bigstrads wrote:

JOEL wrote:quote from bigs
for the players not your 1.5 billion Chinese viewers


hey bigs my man i gota question for you bro...not to start an arguement but to gain understanding......the other day you posted an interview where a fellow remarked about a group of people and you took that as raciest??? but now a few days later this comment shows up about another group.....imo both comments were not raciest..please help me understand .....what is the differnce between the two....
#1 to many black players and 1.5 million or billlion whatever chinnise?

Fair question..............

Well, not sure what your saying about the interview that I posted............the guy just came out and said there were too many black players in the league, which I took to be quite racist and couldnt believe that he said it.

My comment last night was in relation to the fact that Stern goes with his trends and is always looking play to his desired markets...........with China being a massive one.......ohh I dont know, about 1.5 billion people...........so who wouldnt put it past Stern and his crews to officiate Rockets games "different"...............watching last nights game it certainly seemed that way.

It was in no way a slight on Chinese people or anything at all, I was merely pointing out the fact that Stern would of course want to give a good impression to that huge market (especially outside the USA) and let there golden boy get away with a few.............thats all.

I was also a little upset and reaching for a scape goat so maybe worded it wrong, that scape goat being Stern, not Chinese people.

Also, with the video and a guy saying "there are too many black players" isnt really comparable to me saying "just let the f**king game be played for the players not your 1.5 billion Chinese viewers on Rockets night! and to get your little golden boys in the NBA finals (Spurs and Lebron last year)"..............I added the full quote of what I said to show that I wasnt highlighting the Chinese influence exclusively.

Apologies if anyone was offended by it, certainly not intended.

Question for you though............how did you interpret it? hence leading to your question?

EmceeT wrote:Okay, okay... Pietrus was 0-5. HOWEVER, he was +16 (6 rebounds, 2 assists), the best +/- of any Dub (C.J. was 2nd, with +10).

Al is my favorite player... but I think he (-19, 2-6 FT's made) along with the refs contributed most to this loss... Everyone has an off game... this was Al's...

sfsfsfgiants wrote:

TMC wrote:Good luck with your finals, buddy.

Yeah, I failed because I was worried too much about Mickael Pietrus and Chris Paul than I was about Baron de Montesque or Voltaire.

TMC wrote:

sfsfsfgiants wrote:

TMC wrote:Good luck with your finals, buddy.

Yeah, I failed because I was worried too much about Mickael Pietrus and Chris Paul than I was about Baron de Montesque or Voltaire.

You better worry about the right Baron next time.

sfsfsfgiants wrote:That is actually how I remembered the first name of the guy. I thought of Baron. His laws and beliefs... those are a different story, though.

drazz wrote:

sfsfsfgiants wrote:That is actually how I remembered the first name of the guy. I thought of Baron. His laws and beliefs... those are a different story, though.

Baron de Montesquieu--seperation of powers in government, and the three branches that are commonly used in modern society (legislature, executive, judicial).

Voltaire--eh, doesn't really matter, just something to use when you want to impress girls (the few that like men with an education in philosophy)

sfsfsfgiants wrote:

EmceeT wrote:Okay, okay... Pietrus was 0-5. HOWEVER, he was +16 (6 rebounds, 2 assists), the best +/- of any Dub (C.J. was 2nd, with +10).

Al is my favorite player... but I think he (-19, 2-6 FT's made) along with the refs contributed most to this loss... Everyone has an off game... this was Al's...

He had the best +/- of any player in a shitty game in which everyone sucked? Check his +/- of any other game this year, and I guarantee you that Pietrus is at the bottom.

You also failed to mention the nasty looking turnover he had, the standing around watching the opponent shoot threes, and blatantly fouling the other team at half court.

aletha33 wrote:

sfsfsfgiants wrote:

EmceeT wrote:Okay, okay... Pietrus was 0-5. HOWEVER, he was +16 (6 rebounds, 2 assists), the best +/- of any Dub (C.J. was 2nd, with +10).

Al is my favorite player... but I think he (-19, 2-6 FT's made) along with the refs contributed most to this loss... Everyone has an off game... this was Al's...

He had the best +/- of any player in a shitty game in which everyone sucked? Check his +/- of any other game this year, and I guarantee you that Pietrus is at the bottom.

You also failed to mention the nasty looking turnover he had, the standing around watching the opponent shoot threes, and blatantly fouling the other team at half court.

so i'm not big on stats here sf, so enlighten me please. this +/- stat simply means that if, oh say, pietrus was +16, this means that while he was in the game, pietrus' team out scored his opponents team by 16 points?

WHOOOOA...WHAT A USELESS STAT...

so what conclusions do you draw EmceeT with pietrus being at +16????