Alonzo Mourning Injured; last game maybe

[J@3]

They're both right lol but rounded up or not, it's listed as 20ppg.

[Matt]

haha, Indy was literally 1 point off from being wrong.

[shadowgrin]

80 games
1599 pts.
19.9875 ppg.

So Indy was 0.0125 points off from being wrong. Drats, Indy escapes with a very narrow win.

[JT_55]

Then why does Amphatoast put it in his sig, then? To remind us that Indy was right by 0.0125 point?

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80 games
1599 pts.
19.9875 ppg.

So Indy was 0.0125 points off from being wrong. Drats, Indy escapes with a very narrow win.

0.0125 x 80 (games) = 1

1 point away from averaging a true 20PPG. Indy just scraped through.

[Matthew]

Who the fuck cares?

[shadowgrin]

The Care Bears care.

0.0125 x 80 (games) = 1

1 point away from averaging a true 20PPG. Indy just scraped through.

Hmm..so to clarify to our young members who are reading this thread who might be confused by the maths:

Indy was right by 1 point or .0125 points per game.

[Amphatoast]

Then why does Amphatoast put it in his sig, then? To remind us that Indy was right by 0.0125 point?

i haven't been too active and too lazy to edit my profile.. but yeah yeah as you see indy escaped by 1 missed free throw duncan had. Indy was just trying to make a point that Duncan wouldn't average say 22points a game anymore. Obviously Duncan can, but he isn't the type to demand control like that since he is all about the team success and not individual.

Anyway, I'll remove it when i am able to (right now no signature options when I click on profile) so ya..back on topic

edit -oops apparently updating my profile removed all of my sig lol

[Indy]

Creepy as hell. I was just thinking about this exact thing when I clicked on this thread seeing that amph had started it.

I always thought that was a stupid thing to try and call me out on anyways, I clearly said in that same post that he was completely capable of doing it but wouldn't because the Spurs had other scorers that he is completely willing to defer to. 2 years ago you really saw his trust in his teammates skyrocket, that's why i said what I did. If anything the post I made was more pro-Duncan then anti-Duncan.

[J J]

Okay, let's go back to the topic now.

From hereon, it's all going downhill for the Heat.

[Andrew]

Zo copped a lot of heat (no pun intended) from Raptors fans after that business in Toronto which was understandable because we all get passionate about our favourite teams and in some cases defensive about our hometown as well, but I think the reputation he gained with some people after that was a little unfair given that he was hardly the first person to balk at playing for a certain team and asking for the opportunity to play elsewhere. It shouldn't diminish his accomplishments on the basketball court or the way he played the game, which is to say he was simply a warrior.

Even if his final game doesn't exactly have a storybook ending, it's fitting for his character that he refused to be carried off the court. I can't help but admire that kind of pride and physical toughness. Whenever I read about a player refusing to enter a game or skipping a game for what seems like a pretty trivial or selfish reason, I can't help but think of players like Zo who played the game with such passion and pride, and in Zo's case did so as one of the top centres in the league for many years.

It's hardly the perfect ending but if that was his final act as an NBA player then it was still apt.

[Chaser7]

I really don't hope it was his last game. As I read in some articles, maybe he can pull a Barkely and come back in one of the last regular season games and play a couple minutes. It'd be great if he just one more great shot block in him..

[Matthew]

Chaser, what does he have to prove? Honestly.

[J@3]

Zo used to be one of my favourite players until the whole Toronto deal, made it hard for me to like him personally after that but he is still someone who I loved watching back in the 90's with Larry Johnson and the Hornets. RIP... wait, he's not dead? This thread feels like an obituary.

[Matthew]

About Toronto: Jae you wouldn't like it if you were traded to realgm.com or nbalive.org right?

[J@3]

Yeah but if I was in a position where I almost had to retire from posting and one of those gave me a chance, I would still be grateful and post there...

I post more at RealGM than the NLSC anyway

[Chaser7]

Chaser, what does he have to prove? Honestly.

Never said if he had anything to prove... don't know where you got that from... uh.......

I'm sure Zo would want to play at least one more game too. I just want his last game to memorable for a good accomplishment (like coming back from a major injury) rather than for a bad memory.. Barkely did it with Houston, it gave him a nice send off. It had nothing to do with proving anyone wrong.

Nice interpretation, lol.

[DanteDolge]

He came back after his kidnwy transplant when no one thought he would so if hes at all able to come back you know hell work as hard as he he can to come back hes a beast

[JT_55]

He came back after his kidnwy transplant when no one thought he would so if hes at all able to come back you know hell work as hard as he he can to come back hes a beast

I honestly wonder what that button on your keyboard that is next to the "Enter" button is for. Also, that button to the right of the "M".

Apart from that, let's hope what you said will happen.

[BIG GREEN]

About Toronto: Jae you wouldn't like it if you were traded to realgm.com or nbalive.org right?

lol...some things never change.

[Andrew]

Is Mourning Far From Done In Miami?

If he decides to return, more power to him and it's certainly understandable that he'd want to leave the game on his terms, but I'd still be a bit surprised if he does indeed return next year whether it's with the Heat or someone else. I expect he'd have a role similar to the one Dikembe Mutombo has had with the Rockets the past couple of years; not a great deal of minutes game-to-game but filling in when needed...perhaps a bit more PT than Deke, if he's got enough left in the tank.

[Lamrock]

Maybe he can be involved in a trade for a superstar.

[Andrew]

Perhaps, though he's a free agent at the end of thie season so he'd have to be re-signed for a decent amount to be of much use in a blockbuster deal, presumably as an expiring contract on a one year deal.