect for his father. I still do like quite a few of the moves he made to put us in a solid cap position but I do sort of regret defending the players he acquired this offseason.

It's too bad Derrick won't let the rest of the world see his dance moves... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZczejHLBaG4

Great, he's the next Crosby BTW, the Kings are 5 points behind us in the 9th spot and have 2 games in hand over us. At this point I think its more likely we miss the playoffs than make it.