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PG. TONY PARKER: 18 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 50.6 fg%, 80 ft%

SG. ARRON AFFLALO: 19.3 ppg, 4 rpg, 3.5 apg, 46.4 fg%, 43.2 3pt%, 82 ft%

G. JOHN WALL: 20 ppg, 9 apg, 4.2 rpg, 43.3 fg%, 36.4 3pt%, 80.9 ft%, 2 spg

SF. CARMELO ANTHONY: 28.1 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 3.1 apg, 46 3pt%, 41 3pt%, 84.1 ft%, 1.2 spg

PF. ZACH RANDOLPH: 17.1 ppg, 10.1 rpg, 45.8 fg%, 74 ft%

F. JOSH SMITH: 17 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 3.4 apg, 42 fg%, 1.5 spg, 1.5 bpg, 55.3 ft%

C. GREG MONROE: 15 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 51 ft%, 66.1 ft%

C. ANDRE DRUMMOND: 13.1 ppg, 13 rpg, 62 fg%, 1.8 bpg, 1.3 spg, 42.3 ft%

Util. MARCIN GORTAT: 13 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 53.4 fg%, 1.4 bpg, 69 ft%

Util. TOBIAS HARRIS: 15.1 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 46 fg%, 82 ft%

Bench: Trevor Ariza: 15 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 1.8 spg, 46 fg%, 42.2 3pt%, 78.1 ft%

Bench: Markieff Morris: 14 ppg, 6 rpg, 48 fg%, 78.4 ft%

Bench: Drew Gooden: 10.1 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 57 fg%, 100 ft%

I have this cousin in another country that my family hails from. I visited the country a couple of months back with my family over the Holidays. I never had any prior contact with her in the past on the phone or in pictures so I do not really see her in a familial way. I just see her as super attractive even though I'm aware that she is my cousin and its really gross. However, if I never knew of her except for in stories nor have grown up with her how can I see her in another way. How can I get help for this?

Rondo was given his shot to lead an offense in his sophomore season while Rubio's shot happened as soon as his rookie season. Since, then Rondo has never looked back and has been the PG in BOS ever since making a couple of All-star games and winning an NBA Finals. If you look @ Rubio's current trajectory though his numbers in his first two years are in line with Rondo's second yrs and he already has a couple of advantages in his game that set him apart from Rondo.

Ricky Rubio:

yr 1: 10.6 PPG, 8.2 APG, 4.2 RPG, 41 games (ACL tear), 34.2 MPG, 2.2 SPG, 80.3 FT%

yr 2: (coming back from ACL tear) 10.7 PPG, 7.3 APG (done with a vast assortment of player injuries on roster), 4 RPG, 57 games, 29.7 MPG (-4.5 minutes from rookie season due to injury), 2.4 SPG, 79.9 FT%

Rajon Rondo:

yr 2: 10.6 PPG, 5.1 APG, 4.2 RPG, 77 games, 30 MPG, 1.7 SPG, 61.1 FT%

Things that make it plausible for Rubio to be better than Rondo...

He's a big guard @ 6"5. He will never be the overall defender Rondo is. But that was one of his biggest criticisms how his game will translate defensively to the NBA. He's already exceeded expectations defensively in that he's better than initially thought and that's on a team with a bad defensive environment in Minny.

Another criticism that he's for the most part squashed is the perception that he lacked a mid-range or three-point game. He is sound from mid-range and he doesn't take many threes but has shown the ability to make them especially in crunch time.Rondo is a career 24% 3pt shooter and refrains from taking them. Rubio is currently sitting @ 31.7% from 3 and he isn't afraid to take them and let this part of his game grow. Also he is a 80% FT% shooter in his career right now while Rondo is a 62.1% FT shooter in his career.

