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Junk Drawer 081203 -- JaVale McGee Myopia Edition

He's 7 feet tall and averaging 8 points in about 19 minutes as a Center for the Bullets. Would YOU rather have him than Oden?

It's actually not such a silly question after that last showing by Greggy O. Two crashes at the rim, some truly horrible goalie work on the defensive end... This will be the 1/4 mark of the season today and it's midterm exam time -- hopefully Oden puts in a little cram session on the Whizzers and scores himself a B...

Okay, no Junk Drawer up yet and I'm off today and a little bored, so I will gather up the analog news distribution device and see what bilge I have to pump...

Item One. Joel Przybilla says that he hates New York because there are too damned many people and everything is expensive. Cites his room service breakfast -- pancakes, bowl of fruit, orange juice, pot of coffee. Bill: $126.00. "And I am not kidding," Pryz adds...

So what's the worst YOU have ever been hosed on something ordered from room service?

Item Two. University of Oregon luvva luvva Offensive Coordinator Chip Kelley. Promises to make him Head Coach, someday, eventually -- when Bellotti ends his tenure as Head Coach with a promotion to AD. Hey, it worked for the Seahawks with Jim Mora, didn't it?

Item Three. Blazers win in New York, extending their streak to 5. If they are able to beat the Wizzzzz (and they are favored by the Vegas smart boys by 6-1/2), they would then be heading to the Gahhhhden to take on the only team with a LONGER winning streak in the NBA, the Celtics, who are working on 9. The winner of that one would be (note verb tense) the team WITH THE LONGEST RUNNING STREAK IN THE ASSOCIATION. Wouldn't THAT be fun?

Actually, I see that the Cavs are also working on 5 straight wins, but play along with me a little, will you?

Item Four. Marty had to pull himself from practice Friday with "muscle fatigue" in his injured foot. Supposedly nothing big, but he's not coming back at maximum speed, which means that the minutes crunch at the forward position is temporarily postponed. Survivor Portland: The Superstar, Le Tayshaun, The Smooth Wing, The Isolation Gunner, and The Loquacious One -- one of 'em gets put in a ventilated cardboard box on the other side of the island, next to the crates marked REX, IKE, and SHAV...

Item Five. So are we gonna gamble on the date that Channing Frye is traded, or what? Put me down for January 7, to somebody in the East...

Item Six. News for Twiggs. "GM Begs for Bailout" the headline screams. Our automaking friends would love $34 Billion tax dollars to reward them for their business acumen and excellent product development record. Ummmmm, right. Of course, throwing money out of a helicopter in the No Banker Left Behind program was popular and I'm sure this will be, too. Gotta give 'em money for nothing and then have no bucks in the coffer to fund a crash alternative fuels campaign -- which would initiate a new "long cycle" with new technologies coming into vogue and consumers lining up to buy hybrids and fuel cell vehicles. Just you watch Congress muck this one up, too.

Item Seven. Republicans hold their Georgia Senate seat. Who is surprised by THAT result?

Okay, that's enough gunk for your trunk.

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Poll
JaVale McGee (warts and all) or Greg Oden (warts and all)?
Gimme McGee.
4 votes
Gimme Greggy.
153 votes
No preference, both rule and/or suck equally.
2 votes

159 votes | Poll has closed

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We want Rex! We want Rex!

"Now with a non-provocative footer!"

by timbo on Dec 3, 2008 9:46 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

yeah what the heck?

where was rex???

Greg Oden, where posters happen.

by ratbastird on Dec 3, 2008 12:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

JaVale was a recent victim of...

ESPN “highlighting” his lowlights. He had a terrible game recently and they decided to show all his terribleness.

Oden, every day. He’ll figure it out soon… then, watch out.

Channing is gone, I’m certain of it… unless someone gets hurt. Otherwise, he’s gone.

"When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car"

by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Dec 3, 2008 9:47 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

but what do we want for Frye?

i mean, he’s not expensive, plays well with others, does fair when he’s out there and can sometimes have a GREAT game or two.
what do we want for him?
I’ll say it again: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Dec 3, 2008 9:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

But as I understand it, this is the last year of his rookie contract, he represents a big cap-hold, and is gonna be a restricted free agent next season.

………………………… So let’s say the market price for 6’11" persons in the NBA is $6 Million. Are you ready to step up to the plate for that big a rip for a player who really isn’t?

Or does it not make more sense to move him before losing him?

"Now with a non-provocative footer!"

by timbo on Dec 3, 2008 9:58 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I don't think we have minutes for him

And I think we have a SF version of him in Batum. Scrappy, rebounding, always in the right place.

by Timmay! on Dec 3, 2008 10:05 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Once you get Lee, you move Outlaw...

"Now with a non-provocative footer!"

by timbo on Dec 3, 2008 10:06 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'd rather have David Lee Roth

than some of the players I’ve heard mentioned in (muddle-minded) trade-talks.

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Dec 3, 2008 10:21 AM PST up reply actions   1 recs

awesome

"People? You man Sheeple."

by Mike-Fu on Dec 3, 2008 10:29 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

thank you.

Seriously, he could rival K0be in the purple stretch-pants department.

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Dec 3, 2008 11:02 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm not sure Lee is a backup-minutes kind of guy.

David Lee Roth is at this point though, as noted.

by Timmay! on Dec 3, 2008 10:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I don't know Lee's personality...

But if you could swing a team with Pryz/Oden at the 5 and LMA/Lee at the 4, you would be SET.

"Now with a non-provocative footer!"

by timbo on Dec 3, 2008 10:46 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Channing Frye QO = $4,264,760 = Cap hold of ca. $9.49 million

For some reason I see him playing in Memphis next year. Don’t know why. Could be an Eastern conference team. But I have a hard time seeing him with the Blazers at the moment.

by Norsktroll on Dec 3, 2008 10:01 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'll be sad when he leaves

I like the buffet – warts & all. He was eating the league up last spring when Joel went down.

by DonkeyShins on Dec 3, 2008 1:22 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He'll be a hold on our cap space if we keep him and don't sign him.

Long term, I don’t see him staying.

The only option then is to trade him.

I don’t know what to get for him… I just don’t think he stays.

"When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car"

by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Dec 3, 2008 10:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Item 1:

Not room service, but …

 Went out to dinner with NY friends a few months back. Six of us total to super-steakhouse Peter Lugers. Famous place. They all start ordering for the table like crazy, tons of meat, sides, wine wine more wine, more meat.
The place is CASH ONLY, so I had took out my last $80, figuring if we went out afterward, I’d use the card for drinks and such. I was gonna get paid a week later, but I can live on nothing if need be. Still, it was my last $80.

Total for six people (bill to be split evenly by all): $300 per person.

BANG!

My buddy lent me the money until I got my paycheck.

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Dec 3, 2008 9:58 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

That's how we do it in NY, you know.

and he doesn’t even like football.

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Dec 3, 2008 10:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

ouch.

I bet that was an unwelcome surprise.

"When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car"

by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Dec 3, 2008 10:04 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

sucked.

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Dec 3, 2008 10:21 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not many good room service stories. But I have a similar one to Y5k from the "Bearfoot Bistro" in Whistler, BC

Didn’t look fancy, we just wanted a nice meal. Our main goal for the evening was to get to the hot tub before the sauna closes. Was inside a Best Western. Pretty dark and cold. View on a parking space. We ordered some water. The Franco-Canadian waiter replied in a gay accent “We don’t have water, we have water from the mountains”. Ookay, we take that. Then I started looking at the menu. Everything on it were elaborate meals and most of them expensive like crazy. I took the wine menu. Chateau Mouton Rothschild. Chateauneuf-Du-Pape. Veuve Cliquot. And so on. And not just one, but from virtually dozens of years. Oops. I stopped reading at 5000 Canadian Dollars per bottle. We ended up eating salmon and drinking just a glass of one of their cheapest white wines, which still totaled to much more than we intended to spend. And while it was served on a fancy stone plate it didn’t even taste that great. For the whole time we sat there, everybody who came in but one Asian couple obviously were surprised and just had come in there by accident. A group of teenagers just left. Another group just ordered Martinis and then left.
It would not have surprised me to find such a restaurant in the local Fairview Hotel. But a Best Western?! Later in the evening we studied the brochures of the hotel, and they had endorsements like “Top 5 Restaurants in a Ski Resort” or “Cigar Aficionado advises all travelers to take the 2-3 hours drive from Vancouver”. Definitely one of my weirder eating experiences.

P.S.: One of the best meals I ever had was in the Tour D’Argent in Paris. But there I expected to pay a month’s worth of salary ;-)

by Norsktroll on Dec 3, 2008 10:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Sounds terrible.

I don’t mind dropping big money on a fantastic meal, but on a crappy one, I get a little ticked.
The Blue Stone Farm a few hours north of NYC is fantastic. Fantastically spendy, yes; but also amazingly good, in a great working-farm setting that could not be more pleasing. The Clintons eat there fairly often, I hear.
Incidentally, one of the best meals I ever had was at a Bangkok food stall on wheels run by a little old lady. Paper plate of Pad Thai for roughly 15 cents, 20 cents if you wanted egg in it. All made fresh right before your eyes.

