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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;In relation to the mid level thing, I am asking you to give me examples mid to top level deals that turned out great for the&amp;nbsp;signing team.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I said ones that did not involve superstars because obviously if a guy like Micheal Finley, who was a Big Dog level all star in Dallas signs for the mid level with the Spurs that is a coup for them, just as it will be a coup when Artest takes a pay cut for the Cavs or Lakers.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;More often than not, free agent signings blow up in the team&amp;#39;s face...I would say everyone of ours has in the past few years...Mo, Redd, Gadz, Bell, Simmons all were awful deals for our team that everybody was excited about.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I doubt anybody was ready to give up a pick for CV either, most people know that he is the suck.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;No superstar would sign for the MLE, Ron artest comes to mind as a great guy for the MLE and could get more or will sign for the MLE.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#39;t think i&amp;#39;d count Finely as a superstar at any point in his career&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And thats LH he&amp;#39;s an idiot&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dude..for the second time you are flat out ignoring that I wrote MID TO TOP LEVEL signings.&amp;nbsp; Finley was as much as a superstar as Micheal Redd was.&amp;nbsp; Give me a list of free agent signings over the last few years that have worked out really well..my guess is that there is about a 20% success rate.&amp;nbsp; I guess Rashard Lewis is working out pretty good for Orlando.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;do you know what the MLE is? your bringing up redd and lewis, so I doubt you actually know what it is</description></item><item><title>Re: CV and Ben Gordon to the Pistons</title><link>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/783386.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:43:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">710e9f71-a715-4db8-b7a1-5cdd760ce611:783386</guid><dc:creator>dsilby</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/783386.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=268&amp;PostID=783386</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/sportsbubbler/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;quicksdraw:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/sportsbubbler/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;dsilby:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; 
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Ahhhh, the 7th seed. I wish the Bucks could compete for that. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;what makes you think we cant or wont.?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;History my friend, history.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: CV and Ben Gordon to the Pistons</title><link>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/781065.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:34:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">710e9f71-a715-4db8-b7a1-5cdd760ce611:781065</guid><dc:creator>tompeters</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/781065.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=268&amp;PostID=781065</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/sportsbubbler/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;WiscoKing13:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;In relation to the mid level thing, I am asking you to give me examples mid to top level deals that turned out great for the&amp;nbsp;signing team.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I said ones that did not involve superstars because obviously if a guy like Micheal Finley, who was a Big Dog level all star in Dallas signs for the mid level with the Spurs that is a coup for them, just as it will be a coup when Artest takes a pay cut for the Cavs or Lakers.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;More often than not, free agent signings blow up in the team&amp;#39;s face...I would say everyone of ours has in the past few years...Mo, Redd, Gadz, Bell, Simmons all were awful deals for our team that everybody was excited about.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I doubt anybody was ready to give up a pick for CV either, most people know that he is the suck.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;No superstar would sign for the MLE, Ron artest comes to mind as a great guy for the MLE and could get more or will sign for the MLE.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#39;t think i&amp;#39;d count Finely as a superstar at any point in his career&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And thats LH he&amp;#39;s an idiot&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dude..for the second time you are flat out ignoring that I wrote MID TO TOP LEVEL signings.&amp;nbsp; Finley was as much as a superstar as Micheal Redd was.&amp;nbsp; Give me a list of free agent signings over the last few years that have worked out really well..my guess is that there is about a 20% success rate.&amp;nbsp; I guess Rashard Lewis is working out pretty good for Orlando.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: CV and Ben Gordon to the Pistons</title><link>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/780984.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:00:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">710e9f71-a715-4db8-b7a1-5cdd760ce611:780984</guid><dc:creator>WiscoKing13</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/780984.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=268&amp;PostID=780984</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/sportsbubbler/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;malaisej:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;What I do not understand with the Pistons, is they signed Gordan to that kind of money to be their third guard.&amp;nbsp; Unless more moves are in their future, it seems pricey for a sixth man.