This will be Paul George's 4th season in the NBA. Both George and Granger are eerily similar in the sense that they're true 3s that can play the 2 spot but even play the 4 in some unconventional lineups. The thing is that both of them are much better as 3s especially when the 2nd option is to play them as 2s. They both have struggled as 2s. It wasn't until George became the everyday 3 that he blossomed into his full-potential. In his third year he saw marked improvement from his second and first years but still struggled and was more inconsistent at the 2. Offensively they are also eerily similar in the ways that they work. Defensively is the separation barrier George excels at it through a 4 yr career while Granger is 30 and has shown to be an at best mediocre defender. It could clash Indy's growth as a team if they start together and it could hurt Granger's rehab process as well to be overplayed. Not that the Pacers are a regular season team or anything. They've shown to be a team with many ups and downs in the reg season and play to their truest potential in the playoffs.

PAT RILEY: Jeff Van Gundy, Erik Spolestra, Doc Rivers, Byron Scott, Stan Van Gundy

GREGG POPOVICH: Mike Brown, Vinny Del *****, Avery Johnson, Mike Budenholzer (???), Brett Brown (???), Monty Williams, Jacque Vaughn, P.J. Carlesimo

PHIL JACKSON: Brian Shaw (???), Kurt Rambis,

LARRY BROWN: Gregg Popovich, Mike Woodson, Alvin Gentry

JEFF VAN GUNDY: Tom Thibedau, Mark Jackson, Mike Malone (???)

I know Artest and Udrih spent time together as teammates in Sacramento for a bit. And JR Smith played along Tys in NOLA for a short-while. But what about Chandler and Artest on the team that drafted them,were they ever teammates?

B-Eazy in the Big Eazy lol

But, in all seriousness from a basketball standpoint hes horrible. Thats excluding his off-court issues. Only time he put up solid stats was on a mediocre MIA team. He had the chance to really blossom on 2 bad teams but had some of the worst seasons of his career. He doesnt defend or rebound and isnt as good offensively at the pro-level he was billed on. If healthy, Greg Oden is a much better player and find for MIA

SF Deng- 6.3 RPG in 2013

6.4 RPG for career

18 game-high for career

PF Anthony- 7 RPG in 2013

6.4 RPG for career

21 game-high for career

I mean if you were to take Melo's 10 seasons and sum them up into 1 season he'd average...

25 PPG, 6.5 RPG (more than Kobe, Pippen, English, Gervin, King, Pierce, and Dantley), 3.1 APG, 1.1 SPG, 45.6 FG% (8.9 FGM/19.5 FGA), 33.4 3pt%, and 81 FT% in 36.3 MPG.

Last season he shot 45% on 22 shot attempts more or less that's in and around his career average. Yet people like to bring up a couple of games where he did shoot like 9-30 and make that out to be a common trend. They fail to acknowledge he's shot 49% in his career before and was shooting 47-48% last season up until his teammates got injured and he had to take a larger role in the offense and then he himself got injured and it effected his shooting. People also don't bring up the fact that he's had month long stretches within the season he averages between 30-40 PPG on 60% shooting and even 40% shooting from 3.

People hype up guys like Paul George. In the playoffs, in the NY series, Paul George shot 38 FG%, 26 3pt%, and 68 FT% for 19.5 PPG. In the regular season, he shot below Melo's mark of 45 FG% for an NBA leading 28.7 PPG @ 41.9 FG% (a career-low during a career year). His career FG% in his 4 yr career is 43.1%.

Derrick Rose shot 43.5% in the last season that he played and he took around 18-20+ of his team's shots.

Paul Pierce for his career shoots 44.7% and last season he shot 43.6%. In the playoffs he shot below these marks @ 42.5%.

PG. GORAN DRAGIC

SG. ERIC BLEDSOE

SF. P.J. TUCKER

PF. MARKIEFF MORRIS

C. MARCIN GORTAT

6. Shannon Brown

7. Channing Frye (a return, could regain starting spot w more conditioning)

8. Alex Len

9. Gerald Green

10. Archie Goodwin

11. Marcus Morris

12. Miles Plumlee

---. Kendall Marshall-or- Ish Smith (someone is going to leave)

---. Viacheslav Kravtsov

---. Malcolm Lee

Tracy McGrady (5.6), Clyde Drexler (6.1), Paul Pierce (6), Alex English (5.5), Adrian Dantley (5.7), Bernard King (his hero) --- 5.8 , Kobe Bryant (5.3), James Worthy (5.6). Yet he's known on here as a poor rebounder even though he averaged 7 RPG in the reg season and 7.8 RPG in the playoffs playing as a PF.

