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Ozzie Guillen's comments on pinch-hitting and Dwayne Wade
May 19, 2012, 10:08 AM
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were hilarious:
http://espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/miamiheat/story/_/id/7948934/miami-marlins-ozzie-guillen-miami-heat-dwyane-wade-guarantee-fight
Ozzie Guillen's self-imposed probation stemming from April's five-game suspension doesn't extend to sensitivities involving the struggles of Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat.
A day after having vowed to be done with Twitter, the outspoken manager wasn't backing off his shoot-from-the-hip style of expression, saying Wade's behavior toward Heat coach Erik Spoelstra during a Thursday loss "can guarantee a fight."
"I will kick his ###," Guillen told reporters Friday. "Well, I won't say I'll kick his ###. They'll kick my ### because they're bigger than me, and I'm older. But I will take my chances. Some people have to understand our job."
The Miami Marlins' manager, barely a month removed from a team ban stemming from pro-Fidel Castro comments in which he praised the former Cuban dictator's ability to stay in power, stood in stark contrast to Spoelstra's take on the sideline event.
Spoelstra said confrontations like those are routine during intense moments in games and practices.
But count Guillen among those who vehemently disagree, at least from a baseball perspective.
"That's disrespectful. Why he's saying it, when he said it, that's none of my business," Guillen said. "But the player come out and say something [like that to me], he will guarantee a fight."
Wade was held scoreless in the first half of Game 3 and finished with just five points and five turnovers in 37 minutes during a 94-75 loss to the Pacers, dropping Miami into a 2-1 series deficit entering Game 4 on Sunday.
Wade's frustration boiled over in the third quarter when he got into a heated exchange with Spoelstra during a timeout. Wade and Spoelstra came face-to-face briefly, and Wade was then restrained by forward Udonis Haslem.
"You know how many players I take out of the game and they go in the back and talk crap about me?" Guillen said.
"I don't care because I'm going to talk crap about them. If I take you out of the game it's for a reason. You think I want to take you out of the game? You think I want to pinch-hit for you? I pinch-hit for you because you suck. There's somebody else I thought was better than you."
Last month, upon returning from the five-game ban, Guillen said he was putting himself on probation, but added winning would help overcome controversial comments made off the field.
"It's probation about growing up and being better, and be careful to not trust too many people," Guillen said. "That was my problem."
Information from ESPN.com's Michael Wallace was used in this report.
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if lebron james fell in the forest
May 19, 2012, 10:10 AM
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would anyone care?
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Lebron James, much like Tiger Woods, makes the game
May 19, 2012, 10:13 AM
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much more interesting. 6'8" and 250lbs with 4.4 speed in the forty. Lebron and Kevin Durant playing football: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyouiEPZhQk
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he may make it more interesting for you and others.***
May 19, 2012, 10:17 AM
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If Lebron fell in the forest
May 19, 2012, 11:40 AM
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Would the refs still call it a foul?
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If Tom Brady gets his hair mussed, do they still call
May 19, 2012, 12:18 PM
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roughing the passer?
Fans want to see the best players play.
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i want to see the best players play to their potential
May 19, 2012, 12:20 PM
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not continually come up short of expectations.
sorry, but jordan wasn't the best simply because he could put 63 on the board, he was the best because he made everyone around him better.
d wade is the best player on that team.
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I agree.
May 19, 2012, 12:30 PM
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Except for the part about D. Wade being the best player on that team. Chris Bosh? They're certainly missing him, but Lebron is the best player on that team.
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ok, i think he's the most gifted and he's a freak of nature,
May 19, 2012, 12:33 PM
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but i can see those at the circus.
give me tim duncan and tony parker; these aren't necessarily freaks, they're players and team players at that.
i will take them over 6'8", 4.4 in the forty anytime as long as they continue to do anything and everything it takes to win a team game.
funny wade has the only championship of the 3 you just mentioned.
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Guys that have won it all are going to get the nod over ones
May 19, 2012, 12:45 PM
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that didn't in the court of public opinion, but Lebron is only in his second year on a good team and he's only 27 years old. Jordan won his NBA titles at ages 28, 29, 30, 33, 34 and 35.
Though I've not suggested Lebron is the best player of all time or even currently in the league, he's got the tools and the time to become one by the time his career is over.
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how long had jordan been in the league when he started
May 19, 2012, 12:50 PM
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winning titles with a questionable chicago team?
and lebron now?
not questioning lebron's skill set, just his 2 cent head.
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Jordan played 3 years with Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen
May 19, 2012, 1:12 PM
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before he won a title. They played together on every one of Jordan's championships. So, he never really won one with a questionable team.
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bosh, wade and james were 'put' together through free
May 19, 2012, 1:21 PM
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agency much as the big 3 in boston recently.
pippen was drafted. hard to look back and now say it wasn't questionable, because it was, considering the teams they beat to win championships.
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Jordan had to have Pippen and either Rodman or Grant to
May 19, 2012, 1:30 PM
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play the role of Chris Bosh.
I'm not a huge fan of the NBA like I was when Dr. J and Moses, then Larry Bird and Kevin McHale, then Jordan and Ho. Grant, and The Pacers, Reggie Miller and Dale Davis were in the league. But, I've about reached my saturation point with all of the Big 12 talk.
Thanks for the discussion.
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me too Chuckston, i'm up to HERE with the big12ish
May 19, 2012, 1:34 PM
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stuff.
nice to talk about something else. i still think dr j was the greatest game changer of like ever. just old enough to remember he, moses, cheeks in their primes.
i miss those days, i think they died with jordan. there seemed to be a pride that went with wearing the jersey that to me is somehow been lost.
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Hopefully, it's starting to come back and we'll soon have a
May 19, 2012, 1:43 PM
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crop of talent and personalities to rival those days.
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