“Better in what way?” the 13-time All-Star responded. “Shaq was a great teammate because I was young, and nobody knew who I was, and Shaq grabbed me and was like, ‘Yo I’m going to make you a somebody.’ I was already somebody once LeBron came around.”
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I was just thinking the other day, how different things would be if James and Wade came out and admitted the abuse when Michael was alive or if he was still alive today. How would the general public perceive things? Would there be the same amount of defenders? Would more people believe them? What would Michael say? How do you think things would've went down if James and Wade were able to come out while he was alive?
>@thebesthighlights set it up me and @shareefoneal and @shaqironeall ain't scared
LeBron and Bronny vs. Dwyane and Zaire vs. Shaq and Shareef, who you got?
I think LeBron and Bronny take this one easily lol
“Chicago lost in the first round again, but hoarded cap space for two max-level superstars,” wrote Zach Lowe of ESPN. “LeBron James, Chris Bosh, and Wade were free agents. All three met with the Bulls. Noah lobbied Bosh. ‘When Chris came on his visit, I thought it was a done deal,’ Noah says. ‘I thought he’d take Dwyane, and if those two come, we’ll get LeBron.'”
Source: https://heatnation.com/media/joakim-noah-admits-he-thought-chris-bosh-dwyane-wade-and-lebron-james-were-headed-to-chicago-bulls/
This is one of the many reasons why there is so much doubt about James and Wades story and the child abused stories in general. If they are telling the truth, it would make sense if the likes of Jordan and Gavin stand in support of them. Even if they didn't want to appear in a documentary or in the case of Jordan, want to take part in an trial, with Wade and Jordan you would have thought they would send some moral support to them. Even just issuing a statement through their lawyers and " wishing them luck" in their cases. But nothing. They haven't got any new accusers coming forward and neither do they have the support of the accusers who accused MJ before his death.
LeBron dominates the Celtics. No surprise there. He owns the Red Sox and the Celtics.
Source: https://twitter.com/SeanGrandePBP/status/1468496243336704000
>Tuesday was the 26th time in 56 regular season games Lebron James scored 30 against the Celtics.
>Since he entered the NBA in 2003, no one else has come close.
>30-Point Games vs. Boston
> (2003-2022)
>LeBron James - 26
>Dwyane Wade - 10
>DeMar DeRozan - 9
>Giannis, Beal, AD - 8
In the 2009 version of the Biography that Randy Taraborrelli wrote: Michael Jackson : the magic and the madness (1958-2009), James and Wade are mentioned.
About James he says:
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About Wade he says:
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The only thing that leaves me doubting about the last story is Jackson's reaction to Britney Spears wanting to see him. On LN, Wade said that MJ asked him about Britney and expressed that he wanted to meet her (Ironically, Wade's version shows a more sympathetic Jackson, than Taraborrelli's account). In the Shmuley Boteach book, he mentioned that Michael invited him to his suite to meet Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears in 2001 (he also mentions that Wade was here), so this reunion is legit.
I know that for some fans, Taraborrelli is not to their liking and they deny some things he has said about Jackson. Because, although Taraborrelli is Pro-innocence, he says many things in his books that aren't favorable for MJ. Of course, for the fans, every fact that doesn't portray a Michael as the perfect person must be a lie.
Other fans think it is a reliable source. Charles Thompson wrote a post in 2010 defending his friendship with Taraborrelli (saying he wasn't anti-MJ) and saying that at the Glenda's Tapes, Michael had talked about the first version of the book (Michael told Glenda that at first he didn't want her to read that book, because he didn't want her to find out about some SHIT (verbatim) and he didn't want her to misinterpret what was written). Michael doesn't question the credibility of that first version of the book (although the one I p
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Probably the first thing you hear about why Wade and James make their allegations of sexual abuse is because they want to get money from their lawsuits. Supposedly, Wade and James were so in need of money that they came up with the most complex and difficult plan to get it: to sue for historic child sexual abuse. First, you don’t get money just for filing a suit. You must win. In historic CSA cases, the chance of even getting the suit to trial is slim because the statutes are strict. It’s one of the reasons that made me believe them, because two adult men in need of money would think of a much simpler plan that ensures them get money quickly and easily, with a great chance of winning. Not a plan that is the exact opposite.