Randy Orton is probably the tallest non-7fter on the WWE roster and he's fairly ripped so not only does he have the physique going for him. But he's a former Marine so basically he was trained to kill during combat. He has a mean streak too because he went AWOL from the military on a bad conduct discharge which is a serious offense.

Think about it. Why would the WWE enter Daniel Bryan in a mini-rivalry with Wade Barrett over the last 2 weeks so close to his championship match? Also the beard has been hyped up on shirts and Barrett on Vince McMahon's orders attempted to shave Bryan's beard. However, it was Barrett that got shaved in the end. But even then for someone that's been on such a hot streak Bryan split a match between him v Barrett 1-on-1 and Barrett as talented as he is, is do for a push.

What I could see happening is towards the end of the match while both Cena and Bryan are reeling Orton's music hits whilst distracting both competing superstars. Orton awaits ringside while the match is still occurring and Bryan picks up a pin-fall victory over Cena. In true fashion Triple H calls the match right down the middle and as Bryan is woozy Orton decides to cash in.

Triple H garnered a ton of respect for Bryan and really pulled for him. He doesn't want Orton to win because of their feud when Orton left Evolution and sees that Bryan is wobbly but putting up a fight against Orton so he decides to call the match one-sided in Bryan's favor. Sensing this McMahon orders Wade Barrett to attack Triple H to the point that he's unable to continue reffing. At that point Barrett could attack Bryan too and Vince or Maddox could take over as the referee. Cena could come out to help Daniel Bryan too out of respect but Ryback may come out and attack him in a totally unrelated occurrence where Ryback just wants a push or truly despises Cena and wants to shelf him.

I could see Orton head a stable of Wade Barrett, etc. Orton has never truly worked well with others but he was @ his most sadistic and best heel-streak in the early years of his viper gimmick as head of Legacy. Barrett will get pushed and after a few feuds with Bryan could get a title opportunity against Christian, Del Rio, Sandaw, or Ross. Barrett has always headed a stable but in a 2 man stable Orton could allow him with more independence as Orton works best when he walks alone. Orton will be full-on heel again and Vince McMahon will back Orton for the short-run until Orton turns on him like he did when he punted McMahon in the face. McMahon will see the error of his ways and side with Triple H, Daniel Bryan, and John Cena (if still on active roster/not nursing injuries) as they try to combat Orton/Barrett stable. From time to time if Cena is healthy I could see Ryback helping Orton/Barrett out as an unaffiliated party that faults Cena and the powers that be McMahon and Triple H as the reason why he isn't pushed.

Melo is the best offensive rebounder @ his position with his quick second jump he almost always gets his own rebound off a miss while he plays bully ball inside.

Pierce may be the better defensive rebounder.

2012-2013 stats:

Pierce: 6.3 RPG

Melo: 7 RPG

2012-2013 Boston v. New York Series:

Pierce: 5.7 RPG

Melo: 5.3 RPG

Careers:

Pierce: 6 RPG

Melo: 6.5 RPG

Career high rebounds in 1 game:

Pierce: 19 in 2006 season

Melo: 22 in 2012 season

Who's the better rapper, lyricist, deliverer?

Shumpert:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7ngkrEtQXs%E2%80%8...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD0GrtN46MU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzARK-7GHug

Artest:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfhme2RAUL0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HTobEONbdM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNEKctYcHKw

Pierce is the only Celtic in NBA history to have led the NBA in Total Points scored for a season back in 2001-2002.

Melo is the only Knick besides Bernard King to be a Scoring Champion and lead the NBA in PPG for the 2012-2013 campaign.

Career Averages:

Pierce: 21.8 PPG (*was @ 25 PPG before Big 3 formed/sacrificed his stats), 44.7 FG%, 37 3pt%, and 80.6 FT%.

