What an Iguodala trade would mean to the Spurs' title hopes

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Originally Posted by benefactor

I didn't even read the article. I got as far as your comments and responded. There was no need to go any further because Ford is not going to give me any info that is worthwhile...it's either all bullshit or I have heard it somewhere else already.

And you posting worthless articles while giving us your holier than thou speech about having access to them is raising the bar. Got it.

I'm sorry...thought I said nobody gives a shit about insider. Nobody gives a shit about insider. There. I said it again.

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Yeah you didn't say it the first time. Therefore you didn't say it again. Anger makes you think all screwy, doesn't it? Why are you so angry that I'm in an argument with someone besides you?

You said, in a less coherent way, you don't care if I can access Insider or not. I too said I don't care who does. If you weren't having anger management problems you wouldda read that I've never posted an Insider article and gave a shit.... but recently was given a hard time for saying to someone that the Rumors part of Insider was worthless instead of just posting the rumor. I thought that was total bullshit, the attempt to be all, "justice for all, we all share all of our paid privelages with all".

It was lame cause here are these hippies crying because the world isn't fair when what I actually said was

"joke, the rumors suck, jokes, rumor page is totally never gonna happen, joke, here's how to see if a rumor is just a reprint of someone's blog but for free, joke."

A handful of idiots just couldn't take it. I HAD TO PRINT THE RUMOR OR I WAS A FUCKING ASSHOLE. EricB was kind of enough to make a point and I thanked him even though I don't mind posting the articles as long as they're not the lame rumors. Still, none of these events involved you but you had to start this shit...

Maybe I should have written it differently so those with paranoid guilt didn't flip out. I could have said,

"Here's today's Insider article about trades(and Iguodala). I normally don't say anything about this but since I was recently accused of being an asshole for not posting a rumor I'd like to remind the dickheads that I've always posted an Insider article that wasn't already on the board AND NEVER said a word about it. But I want to thank EricB for backing me up because you people are way out of line for cussing me out especially when I wasn't blowing the guy off, I just said that it wasn't worth printing and told him how to get the same info for free."

now who's "holier than thou"? You knew none of that was aimed at you but you have to sniff it out and be involved? I have to word everything around your sensitive temper? A man's got a right to defend himself without some other jerk butting in. Right? If you had to deal with some lame, uncalled-for jabs towards yourself would you want me jumping in and freaking out because I can't handle two other people having a discussion without me?

Dude you weren't even involved in the nonsense that I was referring to. I did say, "you know who you are." You know that wasn't you, right? Are you mega-paranoid with a guilty conscience? Did you steal someone's Insider Login and think I was talking about you? Does that even matter? No it doesn't it. So why get all fussy and start this crap? Do you need attention? Is that some kind of inferiority complex? Someone else is arguing about Insider access and you can't participate so you have to shit talk Insider and start throwing net-grenades?

"Yeah well, if I can't get Insider, then I don't care about Insider. I'm better than Insider. If I can't play on that team, well, I don't want to play on that team. That's How I Cope!"

This was supposed to be a serious conversation. If Iguodala goes to Dallas or Houston the Spurs could be in trouble. 2% of the post was about my beef with someone that is NOT YOU. 100% of your post was about your feelings towards Insider and my access to it.

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Originally Posted by Whisky Dog

I believe his point is that you don't have to act like such an asshole whether or not you want to post your articles or not. If you don't want to post them, fine, but like I said in the other thread you don't have to be a giant dick about it. The issue isn't about insider articles, it's about you being an asshole. Tone that shit down 100% and you'd get along better here, unless you're just some established poster's troll to get their asshole aggressions out.

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I believe at this point you are a total idiot. Did you actually read the other thread that you lost your shit on? I seriously think you have an emotional issue. You probably skimmed the opening joke, read it wrong, got offended, didn't read the rest but then went on to throw a verbal grenade when you should have just read the damn thing agian. How does that post get you worked up? Dude, the original poster didn't even get offended. The fucking guy who asked the question that I responded to didn't get offended. That should tell you something...That you're overreacting and should apologize.

The post does this:
1) a joke. with a clear -I'm joking- sign
2) reassures kurt that there's no story, nothing to waste time on
3) explains that espn rumors are almost never true or old news
4) uses a blatant example/story to affirm that the rumors aren't good
5) explains how to find the original source of the rumor for free, quickly,and discover the level of integrity of the source
6) ends with a self-conscious joke

I even wrote this back after someone pointed out how everyone was freaking out. I had no idea it happened because when I wrote that I thought,

"Ok, I did my good deed today, told a guy, overseas like myself, the skinny on espn.com's rumors. The Amare thing is 200% illegitimate and he won't get excited for nothing. He knows how to satisfy his curiousities in the future if he's on espn.com and can't get someone on ST to help out, he can look up the original story from the method I told him and then see for himself that there's no basis to ESPNs headline."

You had no business talking to me like that before.
Members should absolutely be allowed to defend themselves. ala if you write some uncalled for cussing at me I can write it back without you getting all hussy AGAIN. ...Especially when it's against some bogus nonsense.