In general, child sexual abuse is one of the most difficult crimes to prosecute. Conviction rates tend to be low, andmany cases don’t reach the trial stage (in this study, less than 20% of reported cases (500 in this study) went to trial and of that percentage only half ended in a conviction, in other words, less than 10% of all reported cases). This is due to the characteristics of the crime itself: most cases don’t leave physical evidence, they don’t usually present witnesses and the victims tend not to report it right away. That's relevant when you consider that statistically false allegations of sexual abuse are low as well (between 1% and 4%). That means most victims of this crime don’t get justice in courts and abusers have a good chance of being acquitted. That is why it is very unlikely that a person or child reports a false allegation of sexual abuse, where they have a
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I get that Candace coming to Chicago put Ruthy 3rd on the center depth chart, but she is really talented and could provide a lot of value to teams who really need a big.
If her inability to shoot 3s makes her unplayable in Wade's offensive schemes, he could get good value from her via trade.
That's the ranking of 10 year RAPM (regularized adjusted plus-minus) from 2002 to 2011. For anyone who doesn't know what RAPM is, it basically looks at a player's plus-minus every single possession of every single game over the time frame, and then adjusts it based on who his teammates were on the floor and who the defenders were on the floor, and adds it all up in some complex statistical analysis to estimate a player's impact. There's no box score stats whatsoever when calculating RAPM.
Long-term multiyear RAPM is considered the gold standard of NBA advanced stats and all modern advanced stats are built upon it. Since it's an objective calculation using solely plus-minus on a possession by possession basis with no box score stats whatsoever, it's considered the least biased way to evaluate a player's impact. Of course, no stat is without its faults, and even this 10 year time frame can underrate players who were developing in the beginning (like Dirk, Chris Paul, Lebron) or aging at the end (Tim Duncan, Ray Allen). Also just to note that this is only regular season over this time frame.
Here's the source: https://sites.google.com/site/rapmstats/10-year-rapm. I only wanted to look at offense for this post.
Tied 1st: Kobe Bryant/Lebron James,
2nd: Dwayne Wade,
3rd: Steve Nash,
4th: Chris Paul,
5th: Manu Ginobli,
6th: Baron Davis,
7th: Antawn Jamison,
8th: Jason Kidd,
Tied 9th: Dirk Nowitzki/Ray Allen,
10th: Chauncey Billups
Anything interesting from these rankings? Anything that pops out? I think pertaining to Kobe Bryant the results are interesting as often in the current day there seems to be some people who portray Kobe Bryant as an inefficient scorer compared to other all-time greats when in reality his offensive impact was unparalleled during his time. His shot creation ability on very high volume on good efficiency along with his playmaking was clearly extremely efficient offense. Seeing Baron Davis here is also a big surprise. Ginobli is also somewhat surprising but most people who watched him play can attest to just how potent his offense was. He was James Harden before James Harden.
Seeing guys like Antawn Jamison, Baron Davis, Jason Kidd ranked above Dirk (I must add that they're very slightly above him) is a headscratcher, but when you look at a 6 year RAPM from 2006 to 2011, Dirk's offense is ranked 3rd, so clearly Dirk had improved a ton from 2002 to 2006.
Something that I thought was interesting to note was t
... keep reading on reddit ➡If MJ abused them they had an opportunity to testify against him in the 2005 trial. They choose not to, not because they were groomed but because for what ever reason, they did not want to. MJ was investigated by various agencies, charged and had a very public trial. The DA at the time, set up a private phone line for accusers to come forward in private. This was everyone who alleged abused, golden opportunity to get proper justice.
The fact is none of MJ accusers have ever really wanted justice, for justice sake. Even Jordan couldn't be bothered to testify for the prosecution in 2005, even though he was expected to and his mother testified, that in itself proves that the driving motive in every case has always been financial.
Sexual abuse is terrible but when people use it for financial opportunity which has always been the case in MJ'S cases, my sympathy falls short.
Hi, I really like the James Wade darts so far and would like to try out something similar. Do you have any recommendations?
