Clarification from UD in 5, 4, 3...
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Clarification from UD in 5, 4, 3...
That was Magic's decision
and from his season at UCLA nobody complained prior....you know when you're supposed to.....
and Fox would have been traded because of Lebron anyway....so yes Lebron should get some of the blame...didn't Randle and Ingram become all stars? or Josh Hart...
Julius Randle was gone before LeBron came to the Lakers. Fox is a Klutch client, so yeah LeBron would've definitely had him traded.
Mutha fucka mentioned Ingram and Hart, one on the trading block in NO, the other a role player and compares them to DeAaron Fox. @Amajorfucup peep how much Kobe Stan Fagplex tries to shift blame from Pelinka to Magic. No Black person does that. Fagplex a CAC.
Randle, BI, and DLo all made all star teams. The Lakers haven't drafted a HOF player since Worthy. They usually get star players because of it being Los Angeles.
You're a piece of shit and textbook example of what im talking about.
And who hired Magic? And why? Did magic also pass on drafting Devin Booker??? Jayson Tatum?? And Fox wasnt being traded no where nigga.. Just like KCP wasnt before the title.. Randle is a fucking BUM who was gone BEFORE Bron!! Ingram is a mediocre ball suck who will never won shit and Hart is a got dam role player..
Oh, and LeBron has actually won a title with the team he built.
Laker fans arent fans of the franchise.. atleast not anymore. They've all been compromised and converted into Tobe Bean idol worshipping simps.Ingram and Hart, one on the trading block in NO, the other a role player and compares them to DeAaron Fox.
The Kobe era fans never were. LordSinister and Complex be shitting on Magic.
Kobe and Shaq brought all these new white fans to the team. Now those fans only care about Kobe and want the franchise to be a memorial in his honor. At least the GOAT proved all that "we only care about championships, I bleed purp and gold" talk was just that. Kobe stans are basically the Cowgirl fans of the NBA. Forever living in the past and making a million excuses for their horrible ownership and front office.
They still don't want to admit Foxx should have been taken and Ball is a bust
Ball wasn't a bust from his play, he's had injuries
and were you dudes saying this prior?
It's easy to say after a draft Luka should have been picked before Trae Young or everyone should have been picked before Wiseman
Put respect on Middleton's name. A real #2 on a championship squad.
Yes I was saying this from jump before the draft and afterwards, and cats were clowning here. Though ball rookie number are slightly better than Foxx, I knew Foxx be more successful NBA
Been in the bench all year
Kerr said he and moody will finally just play the rest of the season and have guaranteed minutes
Only took him 60 games but at least he's come around I guess
Life was so much easier in the 2010's when you could just lie about Michael Jordan's career to diminish Bron. Take that away and mutha fuckas don't even wanna watch the sport no more. The fake GOAT getting outplayed head to head vs. Sam Cassell story had to be buried. Cowherd, Stephen A, Skip, Bomani, all these journalists took an oath to hide the truth to keep the Jordans selling and the clucks cluckin'!
LeBron fans love basketball. MJ stans love their childhoods. Big fucking difference.
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Miami Heat legend Norris Cole will be on Gil's Arena today. I'm sure they will ask him about UDs comments that had the internet going nuts all day yesterday. I predict Norris will fluff Bosh and echo UDs sentiments that he was the most vital Heatle they couldn't win without. No mention of Bosh missing 9 playoff games as a Heatle, he also won't mention anything about D Wade's poor play. Heat Culture is making excuses for Pat Riley's bad signings and pretending LeBron was a burden that needed his teammates more than they needed him.
So now Middleton is better than Wade and kobe
So now Middleton is better than Wade and kobe
He was a better #2 than Wade for his championship team. More reliable and more clutch and that's proven, I posted his numbers. You can't counter them for Wade because he lives off 2006, a series he shot 90 free throws in 6 games. If he never played another game after that, we wouldn'tve missed much. Post all the emojis you want he doesn't have any memorable performances as a Heatle.
Virginia lawmaker pushes to keep funding for proposed relocation of Wizards, Capitals out of budget
Virginia lawmaker pushes to keep funding for proposed relocation of Wizards, Capitals out of budget
A top Democratic Virginia lawmaker vowed Wednesday to keep language enabling a proposed relocation by the NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals to Alexandria out of the state budget lawmakers will take up later this week.
A top Democratic Virginia lawmaker vowed Wednesday to keep language enabling a proposed relocation by the NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals to Alexandria out of the state budget lawmakers will take up later this week.
Sen. L. Louise Lucas, who chairs the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee and is the top negotiator for her chamber in pending budget talks, reiterated her opposition to the project in an interview and said it could not make it into the spending plan without her support.
"Based on the information I have, it's just not a good deal for the Commonwealth," she said. "And I'm just not yielding."
The development does not necessarily mean the end of the road for Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin's plan to lure the teams across the Potomac River with a $2 billion development district featuring a new arena. But barring some turnabout, it deals yet another blow for the proposal, one of the governor's top priorities.
