Junk Drawer -- Dec. 31 New Year's Eve Edition
by prezofdeath on Dec 31, 2008 9:03 AM PST
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PrintSup y'all. Apparently it's new year's eve. I'm celebrating it more as a we-beat-boston-and-it-was-fun day.
Anyway, I've got more linkage going on than a sausage platter at your favorite breakfast dive, so dig in!
J-Quick says that LMA elbowed his way out of softness and into toughness. I think LMA has been tougher than we thought all along. And I'm pretty sure he slapped KG...not elbowed. But hey, it's all good.
J-quick already has some audio up as well.
Barrett throws down with the scoop.
Blazers have numbers. (inside hoop via truehoop via ESPN nba homepage) Worth reading....tons of links enclosed inside.
Rudy has some stiff competition. Joe Alexander just launched seejoedunk.com, and he is hilarious over there.
Alright, I'm out for now. Junk away, Blazer fans.
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If it was almost any other team
then I’d care about that 6 man play being a crappy no-call. But it was Boston, so I don’t.
-Shad
"If a doctor ever gives me six months to live, I want it in basketball time." - Marc Acito
The 6th man play.
Doc and various C’s are sure complaining about that call. I agree…bad call. Go ahead and complain. But what I don’t agree with is saying those 2 points were the difference at the end. The last 2 points are more important than the first two points. How come we don’t call a timeout between every posession at the beginning of the game until our timeouts are exhausted, drawing up a play for a “must score” posession? After all, those 2 points count the same as the 2 points at the end of the game.
How many bad calls can be found by reviewing a game with the comfort of time, replay and multiple angles…quite a few. How come one of the more unusual examples of a blown call has such greater impact on the outcome of a game than say a blown travelling call in the 3rd period, or a incorrect foul called in the 1st period?
Yeah, if the shoe was on the other foot I wouldn’t like it, but in that case I would bet Nate’s post game comment would be more like, “We didn’t lose because of a single bad call. They were called for 8 more fouls than us. They pummeled us on the boards. We lost because we didn’t play better.”
I’ve heard this sob story from Doc before. I think Phil Jackson must have some “Learn to Coach” DVD’s out and Doc has been studying hard.
The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers
by lukeyhere on Dec 31, 2008 1:31 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
With the celtics shooting the tech
it turned out to be only a one point advantage
Jaws were hitting the floor as Greg repeatedly attempted to tear the rim off the backboard...
rec
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THE TEACHER ......come into my classroom "THE PAINT" for some tutelage.
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"You could hurt somebody in the first row with a shot like that" -
Mike Rice, Portland at Denver 12/22/08
This is going to be an amazing dunk contest.
Alexander/Westbrook, Howard, Robinson? Amazing lineup. Not like Jamario Moon and Gerald Green of last year.
You have to admit
Gerald Green’s blow-out-the-candle dunk would have been the best dunk of the contest in most years. He just ran into the mac truck that was D-How.
"Another spam message pops up. It gets trapped. Nowhere to go. To the recycle bin. RIP CITY BABY." --Ben describing Schonz checking his email.
by prezofdeath on Dec 31, 2008 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
rumor has it that when he was with boston
he caught an alley oop pass off one of the C’s championship banners and jammed it home.
"Another spam message pops up. It gets trapped. Nowhere to go. To the recycle bin. RIP CITY BABY." --Ben describing Schonz checking his email.
is gerald green still in the league?
(cruel follow-up: if so, why?)
ignacio
last I heard he was riding pine in Dallas
"Another spam message pops up. It gets trapped. Nowhere to go. To the recycle bin. RIP CITY BABY." --Ben describing Schonz checking his email.
Happy New Years!!!!!
the other continents are celebrating so lets start the bubbly.
LMA sounds like he’s irritated with JQ…probably passed the memo to GO.
Rex should be in the dunk contest and were a dinosaur mask.
Rudy should light a cig and dunk it European style. That would be a 10.
"I just like to smile! Smiling's my favorite. Have you seen these toilets? They're GINORMOUS!" Buddy the "Elf"
Yeah
Regarding Quick and LA.
I love what Quick does at the end of the article.
"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 31, 2008 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
New Years Resolution
Cut the sanctimony, Blazer fans!