I have no enemies here. Yeah, I taunt the cliff-jumpers and the ones who live on this board just to find something negative to complain about, and I stick up for myself when there's a jerk slinging some lame stuff. But that's the extent of the friction I encounter. I contribute threads with real basketball talk that promote discussion. I encourage leaving emotion at the game and discourage pointless arguments. And did you actually look at my posts yet? When the hell did I post an Insider article and complain about it? I called you an asshole in this post for the aforementioned reasons. This shit can stop if you don't perpetuate it.

2% of my thread said, "screw you for being a jerk". You dedicate your time to ignoring Spurs basketball so that you can start a beef with me over not appreciating you.

Are you going to flip out every time someone calls you out for being a jerk? Are you gonna go postal at the notion of someone having a different sense of humor than you?
can you control your emotions! What if you skim a post and get upset before you can finish? What will you do?
a) you walk away and ignore someone saying 'asshole' things
b) you respond to every single post that includes something that you think is being "asshole" God, please just stop the assholes. Nobody can approach the asshole realm or I will do something about it!
c) you read the whole post before making up your mind?

Now you can go read the actual posts in the other thread. Seriously, that shit's not edited. I'll accept an apology for that other thread but I'm not going to beg. Anything else I will consider crossing the line. I'm not threatening you or anything lame like that. There's no, "I'll kick your ass" factor involved. We can disagree, but if you ignore what I'm saying keep this up I will consider the line crossable for myself from this moment forward. I wrote no bad to you or anyone else in that thread and I never planned on picking a fight. Remember, Kurt didn't even get offended by what I said. The way I see it is that a few of you guys are very sensitive and need to realize that that's not anyone's problem but your own. I think I got ambushed and whether you want to re-examine the things you said or not, remember this: the post that offended you was about basketball. This thread is about basketball. Your posts are about manners. I expect in the future you put your sensitivity in check and keep this to talking about basketball. Stay out of my way.

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Originally Posted by PublicOption

this is what we need a shooting guard that can defend.

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Originally Posted by PublicOption

IF we could get this guy I think our troubles would be over.

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Well, unfortunately, we're not going to get this guy. I just realized people are just reading the title and replying. This thread, as stated in bold, is about rival teams getting him. We have to accept this as a possibility. I think it's really bad news for us if it happens.

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Originally Posted by draft87

Yeah you didn't say it the first time. Therefore you didn't say it again. Anger makes you think all screwy, doesn't it? Why are you so angry that I'm in an argument with someone besides you?

You said, in a less coherent way, you don't care if I can access Insider or not. I too said I don't care who does. If you weren't having anger management problems you wouldda read that I've never posted an Insider article and gave a shit.... but recently was given a hard time for saying to someone that the Rumors part of Insider was worthless instead of just posting the rumor. I thought that was total bullshit, the attempt to be all, "justice for all, we all share all of our paid privelages with all".

It was lame cause here are these hippies crying because the world isn't fair when what I actually said was

"joke, the rumors suck, jokes, rumor page is totally never gonna happen, joke, here's how to see if a rumor is just a reprint of someone's blog but for free, joke."

A handful of idiots just couldn't take it. I HAD TO PRINT THE RUMOR OR I WAS A FUCKING ASSHOLE. EricB was kind of enough to make a point and I thanked him even though I don't mind posting the articles as long as they're not the lame rumors. Still, none of these events involved you but you had to start this shit...

Maybe I should have written it differently so those with paranoid guilt didn't flip out. I could have said,

"Here's today's Insider article about trades(and Iguodala). I normally don't say anything about this but since I was recently accused of being an asshole for not posting a rumor I'd like to remind the dickheads that I've always posted an Insider article that wasn't already on the board AND NEVER said a word about it. But I want to thank EricB for backing me up because you people are way out of line for cussing me out especially when I wasn't blowing the guy off, I just said that it wasn't worth printing and told him how to get the same info for free."

now who's "holier than thou"? You knew none of that was aimed at you but you have to sniff it out and be involved? I have to word everything around your sensitive temper? A man's got a right to defend himself without some other jerk butting in. Right? If you had to deal with some lame, uncalled-for jabs towards yourself would you want me jumping in and freaking out because I can't handle two other people having a discussion without me?

Dude you weren't even involved in the nonsense that I was referring to. I did say, "you know who you are." You know that wasn't you, right? Are you mega-paranoid with a guilty conscience? Did you steal someone's Insider Login and think I was talking about you? Does that even matter? No it doesn't it. So why get all fussy and start this crap? Do you need attention? Is that some kind of inferiority complex? Someone else is arguing about Insider access and you can't participate so you have to shit talk Insider and start throwing net-grenades?

"Yeah well, if I can't get Insider, then I don't care about Insider. I'm better than Insider. If I can't play on that team, well, I don't want to play on that team. That's How I Cope!"

