(Hoopsworld Top Shelf Journalism) : McDycess agreed to join Spurs

The Rich Get Richer: Former Piston forward Antonio McDyess has agreed to join the San Antonio Spurs. Word is he'll sign a three-year deal with two years fully guaranteed and a third non-guaranteed year. McDyess coming off the market also changes the path of Brandon Bass. Rumor has it that New Orleans and Orlando are the strongest suitors for Bass, however sources close to Brandon's camp say with McDyess leaving Detroit, the Pistons - who have a little bit of change left under the salary cap after deals with Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva - will pursue Bass.

http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=13221

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Yeah I posted that about ten minutes ago in the appropriate thread.

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:rollinPlease read other POSTS before Posting!!!

Fail

And someone else posted it earlier and got admonished for citing Hoopsworld as a legit source.

Hasn't someone mentioned something about a hundred post limit?

sorry, idid not see it a couple of mins ago. Please remove the thread, thx

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And someone else posted it earlier and got admonished for citing Hoopsworld as a legit source.

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Which is why he didn't start a new thread. He didn't think he needed to tell folks around here to take it with a grain of salt. :lol

After reading the headline, maybe the Spurs signed a guy named McDycess.

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Stop with the hoopsworld BS

That Shockey gif never gets old.

Oh dear.

Hoopsworld never fails to get people's hopes up..

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They always fail to put factual articles up

Where's Epic Fail when you need him?

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Hasn't someone mentioned something about a hundred post limit?

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you want to re-word this one genius? before being an ass to someone for nothing???

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Who is Yogi?

There should be an authomatic merger on this board

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you want to re-word this one genius? before being an ass to someone for nothing???

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I'm not being an ass...its something that happens all the damn time. Some noob reads and article and comes in here and posts it without even taking the time to see if it was already posted or if there is already a thread about the situation. It clutters up the forum with tons of threads about the same thing and wastes the time of those who run this place. It's also a pain in the ass when we lose and a bunch of fans come on here in a suicidal state and post cliff jumping threads.

This is a community. Be a productive part of it or GTFO.

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you want to re-word this one genius? before being an ass to someone for nothing???

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Simmer down.

IBTL quick fellas

That was me who posted the Hoopsworld article earlier. Never again lesson learned. That being said I am still very confident Mcdyess will be a spur eventually.

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I'm not being an ass...its something that happens all the damn time. Some noob reads and article and comes in here and posts it without even taking the time to see if it was already posted or if there is already a thread about the situation. It clutters up the forum with tons of threads about the same thing and wastes the time of those who run this place. It's also a pain in the ass when we lose and a bunch of fans come on here in a suicidal state and post cliff jumping threads.

This is a community. Be a productive part of it or GTFO.

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Superfly jimmy Snoocka right to the breadbasket!

Elvis sighting !

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That was me who posted the Hoopsworld article earlier. Never again lesson learned. That being said I am still very confident Mcdyess will be a spur eventually.

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:lol ST lets you have it if it is displeased with your offering!

The HoopsWorld rumor unfortunately is wrong.

Here's what really happened:

Last night, Pop and R.C. were working late getting ready for the free agent period officially to begin. R.C. sent an intern out to go get him some food. The intern went to McDonalds and got them each a Big Mac.

The HoopsWorld writer then read something on the intern's Twitter about "Mickey D" and "Big Mac" and "Spurs" and just figured...

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you want to re-word this one genius? before being an ass to someone for nothing???

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you want to re-word this one genius? before being an ass to someone for nothing???

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You mean, O V isn't being paid for this ?

We need to pony up and pay the man for doing what is necessary - educating a newb !

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Dumbass newbies who don't follow the rules of common sense and start threads with useless rehashed and unconfirmed information deserve to get ridiculed, as do dumbass newbies who step in to defend the original dumbass newbies.

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Your right, I got what I deserved. I think everyone is getting off point here though. We should move on and discuss what the spurs are doing here. It has been a great offseason.

