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• Klav Posted: Oct.5 at 11:52 am
  Losing to the Cavs really? I think the Cavs are overrated quite a bit.

• riggs Posted: Oct.5 at 11:53 am
  either folks never have watched a net game these past few years or they just talk ish to talk it, but the lazy a*s vince of old hardly showed up even when Jkidd left, vince became even more of a leader when that happened, so i have no idea why people think he would start back up now?

• AP Posted: Oct.5 at 12:29 pm
  I agree with riggs…a lot of my fav games last yr were nets games b/c VC took over. The game btw the nets and the raps in the beginning of the season where he ended the game with a behind the back alleyhoop! come on now….dude is still good also nowhere is there a mention of ryan anderson a capable bench player! they may end up losing to the cavs but you never know

• Tzvi Twersky Posted: Oct.5 at 12:32 pm
  Like Lang said a month or so back, how can Orlando do better than last year? They’d have to win the Chip. They won’t. But they’ll be a top 5 team in the NBA, alongside Lakers, Cavs, Spurs, Celts.

• Enigmatic Posted: Oct.5 at 12:39 pm
  First of all, how’s Slam gonna do this these promotions and articles for NBA 2K10, then turn around and let NBA Live pretty much take over all the ads the week they drop? Just sayin. Anyways, I think the Magic will get beyond the Eastern Semis. I think the Cavs and Celtics are too determined to not make the Eastern Finals.

• Enigmatic Posted: Oct.5 at 12:41 pm
  Damn it, meant to write “Magic will NOT get beyond the Eastern Semis”, my bust.

• ENDS Posted: Oct.5 at 12:41 pm
  WOW? DO I have to Make another vow

• riggs Posted: Oct.5 at 12:48 pm
  @Enigmatic: i think they started with live promotion first this year, they actually gave away free copies.

• ENDS Posted: Oct.5 at 12:50 pm
  Konate Primus? Im gonna remember that name. Ur telling me were gonna be second in the east and not (atleast) match last years win total, meaning that maybe only one 60 win team in the east and everyones taking a step back? I dont buy that homie. I’m not worried bout Hedo or Carter last year y’all were the same cats saying hedo was overated not an allstar didnt show up against the cavs, had 12 points on only freethrows. When y’all wanna make an argument you’ll twist whatever. Now he’s some sort of Ball-god. Things y’all (The General fan/media) is underestimating is our deep bench. Anderson and Barnes are gonna be worth the price of admision (which suprisingly enough to no one went up) MARK MY WORDS!

• ENDS Posted: Oct.5 at 12:57 pm
  I’ll be the first one to say we’ve always been a bit soft (understament, I would’ve had Rafer or myself slap the Crap outta Williams for throwing that ball at Dwight in the Playoffs) Adding a fiery guy like Barnes and Carter (Mostly Barnes is gonna add a layer of toughness to our team which we despreately need. Throw that ball again, Moron Williams see if MattyB doesnt rock bottom you on the spot. We gone get in trouble but other teams will know u cant come to the double O and waltz up in this *****. DOnt shake our hands LeBron. Barnes will spit on U

• Jason Posted: Oct.5 at 12:59 pm
  lol @ hedo being more clutch than Vince. Both the sheer number of game winners, as well as crunch time stats in general say otherwise.

• ENDS Posted: Oct.5 at 12:59 pm
  Im happy with D12 and his cover but DAMN Slam y’all pimpin y’all selfs like h*res with this side pannel advertising. I hate it and Still cant get the Converse Website of my browsing history.
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  “Mj’s voice comes on” I always feel like…SOMEBODY’s WATCHING ME! cue the Money Stack

• kobesbestfriend Posted: Oct.5 at 1:05 pm
  as long as STV is on the sideline the magic will never win a title…or until kb24 retires

• Rich Posted: Oct.5 at 1:13 pm
  I agree with Enigmatic, what’s up with all this Live jargon? But I guess it’s just advertising dollars in SLAM’s pockets.

• ENDS Posted: Oct.5 at 1:17 pm
  STV? hooked on phonics worked for kobesbestfriend

• pablasso Posted: Oct.5 at 1:20 pm
  Vince’s clutch > Hedo’s clutch

• Michael Posted: Oct.5 at 1:23 pm
  SLAM writing quality has gone downhill whilst the ad bombardment has gone up…i miss the days of just Lang/Russ/Ryan/Sam…bigger isnt always better

• ENDS Posted: Oct.5 at 1:40 pm
  vangundy is a good Coach. He may be annoying as hell but the Man knows his X’s and O’s (See Games 1,3,4,5 vs Cleveland for more Info)

• ab_40 Posted: Oct.5 at 1:46 pm
  problem is he doesn’t understand chemistry with player because he himself never was a player you can check on this in games 1 through 5 in the finals. but I think they’ll win between 55 and 60 53 is 7th in the west haha

• ENDS Posted: Oct.5 at 1:47 pm
  the Mag is Slackin too. Stop making the Posters with the Name and team of the players (If you dont know by know that the guy whos always in slam and on the poster is LeBron James and that he Plays for the Cavs u shouldnt be reading the Magazinge in the first place) bring back the Funny taglines Like “Excuse My Son Mrs. Ivey Love Mrs Warrick” instead of just. Hakeem Warrick, Memphis Grizzlies

• Russ Bengtson Posted: Oct.5 at 1:53 pm
  Vince Carter is going to straight MURDER dudes next year.

