italstallianion

Make sure that you update your rosters, salaries, and lineups (one vs. righties, one vs. lefties)

Some others that need to update their clubhouse (and lineups) Y228, Jacoby Ellsbury, Divinity, Exman, Flynnatic, and Forsyth. In addition to RSFFL.

RSFFL, you need to update your clubhouse.

Yes, but that'll come in the voting matchups. IE Each person will have plenty of time to explain why they think they have a better team before anyone is allowed to vote.

At this point I think that every team should have their lineups set by the weekend. Anyone can make a free agency move between now and then, HOWEVER, they have to inherit 100% of the salary of the player they take on, plus 10% of the salary of the player they drop. Once each team has their rosters and lineups set, we can start with the power ranking. I'd expect that teams should start sending in power rankings by Sunday evening/night. I would have said send them to Dipre since he's in charge, but since his messaging doesn't work, you should send your power rankings to me, and DO NOT INCLUDE YOUR OWN TEAM in the rankings, just send me a 1-14 of the other 14 teams.

Dipre, can I still use Shoryuken in lieu of dragon punch?

Haha and for the 2nd time it'd be your fault.

Haha, don't make me go nuclear on your a**.

Haha go figure that of all people, Keeper is the one that I agree with. Oh well I guess it was bound to happen at one point or another.

Have a nice life JE. Good luck in your future endeavours.

I'm pretty sure that you took that line from me. Anyway, you're right and I did begin to address that in my last post. We clearly aren't going to change one another's minds, so there's no point in continuing this. We both have our defined opinions of LeBron (and each other at this point) and no amount of name calling, faulty arguments, trolling, or arrogance is going to change anything. I've wasted enough of my time responding at this point, and I think we'd both be better off if we move on and think about some other topic. I don't really know how I got dragged into this anyway.

Haha, if you actually, seriously, think that any of what you posted was "countering" anything, then you really are as dumb as I've said that you are, and your should give yourself a mercy killing and go away. You really have nothing here and you should give up before it gets worse for you. You haven't countered anything, and you haven't made any points. You just act like everything I say is retarded and act like you're smart and that you've won. You will never beat me in anything. Well, other than being a troll. This really isn't getting anywhere. If you aren't going to say anything other than the fact that you're "winning" or that "I can't argue", then we should just end it all. If you haven't learned how to argue at this point, and since you clearly didn't successfully refute anything I said pages ago, then you aren't going to be able to beat me a few pages from now, and this argument is pointless. All it is is you trying to piss me off by saying the same stupid things you always say, and me responding by getting unspeakably angry. If we don't stop it now, it'll probably continue like this for a while. You're a known troll, and I don't know when to stop. This is how I got banned fighting a700 over a year ago. So for both of our sakes, we should either put each other on ignore or otherwise end it, because it's not going to end well for either of us.

I haven't had to counter anything you said because you were the one to start attacking me. I said that I hated LeBron, and you were the one to dig it up and start fighting. I responded because I know that you're an easy win around here. You're no Dipre, ORS, A700 when it comes to sports knowledge. And let me make one thing clear. Just because someone doesn't respond to something you say, doesn't mean that someone is "forfeiting" which is by the way, the only way you'd ever win anything. Besides, I ALREADY had made an outline of my points (post 2778), and all you did was use bad analogies (Shaq and Arenas for example), repeat yourself saying stupid things like "You're a petty idiot" (post 2850) or "do you listen to yourself" (post 2787) or that "you're just jealous" (also post 2787) or even the Jacoby Ellsbury patented "what does that have to do with anything" copout to hide the fact that you have nothing to argue (post 2777) I will give you credit for being able to do one thing, you are a very good troll. You successfully sabotaged a lot of my time and baited me into getting REALLY angry at someone who isn't worth my time. You've successfully dragged me down to your level of stupidity, and based on arguments you've had with Suns and others (RSFFL too), I know that you're a master of your trolling craft. You're good at trolling, but virtually nothing else. I can't believe I wasted that much time arguing with someone clearly below me. Why do I even keep responding to this troll?

I've explained my points very clearly. While a lot of people disagree with me (including Dipre, RSFFL, and perhaps many others) you're the only one going ape s*** with it, as if you're related to LeBron and are fighting for his honour. Y228 probably disagrees with me a bit, and he understands my point. Seeing as he is the most neutral person to exist on talksox (perhaps outside of MSU), I think it's clear that I've presented my case, I no longer have the burden of proof. And your perception that you're screaming and yelling and repeating yourself and talking with all bolded caps somehow = you're winning, is the reason why you're in the basement. Just like your redraft teams. You should take note of Y228. He can play devil's advocate and counter one's points well in a fair tone and respectful manner, whereas you just stand there shouting and repeating yourself with an undeserved sense of accomplishment. You're like Suns, seriously, you stand there with your hands covering your ears saying "No it isn't" to everyone's arguments and then "I'm beating you, I'm winning" rather than actually making arguments in and of themselves. Big difference, you'll never win a damn thing with that attitude. Not an argument, not at life, not even at a mediocre community college. You aren't worthy of my time, and my time is pretty much worthless. (One of the only things you've gotten close to being correct about in the past few days)

Yeah, and you responded with garbage then just like you are now. You're fighting an uphill battle dude. You should stick to fighting people who aren't as smart as you, because you'll keep getting destroyed if you try taking on Keeper or myself.

When all JE can respond to my arguments with is "You're a petty idiot" then I'm pretty confident in my case. Then again I only pick fights I know I can win, so I'm not surprised.

I think that the exercise is to find Pitchers who can hit, rather than Hitters who can pitch.

Or Casey Kelly's opposite, David Renfroe.

There should have been a clause in there saying that if he sucks we get our money back.

Looks like that's a good plan.

I think that this is very well said. There isn't anything that I could really add or clarify. Well put.

I called him a pussy more for not standing by his comments, but for this example, Keeper had pointed out somewhere in the thread that his teammates said he looked fine in the warmup. That might have been the post that started all of this.

I don't mind that LeBron went to Miami. I think he had every right to leave Cleveland. I just don't think that he should have turned where he was going into a broadcast special where he wasted people's time and played with their emotions to say "I'm taking my talents to South Beach" I mean who the f*** does he think he is thinking he's so special that he deserves a f***** TV show to tell everyone where he's going. The only possible worse way he could have handled that was to host an American Idol spin off special where people texted in their vote as to where he'd play (text LeBron-1 to vote for Cleveland, LeBron-2 for NY, LeBron-3 for Miami etc) I respect the fact that he willingly took less money to pursue a championship, I don't have a problem with that at all, but it was the egotistical nature and lack of class that he handled the situation and didn't give Cleveland the proper notice or decency they deserved. And if he's going to talk s*** to Cleveland by rubbing in a loss, then stand by it. Don't be a f***** coward and try and weasel your way out of your statements. Stand by what you said. And in my opinion, the "Chosen One" tatoo is about as bad as when Kanye West had the picture of him looking like Jesus in that magazine.