I hate when our fans act like they’re better than every one else. We’re sports fans, and honestly, my favorite part of the gig is talking crap. That being said, gloating on another board is just lame. Gloating to your friends who are Celtics fans? Priceless.
Ok...I mentioned that I now have a lucky cap
In yesterday’s JD I mentioned that the free giveaway Blazers cap I got on opening night seems to have magical properties to deliver a win. I wore it again last night (as I said I would) and viola!!
That being said….anyone else have a lucky piece of Blazers gear??? How effective is it?
That 70's show:
Kelso: Red! I guess ur wondering why I'm going through your stuff. See, I needed to borrow your saw...because I need to chop down a tree...because there's something stuck in it...an animal...a rabbit...and I would like to return that rabbit to the wild so it can lay its eggs!
Red: Kelso, rabbits don't..............how the hell did a rabbit get up a tree?
Kelso: uhhhhhh Eric threw it up there.
Red: Eric threw a rabbit up a tree?
Kelso: Yeah, he's a sadistic bastard.
We're 20-11 when I'm wearing pants
I think it’s a sign.
"Another spam message pops up. It gets trapped. Nowhere to go. To the recycle bin. RIP CITY BABY." --Ben describing Schonz checking his email.
by prezofdeath on Dec 31, 2008 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
what about when you are wearing a skirt??
and blouse tied at the navel??
That 70's show:
Kelso: Red! I guess ur wondering why I'm going through your stuff. See, I needed to borrow your saw...because I need to chop down a tree...because there's something stuck in it...an animal...a rabbit...and I would like to return that rabbit to the wild so it can lay its eggs!
Red: Kelso, rabbits don't..............how the hell did a rabbit get up a tree?
Kelso: uhhhhhh Eric threw it up there.
Red: Eric threw a rabbit up a tree?
Kelso: Yeah, he's a sadistic bastard.
by 92wastheyear on Dec 31, 2008 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
lmpo
p = pants
"Another spam message pops up. It gets trapped. Nowhere to go. To the recycle bin. RIP CITY BABY." --Ben describing Schonz checking his email.
Scoring while wearing pants is always a good sign
"I just like to smile! Smiling's my favorite. Have you seen these toilets? They're GINORMOUS!" Buddy the "Elf"
Messy isn't it??
That 70's show:
Kelso: Red! I guess ur wondering why I'm going through your stuff. See, I needed to borrow your saw...because I need to chop down a tree...because there's something stuck in it...an animal...a rabbit...and I would like to return that rabbit to the wild so it can lay its eggs!
Red: Kelso, rabbits don't..............how the hell did a rabbit get up a tree?
Kelso: uhhhhhh Eric threw it up there.
Red: Eric threw a rabbit up a tree?
Kelso: Yeah, he's a sadistic bastard.
by 92wastheyear on Dec 31, 2008 6:40 PM PST up reply actions
David Thorpe has a new rookie article up.
It’s worth a read on it’s own. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=thorpe_david&page=Rookies-081230&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab3pos1
One paragraph about why he’s liking Oden is worth pasting:
[Against Toronto] In the third quarter, Oden ran down the floor as the trail post and initially set an influence screen at the top to free up Steve Blake. Then he released to the weak side as LaMarcus Aldridge had the ball in the midpost. Oden set a flare screen for Brandon Roy in the corner, but LA passed the ball back to Blake at the top. With 10 seconds on the shot clock, Oden realized that Blake was not likely to break his guy down and create a shot, so he raced up to set a ball screen. Then he rolled to the rim, put his hand up and caught a pass from Blake that he flushed. What I loved about that play was his hustle to set the screen, realizing that every second counts.
Man
Blazers Edge is like someone with a split personality. Recently, I’ve seen it sad, angry, happy, depressed, giddy, and today it’s cocky.
"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 31, 2008 12:06 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
thats right, where did MikeFoo go?
weird. what happened.
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
thank!
on a random note , how’s life been?
Sophia
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Look who's talking !
That’s like putting lipstick on a pig,
the pot calling . . .
or COINCAST SUCKS !!!
It's GO time !
i didn't get to watch the game last night. i'm currently at my dads house in southern oregon.
dish network = no CSN. no internet up at his house either. shucks.
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Dec 31, 2008 12:46 PM PST reply actions
AWESOME!
thank you sir.
