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The same Barthez that shut out il grande Milan as a youngie when he won the CL at Marseille?

A Milan team with Van Basten, Massaro and even their best player Papin that Milan took from same Marseille

Chic2pimp you better apologize.

chic2pimp:
You and I have different definitions of the word "Great" then. I rank Barthez in the class of Valdes. Good solid goalies. Nothing special.

Lmaoooo. Valdes was never rated as the best goalie in the world. Barthez was

Valdes was never the best keeper at any major tournament Barthez was.

The difference is night and day

chic2pimp:
John Terry just might not be out of reach for Boateng after all. 1 down 3 to go.

BoaTANK no get anything left to prove to useless defenders like John Racist both at club and International level.

Actually the Boateng haters need to give the credit where its due. Some of us saw his elite status long long time ago. Another guy I see with potential is Dele Alli albeit at a geographical disadvantage internationally. If managed properly that boy would make Lampard and his stats look like a joke. When I heard Bayern scouts were going to watch him at MK Dons about 3 years ago I sensed there might be something there. Toba brought it up I recall

Davidbanky:
A40 and raumdeuter .... happy new year !

Bless up bro. We go dance ijo treble this year like we did in 2013

raumdeuter:
Leave am make dem dey yarn opaks Maybe VDS should also be judged by his time and Juve/Fulham or Casillas by his post 2012 performances or Cech by his the fact that he was benched by Cortouis

Lmao. If they tell me he is better than Kahn I wouldn't even argue. He delivered for club and country unlike John Racist. Even his spell at Man U was not a complete disaster. He had a very good first season

chic2pimp:
When will Ollie Khan catch Barthez's World cup and European Champs medals won on the field of play eh?

Forget the United debacle Barthez was a great goalie.

chic2pimp:
I be warri boy o. A mix of Ijaw and Itsekiri(Grandma na Urhobo sef). No wahala your oyel share go reach pretty soon.

My G No dulling.....Nah you be go be numero uno

Na una dey always like to show una sef. Me na westernized ninja sha. My ties to that area no be like when I was younger. Even the pidgin no strong like their own. I still play go there last year sha. Na Mofor junction I been dey for like 3 days.

SIRcumalot:
too much analytics!!!
all I got from this is that defensive Center value is decreasing.
honestly,wont you rather have DeAndre in Bogut's place ?
bogut isn't working out for Dallas.

Chale. There are a lot of useful nuggets you can pick from these articles. What they also show is that defensive impact goes beyond highlight blocks e.t.c

When a so-called defensive anchor's team is bleeding fewer pts when he sits than when he is on the floor then water don pass garri. On the flipside when a guy like Draymond Green sits for the Warriors you know there is kasala. There is a reason the Clippers aren't an elite defensive team despite DeAndre's numbers. If Bogut got injured less often I would take him over DeAndre easily

Ahahahahaha. Eyin olote Boateng more pepper for una yansh oh

Braah he looks 75. Baba has really been through a lot

SIRcumalot:
Jordan is basically the same type of player as Tyson Chandler,let him act as the defensive anchor and not worry about creating shots for him,he could gets his points from putbacks and offensive rebound.

Even this defensive anchor thing is overrated. This article breaks it down to the nitty gritty.

bballbreakdown.com/2015/04/17/why-deandre-jordan-doesnt-deserve-dpoy-consideration/

Happy 65th to the President. The German James Ibori himself

Don Uli Hoeness

Looks very likely that Badstuber is going on loan

chic2pimp:
Warri,sapele or ugheli?... You wan oil work? Nah we dey control oil money for Warri.

Na Sapele side bruh. Which side u from come? We dey your back for any oil paro oh

SIRcumalot:
Jordan value na for defense
why else your Mavs dey chase am up and down for free agency period that year ?

That value is immensely overrated. The Mavs are typically lazy at scouting mostly hitting and missing in FA. This is a franchise that has not developed an all-star since 2003

afrodoc2:
I think that is the koko. Not that she never had the quality but that she somehow lost the aggression, drive and hunger that led her to the top.
But something i have noticed over the last year especially in the big fights is that striking seems to be having a greater impact in the fights now and submission seems to be slowly taking a back seat.

It would also help her gain some humility. The way she reacted to her first loss get as e be. Did she seriously think she was never going to lose? Striking has always been what drew me. The submission aspect is less thrilling. Many fighters now work on ways to evade takedowns you gats dey pack that killer punch

chic2pimp:
Oh boy A40 I hear say u be delta pikin. Na true? If yes what part?

You get Oil and Gas work for me? Isoko

nairamaniac:
U bust my head with this post. ROTFLMAO.

Deandre isn't really overrated. We HV seen forwards and center whos specialties are just in defense do very well in some teams.

