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Lakers: Sprewell's price might not be right
By Vincent Bonsignore, Staff Writer
Latrell Sprewell doesn't like the money the Lakers are offering, but he appears to be running out of options.
Sprewell, the talented but controversial free-agent guard who played last season in Minnesota, is seeking a deal starting at $5 million per season. He has spoken to the Lakers, which can offer only the $2.5 million remaining from its midlevel exception.
But lately, potential suitors San Antonio and Denver eliminated themselves from consideration by using their full $5 million midlevel exceptions to sign Michael Finley and Earl Watson, respectively.
That leaves only Miami, which has its full $5 million slot, and the Lakers as the remaining logical landing points for Sprewell.
Sprewell's agent, Robert Gist, confirmed Friday he hasn't been in contact with the Heat, but he has talked with the Lakers.
"When Latrell thinks about the Lakers, he gets a big smile on his face," said Gist. "Playing alongside a great player like Kobe Bryant and for a great coach like Phil Jackson is something he's very intrigued by."
Sounds interesting...That would fix the fuck out of the weak bench problem the Lakers seemed to be having. Kobe and McKie would start in the backcourt Odom and Brown in the frontcourt and Mihm at center...Then they could have players like Devean George and Latrell Sprewell stepping up big off the bench...This is how it'd look:
Aaron McKie...Smush Parker/Sasha Vujacic/Tierre Brown
Kobe Bryant...Latrell Sprewell/Tony Bobbit/Von Wafer
Lamar Odom…..Devean George/Jumain Jones/Luke Walton/Laron Profit
Kwame Brown…..Brian Cook/Slava Medvadenko/Ronny Turiaf
Chris Mihm…..Andrew Bynum
Coach: Phil Jackson
Though there is another option...They could start Kobe and Sprewell in the backcourt and have McKie coming off the bench. That would give the Lakers an amazing line-up to start the game up with...The only potential problem I see with this idea is the lack of a true point guard. Kobe Bryant is naturally a shooting guard and having him run the point doesn't seem completely fair, even though he's done it. McKie was brought in to run the point, but has played the 2 guard position his whole career...Smush Parker will be seen running the point more than ever. Sasha Vujacic is barely developing in the NBA as a point guard. Tierre Brown will most likely not be a Laker next year. That leaves the Lakers with no TRUE point guard. I do, however, trust in Phil Jackson's taste for the type of players he needs. I trust in the Lakers' plan...PeACe
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whoa lakers r slowly moving up the depth charts WOW if this is true
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WOW if this is true
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First good move by the Lakers in a while if this is goes down. :D
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sprewell and mckie are old and washed up, I thought the lakers already learnt their lesson in what happens with old washed up players
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sprewell and mckie are old and washed up, I thought the lakers already learnt their lesson in what happens with old washed up players
i love my lakers but i gotta agree with this.
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if itz tru, theyd prolly start Sprewell unless he was playin shyt.
cause if they dint, hed prolly be throwin a tantrum and ask to get traded eventually.
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Well they have a bunch of role players with One Superstart and One Potential Super Star in Odum. It's going to be fun to see how Phil Jackson coaches this team
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sprewell and mckie are old and washed up, I thought the lakers already learnt their lesson in what happens with old washed up players
Salary cap wise, now LAL is a lil limited, regarding that it's a good choice. Even if he's 35, Spree is still a good player defense n offense wise, could be the third scorer
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People need to understand we have no money to spend..it' all about 2007..
I guess it's cool...Kobe needs a back up..remember last season k.rush was dogin it and kobe end up avg like 45 minutes per game when Rudy t was there...phil is not going to allow that shit to happend..so bring him in..hopeflly he could still score points...even if he is on the downside of his career
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People need to understand we have no money to spend..it' all about 2007..
