Mac 10 Loves Rudy!
by OCBlazerFan1 on Aug 28, 2008 5:17 PM PDT
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My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.
by OCBlazerFan1 on Aug 28, 2008 5:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I started making dumb giddy noises a third into it,
…So he’s playing for us. Oh yeah. I see that right now."
Nate McMillion
(our) great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit, our system of of credit is privately concentrated, the growth of our nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men... who necessarily, by very reason of their own limitations, chill and check and destroy genuine economic freedom.
We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world - no government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.
--- Woodrow Wilson
by ptwnblzr on Aug 28, 2008 5:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I did my Christmasy laugh and I am at work
I'm a little confused by your tactics
by oderiferous emanations 74 on Aug 28, 2008 5:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Ibid
Yow!!!
‘McMillan said that early in the Olympics, after watching Spain’s second game, he had a fitful night of sleep.
‘"I was so impressed with him that it was to the point where after the second time I saw him, I didn’t sleep that night because I was moving my rotations around," McMillan said. “I swear I did not sleep. I could not sleep thinking about him. Because I’m saying, ‘We can put him here, do this with him, do that with him and Brandon (Roy), and do this… So he’s playing for us. Oh yeah. I see that right now.”’
Dude!
'77
by LaoTzu on Aug 28, 2008 5:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I've never seen Ibid. used in that was before.
Turns out that it does seem to be a proper use. Hmm. I might have to steal that from you for use in the future.
One of Two Official Blazer's Edge Poets Laureate for the 2008-2009 Season
"In vino veritas." - Latin proverb
"Ich sitze hier und trinke mein gutes Wittenbergisch Bier und das Reich Gottes kommt von ganz alleine" - Martin Luther
"μηκέτι ὑδροπότει, ἀλλὰ οἴνῳ ὀλίγῳ χρῶ διὰ τὸν στόμαχον καὶ τὰς πυκνάς σου ἀσθενείας." - 1 Timothy 5:23
by T Darkstar on Aug 28, 2008 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ya beat me to it!
I was going to get all quotesky with that paragraph — it was my favorite part of the article. I love the idea of Nate losing sleep over this guy. Nate NEVER gets excited about rooks, other than Taurean Green.
by Corvid on Aug 28, 2008 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow; what an endorsement from The Man himself
We are now justified in acting like 4 year olds hyped up on sugar on Christmas!
by jaywalker on Aug 28, 2008 5:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Ridiculous comment
We are Blazer fans. We are always justified in acting like that.
Other people don't have as much practice at being wrong as I do -- HT, timbo
by jscot on Aug 29, 2008 1:59 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
You are right; I stand corrected; but
from time to time we are accused of irrational exuberance. Now our irrational exuberance has been officially sanctioned by Nate.
by jaywalker on Aug 29, 2008 4:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was giddy when I read this too.
Great news. Is it openening night yet?
My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.
by OCBlazerFan1 on Aug 28, 2008 5:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
:) I love it
We almost have too many good players… if thats even possible.
Little known fact: Rudy Fernandez once roundhouse kicked Chuck Norris in the face while simultaneously dunking on it.
by In Walks Rudy on Aug 28, 2008 5:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I got a totally different take on the thing,
IMO Nate is so-so on Rudy, see:
‘Yeah, he’s cool.’ Like no big deal.
or
“Yeah, he’s alright,”
and most telling:
“He’s okay. Still has to work on going to his left.”
Are those the words of praise? We need to trade this guy NOW for Telfair or even better Ha. Ship him back to the orient where he plays so good and we can get back the Korean Dream to challenge Oden for the starting spot.
by SpyderRyder on Aug 28, 2008 6:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
read it again
I think Quick is saying that Mac was playing possum- not wanting to talk glowingly about Rudy in front of his fellow Team USA coaches. Quick is clearly reporting that Nate is very excited about Rudy.
Boomshakalaka
by jksnake99 on Aug 28, 2008 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Read Spyder's post again
He is clearly using the sarcasm font
Styx -"I'm schizophrenic....and so am I"
by 92wastheyear on Aug 28, 2008 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
clearly
Little known fact: Rudy Fernandez once roundhouse kicked Chuck Norris in the face while simultaneously dunking on it.
by In Walks Rudy on Aug 28, 2008 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
who's a possum?