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;i&amp;#39;m betting on an oakfor(sp) shitty contracts for rip and pieces</description></item><item><title>Re: CV and Ben Gordon to the Pistons</title><link>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/780910.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:15:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">710e9f71-a715-4db8-b7a1-5cdd760ce611:780910</guid><dc:creator>malaisej</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/780910.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=268&amp;PostID=780910</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;What I do not understand with the Pistons, is they signed Gordan to that kind of money to be their third guard.&amp;nbsp; Unless more moves are in their future, it seems pricey for a sixth man.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: CV and Ben Gordon to the Pistons</title><link>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/780623.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:25:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">710e9f71-a715-4db8-b7a1-5cdd760ce611:780623</guid><dc:creator>WiscoKing13</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/780623.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=268&amp;PostID=780623</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/sportsbubbler/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;tompeters:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;In relation to the mid level thing, I am asking you to give me examples mid to top level deals that turned out great for the&amp;nbsp;signing team.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I said ones that did not involve superstars because obviously if a guy like Micheal Finley, who was a Big Dog level all star in Dallas signs for the mid level with the Spurs that is a coup for them, just as it will be a coup when Artest takes a pay cut for the Cavs or Lakers.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;More often than not, free agent signings blow up in the team&amp;#39;s face...I would say everyone of ours has in the past few years...Mo, Redd, Gadz, Bell, Simmons all were awful deals for our team that everybody was excited about.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I doubt anybody was ready to give up a pick for CV either, most people know that he is the suck.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;No superstar would sign for the MLE, Ron artest comes to mind as a great guy for the MLE and could get more or will sign for the MLE.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#39;t think i&amp;#39;d count Finely as a superstar at any point in his career&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And thats LH he&amp;#39;s an idiot&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: CV and Ben Gordon to the Pistons</title><link>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/780618.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:18:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">710e9f71-a715-4db8-b7a1-5cdd760ce611:780618</guid><dc:creator>tompeters</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/780618.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=268&amp;PostID=780618</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;In relation to the mid level thing, I am asking you to give me examples mid to top level deals that turned out great for the&amp;nbsp;signing team.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I said ones that did not involve superstars because obviously if a guy like Micheal Finley, who was a Big Dog level all star in Dallas signs for the mid level with the Spurs that is a coup for them, just as it will be a coup when Artest takes a pay cut for the Cavs or Lakers.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;More often than not, free agent signings blow up in the team&amp;#39;s face...I would say everyone of ours has in the past few years...Mo, Redd, Gadz, Bell, Simmons all were awful deals for our team that everybody was excited about.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I doubt anybody was ready to give up a pick for CV either, most people know that he is the suck.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: CV and Ben Gordon to the Pistons</title><link>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/780595.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:51:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">710e9f71-a715-4db8-b7a1-5cdd760ce611:780595</guid><dc:creator>WiscoKing13</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/780595.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=268&amp;PostID=780595</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/sportsbubbler/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;tompeters:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What do we want to get back?!?!?!&amp;nbsp; The whole point of tearing down your team is to get rid of players and not have to take other people&amp;#39;s garbage back.&amp;nbsp; Why play games, waste two weeks of everybody&amp;#39;s time and then have CV go away anyway?&amp;nbsp; Or even worse, drive his price down and have to match a 5 - 6 year deal at the midlevel.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A future pick or a legit project player.&amp;nbsp; I&amp;#39;m not saying we could of gotten that, but we&amp;#39;ll never know since JH refused to offer the MLE&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;I&amp;#39;m sorry, but I would like you to give me an example of mid-level - top level signings, not involving superstars,&amp;nbsp;signings that turned out awesome.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What superstar has been offered the MLE?? did you really just say that, lmao thats funny&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;There are not many...... way more FAILS than good signings.&amp;nbsp; The way the NBA works is you have to have a superstar to win a title, and you have to have at least 2 - 3 legit allstars to go far in the playoffs/win 50 games.&amp;nbsp; CV IS NOT EVEN A BORDERLINE ALLSTAR!!!!&amp;nbsp; He never will be...all he will be is a good scorer somewhere, a player who will never have the drive to be great, especailly now that he has duped the Pistons into giving him 40 million.