I guess it's cool...Kobe needs a back up..remember last season k.rush was dogin it and kobe end up avg like 45 minutes per game when Rudy t was there...phil is not going to allow that shit to happend..so bring him in..hopeflly he could still score points...even if he is on the downside of his career
Did you read the article? Sprewell was leaning towards accepting the 2.5 mill per year the Lakers had to offer...Kobe doesn't need a back-up, and that's exactly why a talented young Rush was traded for practically nothing (a 2nd round pick from Charlotte). Rush is a pure shooting guard, Rudy-T only played him some of the time when Kobe was on the bench (rarely) in the beginning of the season instead of playing Rush and Kobe on the court together so that Rush could get the minutes he deserves...Phil will know how to incorporate Sprewell into the offense if he signs, I trust in that...If Sprewell starts, the line-up will look like this:
Kobe Bryant...Aaron McKie/Sasha Vujacic/Tierre Brown
Latrell Sprewell...Smush Parker/Tony Bobbit/Von Wafer
Lamar Odom…..Devean George/Jumain Jones/Luke Walton/Laron Profit
Kwame Brown…..Brian Cook/Slava Medvadenko/Ronny Turiaf
Chris Mihm…..Andrew Bynum
Coach: Phil Jackson
^^Great starting 5^^
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could be a good pickup. i kinda wonder how Kobe and Latrell's chemistry on the court would be. If youve watched Spree's career...he is definetely a scorer. He definetely has the shoot first pass second mentality. He might not have the green light so much in LA with Kobe tho. Spree and Kobe on the fast break would be a highlight film tho.
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How are Lakers fans happy about the signing? Didn't yall see the way he dogged the T-Wolves cause he couldn't feed is family with that petty muli-million dollar contract offered?
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I just don't think the Lakers need a distraction/head case like Sprewell...........
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Kobe Bryant...Aaron McKie/Sasha Vujacic/Tierre Brown
Latrell Sprewell...Smush Parker/Tony Bobbit/Von Wafer
Lamar Odom…..Devean George/Jumain Jones/Luke Walton/Laron Profit
Kwame Brown…..Brian Cook/Slava Medvadenko/Ronny Turiaf
Chris Mihm…..Andrew Bynum
Coach: Phil Jackson
^^Great starting 5^^
Great???? Uhhh I wouldn't say great AT ALL, good maybe
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could be a good pickup. i kinda wonder how Kobe and Latrell's chemistry on the court would be. If youve watched Spree's career...he is definetely a scorer. He definetely has the shoot first pass second mentality. He might not have the green light so much in LA with Kobe tho. Spree and Kobe on the fast break would be a highlight film tho.
Lots of "score first" players have came to the Lakers to win as a second or even third option...I think Phil could easily make this work...PeACe
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How are Lakers fans happy about the signing? Didn't yall see the way he dogged the T-Wolves cause he couldn't feed is family with that petty muli-million dollar contract offered?
I don't care about shit but his production on the court with the Lakers (if he signs)...
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Kobe Bryant...Aaron McKie/Sasha Vujacic/Tierre Brown
Latrell Sprewell...Smush Parker/Tony Bobbit/Von Wafer
Lamar Odom…..Devean George/Jumain Jones/Luke Walton/Laron Profit
Kwame Brown…..Brian Cook/Slava Medvadenko/Ronny Turiaf
Chris Mihm…..Andrew Bynum
Coach: Phil Jackson
^^Great starting 5^^
Great???? Uhhh I wouldn't say great AT ALL, good maybe
Kobe Bryant alone is the best player in the league...Then you have an all-star in Latrell Sprewell and another star in Lamar Odom...That's 3 stars in one line-up...Add a strong power forward with hopes of being a star and a 7 foot center (coached by Kareem) with "great potential" (according to Phil Jackson)...Top it off with Phil Jackson at the coaching seat, and you have a great starting 5...PeACe
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Lakers are close to a sign-and-trade deal to bring Jason Kapono back to LA (he was as star in college for UCLA)...Supposedly the Bobcats will recieve Jumain Jones in return. And Sprewell is still the Lakers number one goal...He is close to signing with the Lakers...Others who are waiting to sign if Sprewell decides not to are Jannero Pargo, Michael Olowakandi, Darius Songaila, Tom Gugliotta, and finally Eddy Curry (possibly in a sign-and-trade) along with Eric Piatowski...Sounds like the Lakers have a plan... 8)
http://www.hoopsworld.com/article_14087.shtml
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Fuck hoopsworld.com's couch...those fools are always puting out some bullshit rumor
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it doesnt really matter if this is true, the lakers are missing many many pieces and unfortenely for them latrell wouldnt fill any of those voids. another losing season for the lakers coming up ;D
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Fuck hoopsworld.com's couch...those fools are always puting out some bullshit rumor
The original report isn't from hoopsworld...