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The HoopsWorld rumor unfortunately is wrong.

Here's what really happened:

Last night, Pop and R.C. were working late getting ready for the free agent period officially to begin. R.C. sent an intern out to go get him some food. The intern went to McDonalds and got them each a Big Mac.

The HoopsWorld "writer" (read novelist) then read something on the intern's Twitter about "Mickey D" and "Big Mac" and "Spurs" and just figured...

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That explains it. Thanks.

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i'm not much of a football fan (more of a soccer fan. i know, i know, it's a sin in america), so can someone explain this to me? it has striked my curiosity for some reason

posted By graham san antonio, 8 July 2009 8:32:57 AM
not to question your sources, but is the mcdyss thing for sure?


posted By Bill Ingram, 8 July 2009 9:58:00 AM
The Spurs have an agreement with McDyess . . .it's all over the internet. I think Marc Stein broke it last night.

posted By A Fan?, 8 July 2009 11:16:02 AM
Bill Ingram - just searched ESPN and multiple other sites, and it appears that you are the only one saying the Spurs have signed McDyss...every other site states they are making a push for him. What's that, like strike 7.



Steve Kyler is an active member of the Professional Basketball Writer's Association, and has covered the NBA for the past ten seasons. Steve serves as the Editor and Publisher of HOOPSWORLD.


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Your right, I got what I deserved. I think everyone is getting off point here though. We should move on and discuss what the spurs are doing here. It has been a great offseason.

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Unless I'm mistaken, we aren't talking about you, unless you're the OP in this thread. I'm certainly not referring to anything you've done. I posted the Hoopsworld article in the Mcdyess thread, and was who some of the people were referring to. You made a mistake and got some good-natured ribbing for it.

Hoopsworld is much better than Hoopsland

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posted By Bill Ingram, 8 July 2009 9:58:00 AM
The Spurs have an agreement with McDyess . . .it's all over the internet. I think Marc Stein broke it last night.

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They must have that portion of the web firewalled from my ISP.

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They must have that portion of the web firewalled from my ISP.

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That's what I figured must have happened to me.


Soon, maybe it will be though - all originally quoting from their failed effort at creative writing (if the other outlets are naive enough to quote from Hoopsworld) !

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Dumbass newbies who don't follow the rules of common sense and start threads with useless rehashed and unconfirmed information deserve to get ridiculed, as do dumbass newbies who step in to defend the original dumbass newbies.

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pay attention bub. the fact is he was being an ass for something that will never change. the real point was that he used "100 post limit" HELLO? did you not catch that? if you want a 100 post LIMIT then both of you would have worn out your welcome. BENE was right when he said its a COMMUNITY. Let people communicate however they want. If a mod wants to merge a thread then fine, let it happen. Just stop calling out people to make you feel high and mighty. ITs just a forum. Nothing serious.

Actually, they don't care if their information is bullshit, so long as people keep clicking the links.

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pay attention bub. the fact is he was being an ass for something that will never change. the real point was that he used "100 post limit" HELLO? did you not catch that? if you want a 100 post LIMIT then both of you would have worn out your welcome. BENE was right when he said its a COMMUNITY. Let people communicate however they want. If a mod wants to merge a thread then fine, let it happen. Just stop calling out people to make you feel high and mighty. ITs just a forum. Nothing serious.

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Wow. He doesn't think that Benefactor and Obstructed View can count or he thinks that they are both innumerate !

Before you start insulting them, you might want to establish some credibility here and be able to understand snark when you see it .


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pay attention bub. the fact is he was being an ass for something that will never change. the real point was that he used "100 post limit" HELLO? did you not catch that? if you want a 100 post LIMIT then both of you would have worn out your welcome. BENE was right when he said its a COMMUNITY. Let people communicate however they want. If a mod wants to merge a thread then fine, let it happen. Just stop calling out people to make you feel high and mighty. ITs just a forum. Nothing serious.

