Good News -- Another Year of AK47!
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It doesn't. I'm just neurotic. Feel free to move on.
My sentiment wasn't primarily directed at you, so I'll be a little more specific; WHY DOES IT MATTER IF SOMEONE HAS MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS, NOTWITHSTANDING THAT WRITE4U IS UP IN THE ****ING NIGHT, REGARDLESS.
Thank you.
Eric, here's the quote I'm referring to. You may have overlooked it:
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/700069113/Utah-Jazz-New-look-Andrei-Kirilenko-fields-questions.html
And this is what started this whole thing. Because people kept insisting not only that he didn't say this but that he would never say this. But there it is, in black and white, and in quotations put there by an experienced reporter who would never put quotes around an emphatic statement like that unless KOC actually said it.
I do agree with you and others that O'Connor might say this about anyone but Deron or Big Al (since they just traded for him). However, considering AK's salary and the fact that the Jazz were in serious talks about trading AK, I think this quote has more significance.
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/700069113/Utah-Jazz-New-look-Andrei-Kirilenko-fields-questions.html
And this is what started this whole thing. Because people kept insisting not only that he didn't say this but that he would never say this. But there it is, in black and white, and in quotations put there by an experienced reporter who would never put quotes around an emphatic statement like that unless KOC actually said it.
I do agree with you and others that O'Connor might say this about anyone but Deron or Big Al (since they just traded for him). However, considering AK's salary and the fact that the Jazz were in serious talks about trading AK, I think this quote has more significance.
No, it isn't. Not one person has questions that quote.
This is what started the whole thing:
, because O'Connor never made the guarantee, so there was nothing to back off from.
If you like, I can try to explain this fifty more times, using increasinly simpler words. Perhaps at one point, we will reach your comprehension threshold. Perhaps not.
Nonesense. O'Connor would never make that guarantee about Williams, either. Jefferson, only if NBA rule forbid sucha trade (I'm not sure if they do, or not).
What the reporter said was, that he backed off his earlier statement that Kirilenko "will be" with the Jazz at the start of the season ... I mean you can quibble about language, but I think you're making a mountain out of a molehill. Why are you being so ridiculously anal? Maybe he didn't use the word guarantee in the earlier statement (I did say I didn't read the earlier statement), but I don't think there is a significant difference here. George Foreman might say if you get my grill, you will be eating the best burgers you've ever had in your life -- the guarantee, is for emphasis. It doesn't add much meaning. Do you think when you have to be so exact in cases that don't require the need for it, that maybe your condition is beyond neurotic, that it's bordering on psychotic?
Marty McFly
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Listen. We all saw that quote. We were saying that KOC never guaranteed that AK WOULD BE here to start the season. WE STILL have NO QUOTE saying this. All the reporter put in quotes is "will be." Reports take everything out of context and without a complete quote from O'Connor, we can assume he's never guaranteed that AK will be here to start the season. Therefore, there is NOTHING for KOC to "back off" from. If you want to make a point here, find the quote of KOC using the words "will be" or "guaranteeing" that AK will stay with the Jazz. This quote that you posted is not even relevant at all to the discussion we were having.
Holy crap. Has anyone ever seen that Office episode when Michael is telling Oscar to explain "surplus" to him like he was 10? He doesn't get it, so he says "now explain it to me like I'm 5" and Oscar explains it to him in terms of lemonade stands?
You guys are going to drive me nuts. This was in the same story as the other quote when he used the word guarantee. I have posted this link several times already. Why don't you read the story:
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/700069113/Utah-Jazz-New-look-Andrei-Kirilenko-fields-questions.html
As I said, he made a statement, but I never saw it and am not sure when he made it, but the reporter is referring to it, so obviously he did make it.
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/700069113/Utah-Jazz-New-look-Andrei-Kirilenko-fields-questions.html
As I said, he made a statement, but I never saw it and am not sure when he made it, but the reporter is referring to it, so obviously he did make it.
Archie Moses
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Already happened.
Marty McFly
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Holy ****. We know. I just don't get why you even posted that quote from KOC saying "Can I guarantee that he's going to be here? No." as if it supported your point or something. It's a totally different quote and has nothing to do with the argument about KOC "backing off his statement."
unluckyseventeen
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Let the pissing match begin!!
Marty McFly
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I'm done here. I'm gonna go take the truck for a spin with Jennifer.