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SmooshCHN:
I agree. The struggle continues until they play hard.. Steph leads in drives to the basket I don't know why he should be settling even if it's his first instinct..

The style is just too Boom or Bust for my liking. And this was the good thing about K.D coming. You can see on some nights Steph's shots aren't even getting near to the basket especially on the road. When you take 2 or 3 shots like that as a player I feel you should sense your game is off and try something different. This is why guys like LeFlop are tough to stop.

The Bulls usually show up against the big boys. Handed the Cavs and Raptors multiple L's. The issue I think for the Warriors is Steph and Klay continually launching threes on nights they are clearly not falling. They are settling instead of using their athletic ability and intelligence to get better shots. Its mind boggling

afrodoc2:
Saying Metabolic disorder is so vague as there are dozens of them. He probably has a hormonal or an enzyme problem. The likely ones are Diabetes, Cushing's or even Coeliac Dx.

Its a problem. The guy always looks fat and stubby no matter how hard he trains

Lewandowski FC. 30 goals already. I am liking this Bayern I've been seeing these past few weeks. Thiago has impressed me too make I no lie

We face the winner between Sportfreunde Lotte and Dortmund in the semis

airmark:
Mr man, when is boathand returning? Bayern has been very boring since he left.

Eyin olote. BoaTANK is back in training. Very soon he would be back to balling on these haters, and winning trophies John Racist will never win

Eruditor:
Horford is puzzling. I feel he can be doing more but I don't know what difference his more will make. I am just worried that I still feel Cleveland will sweep most of these teams playoff time thus giving them more rest than whoever comes out from the west.

As per Matt Barnes, the only thing I am happy about is his enthusiasm to play for us. We can't afford to have 2 troublesome players come playoff time.

He's a passive big who is efficient but of what use is the efficiency when he isn't taking enough shots. He typically goes ghost in the 4th and I still think the Celtics are giving a 5'9 IT far too much of a load to carry and I hope he doesn't breakdown. Horford's production is too poor to be on a max deal, Jae Crowder is their 2nd best player rn. Horford needs to do more and for me he has been suspect since last year and the year vs the Cavs.

Barnes is a solid addition. He would add more grit and grime. And you can be sure he no go allow Lebron chance Curry if they meet in the playoffs. In the meantime guys like Green need to step up in K.D's absence. Those 4-7pts pattern won't fly. Yeah he does it all but he should be targeting a 13pt a game avg

I didn't know the Wizards landed Bogdanovic. That's a steal. And looks like they are getting Jennings. Very good job Scott Brooks has done so far. I was one of his biggest critics at OKC but it appyas the guy knows his onions

Warriors signing Matt Barnes. Lol they still ended up with a Barnes in the end

Ka ma kuro ka ma ja le Williams and Bogut are solid additions and I never expected the Cavs would pull of this heist. I am especially happy cos now LeFlop literally has no excuse

chic2pimp:
Tbh the British are the best Actors in Hollywood. Unlike Most America Actors, the Brits actually do go to acting schools and it shows. "Oscar worthy" and "Oscar Winning" efforts are two different things though.

I don't agree with this but its an opinion thing.

As for Oscar winning/ Oscar worthy that's neither here nor there. They gave McCounaghey on a year Wolf Of Wall street came out can't take the award that deeply. Shutter Island didn't even make the list and for me Aviator was as good if not better than Ray

chic2pimp:
3-4 Oscars? That's Daniel Day Lewis territory. Not happening brah.

Glad my boy Mahershelala Ali won an Oscar. Met Him a few years ago. Really down to heart Fela

Una must always hype una British people sha. Di Caprio should definitely be sitting on multiple Oscars is all I know. Aside Revenant I could point out 3-5 Oscar worthy efforts

Nihilist:
I felt that Daniel day Lewis was the real star of GONY. The guy stole every single scene he was in. And in my opinion, that's the reason why Leo hasn't been Oscar Worthy - in most of the films where he truly shines, there are other characters shining just as bright if not brighter e.g Billy Zane in Titanic, Jack Nicholson in the Departed, and at least 3 people in Django Unchained...

I agree though that Wolf of Wall Street is his best ever screen outing. That scene where he tumbles down a flight of stairs and crawls into his Lambo was the peak of physical comedy. That's the film where he really deserved the Oscar, not that Wildlife Documentary called the revenant.

