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Roland17:
Brodie is not the entire problem, that roster is bad and poorly constructed and you are right, LeBum played a big role in the construction of that roster but guess what? He may abandon ship and blame everyone else but himself.

A roster that has Melo (37), Trevor Ariza (36), Dwight Howard (36) D'Andre Jordan (33), Kent Bazemore (32), Avert Bradley (32) all on veterans minimum I guess but are supposed to be supporting casts for player who turn LeBum (38), Russ (34), Anthony Davies (29) by the the end of this season! It can't work! No one is interested in playing defense or pushing themselves. Most of them are on their last legs.

Yet someone is saying they have 2 more years to go, in the same dreaded Western conference that has the likes of the Suns/ Warriors/ Memphis/ Mavericks/ Jazz/ Nuggets.

If they had traded for Derozan, who was available for far less, they would have still had enough to make other good trades and retain valuable role players like Caruso and all of this will not have happened. Acquiring Brodie came at too high a cost prompting management to fill up the roster with any available FA who would accept the minimum and most of them happened to be ring-chasing aged veterans.

Lebron should share part of the blame, period.

Shit attracts flies. If only Lebron had chosen wisely this past off season none of this masturbation will be happening. That bonehead mkpurummiri-inspired move for Westbrook compelled this abrupt downward trajectory of the Lakers.

Village people, wehdone o.

I would really love to be that fly on the wall that witnessed that conclave that, having considered all the pros and cons and the variables, decided Brodie was it.

Lebron, AD, Pelinka, Buss. How?

If AD continues with this injury streak you aren't getting much for him o. That guy na plastic legs and hands as it is. You can't build a franchise around him and teams will be wary of his fracture-laden history.

Unless he miraculously gets a miracle.

BItt:
hey i think different and i am going to say the reason why that woman is pissed wasn't entirely captured in that video.
You provoked her then recorded her actions so that you'll appear to be a saint and the victim.


i know how it works so i am not gonna fall for the video tricks

I doubt you even watched the entire video before ITK commenting. The white woman was the one provoking her all the way and spit on her 5 times. 5 times!

Gerrarahia!

The circumstances of your conception and birth may have traumatized her and she may have blamed you subconsciously for it. You may also be reminding her subconsciously of an adversary in your bloodline. These things happen.

I'll advise you still stay away and go for therapy. Do not underestimate how badly this may have affected you. Secondly, get spiritual help too. Heal your heart and mind and spirit.

When you become stronger, you can start mending your relationship with her by forgiving her and reaching out gradually however you can.

A40:
Nonsense. If you like blindside someone and cry when they retaliate. In what planet do you hit somebody unprovoked and not expect retaliation whether in life or NBA. Continue trying to hold people to standards you are probably not living up to

I've moved on bro. Cheers

Khanben:
There is a reason why no one has ever tried to legislate injuries gotten while playing most professional sports. The idea that a human who pumped full of adrenaline and testosterone will act reasonably is totally laughable.
For every action there is an equal but opposite reaction

Many guys in adrenaline and testosterone instigated prisons will not agree that it is laughable bro.

That you don't know that emotions and impulses and instincts can be schooled and that the brain is plastic and even hardwired habits and behaviours and reactions can be changed or unlearned is all on you too.

birdman:
Context is everything. Nothing you have said is necessarilly wrong, but you yourself mentioned soldiers and great warriors. Warriors eventually war, that is why they are great. There is time for grammar and time to act.

In my estimation Jokic picked the right time. Even in a court of law he can argue that he was provoked by Markiefs initial aggression and the law will grant some leeway.

You on the other hand believed he should have walked up to Markieff and calmly reasoned with him not to do it again. Educated emotions you say. Ol boy, you need to wise up

You are projecting your understanding unto me.

1. I said no to excessive retaliation. Jokic's retaliation to a cheap shot was excessive.
2. You guys proposed ' when-provoked-strike from impulse' I proposed when provoked-think-act/strike appropriately.

Note that in provoked-think-strike appropriately, the appropriate thing could actually mean killing an aggressor to defend yourself..