This was supposed to be a serious conversation. If Iguodala goes to Dallas or Houston the Spurs could be in trouble. 2% of the post was about my beef with someone that is NOT YOU. 100% of your post was about your feelings towards Insider and my access to it.

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Originally Posted by PublicOption

this is what we need a shooting guard that can defend.

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I think the Spurs have enough of their own issues to deal with without worrying about what potential trades other teams might make. I don't give a shit what the Dallas Mavericks may or may not do. We just have to beat the other team. It doesn't matter who they put out there, we have to beat them. Do or die. You guys have the wrong attitude. How does Iggy going to another team make the Spurs a better team? It shouldn't effect the Spurs at all. It's completely insignificant.

rofl half page posts about anger while getting angry himself.

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Stay out of my way.

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Or what?

Apologies to PublicOption. I did not intend to quote you there.

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Originally Posted by benefactor

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benefactor: "I concede that I really have no business adding anything to the discussion"(in a less coherent way)

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Originally Posted by benefactor

rofl half page posts about anger while getting angry himself.

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I'm angry because you say so? I guess that's the problem with people who have anger management issues. They can't tell the difference between annoyed and angry. Who's the one spending the time to get taunting pictures up not related to Spurs basketball?

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Originally Posted by benefactor

Or what?

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Remember that part where I said you need to get help for your problem with other people getting attention? Yeah, this is a post for someone else. You have to wait your turn or else you won't get dessert after dinner. Now go eat your vegetables and behave.

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Originally Posted by ohmwrecker

I think the Spurs have enough of their own issues to deal with without worrying about what potential trades other teams might make. I don't give a shit what the Dallas Mavericks may or may not do. We just have to beat the other team. It doesn't matter who they put out there, we have to beat them. Do or die. You guys have the wrong attitude. How does Iggy going to another team make the Spurs a better team? It shouldn't effect the Spurs at all. It's completely insignificant.

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Iggy going to another team doesn't make the Spurs a better team. Where did you get that? Iggy going to a rival team can make them better.

Yes, no matter what we have to be the better team but considering this can be a momentum changing trade I'd like to be mentally prepared for it. And since I'm thinking about it, I'd like to have these rated in order of worst to best possible scenarios. I don't want to wake up one day and find out that a rival like the Lakers just got much, much better last night and that instantly there's a much lesser chance of winning it all this year. (I'm obviously referring to the Gasol trade) Those types of transactions affect the whole league, not just the two teams in question, and especially the rivals.

Even though you still have to win, you have to respect the opponent. And as a fan, I want to know what's up with the competition. I can't just watch a game saying, "I don't care who they play I just want them to win."

Do you really not care if the Mavericks suddenly become a much harder to team to beat?

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Originally Posted by draft87

Do you really not care if the Mavericks suddenly become a much harder to team to beat?

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No. No, I don't.

You sure do get wound up easily. Too much sugar?

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Originally Posted by ohmwrecker

No. No, I don't.

You sure do get wound up easily. Too much sugar?

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Why do you think I'm wound up? I thought I offered a pretty civil response to your opinion. I acknowledged the points I agreed with and offered a more detailed counter to what I disagreed with...I didn't say anything like, "you guys have the wrong attitude"

Are we trading Parker or firing Pop?

If so, I'm for it.

Well, you might be right. I seriously doubt it, but maybe so. It is my sincere hope that the random possibilty of the Dallas Mavericks acquiring Andre Iguodala would not negatively effect any one Spurs player. That is a loser's attitude and it doesn't belong anywhere in professional sports. Just my opinion, so take it or leave it, but I believe this discussion has run it's course.

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Originally Posted by ChumpDumper

Are we trading Parker or firing Pop?

If so, I'm for it.

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yawn.

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Originally Posted by draft87

yawn.

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Hey! We agree on something.

^^^ Completely.

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Originally Posted by draft87

benefactor: "I concede that I really have no business adding anything to the discussion"(in a less coherent way)

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What discussion? Oh...you mean the one where you act like a douche while posting a useless Chad Ford article using your privileged access to ROFL Insider. You right, I'm not really interested in that discussion.

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I'm angry because you say so? I guess that's the problem with people who have anger management issues. They can't tell the difference between annoyed and angry. Who's the one spending the time to get taunting pictures up not related to Spurs basketball?

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Originally Posted by You

I HAD TO PRINT THE RUMOR OR I WAS A FUCKING ASSHOLE.

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You are right, this sentence suggest complete and total calm.

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Remember that part where I said you need to get help for your problem with other people getting attention? Yeah, this is a post for someone else. You have to wait your turn or else you won't get dessert after dinner. Now go eat your vegetables and behave.

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Will I have to go straight to bed too?

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Originally Posted by benefactor

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:lol

It could have been a semi-interesting topic...

But he is kind of an asshole.

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Originally Posted by Blackjack

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I think this dude really summarized this thread in a clear, objective and concise manner.

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Originally Posted by ohmwrecker

I think this dude really summarized this thread in a clear, objective and concise manner.

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