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[Drewski]

Guess we'll agree to disagree, don't feel like rolling over and over on this. My stance is this.

If a customer threw a soda on a McDonalds employee and the employee starting physically fighting back they'd be fired.

If that same McDonalds employee got a drink thrown at them at a bar and retaliated, it'd make no difference to McDonalds and makes perfect sense.

Ron was at work and got a drink thrown at him by some fan who means absolutely nothing to him after laying on the table for no logical reason, went into the stands, and started a damn riot. Ron ignored he was in his professional setting and he was hammered for it. Just his reaction and how he responded. I don't think every NBA player would respond the same.

Different strokes different folks moving on.

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[bigeastbumrush]

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Guess we'll agree to disagree, don't feel like rolling over and over on this. My stance is this.

If a customer threw a soda on a McDonalds employee and the employee starting physically fighting back they'd be fired.

If that same McDonalds employee got a drink thrown at them at a bar and retaliated, it'd make no difference to McDonalds and makes perfect sense.

Ron was at work and got a drink thrown at him by some fan who means absolutely nothing to him after laying on the table for no logical reason, went into the stands, and started a damn riot. Ron ignored he was in his professional setting and he was hammered for it. Just his reaction and how he responded. I don't think every NBA player would respond the same.

Different strokes different folks moving on.

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Fired or not...there are consequences for their actions.

[Jonesy]

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Can't believe you guys are talking about all this again so in-depth again after all this time.

Everyone who was involved be it the players or fans were at fault and it should never have happened.

That Mutombo story was crazy, like something out of a movie and at those Jeremy Lin erotic cartoons. People are weird man....

[The 24th Letter]

Has Barkley responded to Oakley yet?

[Jukeman]

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Wasn't the first time a fan attacked a pro

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On a serious note.

People are crazy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ents_in_sports

[Jonesy]

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Yeah simply the fact that no-one died made the nba incident way less traumatic than the average soccer riot. That one recently where 73 people died was pure insanity.

On an unrelated note I know it's been done to death but I still love me some nba look-a-likes:

http://thehoopdoctors.com/online2/2009/05/top-10-nba-celebrity-look-a-likes/

[airjoca]

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Yeah simply the fact that no-one died made the nba incident way less traumatic than the average soccer riot. That one recently where 73 people died was pure insanity.

That was not a soccer riot, that was a premeditated political riot, inside a soccer stadium.

[Rawdeal28]

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bigeastbumrush

im with you guys.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Good read with former Agent David Falk and SI:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/sam_amick/03/02/david.falk.qa/index.html

[Dice]

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Good read with former Agent David Falk and SI:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201....qa/index.html

Once again, another outsider calling out Billy "The Idiot" Hunter on the labor negotiations. NOW, I see why he's such an imbecile, he doesn't want to listen to anybody.

Like I said in the lockout thread, I'm anti-owner. BUT Hunter put the players in that position and I'm not understanding why the players don't see that and try something to get him out of there. He goes into the next labor negotiations as head of the union, the players are going to pay dearly for it.

[ScoobySnax]

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Umm....WOW. I know this is not his best season, but damn.

The Dallas Mavericks have assigned forward Lamar Odom to the Texas Legends, the Mavericks’ NBA Development League affiliate.

Odom has appeared in 32 games, four starts, for the Mavericks this season, averaging 7.7 points and 4.5 rebounds in 21.4 minutes.
He has missed the team’s last three games due to personal reasons.


Read more: http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap...#ixzz1o02ef82F

[The 24th Letter]

Damn Odom, in LA you was the man Odom, **** happened to you?

[bigeastbumrush]

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Odom wanted to go to get his legs back. Not a big deal IMO.

[Drewski]

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Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle expressed disappointment with Lamar Odom's ongoing absence from the team and bluntly stated that the forward will face scrutiny upon his return, from owner Mark Cuban to the players in the locker room.

Odom will play Saturday night for the Mavs' D-League affiliate in nearby Frisco and then is expected to re-join the Mavs for the first time since Feb. 20 when the team travels to Oklahoma City for Monday's game, Carlisle said.
Mavs coach Rick Carlisle puts a plethora of Lamar Odom questions to bed, discusses Dirk Nowitzki's injury and more.

"When he comes back, we're going to find out very quickly where things are at," Carlisle during his weekly appearance Friday on the ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM's "Galloway & Co." "He's going to have to show us with his actions and attitude that he's in."

Odom left the Mavs on Feb. 22 to tend to a family matter and will miss his fourth consecutive game Friday night when Dallas plays at New Orleans. He will also miss Saturday's game against the Utah Jazz. Odom left the team to attend to his ill father in Los Angeles, sources told ESPNDallas.com.

"Mark asks a fundamental question of anybody in our franchise: Are they in or are they not in?" Carlisle said. "Our fans want to know that Lamar's in. Our players want to know that Lamar's in. It's not about how many points he's scoring or rebounds; those things are a factor. Our fans, our players want to see the guy playing like his pants are on fire and we haven't seen that so far and that's got to change."

"I'm disappointed," Carlisle continued, "with the way the whole thing's gone. We've worked hard with this kid. I'm a patient guy, Mark is a patient guy, Donnie is a patient guy, our team is a patent team, but patience has worn thin here."

Full Article via - ESPN

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Wow.... trade him to Atlanta for Marvin Williams