AsiaticSkinsFan

when I said 9.5-type, I was talking about Kaka's position on the field, not how good he is. He was clearly the best or around the best player in the world for about 5 years, or until his knee gave way in 2008. But Kaka was a playmaker/forward type, he was almost a "false 9". But Kaka was never a CM, you play him there and he cannot influence the game as much as he can further in front of goal. Pirlo and Seedorf the gawd did the possession and creating opportunity work for him in that Christmas Tree. I remember Brazil tried that at the 2006 world cup to fit him, Ronaldo, Dinho, and him into that formation. and you are doing a great disservice to how great Kaka was by comparing him to that headless chicken Gerrard

Kaka was a 9.5-type They have players like that (altho their attacking talent is wildly overrated too) but they have stopped producing Xavis and Pirlos and instead rely on workhorses in the middle. Mexico was out passing Brazil today by a lot. Brazil can only create when in transition against top teams, a bit like Germany.

Brazil will never win a major tournament again (barring an easy draw like 2002) until they find a guy to control a match from the middle. They havent produced a player like that in ages.

I honestly didnt realize it until I saw my post in here.

10/10, lol

I never said that football isnt the toughest to analyze, I said they do the best job. Cris Carter cant tell you about DLine play, but he can tell you if a receiver ran their route correctly, or why the DB beat him to the ball or vice versa. He can also tell you about what a DB can do as well Thats why its better, they usually have guys who played in each zone or were a coach and can tell you the technical nuances of the game. Only baseball is close to that, but they have idiots like Tim McCarver and Joe Morgan who spoil things with their intentional ignorance. Basketball, they have Magic Johnson on the ESPN crew and the TNT crew is just for entertainment (altho they are really good when they are analyzing plays and movements). Because of how complex the game is, you need analyst who can explain those complex things. I think the networks do that better with football than any other sport. But because of how complex it is, its really difficult for a person who is not indoctrinated in a culture where football is big to really understand things. and most football writers dont know much about the sport either. Thats why they stay in the background with spreading stories of gossip or player transactions. Outside of the geeks at Football Outsiders and others who base everything on statistics, actual analysis of football from writers is sparse at best.

the NFL is the best presented sport on television. They try everything on the NFL first. NFL attendance is down because of how awesome it is on TV. I dont care much about the writers, I care about the TV coverage. ESPN and NFL network do a great job of covering the game. My only issue is when they harp on players showing emotions and some of the ex players start being hypocritical. But as analysts, they have it better than every other sport.

takes too long with nothing actually happening is what I meant. There is so much inactivity in football, its why I dont enjoy watching it at a stadium.

I disagree about the coverage football gets in America. It gets great coverage, probably better than every other sport. The analysts are better, better analysis, and they master the cameras. but its way too complicated and nuanced if you havent grown up in the culture. The other issue with football is that it takes too long.

if so, I hope Alex Morgan fought off her advances.

its a horrible fight... the protection of Canelo continues. I will be watching Martinez/Chavez that night.

well Kevin Love does have an opt out clause after 3 years, so...

Williams has no position they basically drafted SuperCoolBeas 2.0 I am still perplexed by the hype Williams got last year like we hadnt already seen that story And the NFL analogy is off, Gaines Adams (RIP) was traded after his 2nd year. There are other examples, but he is the first one that came to my mind.

in NBA terms, it absolutely does. If the Wizards and Hawks ever got their front offices together, those would become destination cities too. NBA players want to play in a big city and/or if the weather is nice and/or there are a lot beautiful wimmenz. Miami is a destination city (which is probably the term I should have used, in fairness). I never said that. I dont consider the Knicks to be a great franchise, but when they finally got cap room players wanted to play there. well I never said he wouldnt get covered, I said he wouldnt become a huge star. Flip Murray had a similar run in Seattle in 2003 (or 2004, I cant remember, tbf) and it barely got national coverage. When Lin had that run and I had to remind people that Flip Murray blacked out just like that at the start of that season when Ray Allen was injured, people looked at me like I was speaking Spanish, lol. Jeremy Lin would not have been as big of a star were it not for the NYC media. The fact that such an average player is even thought of in that capacity shows the power of that media. you have changed my words. I never said Lin would not have been a story, I said he wouldnt be a star player like he is now in Milwaukee.

