Niki was hit by a Randy Johnson fastball for uttering:
 NS> @MSGID: 1:344/17.0 33e0f3d8
 NS> You really don't like the Sonic's huh?
I didn't say that I didn't like the Sonics (never equate my liking or 
disliking a person to my liking or disliking of his team. For example, I like 
Jordan and Pippen but hate the Bulls. I respect them but I hate them just 
like I hate but respect the Celtics' organization) just a couple of their 
players.
 NS> But whatever.  O.k, I thought that Shaq  improved his free throws
 NS> after Magic Johnson worked with him.
He shot .635 in his last 5 regular season games and .610 during the playoffs, 
however, he exhibited much of the same tendencies (he really had only one 
good game when he went 9 of 11). It's easy to look better or worse in such a 
short stretch and at still be no better than before. O'Neal's had the same 
kind of short stretches during his entire career so I put no stock in what he 
did during that time.
 NS> Who is the book biased to.
I meant that it was biased toward the BAA. The NBL, which was around a lot 
longer than the NBA's predecessor, the BAA, is not given the same kind of 
coverage OR homage despite the fact that there are only three BAA franchises 
left (Boston, Golden State and New York) and there are 5 NBL franchises 
(Atlanta, Detroit, LA Lakers, Philadelphia and Sacramento) -- heck, there are 
4 ABA franchises, 1 more than the BAA franchises.
 NS> if it were focused on like the old Celtics or something, but I can't
 NS> stand all this stuff about the Bulls bein the best team in history.
Why does that bother you? Are you biased against them because they beat the 
Sonics or what? Believe it or not, there were people who did have a problem 
with the Lakers back when they won 69 games because of the recent expansions 
at that time (a lot more than what happened recently with Toronto and 
Vancouver). Don't believe half the tripe you've seen written about the 
*great* players of that time that made those Lakers (or the Celtics) so much 
greater than any modern player could ever be in the minds of those that 
refuse to believe that basketball is as good now as it was in their youth.
 NS> If you don't like Shaq then who do you like on the Lakers?
Again, the player ISN'T the team. I didn't want the team to sign him and I 
thought the money best spent on their bench and going after a center that 
could shoot free throws.
 NS> We just don't agree on anything.
I don't think so..:-)
 NS>  I think that the Sonics made a big mistake signing Jim Mac.
I can agree with this. This is the most moronic move EVER made in the history 
of the Sonics.
 NS> Especially if he keeps playin the minutes that he did this season!
If they expected any more out of him they were stupid. He couldn't even come 
close to unseating Muresan and that should have been the first clue for those 
"geniuses" in the front office (I like Gheorge but face it, if Jim was worth 
the money that Seattle paid him, Washington would have used him even more 
than they did).
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