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Agree, thats why I said we shouldn&amp;#39;t sign him, just give him his QO&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The NBA never learns...as we speak, there are teams lining up, tripping over themselves to give Trevor Ariza and Hedo Turkulou 50 million dollar deals.&amp;nbsp; Can&amp;#39;t anybody use their head?&amp;nbsp; How good would Ariza look on the Bucks, without Bryant, Gasol, Bynum, etc?&amp;nbsp; How good would Turk look without Dwight and&amp;nbsp;Rashard Lewis commanding attention?&amp;nbsp; Oh...wait, I think we saw that movie play out two years ago in Sacramento when they got rid of him for nothing!!!!&amp;nbsp; Now he is worth 50 mil!!!&amp;nbsp; Unbelieveable!!!&amp;nbsp; If CV was a difference maker, I would advocate making a play, but in reality, he is average.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ariza could turn out to be something, whoever pay thats will have to pay to find out.&amp;nbsp; Yes I am laughing at whatever dumb ass team decides to give hedo big money, best move of the off season is by the magic getting vince instead of hedo&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;As far as Billups is concerned,&amp;nbsp;I don&amp;#39;t get your point.&amp;nbsp; He just moved him for an expiring because he thought he would not be able to fulfill his contract?&amp;nbsp; WTF?&amp;nbsp; Who cares what the hell he was thinking....the move was a collassal FAIL, one of the worst moves in the NBA since Dumars took Darko over Wade, Bosh, and Melo.&amp;nbsp; Billups was awesome in Detroit and as we can all see, he is awesome in Denver!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dumors thought that Billups play would go down, since I&amp;nbsp;think he&amp;#39;s over 30 and signed to four more years if him not mistaken he wanted to get rid of him while is value is high.&amp;nbsp; They also have a guy named stuckey who could be a very good PG and dumors thought he would be a better long term investment.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;How is it even rational to question the mental toughness (the reason older players can thrive in a physical league like the NBA) of a champion&amp;nbsp;like&amp;nbsp;Billups and then turn around and sign Ben &amp;quot;Drama Queen&amp;quot; Gordon and Charlie &amp;quot;Take it Easy&amp;quot; Villanueva to long term deals?&amp;nbsp; If there is a list out there of 20 guys in the whole league who are prone to flake out and fold like a cheap card table once they get their money, I would put those two at the top!!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;I can&amp;#39;t argue that point I don&amp;#39;t agree with the signings and I never said I did.</description></item><item><title>Re: CV and Ben Gordon to the Pistons</title><link>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/780168.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:19:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">710e9f71-a715-4db8-b7a1-5cdd760ce611:780168</guid><dc:creator>tompeters</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/780168.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=268&amp;PostID=780168</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/sportsbubbler/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;WiscoKing13:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;lol...what a joke!&amp;nbsp; Many people were complaining that we let CV go, but this is what we were up against!&amp;nbsp; ESPN is reporting that it is 40 not 35 mil, so we are looking at 8 mil a year for his sorry a$$.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;m sorry Piston fans, but BG and CV &amp;lt; Iverson and certainly &amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;lt; Billups!&amp;nbsp; They just sentenced themselves to competeing for the 7th seed for 5 straight years!!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;I don&amp;#39;t think I read anyone complaining that we weren&amp;#39;t going out to sign CV, we were upset JH didn&amp;#39;t atleast put the QO in so that we could atleast try to get some kind of compensation.&amp;nbsp; Yes at this point the pistions would of laughed and just waited for the bucks to match, but were only talking about a days worth of work out of JH.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;On your second thought Iverson/billups trade had nothing to do with talent, dumors thought that billups wouldn&amp;#39;t be able to full fill his contract.&amp;nbsp; So he just moved him for an expiring&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What do we want to get back?!?!?!&amp;nbsp; The whole point of tearing down your team is to get rid of players and not have to take other people&amp;#39;s garbage back.&amp;nbsp; Why play games, waste two weeks of everybody&amp;#39;s time and then have CV go away anyway?&amp;nbsp; Or even worse, drive his price down and have to match a 5 - 6 year deal at the midlevel.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;I&amp;#39;m sorry, but I would like you to give me an example of mid-level - top level signings, not involving superstars,&amp;nbsp;signings that turned out awesome.&amp;nbsp; There are not many...... way more FAILS than good signings.&amp;nbsp; The way the NBA works is you have to have a superstar to win a title, and you have to have at least 2 - 3 legit allstars to go far in the playoffs/win 50 games.&amp;nbsp; CV IS NOT EVEN A BORDERLINE ALLSTAR!!!!&amp;nbsp; He never will be...all he will be is a good scorer somewhere, a player who will never have the drive to be great, especailly now that he has duped the Pistons into giving him 40 million.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The NBA never learns...as we speak, there are teams lining up, tripping over themselves to give Trevor Ariza and Hedo Turkulou 50 million dollar deals.&amp;nbsp; Can&amp;#39;t anybody use their head?&amp;nbsp; How good would Ariza look on the Bucks, without Bryant, Gasol, Bynum, etc?&amp;nbsp; How good would Turk look without Dwight and&amp;nbsp;Rashard Lewis commanding attention?&amp;nbsp; Oh...wait, I think we saw that movie play out two years ago in Sacramento when they got rid of him for nothing!!!!&amp;nbsp; Now he is worth 50 mil!!!&amp;nbsp; Unbelieveable!!!&amp;nbsp; If CV was a difference maker, I would advocate making a play, but in reality, he is average.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As far as Billups is concerned,&amp;nbsp;I don&amp;#39;t get your point.