3. I said acting out your raw feelings, acting out of instinct like an animal when provoked could get you in trouble. Educate your impulses to avert a life of regret.

How does the above turn into:
"You on the other hand believed he should have walked up to Markieff and calmly reasoned with him not to do it again."

"There is time for grammar and time to act". : I already said that bro. You have to know when to fight/hold on/walk away/run.

"Even in a court of law he can argue that he was provoked by Markiefs initial aggression and the law will grant some leeway".:

Me: Some leeway by a Judge could mean 10 years behind bars bro.

A40:
You dey yarn absolute dust. Whether a flop or whether poor equillibrium is not germane to the argument. Nobody cares

Effeminate? You don't know nada. If you like enter street bump and hit person then instead of apologizing you do the universal sign of disrespect and you turn your back on another grown man, If you don't get knocked spark out make I know wetin cause am. Since you consider them that less of a threat it would be good if they shocked you

Jokic's reaction was purely on impulse and in the heat of the moment. Don't act like he intended to kill him.

Keep shifting goalposts.

The street and the jungle and the mafia have their nuances and codes and rules bro. Life and sports and specifically the NBA have theirs too. Don't conflate them.

My others answers are in my response to birdman.

We can all read here and and have fun and learn from each other and grow or we can be eternally fighting battles and grandstanding and learn nothing. You choose.

I am out.

birdman:
Leave DeeMain with all the grammar. Imagine I walk up to DeeMain at random and I just give you heavy blow, remove one teeth and walk away DeeMain is saying he would not attack me as I strolled away. He wont even push me in the back because it would be "grossly effeminate" to do so. Of course I would do the same next week, remove another teeth, then turn my back and run . Dey blow grammar dey go

Birdman listen:

Many are 6 feet under or in a crammy jail or gruesomely maimed for acting exactly what you are championing here - acting out your raw feelings, acting out of instinct when provoked.

All I am proposing to you is to pause and think and proceed with a thoughtful measured response when triggered. Pause. Think. Then act. What will I stand to gain? What are the consequences? Intended and unintended. How will this affect my family, my plans, where I am going? Who will gain from my actions? Who will lose?

We are not animals. Animals have no head to balance their hearts out. Animals act on instinct, there behaviours innately hardwired, devoid of pause, devoid of thought, devoid of measure, once triggered. For them there is no Frankl's space between stimulus and response.

You have to know when to fight(for those who think I am anti-fight), know when to hold on, know when to walk away, know when to run. A man who lacks these lacks wisdom and is no better than an animal with its helpless reptilian brain.

I know a guy that was brutally butchered in school for retaliating a slap by a random guy in the street. Reason: that random guy was a cultist. I know of many whose promising life have forever been ruined because they couldn't stand a standard humiliation by cult boys and had to harden up in a rival cult to exact revenge.

Remember Boethius. Remember Victor Frankl.

I call you to a life of educated emotions. A higher standard. A very human standard. To always balance the heart with the head.

Even great warriors and soldiers run by this code.

My injunction could salvage your life or your home, or your career or snatch you from a life of regret one day.

Peace out.

ThierryJay:
Wait, is it Michael Owen that Rooney is calling unproven English player cos Valencia and Obertan aren't English?

When you start to question an ancestor like Ferguson, he'll begin to tell you how your grandfather met you grandmother and gave birth to your father

By then Owen was finished. Spent.

Khanben:
It always surprises me when people expect retaliation to be rational. You hurt someone, and said person while experiencing both pain and anger instinctively retaliates,and somehow we think said decision will be rational.
When people are emotionally compromised, especially from negative emotions, never expect rational behaviors from them. That is why if you do not want to be on the receiving end of such irrational reaction, you do not mess with people in the first place.

Man! know thyself. Know thyself. Know thyself.

"In other living creatures ignorance of themselves is nature, in men it is a vice."
- Boethius

Our prisons are filled with men and women who did not heed Boethius.