• ENDS Posted: Oct.5 at 1:54 pm
  Game 2,3, and 4 in the Finals He coached his *ss off dont get it twisted caus we didnt win all of them. he drew up that last second timeout play for C.Lee like a work of art. But the coach can never put the Ball in the hoop himself. Thats what alot of u young kids dont understand about coaches

• ENDS Posted: Oct.5 at 1:58 pm
  Im trying to see if Russ is being Sarcastic. If ur not i really got chills watching the UNC game a month ago we never really had a go to scorer Hedo filled that spot up nicely but he had been here 5 years and no one noticed him befor 08. I think Vince will do what he does. I do fear his and SVG’s (U see kobesbestfriend) Relationship. U gotta really understand SVG to deal with him

• D12FSU Posted: Oct.5 at 2:03 pm
  wait wait wait wait..and wait…..2nd round to the cavs..meaning u think the C’s are gonna be the first seed…?? phew, for a second there i thought i was reading a preview…not some crazy guys false predictions

• Z Posted: Oct.5 at 2:03 pm
  Russ, murder how? He’s going to score in the low 20s, be lazy on D and pout from time to time. Like always. SVG is ALREADY tearing him up for defensive lapses. / SVG is excellent in Xs and Os but he sucks in communicating with his players to get the best of out of them and subbing. In the NBA, the last two qualities are essential. Players need to like or at least respect their coaches and they need to know roughly how much time they’ll play and when they’ll sub in and out (for the first 3 qs). He did a terrible job of subbing guys in the Finals.

• Sparker Posted: Oct.5 at 2:25 pm
  last year, the magic’s biggest problem was that dwight cared more about beating lebron than beating the lakers. vince’ll be really good, but the real story is dwight and what he does next

• Klav Posted: Oct.5 at 2:31 pm
  Hooked on phonics? ENDS you too much son. Haha. So look, Magic got arguably the deepest team in the L. Great starting five with 4 all stars and a solid workhorse at pf. An abundance of pgs to handle the rock, two swingmen who can play some defense and hit some treys, a pf who can light it up from 3, and a potential starter as D12′s backup? Are you kidding me? Otis Smith went bananas. Why they would beat the Cavs? I say they have more depth and a better rotation, who knows maybe LeBron might cramp up again if they play. Against the C’s? I’m not sure, C’s have a lot of veteran saavy and know how to last through the post season. Whatev, that’s just my opinion.

• ENDS Posted: Oct.5 at 2:52 pm
  i thimk boston is more of a matchup problem with sheed who drives Dwight nuts grabbing him and holding him than the Cavs. Oh and Z since you know so damn much about prognosticating, look this one up in ur Crystal ball. SHAQ WILL BE INJURED BY DECEMBER hurting the Cavs. Its one year Healthy one year off, one year haelthy one year off…guess what year it is? I do agree he did a horrible job subbing in the Finals

• K-Nasty Posted: Oct.5 at 3:18 pm
  I think a lot depends on how they do the first 10 games sans Shard. And how Vince responds once Shard returns.

• Brad Posted: Oct.5 at 3:22 pm
  Hi SLAM, I am looking for work right now as an internet NBA writer. I check in on the league once or twice a season and I have a good feel for the major storylines (thanks ESPN!). I am skilled at forcing hip-hop references into sports analysis, and I know for sure that Vince Carter sucks. I have no regard for grammar, and my real name is Zaphrod Beeblebrox.
  Thanks for your consideration.

• Sten Posted: Oct.5 at 3:37 pm
  come on, man. i dont practically agree iwth anything in this article, but if you say that hedo is better clutch player then you dont know who VC is. jsut google or do something useful to compare their clutch performance and i give you a goddamn medal if you find ONE arcument, to back your story.

• Z Posted: Oct.5 at 4:25 pm
  Okay I’m going to hate a bit: I really don’t like Konate’s writing. Not convinced of his NBA knowledge either.

• Lz - Cphfinest 3 Posted: Oct.5 at 4:55 pm
  Hahahah Brad

• Lz - Cphfinest 3 Posted: Oct.5 at 4:56 pm
  Brad/Z are spot on about Konate’s ‘skills’, SLAM needs to step up.

• ENDS Posted: Oct.5 at 5:13 pm
  They Should give me a Job.

• ENDS Posted: Oct.5 at 5:15 pm
  53 Wins and the Number 2 Seed. Team number 3 must really suck than (and Z I think he’s pointing to ur Cavs, if they meet and beat us in the semifinals) if there gonna win less than 53 games

• ENDS Posted: Oct.5 at 5:17 pm
  Not gonna bash the man by name (This could be his means to feed his child) But Damn Slam y’all had Scoop Jackson on the Squad. in the words of curtis Jackson “In high School you was the man Homie…” (I know Konomi liked that one)

• tealish Posted: Oct.5 at 5:18 pm
  haha @ Brad’s 3:22.

• Mike Posted: Oct.5 at 5:37 pm
  Wow, has the economy gotten this bad that were hiring bums off the street to write for SLAM? The whole VC not caring/Injury prone/Zero leadership thing is like six years too late. Get with the times, Vince is an incredible player, a great leader(just ask the Nets and Rod Thorn), and is one of the most clutch guys in the league. To even compare Hedo to VC is just plain disrespectful to Vince. Get your $hit together SLAM.

• Jacob J Posted: Oct.5 at 5:45 pm
  The Cavs are way overated. The Lebron and Shaq combo is not going to work. The Magic will make it to the ecf and get beaten by the celtics which the celtics will win it all against the Lakers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• JMac Posted: Oct.5 at 5:56 pm
  So Konate thinks that the Cavs will finish 3rd in the East, right? Still think the Magic can beat the Cavs in a 7-game series

• Teddy-the-Bear Posted: Oct.5 at 6:36 pm
  The Cavaliers are going to suck in the playoffs. Orlando doesn’t have their match-up problems any more, but they did acquire Brandon Bass, Vince Carter, and Matt Barnes who will all be valuable. Orlando or Boston win it in the East.

• liam Posted: Oct.5 at 6:59 pm
  great prediction there the magic did lose there starting point guard, shooting gaurd and small forword that got them to the finals last year

• Orlando Green Posted: Oct.5 at 7:24 pm
  Cavs will fall again. Z will get injured. By the end of the season Shaq will be nothing more than the 4 cylinder 127 hp gas engine in my Acura 1.7 EL and LBJ can’t do it by himself.

• la huey Posted: Oct.5 at 8:38 pm
  somebody said Matt Barnes adds toughness?

• Ronald Michael Soriano Posted: Oct.5 at 8:51 pm
  53 games? I see them winning more than that just based on their talent pool alone. 55 to 57 would be more like it. second round of the playoffs

• KH10 Posted: Oct.5 at 9:36 pm
  the magic look to be the deepest team in the east and own the Cavs at every position other than Lebron, they will struggle against the (healthy) Celtics though.

• dma Posted: Oct.5 at 11:02 pm
  wait.. i thought this was about rashard lewis?

• dma Posted: Oct.5 at 11:03 pm
  oh.. wow.. totally misread this…

• cb 34 Posted: Oct.6 at 12:45 am
  This is a terrible article. The writer doesn’t even know his ball. @ teddy: The east just got a lot tougher but they got parker and shaq opens up the game more for bron. You can’t not double team any of them. That’s big. We got rid of wally. That was major if you ask me. I’m more afraid of boston than i am of orlando. @ z: I disagree. I think vince will have a great year. He’s not lazy! It all just looks effortless with him. I would nevr pigeonhole him with t-mac. Totally different. Game’s too easy for vince. If we’re simply talking basketball ability, he’s up there.

• ENDS Posted: Oct.6 at 1:09 am
  THATS WHY THEY PLAY THE GAME. MAgic impressive (Preseason) win tonight

• AllenI Posted: Oct.6 at 2:19 am
  Konate obviously loves to hate

• Anton Posted: Oct.6 at 2:55 am
  Everyone knows The Carter III is worse than the other 2.

• Hursty Posted: Oct.6 at 6:02 am
  Yall know Konate does clothes/shoes for the site right? He’s no rook at Slam.

• RedRum Posted: Oct.6 at 8:18 am
  They are a worse team without Hedo. just look at the games last year how he played against the Cavs. When everybody else was terrified to touch the ball at crunch time, he would even bring the ball in the other court, initiate the play and run it. Who will do that now? VC? Dwight? Rash? yeah right…

• Krishan Posted: Oct.6 at 8:31 am
  Ahahahaha on brad’s 3:22 comment. Zaphrod Beeblebrox, holy sh!t that killed me.

• NUPE Posted: Oct.6 at 10:09 am
  The Magic will be the #2 team in the East this year and fall to the Cavs in the finals. The Celts are too aged and I doubt KG’s knee will last the season. The Cavs have the firepower this year to beat the Magic (although I think the Magic are much better with Vince). The only thing that stops the Cavs from going to the finals this year is Mike Brown. Although SVG isn’t a players coach, he knows the X’s and O’s, I don’t think Brown can even spell X or O.

• NUPE Posted: Oct.6 at 10:20 am
  Cav’s are much better this year than last and they will win the East beating the Magic in the finals. The weakest link for the Cavs is Mike Brown. I’m not sure why there is so much have on SVG (understanding he’s not a players coach), but Brown doesn’t seem to know how to make any adjustments during a game. Now that the team has so much more talent, height and an inside presence, should be much easier for him. But if the Cavs don’t pull it off, I think Brown will be the reason.

• Boing Dynasty aka make it reign aka flightschool aka the ghetto Kornel David Posted: Oct.6 at 5:17 pm
  Hursty, then perhaps he should stick to clothes/shoes?