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Whats so great about prince in 2015-16? This ain't 2005

I would rather have a player with plenty of untapped potential (holliday) than a player thats on his last leg (prince)

You mention cutting Scott, for a victimless crime, due to a "morality clause" and then you suggest replacing him with Markieff Morris who currently has a felony aggravated assault charge hanging over his head. Makes a ton of sense.

The cap is expected to be around 90 million next year which would mean Demarre will take up 1/6 of their cap space. I would say that's still too much for Demarre.

I think 50 is our floor as long as we stay relatively healthy. I put us closer to 55 or more.

I don't care what they say as long as we secure home court through at least the second round.

Only 2 of our first 17 games are against teams who finished with a top 7 seed last year. Miami and New Orleans are the other two tough games in that first 17. Other than the 4 game/5 night stretch, we have a VERY easy schedule to start the season.

I just hope it's not juiced heavy if that is the line.

I would post it on here if I knew how to embed a picture but I just saw a graph that breaks down the schedules of each team. The Hawks have the 2nd easiest schedule in the league according to this graph. Cleveland has the easiest schedule of course.

The key is money not celebrity. We just hear about the celebrity cases.

You all seem to forget how the legal system works here in the good ole US of A. Money pays and you can buy your way out of jail time. We have seen celebrities do it a thousand times. I will be legit shocked if Mike does a year in jail for this charge.

Assuming it's his first charge, Mike probably won't do another day in jail over these charges.

Well that's messed up. There are only 28 4game/5night sets throughout the league this year and we get two of them in a 25 day span.

Right. You can have your life wrecked in one state for something that you can legally purchase in 23 states.

November is our busiest month with 17 games. January only has 15 this year.

I'm pretty sure Larry's was after numerous offenses.

Our schedule strength looks a good bit easier than lastyear. We only have 2 stretches of 4 games in 5 nights. The unfortunate thing about these two is that they are both in November when we will still be working towards getting healthy and getting accustomed to the new guys. The first is 11/3-11/7 @ Mia, vs Brk, day off, @ N.O., vs Wash The second is 11/24-11/28 vs Bos, @ Min, day off, @ Mem, @ San An. The second half of each of these are pretty brutal. A 4-4 or 5-3 mark over these 8 games would be fine with me. Anything better and we are going to be damn good this year. We have 18 sets of back to back games and our opponent will be playing on at least a days rest in only 9 of those. The 9 games where we will be playing a rested opponent are mostly against inferior teams. Those teams are: Charlotte, Brooklyn, Sacramento, Minny, OKC, Hous, Indiana, LAC, Denver. We also only play Cleveland 3 times which is a bummer since we only get Lebron at Phillips once. Overall, I'm really pleased with the strength of schedule and this gives me even more confidence in wagering on our over wins total again this season if the number is near the rumored 46.5 games.

8pm is alright with me. I won't have to leave work early to be able to make it up to Atlanta in time for tip-off.

Is that not the main offense that teams have been taking immediate action on? Even in most.of those cases, the team waited it out before taking action. Ray rice was good to go before the video came out. The guy for the 49ers was given a pass until he had a second case of domestic abuse. Ty lawson just had his third DUI and the nuggets didnt fine or suspend him and thats a far more dangerous crime. I cant think of any recent instances where a team took immediate action against a player after committing a victimless crime. So what instances were you referring to in your original post?

I love how people think a contract can just be nullified for any reason. This is real life and not some fairy tale. You can't just go around voiding contracts at will.

Could you list this supposed lengthy list of instances where a team took immediate action over a player's first time drug offense?

It's the offseason and this isn't a case of domestic abuse. There is zero need for the team to react right away on this issue.

Same with the Hawks because there is no rivalry. The Cavs have been good for 1 year after being gifted the #1 overall pick in 4 of the past 10-11 years. The Hawks have the second longest consecutive playoff streak in the league while the Cavs just made the playoffs for the first time in 5 years. 1 good year is nothing.

A big part of it is he has to get clearance for any sample he uses on a beat for an album and that limits him big time. He's able to use whatever sample he wants on mixtapes and he shines because of it.

They were only 5-3 vs the Hawks last year. It's impossible to make a rivalry off of one year so you need to look back at least 3 if not 5 years.