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Dec 31, 2008 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
Should have joined us at the Oak Tree . . .
Exit # 14, just SE of the People’s Republic
of Assland.
It's GO time !
Hey Dave
as far as Jeff Clark being upset about the spill-over. It started much earlier than the post-game. Serveral Boston bloggers (TheAncientRivalry included) were over here trolling throughout the day yesterday. I think a lot of fans did not react because they felt the Blazers were going to lose and so couldn’t talk trash back without looking like idiots. When the Blazers won, we could respond in kind to their comments.
I am not saying that it was the classy way to act by any means, but Blazer fans should be allowed to respond in kind, just as the Blazer’s themselves did last night.
Jaws were hitting the floor as Greg repeatedly attempted to tear the rim off the backboard...
This game is so bad, that I almost want it to go into OT
The score would look better and it would be funny if it ended in a tie.
LOL listened to game updates via ESPN via NBA Live 09 (really cool feature btw)
i thought maybe there was a rain delay that had the game stuck in the first quarter….lol talk about a snoozer of a game.
"Another spam message pops up. It gets trapped. Nowhere to go. To the recycle bin. RIP CITY BABY." --Ben describing Schonz checking his email.
Are you making a joke????
That’s it….I’m never coming back here!!
My avatar will self destruct in 5…4…3…2…
The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers
You change avatars like I change underwear.
A couple times a month, even if the old one isn’t stale yet.
The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers
I used to change it with my signature
Now I sometimes go commando with my signature. I have no reason for changing it so often, I guess I’m just fickle when it comes to avatars.
Words I'm getting sick of
fail
epic
insane
turning point
literally
like
rec
by tominhawaii on Dec 31, 2008 2:06 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
you don't like barbeques?
what’s wrong with you?!?!
"Another spam message pops up. It gets trapped. Nowhere to go. To the recycle bin. RIP CITY BABY." --Ben describing Schonz checking his email.
I want in on this action. A few words/phrases/colloquialisms that done jumped that shark long ago:
“legit”
“hot”
“sick”
“internets”
“IMO”
“banger”
Context is important in several of these though. “Baller” came dangerously close to making the list as well. Actually, go ahead and consider it on the list. That one’s tired.
Salaam.
how about
trade
sign
dude
cuz
bro
chill
wack
Good rookies go to bad teams, KP is trying to screw us!!
by In Walks Rudy on Dec 31, 2008 6:55 PM PST up reply actions
insane epik fail, jk
i think youve literally hit a turning point, and i like it. rec
December 18, 2008.
"Roy is Roy, and if I were to bet my life on a game of 5-on-5, I’d bet on whichever team Roy was playing on." by HurraKane212
Brandon's feeling better... Joel's feeling worse.
Joel’s injured but he’s going to try to play through it.
http://columbian.com/article/20081231/BLOGS05/812319991/-1/BLAZERBANTER
Dang, tough luck with Joel.
Be a heckuva fine time for Oden to continue his good play.
The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers
They say he will be able to wrap it and play
but I am still worried since it is on his shooting hand
That 70's show:
Kelso: Red! I guess ur wondering why I'm going through your stuff. See, I needed to borrow your saw...because I need to chop down a tree...because there's something stuck in it...an animal...a rabbit...and I would like to return that rabbit to the wild so it can lay its eggs!
Red: Kelso, rabbits don't..............how the hell did a rabbit get up a tree?
Kelso: uhhhhhh Eric threw it up there.
Red: Eric threw a rabbit up a tree?
Kelso: Yeah, he's a sadistic bastard.
by 92wastheyear on Dec 31, 2008 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
If Joel can't go
Wouldn’t you wish we still had Steven Hill? Oh wait, we can have him again… OKC released him to make room for Krstic. Drop the Shav and bring back Hill!
by danielfarrell on Dec 31, 2008 3:06 PM PST up reply actions
joel is a rock
"Another spam message pops up. It gets trapped. Nowhere to go. To the recycle bin. RIP CITY BABY." --Ben describing Schonz checking his email.
LMA *slapped* his way out of softness and into toughness
Doesn’t sound very satisfying, though.
Anybody else get pissed off at Paul Pierce for acting like every time a Blazer touched him last night
He was getting shot. This is not soccer Paul.
