Would you or do you currently rock another team's jersey?

I don’t doubt there’s some merit to the plus/minus stats, but I have a really hard time believing the second-worst player in the NBA could have a TS% of 57% on high shot volume. My eyes are open, though.

at sg he cant guard anyone. at sf he is average.
he also is a better scorer from the 3 and 4 than the 2.

I won’t give you a rec ‘cos I’m a huge sam fan, but props for great use of “unctuous.”

Seriously, you must have missed Coma when he was at the height of his powers, or me when I’m in a crappy mood. By comparison, sam is downright gracious. I don’t deny that he sometimes seems like GSoM’s resident gatekeeper from BS, but for every poster who’s put off by his presumption in assuming that role, there’s probably another (like me) who thinks “man, it’s a tough job but somebody’s gotta do it!”

I dunno, as long as the tone is challenging rather than insulting, I think it’s great to call posters out on their questionable opinions. I think sam is always pretty clearly on the “challenging” side of that line (probably more so than me!) but I can see how it might rub some people the wrong way.

Wow, man, lighten up. I think a lot of people take me way too seriously or totally misunderstand me.

Nick the quick seems like a fairly odd/unique jersey choice, no? I can’t see anyone arguing that its not, in fact I’d bet that even GB would agree with me there. I’m not saying its stupid, just pointing out the oddity of it as he wasn’t exactly a great player here and he wasn’t here very long. One of my best friends has a Giants Shinjo jersey that I am insanely jealous of, but if I didn’t know the guy I’d laugh and ask why he chose Shinjo. In no way did I mean to say that his choice was unacceptable, and I’m not really sure where you got that from….its not like I said "Van Exel had a TS% of .487 here, Chris Mills would’ve been a better jersey and ur a idiot " I just thought that it was strange and made me laugh a little….. especially because more than one person has a Van Exel jersey. Seriously, that didn’t jump out as odd to you?

I was actually totally serious in that second response, yea it was a bit sarcastic, but I was totally serious…. If the gunner type guards appeal to him it makes a ton more sense that he would buy a Van Exel jersey. Seriously. He’d probably be first in line to buy a Joe Johnson jersey if we somehow signed him ‘10. If he argues that Van Exel, Crawford, or Joe J are respectively better players than Tim Hardaway, Monta Ellis, and D-Wade then I’ll probably turn on the “can you believe this guy” tone you despise so much. I never found Van Exel any more likable than you find me to begin with, but if I was still at an age where I enjoyed wearing jerseys I can easily imagine wanting a Jamal Crawford jersey. The guy was fun to watch and seemed like a genuinely good dude. I know you’ll find it hard to believe because you’ve already decided I’m a self-righteous prick, but I was seriously admiring GB’s consistency and I found his response to be pretty funny. If I wasn’t so put off by the usage of “lol” I probably wouldve thrown one in there and I guess it would’ve softened the tone a bit, in your mind insert a little ;-) there if it makes you feel better. GB and I don’t often see eye to eye but I really didn’t feel like either of us was being particularly hostile in that exchange.

As for your other points about me in general:

I rarely make my own fanposts because I generally recognize my own limitations of basketball knowledge. You’re right its far easier to rip someone else’s opinion to shreds than formulate your own, but challenging the opinions of others contributes more to the site than the habit of flinging some sh** against the fanpost wall just to see what happens that is now fairly common around here. In my opinion, there are far too many people here who post far too often and read, think and respond far too little. I know I’m not the most considerate poster, but I’m just not that sensitive of a person. If you can’t take some criticism and heckling you shouldn’t be posting in a forum for debate. I try to stay away from personal attacks (and I think I do a pretty good job of it), but I wouldn’t say that kind of restraint is one my strong points. If you’re going to be offended than do some thinking and perhaps even some research before posting and be prepared to defend your position with substance.

I’m not trying to get people to keep their mouths shut, I’m trying to get them to take advantage of and learn from the o-n-l-x-n, atma, jae and markdash types GSoM has to offer so what comes out of their mouths or keyboards the next time will be better. You don’t have to agree with the things and the rest of the GSoM regulars, but I guarantee that if you try you’ll learn something just about every time one of them posts something. I’ve been on the opposite side of at least one debate with all of them, and exchanged what were, in retrospect, overly harsh words with most of them. This doesn’t really apply to this type of thread at all, but if we all spent a little more time listening and reading what those guys say and really thinking about it the quality of discussion would rise dramatically and there would be no need for 90% of my posts. I never claim to know more about basketball than everyone here, but I have learned a lot in my time hanging around here and people who come in here and fail to do the same irk me a bit. You’ll notice that when the heavyweights all get together around an interesting subject I rarely chime in with much more than a +1, a rec, or a lame joke. Its fine if you’re ok with just letting people constantly spout and repeat uninformed opinions, but, again, this is a forum for fun and debate. I’m well aware that I take some of the fun out of it for those I challenge with my sometimes overly confrontational and often unrelenting approach, but I feel like (and, again this does not apply to this thread) too many stupid comments take the fun out of it for everyone.

But on this site, there’s a lot of people like him. I just let them say what they say, ignore it, and just post my opinion anyway. Nice to meet you btw. :-)

And jumps off a trampoline to dunk the ball during timeouts?

i doubt it. cause he’s been off the team for a while now… unless you mean order 20-30 replicas? but i still wouldnt know haha

and I’m the smug a-hole? ;-)