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it doesnt really matter if this is true, the lakers are missing many many pieces and unfortenely for them latrell wouldnt fill any of those voids. another losing season for the lakers coming up ;D
Losing season? LMFAOOOO...If Kobe, Spree, Odom, Kwame, Mihm, & Phil put together a losing season, I will delete my account.
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could be a good pickup. i kinda wonder how Kobe and Latrell's chemistry on the court would be. If youve watched Spree's career...he is definetely a scorer. He definetely has the shoot first pass second mentality. He might not have the green light so much in LA with Kobe tho. Spree and Kobe on the fast break would be a highlight film tho.
Lots of "score first" players have came to the Lakers to win as a second or even third option...I think Phil could easily make this work...PeACe
Phil is good at this. But Kobe has never really played with a star this big, with a score first mentality as a major ballhandler also. Obviously the Shaq/Kobe thing....but Shaq could only opt to score first, if someone passed him the ball. Kobe could get frustrated when Spree sprints down the court and pulls up for that little 10 foot jumper on a 1 on 4 fast break lol. In other words...pulls a Kobe ;D
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it doesnt really matter if this is true, the lakers are missing many many pieces and unfortenely for them latrell wouldnt fill any of those voids. another losing season for the lakers coming up ;D
Losing season? LMFAOOOO...If Kobe, Spree, Odom, Kwame, Mihm, & Phil put together a losing season, I will delete my account.
lol@ you havin the whole board fillin up Staples all year to cheer for the other teams....
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This potential acquisition could help us, but it could also burn us. Remember JR Rider?
I don't know if this is a risk work taking for us. Someone convince me otherwise.
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it doesnt really matter if this is true, the lakers are missing many many pieces and unfortenely for them latrell wouldnt fill any of those voids. another losing season for the lakers coming up ;D
Losing season? LMFAOOOO...If Kobe, Spree, Odom, Kwame, Mihm, & Phil put together a losing season, I will delete my account.
Same here. Last season Lakers werent that bad at all. They just performed bad, which is a different thing. We did it cause Rudy T. failed to coach the team (our offensive book was confused, while the defensive one was missing). We switched from triangle to "let's emulate the Showtime" offence, who was more like a "give the ball to Kobe and let's move" offence. Odom was been used as a PF, without using his full potential. Kobe was been used as the initiator of the offence, while he's a great finisher, not a creator (he cant play 48 mins in 1 vs 4, c'mon!), and there wasnt a system to cut some pressure off him (a good 2nd offensive option or the triangle). But anyway they was like 6th in the West with Rudy T! Not that bad. After Rudy retired, well.. everything collapsed, and Lakers suddenly started to play like a lottery team. But the team aint that bad, c'mon. Kobe, Odom, Brown: it's a nice trio. And Phil is Phil: the best. The next season will be a success if both Odom and Brown will perform better than they did during the last season.
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How are Lakers fans happy about the signing? Didn't yall see the way he dogged the T-Wolves cause he couldn't feed is family with that petty muli-million dollar contract offered?
I don't care about shit but his production on the court with the Lakers (if he signs)...
But my point is, he was disappointed he couldn't milk the Wolves out of more money so he played like shit. Now if he wants to play for the Lakers, he'll have to sign a contract for much less than he wants too. 1+1=2 don't you think?
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sprewells got a couple more years in him then hes done thats why hes tryin to bag the 5 million
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How are Lakers fans happy about the signing? Didn't yall see the way he dogged the T-Wolves cause he couldn't feed is family with that petty muli-million dollar contract offered?
I don't care about shit but his production on the court with the Lakers (if he signs)...
But my point is, he was disappointed he couldn't milk the Wolves out of more money so he played like shit. Now if he wants to play for the Lakers, he'll have to sign a contract for much less than he wants too. 1+1=2 don't you think?