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Bub?

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Originally Posted by Extra Stout

The HoopsWorld rumor unfortunately is wrong.

Here's what really happened:

Last night, Pop and R.C. were working late getting ready for the free agent period officially to begin. R.C. sent an intern out to go get him some food. The intern went to McDonalds and got them each a Big Mac.

The HoopsWorld writer then read something on the intern's Twitter about "Mickey D" and "Big Mac" and "Spurs" and just figured...

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pay attention bub. the fact is he was being an ass for something that will never change. the real point was that he used "100 post limit" HELLO? did you not catch that? if you want a 100 post LIMIT then both of you would have worn out your welcome. BENE was right when he said its a COMMUNITY. Let people communicate however they want. If a mod wants to merge a thread then fine, let it happen. Just stop calling out people to make you feel high and mighty. ITs just a forum. Nothing serious.

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You're just a dumbass. Nothing serious. Someone was making a joke about the 100 post minimum before wading in and starting a thread, particularly one with inaccurate information that's a repost anyway. The mods shouldn't have to constantly be in here with a fucking scooper cleaning up whatever some dipshit decides to step in here and start throwing around. Part of being a community means understanding how things work and showing some respect for it. People who start a thousand useless threads are either not part of that community or are Sequ after a three or four Zimas.

Everyone is now the forum police thats cute. If you look at the front of the board then its pretty apparent that there is no thread indicating that McDyess had signed with the Spurs. Him posting this article says nothing about his diligence before posting. People need to get off their high horses.

Granted the site being referenced is not reliable but this notion that you should expect a post about a signing to be buried 5 pages deep in a thread about the pursuit of a FA is asinine.

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Everyone is now the forum police thats cute. If you look at the front of the board then its pretty apparent that there is no thread indicating that McDyess had signed with the Spurs. Him posting this article says nothing about his diligence before posting. People need to get off their high horses.

Granted the site being referenced is not reliable but this notion that you should expect a post about a signing to be buried 5 pages deep in a thread about the pursuit of a FA is asinine.

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People who were actually following the information saw the article when I posted it in the thread. It wasn't five pages deep, it was on the last page, which is where the latest information is.

If people learned how to use a goddamn message board then other people wouldn't have to play forum police all the fucking time. The only thing I like less than having to do that is to have to defend it from idiots like you that wade in, bumping the thread with useless opinions about it.

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Everyone is now the forum police thats cute.

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Everyone is now cute forum police ?

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I guess no one is the uncute forum police?

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Everyone is now cute forum police ?

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Im sorry perhaps a semi colon would help. Everyone is now the forum police; thats cute.

If youre idea of community is jumping all over someones ass for posting what he thought was breaking news, then thats just peachy.

BTW, kori made a post about a week ago that boiled down to people needing to shut the fuck up about what is or is not to be moderated and let the mods do their job. Hows that for community?

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BTW, kori made a post about a week ago that boiled down to people needing to shut the fuck up about what is or is not to be moderated and let the mods do their job. Hows that for community?

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Yet here you are trying to do her job for her; that's cute.

McDyess to the Spurs?!?! YES!!!11

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Yet here you are trying to do her job for her; that's cute.

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Precisely my point.

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Yet here you are trying to do her job for her; that's cute.

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Actually no I am not. Im not making any statement about what is or is not an acceptable post. I am just saying that I think you are not being cool and referring you to what she did say.

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Precisely my point.

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I know. I tried to illustrate your point.

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I know. I tried to illustrate your point.

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Just making sure. I didn't know if you thought I was the pot or the kettle in that scenario. :lol

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I know. I tried to illustrate your point.

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Then you failed despite how much you two pat each other on the back. When I act as if I am in some position of authority based on 'community' then get back to me. I told you what she said. That not me telling you what to do even if you don't know the difference.