"I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five."
Who else? Charles Barkley
by prezofdeath on Aug 29, 2008 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This must be
Sarcasm reaching a new, deeper zone. Snake, my hat’s off to you.
"... and with the thirteenth pick in the 2008 NBA draft, the Portland Trailblazers select: David Bowie, of space." Draft Bowie!
by Sarbonis on Aug 28, 2008 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow
I can’t believe I missed that.
I need a new sarcasm detector (that would be a real useful invention).
Boomshakalaka
by jksnake99 on Aug 28, 2008 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wait
did you really miss that, or are you being sacastic? haha
Little known fact: Rudy Fernandez once roundhouse kicked Chuck Norris in the face while simultaneously dunking on it.
by In Walks Rudy on Aug 28, 2008 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It gets deeper
"... and with the thirteenth pick in the 2008 NBA draft, the Portland Trailblazers select: David Bowie, of space." Draft Bowie!
by Sarbonis on Aug 28, 2008 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Courtesy of John I.Q. Nerdelbaum Frink
by Corvid on Aug 28, 2008 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wait! The red cup is upside down you idiot!
No way the machine can work that way.
Aldridge said. "We feel like we can beat any team. We feel like we can beat the Spurs, Suns, Lakers, Mavericks, whoever any night right now, and we'll still be here when those teams get old and their guys retire. We're going to be here for a long time."
by lee3022 on Aug 30, 2008 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nerdelbaum Fink is Nazi!
Revealed in his Third Reich salute
"He doesn't let grass grow under his feet when there are points to be had." - Dave
by BlueBooYay on Sep 1, 2008 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Modeled on a somebody like Wernher von Braun maybe?
Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."
by Norsktroll on Sep 1, 2008 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno
Maybe a ChiTown Fan, like Belusi, rootin’ for a 3peat?
"He doesn't let grass grow under his feet when there are points to be had." - Dave
by BlueBooYay on Sep 1, 2008 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hehehehee
I am doing my happy dance. An endorsement from Nate on Rudy is freaking HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAPPY DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RUDY > MJ
by myemic23 on Aug 28, 2008 6:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I have NEVER heard Nate
this high on a Rook. This is huge. I am a believer! Then I saw Nate’s face! do do do do do Now I’m a believer!
My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.
by OCBlazerFan1 on Aug 28, 2008 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Taurean Green
lol Nate will never live that down
by jamon51 on Sep 2, 2008 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
7 Olympic Games and Nate jumps also into the bandwagon. Another homer...
The Midnight Rambler
by amlmart1 on Aug 28, 2008 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually I think he watched before some Rudy... but he needed this kind of confirmation.
Not everybody can envision talent as you and me do, myemic.
The Midnight Rambler
by amlmart1 on Aug 28, 2008 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
;-) Half kidding?
The Midnight Rambler
by amlmart1 on Aug 28, 2008 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which half?
Nola compreda
"He doesn't let grass grow under his feet when there are points to be had." - Dave
by BlueBooYay on Aug 28, 2008 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Like "half of a joke" and "half of a serious statement" in the same phrase. Does it work out?.
I luvs my broken English. ;-)
The Midnight Rambler
by amlmart1 on Aug 28, 2008 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, you had it right.
Half kidding would make sense. You were serious in the subject line but kidding when you addressed myemic.
Pretty solid English all around.
by Cablinasian on Aug 28, 2008 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was trying to say that you, me, KP and Nate are geniuses.....
My wink “;-)” indicates that you know what I am talking about, but others don’t believe in Rudy like we do, or something like that. A wink face is a sign of trust and understanding IMO….
OK, I suck at explaining this, jump in at will. Massive ridicule accepted…
RUDY > MJ
by myemic23 on Aug 28, 2008 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Love learning, thanks.
The Midnight Rambler
by amlmart1 on Aug 29, 2008 1:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do you know that your avatar reminds me from distance the image of a bulfighter and a bull?
