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Originally Posted by jthig32
Shocking that the resident contrarian would take this guy's side. 
Seriously, his point changed several different times. Go back and read. His original point was that the Mavs would miss Josh the most if he went down with injury. He then backtracked from that, and came up with a slightly better argument.
It doesn't matter if his point was worth discussion or not. He was so condescending, throwing around his supposed basketball career as proof that he had insider knowledge, no one was going to listen to him, and rightfully so. |
I did go back and read, and it confirmed my initial feelings. The way I read it, he put forth some opinions (more on those in a moment) and joined in a pretty lively discussion. Then he made (what I guess was) the mistake of mentioning his history playing ball.
Now, I thought that the way he presented that was interesting. He came right out and said he went overseas but couldn't make it to the NBA. And then he said there is a lot that goes on behind the scenes that the everyday fan doesn't see. I'm sure that's true. But for whatever reason, this part didn't go over well with some of the guys around here. (I'm sure it probably had something to do with the thread in the lounge about the Yahoo forum.)
And the NEXT thing to happen was that names started being called. He held out for a little while before responding, but the dogpile was getting pretty deep. And once that happened, then it all unraveled from there.
Anyway, I'm sure everyone here will forget about it in a day or two, so I don't think it's much of a big deal anyway.
However, I *do* remain intrigued by this idea of the importance of the "second fiddle," as it were. I have heard from a few people, whose opinions I respect, that believe Jordan would have never won a title (or at least, not won near as many) without Pippen. I really do believe there is something to that concept.
And I am also intrigued by the idea that Howard is up and coming to the extent that in a few years he may be the best player on the team. Intriguing notion.
And finally, I'm interested in hearing about this hand injury that up till now I have never heard about. Don't you find that interesting? Maybe it's bullshit. Who knows? But if this guy does have some inside info, my guess is you won't be getting it anymore.