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You're just a dumbass. Nothing serious. Someone was making a joke about the 100 post minimum before wading in and starting a thread, particularly one with inaccurate information that's a repost anyway. The mods shouldn't have to constantly be in here with a fucking scooper cleaning up whatever some dipshit decides to step in here and start throwing around. Part of being a community means understanding how things work and showing some respect for it. People who start a thousand useless threads are either not part of that community or are Sequ after a three or four Zimas.

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ok whatever keep crying about it then.... whatever helps you get to 20k posts first..... only point im making is that youre not going to change it so why waste more of your time that seems to be too valuable to read the occasional repost???

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Then you failed despite how much you two pat each other on the back. When I act as if I am in some position of authority based on 'community' then get back to me. I told you what she said. That not me telling you what to do even if you don't know the difference.

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ok whatever keep crying about it then.... whatever helps you get to 20k posts first..... only point im making is that youre not going to change it so why waste more of your time that seems to be too valuable to read the occasional repost???

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If someone pops in just to start a thread and leaves, then nothing can be done. If someone pops in here to start a thread and stays, then telling them to check the appropriate threads before starting a new thread is perfectly appropriate because they'll probably take their lumps and then do the right thing the next time. In the meantime, don't blame those of us who value this forum for defending it from people who clearly don't.

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Then you failed despite how much you two pat each other on the back. When I act as if I am in some position of authority based on 'community' then get back to me. I told you what she said. That not me telling you what to do even if you don't know the difference.

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I agree. No one but Kori/Timvp pay for this, so no one but them should be bothered even the slightest bit by repostings, especially during this period of time when a topic can be 30 pages long. They will merge and delete as necessary, the rest of us shouldn't give a fuck.

One tip to new posters though, is to read the last few pages of even the longest topics to avoid a faux pas.

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Yeah I figured you couldn't figure the difference.

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ok whatever keep crying about it then.... whatever helps you get to 20k posts first..... only point im making is that youre not going to change it so why waste more of your time that seems to be too valuable to read the occasional repost???

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Maybe there should be a 100 post limit for some posters.

What I read is that a newbie came in, started a brand new thread which said that McDyess was coming to the Spurs based upon Hoopsworld link even though Hoopsworld's trustworthiness is for shizzle and there already was a thread about McDyess.

Hoopsworld has zero credibility so they definitely don't merit a new thread. It screws up the whole board when you have 10 different threads about the same thing, half of them being rumor or creative writing.

The original poster needed to take his lumps. They were coming.

And it would be pretty much over, but you keep trying to defend the op and the original post. Wailing like you are at the wailing wall !

There is such a thing as cause and effect. It's how people learn.
Move on and grow up.

Damn.

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If someone pops in just to start a thread and leaves, then nothing can be done. If someone pops in here to start a thread and stays, then telling them to check the appropriate threads before starting a new thread is perfectly appropriate because they'll probably take their lumps and then do the right thing the next time. In the meantime, don't blame those of us who value this forum for defending it from people who clearly don't.

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Clearly don't value? defending? Youre pure awesomesauce you paragon of forum virtue.

Here's a question: if it was FSSW reporting it then it would merit its own thread right? See in the world I come from when a FA goes from being pursued to having agreed to terms, it gets its own thread. But hey if we don't read the three either Dice threads and ask you if its okay then we don't care about the forum.

that does deserve a :rolleyes.

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This thread fails... I need to post an epic failure pic, so hold on.

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Yeah I figured you couldn't figure the difference.

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You are trying to advocate for certain ethics / rules within this forum.
That's pretty obvious.

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Clearly don't value? defending? Youre pure awesomesauce you paragon of forum virtue.

Here's a question: if it was FSSW reporting it then it would merit its own thread right? See in the world I come from when a FA goes from being pursued to having agreed to terms, it gets its own thread. But hey if we don't read the three either Dice threads and ask you if its okay then we don't care about the forum.

that does deserve a :rolleyes.

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It was Hoopsworld. There is no other source.
They're known to be completely unreliable.