The Midnight Rambler
by amlmart1 on Aug 29, 2008 1:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
avatar
avatar in Hindu philosophy is the ‘descent’ or incarnation of a divine being (deva) or the supreme being (God) onto planet Earth. Is there another meaning?
by 1spike62 on Sep 2, 2008 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a representative
And that’s the way the term avatar is mainly used on the Internet, a picture or digital character to represent the user (or his mood, ideas, …) in a non-physical environment.
I think SBNation just calls the little picture your profile image.
Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."
by Norsktroll on Sep 2, 2008 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hey...
no taking me off the Rudy wagon. I’ve been there since we snagged him.
I was also on the sergio wagon since HE was drafted… but that’s been a more painful bumpy ride that I don’t want to talk about right now.
Ford: Bill, you're claiming victory already? Have you had a "Mission Accomplished" banner printed yet?
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=DraftDebate-080624
by ratbastird on Aug 29, 2008 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Amlmart, I luvs your sense of humor
I can’t get over how witty you are in English. I can’t even imagine how clever you are in Spanish . . .
by Corvid on Aug 28, 2008 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's trying to be serious
and keeps making funny mistakes. It’s not polite to laugh, just look quietly away.
Like when he said he’s really an English professor at Oxford. What he meant is that he’s trying to speak in English to an ox while it is crossing a stream. This is actually an insult to English speakers, by the way — it means he thinks if you speak English, you’re a dumb ox.
Other people don't have as much practice at being wrong as I do -- HT, timbo
by jscot on Aug 29, 2008 2:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know you were joking somewhat amlmart1 but
you are totally on the mark! You and myemic23 have been extremely avid and long time vocal supporters of Rudy. I even recall myemic being somewhat ridiculed for his – what seemed like to some – over-the-top enthusiasm for Rudy’s game. Now there are so many jumping on the bandwagon I fear you guys might be crowded off. Not to worry though, I for one will remember your loyalty to Rudy and your unwavering early support.
I remember telling him how impressed I was with a player during summer league. In Avery's unique voice, he replied, "Marc, it's summer league." I
by TwoDeep on Aug 29, 2008 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep
I actually almost featured these two guys in my fanpost on Rudy’s dunk, but it was so long already….
Other people don't have as much practice at being wrong as I do -- HT, timbo
by jscot on Aug 29, 2008 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
its weird that it took everybody so long to jump on board
i watched two of his pre olympic games and i was blown away….
by BroyTheTruth on Aug 29, 2008 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great jscot. I'm satisfied to see that others noticed.
I remember telling him how impressed I was with a player during summer league. In Avery's unique voice, he replied, "Marc, it's summer league." I
by TwoDeep on Aug 29, 2008 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks guys...
But even a broken clock is right twice a day….
RUDY > MJ
by myemic23 on Aug 29, 2008 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But you were wrong
I was going to go after you because you had admitted that your signature wasn’t really serious, a few months ago. I had you sitting at your computer, asking yourself over and over why you had said that, that maybe RUDY > MJ is true after all, and everyone would have thought you were brilliant — but you had admitted you weren’t serious about it.
Oh, well. Maybe I’ll write another fan post picking on you some day.
One of my fan posts got 50 signatures. And you thought I was egotistical before. But nobody can do Ego like I can.
by jscot on Aug 30, 2008 2:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wasn't RUDY>MJ
just to spite Fatty?
Little known fact: Rudy Fernandez once roundhouse kicked Chuck Norris in the face while simultaneously dunking on it.
by In Walks Rudy on Aug 30, 2008 8:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who cares?
When I wrote that fan-post targeting this, that, and the other person, I really wasn’t bothering too much about facts. Facts can be such a nuisance sometimes.
One of my fan posts got 50 signatures. And you thought I was egotistical before. But nobody can do Ego like I can.
by jscot on Sep 1, 2008 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That attitude can only help...
…when you finally rule the world. Pesky facts only get in the way.
by DonkeyShins on Sep 1, 2008 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
To be honest...
I don’t really remember how or when I started using that. I have always repped Rudy and how much I like his game, so at this point I am calling it extreme hyperbole….