The budget is the last remaining vehicle for the legislation underpinning the deal after Lucas effectively killed other standalone versions earlier this session by refusing to grant them a hearing.
A rendering showing the newly proposed entertainment district in Alexandria's Potomac Yard that features an arena for both the Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards, and the global business headquarters for Monumental Sports & Entertainment (JBG SMITH)
Macaulay Porter, a spokeswoman for Youngkin, said the governor would have more to say on the subject Thursday morning.
Democratic Del. Luke Torian, Lucas’ counterpart in the House of Delegates, did not respond to a phone call or text message seeking comment.
Representatives for the teams' parent company, Monumental Sports & Entertainment, had no immediate comment.
Youngkin and entrepreneur Ted Leonsis, the CEO of Monumental, announced in December that they had reached an understanding on a deal to relocate the Capitals and Wizards.
The plan calls for the creation of a $2 billion development, partly financed by public money, in the Potomac Yard section of Alexandria that would include an arena, practice facility and corporate headquarters for Monumental, plus a separate performing arts venue, all just miles from Capital One Arena, where the teams currently play in Washington.
Monumental and the city of Alexandria would put in some upfront money under the terms of the deal, but about $1.5 billion would be financed through bonds issued by a governmental entity lawmakers were expected to set up this year.
The bonds were envisioned to be repaid through a mix of revenues from the project, including a ticket tax, parking fees, concession taxes, income taxes levied on athletes performing at the arena and naming rights from the district. Proponents say those sources will more than cover the debt, creating new revenues for the city and state in the project’s first year. But about a third of the financing, under the terms lawmakers were expected to vote on, would be backed by the "moral obligation" of the city and state governments, meaning taxpayers could be on the hook if the project revenues don’t come through as expected.
Lucas, the most senior member of the state Senate who took over this year as chair of the chamber’s budget committee, has been a vocal skeptic of the project and its financing mechanism the entire session. Lucas, also a sharp critic of the governor’s, told reporters nearly a month ago the project was dead, as far as she was concerned.
She tweeted a meme Thursday night that showed her next to a freshly dug grave, with a tombstone that reads, "Youngkin and Leonsis' $5 billion arena."
Arena critics have argued the estimated $2 billion price tag used by supporters doesn't provide a full accounting.
The budget bills are currently in the hands of a conference committee, a small bipartisan group of legislators that includes Torian and Lucas. The conferees have been meeting to work out a compromise after the two chambers passed competing versions of the spending plan.
Full details of the compromise plan will likely be rolled out around noon Thursday, Lucas said.
One of the House negotiators, Del. Mark Sickles, said the process had gone smoothly overall and lawmakers should still be able to adjourn Saturday, as scheduled.
"Chairman Torian showed great leadership in bringing this negotiation to a close on time. And we’re really happy that we were able to work closely with the Senate in almost all areas," he said, adding that House leaders had pushed to see if there was a place to find consensus between Democrats and Republicans on the arena.
Moving forward, if the arena is excluded from the budget, Youngkin has a few options.
Virginia governors have the ability to seek amendments to legislation, so he could attempt to put the arena language back in the budget. Lawmakers are scheduled to meet April 17 for a one-day session to consider Youngkin’s proposed amendments and any vetoes.
Youngkin could also call a special session where the process could start over with a new bill.
Lucas said she was "not likely" to change her mind moving forward.
Democrats, who control both General Assembly chambers, could lose Youngkin’s support for some of their own priorities if they kill the arena deal. Both sides have been unusually transparent about the fact that the arena was a bargaining chip in broader negotiations over other Democratic priorities ranging from marijuana retail sales to toll relief in Hampton Roads.
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Don't know, don't care.. Foxxx shoukd have been.over Ball though
Lavar had niggaz drinking that kool-aid. Ball was buns. Tatum should have been the #1 pick that year. And based on production to date Fox or Mitchell should have probably been 2.
He was shooting 50 and 40 in college and he was buns?
Fox shot 25% from three.
Shit like this tells me that dudes are just saying shit after the fact.
Fox or Tatum still would have been traded for AD so it didn't matter who the Lakers picked.
Eye test. From the jump I said lonzo was gonna be buns. You can blame it on injury or whatever else you wanna put it on. But he shouldn't have been picked top 10 let alone 2
A dude averaging 16 and 7 while shooting 50 and 40 and playing high level defense was going to be a bust?
Again, Zo wasn't a bust, just injured. A bust is Wiseman.
And again, since you know so much and your eyes are so good....who is going to be a bust in this draft?
Exactly
just like Shai was traded for PG
Dudes are talking out of their ass...I hate disingenuous conversations
1 has a career average of 9 and 5. The other 11 and 6. Both bums bust or whatever you wanna call em.
One was a NBA starter
The other can't get off the bench for sorry ass Detroit and Golden State got rid of him for nothing
Does he deserve credit though.
I can give him the same level of respect that I show for players like A.I. & T-Mac.
Great, no legendary, regular season players, who never developed a playstyle suitable for playoff success.
It could be worst tho. He could be Embiid. A playoff choker and a player who can never stay healthy enough to be a consistent great regular season player.