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This Mavericks team is just depressing. Carlisle is aging quicker than normal and it's a pity his best years are being wasted on this kind of mediocrity

birdman:
Parsons is the original 419. Cuban is street smart, but he got played

It was actually Memphis that fell for the scam

However Harrison Barnes is the one Cuban fell for

birdman:
You know you can make d same argument for owners right? Times 100.

Where are all the IT fans now? Why is it unprofessional for players to Max their leverage, but a team can hold a city ransom

I'm not pro owner. I think Butler should have gotten a better offer for sure especially based on what they then gave KAT. Don't get me wrong but I just don't believe he is going about it the right way, missing games and causing strife in the team

IT was just unlucky. But if he didn't get hurt he was most likely going to get a huge payday. However for every IT I would show you certain players who have also wound up fleecing their teams, Chandler Parsons and Evan Turner quickly come to mind not forgetting Luol Deng

Wherever Butler joins he still has to run down this deal so why not just see it out?

ipledge10:
50 points... I support 3 teams in NBA. 2 already won tonight Pacers and Timberwolves

I stopped counting at 48. Damn! After all his injury woes who would have thought he would ever get back to this point?

Roland17:
Are the Bulls about to throw this W away? These Nuggets are for real, I keep saying it.

Starting to have my doubts about them. Their schedule has been reasonably soft and still they tend to struggle with teams they should be wiping the floor with

Tonight's games have been mental. Good God D.Rose are we in 2011 again??

48 friggin points! A career high. Wow

birdman:
I will always side with players over owners. Players have a 10 year shelf life, barring injury. Butler needs to negotiate his best deal now.

I would rather side with fairness. What these players earn in 10 years is beyond what 95℅ of us will ever earn. You signed a contract which means you have a job to show up and do what you're being paid to do or quit and find something else.

It's unprofessional and avaricious behavior

patrickmuf:
See where you are getting it wrong, that a strikers is a fox in the box doesn't mean that he is entirely useless outside the box or depends on others to score. Inzaghi is no the standard, he is only a part of a bigger picture.

You are the one getting it wrong because you simply don't understand the basic terminology and what brought about the name to begin with

That is exactly what it entails. So calling a Ronaldo and Suarez foxes in the box tells me you just don't know

Suarez that routinely racks up double figures in assists every season na him una dey call 'fox in the box'

Erin keke l'agbole Baba Suwe

patrickmuf:
Messi isn't very Mucha fox in the box, he builds most of the attacks with scintillating dribbling and in some cases, defense splitting passes before arriving at the box to bury the chances in mostly signature moves. At first, it was a one-two with Alves, now it's a cut back from Alba.

Ronaldo, Nistelrooy, Inzaghi, Suarez etc are predators that feed on half chances and can score with just about any part of their bodies, head, right or left foot, chest, knees etc.

E say Predator. Predator ko Commando ni. You watch Suarez play for Uruguay and Barca setting up Cavani and his other teammates Sturridge at Liverpool as well and you still call him a fox in the box?

Suarez and Ronaldo are versatile players who don't rely on service to score. They can score and create. Inzaghi, Nistelrooy, Solksjaer, Fowler, Crespo all needed service.

patrickmuf:
Is Ronaldo a fox in the box?

Yes. He is even a snake in the monkey shadow.

No point arguing with people that can't tell the difference between strikers like
Chicharito
Gomez
Solksjaer
Sheringham
Fowler
Klose
Van Horseface
Inzaghi
Crespo
Fowler
Mboma


And strikers like
Eto'o
Henry
Suarez
Ronaldo
Griezmann
Benzema

patrickmuf:
How will you say Mbappe is a fox in the box? How many goals has he? How sharp is he in the box? Na wah oh!!!

Are you seriously asking how many goals Mbappe has? Griezmann nko?

Messi nko? Himself no be fox in the box? Since everybody is now fox in the box to you people

If Suarez is a fox in the box then we can also call Mbappe, Griezmann foxes in the box. Lmaooo

Even the sentence is self explanatory but una go dey somersault like Aghahowa on top simple matter

Roland17:
This is where I have a problem with Adam Silva's leadership of the NBA. Under D. Stern, this nonsense will definitely not happen because he empowered and supported a lot of the owners in their decisions, particularly the financial and business aspects. NBA players wield too much power and most have lost loyalty, discipline and professionalism. Now you have players choosing to sit to force a move, worse still, they tell you where they want to play. Butler, Kawhi and other similar situations frustrate me and many other old schooled fans. He freaking signed a contract with the Wolves, he needs to adhere to the terms of the contract, This is becoming very disgraceful as the players are dominating and controlling the affairs of the league.