RUDY > MJ
by myemic23 on Sep 1, 2008 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I knew i saw that somewhere...
“In honor of fatty I shall permanently refer to Rudy as the next MJ through my signature, I know he would have wanted it that way.”
by myemic23 on Sep 13, 2007 9:23 PM PDT actions 0 recs
http://www.blazersedge.com/2007/9/13/18438/5224#4745020
Little known fact: Rudy Fernandez once roundhouse kicked Chuck Norris in the face while simultaneously dunking on it.
by In Walks Rudy on Sep 5, 2008 6:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great
scott jscot. Wowww. That was an 8.0 on the lamometer
"I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five."
Who else? Charles Barkley
by prezofdeath on Aug 29, 2008 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep, I had my foreigner license to be treated kindly. Myemic, on the other hand, was targeted. My hero!
The Midnight Rambler
by amlmart1 on Aug 29, 2008 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now that we know Rudy is good
We can treat you badly like we treat our fellow Americans.
If he sucked we would have just felt bad for you and thought you only said he was good because you’re both scheming Spaniards. Now that we know that you know what you are talking about, we can treat you badly without worrying we are being mean!
Huzzah!
Mortimer
by Mortimer on Aug 29, 2008 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I´m Ok with that.
I was even almost jealous with everybody being targeted sometime. I was the odd man out. Now I feel integrated.
PS: Do you think that my time in BE may count to get my residence permit if I ever go there?.
The Midnight Rambler
by amlmart1 on Aug 29, 2008 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well...you certainly are odd
Feel better?
Styx -"I'm schizophrenic....and so am I"
by 92wastheyear on Aug 29, 2008 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm hurt
Here I’ve targeted you several times, and you never pay any attention to me.
One of my fan posts got 50 signatures. And you thought I was egotistical before. But nobody can do Ego like I can.
by jscot on Aug 30, 2008 2:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yours is love, I can feel it.
The Midnight Rambler
by amlmart1 on Aug 30, 2008 5:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, sure
Talk about love, but never pay attention to a person.
I think we need counseling before this relationship explodes.
One of my fan posts got 50 signatures. And you thought I was egotistical before. But nobody can do Ego like I can.
by jscot on Aug 30, 2008 6:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It just might help get the permit
And if not, I’ll be happy to marry you Amlmart1. It’s easier than filling out all of those residence permit papers… BOOOOOOORING. Let’s get hitched and say adios to this crazy world.
Mortimer
by Mortimer on Aug 29, 2008 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tempting but I can´t take that bite. I´m hooked.
The Midnight Rambler
by amlmart1 on Aug 29, 2008 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
no biting
(our) great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit, our system of of credit is privately concentrated, the growth of our nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men... who necessarily, by very reason of their own limitations, chill and check and destroy genuine economic freedom.
We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world - no government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.
--- Woodrow Wilson
by ptwnblzr on Aug 29, 2008 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Amlmart's a hooker?
I thought this was a family-friendly blog
"I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five."
Who else? Charles Barkley
by prezofdeath on Aug 29, 2008 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No no no!
Don’t admit to Homeland Security that you are a BE’er because they will deny applications from fanatics! Just say you love the Knocks Knicks and you will get right in.
Aldridge said. "We feel like we can beat any team. We feel like we can beat the Spurs, Suns, Lakers, Mavericks, whoever any night right now, and we'll still be here when those teams get old and their guys retire. We're going to be here for a long time."
by lee3022 on Aug 30, 2008 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've been on Rudy's bandwagon since I first saw a photo of him and
realized he’d be a great basketball player based on his looks alone. JamesOn has poor taste in men. Or maybe he’s just jealous of Rudy’s good looks. ;p
"Besides, AnntheFan will be here any minute to #25 you." T Darkstar
by annthefan on Aug 29, 2008 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
3 rookies = 3 Fearless additions
Coach Nate just said it, Rudy is fearless
We all know by now that J.B. “The Lionhearted” is destined to be fearless
Greg “Zues” Oden, yeah he might qualify as fearless too.
This combined with their shear raw talent just has never happened. It’s a new dawning for the NBA history books.