So, this is contrary to what actually occurred.

And we're trying to prevent extra / stupid McDyess threads that aren't necessary.

This isn't rocket science here.

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You are trying to advocate for certain ethics / rules within this forum.
That's pretty obvious.

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Still not telling the difference. Theres a difference between an individual preferring a particular attitude and an individual acting as if you have any authority to say what is acceptable and what is not acceptable.

hoppsworld blows.

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Still not telling the difference. Theres a difference between an individual preferring a particular attitude and an individual acting as if you have any authority to say what is acceptable and what is not acceptable.

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Who would believe you if you said that you did have authority to judge behavior for the forum ? What consequences would you impose ?

This was a stupid thread to start. And we explained why it was a stupid thread to start so that this wouldn't happen again.

That doesn't imply that we think we are the owners or will issue some disciplinary sanction against the original poster.

There are mores everywhere. And normal members of a community express them.

voila.

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Where in the rules/FAQ thread does it say you can only have one thread about a marquee FA every spursfan is interested in? Who's to say the owners don't mind many threads right now, until he signs with someone? Nowhere. In fact, Kori goes out of her way to specify there really aren't any set rules.

In case you forgot, a portion of our championship hopes are riding on a quality big like McDyess signing here. God forbid Spurfan be interested in a few threads on the subject matter, instead of a voluminous 30 pager with a thousand replies to read through to find any information.

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It was Hoopsworld. There is no other source.
They're known to be completely unreliable.

So, this is contrary to what actually occurred.

And we're trying to prevent extra / stupid McDyess threads that aren't necessary.

This isn't rocket science here.

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No whats not rocket science is making up bullshit about 'community' to try and justify being a jerk to people.

I know that hoopsworld/hype or whatever trash they want to call themselves is not a credible news outlet. I could go on about sports journalists and their accuracy as a whole but I digress. I wouldn't cry a tear if its gone but this entire thing about giving people their lumps, board defense, caring and 'community' is straight bullshit.

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Still not telling the difference. Theres a difference between an individual preferring a particular attitude and an individual acting as if you have any authority to say what is acceptable and what is not acceptable.

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Where in the rules/FAQ thread does it say you can only have one thread about a marquee FA every spursfan is interested in? Who's to say the owners don't mind many threads right now, until he signs with someone? Nowhere. In fact, Kori goes out of her way to specify there really aren't any set rules.

In case you forgot, a portion of our championship hopes are riding on a quality big like McDyess signing here. God forbid Spurfan be interested in a few threads on the subject matter, instead of a voluminous 30 pager with a thousand replies to read through to find any information.

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zosa, had it been a reliable source of information, you would probably not have many complaints. It wasn't. So, this was an egregious example. Hence, the reaction.

And Kori and timvp do merge threads regularly.

Let's keep in mind this particular example - citing Hoopsworld.

This would be on the far side of the spectrum- an obvious bad call.
Others might be closer. This wasn't close.

And now this is turning into a meta thread.

But since Hoopsworld is so unreliable, it might as well be used for something.

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zosa, had it been a reliable source of information, you would probably not have many complaints. It wasn't. So, this was an egregious example. Hence, the reaction.

And Kori and timvp do merge threads regularly.

Let's keep in mind this particular example - citing Hoopsworld.

This would be on the far side of the spectrum- an obvious bad call.
Others might be closer. This wasn't close.

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Agreed. Just leave the bullshit to the mods...

Who in the Hell is McDycess ?

Is this a new free agent that we are also going after in addition to Antonio ?

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Agreed. Just leave the bullshit to the mods...

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Fine. It's over.

peace.

:wakeup

Im glad that Spurs fans seem to acknowledge the hoopsworld is total garbage.

Laker fans (check out how they worship Eric "Emplay" Picnus over at Lakersground.net) and Suns fans have yet to figure this out and drives me crazy.

Hoopsworld is total amateur hour.