Anthony:25 PPG, 45.6 FG%, 33.4 3pt% (*never really took many 3s in DEN because they weren't a 3pt driven team. In NY he shoots more 3s and shoots them @ 37.9% in 3 seasons), 80.8 FT%

In the 3 yrs he was with the Wizards there's been obvious marked improvement in each of them and he played a big part as well as the new front-office in getting rid of its past knuckleheads in Arenas, Blatche, Young, McGee, Lewis, and Crittenton so that J-Dub wouldn't have any off-court distractions or pick up bad habits. What does Wittman specialize in DEFENSE, OFFENSE, helping young players mature, etc. I don't really know what his mark as a coach is?

PG. BRANDON JENNINGS: 17.5 PPG, 6.5 APG, 3.1 RPG, 1.6 SPG, 39.9 FG%, 37.5 3pt%, 81.9 FT%, 2.5 TO in 36 MPG.

SG. MONTA ELLIS: 19.2 PPG, 6 APG, 3.9 RPG, 2.1 SPG, 41.6 FG%, 28.7 3pt%, 77.3 FT%, 3.1 TO in 37 MPG

SF. MARQUIS DANIELS: 5.5 PPG, 37.6 FG%, 27.8 3pt%, 74.1 FT% in 18 MPG

PF. ERSAN ILYASOVA: 13.2 PPG, 7.1 RPG, 46.2 FG%, 44.4 3pt%, 79.6 FT% in 27 MPG

C. LARRY SANDERS: 9.8 PPG, 9.5 RPG, 50.6 FG%, 61.8 FT%, 2.8 BPG in 27 MPG

6. J.J. Redick: 13.7 PPG, 3.5 APG, 42.6 FG%, 35.4 3pt%, 90.4 FT% in 30 MPG

7. Luc Mbah a Moute: 6.7 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 40.1 FG%, 35.1 3pt%, 57.1 FT% in 23 MPG

8. Ekpe Udoh: 4.2 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 43.5 FG%, 74.8 FT% in 17 MPG

9. Samuel Dalembert: 6.7 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 54.2 FG%, 69.1 FT% in 16 MPG

10.John Henson: 6 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 48.2 FG%, 53.3 FT% in 13 MPG

11. Gustavo Ayon: 3.7 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 56.5 FG%, 29.1 FT% in 13 MPG

12. Ish Smith: 2.4 PPG, 36.5 FG%, 31.7 3pt%, 42.9 FT% in 9 MPG

---. Drew Gooden

---. Joel Przybilla

Head Coach(s): Scott Skiles/Jim Boylan

PG. LUKE RIDNOUR: 11.5 PPG, 3.8 APG, 45.3 FG%, 31.1 3pt%, 84.8 FT%,1 SPG, 1.6 TO in 30 MPG

SG. BRANDON KNIGHT: 13.3 PPG, 4 APG, 3.3 RPG, 40.7 FG%, 36.7 3pt%, 73.3 FT%, 2.7 TO in 31 MPG

SF. CARLOS DELFINO: 10.6 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 2 APG, 40.5 FG%, 37.5 3pt%, 85.7 FT%, 1 SPG in 25 MPG

PF. ERSAN ILYASOVA:

C. LARRY SANDERS:

6. O.J. Mayo: 15.3 PPG, 4.4 APG, 3.5 RPG, 44.9 FG%, 40.7 3pt%, 82 FT%, 1 SPG, 2.4 TO in 35 MPG

7. Gary Neal: 9.5 PPG, 2 APG, 41.2 FG%, 35.5 3pt%, 86.5 FT% in 21 MPG

8. Zaza Pachulia: 6 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 47.3 FG%, 75.7 FT% in 21 MPG

9. John Henson:

10. Ekpe Udoh:

11. Giannis Antetokounmpo: * 9.5 PPG, 5 RPG, 46.7 FG%, 38.7 3pt%, 72 FT%, 1 BPG in 22 MPG

12. Nate Wolters: *22.3 PPG, 5.8 APG, 5.5 RPG, 48.5 FG%, 37.9 3pt%, 81.3 FT%, 1.7 SPG, 2.3 TO in 38 MPG

---. Khris Middleton:

---. Miroslav Raduljica:

---. Ish Smith:

Head Coach: Larry Drew

* Drew is by far the superior coach in comparison to Boylan. Drew did a good job with the Hawks

STARTING LINEUP:

* Ridnour is a better floor general, shooter, and defender than Jennings. He has experience playing in Milwaukee.