"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” - Victor Frankl

A40:
Abeg rest IJN. Why are you acting like what Jokic did was premeditated? He bumped him for ffs not like he punched him on his carotid artery or anything like that, whose fault is it that Markieff has such poor equilibrium?
Besides whatever happened to Markieff he brought on himself. If Jokic had suffered a broken rib or punctured lung what would you say?

If Morant had suffered serious injury would you be yarnin this kumbaya nonsense. If Markieff was such a tough guy he would be back now, just goes to show you these guys dish but cannot take.

How can anyone come here to defend those two that consistently endanger other players on the court. Was it not this Marcus that stomped on Luka's ankle. You will not advocate for these guys to change their playing style. You are just yarnin menenemenene

So you are changing tack now, abi? It's no longer an obvious flop but now poor equilibrium and a truck load of whataboutism. Lol, abeg sit.

There is a reason attacking someone from behind is considered cowardly and grossly effeminate - you've given the person no chance to steel or defend himself from harm consciously or by instinct.

And no I didn't call out Jokic a second time, I responded to people still gloating after seeing the replays of the carnage wrought by the human projectile and knowing the aftermath of that attack.

If something (e.g a car) or someone heavy or powerful and in motion hits you from behind abruptly, the inertia generated could snap your neck causing a whiplash(a neck injury) which can kill or maim or cause brain damage or mental problems.

We saw the danger on that video and called Jokic out but the voice of the many drowned out the voice of the few.

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From day 1 I always posited that appropriate sanctions should be meted against dirty plays and players. My only grouse with what transpired remains excessive retaliation and it hasn't changed.

Android22:
The Nets when fully fit are the team to beat. Philly got better but James Harden in the playoffs is still...

As for my warriors, we need a center. Right now my money is on Phoenix. But I personally think the East (say Nets) are the team to win it all.

I believe Philly will be lethal o. Harden has proven he can adapt to be anything that is required of him in Nets. And they have a solid team already.

Don't mind Harden's stats of late o. Dude has been tanking. Lol

Finally. Harden-Simmons deal done.

Philadelphia will receive James Harden and Paul Millsap

Brooklyn will receive Ben Simmons, Seth Curry, Andre Drummond and 2 picks.

birdman:
The Morris brothers are not flies. These are 6ft6 power forwards that like to inflict pain and intimidation on opponents. Fool wants to end the career of the next gen face of the league over 2 pts.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaG7B8vXD5o

Sanctions should be commensurate to offences in sports. Retaliations allowable shoukd be the appropriate kind. Anything else is the jungle or the Mafia. Don't kill someone or end their careers in retaliation for a cheap shot and expect me to gloat with you. Never!

SmooshCHN:
If they treat Marcus Morris right now, someone will be crying.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x_l4Keq54E

Eject him. Give him a 2-match ban or a 5. Play hard or dirty on him, fight him, give him a cheap shot for pay-back. Fair enough.

But don't kill a fly with a sledge hammer in the name of revenge. That should have no place in sports.

Markieff Morris has missed 44 games after the Jokic attack. He may never play again. He may. God help him. I hope you and your crew are happy Doc.

BlueMann:
Mf has a whole five minute compilation(!!) of dirty plays on YouTube.

That play was dirty and intentional, as his history would suggest. And if it wasn't intentional, then that guy is dirty by default. The attempted block with the left hand was reckless but understandable, but how do you explain the swipe with the right hand, while Caruso was already rotating downwards in midair? With a bit more rotation, Caruso may well have landed on his head.

That one game suspension was too small.

I saw the foul and I wondered aloud how some people would say with a straight face the foul was unintentional.

I saw his dirty play compilation afterwards and it cemented my earlier conviction.

He was even smiling to the fans when he was ejected. What a mentally warped sicko!

2 evil men and 1 incompetent puppet - the tragic story of Abia State.

Why are people blaming him for apologizing on social media? He wanted to shut down a viral escalation of the pregnancy tell-all interview by African doll that was already generating traffic on YouTube the day before.

If he hadn't done that that morning bloggers would have feasted on him that day and the uproar that would have followed the revelations would have been merciless and unrelenting.

He tried but it proved too little too late to save him.

