Some Quick Links

by Ben Golliver on Dec 30, 2008 11:53 AM PST

I really enjoyed this video tour with Bill Schonely. Seeing Schonz behind a desk was jarring. Do you think his office mates get sick of him calling play-by-play while he sifts through email? "Another spam message pops up. It gets trapped. Nowhere to go. To the recycle bin. RIP CITY BABY." When Schonz gets a cookie in the media room he stopped to say hi to Dwight, and I was randomly sitting across the table from him. Inexplicably, that footage didn't make the final cut. Booooooo

If you haven't yet read the Channing Frye piece in Willy Week, here's your link.

Mike Barrett discusses the injuries to Brandon and Greg and has audio from last night's Courtside interview with Nate McMillan.

Dwight Jaynes was talking for quite awhile with Coach about toughness and Garnett at practice yesterday. Here's what he came away with. Some telling quotes from Nate that make you read between the lines a little bit.

Brian Hendrickson lets us know that Brandon likes watching the Celtics on the tube.

Ezra found a hilarious Joel Przybilla meets Sasquatch video. I sense some kinship in that high-five.

Bust A Bucket has a humorous photoshop journey around last year's Western Conference playoff teams. "Kirelinko" and "Valtrex" are in the same sentence so you should definitely take a gander.

Hope you saw this long piece from Steve at CelticsBlog with his take on the Blazers. The comments over there are very interesting as well.

JE Skeets from Yahoo! has his best posts of 2008. Really cool.

Sean at Oregonlive has more links.

The latest blogger MVP/ROY voting courtesy of RaptorsHQ. My comments make me sound really bitter. But it took 15 minutes to think of the KG one so I hope you enjoy.

Power Rankings:

Hollinger -- #6, unchanged from #6
Stein -- #12, down from #10
CNNSI -- #10, down from #8
Hoopsworld -- #9, down from #7

-- Ben (benjamin.golliver@gmail.com)

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what the hell?

Are they testing Squatch in the Portland Market?

Jaws were hitting the floor as Greg repeatedly attempted to tear the rim off the backboard...

by TheOdenator on Dec 30, 2008 12:00 PM PST reply actions

that thing was scary

I heart taxes.

by everett on Dec 30, 2008 12:32 PM PST up reply actions

lol, you notice Bayless

almost breaking his neck looking at that thing as he ran past?

when i get sad, i stop being sad & become awesome again. true story.

by Net Ranger on Dec 30, 2008 4:02 PM PST up reply actions

I don't care about reason and logic on gameday

I voted the Blazers to win. Rational analyses are for off days and the preseason. Gimmie a Blazer double u.

"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"

by Magnum on Dec 30, 2008 12:21 PM PST reply actions 2 recs

seriously

Its not like we are trying to make an accurate prediction, that’s what the game jersey contest is for.

Jaws were hitting the floor as Greg repeatedly attempted to tear the rim off the backboard...

by TheOdenator on Dec 30, 2008 12:33 PM PST up reply actions

rec

If you can't convince them, confuse them -- Harry Truman, U.S. President

by jscot on Dec 30, 2008 12:34 PM PST up reply actions

Blazers win tonight

…by 35! Book it!!!!

by Gargen on Dec 30, 2008 1:21 PM PST up reply actions

bartender, i'll have what he's drinking

when i get sad, i stop being sad & become awesome again. true story.

by Net Ranger on Dec 30, 2008 4:04 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs

Is Bill Schonely short?

"There is a difference between having two guys banging down low and having two guys who can bang down low." - Blazin'

by tominhawaii on Dec 30, 2008 12:24 PM PST reply actions

4'11"

when i get sad, i stop being sad & become awesome again. true story.

by Net Ranger on Dec 30, 2008 4:04 PM PST up reply actions

Seems to be lots of videos of Seski Sasquatch

I didnt check them out, but maybe he just appears here and there like a “real” Sasquatch?

He did earn a double take from Bayless :-) Sometimes the rookies are more aware of these surroundings. I remember at one very early game I watched LMA touch every child’s hand as he ran that gauntlet – maybe that was the night/reason I fell in love with him – but now like most of the rest he never even looks at the kids. Too bad.

I have such a bad feeling about the game that I even turned down tickets. Well, mine wasn’t the final decision, but when my grandson (who hadn’t known I’d already said leave it to him) said no, he’d rather watch the Ducks tonight I wasn’t disappointed. I’ll watch via TiVo and fast forward if necessary. Can’t do that when you’re there.

Disclaimer: My “bad feelings” are not reliable. I just remember last year that I tried to get tickets to the Boston home game because we’d been humiliated in Boston and I thought our guys would come out strong, but couldn’t get tickets and I was wrong – we didn’t do any better at home. I just do not want to be there if they we are going to be embarrassed yet again. I’ve been present at lots of good games so if I miss one tonight, so be it.

by jorga on Dec 30, 2008 12:32 PM PST reply actions

Courtside audio

does anyone have a reliable link to the Courtside audio archives? Barrett used to include thenm in his blog, and they used to appear regularly in the Blazers.com podcast page, but not so much for the last month or so

A little help?

by two4larue on Dec 30, 2008 12:35 PM PST reply actions

How far back are you looking to go?

by Timmay! on Dec 30, 2008 2:49 PM PST up reply actions

this week would be fine

by two4larue on Dec 30, 2008 4:28 PM PST up reply actions

but if the link works

for next week’s Courtside mp3s that would be better, and then the week after that, etc

by two4larue on Dec 30, 2008 4:49 PM PST up reply actions

Yikes!!!

