re: Former Pels/NOLA ballaz still in the NBA that you like and hate

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David West, while clutch as anybody (I'll defend that point to the death), is a fake tough guy/punk.

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He boxes and slaps Germans in the face. I'm not sure how he'd be considered fake but I guess that's more opinion.

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He bailed on NOLA when we needed him most and hid behind the veil of "wanting to win" (which he didn't) and "needing a change of scenery" (he just proved how much "home" matters to him)

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We... Needed him most? Then? After Paul had already left? What did we need from him? To win 7 more games that season so we could have a worse lottery pick? And Indiana made the conference finals with West, more than we ever did. So he did win more. And if he doesn't want to win, why did he just give up 11 million dollars to sign with the Spurs?

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Futher, his stupid knee injury submarined the Hornets last good playoff run before it even started. He's the singular reason Chris Paul hasn't been in a Conference Final. If he plays in that Lakers series, the Hornets run away with it.

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One of the dumbest reasons to hate someone I've ever heard. Man, I bet that painful process that derailed his life and ability to walk really inconvenienced us more than him. And even if we are playing by your dumb rules where you can get mad at someone for getting hurt, Paul got hurt in one of our years where we actually had finals aspirations. Odd you'd leave that out.