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Dec 3, 2008 11:39 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

best meal i ever had

was at a place just outside Florence, Italy. You had to walk through this little convenience store thing to get to it. I don’t know what the place was called. I don’t know how much I payed. But it was the best steak I ever had in my life.

by DrivetheLane on Dec 3, 2008 12:11 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That sounds like a place I went to in Sienna

A true mom & pop place. Four courses, incredible food. Seven dollars.

by Corvid on Dec 3, 2008 12:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I love finding those places.

but often, you go back a few weeks later, or a month or something, and the food isn’t quite what you remembered.

If you are ever in the Virgin Islands, here’s a tip.
In St. Thomas, USVI, there is a chicken truck (a van renovated into a mobile kitchen) outside the downtown Banco Popular in Charlotte Amalie that opens around 8 or 9 pm and sells THE BEST damned BBQ chicken you ever ate. Totally cheap and will probably give you worms in the long run, but man oh man is it good.
In Tortola, British Virgin Islands, there are three or four Chicken Busses that do the same trick, but generally it’s fried chicken. They open even later. We used to hit them after the bars. They’re all painted different colors, so you’d say, “I’ll meet you at the red chicken bus at midnight” or whatever. Tourists never eat at these places, instead shelling our big money for much worse food.
local knowledge always wins.

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Dec 3, 2008 12:39 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hotel Restaurants

Two and a half years ago I had some training classes at this place in suburban Maryland. My wife flew into Baltimore to spend some with her aunt and then her aunt drove her to meet up with me. It was about dinner time when my wife and aunt-in-law arrived at the hotel. Because it was about 6pm, the least I could do was to buy my aunt-in-law dinner at the hotel, which literally is the only place to eat for miles. My meals at the hotel restaurant where included with my room so I (at this point in time) have no idea what the price of things are. We go to the restaurant and I ask the cashier “How much for 2 people to eat dinner?” He says “Dinner is $25+tax” and I do the math and figure $12.50+tax per person is pretty reasonable and hand him my credit card. The cashier swipes my card and the register shows a total of $54.34 and I quickly realize that he meant $25+tax per person. Did I mention that my aunt-in-law is a vegetarian and the only thing in the restaurant that is meatless is a tossed salad?

by tingeyga on Dec 3, 2008 11:32 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

$25 tossed salad! Yikes!

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Dec 3, 2008 11:40 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Really?

I thought that all of the hotel restaurants in Vegas were cheap so that you would stick around a gamble

by tingeyga on Dec 3, 2008 12:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

or

is it a “tossed salad,” the prison term for um … a display of affection.

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Dec 3, 2008 12:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

some places in vegas are really really good

and really really expensive.

Greg Oden, where posters happen.

by ratbastird on Dec 3, 2008 12:59 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Vegas is no longer cheap, that's for sure.

"Now with a non-provocative footer!"

by timbo on Dec 3, 2008 1:32 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Been there and had a similar experience

We took a client and the sales guy and I got the bill and when we tried to pay with plastic and got shut out it was embarrasing. Next thing I know we are scrambling to find the cash. Luckily I had brought some extra and we made it through. Bill was not quite bad as yours but about $200 a piece…..

"I saw him in the face" Sergio's quote on the latest alley-oop to Rudy.

by blazermaniac32 on Dec 3, 2008 11:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

burly, hu?

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Dec 3, 2008 12:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It was good, but

thank goodness it was on the company dime! Eventually.

"I saw him in the face" Sergio's quote on the latest alley-oop to Rudy.

by blazermaniac32 on Dec 3, 2008 2:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Once I went through the drive thru at McD's...

and ordered 2 cheeseburgers, but only got 1.

Sheesh.

There’s 69 cents I’ll never get back.

The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers

by lukeyhere on Dec 3, 2008 2:52 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Todays message to Shavlik will have to be about Channing

It’s just gonna be hard to motivate Shav to tell the guy in front of him how to play better…

BUT: I will try … cause I can’t take watching Channing play the way he has anymore! And I know I’m not alone…It’s like the Bedger’s are gonna form a torch bearing mob like in Young Frankenstein, and just rush into practice one day demanding blood…

I can’t get the picture out of my mind of him floating around the 3 point line at the top of the key…not for a high pick…nothing going on around him ….no one between him and the basket…waiting for the pass so he can jack a super low %2pt’ er THEN noticing someone about to hoist onefrom the left side, he glances underneath, see’s Pryz w/2 knicks …and just…..watches…AHHHHHRRRGGGGGHHHH!!! Lee rebounds…up the floor they go…

I keep seeing it over and over…i think its like some post traumatic stress thing…I mean I know Shav’s my buddy…he’s no all star, but I want him to play….but I been quiet…I’ve been kind…I know Chan is coming off that surgery, his shot might be off, his quickness, lat mvt…BUT DOESN"T HE KNOW HOW TO PLAY *%$#@! BASKETBALL??

Shav would contribute 3+ offensive rebounds a game — would not hoist shots past 15 feet, would be a high post player who could feed the real jump shooters on the team, AND WOULD BE IN POSITION TO ACTUALLY DO THE THINGS PF"S DO!!

Maybe Chan is outplaying him in the little 3X3’s they run in practice…but when it’s 5X5 he is LOST!

And secondly, Channing vs Trav = Trav. period. He’s more athletic, a better shooter, has a clutch component to him and can provide a huge offensive boost now & then…

Sorry ….hadta vent…

by LetsBlaze on Dec 3, 2008 10:04 AM PST reply actions   1 recs

It's sad to say because I like him a lot...

but Travis > Frye.

"When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car"

by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Dec 3, 2008 10:06 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I hear you.

Tough, because I like Channing’s personality so much, but that was just ugly last night. U_G_L_Y.

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Dec 3, 2008 10:25 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Once last nite I saw Travis

head away from the paint when a shot went up,Channing did it so many times I was screaming at my screen

by southern oregon on Dec 3, 2008 11:10 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

i almost want to blame nate

for making him a foul machine and for his job to supposedly spread the floor and bring big men out of the paint. he did really well when playing the 5 last year when pryz was hurt, but not well enough to help the blazers finish above .500 :-(

by appel82 on Dec 3, 2008 11:38 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well..

Maybe part of the problem is that it is HIS game and not the game of someone who is playing a role …a role that he his given….

like, OK — you are the 4, the 4 does blah…

and instead he’s out there free lancing in a sense, doing what he likes rather than what the PFcomponent of a functional offense does

by LetsBlaze on Dec 3, 2008 11:38 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Henry Abbott:
Przybilla is a no-frills player. He attempts only simple things. But he achieves nearly all of them. He has made nearly 84 percent (46-of-55) of his shots this season.

"Now with a non-provocative footer!"

by timbo on Dec 3, 2008 11:37 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I made a bet last night for a beer that Pryz would hit 100% of his shots.

Then he goes 4-6, damn it.

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Dec 3, 2008 11:43 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

pryz is the player on the blazers that Shavlik is most like

not the most clearly gifted in terms of speed or leaping ability BUT an amzing grasp of the basic fundamentals…brisk efficient execution..cognizance of floor positioning (ie appropriateness of role) BBIQ…its not so hard…

by LetsBlaze on Dec 3, 2008 11:45 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Pretty Hilarious BLAZER/KNICK game blog mentioned in the FanShots... (BlazerLicious Smartassery)
4:17 – Mike Rice comes out of the gate strong tonight with the astute observation that "we’ve got Spanish flags" in the crowd. Rice is smiling broadly, but I’m not sure at what, exactly. He looks especially drunk tonight.
4:52 – Rice can’t tell whether we’re shooting 31% or 38% from the field because of the "fuzzy monitor." Yeah, it could be that. Or it could be the gallon of whiskey you drank 15 minutes before show time.

KOBESTOPPERS BLOG

"Now with a non-provocative footer!"

by timbo on Dec 3, 2008 10:17 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

ha!

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Dec 3, 2008 10:25 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That write up was HILARIOUS

I too noted that Rice looked especially drunk last night. I could practically smell him on my side of the tv.

Rudy for ROY
Campaign 08-09

"Rudy is not everyday a shooter." ~Rudy Fernandez

by twiggs on Dec 3, 2008 10:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

One of my favs
5:39 – Rice pronounces cognizant as "cog-uh-nuh-zent." He’s on a roll. Can’t we get him some coffee, or something? Or, like, a cold shower during halftime? Something. Anything. I’m begging you.

Rudy for ROY
Campaign 08-09

"Rudy is not everyday a shooter." ~Rudy Fernandez

by twiggs on Dec 3, 2008 11:01 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

lol

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Dec 3, 2008 11:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I disagree with this...
4:40 – Well good evening, Rebecca Harlow. You’re looking lovely, as always. I’m pretty sure that Rebecca is the only sideline reporter in the history of sideline reporters who I’m actually OK with. Stop your crying, Craig Sager. I’ve made up my mind.

Cheryl Miller is pretty cool, too.

That is really hideous
--jscot

by prezofdeath on Dec 3, 2008 12:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I like Cheryl. Rebecca's a little easier on the eyes, but Cheryl's cool.

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Dec 3, 2008 12:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Cheryl Miller is good.

