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[ProfessaPackMan]

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Lol My man Bean:

Reporter: Kobe, a college kid scored 138 points tonight and took over 100 shots …

Bryant: “Wow … No kidding? Where?”

Reporter: Grinnell College in Iowa.

Bryant: “Really? Wow. That’s impressive. That’s crazy. I don’t care what level you’re at. Scoring 138 points is pretty insane. How many 3s did he shoot?”

Reporter: 71.

Bryant: “Holy sh–. How many points did they score as a team?”

Reporter: 179.

Bryant: “What?!”

Reporter: No other starter had double figures.

Bryant: “That’s incredible.”

Reporter: Dude on the other team scored 71 points and lost.

Bryant: “That’s amazing. He must have been wearing the Mambas, man. Only Mambas have no conscious to shoot the ball like that

Reporter: If you did that, would people be celebrating you?

Bryant: “Would people be celebrating me if I scored 138 points? You know how it is, some people would, some people wouldn’t. They can all kiss my a– as I’m sure he feels the same way. If you score 138 points, you kind of have a license to tell people to f— off.”

[ex carrabba fan]

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DGAF Kobe is one of the best personalities out there

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PHILADELPHIA -- The 76ers let Andrew Bynum break the news about the latest setback with his damaged knees on Friday, then acted as if they weren’t sure what was going on with the guy they’re paying $16.5 million this season.

The truth is that the 7-foot, 285-pound former All-Star center who has yet to play a game as a Sixer may be out for the season and will learn in December, at the earliest, whether he’ll require surgery that could sideline him for up to a year.

If that’s the case, the market value for the soon-to-be unrestricted free agent is likely shot.

One internationally respected orthopedic surgeon, who is not involved with Bynum’s treatment and has not seen his MRIs, told The News Journal that all of the information that has been released by the player and the Sixers points to a likely diagnosis of osteochondritis dessicans lesions. The surgeon said that if this is the case, there’s a small chance that Bynum’s knees could heal sufficiently on their own in time for him to return for the playoffs this season, but called that scenario “wishing on a star.”

[bigeastbumrush]

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@WojYahooNBA: For his second flopping offense, the NBA has fined Brooklyn's Reggie Evans $5,000, league source tells Y! Sports.

@WojYahooNBA: Evans is the first NBA player to be fined for flopping under the league's new guidelines.

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[LionsFanNJ]

Knew that was coming when I was watching the game.

[Fiasco West]

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Wouldn't be surprised with Bynum missing the year.

Sucks though, good centers can't seem to stay healthy these days.

[ItsOrangeBaby]

Wouldn't be surprised with Bynum missing the year.

Sucks though, good centers can't seem to stay healthy these days.

Yea, it seem like the past 10 year hardly any top 10 center could finish out a season. Honestly don't even think 4 of the top 10 centers had 50 games played in the past 10 seasons.

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[SPTO]

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I don't post much in the NBA section here but it's getting beyond frustrating how the Raptors don't get any calls. I watched the last minute or so of tonight's game and there were some very obvious fouls that should've been called but weren't.

I know the Raptors have a history of not getting favorable calls but it's getting ridiculous this season.

[JA Money14]

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How many years before Orlando becomes a contender?

Minimum 7. :'(

[Basketball GURU]

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One of my friends showed me this, it's funny and sad at the same time lol..

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[Yeah...THAT Guy]

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Michael Finley is attempting a comeback?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

I'm pumped as hell to see him flame out one more time.

[K.So]

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http://espn.go.com/dallas/nba/story/_/id/8664213/michael-finley-former-nba-all-star-attempting-comeback-player-sources-say

Former NBA All-Star Michael Finley is putting his front-office career on hold in hopes of extending his playing career, according to sources with knowledge of his plans.

Sources told ESPN that Finley, after participating in NBA pickup games all summer, continues to work out vigorously in pursuit of a contract that would give him one more run as an NBA player before shifting his focus to front-office work.


Finley
Late last spring, Finley began quietly working as an untitled but prominent member of the Dallas Mavericks' front-office team. The 39-year-old quickly convinced Mavericks owner Mark Cuban that he has promise as an executive, to the point that Cuban unexpectedly dispatched Finley alongside coach Rick Carlisle and president of basketball operations Donnie Nelson on what ultimately proved to be a failed recruiting mission to try to sign Deron Williams away from the Brooklyn Nets.

Finley then continued to work under Nelson through the offseason, but also never stopped training to keep alive his comeback bid. After Nelson publicly acknowledged for the first time in August that both Finley and former teammate Eduardo Najera were working as special assistants to the GM, sources say the Mavericks invited Finley to training camp as a player on a non-guaranteed contract before a minor calf injury scuttled that plan.

Finley has since shaken that injury and, through longtime agent Henry Thomas, is pitching himself to teams as a capable shooter off the bench and mentor to young players.

He has been determined to carve out one more playing niche after a lengthy recovery from ankle surgery during the 2010 offseason complicated his efforts to find a job in 2010-11. Finley then flirted with making a comeback in the D-League last season -- which is a path veteran players have increasingly used to get on the NBA radar -- but ultimately decided against it.

Sources say Finley has been encouraged by the positive impact Rasheed Wallace has made in New York after coming out of retirement -- as well as Jerry Stackhouse's recent move to Brooklyn and Antonio McDyess' reported desire to restart his career -- because he has privately believed for months he could have a similar effect on a team's locker room.

Finley last played in the NBA with Boston during the 2010 playoffs but was eager to try to win a job in training camp with the Mavs, even though Dallas entered camp carrying the league maximum 15 guaranteed contracts on its roster.

Along with Steve Nash, Finley teamed with Mavs star Dirk Nowitzki to form the trio that transformed the Mavericks from a horrific decade in the 1990s and launched the franchise's ongoing run of 12 successive playoff berths.

Finley left Dallas in 2005 when Cuban, looking to drastically reduce his luxury-tax bill, waived the two-time All-Star through the league's first amnesty clause. Finley went on to win a championship ring with rival San Antonio in 2007, but has remained one of Nowitzki's closest friends and most revered teammates.

[SteelersFreak]

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The logical place would be Dallas, but we don't really have room on our roster for him.

[King_B_Mack]

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Yea, it seem like the past 10 year hardly any top 10 center could finish out a season. Honestly don't even think 4 of the top 10 centers had 50 games played in the past 10 seasons.

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Incorrect.

Last 3 seasons.

Tyson Chandler

62, 74, 51

Dwight Howard

54, 78, 82

Marc Gasol

65, 81, 69

Brook Lopez (prior to last year)

82, 82, 82

Roy Hibbert

65, 81, 81

Pau Gasol

65, 82, 65

DeAndre Jordan

66, 80, 70

No particular order on these, just listing names. Potato Chip Bynum and Yao Ming are really the only two that just consistently have broken down to rubble.

[The 24th Letter]

The logical place would be Dallas, but we don't really have room on our roster for him.

I think Finley still feels some type of way about being amnestied.

However, he can come spot up and hit 3's for us if he wants, lol
We do need a