http://nypost.com/2015/03/11/amare-rips-mavericks-for-joking-while-wearing-cartoonish-outfit/

The Mavericks forward had some harsh words for his teammates following a 127-94 home thrashing doled out by LeBron James and the Cavaliers.

“I came here to win, and we’re [4½] games out of being out of the playoffs, which is unacceptable,” Stoudemire said, according to ESPN.com.

“This is something we can’t accept. We’ve got to find a way to refocus. We’ve got to key into the details of the game of basketball. We can’t cheat the game. We can’t screw around in games and practices and joke around all the time and figure we’re going to win games. This is the pros. It’s the highest level of basketball. We’ve got to act that way.”

Guys like ****ing with the Knicks in the media, it's been happening for 20 years. It gets them a little more money and then they say how much they love playing at MSG and everyone begins to dream, because that's the only thing this organization every sells.

You have a terrible owner, a coach with no record and a GM with no resume. How are you selling this team to a free agent?

mreinman wrote:

Splat wrote:P.S. don't want to start a thread, but did anyone see this about Amare today? Unreal.

http://nypost.com/2015/03/11/amare-rips-mavericks-for-joking-while-wearing-cartoonish-outfit/

The Mavericks forward had some harsh words for his teammates following a 127-94 home thrashing doled out by LeBron James and the Cavaliers.

“I came here to win, and we’re [4½] games out of being out of the playoffs, which is unacceptable,” Stoudemire said, according to ESPN.com.

“This is something we can’t accept. We’ve got to find a way to refocus. We’ve got to key into the details of the game of basketball. We can’t cheat the game. We can’t screw around in games and practices and joke around all the time and figure we’re going to win games. This is the pros. It’s the highest level of basketball. We’ve got to act that way.”

Dumb as a door knob, though a good heart and really looks good in the summers.

Dallas made the retarded move of bringing in Rondo. The guy is terrible and once again had everybody failing their Eye Test.

It was a Bargs type move that made zero sense. How can these teams be so damn stupid and completely ignore the numbers / warning signs.

Dallas has made some moves that turned out well but not this one. This was Dolanesque x 10.

Poor Amare. Clueless. Doesn't even realize how much it comes off as being about him and not the team. He wants a ring to go with his wine baths and he's not going to be shy about it.

Rondo? Some clamored to bring him here. He's like an angry old crab now. Forget about him. He'd probably bite off Melo's head and spit it out like a barbie doll.

I think the past few years have shown how very few players can impact teams over the length of their career. With injuries and fatigue diminishing longevity, it seems pretty clear that the max cat formula for winning a chip by buying a bunch of star veterans will be an anomaly from now on. Adding one to the mix on an already maturing team built from the draft and properly developed cheaper free agents is going to be the norm.

I wouldn't be surprised if the average age of the winning teams is around 25 years old now. Old teams are fading. The game doesn't favor the experience of age like it used to. It is too grueling. Youth becomes a massive factor and that makes the possibility of any one team having a long term run less probably. San Antonio is the only one that has done it really.

Splat wrote:

mreinman wrote:

Splat wrote:P.S. don't want to start a thread, but did anyone see this about Amare today? Unreal.

http://nypost.com/2015/03/11/amare-rips-mavericks-for-joking-while-wearing-cartoonish-outfit/

The Mavericks forward had some harsh words for his teammates following a 127-94 home thrashing doled out by LeBron James and the Cavaliers.

“I came here to win, and we’re [4½] games out of being out of the playoffs, which is unacceptable,” Stoudemire said, according to ESPN.com.

“This is something we can’t accept. We’ve got to find a way to refocus. We’ve got to key into the details of the game of basketball. We can’t cheat the game. We can’t screw around in games and practices and joke around all the time and figure we’re going to win games. This is the pros. It’s the highest level of basketball. We’ve got to act that way.”

Dumb as a door knob, though a good heart and really looks good in the summers.

Dallas made the retarded move of bringing in Rondo. The guy is terrible and once again had everybody failing their Eye Test.

It was a Bargs type move that made zero sense. How can these teams be so damn stupid and completely ignore the numbers / warning signs.

Dallas has made some moves that turned out well but not this one. This was Dolanesque x 10.

Poor Amare. Clueless. Doesn't even realize how much it comes off as being about him and not the team. He wants a ring to go with his wine baths and he's not going to be shy about it.

Rondo? Some clamored to bring him here. He's like an angry old crab now. Forget about him. He'd probably bite off Melo's head and spit it out like a barbie doll.

I think the past few years have shown how very few players can impact teams over the length of their career. With injuries and fatigue diminishing longevity, it seems pretty clear that the max cat formula for winning a chip by buying a bunch of star veterans will be an anomaly from now on. Adding one to the mix on an already maturing team built from the draft and properly developed cheaper free agents is going to be the norm.

I wouldn't be surprised if the average age of the winning teams is around 25 years old now. Old teams are fading. The game doesn't favor the experience of age like it used to. It is too grueling. Youth becomes a massive factor and that makes the possibility of any one team having a long term run less probably. San Antonio is the only one that has done it really.

I'm not sure where you getting that from, it's the young guys that are breaking up like chop sticks. The roses, westbrooks, KD, Paul george,I'm not even going to mention the recent high picks that never even played a month of NBA action and were done for the season, parker noel, embiid, bennet ect.

miami, dallas, san an, lakers, were all veteran teams. The young boys are still playing reckless, they're still proven themselves, sill piling up stats and looking in the mirror like..yeah I'm nice.

Remember when the NJ nets with kidd, kmart and vince were breezing through the regular season, and getting swept in the finals. It wasn't until kidd slowed down that he was able to lead the mavs to a ring. Nash was a 2 time MVP, right system, much more mature.