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[al3xis]

I'm getting very excited.

 

[yeeupp]

[h1]LeBron Appears At Rally, Says 'Akron Is My Home And Life'[/h1]
Jun 19, 2010 1:39 PM EST

LeBron James made a late, surprise appearance at a Saturday rally in Akron to convince him to remain with the Cleveland Cavaliers. The event was named "LeBron Appreciation Day."

A crowd of around 3,500 had already begun to leave InfCision Stadium when James entered and walked down to the playing field.

Many of the attendees rushed back inside as James was presented with a crystal trophy, which had already been placed back inside its box.

"Akron is my home and life," James told the crowd. "Everything I do is for this city. I love everyone of you all. Akron is home."

 

[duba169]

YEEUPP wrote:
"Akron is my home and life," James told the crowd. "Everything I do is for this city. I love everyone of you all. Akron is home."




keep making that distinction between clevlend and akron

 

[live boy d]

Originally Posted by DubA169

YEEUPP wrote:
"Akron is my home and life," James told the crowd. "Everything I do is for this city. I love everyone of you all. Akron is home."

keep making that distinction between clevlend and akron

how hard is it to say i love ohio and want to play here forever ? dude knows what he is doing

 

[papaprem]

Originally Posted by LIVE BOY D

Originally Posted by DubA169

YEEUPP wrote:
"Akron is my home and life," James told the crowd. "Everything I do is for this city. I love everyone of you all. Akron is home."

keep making that distinction between clevlend and akron

how hard is it to say i love ohio and want to play here forever ? dude knows what he is doing


DITTO!

 

[harlemtothebronx]

Less than two weeks.

 

[pr0phecy718]

and look who pops out of nowhere ^^^^

 

[big j 33]

Harlem sighting

 

[harlemtothebronx]

Yeah, I'm still a Knick fan.

 

[bangdak]

^

WB fam

 

[true 3 blue]

Damn, I can't get a shoutout when I post? (which is rarely nowadays lol)...


I kid.

 

[proshares]

OH !##* IT'S TRUE!!!
































I'm sorry, I've been drinking

 

[melovp]

^

 

[yeeupp]

10 days...

I got a new title change....Post your Knicks references in a song / freestyle


I start
Jay-Z - "Sitting courtside Knicks and Nets give me high fives"

 

[bangdak]

My man pro

 

[duba169]

you better say your goodbyes. because the day we get lebron, pro gets alcohol poisoning

 

[w1ll 1 am]

the day we get lebron ill take a stone cold steve austin beer bath with Rose bottles

 

[w1ll 1 am]

Originally Posted by DubA169

Originally Posted by W1LL 1 Am

good looks for the add on the front

i walk into the Chicago thread and feel liike pissing myself at how big of idiots they sound

boxden is 20 times worse. that stuff is unreadable.

patiently waiting

http://www.hoopsbetting.c...n-james-delonte-west.jpg src="http://www.hoopsbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/mo-williams-lebron-james-delonte-west.jpg">

dudes stay on some corny +%!%. only reason why i post there more is cuz YUKU is

 and not ina good way

whats ur name there. u know i go hard for us there

i cant stand the @%#%#@% bull fans. specially "hold that"


well see who gets the last laugh 
   

 

[redd spyder]

Track 3.

 

[duba169]

W1LL 1 Am wrote:
 for us there

i cant stand the @%#%#@% bull fans. specially "hold that"


well see who gets the last laugh 
   

i have the same name. i only post there once in a while when these idiots are talking out of their @**.
that kid hold that is ******ed. if we get lebron i promise he's gonna be on that " i never cared or wanted lebron" steez. they are a funny bunch over there.

 

[yeeupp]

Many believe D'Antoni's system made for LeBron

Sat 19 Jun 2010

ALAN HAHN

Multiple Page View
Two years ago, somewhere in Beijing and far from the reach of David Stern and his strict NBA rules regarding tampering, LeBron James and Mike D'Antoni engaged in a philosophical conversation about offensive systems. James , a voracious learner when it comes to basketball, wanted to know the principles behind the famous Seven Seconds or Less system.

D'Antoni, an assistant coach for USA Basketball who had just been hired by the Knicks , was more than happy to explain it. Sure, the U.S. team would employ many of the facets of the system en route to the gold medal in those Olympics , so it was important for James, like the rest of the team, to understand the system. But D'Antoni had to relish the opportunity to begin his recruiting pitch for the 2010 free-agency season.

