Double TAX? Canada's Hidden Problem?

[heinz57]

hahahah have you tried caddy's? hahaha

lol.... sadly, yes... its been awhile though.. i dont get that far east of the core very often

[heinz57]

If it takes cold weather for you to get a women's titties brass rail hard and rubbing in your face, you might have a problem. Just saying

not from toronto, are you?

the brass rail is the type of establishment where our daughters go to put themselves through college.

[Buddahfan]

not from toronto, are you?

the brass rail is the type of establishment where our daughters go to put themselves through college.

I am from Buffalo.

Technically I misused the term so my bad.

However, I still stand by my statement visa via yours. regardless of what Brass Rails refers to. You shouldn't need cold weather to get them hard

[PapiJulio]

Tax treaties between the US & Canada eliminate "double" taxation. But even tax experts would have trouble explaining all the nuances of paying taxes in the US.

Yep, understanding all the different Tax Laws is difficult EVEN for the experts. The situation, I guess, will be different for each player. BUT if the experts have trouble explaining it how can a NBA player understand the impact of TAX? Brother Steve...amen!

[PapiJulio]

The two biggest problems the Raptors have is the snow the city has all year round and the misconceptions American have about the city.

Have you ever been to Canada? Or just assume that we live in igloo's all year? I only live in my igloo for 9 months of the year. The other 3 months I ride my Dog Sled to the north Pole.

Sorry Tim... you left yourself wide open after that comment!

[TheGloveinRapsUniform]

You can build through the draft like Portland and OK have done and now the Clippers are doing.

im gonna shy away from this one...

[TheGloveinRapsUniform]

lol.... sadly, yes... its been awhile though.. i dont get that far east of the core very often

hahaha yeah its pretty bad.

[TheGloveinRapsUniform]

not from toronto, are you?

the brass rail is the type of establishment where our daughters go to put themselves through college.

hahaha another heinz-uotation

[PapiJulio]

In some cases where there is a tax treaty in place the IRS allows the deduction of foreign Income Taxes as a credit against the U.S. Federal Income Tax. In that case if the allowable credit is 100% of the foreign Income Tax than there is no double Income Tax. If the allowable credit is less than 100% of the Foreign Income Tax then there some amount of double taxation on Income for an American who works outside of America.

Sounds like we are getting closer to a answer here....

[heinz57]

hahaha yeah its pretty bad.

you want bad. visit the basement of the V.I. in bradford. classy joint. saw a dude eating a bowl of popcorn in there.

or there's one in orillia close to rama that i have nightmares about on a regular basis..






dont judge me you pricks... i like naked whores.

[TheGloveinRapsUniform]

you want bad. visit the basement of the V.I. in bradford. classy joint. saw a dude eating a bowl of popcorn in there.

or there's one in orillia close to rama that i have nightmares about on a regular basis..

dont judge me you pricks... i like naked whores.

hahahah same here!

[Tim W.]

Have you ever been to Canada? Or just assume that we live in igloo's all year? I only live in my igloo for 9 months of the year. The other 3 months I ride my Dog Sled to the north Pole.

Sorry Tim... you left yourself wide open after that comment!

I was being sarcastic. I thought it was obvious by stating a misconception Americans have and then state that the other problem is the misconceptions Americans have. I thought it was pretty obvious, personally.

[Rainman]

I didn't know that the games were played outside.

+ 1

[Buddahfan]

Sounds like we are getting closer to a answer here....

If you were so inclined, I am not, you could probably find the treaty if there is one, in some kind of summarized form by searching for something like "Tax Treaty U.S. Canada"

[Buddahfan]

im gonna shy away from this one...

The Clippers have some very good young talent

Griffin
Gordon
Bledsoe
Aminu - Who will be better than Davis
Jordan

All obtained in the last few seasons through the draft.

Their biggest problem in my opinion is their head trainer and his strengthening and conditioning program. In my opinion his programs may be contributing significantly to Clippers history of higher than normal player days lost each season due to injury.

[TheGloveinRapsUniform]

The Clippers have some very good young talent

Griffin
Gordon
Bledsoe
Aminu - Who will be better than Davis
Jordan

All obtained in the last few seasons through the draft.

Their biggest problem in my opinion is their head trainer and his strengthening and conditioning program. In my opinion his programs may be contributing significantly to Clippers history of higher than normal player days lost each season due to injury.

I dont think you should be mentioning the Raps in the same sentence as the Clippers. That team is cursed, we dont want their bad luck rubbing off on us.

I think drafting young players and having young players on your team is good for the future, but even then, you need veteran leadership, and not just a veteran yapping on the sidelines, you need a guy on the floor for 30-35 minutes guiding these youngs during the game. Why do you think the phrase "experience counts" became a cliche in the NBA. Because experience counts. OKC did take the Lakers to game 7, but why did they lose? Because Durant didnt have the veteran leadership Kobe has. Kobe stunk during game 7 of the finals but the Lakers still won. Because of Pau and Odom? Sure, but Kobe was there and he made things happen.

I think you should refrain from using terms like "Who will be better than...." you dont want to shoot yourself on the foot and stuff it in your mouth later, hehehe thats 2 sayings in one! They said Olowokandi was the next David Robinson, Kwame Brown the next Tim Duncan, Bargnani, Oden....I think in the draft, picks 1-3 there's 60% chance the player will do good but 4 onwards is pretty much a coin toss. Like i always say, try and get talent in the current NBA pool, players who have experience, knows the system and can take an 82 game grind, if you really cant then draft it is.

