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Originally posted by LeopoldStotch now i wonder where this side of amare's basketball skills were during olympics ... .. the us team surely needed that type of energy to beat their opponents ..

amare had very limited playing time during the olympics due to the fact that he was the backup to the best big man in the world, obviously im talking about tim duncan...
actually stoudemire was complaining on an interview the other day that he's proven everyone that he should have taken some of duncan's playing time during the olympics...but to me, duncan was the only player on that US team that came out to play...

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wow pheonix suns hey? i haven't been following NBA for almost ten years hehe. good old charles barkley in the miami vs detroit thread someone mentioned the NY vs houston finals, i remember staying up late to watch that series, loved it, go rockets

have to try and keep up with it again!

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Originally posted by Philby wow pheonix suns hey? i haven't been following NBA for almost ten years hehe. good old charles barkley in the miami vs detroit thread someone mentioned the NY vs houston finals, i remember staying up late to watch that series, loved it, go rockets have to try and keep up with it again!

ah! .. we have an ol' schooler rolling in these boards eh ? .. hahahah .. ..

but yeah amare's minutes were limited during the olympics, and i can understand his moaning and grouchiness with his limited playing time, and his age and everything ... but being a professional, he should know that when you are in a group of big professionals like him, you eventually will be pushed down behind another person of the same position, but plays that position a nab better than you ..

you will have to gut it out, and play out the best of whatever minutes you got .. but there is a big difference between amare of last year, and this year .. this year, he doesn't need to play a couple of minutes in order to get his shot going .. he can just step on the floor, and do what he does best .. get in the post, and have his way ..

i, like many nba gurus who follow basketball to the pure second, expect big things from him next year ..

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Originally posted by LeopoldStotch ah! .. we have an ol' schooler rolling in these boards eh ? .. hahahah .. ..

haha well in the mid 90s when i was going through school it was pretty big here, we would have nba action on the weekends and the finals series on tv but now its all on cable which still isnt as big as in america. i used to get the upper deck cards and stuff. i loved hakeem olajuwon, he was my favourite when i was watching

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kewl .. pretty nice that you were an olajuwon fan during that time, even when his rockets made the finals in 1986, and was a big phenomenon back in the late 80s .. .. and also during that time, it was the "shaq and penny" show also .. ... hahhahaha .. kidding ..

houston was awesome back then .. of course they had kenny "the jet" smith (commentator for TNT now) and "big rob horry" ! .. and clyde "the glide" and sam "i am " cassell .. this was when cassell made his breakthrough to the nba, and was noticed ..

but spurs-pistons in the finals .. woo!

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Originally posted by LeopoldStotch kewl .. pretty nice that you were an olajuwon fan during that time, even when his rockets made the finals in 1986, and was a big phenomenon back in the late 80s .. .. and also during that time, it was the "shaq and penny" show also .. ... hahhahaha .. kidding .. houston was awesome back then .. of course they had kenny "the jet" smith (commentator for TNT now) and "big rob horry" ! .. and clyde "the glide" and sam "i am " cassell .. this was when cassell made his breakthrough to the nba, and was noticed .. but spurs-pistons in the finals .. woo!

Horry was freakin awesome back then, and it was funny how much he looked like the fresh prince Will Smith.
Those Rocket teams were so fun to watch
o shit I think John Starks just missed another 3 pointer

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Originally posted by Eddie N MIAMI Horry was freakin awesome back then, and it was funny how much he looked like the fresh prince Will Smith. Those Rocket teams were so fun to watch o shit I think John Starks just missed another 3 pointer

actually Starks tried to shoot himself after game 7 cuz of his horrid performance











































































he missed

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[11:58] Bas //: fuck he's hot

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Originally posted by Eddie N MIAMI o shit I think John Starks just missed another 3 pointer

Rockets made alot of shooters look bad,playing them killed nick anderson and Dennis Scotts careers.As for Horry man is there anybody else with the game on the line that you would want shooting that last shot besides jordan of course.horry for some reason comes out of his season long hibernation in June and becomes a money player.

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Originally posted by verndogs actually Starks tried to shoot himself after game 7 cuz of his horrid performance he missed

LMAO HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA