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The Junk Drawer--July 4th Weekend

Kitten_tiny by Dave on

Here's the fanpost in which to put all of your musings, on- or off-topic, that don't quite merit a separate post of their own.  Please note that even though this thread is, by definition, looser than the norm all site conversation rules apply here.  That includes no profanity and not spazzing out too much over religion or politics.

Gotta throw in some words to reach the 75-word limit:

Toucan, nanometer, hypnotic, oragami, seminal, hydrostatic, filibuster, punctual, atypical, pussilanimous, Arthurian, pluralism, gangrene, awkward, chopsticks, shampoo

--Dave   

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A great big YEP and a rec.

"Besides, AnntheFan will be here any minute to #25 you." T Darkstar

by annthefan on Jul 4, 2008 2:02 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

As long has it gets un-rec'd afterward it will be fine

Besides….Ann rec’d the comment not the post

"Some of Dave’s greatest gifts are unanswered posts."

by 92wastheyear on Jul 4, 2008 10:49 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

that was awsome

i watched your responce turn green.

"If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all"
Mom

by ptwnblzr on Jul 4, 2008 11:15 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Tell me GWB....

how does Iraq taste?

"Meow" --- My cat Bonzi on whether or not Travis Outlaw is a core member of the PTB.

by bow4meow on Jul 4, 2008 7:26 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Raef LaFrentz

I got to thinking today, about what it must be like to be Raef LaFrentz as a member of the Portland Trailblazers. On the one hand, it is hard to find too much sympathy for a guy who is making practically $13 Million a year for being a practice player…at the same time though, nobody wants him. How would you feel or handle it if nobody wanted you? Imagine yourself sitting on the Blazer’s bench, and knowing that the fans of this team can’t wait until you are no longer there. Imagine knowing the future this team has in store for itself, and knowing that not only are you not a part of it, but that your are an obstacle to it (except the RLEC part). The truth of the matter is, 99.9% of Blazer fans that truly follow the team and know anything about salary caps….they all wish he would go away.

The first year he was here, people were discussing what Raef could bring…a post player who could hit the outside shot and spread the floor. Though that is true to an extent, it is laughable, because it was basically a way to candy-coat the fact that we had to take on one of the worst contracts in the league in the Brandon Roy deal. Regardless of that, there was the smallest bit of intrigue of how he might be able to contribute. He has turned out to be “The guy we throw in there when all our other post players are on the verge of fouling out.”

That was then. Here in the now, nobody wants him. He is even lower on the depth chart because we have Oden and will have Ike Diogu.

It is sad and funny at the same time. Raef fits that rare description of a player that absolutely nobody wants, but yet you’ll never hear him get booed. Nobody likes you Raef! Yet because you’re a Blazer, we love you. Here’s to getting the Veteran’s Minimum in 09-10!

Can I buy you a fish sandwich?

by silkybrown on Jul 4, 2008 1:38 AM PDT   0 recs

its true

he must get sad…but then again i think the money and chance to be with these guys is compensation

Greatness + Greatness = Great Greatness

by noam16 on Jul 4, 2008 3:33 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I think it is better than the alternative

of having people discuss your career in the past tense and have to be reminded that you are still in the league.

by tingeyga on Jul 4, 2008 8:47 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

CTC.

"You don't live by the jumpshot, you die by the jumpshot." ---Charles Barkley, 2/7/08

by timbo on Jul 4, 2008 1:55 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I wouldn't be too surprised to see him get some playing time

I was pretty shocked that “Theo Ratliff’s expiring contract” actually did get quite some minutes in the playoffs, actually contributing something to a team this year that exceeded his value as just an EC for a team (though that was for a different club). I could imagine Raef experiencing the same. He even might play another season or two, though probably not for the Blazers.

Coach, I promise I wasn't running hard ...

by Norsktroll on Jul 4, 2008 2:00 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I doubt he feels too sad

He’s still in the 99.999% percentile of basketball players in the world, and he probably knows it. He usually looks like he’s having a good time on the bench, too.

by erastus25 on Jul 7, 2008 6:04 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

By the way

If we don’t end up trading his contract prior to the trading deadline, and we decide to let his salary come off of the books at the end of next season, does anybody here think we should just buy out the rest of his contract and open up a roster spot mid-season to add a player that might be more useful? That would make sense to me anyways.

Can I buy you a fish sandwich?

by silkybrown on Jul 4, 2008 1:43 AM PDT   0 recs

Are are going to be minutes available

for said player? To me that sounds doubtful

by tingeyga on Jul 4, 2008 8:49 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

wont really know till mid season

but can we trade a contract that has been bought ou? doesnt that meke him eligable for any roster at that piont, like fransis? there are those that would argue that buying out raifs contract would be shooting ourselves in the foot. and since we are over the cap, would we even be able to take on a player that we dont trade for. I think your right tingeyga, I dont think that would work at all.