3 fearless rookies at the same time in one year? I am truly scared by this revelation and what it may mean.
The Oden Era, Day 426
by Heymoe on Aug 28, 2008 7:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Am I the only one that has been on a major Rudy excitement rollercoaster?
Best player in Europe! Weeeeeeeeeee
But he’s not MJ… err yeah
He may still be Manu though and that’s pretty dang good!
Still unproven against NBA players though, and we all remember what happened with Euro stud Darko
His team won the mumble mumble tournament and he was the MVP!
But Marc freakin Gasol was still league MVP
He’s going to be leading the Spanish team!
But why isn’t he getting more minutes and there’s some pretty ho hum games in there
Holy crap, did you see that gold medal game? against the NBA’s best too!
But he fouled out in short minutes because he couldn’t defend the NBA players
That dunk was freakin SWEET!!!!
But Kobe gambled for the steal and Dwight was slow to rotate
Nate loves him!
Here’s to hoping the coaster breaks down and I get stuck at the top.
by Gargen on Aug 28, 2008 8:11 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
My favorite quote.
“Over there, you talk about the U.S. basketball team, and Rudy is the next thing you talk about. It was Team USA. Rudy.”
My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.
by OCBlazerFan1 on Aug 28, 2008 8:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I am holding off getting excited
Until Nate says something along the lines of “His outside shooting is going to win us a couple of games this year.”
Joel Freeland=Stud
by hightide on Aug 28, 2008 8:53 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
o snap
nice one
Woof
by Charles Barkley McLovin on Aug 29, 2008 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shouldn't that get you less excited about Rudy?
Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."
by Norsktroll on Aug 29, 2008 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We have seen his outside shooting though.
While he’s not Kaponen, he’s not exactly D. Miles from 3 pt range either.
My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.
by OCBlazerFan1 on Aug 29, 2008 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow this is great
i am soo glad we have mooooorrrrrreeeeee exciting things to waaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt for.
Sophia
"Thank God those nightmarish booty-less days are behind us. I blame cocaine."-Mortimer
I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another. - Homer
That was a very hard winter,
and it was just like one long night,
with me lying awake, waiting and waiting and waiting
for daybreak.
- Black Elk
1881
The wild hawk stood with the down on his beak And stared with his foot on the prey. - Lord Alfred Tennyson
by BlazerFan1 on Aug 28, 2008 9:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This month?
The high-energy shooting guard for Spain, who will join the Blazers this month.
Is that a typo?
by DarthBlazer on Aug 28, 2008 11:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
this is still August my friend
Rudy would have to get here by this Sunday in order to fill the bill.
The perfect is the enemy of the good.
by vavoom on Aug 28, 2008 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks Einstein.
That is why I asked the question. I didn’t write the article, Jason Quick did.
by DarthBlazer on Aug 29, 2008 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
holy moly i would be happy
"Thank God those nightmarish booty-less days are behind us. I blame cocaine."-Mortimer
I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another. - Homer
That was a very hard winter,
and it was just like one long night,
with me lying awake, waiting and waiting and waiting
for daybreak.
- Black Elk
1881
The wild hawk stood with the down on his beak And stared with his foot on the prey. - Lord Alfred Tennyson
by BlazerFan1 on Aug 29, 2008 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you really an Einstein?
I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich
by hobobob on Aug 29, 2008 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just realized . . .
. . . ain’t that German for “a beer”?
Ein = 1.
Stein = Beeeeerrr.
[ponders]
=(_8c(|)
by QualityPie on Aug 29, 2008 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stein = Beer?
Isn’t Bier = Beer in all parts of Germany?
Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."
by Norsktroll on Aug 29, 2008 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And Stein is Stein
Like Ben Stein. Or, a beer mug. Same diff.
Mortimer
by Mortimer on Aug 29, 2008 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
?
I don’t get that one.
Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."
by Norsktroll on Aug 29, 2008 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nuthin' to get
A “stein” is just a beer mug, right? Sometimes really ornate and whatnot?
Ben Stein is just a former Nixon speech-writer turned sometimes actor who had a gameshow, called “Win Ben Stein’s money”. When I see “stein” I think Ben Stein.