Lol the Gang of New York I agree with but the others you listed I disagree strongly. In Django the best guy was Christopher Waltz. But for me that wasn't Di Caprio's best work. Don't agree with Departed and Titanic either.

Even at that three other films that should have definitely gotten another Oscar are Catch me If you can, Aviator and Shutter Island

Leo's resume is legit

Alaba with a toe issue. Massive doubt for tomorrow

sinizia:
Yes, the more boring a movie is, the higher the chance of it winning an Oscar. While Caprio was brilliant in The Revenant, I'll take his performance in The Wolf of Wall Street over that of the The Revenant's.

Wolf of Wall Street was Leo at his Magnum Opus. Gangs of New York, Catch me If you can, Shutter Island, Aviator. Are other films I would put over Revenant. Its a travesty and crying disgrace that Di Caprio isn't sitting on 3-4 Oscar's

Nihilist:
Birdman was the worst, followed closely by The Revenant.

That Birdman film I couldn't even make heads or tail of the movie. It was boring as fvck. I took my wife to see Revenant the Vals day before this one and we both fell asleep at the Cinema.

The more boring the movie the likelier it is going to win an Oscar. Its like that is the most important criteria. The irony is I would list 5 movies Di Caprio did better. Revenant was OK tbh.

raumdeuter:
A40 have you heard the latest from Gotze? Out for the season with a metabolic disorder,

Good thing we got rid of him I'll say

Its a darn shame. He's had a terrible season to put it mildly. Hope he recovers fully tbh. Still think he was mismanaged at Bayern but I agree he needs a stronger mentality

Donlittle:
If Paul George can't get the pacers to the Playoffs in the east, how is he going to get the lakers to the Playoffs in the West if the lakers are in a win now mode?

Paul George since the injury has been good but not great. The days of him leading a team to conference finals are in the rear view and its unfortunate

I hope I'm not pre ejacul@ting because customer daada ni Arsenal ati Hamburg but I'm seeing shades of Jupp's side in 13. Let me keep observing. Good to see Kingsley Coman back. We are going to need everybody

raumdeuter:
Loving the Europa result

great game from Gladbach came back from a 2-0 and 3-0 aggregate win to score 4 and win the series

While our Tottenham spuds and the EPL failing as expected

I didn't expect that Gladbach recovery at all. Na real miracle. Shame on UEFA for pairing them with Schalke. Both teams looked like they could make deep runs in the competition

The EPL is such a useless league. Tottenham who didn't get out of a group with Neverkusen, Monaco and CSKA. Went to Europa and couldn't beat Gent. Why bother to qualify for Europe?

Happy 117th to the Greatest club on the planet. And all other existing plus newly found ones. FC Bayern München

raumdeuter:
I think Julian Green has sold finally to Stuttgart

Alhamdulilahi

Debroslink:
I watch Monaco a lot this season and can testify that that Bernardo Silva is a fantastic playmaker. If he's on the right frame of mind, Monaco will be on fire.

A combination of Fernandinho and Yaya should be used to stop him. If Guardiola uses 1 DM, his team will be in trouble tonight.

That guy is a Barca material not those 2 goons my brainless coach bought in the form of Gomes and Dennis.

Yaya cannot stop a quadriplegic rn

aliondo:
I agree with you but butler is not bad tho....

What they need is a bit of patience. They are very close to challenging at the top of the East. This move would all but destroy it because Butler's addition would not put them over the Cavs this year. He has badly declined defensively. It would also hurt their depth and ability to compete next year

What is this I'm hearing about the Celtics wanting to trade Smart & Crowder and a future pick for that Ycee wannabe Jimmy Butler. It would be a massive, egregious and unbearable mistake.

Roland17:
The embolden is what upsets me the most. The choke job is the reason for the elevated level of nonsensical debate. Truthfully, i don't trust they would not choke again, they are playing with this sense of entitlement that worries me. D. Green is the player that scares me most, i worry he would fall prey to a similar situation like last season with his antics and lack of emotional control.

The only result that would compensate for last season's choke job would be to sweep the Cavs in the instance they meet again.

This arifin is entirely their fault, and their fans have to accept responsibility for this nonsense rather than being defensive about last season.