A close one coming … 50% say a loss, 51% say a win. Is that possible?!?! Who is doing this math? Mortimer?

Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
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by Y5k on Dec 30, 2008 12:50 PM PST reply actions

Crazy Rounding

It’s currently at 47 to 52. In votes, 99 to 111, out of 210 total.

99 / 210 = 0.471428571 = 47%, cool
111 / 210 = 0.528571429 = 53%, NOT 52%.

Unacceptable. Frankly I am outraged.

by pualo on Dec 30, 2008 1:50 PM PST up reply actions

Why the rip did Andrew Bogut get MVP votes in your little

discussion over at RapHQ? LOL

Wait you’re agnostic. That means you worship lawsuits. --TiH

by prezofdeath on Dec 30, 2008 1:01 PM PST reply actions

I hope I'm wrong.

"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 30, 2008 1:02 PM PST reply actions

Never read the BDL interview before.

The animal quote is hilarious

When you said “animal,” a monkey just popped into my head, and I was like, man, who doesn’t want to fly?

I want Greg to be good so bad.

by Cablinasian on Dec 30, 2008 1:25 PM PST reply actions

lafffffing out lowwwwd

at Ben. In fact, it’s worthy of new sig material.

"Another spam message pops up. It gets trapped. Nowhere to go. To the recycle bin. RIP CITY BABY." --Ben describing Shonz checking his email.

by prezofdeath on Dec 30, 2008 2:44 PM PST reply actions

Comment in Stein's Rankings

I know it’s just a comment, but this has to be posted. It was in response to Stein’s Power Rankings. (Note the guys name.)

Detroit-Sports (12/29/2008 at 10:05 AM)
TRUE POWER RANKINGS
1. CELTICS
2. CAVS (VERY IMPRESSIVE D…NEVER EXPECTED IT)
3. MAGIC (VERY UNDERRATED….GREAT COACH)
4. SPURS
5. PISTONS (BY THE END OF THE YEAR THEY WILL BE THE SECOND BEST TEAM…)
6. UTAH (IN MY OPINION LAST YEARS BEST TEAM IN THE WEST….VERY WEIRD THAT THEY LOST)
7. LAKERS (ITS LA……VERY OVERHYPED…….)

Let it begin.
1. I guess you could still argue this. Most of us would choose the 4 loss team who lost 2 at the beginning as opposed to the team that lost 2 recently though.
2. Never expected a team with Lebron James to be good once they got a legit player to go with him? Orly?
3. VERY UNDERRATED!!!!!! Stein has them at 4, they should be 3. That bastard!
4. Nothing really to say here other than Spurs over L.A. is LOL.
5. There is no bias from this guy at all. The Pistons are gonna win it all this year. They simply let the Thunder stay close to them to prove that AI could hit in the clutch…
6. This isn’t last year. This team is a legit 6 if they were healthy. IF IF IF.
7. I don’t like the Lakers, but rly? The lowest anyone could possibly have these guys right now is 4th, and even that is pushing it. Come on now buddy.

Hope his list entertained everyone!

by ChapinRA on Dec 30, 2008 3:23 PM PST reply actions

I'd probably go with these for my top 10

Cavs
Celtics
Lakers
Spurs
Magic
Hornets
Hawks
Nuggets
Blazers
Rockets

"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"

by Magnum on Dec 30, 2008 3:32 PM PST up reply actions

Hm...

Mine would go:

Celts
Cavs
Lakers
Spurs
Rockets
Magic
Hornets
Nuggets
Blazers-Hawks (really can’t wait for these games)

Jaws were hitting the floor as Greg repeatedly attempted to tear the rim off the backboard...

by TheOdenator on Dec 30, 2008 3:51 PM PST up reply actions

based on a 7 game playoff series...

celts
lakers
cavs
spurs
magic
rockets
hornets
suns
mavs
blazers

when i get sad, i stop being sad & become awesome again. true story.

by Net Ranger on Dec 30, 2008 4:11 PM PST up reply actions

I'd list them in order of losses

First with 5 losses: Cle, Bsn, LA.
Fourth with 7: Orl
Fifth: 9: NO
Sixth: 10: Atl
Tied for seventh: 11: Det, SA
Tied for ninth: 12: Den Hou Por Dal and Phx.

So, my top 10 has 13 teams in it. – Elgin

It doesn't mean you should just because you can. Like Abraham and Ishmael, fighting over sand - it doesn't mean you should just because you can. That is a fact of life. - Adrian Belew

by 22baylor on Jan 2, 2009 12:52 PM PST up reply actions