"Now with a non-provocative footer!"

by timbo on Dec 3, 2008 1:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

There was a guy that came in here a month (?) ago

that stated that McGee was better than Oden. A lot of people thought he was joking and rect. him. He was not joking. I went to their site the other day, and he posted some of our comments, and some were saying that we are complete homers. I’ll see if I can find the link. I’ll still take Greg even if he only averages 8 pts. a game. Some of his blocks should count for a block and a half. He should get some hockey assists too. Many times his pass leads to the pass that gets the assist.

My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.

by OCBlazerFan1 on Dec 3, 2008 10:18 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I chose RULE AND/OR SUCK EQUALLY, since Oden at the moment is looking to me like no better than an 8 ppg. guy that can't play defense...

I’ll grind up some stats after today’s game and maybe that will make me into a happy, smiley patient person. But the adjective I would use next to Oden is RAW.

"Now with a non-provocative footer!"

by timbo on Dec 3, 2008 10:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He'll get there, man. Trust me. In a year, we'll look back and think ... "man, has Greg come a long way."

It’ll all-star time before too long.

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Dec 3, 2008 10:27 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

McGee is not like Oden

I watched the Wizards against the Hawks (complete game), and a few sequences from the Nets and other games. He is good, but a totally different player. Quicker, more athletic, but rail thin. Greg and Joel should have no big problems to box him out for rebounds.

by Norsktroll on Dec 3, 2008 10:34 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

yup he's raw

but most of us expected him to be raw this year.

I bypassed him in the fantasy league because I thought the 60 ranking was too high/low/whatever for me. He should have gone later in the draft but one poor sucker picked him at 40. I was just ticked I lost out on Roy and Aldridge hasn’t lived up to my expectations yet.

Greg Oden, where posters happen.

by ratbastird on Dec 3, 2008 1:05 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'll tell you who I fell in love with is Spencer Hawes of the Kings...

………………………….. 6’11" or so that can move and shoot and rebound. He had an assist with a behind the back pass on a fast break last night and ran a really sweet spin move to the rack, too. And he’s deadly from range. If Sacramento goes down to a fiery end this season, I would move heaven and earth to get him… They’re playing to a mostly-empty arena and couldn’t hold off the Jazz sans Boozer and Kirilenko last night; it’s not too far-fetched to see their season going down the toilet and them doing something stupid to shake things up.

Hawes isn’t as agile as Dirk, but that’s the same sort of capability he shows as a 4. You can mention those two in the same breath, I think — Dirk as the superstar and Hawes as the cheap but mostly good Chinese knock-off…

"Now with a non-provocative footer!"

by timbo on Dec 3, 2008 10:42 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I'm okay with Dirk.

……………………. What I hate are lethargic slugs camping out near the 3 point circle with the expectation of hoisting a 20 foot jumper. Hawes is in pretty constant motion and he DOES get into the paint.

"Now with a non-provocative footer!"

by timbo on Dec 3, 2008 11:33 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

AND He's friends with Marty & Roy. (Seattle guys)

My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.

by OCBlazerFan1 on Dec 3, 2008 12:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Pryz mentioned as the hero last night by Abbot

“But as an in-person witness, I’m here to tell you that the game was decided not by any of those things, but instead by a gutsy play by a big Polish-American kid from Minnesota.”

Zilla

by staylost on Dec 3, 2008 10:55 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Joel has shifted gears

practice is like big man camp tho —thats gotta help..

Joel 7’1
Greg 7’
Lma 6’11
Chan 6’11
Shav 6’10
Trav 6’9
IKE 6’9
 
considering they were working with LMA & Chan on the 5 spot too …putting Greg through the learning curve helps everybody..

 Joel looks VERY good…not having the burden of having watched earlier fails, I gotta say he is totally the anchor…seems sometimes that the newer guys (esp Rudy) didn’t know he didn’t catch well and just started hitting him with passes…and he handled it, and it caught on…

but footwork is good, timing is exquisite, positioning excellent, hustle off the chart, intensity completely appropriate….(and no he is not paying me)…

hope i get to watch tonight

by LetsBlaze on Dec 3, 2008 11:15 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

watch? you should go to the game.

I know what you mean about rudy hitting him with those bullet passes. Joel at first was like: “What?!”
Now’s he’s catching them, sometimes, and then shooting 95 percent or so!

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Dec 3, 2008 11:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm ticked this was a during the week roadtrip

I even have a seminar on Sat Morning so I’m not going to Boston either…it sucks

by LetsBlaze on Dec 3, 2008 11:19 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

sorry dude.