*Brandon Knight is a better shooter than Monta Ellis and takes a lot less shots so he wouldn't stagnate the offense as much. He's an up and comer.

* Carlos Delfino is world's better than Marquis Daniels and he has experience playing with Ridnour in Milwaukee too.

*No Jennings/No Ellis means more shots for Ilyasova which means he can go back to putting up 30 point/20 rebound games like he did before he signed his contract. He can easily be a 17-18 PPG/8 RPG guy.

* Larry Sanders is still going to be on the rise as one of the best young big men in the NBA and will more than likely build on his blocking champion 13' season.

THE BENCH:

* As 6th man O.J. Mayo will be a more athletic yet erratic version of J.J. Redick.

* Neal is out of this world better as a backup G than Ish Smith.

* By trading Mbah a Moute, amnestying Gooden, and letting Dalembert walk Milwaukee resolved the logjam of bigs situation of last year opening up more minutes to the promising young duo of Henson & Udoh.

* Pachulia is a true big as opposed to Mbah a Moute and he's much better on the offensive side of the ball than Mbah a Moute is. Not to mention younger and healthier than Gooden.

* The Bucks drafted well and brought in a bit more depth to the core in Antetokounmpo who a lot of people are high on. Not to mention Nate Wolters who can flat-out score in bunches.

* They brought in some young pieces that could potentially turn into good rotational guys in the near future like Middleton and Raduljica.

Battier has a guaranteed $3.27M in the last year of his contract if he does decide to go back to MIA rather than retire. Nevertheless, he recently sold his MIA pad but that might be reading too much into things. He's 34 but it was evidently seen with his game 7 performance that he can still go and it would be pretty inconceivable for him to retire while leaving $$$ on the table and a chance to win a 3rd ring.

However, if he does decide to retire what will MIA do? I know MIA didn't want Rashard Lewis or James Jones to opt-in to the last remaining year of their contracts because by them hitting the FA market MIA would of had 2 roster spots less to address and find a reliable get. However, Lewis and Jones figured that if they didn't opt-in to $1.39M and $1.50M contract they'd risk a chance of going unsigned because it's a safe bet nobody may want them. Then they amnestied Mike Miller.

What will MIA do if Battier retires? Will Lewis or Jones play a larger role next season on the team or would they sign somebody like Raja Bell as Battier's replacement, or Stephen Jackson even.

The Knicks are pushing hard to convince him to go play for them on the vet minimum.

He has both starting and backup experience in the NBA and has won 2 NBA titles as a solid backup of Tony Parker's. In his short time in Milwaukee he seemed like the only one capable of running a damn offense between Jennings, Ellis, and him. I cannot believe we traded him and Tobias Harris for J.J. Redick who isn't even here, Gustavo Ayon who we waived, and Ish Smith who sucks.

He is a score-first PG but is very skilled. Has very good handles and has good court-vision while being careful of the ball as well. He doesn't fork the ball over @ a high clip @ all.

When he started on the Kings alongside Tyreke Evans he averaged 14 PPG/5 APG. In Milwaukee he barely played 18 MPG and averaged 7 PPG/4 APG. In Orlando as Nelson's backup he played 27 MPG and averaged 10.2 PPG/6.1 APG on 40% shooting from 3 and 86% shooting from the FT line. He's always been very good in those areas for his career.

This season he had a 27 point game against one of the NBA's toughest defenses in the Chicago Bulls. He also has a career high of 34 points against the Golden State Warriors. Not to mention has had other efficient stat-filling performances like his 17 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists game against Houston.