And aside from being greeted on the tarmac by Chris Rock and joined by Donald Trump in the stretch limo to the Garden come July 1, the thing James has to find most intriguing about the Knicks is the potential of what he could do in this system. Most believe it could permit James to become the second player in NBA history to average a triple-double for an entire season. Oscar Robertson did it in 1961-62.

"I think he could easily average a triple-double in that system," one Western Conference scout said, on condition of anonymity because he was talking about a player currently under contract to another team. "But it also depends on who he has around him."

James, despite his career average of 27.8 points, is nothing like fellow stars Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade , who are more comfortable as high-volume shooters and scorers. James, 25, has had to be a primary shooter for the Cavaliers, but he thrives more by moving the ball and using his teammates as outlets. Given his uncanny court vision and ability to throw precise passes, in the right system, with the right supporting cast, he could improve upon his career average of 7.0 assists.

"If you get one more shooter around him, like a [Danilo] Gallinari and Kyle Korver , he will average 11 assists," said a current NBA player who has played for D'Antoni.

Despite a powerful 6-8, 250-pound body, James has never averaged double figures in rebounds for a season. His career average is 7.0. But in D'Antoni's system, with more cumulative shots per game, there are more rebound opportunities.

"His numbers will be inflated playing for Mike because they shoot quick and they don't grind it out defensively," one Eastern Conference assistant coach said. "As long as they put shooting around him, he will do great as the primary player in Mike's system."

And that should be the main event in the Knicks' recruiting pitch. James' frustration with former coach Mike Brown was evident to anyone near a Cavaliers huddle during the last two seasons. The bottom line is, the Cavs had a two-time MVP and the most dynamic offensive talent in the game on their team, yet their offense all too often was unimaginative and predictable.

D'Antoni may be criticized for his defensive approach, but "unimaginative and predictable" can never be said about his offense.

"Having spent time with him at the Olympics, his offensive mind-set is unbelievable," free agent-to-be Carlos Boozer said earlier this season. "He has some of the best plays I've ever been around, and [they come] on a whim . . . He has plans in the back of his head that he comes up with at a moment."

And D'Antoni has had James, and exactly how he'd fit in his system, in the back of his mind for two years. He's told confidants that he believes James could thrive as the primary ballhandler in his system, a sort of big point guard.

"I don't believe he could play point every night because it would eventually wear on him," the scout said. "He needs to be off the ball some in order to score the way he's capable of scoring."

The NBA player said D'Antoni certainly would do that. "Mike is great at adapting his system to a player," he said. "He would move LeBron around over the course of a game. As a ballhandler, he would space the floor with shooters and let him work off pick-and-rolls. He would also put him on the baseline and let him get isolations closer to the basket.

"The biggest thing is, LeBron wouldn't have to work as hard for his points."

That is important, too, considering how the Boston Celtics ' defense managed to frustrate James in the second round of the playoffs and make Bryant work through a seven-game NBA Finals. Bryant eventually had to rely on his supporting cast - and the ability of the Lakers' offense to find the open man - to win the championship.

That's something both D'Antoni and James have yet to do. Perhaps the coach needs the perfect player for his system and the player needs the perfect system for his game.

The Dolan family owns controlling interests in the Knicks, MSG and Cablevision . Cablevision owns Newsday.




[h1]Stephenson Wouldn't Mind Falling To Knicks[/h1]
Jun 20, 2010 9:49 AM EST

Cincinnati guard Lance Stephenson wouldn't mind falling into the second round if that means the Knicks will select him with the 38th overall pick.

"I always grew up wanting to play for the Knicks," Stephenson said. "So if they pick me, I'll be very happy."

He is a Brooklyn native and played at Lincoln High School.

"I think I'm more comfortable with coming back and playing with the Knicks," he said. "I think it'd be better for the Knicks in a lot of ways because I grew up in New York. I think a lot more people will come out and watch the games knowing that I'm from New York and that I played in New York since my high school career."

 

[yeeupp]

edit

 

[nyelectric]

I wouldn't mind getting him, but is this kid #%%@@!* serious? "I think it'd be better for the Knicks in a lot of ways because I grew up in New York. I think a lot more people will come out and watch the games."

 

[woodside718]

Pass on lance, what we need is a defensive center. Smh @ camby reupping with portland he would've been perfect here.

 But its almost that time fellas

10 days gonna feel longer than 10 years, Walsh looking like this

 

[yeeupp]

I think with Camby, He was gonna come here but he knew he wasn't gonna get that much $ here, when he seen Portland was offering him $9M a season, he juss said eff it