Magnetic Curses

why does one or the other have to be better? they're different players. ? They both are point guards that can also score. if you don't recognize that they're different players, you haven't see one or the other of them play. Why don't you come down and break down the differences between the two players for us, because obviously I don't watch basketball. i didn't say you didn't watch basketball, just that you haven't seen one or the other of them play and you tend to make assumptions based on anecdotal evidence and highlights from the booyaa network. you definitely possibly could maybe watch some basketball, but your assessments are mainly uptight bedwetting garbage--as evidenced by your most recent temper tantrum over a fairly beign observation and statement that i had made--. Actually garbage would be your hyperbolic post earlier(Ali vs. a Diet Coke). While their styles of play may differ a bit, you can most certainly make comparisons between the two players as their value as an NBA point guard. no, hyperbole would be saying that this post is average.

why does one or the other have to be better? they're different players. because Williams is from Illinois DUH no, he's not. he's from texas. yeah, thanks. U. of Illinois. you knew that, but you wanted to be difficult. i understand no problem. but i wasn't being difficult. deron went to the u of i but i never said that he was better than paul. no, but illiniguy did. and he isn't exactly unbiased in his opinions of things haha.

did you actually want to talk about the weather or were you just making chit-chat?

why does one or the other have to be better? they're different players. because Williams is from Illinois DUH no, he's not. he's from texas. yeah, thanks. U. of Illinois. you knew that, but you wanted to be difficult. i understand no problem. but i wasn't being difficult. deron went to the u of i but i never said that he was better than paul.

why does one or the other have to be better? they're different players. ? They both are point guards that can also score. if you don't recognize that they're different players, you haven't see one or the other of them play. Why don't you come down and break down the differences between the two players for us, because obviously I don't watch basketball. i didn't say you didn't watch basketball, just that you haven't seen one or the other of them play and you tend to make assumptions based on anecdotal evidence and highlights from the booyaa network. you definitely possibly could maybe watch some basketball, but your assessments are mainly uptight bedwetting garbage--as evidenced by your most recent temper tantrum over a fairly beign observation and statement that i had made--your posts are terrible, they have doodoo for brains and your lack of insight is the key to this. but onto the analysis.... paul is a player that tends to be the focal point of an offense, he goes hard to the basket and forces the action, he finds opn players based on what he does, the offense is based on his abilities and quickness. everything the team does is predicated on what he does, he is the offense. deron works within an offensive system, he finds open players and his own shots by playing off of the abilities of his teammates. he's anaytical, not as physically talented or skilled as paul, but more cerebral. a true court general that delegates responisbilities on the court to players that are more skilled than he is.

why does one or the other have to be better? they're different players. ? They both are point guards that can also score. if you don't recognize that they're different players, you haven't see one or the other of them play.

why does one or the other have to be better? they're different players. because Williams is from Illinois DUH no, he's not. he's from texas.

You can't compare basketball and baseball. but muhammed ali in his prime was way better than diet coke.

why does one or the other have to be better? they're different players.

who is jim boylan? the launch of hirejimboylan.com is only months away.

unbelievably bad. but, in some warped cub fans' mind, it would have been good. team speed and defense! though not really.

hahaha

Time and again? They hired Sampson, but that's not "time and again." That's simply once. This is the same school that fired Coach Knight and kept Mike Davis for six years -- I'd say they care very little about winning. I don't like Sampson and didn't want him hired, but the administration has made one mistake regarding rules. I've also very rarely, if ever, defended IU's administration. If they don't fire him, then it'll be two. Sampson does have a clause in his contract stating he can be fired for just cause if he violates any rules. However, as a public employee, he has a right to due process. (I'm a law student, not an attorney, so feel free to correct me anyone.) If Sampson is let go before June, IU would either open itself up to a lawsuit a la Jim O'Brien-Ohio State or they'd have to negotiate a buyout. I wanted Scott Skiles or Mike Montgomery last time. Still do. i think by the time knight got fired, many had felt that the game had passed him by. the quality of recruits he was bringing in just wasn't cutting it. i really think that they wanted to hire or promote an african-american for recruiting purposes. davis prolonged his tenure with an appearance in the nc game, plus, he was bringing in fairly decent recruits--he just couldn't do anything with them. they obviously brought in sampson to go after gordon, thinking that he would get them back to elite status as a major destination for top high school talent-sampson has also brought in devin ebanks, and like i said, firing samspon will only be a last resort as an act of good faith toward the ncaa--it will be a risk/reward situation--if they lose ebanks, they will want to make sure that they don't get levied with heavy sanctions, but if they aren't going to get punished much, they might as well keep sampson and ebanks. they ignored his reputation when they hired him, they ignored his phone violations, essentially slapping him on the wrist and firing a coach who didn't know sampson at ou. they've wagered everything on sampson and his recruiting tactics and it's blown up in their faces, i have absolutely no sympathy for them, in fact, i can't help but admit a healthy bit of schadenfreude, as an illini fan. i hope the next coach does things the right way, i've always had respect for the iu program and view the job as a top 5 one nationally.

could be kruger.

like i said in the other thread, devin ebanks will be consulted about as to what to do with sampson. the iu administration has proven time and again that all that they want to do is win, and couldn't care less about the rules.

he should have stayed retired. may that be a lesson to you old farts out there who use steroids and refuse to retire (i'm looking in your general direction, brett), just retire and preserve your legacy.

Wait till you watch the Clemson game tonight, they will blow your mind. illinois, ne1?

he's going to go wherever he wants and he's going to play wherever he wants and whoever gets him is going to love him.

that's an impressive list, but the bears need to go early with an o-lineman if they keep their first pick.

it wasn't the refs, it was luck. gordon banked in a 3 pointer and that was it.

that was goodness, should have punched him in the face. thanks for ruining our season, buddy. i guess no one realizes what idkwti actually did to the team this year. serious stuff, not just "hey forget about it, it's just a game" stuff, but actually "sabotaging the entire team" stuff.

well, there's the scheyer, gordon, shumpert, livingston, rose, collins, wright, rush factor, fo sho. the illini burned up their karma in the waning minutes of the 05 regional final. now nothing good ever happens to them. couldn't even win an nc in that year either. talk about a cursed school. they fit right in with cub fans. but actually, it's me, none of my teams ever win, so there you go. it's all my fault.

like i said, i take consolation in knowing that IU will disappear next year from any kind of radar.

well, thats the game. i must have burned up all my pull with the almighty in that 2005 regional final game. screw indiana, screw calvin sampson, and screw i don't know who that is. like i said, the future looks bright for the illini, but literally, none of my team's have won in like a year and a half. it'd be nice to see a victory or something like that.

oh well, mirror image of the last IU-UI game. at least i know that indiana basketball will be nothing after this year.