Lol they played like they didn't believe they could lose till they did. I think this year would be different if the Warriors meet the Cavs, they have been humbled just like the 2012 Heat. They would beat the Cavs wella. The main issue is the damage has been done already. It would take a sweep with like 25pt average for the Warriors to redeem themselves

raumdeuter:
Looks like Dortmund is closing in on Mahmood Dahoud from mochengladbach

Adding that to Toprak they signed from Leverkusen

How will the weakening rivals argument play out now

They are Bayern lite basically. The hypocrisy and holier than thou mentality among their fans is always amusing to me. We even compensate them more than adequately for their players while they pay peanuts for guys they poach

Ribery and BoaTANK back in training

raumdeuter:
We are so dependent on him it's ridiculous. If he goes down with injury. That goes our season cos we've enjoyed a lot of individual brilliance this season

This summer would be a pivotal one at Fc Bayern. We have been very fortunate with Lewa and its rare to have two world class CF's in a squad. However a club of Bayern's level cannot be parading a Julian Green as a backup CF. Müller for me is not a CF

Lewandowski FC. We would be 8pts behind RB Leipzig if not for Lewandowski this season

Woulda been more fun if Boogie went to OKC

They seem like similar players with the same skillset only difference Boogie being a better passer and Davis a better blocker. They are still going to need Holiday to make this work. The trade is far from a slam dunk IMO

birdman:
lol. anoda 10 pages of lbj arguments. it used to be kobe vs lbj. then mj vs lbj. then pierce vs lbj. then mj vs lbj. then curry vs lbj. now back to mj vs lbj..etc

these are by themselves a testament to lbj's greatness. Some recurring nightmares of losing while up 3-1 is apparently still hunting lbjs many enemies. May all our enemies live long to see us prosper

LBJ fanboys always trying to compare him to the god tbh. And you guys are like the Red Army so that says it all

Eruditor:
Ofcourse you know I am not. I was indirectly suggesting 2 things:

1. That he was playing mind games with his response
2. That he doesn't decide what makes a rivalry (my message to Sapio)



This dude has a history of talking this way. I am surprised his groupies don't know this. He also said GSW and CAVS aren't rivals.

http://www.sbnation.com/2017/1/17/14295910/lebron-james-rivalry-history-cavs-vs-warriors

So it is really not about greatness. After all, how great is Paul Pierce (in terms of MVPs let alone finals MVPs) yet Bron thought Paul was his greatest rival in the NBA.

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/lebron-james-says-paul-pierce-is-his-biggest-rival/

This is the same Lebron that wore an Ultimate Warrior shirt after the finals and claimed his wife packed it for him and that Champagne stained his other shirt so he decided to wear it. You and I know he would rather go shirtless than wear an I-love-Phil-Jackson shirt so why wear the Ultimate Warrior shirt? Yet he gave a flimsy reason.

That diva just loves the attention. Warriors are not rivals yet he is holding the Cavs and Dan Gilbert hostage. We have forgotten dinosaurs like Kirk Hinrich, Mario Chalmers even Gilbert Arenas playing Hunger Games just to be backup point

You have to give LeFlop credit sha. Since the Finals loss to the Mavs he has mastered the art of manipulating the media and controlling the narrative. Now he is essentially playing with house money thanks to the Warriors failing to handle their bidness. They made a mighty struggle of winning their first title and blew their second. K.D to the Warriors means a chance to enhance the legacy further and even if the Cavs lose it would still be an argument of 4 All-stars teaming to beat just Lebron. Of course no one would point to the Cavs having the most expensive roster in history. Anyway na Golden State I blame for this arifin tbh

raumdeuter:
Chile fans to march against Alexis Sanchez staying at Arsenal

Thousands of Chilean football fans have signed up to march in protest against Alexis Sanchez remaining at Arsenal.
A Facebook event has been organised with more than 5,000 supporters planning to campaign along the streets of Santiago - the capital of Sanchez's home country - on March 1.

"Chileans are tired of watching one of our stars work alone so that their team can move forward," the description of the event said.
"We do not want him to play in Madrid, not to return to Barcelona, the truth is that we do not give a damn what team to play, we just want to see him fight along with ten others to get results. No more alone.

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/10771296/chileans-to-march-for-sanchez-exit

Vidal wont you like your friend to play with you in the same club?

