"If a guy was doing the Riverdance like that, coach would come over and say, 'Who's got the fewest amount of fouls of my big fellas?' " said ex-Celtic and TNT analyst Kevin McHale. "If you raised your hand, he would say, 'We will let him drive and then we will throw him on the ground.'
"When he is laying there we would say, 'Do you feel like dancing now?'
"And that pretty much solved the dancing problem."
about 2 years ago
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The problem is...
that back then it would have been a foul and two shots. Now it would be a Flagrant-2 (unless you’re Rondo) maybe a suspension for taking out the “King” and definitely a $10,000 fine or more.
That's why you get someone like Gray to do it
Suspensions won’t hurt your team, and the org. can cover the fine.
I don't think they can.
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
No they can't...
But, Gray is making a cool million this year…10,000 is a bit of money, but I am willingto bet if the guy needed anything after that but couldn’t get it because he only made 990,000 this year….I am willing to bet someone would step up and help the guy out :).
That Gray's only value
to the team, certified goon and hitman, everyteam needs one
by QUINTEN DALEY on Dec 11, 2009 10:35 AM CST up reply actions
It would be more....than $10K
For a typical player maybe $10K, for James, it’ll be 2-5x that at least…
Sadly....through thick and thin....
Wait a minute...
Let’s cut Vinny some slack here. Isn’t it entirely possible that when he was yelling “attack!” 1000 times during that game he was talking about getting Lebron?
"That's a spicy meatball-a!" - Vinny Del Negro
by Juiceboxjerry on Dec 11, 2009 8:07 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
He was fine as a coach, did pretty well. It was his GM work that got him canned.
1. Cut a hole in a box
2. Put your Kirk in that box
3. Make some team open that box
by fundamentallysound on Dec 11, 2009 12:51 PM CST up reply actions
Eh too bad the league isn't like this anymore.
You’d have to ask Luol Deng to do that foul and he doesn’t look interested in something like that.
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uhhhhh ohhhhhhhhh
Agreed on this
The NBA is soft as hell now, Lebron would of done that is the 80’s to early 90’s he would of been laid out next time we went to the hoop.
I'd rather one of the leaders did it
Luol would be good. I don’t care about your player rep. The nicest guy on the team would send the best message.
12/31: Fire Vinny Del Negro.
by NBA Observer on Dec 11, 2009 12:08 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
eh, I think this loses the focus of the whole situation
the point of all of it was that LeBron is a jackass.
The Bulls failure is on the court, they suck. If they don’t get blown out they don’t have to worry about ’respect.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Dec 11, 2009 12:37 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
That's a good point
I didn’t see LeBron dancing when they got beat by Memphis and Houston the last two games!
"It hurts, man. All losses hurt."-Joakim Noah
I wont be surprised if Miller takes a shot next game
He’s not afraid of Shaq, he aint afraid of Lebron
by The90sBullsRevival on Dec 11, 2009 1:41 PM CST reply actions
It's a great way to see
how fast LeBron really is.
"This is not Vietnam, Smokey, there are rules here." - Walter Sobchak
by Rose Colored Goggles on Dec 11, 2009 3:26 PM CST up reply actions
That's what I was going to say
That way if anybody has a problem with it he can lay em out! Plus he doesn’t play anyway so if gets suspended it won’t matter.
"It hurts, man. All losses hurt."-Joakim Noah
The Bulls need an enforcer
when you’re this bad and you continuously get your brains beaten in on the court, you need someone to go out there and make the opponent afraid to run up the score on you. The Bulls don’t have that.
Of course, that’s like problem #1,001.
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by Rose Colored Goggles on Dec 11, 2009 3:28 PM CST reply actions
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