Are you stupid? Why would he perform bad. The only reason he'd sign for 2.5 mil a year would be to get a big contract extension, which the Lakers will be able to afford in 2 years, so please tell me why he'd purposely perform bad if he's looking for a contract extension... ::)
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Kobe could get frustrated when Spree sprints down the court and pulls up for that little 10 foot jumper on a 1 on 4 fast break lol. In other words...pulls a Kobe ;D
2001-we sweap the spurs and beat them by a 20 point victory margin (kobe scored 94 points combined the 1rst 2 games in SA wich explains the hate towards kobe...fucking faggot stop been so mad)
Not only that but kobe drop 42 points in game 3 in the 2004 2nd round on bruce bowen/the spurs the same day he pleaded not guilty to sexual assult ...kobe was all tired and red aye from been in eagle.CO the whole day
;D :-* 8)
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sprewell and mckie are old and washed up, I thought the lakers already learnt their lesson in what happens with old washed up players
i love my lakers but i gotta agree with this.
me 2
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According to Charlie Walters in the St. Paul Pioneer-Press, the Lakers will be Sprewell's new home. 8) 8) 8)
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it doesnt really matter if this is true, the lakers are missing many many pieces and unfortenely for them latrell wouldnt fill any of those voids. another losing season for the lakers coming up ;D
Losing season? LMFAOOOO...If Kobe, Spree, Odom, Kwame, Mihm, & Phil put together a losing season, I will delete my account.
Same here. Last season Lakers werent that bad at all. They just performed bad, which is a different thing. We did it cause Rudy T. failed to coach the team (our offensive book was confused, while the defensive one was missing). We switched from triangle to "let's emulate the Showtime" offence, who was more like a "give the ball to Kobe and let's move" offence. Odom was been used as a PF, without using his full potential. Kobe was been used as the initiator of the offence, while he's a great finisher, not a creator (he cant play 48 mins in 1 vs 4, c'mon!), and there wasnt a system to cut some pressure off him (a good 2nd offensive option or the triangle). But anyway they was like 6th in the West with Rudy T! Not that bad. After Rudy retired, well.. everything collapsed, and Lakers suddenly started to play like a lottery team. But the team aint that bad, c'mon. Kobe, Odom, Brown: it's a nice trio. And Phil is Phil: the best. The next season will be a success if both Odom and Brown will perform better than they did during the last season.
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exactly what ive been saying some people here dont know too much about basketball the important acquisition of kwame brown was to move odom to the 3 spot .....u really think people like rashard lewis will be able to guard lo??? people like shawn marion or michael finley??? before it was tim duncan kg, or amare. we have phil jackson with him alone will get more wins than rudy t. triangle will be learned BEFORE the season not during! a lot of things to look forward this season..it shoudl be interesting....and i like that...as for latrell sprewell i think he wants to go to the heat because i think they can offer the same money and have a chance to win a championship but last i heard the heat wanted payton because GM shaquille oneal asked for him....my opinion is they can have him because theyll be full of cancers in walker, oneal and payton
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The Heat have too many players signed to long-term contracts, he most likely wont get a contract extension from the Heat...His number 1 choice is said to be the Lakers, and he can actually be an important part of the Laker franchise if he helps the Lakers become something again...I have a feeling we'll see Spree in a Laker jersey soon. Hopefully, I'm right...PeACe
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still doesnt matter...he's too old...lost a step...doesnt defend as well as he once did...lakers will still be battling it out for the 7 and 8 spots and out in the first round
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still doesnt matter...he's too old...lost a step...doesnt defend as well as he once did...lakers will still be battling it out for the 7 and 8 spots and out in the first round
king i noticed that when u state ur opinion u dont back it up with a good argument. please enlighten us with one.
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still doesnt matter...he's too old...lost a step...doesnt defend as well as he once did...lakers will still be battling it out for the 7 and 8 spots and out in the first round
king i noticed that when u state ur opinion u dont back it up with a good argument. please enlighten us with one.
That's because Laker-haters don't have a good argument..."Get off Kobe's nuts, you dickrider!"...That's their main one.
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so what's the latest with this deal... is it still going down?
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so what's the latest with this deal... is it still going down?
A few inside sources are saying that it's definitely going down. I hope it goes down and I think it will...
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Horry said Kobe is the hardest worker in the NBA. The second is Latrell Sprewell. Just reported on the Dave Smith show. Welcome Spreeeeeeeeeeee.
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How are Lakers fans happy about the signing? Didn't yall see the way he dogged the T-Wolves cause he couldn't feed is family with that petty muli-million dollar contract offered?
I don't care about shit but his production on the court with the Lakers (if he signs)...
But my point is, he was disappointed he couldn't milk the Wolves out of more money so he played like shit. Now if he wants to play for the Lakers, he'll have to sign a contract for much less than he wants too. 1+1=2 don't you think?
