birdman:


. one of LBJ's flaws is he talks too much.

As I am about to receive machine gun fire from Roland17. Wey my own contract biko

Roland17:


You be my own person baba. I always appreciate arguments on this thread because they are civil, respectful and devoid of name calling. I learn a great deal from everyone here.

I work in a tenured environment and while I am not tenured, 3 of my career mentors (1 in the academia and 2 in healthcare) are on tenured contracts and in recent past, this has been one of our discussions.

You sure say you fit run a profitable business like this?

birdman:


After buying a range rover, purchase Lekki lot and throwing weekend parties, I know profit go still remain

Interesting. Im at the opposite end of being tenured. I stay at a place as long as I feel Im growing technically and the company values my input. Once I sense wahala, I migrate. I have dodged about a dozen plus company wide layoffs this way in 10 years.

I have never really been a money person, but as a side effect of pursuing the next opportunity, I am now making about double what I made a decade ago. The scary part to me is I now realize some of my colleagues were already making that kind of money when I started out. I thought I was doing well then, but I really had no idea.

I feel this is one if the insidious ways even educated minorities fall behind in wealth. For me personally, I realized I was book smart, just not so much when it comes to wealth.

I freely admit I still dont know it all though. Maybe thats why I see Lebrons jumping from team to team in a good way ...never thot of that before

birdman:


No doubt, Lebron is not a choir boy. Even social crusaders often have selfish interests. I am sure that is the case to some extent with Lebron. Such is the nature of change though...we lionize such people decades later, but everyone has flaws.

The reason I compared to Ali is that in his time, Ali was considered a dumb tool, even by some NOI members. Today more people know him than the founder of NOI. Still, flawed as he was, in the middle of the hype, there was some good change.

ipledge10:
I just stopped talking to one of my closest friends, cos He said he is gonna start Danny Green ahead of Klay Thomson.

donlittle25:
How did you meet him? How you make a friend like this?

ipledge10:
He actually watches sports a lot, but he can say stupid things to win arguments. The base of the argument is that Klay is top 3 two way shooting guards. He mentioned Oladipo, Butler, Derozan, Danny Green, then put Klay at 5th.

Decale:



Block him


Your don't need that kind of people around you.

birdman:
i have never seen a home team so quiet. sixers fans are in adream state rite now, trying to see how this new lineup pans out.

@a40 i thought the same thing! pops is a piece of works, but hes in your corner

ipledge10:
I just stopped talking to one of my closest friends, cos He said he is gonna start Danny Green ahead of Klay Thomson.

Killrhymz:
jj reddick is better than danny green but will certainly choose klay over both of them.

A40:
Lmaooooo if you haven't seen the Lavarr Ball interview on Undisputed you're really missing. If all fathers hyped their kids like Lavarr Ball ehn

aliondo:

Its cool for parents once in a while to hype their kids to instill confidence but i feel when they overdo it,it could bring unnecessary pressure on the kid. I didn't like the way he talked about Luke. No matter what, you gotta respect the coach and allow him exert his principles on the team. I have complained about Coach Donovan sometimes but i still respect him as a coach.

If he is so passionate about his kid, let him take up the Lakers Coaching job.

#MyOwnOpinion

SmooshCHN:
It's called publicity. It's all for content. Is he the first NBA Dad? It's has helped his family financially. It helps the media too so.

SmooshCHN:
It's called publicity. It's all for content. Is he the first NBA Dad? It's has helped his family financially. It helps the media too so.

Khanben:



You are right on the money. IMO i also think its because of the publicity that the Lakers made the huge mistake of drafting Lonzo ahead of better developed talents like Tatum, Fox, Donovan, Lauri and even DSJ

aliondo:

Its cool for parents once in a while to hype their kids to instill confidence but i feel when they overdo it,it could bring unnecessary pressure on the kid. I didn't like the way he talked about Luke. No matter what, you gotta respect the coach and allow him exert his principles on the team. I have complained about Coach Donovan sometimes but i still respect him as a coach.

If he is so passionate about his kid, let him take up the Lakers Coaching job.

#MyOwnOpinion

A40:
Man these Celtics looking like the biggest flops of the season low-key. Blew an 18pt lead the other night and a 28pt lead tonight. If the playoffs started today they would have home court

Kyrie is injured. Water is wet

etidy:


This is the biggest question about kyrie: Injuries.
His game is so dependent on cutting, dribbling, shooting from impossible angles off the dribble that it places so much pressure on his fragile knees.

As for the Celtics chemistry issues I put some of the blame on brad Stevens, its one thing to be a tactical genius that can extract the best performance from a bunch of mediocre guys, it another to be a great manager of egos and manage a team of very talented players to a championship level. This is why I get annoyed when people disrespect Steve Kerr.
Secondly, a lot is said about how trade rumours are running the Lakers chemistry but no one talks about its influence on the Celtics locker room. You have guys like jaleyn brown, rozier, Hayward, smart and even Tatum who know their days are probably numbered in a celtics uniform.

etidy:


This is the biggest question about kyrie: Injuries.
His game is so dependent on cutting, dribbling, shooting from impossible angles off the dribble that it places so much pressure on his fragile knees.

As for the Celtics chemistry issues I put some of the blame on brad Stevens, its one thing to be a tactical genius that can extract the best performance from a bunch of mediocre guys, it another to be a great manager of egos and manage a team of very talented players to a championship level. This is why I get annoyed when people disrespect Steve Kerr.
Secondly, a lot is said about how trade rumours are running the Lakers chemistry but no one talks about its influence on the Celtics locker room. You have guys like jaleyn brown, rozier, Hayward, smart and even Tatum who know their days are probably numbered in a celtics uniform.

A40:
He's still so young it feels bad that anybody should be writing him off at this age. I think he has the ability, you see it some nights when he's engaged but these are too few and far between. I always use D'Angelo Russell as an example. A high draft pick traded just after two seasons. A lesser man would be demoralized but he grit his teeth and is dropping a career year, he's younger, smaller than Wiggins and playing for a far worse team yet he isn't using that as an excuse to not ball

A40:
Man these Celtics looking like the biggest flops of the season low-key. Blew an 18pt lead the other night and a 28pt lead tonight. If the playoffs started today they would have home court

Kyrie is injured. Water is wet

Nostradamus:
please when's will the playoffs start?