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D0wn;7332894 said:Honestly this heat team, is better than the cavs.
The cavs have toooo many way loose ends as a team .
Its gonna take 2 yrs for cavs to build up their team
stringer bell
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espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/11496412/miami-heat-forward-luol-deng-saddened-comments-atlanta-hawks-call
Deng: Disappointed by comments
Miami Heat forward Luol Deng said he is "saddened and disappointed" by racially charged comments made about him in an Atlanta Hawks management conference call in June.
Hawks GM Danny Ferry made the inflammatory comments about Deng in a call with the team's ownership group as the team pursued Deng as a free agent. Co-owner Michael Gearon Jr. cited Ferry telling the ownership group, in reading comments collected during the team's due diligence process, that Deng "has a little African in him."
According to Gearon, Ferry went on to say, "Not in a bad way, but he's like a guy who would have a nice store out front and sell you counterfeit stuff out of the back."
Added Gearon: "Ferry completed the racial slur by describing the player (and impliedly all persons of African descent) as a two-faced liar and cheat."
"I'm proud to say I actually have a lot of African in me, not just 'a little,' " Deng said in a statement Tuesday. "For my entire life, my identity has been a source of pride and strength."
"Concerning my free agency, the focus should purely have been on my professionalism and my ability as an athlete," he said. "Every person should have the right to be treated with respect and evaluated as an individual, rather than be reduced to a stereotype. I am saddened and disappointed that this way of thinking still exists today. I am even more disturbed that it was shared so freely in a business setting."
Deng went on: "However, there is comfort in knowing that there are people who aren't comfortable with it and have the courage to speak up. In the same way a generalization should not define a group of people, the attitude of a few should not define a whole organization or league."
One of those individuals was Magic Johnson, who tweeted Tuesday calling for Ferry's resignation.
Hawks CEO Steve Koonin told the Hawks' flagship radio station on Tuesday that he made the decision to discipline Ferry but allowed him to keep his job managing the team. He did not say what the punishment was, but noted that he relied on a law firm's three-month investigation of Ferry and his description of Deng.
Deng, 29, was born in what is now South Sudan. His father moved his family to Egypt and then England. The 10-year NBA veteran is now a British citizen and played for England in the 2012 Olympics.
Deng signed with the Heat in July.
KneeGro_DuperMan
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Blatche is a good look for MIA
MSG Da Mecca;7353478 said:Blatche is a good look for MIA
I like how miami rebuilt this team after lebron betrayed them.....they could easily have said fuck it.....lets rebuild .....lets trade bosh.....maimi has been defiant to remain stable in the eastern conference
Chi-Town Bully
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How did Lebron betray them, in free agency you get to go where you want and he went back home
infamous114
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Chi-Town Bully;7354372 said:How did Lebron betray them, in free agency you get to go where you want and he went back home
What do you expect from a buffoon like zerocool lol
Chi-Town Bully;7354372 said:How did Lebron betray them, in free agency you get to go where you want and he went back home
He didnt communicate with Wade or Riley that his mind was made up ........I know he was a FA but dude didnt return riley calls or texts........ I call that foul esp when they helped him to 2 rings.... (thats where I feel he betrayed wade and heat)
infamous114
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When Billups retirement was brought up, I started reminiscing on the battles with the Pistons from '04 to' 06. Watched the highlights of that game 7 in '05 that we lost. Missed a good opportunity to go up against the Spurs
infamous114;7355704 said:When Billups retirement was brought up, I started reminiscing on the battles with the Pistons from '04 to' 06. Watched the highlights of that game 7 in '05 that we lost. Missed a good opportunity to go up against the Spurs
Always wondered what woulda happened with a healthy Shaq and a young and healthy Wade vs Timmy d and a going tony Parker in the finals
south4life
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Yeah if we didn't have injuries in '05 we would have been in The Finals against The Spurs. With Shaq, Zo, White Chocolate, Wade, Posey, Walker, GP, UD and even Latineer going up against that Spurs team would have been cool
infamous114
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Posey and Walker weren't on that squad lol. Eddie Jones was though
infamous114
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Jason Williams wasn't either lol. You got 05 and 06 mixed together
south4life
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infamous114;7357296 said:Jason Williams wasn't either lol. You got 05 and 06 mixed together
True my bad, wasn't Damon on the team in '05?
infamous114
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Yea, he was. That '05 team was better than the '06 team.
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