Are you stupid? Why would he perform bad. The only reason he'd sign for 2.5 mil a year would be to get a big contract extension, which the Lakers will be able to afford in 2 years, so please tell me why he'd purposely perform bad if he's looking for a contract extension... ::)
He's 35 years old. In 2 years he's going to be at the age of retirement. Don't patronize me.
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How are Lakers fans happy about the signing? Didn't yall see the way he dogged the T-Wolves cause he couldn't feed is family with that petty muli-million dollar contract offered?
I don't care about shit but his production on the court with the Lakers (if he signs)...
But my point is, he was disappointed he couldn't milk the Wolves out of more money so he played like shit. Now if he wants to play for the Lakers, he'll have to sign a contract for much less than he wants too. 1+1=2 don't you think?
Are you stupid? Why would he perform bad. The only reason he'd sign for 2.5 mil a year would be to get a big contract extension, which the Lakers will be able to afford in 2 years, so please tell me why he'd purposely perform bad if he's looking for a contract extension... ::)
He's 35 years old. In 2 years he's going to be at the age of retirement. Don't patronize me.
He just turned 35, but he's still performing at a high level...Like Antonio said, he's one of the hardest workers in the NBA. I give him another 5 years before retirement. Those 5 years could be huge...
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How are Lakers fans happy about the signing? Didn't yall see the way he dogged the T-Wolves cause he couldn't feed is family with that petty muli-million dollar contract offered?
I don't care about shit but his production on the court with the Lakers (if he signs)...
But my point is, he was disappointed he couldn't milk the Wolves out of more money so he played like shit. Now if he wants to play for the Lakers, he'll have to sign a contract for much less than he wants too. 1+1=2 don't you think?
Are you stupid? Why would he perform bad. The only reason he'd sign for 2.5 mil a year would be to get a big contract extension, which the Lakers will be able to afford in 2 years, so please tell me why he'd purposely perform bad if he's looking for a contract extension... ::)
He's 35 years old. In 2 years he's going to be at the age of retirement. Don't patronize me.
In 2 years we could have money enought to sign the best PG in the league to replace him. Till then, Spree is a good option.
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How are Lakers fans happy about the signing? Didn't yall see the way he dogged the T-Wolves cause he couldn't feed is family with that petty muli-million dollar contract offered?
I don't care about shit but his production on the court with the Lakers (if he signs)...
But my point is, he was disappointed he couldn't milk the Wolves out of more money so he played like shit. Now if he wants to play for the Lakers, he'll have to sign a contract for much less than he wants too. 1+1=2 don't you think?
Are you stupid? Why would he perform bad. The only reason he'd sign for 2.5 mil a year would be to get a big contract extension, which the Lakers will be able to afford in 2 years, so please tell me why he'd purposely perform bad if he's looking for a contract extension... ::)
He's 35 years old. In 2 years he's going to be at the age of retirement. Don't patronize me.
In 2 years we could have money enought to sign the best PG in the league to replace him. Till then, Spree is a good option.
yeah hes basically the only option we have left, i mean hes not the best player by far but its only short term wehn the lakers for amare or lebron
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Looks like there's still hope...
Spree signing to L.A. talk.
- The question still remains though, where will Spree end up? My money is still on the Lakers, especially since Sprewell has a home and a business in Southern California. Yeah, I know that the Lakers said they don’t think they will trade for Spree. The keyword though, is trade. I believe the Lakers are just trying to get Spree to sign for the portion of the mid-level exception that they still have available, as opposed to having to consummate a sign and trade to get him in purple and gold. And if there is one city where Spree will take less to play, I believe it is Tinsel Town.
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Horry said Kobe is the hardest worker in the NBA. The second is Latrell Sprewell. Just reported on the Dave Smith show. Welcome Spreeeeeeeeeeee.
Spree really didnt look like a hard worker last season. Most hard workers arent superstars anyways. I bet my ass that Mark Madsen works harder than Duncan.
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Horry said Kobe is the hardest worker in the NBA. The second is Latrell Sprewell. Just reported on the Dave Smith show. Welcome Spreeeeeeeeeeee.
Spree really didnt look like a hard worker last season. Most hard workers arent superstars anyways. I bet my ass that Mark Madsen works harder than Duncan.
Only difference is that Spree is a 4-times All Star who has averaged 18+ ppg in his career while the Dogg is a just a great dancer, nothing more. Role player maybe. But great dancer, lol. That's for sure.