Nothing to get, just being dumb is all.
Mortidurr
by Mortimer on Aug 29, 2008 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Stein" is not a beer mug.
Stein is stone. Yeah, beer mugs are often stoneware, but you would probably get a confused look if you order a “Stein”.
Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."
by Norsktroll on Aug 29, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Your FACE isn't a beer mug
Yeah, well, too bad I don’t care and you smell bad. Ok? Yeah, too bad.
I know ya don’t ask for a stein, ya ask for a bier, and they came in mugs often called steins and you could buy touristy crappy steins to bring back home. I was saying a stein = stein, which is a mug, or so I thought.
If those mugs aren’t called steins, or bier-steins, then I’m just mistaken.
It’s not my fault everyone in Germany speaks English. I lived there 8 months and learned nuthin’ except how to count. And that fresh nummy mozzarella is only 30 cents and incredibly delicious. Our cheap-mozzarella gap is almost as bad as our doner-kebab gap.
It’s Morty!
by Mortimer on Aug 29, 2008 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Settle down man!
You are foaming at the mouth!
(burp)
Aldridge said. "We feel like we can beat any team. We feel like we can beat the Spurs, Suns, Lakers, Mavericks, whoever any night right now, and we'll still be here when those teams get old and their guys retire. We're going to be here for a long time."
by lee3022 on Aug 30, 2008 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why is a beer mug named after the word "stone"?
Curiouser and curiouser . . .
=(_8c(|)
by QualityPie on Aug 29, 2008 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This be what I'm thinking of
When I see/hear the word “stein” in relation to beer:
Found on a website such as this:
http://www.steincenter.com/findsteins.asp
Is that not a bier-stein? Why is this website, and all of Germany, lying to us? Is WW3 coming?!
Mortimer
by Mortimer on Aug 29, 2008 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here you go.
"Besides, AnntheFan will be here any minute to #25 you." T Darkstar
by annthefan on Aug 29, 2008 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Nate was any kind of a good coach
he would have fed the USA stars the wrong info on Rudy.
“Oh no Dwight, Rudy can’t dunk. Yeah, you should definitely always try to block his shot!”
“whats that Mamba? Nope, i heard Rudy can’t even shoot a three to save his life. Yeah you should definitely back off him.”
Woof
by Charles Barkley McLovin on Aug 29, 2008 12:07 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
He didn't????
Who else scored 100+ points on the USA?
Wasn’t Coach Nate in charge of the defense?
Aldridge said. "We feel like we can beat any team. We feel like we can beat the Spurs, Suns, Lakers, Mavericks, whoever any night right now, and we'll still be here when those teams get old and their guys retire. We're going to be here for a long time."
by lee3022 on Aug 30, 2008 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mac 10 loves Rudy - and so do I
And he envisions exactly what we have been discussing. Play him mostly on the second unit with Bayless and Outlaw, and some with Roy (in the fourth?) at PG or a little on SF. And yes, then Roy is on 3, not Rudy. Rudy is a SG who is constantly in motion, hustling for plays and moving great without the ball. Wohoo, Nate is great. And he can still make Rudy better.
Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."
by Norsktroll on Aug 29, 2008 12:18 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Man, I took a lot of heat a while back for saying Rudy and Roy would play together
People started calling me names and typed rude stuff about my family. Where are they now?
He also guaranteed Fernandez and Roy will play together, most likely with Roy as point and Fernandez at shooting guard, but he also didn’t rule out Roy playing small forward alongside Fernandez at shooting guard.
The first day I ever met him he said: "Hi, I'm Ritchie White. I'm on probation."
by tominhawaii on Aug 29, 2008 4:49 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
let 'em have it
(our) great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit, our system of of credit is privately concentrated, the growth of our nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men... who necessarily, by very reason of their own limitations, chill and check and destroy genuine economic freedom.
We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world - no government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.
--- Woodrow Wilson
by ptwnblzr on Aug 29, 2008 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nay
There is way too much bashing of our own players here, I would hate for it to turn on the fans as well.