Biggest problem with the clippers is theyre cursed and bad management, like the Raps (oh shit i mentioned them in the same sentence). theyre probably going to do something in the future to mess up the young core, like maybe trade one of them along with baron to sweeten the deal, or griffin gets injured again.

[heinz57]

the clippers only have one problem.

donald sterling

but its a massive greasy problem.. and it seeps down and infects everything beneath it.

[Buddahfan]

I dont think you should be mentioning the Raps in the same sentence as the Clippers. That team is cursed, we dont want their bad luck rubbing off on us.

I think drafting young players and having young players on your team is good for the future, but even then, you need veteran leadership, and not just a veteran yapping on the sidelines, you need a guy on the floor for 30-35 minutes guiding these youngs during the game. Why do you think the phrase "experience counts" became a cliche in the NBA. Because experience counts. OKC did take the Lakers to game 7, but why did they lose? Because Durant didnt have the veteran leadership Kobe has. Kobe stunk during game 7 of the finals but the Lakers still won. Because of Pau and Odom? Sure, but Kobe was there and he made things happen.

I think you should refrain from using terms like "Who will be better than...." you dont want to shoot yourself on the foot and stuff it in your mouth later, hehehe thats 2 sayings in one! They said Olowokandi was the next David Robinson, Kwame Brown the next Tim Duncan, Bargnani, Oden....I think in the draft, picks 1-3 there's 60% chance the player will do good but 4 onwards is pretty much a coin toss. Like i always say, try and get talent in the current NBA pool, players who have experience, knows the system and can take an 82 game grind, if you really cant then draft it is.

Biggest problem with the clippers is theyre cursed and bad management, like the Raps (oh shit i mentioned them in the same sentence). theyre probably going to do something in the future to mess up the young core, like maybe trade one of them along with baron to sweeten the deal, or griffin gets injured again.

In my opinion the biggest problem today with the Clippers is their head trainer.

This curse stuff is not in my realm of reality.

There is a rational explanation for everything that happens and the curse is not rational

As far as the young guys especially Aminu in this case I can tell that he is already better than Davis by far.

He is already averaging 15 and 8 per 36 minutes in about 12 mpg.

He is shooting 46% including 67% on his threes (7 for 11)

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...aminual01.html

Aminu can do it all except for one thing.

1. He can score inside, mid-range and shoot and make the three.
2. He can rebound
3. He can defend
4. He can run the floor
5. He has good handles.

He was a PF in college and the Clippers are using him at SF. So he needs to get up to speed in learning how to defend that position. However, he has all the physical skills to do that. It is just a matter of time until he learns how to do it.

Aminu would have to become a total head case, which is always possible, or become injury prone, which is always possible, but if neither of those two happen he will far better than Davis.

I have seen all of his games with the Clippers. The guy can just outright ball.

I also saw Davis play in the LVSL so I have a comparison though limited in playing time.

But in terms of overall physical and basketball skills Aminu has more than Davis. There is a reason that he was drafted before Davis.

The Clippers have not made a bad first round draft pick in the last three drafts. In fact all of the players are performing at least to if not in excess of expectations by the so called experts.

I do agree that you need a veteran to help a young core.

However, saying that I am not making any claims for the Clippers this season. It all depends on health. EJ is still by far their most important player. I don't think they have won a game in the last two seasons when he has been injured.

He is probably one of the best #2 guards in the league right now. You can make book on that. Since the FIBA tournament he has added the final touch that he needs to become an all-star and that is a stepped up aggressiveness.

VDN has them playing very hard except for Baron Davis.

Davis and Kaman are their two biggest problems. Kaman has a very low basketball IQ and his dumb plays vs Utah cost the Clippers the game vs Utah literally. The game only went into over time because Kaman committed a lane violation on a successful free throw by EJ, which if Kaman had not done the Clippers would have won.

Davis is horrible. I hate this guys game. I never liked it since his days at UCLA though he did put some very good numbers in N.O and with with GS. It has always seemed to me that he was a "me first" player. He would have been okay at maybe a #2 slot if he were taller. However, like Jack he is too much "me first" player to be a good Point Guard. Yes he has gotten credit for some past successes and I can't say that he didn't deserve it but his conditioning attitude and overall play since he signed with Clippers have stunk.

[Buddahfan]

the clippers only have one problem.

donald sterling

but its a massive greasy problem.. and it seeps down and infects everything beneath it.

You are parroting the Clipper bashers.

Yes Sterling may be the problem if he refuses to have their head trainer fired and replaced with someone who is competent. Sterling doesn't design the strength and conditioning programs, the Clippers head trainer, Jason Powell does. The guy in my opinion just needs to go.

People love to bash Sterling and I can't say a lot of it isn't warranted. I for one would have loved to see him sell the Clippers this last summer to a group of investors led by David Geffen. Alas, he did not.

However having said that the Clippers have lost a a lot a players games to injury under Powell's watch and he needs to go before the Clippers will ever become a success. You can't win in the NBA no matter what kind of talent you have on the roster if that talent is way to excessively injured and and out of uniform as a result.

[TheGloveinRapsUniform]

In my opinion the biggest problem today with the Clippers is their head trainer.

This curse stuff is not in my realm of reality.

I was just joking on the curse part, but maybe they are, who knows.

Well right now, even pick 58 Caracter is better than Davis. Because Davis hasnt played a single NBA game. Lets get back to this topic after Davis is fully healed and playing at his full speed.

EJ? or did you mean EG? Yeah Gordon is a beast.