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Where in the rules/FAQ thread does it say you can only have one thread about a marquee FA every spursfan is interested in? Who's to say the owners don't mind many threads right now, until he signs with someone? Nowhere. In fact, Kori goes out of her way to specify there really aren't any set rules.

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I know it's hard to miss, it's a sticky at the top of the forum:

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93855

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4. Deleting/Locking/Merging - Sometimes threads get deleted if it's blatant trolling. But most of the time a thread gets deleted is when it's repetitious. If you think your thread got deleted, it might have just got merged. So look around. When I lock a thread, I usually leave an explanation why - so if you have further questions, you can PM. Again, starting another thread to ask why your thread get locked isn't the best method. Just PM me.

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We all know we need a quality big.

That doesn't mean there should be 500 threads on it, including posting trash from Hoopsworld.

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Agreed. Just leave the bullshit to the mods...

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So, you do agree that this thread fails due to the source? Which was my point. What was yours? You seem to be calling out my failure pic. Or was I mistaken?:toast

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Im glad that Spurs fans seem to acknowledge the hoopsworld is total garbage.

Laker fans (check out how they worship Eric "Emplay" Picnus over at Lakersground.net) and Suns fans have yet to figure this out and drives me crazy.

Hoopsworld is total amateur hour.

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Our first clue not to read this thread was in the title.
If the op can't figure out how to spell the name of the player,
he/she may prove to be an unreliable source of information or
quoting from an unreliable source.

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I'm not being an ass...its something that happens all the damn time. Some noob reads and article and comes in here and posts it without even taking the time to see if it was already posted or if there is already a thread about the situation. It clutters up the forum with tons of threads about the same thing and wastes the time of those who run this place. It's also a pain in the ass when we lose and a bunch of fans come on here in a suicidal state and post cliff jumping threads.

This is a community. Be a productive part of it or GTFO.

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Dumbass newbies who don't follow the rules of common sense and start threads with useless rehashed and unconfirmed information deserve to get ridiculed, as do dumbass newbies who step in to defend the original dumbass newbies.

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You're just a dumbass. Nothing serious. Someone was making a joke about the 100 post minimum before wading in and starting a thread, particularly one with inaccurate information that's a repost anyway. The mods shouldn't have to constantly be in here with a fucking scooper cleaning up whatever some dipshit decides to step in here and start throwing around. Part of being a community means understanding how things work and showing some respect for it. People who start a thousand useless threads are either not part of that community or are Sequ after a three or four Zimas.

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Originally Posted by Obstructed_View

People who were actually following the information saw the article when I posted it in the thread. It wasn't five pages deep, it was on the last page, which is where the latest information is.

If people learned how to use a goddamn message board then other people wouldn't have to play forum police all the fucking time. The only thing I like less than having to do that is to have to defend it from idiots like you that wade in, bumping the thread with useless opinions about it.

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Originally Posted by benefactor

Your strawman is pretty flimsy here.

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Originally Posted by Aggie Hoopsfan

I know it's hard to miss, it's a sticky at the top of the forum:

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more forum police. Not only that, you misconstrue their intentions about topic starting. They realize many repetitious topics are posted, not that the topics themselves aren't necessary. Many times, new information is merged into the larger threads. Not every time.

And like I said, why should you care as long as you don't do whatever they did? There is no such thing as "taking your lumps" on a sports team message board. That shits for kids who don't partake in real discussion anyway.

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Originally Posted by Obstructed_View

Part of being a community means understanding how things work and showing some respect for it.

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You mean like being polite to newcomers?

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Originally Posted by FuzzyLumpkins

You were saying?

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Your post doesn't seem to communicate your intended meaning very well, whatever it may be.

Bertrand Russell's paradox on Set Theory was interesting.I studied it in undergraduate school.