May God forgive him and heal his heart and his home if this repentance is genuine.

Karleb:
Bros, I did not say the lady is wrong for keeping the pregnancy.

I didn't watch the interview but if Sammie did this, then he is an asshole.

But the point still remains, the lady kept the pregnancy because it was Sammie. It's just the same way non of Davido's baby mama aborted, even though they know Davido wouldn't marry them..

Same applies to guys too, if I get Yemi Alade pregnant, I will do everything in my power possible to make her keep the pregnancy.

It is just what it is.

He did o, the lady's receipts long like Third Mainland bridge.

I agree generally. She was star/talented-man-of-God struck . It may have influenced her decision to keep the baby. But this particular lady seems a bit different. Very educated, decent, intelligent, comfortable economically, calm, accountable, remorseful, took responsibility as an adult, never asked for money or tried to blackmail him, seemed a Christian with a conscience. Just needed to be acknowledged and respected as a human, heard and given time to come to a decision.

She kept saying she has a voice and her voice will not be silenced. Sammy's mistake was he chose the wrong person to silence.

Karleb:
Men should definitely have a say.

They might say abortion is bad, devilish etc. But both partners should be able to come to an agreement on whether to keep the baby or not.


Bros, this lady got impregnated by Sammie Okposo, not just anybody, a whole Sammie Okposo! That's the reason she's keeping the baby.
If it were a clown like Portable or a regular guy like me, she would have aborted even if we want to keep the baby.

Have you seen the interview on Youtube? You are just projecting your preconceptions unto the lady. She got pregnant and told Sammie Okposo and he got mad and started threatening her to abort it and calling her all sorts of names and disrespected her in many ways. While she told him she felt uneasy about aborting the baby and needed some time to make a decision. Dude went the Nigerian big man on her and started intimidating her and thereafter blocked her on all channels and she snapped. The result, called out his arse.

Nigerians and hype, Eguavoen was heralded as the second coming of Guardiola and Klopp. Both Rohr and Eguavoen plus the one they are about to bring in, rubbish.

A nation deserves better.

ChiomaCa:
I'm honest with my story. And I have never for once deny him of sexual intimacy. Infact, most time I make move, almost all the time. I swear to God Almighty. I'm feeling as if I'm ugly and not good looking enough

You must not allow him control how you see yourself. There is nothing wrong with you. Put the blame where it should be - at the loins and mind of your husband. He has a serious sexual addiction problem. Worse, it is for prostitutes and porn.

Have a showdown talk with him where you draw the line - he should open up to you on his problem and how he came to be this way. He should agree to see a sex therapist and since you are also spiritual people, go for deliverance too. I prefer a two-pronged approach to issues like this.

If he does not agree or is not commited to this, consider moving out of his house and if it still persists consider divorce.

Consider the possibility of STDs, unintended consequences and other spiritual issues that may accompany such serial entanglements with prostitutes. There may be danger ahead. Protect yourself and your daughter. Physically. Spiritually.

Kobojunkie:
That is the wayo lie that your Pastors and mogs told you in order that they might deceive and delude you in the name of God.

Jesus Christ is God's New Covenant Law, the agreement between God and individual men - Matthew 26 vs 28 - 30 - and the terms and conditions of the Covenant were not only concluded but sealed when Jesus Christ died on the cross, declaring " it is finished" right before giving up the ghost.

Jesus Christ finished the mission which He came to the earth to complete, to deliver to the world the New Agreement, Law in the Kingdom of God - God's Truth.
So be sure that any doctrine and tradition which stands in contradiction to the Truth of God as given you by Jesus Christ is a lie against Him, this, again, because Jesus Christ said so - Matthew 15 vs 1 - 14 & Mark 7 vs 1 - 13

I showed you Jesus' own words from scripture and you are here still uttering gibberish. Abeg shift.

Unless you are spiritual and understand new creation realities there are many things we cannot discuss or agree on as Christians.

The letter killeth but the spirit giveth life - 2 Cor 3:6

Be there reading letters and words and arguing blindly over them.

Abeg bye.

