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Missed this. Definately an upgrade. Ariza *might* be really good in three years, but he'll never be a number one type player, and in three years the Lakers will probably be looking at either one last run or reloading. Artest is better now, and will be for the next two to three years, so it's clearly an upgrade. This was my thinking, until I thought about it and realized that Artest's skillset has been dwindling. He no longer has the quickness to cover 2s. And he's a headcase. Of course, I think the Lakers can contain that, but I'd rather have Ariza in the near-term and the long-term. And as a Rockets fan, I'm glad we do.

Goddamnit, if it's really that good, I might have to jump in on this for my first madden game since 2005.

Brad's easiest the least funny person on Whose Line. He's nowhere near as a good singer as Wayne or Chip or even Jeff. They really didn't have a choice, because Ryan/Colin played so well off each other, and Wayne was there for the singing. That said, Chip and Jeff were both highly underrated on that show.

10%? 5%? Maybe if they had Brook Lopez and Stephen Curry this year, it'd be different. But if they don't resign David Lee, then I put it at very very low unless Lebron's a closet masochist and really wants a challenge.

Skummy, your Oddish and absorb should destroy Misty's entire team.

Water's too easy. Go with normal or grass. Flying would also be good.

Started with Squirtle, just beat Brock. My team is Squirtle - Level 11 Butterfree - Level 11 Pidgey - Level 11 Mankey - Level 11 Beedrill - Level 10 God I love emulators. Makes training 40241254124x easier

I'm in...and that bastard Gary is going down.

So defensive. Of course, I would be too when two of your biggest heroes that helped end the curse are revealed to be cheaters. Perhaps I wouldn't be such a "prick" if this wasn't exactly how everyone outside of New York acted when Clemens, A-Rod, Pettitte were busted. Like I said, it's stuff like this (steroids, not the prickly fans) that's ruined baseball for a lot of people, including myself.

I don't know what you're talking about, its quite obvious Manny didn't start using untill he got to LA. Clemens, A-Rod, Manny, what do they all have in common? Joe Torre. lol Maxx. Not that I care about baseball anymore, but hopefully this shuts up all the Red Sox fans for a good while.

And Gortat. Can't forget Gortat.

Read this. It's Bill Simmons' take when he had a similar problem some time ago. He settled on Tottenham

Houston's doomed either way, with or without Artest. They've basically thrown in the towel next season. There's no Yao anyway. This way, they give their young guns a whole season to develop. Best case scenario, Yao returns in 2010 healthy as ever and surrounded by a young nucleus. Worst case scenario, they still have a young core in an attractive city with a ton of cap space to sign Bosh.

Why not? He sounds more articulate than Marbury. Seems friendlier too.

Yao's commercial appeal rivals anybody's in the NBA besides Lebron, Kobe, and maybe Dwight Howard. If he can give somebody 20-25 minutes a night, he'll get a max offer.

Ha. Too bad Morey is about a million times more competent than Isiah.

uh...I don't know if you've seen any Nets games this season, but VC has finally grown up. He at least gives effort on the defensive side and he's really embraced his veteran status in the league. Put him a winning team like Orlando and I think he's gonna do extremely well. And I wouldn't be surprised to see the Magic swallow the luxury tax and still sign Hedo.

Yep. Whether or not you can catch them in the game without help from Fire Red/Leaf Green, Ruby/Sapphire is a different story.

Funny how everyone is saying this when on the other side, Phil Jackson stuck with his PG who had been ice cold and is now up 3-1.

Yes. That song captured the attention of the crowd for about 40 seconds because they knew it was the Ipod nano song. And then the spastic dancing of the lead singer put us all off again.

...Chairlift? Come on, Tristy. >_>

lol, Fisher. Seriously, if that guy didn't have a history in LA, he would've been benched so long ago it's not even funny. And don't forget that Ariza's also playing for a contract.

I agree that the NBA is about matchups, and honestly, Orlando has employed this strategy brilliantly. J.J. Redick was huge against the Celtics and now Pietrus is doing the same thing against the Cavs. The Magic are lucky in that they have so many sweet-shooting perimeter players that they can play each of them to their strengths and not really sacrifice much on the offensive end. But right now, Kobe is better than Lebron. If anything, this series has really shown me that Lebron is not this Magic-reincarnated figure that people make him out to be. Lebron looks to pass, but a superstar needs to take charge in the final moments. He finally learned this last night and what happened, they won. Kobe is at his best when he's looking to pass, but that's only because that's such a change from his usual style of play. People are used to Lebron driving and kicking it out; he needs to put the Cavs on his back and win Game 6 to be mentioned in the same breath as MJ. There is no way Jordan, or even Kobe, would let the Cavs fall so behind in this series. Don't even get me started on the free throws. Hitting a miracle 3 is nothing if you miss almost half your free throws in the fourth the next game.

Other than David Ortiz, this is perhaps the single best news I could've gotten today. Yeah, I'm an ass. Don't you Yankee-haters tell me you didn't feel that way when A-Rod or Clemens were unveiled.