The first day I ever met him he said: "Hi, I'm Ritchie White. I'm on probation."
by tominhawaii on Aug 29, 2008 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, if you didn't keep going out-of-bounds
And attempting to dish the ball to jscot (who, everyone knows has hands of stone) when driving to the rim, they wouldn’t turn on you.
by DonkeyShins on Sep 1, 2008 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It had nothing to do with Rudy
I just don’t like your family.
Maybe if your brother-in-law payed me back that 5ski he owes me, I’d reconsider.
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by TheThinWhiteDuke on Aug 29, 2008 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Leave his family alone
They’ve suffered enough.
One of my fan posts got 50 signatures. And you thought I was egotistical before. But nobody can do Ego like I can.
by jscot on Aug 30, 2008 2:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow!!
Grrrrrrrrrrrreat Stuff. I’ve been waiting for this interview ever since the Gold Medal game. And now we have it. A strong veteran defensive point guard who also happens to be a coach just confirmed what we all thought.
If anybody thought that Fernandez could not play in the NBA, this should answer it. It reminds me of earlier comments by KP after Rudy signed. He started going off excitedly on Rudy, and then explained that “he didn’t want to put pressure on Rudy to be a starter "right away”. At the time, I had to chuckle a little because it was perfectly clear, at least to me, that right away meant not very long. Meaning, he actually believed Rudy could be a starter.
Now Mac’s doing something similar.
Now, would anyone explain to me what on earth anyone is doing acting like we need to trade for another guard?
Hoopsworld rates Oden and Bayless in the top 5 rookies this year, and Fernandez at six but more likely in the top 5.
I’m willing to bet this has never happened in the history of the NBA. Three rookies and three talents in one year. Any takers that can shoot this down?
by Eben Calder on Aug 29, 2008 7:09 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
when was the last update on that ranking?
i remember something like that much earlier, i would think after playing against the cream de la crem of the world, and doing it well, the he might be rated a little higher then bayless at least.
ot, is anyone else excited that reports are that the face is playing team ball, and looking for the open man. I was so annoyed about all the talk about how he couldnt pass, when we all new that he has been instructed to play that was.
(our) great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit, our system of of credit is privately concentrated, the growth of our nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men... who necessarily, by very reason of their own limitations, chill and check and destroy genuine economic freedom.
We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world - no government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.
--- Woodrow Wilson
by ptwnblzr on Aug 29, 2008 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
August 28
Aldridge said. "We feel like we can beat any team. We feel like we can beat the Spurs, Suns, Lakers, Mavericks, whoever any night right now, and we'll still be here when those teams get old and their guys retire. We're going to be here for a long time."
by lee3022 on Aug 30, 2008 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
very nice
thanx
(our) great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit, our system of of credit is privately concentrated, the growth of our nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men... who necessarily, by very reason of their own limitations, chill and check and destroy genuine economic freedom.
We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world - no government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.
--- Woodrow Wilson
by ptwnblzr on Aug 31, 2008 3:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nate looking at Rudy...
The Midnight Rambler
by amlmart1 on Aug 29, 2008 7:22 AM PDT reply actions 7 recs
nbf?
(our) great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit, our system of of credit is privately concentrated, the growth of our nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men... who necessarily, by very reason of their own limitations, chill and check and destroy genuine economic freedom.
We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world - no government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.
--- Woodrow Wilson
by ptwnblzr on Aug 29, 2008 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, man, you know I´m still trying...
The Midnight Rambler
by amlmart1 on Aug 29, 2008 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
sorry
you remember (n)ight(b)lue(f)ruit? that, or something like it used to be her avatar
(our) great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit, our system of of credit is privately concentrated, the growth of our nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men... who necessarily, by very reason of their own limitations, chill and check and destroy genuine economic freedom.
We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world - no government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.
--- Woodrow Wilson
by ptwnblzr on Aug 29, 2008 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, of course. Good one!
The Midnight Rambler
by amlmart1 on Aug 29, 2008 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dantoni looking at Rudy...
The Midnight Rambler
by amlmart1 on Aug 29, 2008 8:00 AM PDT reply actions 9 recs
Imagine if he was still with Phoenix
Can a kitty commit Hari Kari
Styx -"I'm schizophrenic....and so am I"
by 92wastheyear on Aug 29, 2008 8:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
JAJAJAJAJAJA
QUE BUENO!!!