"If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all"
Mom

by ptwnblzr on Jul 4, 2008 9:31 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

wow i had started my reply

as i was showeing up to a parrade, and after plesentrys, finished without reading 92s reply

"If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all"
Mom

by ptwnblzr on Jul 4, 2008 9:32 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

No...ya don't want to do that

See..his salary is good for trading during this upcoming season (before it expires) and if we cut him now…we wouldn’t be able to make that trade deadline move involving his contract (I don’t believe you can trade a bought out player). That would cause us to lose some of our flexiblity.

"Some of Dave’s greatest gifts are unanswered posts."

by 92wastheyear on Jul 4, 2008 9:12 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I've been misunderstood

The trade deadline is every February. If come February we don’t trade him (i.e. the deadline comes and goes), then he is just taking up roster space. Since he isn’t going to be resigned by us following the season, I was proposing the rest of his contract be bought out. I wasn’t suggesting buying him out prior to the deadline. Sorry if I wasn’t clear. That’s why I mentioned mid-season.

Can I buy you a fish sandwich?

by silkybrown on Jul 4, 2008 11:40 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Ah...good then that makes sense

But couldn’t we just keep him there on the roster and if someone good comes our way we can then waive him and have the same effect? Is this allowed? I really don’t know

"Some of Dave’s greatest gifts are unanswered posts."

by 92wastheyear on Jul 4, 2008 12:21 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I Love Candied Walnuts,

Vote Sam Bowie as Greatest "Other" Blazer Ever.

by Outlaw is Rejector on Jul 4, 2008 2:50 AM PDT   0 recs

I like Pecans

"Man I want to rec it again." - pualo talking about jscot's long comment

by tominhawaii on Jul 4, 2008 1:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

An advantage to having superstars...

...is the improvement of complementary players. Think Joel, Channing, and Rudy won’t get better by being matched up every day in practice against Greg, LMA, and Brandon? When they face an opposing team’s bench it’s going to seem like child’s play compared to what they’re used to.

by Sumito on Jul 4, 2008 4:24 AM PDT   0 recs

Shampoo?

Vote Sam Bowie as Greatest "Other" Blazer Ever.

by Outlaw is Rejector on Jul 4, 2008 4:45 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It's OK when you can't get realpoo...

I don’t follow?

"You don’t visit the coast, then ask where you could get some average seafood." -tominhawaii

by -ken on Jul 4, 2008 4:48 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Chinese Minister for Higiene.

Sham Poo

The Midnight Rambler

by amlmart1 on Jul 4, 2008 7:49 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

This isn't really helping his image as a team player.

If somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them.-Charles Barkley

by Winchester on Jul 4, 2008 6:26 AM PDT   0 recs

Man i hope Bayless is good....

because he is reminding me way to much of Telfair…

by Rudyculous on Jul 4, 2008 6:39 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Nah.

"Besides, AnntheFan will be here any minute to #25 you." T Darkstar

by annthefan on Jul 4, 2008 6:55 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

No way not even close.

Having one’s name tatted anywhere on one’s body is not, in my opinion, selfish or self centered. He is, perhaps proud of his surname, maybe reminding himself of where he came from. Or, he, as a 19 year old , wanted a tatoo and figured this would be a great idea. Not too flashy, easy to cover up when needed and not crude or trashy. I don;t know why we are arguing about this anyway, EVERYONE in the NBA has tattoos…sheesh! ( well except for BRoy but he’s clearly the exception)

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes. - Marcus Fabius Quintilian (35-95AD) Roman Rhetorician, Critic

by BlazerFan1 on Jul 4, 2008 10:43 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

really?

having my own name tatooed on my body wouldnt be considered selfich or arregent? or self centered? I hope this effort at reinforcing the idea that he will be great works for him, for our teams sake. but I am now skeptikal. james just doesnt seem somehow to be the quintisentiol team player.

"If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all"
Mom

by ptwnblzr on Jul 4, 2008 11:20 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

"having my own name tatooed on my body wouldnt be considered selfich or arregent"

All long as you didn’t mispell it

"Some of Dave’s greatest gifts are unanswered posts."

by 92wastheyear on Jul 4, 2008 11:41 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I get so tired of this kinda .......

but probably no more then you others get tired of reading my tribute to a failed public education system.

