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Caron calmed him down a bit and said: hey we in the wildnerness this place is crawling with food,...

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Caron calmed him down a bit and said: hey we in the wildnerness this place is crawling with food, Andray you go in the bush and bring us back some brisket son. ANdray walked around an hour or so then got hungry and ate some berries he found and lay down and slipped into a cold sleep. When Drey didnt come back everyone started to argue abouit what to do next so Antawn divided the group into the "Biguns" and the "Littluns" and made a rule that everyone had to talk in turns and whoever had the conch shell it was their turn to talk so they passed it around and everyone said their ideas, Nick Young used his time with the conch to tell the first 40 minutes of the movie Gladiator and then eventually Gil made a ruling to shut down the conch once and for all because he said he was being misinterpreted.

Everything that you needed to know about this season can be summed up right there.

I felt I was one of the top players in the draft this year," he said. "I’m going to make them pay f...

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I felt I was one of the top players in the draft this year," he said. "I’m going to make them pay for passing on me.

Rule #59: Revenge without talent won’t take you very far. Revenge combined with talent will take you farther than you could ever imagine.

When you evaluate this draft in three years, you’ll see my name at the top of the list," [John] W...

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When you evaluate this draft in three years, you’ll see my name at the top of the list," [John] Wallace vowed after the Knicks ended his nationally televised misery by grabbing him at No. 18.

Rule #60: Revenge without talent won’t take you very far.

Rule #61: Choose your friends wisely.

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Rule #61: Choose your friends wisely.

Local Media Talk About Flip Saunders

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More coverage of Saunders. A lot of what you will see and hear in the papers and on CSN, but if you can't get enough info on Flip its worth checking out.

I think the worst question that the media asks athletes when they sign their contracts, or when...

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I think the worst question that the media asks athletes when they sign their contracts, or when they get drafted, is "What are you going to do with your money?" That’s a bad question. There’s not a good answer that people want to hear come from that. I blame the media for asking the question. But the answer that I gave, which I think all of them should say, is "I’m going to earn it." That’s what I said, "I’m going to earn it," and not, "I’m going to go buy this or buy that." I’m going to go earn it. That is how I have always felt about the money that you make as an athlete, the money that you are paid on your potential, to go earn it, to make the owner and the president happy about the investment they made in you, about working hard to be the best player that you can be.

Rule #63: Spend your money wisely.

"Sitting out for a year and just watching the league and watching how people do things, I think I...

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"Sitting out for a year and just watching the league and watching how people do things, I think I became even more entrenched in the belief that how I did things was the right way. You become even more confident and more entrenched." As for the claim that he's too offensive-minded, Saunders said: "People say that our teams didn't defend, but a lot of times stats don't lie." [...] When asked what to expect with the Wizards, who certainly don't have the defensive personnel those Detroit teams had, Saunders vowed: "We'll defend."

The whole article is worth a read, but I thought this passage was worth highlighting. Obviously, there's a difference between saying something and doing it, but at least he didn't come out and say he was just going to help the team play to their strengths and hope it could overcome their weak defense.

Rule #36: A basketball is like a fine woman, once you find one, never let it go.

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Rule #36: A basketball is like a fine woman, once you find one, never let it go.