I know! Even Mike Barret said something like "... and Pierce reacts as if he's been shot..."
he was in full flop mode for certain
Sophia
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
was he acting like he was getting shot
or stabbed?
…
Good rookies go to bad teams, KP is trying to screw us!!
by In Walks Rudy on Dec 31, 2008 6:58 PM PST up reply actions
so much for his political ambitions
you live by the 3 drink minimum, you DUII for it
The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue.
i really shouldn't have made a joke about it.
he clearly has an addiction problem.
Sophia
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
i don't care if he's stuck at home drunk off his rocker
but please stay off the roads. please.
"Another spam message pops up. It gets trapped. Nowhere to go. To the recycle bin. RIP CITY BABY." --Ben describing Schonz checking his email.
How many zebras does it take to count six players?
Good rookies go to bad teams, KP is trying to screw us!!
woops, Nick Van Excellent
already posted that!
O well, it’s good enough to be seen twice.
Good rookies go to bad teams, KP is trying to screw us!!
by In Walks Rudy on Dec 31, 2008 4:56 PM PST up reply actions
There's only three kinds of people
Those who can count
and those who can’t count
GO
THE TEACHER ......come into my classroom "THE PAINT" for some tutelage.
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"You could hurt somebody in the first row with a shot like that" -
Mike Rice, Portland at Denver 12/22/08
by Blazer1342 on Dec 31, 2008 5:18 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
never gets old
"Another spam message pops up. It gets trapped. Nowhere to go. To the recycle bin. RIP CITY BABY." --Ben describing Schonz checking his email.
As long as they let us get away with the 6 on 5 thing
We should go for it
by southern oregon on Dec 31, 2008 5:25 PM PST reply actions
Did we win last night?
Whats up?
Roy To The World
by Outlaw is Rejector on Dec 31, 2008 6:22 PM PST reply actions
Does a win really count when you cheat?
Good rookies go to bad teams, KP is trying to screw us!!
by In Walks Rudy on Dec 31, 2008 6:46 PM PST up reply actions
counts as double actually
look it up
Roy To The World
by Outlaw is Rejector on Dec 31, 2008 8:44 PM PST up reply actions
Im Ashamed
Having just returned from reading the CelticsBlog, I have to say how ashamed I am by what I saw from certain BlazersEdge bloggers.
Not only did many comments reflect negatively on the poster themselves, but also stained our community. Celtics fans are intelligent and keen observers, unworthy of the disrespect thrown at them from people who claim to be Trail Blazer fans.
One bad apple doesnt ruin the bunch, and if that was the case, it wouldn’t stick in my craw. The problem however is that BlazersEdge fans went over there to gloat and make a mockery of the Celtics. I think thats not just wrong but entirely humiliating. We have no reason to invade their kingdom for the sake of braggadociousness.
We won a big game and it was a sweet win considering the pent of emotion over KG’s antics in the first game. After reading through it all, the win no longer tastes as sweet.
The BlazersEdge has separated itself from most other NBA SBNation blogs from what I have seen, not just in the volume of participation, but the quality of insight, humor, and tolerance, now the reputation changes into quarrelsome trolls whose self-service speaks of ignorance and dishonor.
Kudos to those who did post and kept it copasetic. My personal hang-doggery is somewhat consoled by your altruism.
If any Celtics fans read this, please don’t think all Trail Blazer fans are like that, we’re not.
Good luck and Hope for the New Year that you end up in the finals either against us or beating the L*kers.
Sincerely,
Bow4Meow
The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue.
by bow4meow on Dec 31, 2008 6:37 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
its weird bc
this whole trolling thing didn’t happen all that often before…and now that this site is growing its happening more and more regularly. its kind of sad.
Honor Terry Porter
by Philthyanimal on Dec 31, 2008 7:06 PM PST up reply actions
The larger the community
The wider the variety of members. Some of them don’t give a rip about the reputation of BE (and I know that the only person that has ever been banned from Canis Hoopus was a Blazer “fan” – probably there because of BE) or of Blazer fans in general. Some of us don’t buy into the part of “fanatic” that involves taunting or gloating or like behavior, but some think that’s the best part.
Like Bow4Meow I was embarrassed reading the comments on the Celtics blog and quit because I was so disgusted with some of the comments. I just wanted to pull the plug on some of the posters. Just because one has “the right” to do something doesn’t mean you should do it. Some people forget that rights come with responsibilities.