Having those 3 in one team is just a bad mix.
Take away Griffen and replace with a more proficient forward like Paul George, they would get to finals.

They just need to trade one of them.

Jordan is overrated abeg. He owes his career to Chris Paul. Whiteside was very spot on with that all he does is catch lobs line. Ok he is a good rebounder but that's about it.

Take away Griffin ke? Did you see what he did two seasons ago vs the Spurs and Rockets?

Jordan na liability late in games and has refused to improve offensively. Either at FTs or acquiring some sort of post game. Clippers aren't doing shyte with him. Belee dat

Quickest to get to 20 EPL Goals

Dele Alli (52)
Paul Scholes (74)
David Beckham (90)
Frank Lampard (140)

nairamaniac:
that cavs haven't used kyrie as a catch and shoot player doesn't mean he can't. Any player who can shoot efficiently off the dribble would shoot much better off screens or off-catch. FACT.
Just that using kyrie that way would kill/hide his ball handling skills.

U are right though, it would create mismatches. But then again, offence trumps defence.

I don't think that's a given. And I am positive it would hurt Kyrie's game badly playing off screens, catching and shooting. Plus its a criminal waste of his handles and the sheer amount of pressure he puts on the defense when he is on the ball.

A Kyrie and an ageing Chris Paul backcourt would get torched and smoked beyond recognition. Who would guard Klay?

nairamaniac:
well true.
But i don't see clippers getting any much better than they are for next few seasons. There's no dorminant scorer amongst their big three, which is very unusual, when u call big-threes.
He should have paid his dues if he decides to leave at 32, 33,34.

IMHO

Its unfortunate. That's largely on them and the massively overrated Doc Rivers. That Clippers team rose to the spotlight waay before the Warriors. They have no excuses

The criminally overrated DeAndre Jordan is also another key reason why that team will never be great. Still on still there's enough for that team to reach a WCF at the least

elrony:
"Alonso, Luiz and Cunte,una nukwala ogene??"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h01_dEXLqsk

E don enter Eastern gyrations? ACHIKOLO!

coded01:
“They won 13 games in a row. Not bad. Can you imagine how annoying it is when you win 13 games in a row and there is still one team only six (now 5) points behind?” - KLOPP...

Bad punchline from Klopp...

http://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=soccer&id=18383960

Liverpool should be topping the table by now. They dropped some really silly pts along the way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaYJbNkIrNk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tx-HzZnr34

Jam of 2016

chic2pimp:
Shakara ke? Nah untop luiz head person wan do shakara? Abeg bone that side. We no see your boy Hazard for match today o. Wetin happen?

Seriously how did Conte go on that run with Marcos Alonso and David Lulz in that backline. Its a miracle

As for Ikedia. No be today Olosho don dey Pekas

chic2pimp:
No be calamity Luiz again? It was only a matter of time.

Sikira don get belle. Shakara don end oh

And the analysis of the uselessness of David Lulz begins. Its a pity that is not why we are here

EYIN OMO WOBE!

nairamaniac:
not at all at all. Chris Paul is in the mold of john Stockton. He has never been a Ball hog. Neither is lebron.
Irvin would be a scoring point guard or parmanently take j.R's place in shooting guard position.
I wouldn't even be bothered with the average height of their back Court.
Late 90's utah had 3 not so tall point guards taking turns and they did very well. Talking of Stockton, jeff hornacek and Howard Eisley coming from the bench.

Sixer's did the same with Iverson and Eric snow.

Anything to move Irvin to scoring guard or off screen shooting guard would be of help to cavs.
Cos I don't trust j.r or shupert in that role/position on the long term. J.r is too streaky.

Ball hog is different from ball dominant. You can dominate and demand the ball without hogging it. What I'm saying is guys like Lebron, Kyrie, CP thrive on the ball. They need their touches and it would be interesting to see how it plays out when your SF/PF also sees himself as a facillitator. Kyrie isn't a Steph or Klay who can curl off screens and catch and shoot over sustained periods.

I think size would also be a problem. Backcourts are getting notably bigger these days. It would create real matchup problems unless their lineups/minutes are staggered

nairamaniac:
a veteran changing teams at 32, 33 years of age wouldn't really be seen as a ring chaser as such.
To me, cp3 has long taken a back seat even in clippers.
IMHO though.

Ring chaser is ring chaser my gee. Especially considering he is coming from a competitive Clippers team

Roland17:
Brogdon does not get the hype and media attention he deserves, i guess its because Milwaukee is a small NBA market. He is well grounded on both ends of the court. Brogdon is well grounded in Tony Bennett's style of play, he is very discipline with possession and on defense.

The Bucks are quite an intriguing team with Giannis and Parker and I observed that Brogdon dude over the last few games. Very smooth and efficient passer of the ball and can score too. Their main weakness is at Center