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Dec 3, 2008 11:42 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

plus a lot of other guys boards

are a result of Joel doing such a good job boxing out.I love Greg but I want him to have to earn the starting job,at this point Joel is a much better player

by southern oregon on Dec 3, 2008 11:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Wacky board software posted my Henry Abbott quote in the wrong place above...
Przybilla is a no-frills player. He attempts only simple things. But he achieves nearly all of them. He has made nearly 84 percent (46-of-55) of his shots this season.

"Now with a non-provocative footer!"

by timbo on Dec 3, 2008 11:41 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I posted this in the fanshots but

pretty funny Blazers-Knicks running diary here:

http://kobestoppers.blogspot.com/2008/12/running-diary-blazers-at-knickerbockers.html

Excerpts:

4:52 – Rice can’t tell whether we’re shooting 31% or 38% from the field because of the "fuzzy monitor." Yeah, it could be that. Or it could be the gallon of whiskey you drank 15 minutes before show time.

5:26 – Malik Rose is (finally) whistled for the most egregious travel in the history of basketball. And here I thought that Malik Rose had been dead for like seven years. Huh. I guess you learn something new everyday.

6:29 – In the play of the game, PrzybillaMonster sends Harrington’s business right back in his grill, followed immediately by a Fernandez triple in transition. Al, listen to me carefully. Do not ever, under any circumstances, EVER attempt to dunk on the Vanilla Gorilla ever again. You have brought shame to your house.

"I like blocks," Fernandez said.

by joelor on Dec 3, 2008 10:56 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Joel Przybilla FTW!

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Dec 3, 2008 11:01 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

One Bedger only

Myself. A friend and I are trying our hand at this blogging business, using our years of vague high school journalistic knowledge.

Don’t worry, I’ll be plugging the poop out of it.

"I like blocks," Fernandez said.

by joelor on Dec 3, 2008 11:45 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And whoa, I didn't even see that you already mentioned it.

I gotta call my mom!

"I like blocks," Fernandez said.

by joelor on Dec 3, 2008 11:47 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

You da man! You da man!

That’s the BEST kind of basketball blogging there is… Minute by minute with the smartass knob turned to 11…

"Now with a non-provocative footer!"

by timbo on Dec 3, 2008 11:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

agreed. It's fantastic.

Well done, Joeler.

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Dec 3, 2008 12:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

sorry

joelor

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Dec 3, 2008 12:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Gonzo play-by-play

As smooth as Mike Rice’s whiskey and as easy on the eyes as Rebecca Harlow. Gotta love it.

by DonkeyShins on Dec 3, 2008 1:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The journalists in NY are also pretty funny

When Walsh said “I’m finished talking about Stephon Marbury” and said he wanted to talk about the game against the Blazers, someone asked “OK, Donnie. Here’s a Portland question: How do you think Jerome James will do tonight defending Greg Oden?” ZING

by Norsktroll on Dec 3, 2008 12:36 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

wow. ZAP!

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Dec 3, 2008 12:40 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

yowzas

That is really hideous
--jscot

by prezofdeath on Dec 3, 2008 12:45 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

LOL

He gets the Golden Huevos award for that one.

by DonkeyShins on Dec 3, 2008 1:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Spam time!

I already hit up the Mike Rice thread with this link, but if you didn’t make it over there, read this article on Rice. It’s sweet.

That is really hideous
--jscot

by prezofdeath on Dec 3, 2008 12:44 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

My daughter is home sick from school

So she asked my to read her The Grinch, being a good dad …I did so. But it reminded me that I had written a Blazer version of it last summer. I spruced it up some and I will repost it here…in a reply.

On drowning my daughter before she becomes a teenager (to my son)-"You know how when you want to drown someone, you first tie something heavy to the their foot?" My Son: "Yeah?" Me:"You're the something heavy"

by 92wastheyear on Dec 3, 2008 12:46 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Wow.

Just wow.

+1

"I like blocks," Fernandez said.

by joelor on Dec 3, 2008 12:57 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That was epic

That is really hideous
--jscot

by prezofdeath on Dec 3, 2008 1:19 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

My man

Doing a little recreational recording this weekend and I have a nice little Tom Scott and the LA express kind of thing that needs some words,maybe my people could talk to your people?

by southern oregon on Dec 3, 2008 2:38 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Absolutely

On drowning my daughter before she becomes a teenager (to my son)-"You know how when you want to drown someone, you first tie something heavy to the their foot?" My Son: "Yeah?" Me:"You're the something heavy"

by 92wastheyear on Dec 3, 2008 2:40 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I sent ya an email

On drowning my daughter before she becomes a teenager (to my son)-"You know how when you want to drown someone, you first tie something heavy to the their foot?" My Son: "Yeah?" Me:"You're the something heavy"

by 92wastheyear on Dec 3, 2008 6:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is pure genius

Rec’d. Can you post this every day for us, pretty please?