Anyone see this hit in the Oregon game
It was the biggest hit I’ve seen all year. I do not know how Zac Robinson got up after this hit. Youtube doesn’t do it justice, but if you saw the game you know what I’m talking about.
GO
THE TEACHER ......come into my classroom "THE PAINT" for some tutelage.
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"You could hurt somebody in the first row with a shot like that" -
Mike Rice, Portland at Denver 12/22/08
O wow
That was bad…
Good rookies go to bad teams, KP is trying to screw us!!
by In Walks Rudy on Dec 31, 2008 6:51 PM PST up reply actions
Yowwwwzas
"Another spam message pops up. It gets trapped. Nowhere to go. To the recycle bin. RIP CITY BABY." --Ben describing Schonz checking his email.
He laid there for a half a second with his head tilted back on the turf.
That’s not a blip in the youtube replay, that was true to the actual play. Not only did I think he was unconscious, I thought his career was over.
GO
THE TEACHER ......come into my classroom "THE PAINT" for some tutelage.
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"You could hurt somebody in the first row with a shot like that" -
Mike Rice, Portland at Denver 12/22/08
yeh that was pretty scary
glad he’s alright
"Another spam message pops up. It gets trapped. Nowhere to go. To the recycle bin. RIP CITY BABY." --Ben describing Schonz checking his email.
BlazersEdge is a Blazers blog
With NBA wide importance. The Junk Drawer, Trade Drawer, and constant fan updates.
Roy To The World
by Outlaw is Rejector on Dec 31, 2008 8:45 PM PST reply actions
was meant as a reply to Bow4Meow
Roy To The World
by Outlaw is Rejector on Dec 31, 2008 8:48 PM PST up reply actions
I knew that
what are you saying? HNY btw OiR
The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue.
I'm so high
on Fortune Cookies, that I can see the future.
Roy To The World
by Outlaw is Rejector on Dec 31, 2008 8:48 PM PST reply actions
why aren't you out somewhere/
its party time!
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
The party
is here with me and Travcat, except he just threw up a hairball, he is a lightweight!
Early morning work means neighborly celebration which is fine by me.
Roy To The World
by Outlaw is Rejector on Dec 31, 2008 9:49 PM PST up reply actions
are you sure they're fortune cookies
and not brownies with little stems in them?
The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue.
you da man
"Another spam message pops up. It gets trapped. Nowhere to go. To the recycle bin. RIP CITY BABY." --Ben describing Schonz checking his email.
i thought about saying it but I figured i was up at 2:22 talking to the man with no life
kinda’ one of those kettle calling the pot black or however that saying goes.
"Another spam message pops up. It gets trapped. Nowhere to go. To the recycle bin. RIP CITY BABY." --Ben describing Schonz checking his email.
that's actually exactly the kinda' thing I was coming from.
except there were no Blazer dancers.
and it wasn’t that wild….I wasn’t staggering
you know, come to think of it, it couldn’t hardly be classified as a party even.
other than those minor details, you nailed it exactly.
"Another spam message pops up. It gets trapped. Nowhere to go. To the recycle bin. RIP CITY BABY." --Ben describing Schonz checking his email.
So I was seeing flood warnings for down on the Trsk near Tillamook
didn’t you say your folks lived down there…
Yeh their house is on fairly high ground....
the sucky part is that they have access to the river down on the lower end of the property that is prime location for fishing….unfortunately the flooding is eroding their bank that they fish from.
lol kinda’ scary that you remembered that ;-)~ but yeh they’re fine….thanks for askin’ =D
"Another spam message pops up. It gets trapped. Nowhere to go. To the recycle bin. RIP CITY BABY." --Ben describing Schonz checking his email.
I remembered it because a couple of days after you mentioned it, I had
maybe the best day of fly fishing I’ve ever had in my life down on the Trask.
ahhh that's cool.
You live down in the area? or got family down there?
"Another spam message pops up. It gets trapped. Nowhere to go. To the recycle bin. RIP CITY BABY." --Ben describing Schonz checking his email.
No, I live near Portland, but I have a friend
who’s got access to some private property with great river access, so I get down there once or twice a year with him.
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