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Who is slystyle012 and why did he steal my avatar

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Hell if I know, but I noticed that too. It's pretty freakin weak, because I was like "wtf is tony talking about? Oh wait, it's some scrub." I guess he's a tourney player, judging by his location.

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The weirdest thing was probably his willingness to live on the floor. No desk, no bed, just sleeping bag on the floor and computer posted up in the corner. I think that's still his arrangement now as he's between bedroom sets.

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I am currently renting from Aaron's, in the old-time style, and waiting for AEKDBet to get his ass out of town so I can buy up his stuff.

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Nice!

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Who is the Reggie Ball of OOT?
Marvin Williams? JJ? Acie Law? Calvin Johnson?

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Oh man, this is absolutely awesome.

Reggie Ball - kurosh
Such high hopes at the beginning for him. First home game he beats the highly touted Auburn Tigers and starts it off with a BEAUTIFUL pass to Nate Curry. Went 7-6 his first season and the stage was set for some great seasons. However, it just never happened. He didn't mature, his game didn't evolve, and it got to be frustrating to watch. Sure he's a fighter and is going to give it his best all the time, but you soon realize his ceiling is only so high. There will be the occasional great performance (at Miami in 2005) but in the end he can never keep it up.

Marvin Williams - garcia1000
Jury's still out on Marvin. People love to point out how good Chris Paul and Deron Williams are. However, very few people were talking about CP and NO ONE was talking about Deron there. It was a discussion between Bogut and Marvin, and something that no one ever points out is that the Hawks clearly got the better end of that deal. Marvin is 21 right now, could be a senior in college and is averaging 16/7 while shooting over 50%. Yes, there have been growing pains, and there are still steps to be taken, but the future looks bright.

Joe Johnson - sublime
All star who started his career elsewhere (real poker forums in this case) and is now a stud. JJ helped start the Hawks on their current turnaround, and if it wasn't for some injury troubles the last couple years we would be seeing some serious results. Recently made some comments about wanting some more veteran leadership on the team, but I think that was miscontrued. I don't think he's asking for trades to be made (however, that would be a necessary shot at management) so much as he's asking people like Speedy and Smoove to step up and assume leadership roles like those he and TLue have.

Acie Law IV - Low Key
Relatively new to the league, but looks to be a solid contributor. I mean, not going to be rookie of the year for the 2007 season, but will get plenty of playing time and respect for the veterans on the team.

Calvin Johnson - Nick B or NT
El Diablo would be the obvious choice you'd think, but everyone recognizes how awesome he is. You still had people like MEbenhoe saying before the draft that he thought Dwayne Jarrett would be a better NFL receiver. LOL, imo.
Calvin was one of the few bright spots in the Reggie Ball era. He seemed to catch anything that was within 5 feet of him, and single-handedly won games by being such a dominant force. However, despite all of the obvious skill, he was still underutilized by the coaching staff. He should've had 10-15 touches a game between pass attempts and reverses. When you have one of the best athlete's to ever touch a field on your team, you let him win games for you. Even now the Lions aren't using him as much as they could and arguably should. Did you see what happened when Kitna started throwing the ball to him on Thursday? He won jump balls and scored touchdowns.