"If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all"
Mom

by ptwnblzr on Jul 4, 2008 2:19 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It is kind of annoying when they're serious, but I'm sure 92wastheyear isn't

He misspelled misspell. For ironic purposes, I’m guessing. In my opinion spelling doesn’t show a lack of intelligence/education or anything. If someone uses the words correctly but doesn’t spell them correctly it shouldn’t matter. Of course that’s just my opinion.

by Junior Del Norte on Jul 4, 2008 2:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Ptwn ....please no offense

I heard (read) you joking around about your spelling in another thread. You seemed to be taking a light-hearted stance on it so I thought it would be okay to joke around with you it. Seriously no offense intended. Junior caught the “Mispelling” I put in. Plus I truely thought it would be funny if someone misspelled their name on a tattoo…they would have to change their name!

"Some of Dave’s greatest gifts are unanswered posts."

by 92wastheyear on Jul 4, 2008 4:20 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Why do you think his name is spelled Jerryd?

President of the Petteri Koponen fan club.

by Sabonis4Ever on Jul 4, 2008 4:22 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

True story...

I have a big ole farm boy who works for me. He has his nickname tattooed on his arm. It says, “Big Contry”.

"You don’t visit the coast, then ask where you could get some average seafood." -tominhawaii

by -ken on Jul 4, 2008 4:27 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

LOL

Oh man, that is classic….

RUDY > MJ

by myemic23 on Jul 5, 2008 6:38 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

nah, we're str8!

it would figure the one person that wasn’t trying to be a d-bag about it would catch the pent resentment. im kinda a jerk that way. ive been making some retarded mistakes(work) and just fealling a little sesitive. my bad. I really need to just find an online sellchecker and start using it.

"If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all"
Mom

by ptwnblzr on Jul 4, 2008 10:31 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Good deal!!

"Some of Dave’s greatest gifts are unanswered posts."

by 92wastheyear on Jul 4, 2008 11:01 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Firefox

The web browser has a built-in one, so whenever you type a comment there’s a red line under misspelled words. It’s caught many a typo of mine in the years I’ve been using it. Plus, Firefox is awesome.

http://www.mozilla.com

"Well, Travis just showed us that we can go to Travis Outlaw." - Nate McMillan

by 12sharks on Jul 4, 2008 11:03 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

thanks

its downloading now, Ive heard about but had no idea how to get it.

"If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all"
Mom

by ptwnblzr on Jul 4, 2008 11:57 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

White guys

aren’t arrogant. They’re either quietly confident (classy) or expressive (passionate)

by Junior Del Norte on Jul 4, 2008 1:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

a-rod?

"If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all"
Mom

by ptwnblzr on Jul 4, 2008 2:13 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Dominican

Meaning he’s probably of mixed African/European descent with the possibility of some indigenous thrown in.

by Junior Del Norte on Jul 4, 2008 2:16 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Yup, they're intense or confident

What about Przybilla’s AND 1 tattoo? That’s worse than getting your name on your back.

I think things are going much too good for us lately, and some fans have to find something to worry about. They’ve been sullied by the bad years.

The good things we got going on are actually good, and we should all enjoy it and not nitpick to find a kink in the armour! If Bayless was some crazy egomaniac and no one knew this ever, would he have been able to hide it? He’s still just some 19 year old rook coming onto Brandon Roy’s team, and Roy doesn’t have a problem putting someone in their place. If he could do it to Z-Bo, he can do it to lil’ Bayless.

The worriers are worried over vague rumors and snap judgements. Worst case scenario, Bayless is talented but annoying and put into his place by Nate and Roy and Przybilla. It would also be the first time in Bayless’ short career where he was a selfish pain in the butt, so I don’t know why some expect it to start now…

I also don’t wanna see anymore ‘it’s like Telfair’ scenarios, when there is zero point zero zero zero things in common between the two. One is a upper-middle class suburban kid, one is related to Starbury and from a dangerous part of NY. One is under 6 foot, one is 6’3” in shoes with Jarrett Jack size. One can dunk, one can’t. One can shoot, one can’t. One did all of his damage against other tiny high school kids, one dominated some nights in the NCAA’s best conference. How are they at all similar?

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Jul 4, 2008 2:50 PM PDT to parent up   3 recs

Good grief. I just replied to one of your comments in the Darius thread asking the question

you answered in this one. Weird.

"Besides, AnntheFan will be here any minute to #25 you." T Darkstar

by annthefan on Jul 4, 2008 3:20 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Hee hee

And I referenced this post in my reply to you in the other thread.

MORTIMER!!

by Mortimer on Jul 4, 2008 3:33 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Whatever

I heard Bayless uses a pillowcase as a wallet.