Im not redefining what a big market is. Miami is a big market, or a place where players want to play. And Detroit was major back then, its a cesspool now where no one wants to go. Minnesota wont be signing any big time free agents any time soon.

Detroit was a big market at that time. Its a cesspool now, but it was big back then and they were able to sign decent free agents. Miami is a big market in NBA terms. No taxes and South Beach. I already mentioned San Antonio And Jeremy Lin is a huge star right now? If he had that run in Milwaukee, it doesnt get 1/10th of the coverage. And its not times changing, lol. Celtics and Lakers are still two of the best teams in the league. Wake me up when Minnesota has a chance or Milwaukee or Sacramento or even New Orleans. The NBA has always been like this. this is AFTER they didnt pay those other guys. I agree those contracts to Haywood (they gave that out before the CBA, iirc) and Carter were stupid but Chandler will be a bad deal in the future as well. here is a look at the penalties http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q21

But the luxury tax penalties will kick in 2013 Chandler signed a 4 year deal so thats 2 years under the harsh tax at 14 million a year for a center who relies on his athleticism but has been injury prone in his career. That contract is going to look really bad within a year or 2 for the Knicks and they will not be anymore closer to an NBA title. And on top of that, Tyson Chandler would not have made the Mavericks an NBA title team again. That was a lightning in the bottle type of run. Barrea got overpaid in Minnesota too and really isnt that good. I am not saying that the Mavericks didnt take an L this offseason, but I understood why they did it. THey had to get young.

no it isnt. Go through the history of NBA champions. You have outliers like San Antonio (who some how got derided for being boring) and then Milwaukee. The rest are big market teams. The Knicks stink and have an overrated history but players wanted to go there after they finally got some money. no, they couldnt afford it they were already over the cap last season and no one knew what the CBA would be. With the luxury tax penalty, that Chandler contract would have been very high. ON top of that, Chandler's contract will be very bad in a couple of seasons and Dallas was not going to repeat.

they couldnt afford him

there is a lot more to this than just kicking Rangers out First, this is a new Rangers Second, the club was financially insolvent. While Rangers may be a cash cow for the SPL, they didnt pay their taxes and were not able to. Third, why should a club that could not pay its debts stay up? That is as bad as what City and Chelsea do. I actually applaud the SPL clubs for that. as for RVP leaving, as an Arsenal fan I knew it would happen last August.

I dont believe a word Chris Broussard is saying. He is the new Peter Vescey

water is wet. We all know Manny is afraid of tests, and Chavez just does whatever he wants with no repercussions when it comes to drug tests.

We were saying this about John Wall too... Then he went to Love the first time I'm joking about TRob being distracted by the night life, but the DC night scene is undefeated. I actually think more of the local people he know would be a distraction tho, more than the clubs. ---------- Post added July-1st-2012 at 10:47 AM ---------- And TRob would be waiting, on MLK day weekend, knowing we got a game at noon Unless Anthony Davis gains 20 lbs, I dont think he is going to win ROTY. It will be Jeremy Lamb, IMHO.

TRob would be a bust in this area. Im convinced. The DC nightlife is too much, and he is local. Might see dude at a TCB concert in Capitol Heights right before a game.

Granger is a lot more fluid than Barnes. And comparing him to Deng? A not very good offensive player? cool. I think every NBA player has to earn their minutes, so you arent saying anything there. And I question if Jones has a low bball IQ. I really think a lot of the problems he had were down to the clown coaching at Baylor. And now with Durant and Westbrook in his ear, plus going 30th in the draft, I think he is going to be a good player off their bench.