&amp;nbsp; He just moved him for an expiring because he thought he would not be able to fulfill his contract?&amp;nbsp; WTF?&amp;nbsp; Who cares what the hell he was thinking....the move was a collassal FAIL, one of the worst moves in the NBA since Dumars took Darko over Wade, Bosh, and Melo.&amp;nbsp; Billups was awesome in Detroit and as we can all see, he is awesome in Denver!!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How is it even rational to question the mental toughness (the reason older players can thrive in a physical league like the NBA) of a champion&amp;nbsp;like&amp;nbsp;Billups and then turn around and sign Ben &amp;quot;Drama Queen&amp;quot; Gordon and Charlie &amp;quot;Take it Easy&amp;quot; Villanueva to long term deals?&amp;nbsp; If there is a list out there of 20 guys in the whole league who are prone to flake out and fold like a cheap card table once they get their money, I would put those two at the top!!!&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: CV and Ben Gordon to the Pistons</title><link>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/780138.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:20:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">710e9f71-a715-4db8-b7a1-5cdd760ce611:780138</guid><dc:creator>WiscoKing13</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/780138.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=268&amp;PostID=780138</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/sportsbubbler/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;quicksdraw:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;i would love to see you tell him that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;??</description></item><item><title>Re: CV and Ben Gordon to the Pistons</title><link>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/780130.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:12:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">710e9f71-a715-4db8-b7a1-5cdd760ce611:780130</guid><dc:creator>aussiebob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/780130.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=268&amp;PostID=780130</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/sportsbubbler/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;WiscoKing13:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/sportsbubbler/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;aussiebob:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; 
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;good for the bucks another player at 6-9.&amp;nbsp; that will make 5? &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;randolph is going to MEM in a trade for richardson. dont know how that worked?? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;memphis is dumb&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;enough said&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I was talking financially.&amp;nbsp; MEM&amp;nbsp; wanted a big so they got one where one was available.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: CV and Ben Gordon to the Pistons</title><link>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/780059.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:42:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">710e9f71-a715-4db8-b7a1-5cdd760ce611:780059</guid><dc:creator>quicksdraw</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/780059.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=268&amp;PostID=780059</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;i would love to see you tell him that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: CV and Ben Gordon to the Pistons</title><link>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/780010.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:51:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">710e9f71-a715-4db8-b7a1-5cdd760ce611:780010</guid><dc:creator>WiscoKing13</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/780010.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=268&amp;PostID=780010</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/sportsbubbler/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;moreveggies_lessdoghnuts:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;From what I understand and what ESPN is saying..I feel CV and BJ are coming off the bench for the Pistons.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;I think you&amp;#39;ll see them explore some rip trades&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He was not happy this year coming off the bench and I doubt they just put all that money in BG to come off the bench.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;lol at CV coming of the bench, his production sucks when he comes off the bench&amp;nbsp;and he&amp;#39;s a head case when he comes off the bench&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: CV and Ben Gordon to the Pistons</title><link>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/779999.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:43:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">710e9f71-a715-4db8-b7a1-5cdd760ce611:779999</guid><dc:creator>moreveggies_lessdoghnuts</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/779999.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=268&amp;PostID=779999</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;From what I understand and what ESPN is saying..I feel CV and BJ are coming off the bench for the Pistons.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: CV and Ben Gordon to the Pistons</title><link>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/779959.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:06:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">710e9f71-a715-4db8-b7a1-5cdd760ce611:779959</guid><dc:creator>quicksdraw</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/thread/779959.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://community.sportsbubbler.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=268&amp;PostID=779959</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/sportsbubbler/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;dsilby:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Ahhhh, the 7th seed. I wish the Bucks could compete for that. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;what makes you think we cant or wont.?&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>