"Man I want to rec it again." - pualo talking about jscot's long comment

by tominhawaii on Jul 4, 2008 3:32 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

No, that's Brandon Roy when he extends for CP3 money...

"You don't live by the jumpshot, you die by the jumpshot." ---Charles Barkley, 2/7/08

by timbo on Jul 4, 2008 8:28 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

he better

paul said he could have all he could carry. thats why hes been lifting weights.

"If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all"
Mom

by ptwnblzr on Jul 4, 2008 10:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

yep, and when women are confident

they get called things we can’t post in this family friendly blog.

Definitely a lot of double standards out there, but this could get ugly, so I’m done, too.

by Section323 on Jul 4, 2008 5:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

george bush

recieves this moniker all the time.

"If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all"
Mom

by ptwnblzr on Jul 4, 2008 2:03 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I like it

I think it says that he primarily defines himself as a basketball player. He’s used to having his name on his shoulders with a jersey… maybe this is just helpful for shirts and skins games.

That said, he looks like his body may be far more nba ready than most skinny little rookies.

by danielfarrell on Jul 4, 2008 7:28 AM PDT to parent up   2 recs

I think this a non-story

How is having that on your name on your back any more presumptuous than having a “Chosen 1” tattoo like LeBron?

Source

by tingeyga on Jul 4, 2008 8:57 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Top 10 Nominee
maybe this is just helpful for shirts and skins games.

How do I set my laser printer to stun?

by prezofdeath on Jul 4, 2008 10:10 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Damn, I accidentally stole your joke.

"You don't live by the jumpshot, you die by the jumpshot." ---Charles Barkley, 2/7/08

by timbo on Jul 4, 2008 1:57 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I owe you a quarter...

"You don't live by the jumpshot, you die by the jumpshot." ---Charles Barkley, 2/7/08

by timbo on Jul 4, 2008 1:59 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

OMG NOOOOOO

mistake

"If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all"
Mom

by ptwnblzr on Jul 4, 2008 9:42 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Is that Jarrett Jack's back?

Can I buy you a fish sandwich?

by silkybrown on Jul 4, 2008 11:41 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It is Nate's

He has a new mancrush

President of the Petteri Koponen fan club.

by Sabonis4Ever on Jul 4, 2008 11:52 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Helpful for shirts-n-skins gmes...

"You don't live by the jumpshot, you die by the jumpshot." ---Charles Barkley, 2/7/08

by timbo on Jul 4, 2008 1:56 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

PAY UP!

"Honor Terry Porter." Email me with your TP stories and memories.

by Ben. on Jul 4, 2008 3:31 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

check out his shoes in this one... classic mikes...

watch out below

"Honor Terry Porter." Email me with your TP stories and memories.

by Ben. on Jul 4, 2008 3:33 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Hey!! His arms look perfectly normal

Wassup with that?

"Some of Dave’s greatest gifts are unanswered posts."

by 92wastheyear on Jul 4, 2008 4:25 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Nah

He has short martial arts arms. He’d be a good ninja.

"Man I want to rec it again." - pualo talking about jscot's long comment

by tominhawaii on Jul 4, 2008 4:35 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

"His arms look perfectly normal" ?!?

In my neighborhood, we call that B.U.I.L.T. I’m not going to get get all obsessed about the length of his arms, but he looks more fit than Mr. Roy or Mr. Aldridge did in college.

by Corvid on Jul 4, 2008 9:42 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

That's what he calls his mom

"Shoot, I don't even have anything to put in my own sig"

These are the modest words of pualo, posted on June 20, 2008.
Yes, pualo, an extraordinarily discerning BEdger with a knack for subtle expression.

by CatMan2 on Jul 6, 2008 8:31 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Junk drawer

This is a really, really important question, around which the world revolves more or less—well probably a lot less.

If I get up in the morning, and it is after midnight in Portland, and Dave hasn’t opened a new junk drawer for the day, can I do it, if I have something important I want to put in it?

Because I always have something important to put in it.

Other people don't have as much practice at being wrong as I do -- HT, timbo

by jscot on Jul 4, 2008 6:28 AM PDT   0 recs

I think you gotta send Dave an email on that one.

I always look for Dave’s little smiling cat face, so you will confuse me.

by Section323 on Jul 4, 2008 6:00 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Jose Calderon message for amlmart1:

“Bueno Alfredo, creo que no ha hecho falta poner nerviosos a los Raptors,
supongo que ya sabes que me quedo en Toronto, Portland tendra que esperar

Jose” (viernes, 04 de julio de 2008 13:33 Spain time).

Use your translator.

The Midnight Rambler

by amlmart1 on Jul 4, 2008 7:17 AM PDT   0 recs