Rudy for ROY
Campaign 08-09

"Rudy is not everyday a shooter." ~Rudy Fernandez

by twiggs on Dec 3, 2008 2:39 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

twiggs, the babymama wrote me a hate message on myspace.

i need backup.
seriously

sophia

"Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcreaft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians. [speech at GOP Presidential Convention 1992] Rev. Pat Robertson

by BlazerFan1 on Dec 3, 2008 3:17 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Rudy finally got Twiggs’ number.

by DrivetheLane on Dec 3, 2008 1:02 PM PST reply actions   2 recs

LOL

"Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcreaft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians. [speech at GOP Presidential Convention 1992] Rev. Pat Robertson

by BlazerFan1 on Dec 3, 2008 1:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's right. That's right.

And I personally have to rec you as well (I am rec happy today)

Rudy for ROY
Campaign 08-09

"Rudy is not everyday a shooter." ~Rudy Fernandez

by twiggs on Dec 3, 2008 2:40 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

awesome

That is really hideous
--jscot

by prezofdeath on Dec 5, 2008 11:44 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

After the New York game, I thought this was funny.

Poor grammar is poor communication.
Poor communication causes misunderstanding.
Misunderstanding causes fighting.
Fighting causes war.
War causes death.
Therefore, your poor grammar may just kill us all.

(One of Two Official Blazer's Edge Poets Laureate for the 2008-2009 Season)

by T Darkstar on Dec 3, 2008 1:03 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I love it.

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Dec 3, 2008 1:06 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

lol

"Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcreaft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians. [speech at GOP Presidential Convention 1992] Rev. Pat Robertson

by BlazerFan1 on Dec 3, 2008 1:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

true true

That is really hideous
--jscot

by prezofdeath on Dec 3, 2008 1:19 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Totally random YouTube videos that are making me laugh

Houston Rockets players impersonate Dikembe Mutombo
Pretty self explanatory. Although it kind of makes me angry that Shane battier is making me crack up, being a Duke hater and all.

huge wrestler crushes small wrestler Audio NSFW
The ginormous guy body slamming someone is entertaining enough, but the commentary after 30 seconds is just ridiculous. I would give you a teaser quote here, but I don’t want to get my post flagged.

by KobeStoppa on Dec 3, 2008 2:01 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

At the Miami game . . .

       I bought two beers for $ 16. That was
bad enough !! As an attendee of hundreds
of pro basketball/baseball games, I try to
never buy the grossly overpriced food & drink.
Room service ? Never !

It's GO time !

by walkoff41 on Dec 3, 2008 2:11 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

What's with people who don't understand the JD recs?

JD first gets posted, I add a rec to bump it to 2.

A little while later I see it’s at 7 recs so I pull mine back. Only needs 5 to be recommended and any extras make it harder to unrec later.

Now it has 9. Good work, rec happy BEdgers.

by shralpster on Dec 3, 2008 2:25 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

It is now official

I just notified my 13 year old son that we’re going down to the courthouse tomorrow and have his name officially changed to Rudy

On drowning my daughter before she becomes a teenager (to my son)-"You know how when you want to drown someone, you first tie something heavy to the their foot?" My Son: "Yeah?" Me:"You're the something heavy"

by 92wastheyear on Dec 3, 2008 6:30 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Gratuitous post of tonight's boxscore...

"Now with a non-provocative footer!"

by timbo on Dec 3, 2008 6:47 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Darn you beat me to it… McGee put up those stats in 18 minutes

MLB2PDX!!! (someday...)

by The Cactus Leaguer on Dec 3, 2008 6:48 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Anytime… and thank you for going with the “Javale McGee myopia” title on this junk drawer.

MLB2PDX!!! (someday...)

by The Cactus Leaguer on Dec 3, 2008 6:54 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

WHAT!?

Who’s recording these blocks? we had way more than that!

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k

by Y5k on Dec 3, 2008 6:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

On to the next ridiculous comparison… I select… Golden State fans who insist that Monta Ellis was/is better than Brandon Roy, and Ellis got hosed last year for not being an all-star.

MLB2PDX!!! (someday...)

by The Cactus Leaguer on Dec 3, 2008 6:53 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

feel free to ignore that feed

crappy quality, MIA up 11 with 46 seconds to go. this one is in the books, folks.

by shralpster on Dec 3, 2008 7:50 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

only, it's not over, apparently.

there’s something wrong with my brain. that’s only the end of the 3rd.

by shralpster on Dec 3, 2008 7:52 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He's 18 pts./13 reb. tonight...

"Now with a non-provocative footer!"

by timbo on Dec 3, 2008 8:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

according to something on nba dot com

we have the 3rd best bench after the jazz and the lickers

by appel82 on Dec 3, 2008 8:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

that's the nba for ya

not an objective alaysis at all.

"Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcreaft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians. [speech at GOP Presidential Convention 1992] Rev. Pat Robertson

by BlazerFan1 on Dec 3, 2008 8:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

lol i was being sarcastic. feeding into the conspiracy theorist's

notion that NBA generates fake stats to enhance the value of a team.

Sophia

"Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcreaft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians. [speech at GOP Presidential Convention 1992] Rev. Pat Robertson

by BlazerFan1 on Dec 3, 2008 8:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He's the kind of dude

that would fit well on Portland.

by torsoheap on Dec 3, 2008 8:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I know you are going to dream of a way to get Rlec and Channing to the Jazz for Milsap

Gawwwddd that would make our bench literally unstoppable. We may have to add Travis or Martell, preferrrably Travis, he looks GREAT on paper and that’s 2 contracts expiring next year and rlec this year… I think the Jazz would be dumb NOT to do that trade!

Sophia

"Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcreaft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians. [speech at GOP Presidential Convention 1992] Rev. Pat Robertson

by BlazerFan1 on Dec 3, 2008 8:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

lol

"Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcreaft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians. [speech at GOP Presidential Convention 1992] Rev. Pat Robertson

by BlazerFan1 on Dec 3, 2008 8:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The difficulty in trading for Millsap (aside from the fact that the Utah like him)

is that his salary is so low the Jazz would need to add some cap filler in order for a trade involving just Channing

by tingeyga on Dec 3, 2008 9:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

http://www.supersonicsoul.com/2008/11/note-to-self-add-more-pics-of.html

76 percent chance blazers edge is written by a man

Draft Kyle Singler.

by Ben. on Dec 3, 2008 8:13 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Dave has been too emotional lately , not distant enough

I cant see how he has caused the percentage to drop.

Sophia

"Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcreaft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians. [speech at GOP Presidential Convention 1992] Rev. Pat Robertson

by BlazerFan1 on Dec 3, 2008 8:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

dang i ruined it, " I can'

"Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcreaft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians. [speech at GOP Presidential Convention 1992] Rev. Pat Robertson

by BlazerFan1 on Dec 3, 2008 8:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Aha!

I knew it! We’re more manly than those ^&#ing sons of $#@)! at Blog A Bull.

by Corvid on Dec 3, 2008 8:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I got my "rudy for ROY paid for by twiggs" bumper sticker! It's soo awesome

So now when you see a suburu in Portland with that sticker on the left bumper, you know that it’s me!!!

Sophia

"Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcreaft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians. [speech at GOP Presidential Convention 1992] Rev. Pat Robertson

by BlazerFan1 on Dec 3, 2008 8:27 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

random question

1. why do four year olds think “poop” is a cutting insult?

My son is playing w/ an action figure and dog doy.

The dog toy is a sqeecky shark and is fighting batman, who is like 2 inchs tall. Batman is losing and the shark is monologing like a good villian about "the evil poop head’! Oh wait! Batman has escaped and says "poop is for suckas! "

Wow Batman just called the shark the N word..time to shut her down!

Sophia

"Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcreaft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians. [speech at GOP Presidential Convention 1992] Rev. Pat Robertson

by BlazerFan1 on Dec 3, 2008 8:38 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Hurry

By the way………..poop is for suckas

On drowning my daughter before she becomes a teenager (to my son)-"You know how when you want to drown someone, you first tie something heavy to the their foot?" My Son: "Yeah?" Me:"You're the something heavy"

by 92wastheyear on Dec 3, 2008 8:46 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Linda Cohn on Sports Center

teased the Blazers as The Young Guns. Citing the fact that they have posted their best start in a decade!!! Story is in next segment

On drowning my daughter before she becomes a teenager (to my son)-"You know how when you want to drown someone, you first tie something heavy to the their foot?" My Son: "Yeah?" Me:"You're the something heavy"

by 92wastheyear on Dec 3, 2008 8:49 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

dang i missed it. gotta turn sportscenter on and see if they re play that segment...

young guns.. how appropriate for her to say.. Linda WATCH IT!

Sophia

"Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcreaft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians. [speech at GOP Presidential Convention 1992] Rev. Pat Robertson

by BlazerFan1 on Dec 3, 2008 9:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Lol...they will replay it all night probly

On drowning my daughter before she becomes a teenager (to my son)-"You know how when you want to drown someone, you first tie something heavy to the their foot?" My Son: "Yeah?" Me:"You're the something heavy"

by 92wastheyear on Dec 3, 2008 9:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Bored

"Oregonians For Eric Spoelstra" - Founder and President

by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Dec 4, 2008 12:30 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

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