"All Knowledge is built upon instinctive belief, failing that there is nothing left." -Bertrand Russell

To be logically consistent, Bertrand Russell must also believe that "The knowledge that there is no knowledge outside of instinctive belief is also built upon instinctive belief." Otherwise, he engages in self-contradiction. Now, if he finds instinctive belief unreliable, then the knowledge spoken above must be found unreliable by him. If he is less than certain about it (instinctive belief as a source of knowledge) , then he is less than certain about the truthfulness of his statement. If he is certain about it, then he may avoid some self-contradictions in the statement.

Did i miss something, is there a job opening for mods, becuase a lot of a holes are acting like it.

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Originally Posted by z0sa

more forum police. Not only that, you misconstrue their intentions about topic starting. They realize many repetitious topics are posted, not that the topics themselves aren't necessary. Many times, new information is merged into the larger threads. Not every time.

And like I said, why should you care as long as you don't do whatever they did? There is no such thing as "taking your lumps" on a sports team message board. That shits for kids who don't partake in real discussion anyway.

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It's not called forum police. There's a 36 page thread on Dice and someone feels the need to open up a new one that is a link to a site that copies news from other sources (and that info was already in the 36 pager).

I care because I come to get news and stay up to date on things, not sort through 30 pages of crap threads.

Look, this may be your first off-season here or something... there is a reason there is a discussion thread for each FA/target. That's where the discussion takes place, and then if the player signs a new thread gets opened up on the forum.

If you're going to piss and moan about the regulars trying to reign in some of the stupidity and redundant threads, maybe this isn't the place for you...

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Originally Posted by Mavs<Spurs

Your post doesn't seem to communicate your intended meaning very well, whatever it may be.

Bertrand Russell's paradox on Set Theory was interesting.I studied it in undergraduate school.

"All Knowledge is built upon instinctive belief, failing that there is nothing left." -Bertrand Russell

To be logically consistent, Bertrand Russell must also believe that "The knowledge that there is no knowledge outside of instinctive belief is also built upon instinctive belief." Otherwise, he engages in self-contradiction. Now, if he finds instinctive belief unreliable, then the knowledge spoken above must be found unreliable by him. If he is less than certain about it (instinctive belief as a source of knowledge) , then he is less than certain about the truthfulness of his statement. If he is certain about it, then he may avoid some self-contradictions in the statement.

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Great mind, I loved reading "Why I am Not A Christian" and "A History of Western Philosophy". He makes it all very easy to relate to yourself.

And now the Sporting News claims that McDyess has signed a deal with the Spurs, but they cite HoopsWorld.

No one wants to be last on these things.

And the Sporting News might be cited by Sports Illustrated.

And the only people who wouldn't know would be the Spurs, Antonio McDyess, and the real sports journalists.




Thanks for that link. That was depressing.

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Originally Posted by BlackBellamy

Great mind, I loved reading "Why I am Not A Christian" and "A History of Western Philosophy". He makes it all very easy to relate to yourself.

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He was a great scholar and a mathematician (my field).

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Originally Posted by Mavs<Spurs

Your post doesn't seem to communicate your intended meaning very well, whatever it may be.

Bertrand Russell's paradox on Set Theory was interesting.I studied it in undergraduate school.

"All Knowledge is built upon instinctive belief, failing that there is nothing left." -Bertrand Russell

To be logically consistent, Bertrand Russell must also believe that "The knowledge that there is no knowledge outside of instinctive belief is also built upon instinctive belief." Otherwise, he engages in self-contradiction. Now, if he finds instinctive belief unreliable, then the knowledge spoken above must be found unreliable by him. If he is less than certain about it (instinctive belief as a source of knowledge) , then he is less than certain about the truthfulness of his statement. If he is certain about it, then he may avoid some self-contradictions in the statement.

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Youve been failing to grasp a lot. Its pretty obvious that youre wanting to be intentionally obtuse.

As for the latter. You can infinitley regress all day long but at the end of the day I fail to see how saying that applying a negative to the statement attributes doubt. Youre inferring something that isn't there although he does agree with Hume's views on knowledge and causality when push comes to shove.