Kobojunkie:
But why celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ - in His name - when Jesus Christ Himself gave you no authority to do anything of the such in His name?

Not everything Jesus wanted to tell was told. Not everything Jesus wanted to teach was taught.


"I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you."
John 16:12-14
King James Version

The thread caption and content are totally different. Cleverly engineered to convey a sectional narrative.

We see you.

grandstar:
Saturnalia was a pagan god. It wad a graven image. Because you do not see a graven image does not change the narrative.

One, shifting goal posts. Two, irrational hogwash. Three, doctrinal inflexibility as a result of dogmatic brainwashing.

I can change a day set aside for the worship of a pagan God and change it to a day I celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. The earth and the fullness thereof belong to our God and we are claiming it and you and your ilk are in sifia pains as a result? Abeg shift.

grandstar:
In Exodus chapter 32, the Israelites built a golden calf and started a celebration around it and termed it a "a festival to God (Read 32:5-6). " Did Jehovah approve of that ceremony?

The celebration angered God and it led to the death of 3,000 people because despite its claim to be a festival to the true God, it was really a pagan festival! He wasn't fooled.

Christmas likewise, is steeped in Paganism. Jesus is actually the sun god Saturnalia. The gift giving was also a part of that celebration. I think it was to ward off evil.

The first white settlers in America did not celebrate Christmas. They regarded it as a pagan festival.

True Christians are admonished to "stop touching the unclean thing." (Read 2 Cor 6:14-18). You too should!

Why not visit www jw.org and start a free online bible study? It is the best decision you can take, to come to accurate knowledge of the Truth (Read John 17:3). Start Now!

Can you read yourself? You wrote yourself they carved a golden calf to worship. Where did the Christians celebrating Christmas erect golden calves or pagan gods? Is the day not set aside for God?

Why are you comparing oranges to apples?

mrvitalis:
Being a super lion myself I don't see anything wrong here

UNN has never and from what I'm seeing would never reduce is exam standards for the sake of anyone

UNN has the highest quota is Medical science in Nigeria ..and only those who meets the requirements should go to other departments

The likes of soludo and chimamanda also failed out of UNN medicine but went on to do well in life

Lai Mohammed. She didn't fail, she quit medical school for Creative Writing abroad.

A40:
Apparently hyperbole is foreign to you. Players will always find one excuse or the other either to over bloat their accomplishments or to make things bigger than they are

Are we talking about the same players that talk about "going to war" in a non contact and non combat sport. Abeg make I hear word

Everyone was affected by the lockdown no doubt but never you compare people that experienced far more severe losses, people who lost jobs, means of livelihoods to a bunch of players that couldn't be with their family and friends for 5 weeks, as if the same families and friends travel to each city with these players normally.

There's nothing the average NBA player faced that the common man did not deal with 5 fold so don't tell me playing in freaking literal Disneyland with a 5 minute commute between court and hotel with no fans to heckle you and hurt your fragile feelings is comparable to what people in the real world were dealing with. Get out ma face with that brehh.

Your beliefs and worldview bro. Can't help you with that. I am out. Bye.

A40:
Come on that Bubble ring was sweet. They were literally in Disneyland with the best facilities, no travel, no pressure of fans and the chaotic atmosphere they bring to the equation. Just 5 minutes stroll from your hotel to the court. They were more or less on a vacay

No way anyone can sell that emotional torture and stressful conditions BS to us in the real world. They need to GTFO with that

You know we've been through this debate before A40.

Many players have said the Bubble environment (a lockdown within a lockdown, without family and friends and fanfare) was stressful for them, you who wasn't there says it's a lie, that it was sweet. What you are doing is called hallucination o

Tales of what the 2020 pandemic and subsequent lockdown did to lives, mental healths,relationships, families, communities still pervade our consciousness and you spew that athletes were supposed to be immune from all that?

This world experienced panick attacks and depression and mass burials and hopelessness and helplessness and the NBA called off the season abruptly in fear and trepidation. You remember that, don't you?
So someone saying it all affected him and stretched him as an athlete is all far fetched? Fear God o.