The more I reason am the more e don dey make sense. The only issue is if Robben by some twisted fate stays healthy can Sanchez stay on the left?

Robben-Lewandowski-Sanchez

Sanchez-Lewandowski-Costa

Ahhhhh iku

redcardtheref.com/?p=2794

Worst ref at the last World cup. Aha abajo. The antecedents of incompetence don tey no be yesterday

sinizia:
A player, especially a DM or defender who falls for this Robben's famous signature move after all these years should be stripped nakěd and whipped. Afrodoc2 is right, even pundits are shocked that Arsenal players don't know what awaits any team once Robben is given that kind of chance.

At South Africa 2010 during the quarter-final match between Holland and Brazil, Holland counter-attacked Brazil (who were piling pressure trying to equalize the game which was at 2-1 and therefore commited bodies forward) and had Robben on a 1-on-1 with Juan. Robben ran at Juan with speed trying to sell him the fake outside move of going to the right so that once Juan falls for the trick he'd cut inside and unleash a screamer, but I was shocked when Juan with experience focused on Robben's left foot and stayed on that lane, refusing to flinch or buy the fake move Robben was selling. Robben tried all he could while running at Juan but Juan just kept stepping back while remaining on the left path of Robben knowing fully well that Robben's right leg is useless. At the end of the shakara by Robben when he realized the trick of Juan who was also using that style to delay Robben and allow his team-mates to catch up with Robben, he out of frustration went ahead to cut in into the left side of Juan and Juan easily stretched out his leg and dispossessed him.

Mehn, I was filled with admiration for that Juan nigga. It's on that day I doffed my hat to him. Most of these dumb defenders would've been laid to waste by Robben in that situation. Coquelin is just inexperienced. Overhyped headless chicken.

Lol this thing sweet to talk with mouth oh. If it were that easy Robben go don cast by now and would be playing in China. You gave an instance where it worked but there are numerous others where what Juan tried didn't work. And its not like he only does it against mediocre sides. When Robben is patient he would pump fake you with that left till he sees the window to take his shot. Its an art

And he ain't no Valencia either. His right foot is weaker but still capable of creating gbege. Did you see his shot with his right in the 2nd half yesterday?

My thoughts on the game starting with the ref. That mofo makes Ovrebo look like Collina. I hope he never officiates a Bayern game again else he should be castrated. Giving a bogus penalty against us and denying us 3 penalties. Ko ni ragba fun

I always felt we were capable of much better than we had shown so far and it became apparent when Ingolstadt dey give tough time pass Arsenal. Could have easily been 9-0 if not for the bomboclat ref and Ospina. Let's hope for more of this, under Pep we always seemed to play our best football at the wrong stage of the season.

The midfield was peng with Vidal beasting as usual. I hope Renato is taking notes. That's who he came to replace and Carlo likes them old so he has work to do. Thiago was also masterful, if he can just cut down the turnovers just a bit. The boy is capable of magic and really should be doing 15 goals a season in his sleep. Alonslow started slow as usual but improved in the second half. We really need to ponder long and hard on his replacement. We don't have a midfield controlla quite like him

Javi and Hummels were quite solid though unforgivably slow and mentally unaware for the Sanchez goal. Even Robben use style yab them after the match. Alaba was lively and Lahm really rolled back the years. MOTM contender

Robben was Robben, let's just keep praying he stays healthy. As for Douglas. Smh. He is why Ribery is still hanging around. Besides that late shot he did fuqall.

afrodoc2:
Robben's move is the closest thing to Kareem's sky hook that we have in modern football and very few people respect Robben like i do. Most times Robben sells them on the potential of an outside move first before cutting inside or he is just too fast for the defender who knows what is coming but can't stop it. Other times when he is isolated 1 v 1 against a defender he takes him into his torture chamber until the defender with twisted gut does not know where he is.
In this case Coquelin rushed towards Robben's Right foot as if it was Antonio "only right foot" Valencia.
It is not a big issue sha, i was just shocked that someone who has TV in his house would make it even easier for a killer like Robben who does not need any help.

That is classic Coquelin for you. Son is always too eager. And the hype Arsenal fans heap on him doesn't help matters. He is still too raw and I wonder when Wenger would stop trying to boil beans with soldering iron. He made it easy for Robben but I don't think he could help himself