Silver is too liberal and left leaning and they usually don't know where to draw the line

It's insane and that is why people go on about the owners and all but they don't talk about the excesses of the players. This is a league unlike the NFL where every dollar is guaranteed. Why would a healthy player just up and refuse to come to work! It's madness

pkasso:
How is this a transition season when we still field wingers with a combined age of over 70? Over half of our squad will be 30+ next year. This WAS supposed to be a transition season but it's anything but.

I don't agree with your excuses. A super-club like Bayern is expected to play well and fight for all trophies, season in season out. Regardless of whatever situation we are in.

I'm expecting a big summer next season though. Hopefully we get that transition season we've been waiting for.

That is why it is a transition season. When we are still starting Ribery, Robben and their backups are Gnabry and potentially Alphonso Davies from the MLS.

By tagging it a transition season that is my way of limiting my expectations for the team. A super club we are but we are not spending like one so why we dey deceive ourselves?

No need to dey unnecessarily tension yourself is what I'm saying

donlittle25:
Will all these affect him come contracts talk?

These players can be so unreasonable at times. I'm sure the Bulls must be thanking their stars.

I think after refusing the Timberwolves offer in the summer it became evident he had no interest in staying, but at the very least honor your deal till the end of the season. I don't think any smart GM would trade for Butler at this point and risk getting fleeced so I don't know why he is going out of his way to put the team in a tight spot

Jimmy Butler pulling a Leveon Bell. These players are something else

airmark:


O ti dun werey. Those who are knowledgeable, know where to put you.

No knowledgeable pundit would call Suarez a 'fox in the box'

Only a diginidagini like yourself and any other fugazy analyst who uses terms loosely without doing their homework. You are completely bereft of sense and If your fellow Chelsea fans won't tell you me I will tell you. Olodo pundit

airmark:


They are the usual dolts, led by apari raumdeuter and the likes of a40. I'm surprised that lordfalcao hasn't added his voice to the shameless ones'.

Shut up your mouth diginidagini. Only a clueless pundit like yourself will call Luis Suarez a 'fox in the box' next time don't phoolishly use phrases beyond your intellectual tax bracket so as not to look like a Bozo

Asinwin. Monkey see Monkey do

sod09:
this m0ron that swam to europe is finding voice too
why you no quote me, adagbamadanu diginidagini elete ponmo

What is diginidagini? my own Yoruba no reach that side oh

Fox in the Box is just a glorified way of calling a striker a goal poacher, someone like Inzaghi, Sheringham, Solksjaer, Mario Gomez, Klose.Chicharito, Ruud Van Horseface, pretty much strikers who are borderline useless outside the Box 18

Unless you're telling me Suarez falls in that category then it's obvious anyone using that term is just using it loosely and doesn't know what it means.

Roland17:
Talk about "Clutch" Tatum. With less than 20 seconds left and the game on the line, this kid went to the free throw line 4 times, made 3 and intentionally misses the 4th so the game clock runs out.

Be like na that hair been dey worry Kyrie

With the Rockets I think any team missing the MVP and CP3 would obviously struggle. Plus CP3 is also struggling with his shooting. However the truth is the team is woefully lacking in depth. And as CP3 advances in age that $40m would only look worse

This is a transition season. I no know why people dey get their hopes up unnecessarily. When a team makes almost €100m for market and only spends on an 18 year old from the MLS I no honestly know wetin una dey expect.

afrodoc2:


So Suarez is a fox in the box because he scores most of his goals in the box. Abeg who are these strikers that score most of their goals from outside the box?
I mean the foxes outside the box.

You go fear analysis from Ejiro Omonode. LMAO

Nna eh. Adim weak oo

DeMar DeRozan. Soaking up all that disrespect and using it to just ball

Roland17:
They are now asking for E. Gordon to be included in the package.

Might as well add him. Only thing they need to do is try to cut down the number of picks, which I think is ridiculous anyway. Houston should leverage on the fact that he could walk for nothing in the spring so they also need to be reasonable

donlittle25:
Man he has been on fire. I was worried about him, I still am a little bit because of his speed. But seems like it's not a problem.


This was supposed to be Dennis Smith team. All athleticism it seeems but something is just quite missing

Dennis is far from a dud but this Doncic kid is something else. Offensively the kid looks even better than advertised before the draft. For a rookie his game is just smooth and polished (his floaters, step backs, release and shooting mechanics) and if he can cut his turnovers down he could be a big problem

Jimmy Butler played awfully well for someone trying to leave Minnesota. Birdman y'all might as well give up those 4 picks.

Tell your LeNomad this is Western Conference oh. Nobody send you for here