Blazers Fans are my boys, Celtic my bhoys.
by Nakamura on Aug 29, 2008 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha
Great choice! That kitten even looks like D’Antoni with the mustache and all.
Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.
"I think it’s going to be very beautiful game next year."
-Nicolas Batum
by rockingharder on Aug 29, 2008 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's saying
“Awww. Why’d we sell him to Portland for cash?”
Let’s hope this makes up for the selling of Moses Malone those so many years ago.
My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.
by OCBlazerFan1 on Aug 29, 2008 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can recycle this photo time and again this year
- D’Antoni looking at his roster on training camp
- D’Antoni looking at his GM after learning they traded Balkman for a tiny salary relief
- D’Antoni looking at Starbury and his head tattoo
- D’Antoni looking at the Bulls when they first come to New York
- D’Antoni looking at the Suns when they first come to New York
- D’Antoni looking at his bench all year and seeing James Jones next to him, making more money than he does
Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."
by Norsktroll on Aug 29, 2008 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think you mean Jerome James.
James Jones will be playing in Miami next year.
Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.
"I think it’s going to be very beautiful game next year."
-Nicolas Batum
by rockingharder on Aug 29, 2008 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup, my bad
D’Antoni would make a much happier face seeing James Jones for that kind of money on his bench ;-)
Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."
by Norsktroll on Aug 29, 2008 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
D'Antoni better be careful...
Zach eats kittens.
by DonkeyShins on Sep 1, 2008 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ladies and gentlemen, this is recommendation numba 5
"I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five."
Who else? Charles Barkley
by prezofdeath on Aug 29, 2008 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Surge-Idolaters Relieved
Nate has taken a lot of criticism from fans—me included!—about his playing time choices for fan favorites Joel and Surge. This goes back the last two seasons and probably beyond.
I think there are a number of people out there who feared that Rudy would fall into the same trap as Surge… and who really wants that sort of debate continue? I don’t relish the notion of reading fanposts about how Rudy should’ve been in the game every single time Martell misses a three pointer just like Surge-idolaters wanted Sergio in the game every time Jack made a (stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, foot-out-of-bounds) turnover.
Everyone can rest easier now. I know many of us were worried about Rudy either being a bust and spoiling our hopes and dreams or—even worse—a season of second-guessing our coach while he languished for (seemingly) no apparent reason on the bench.
I love the fact that Nate is as excited about Rudy as some of the fanbase here at Blazers Edge. I can’t believe how happy I was reading that story. Just awesome. As a guy who suffered through his Surge-Mancrush over the last season, I had no desire to repeat.
Here’s hoping that Rudy’s as good as Nate thinks he is.
by Phizbin on Aug 29, 2008 12:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You do man
One of my fan posts got 50 signatures. And you thought I was egotistical before. But nobody can do Ego like I can.
by jscot on Aug 30, 2008 2:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nate sounds a lot more passionate about having him than a few weeks ago
Though there still will be a learning curve, I think he is more determined now to create playing time for Rudy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBErLOo9yuc
Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."
by Norsktroll on Aug 30, 2008 9:25 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Rudy youtube
I haven’t seen this one yet! Awesome stuff!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLb9FDF0rpA&feature=related
My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.
by OCBlazerFan1 on Aug 30, 2008 10:18 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Ugh, with the headband he looked a little too vujacicy. Glad he is over that style.
Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."
by Norsktroll on Aug 30, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did anyone notice the pass from Sergio to Rudy about 3/4 of the way through the clip?
The headband must never be resurrected.
"Besides, AnntheFan will be here any minute to #25 you." T Darkstar
by annthefan on Aug 30, 2008 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw it
The first day I ever met him he said: "Hi, I'm Ritchie White. I'm on probation."
by tominhawaii on Aug 30, 2008 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sergio is amazing
as long as he doesn’t have to shoot.
My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.
by OCBlazerFan1 on Aug 30, 2008 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe that's the key
Train him to alley-oop to Greg and Rudy, but have them (Greg and Rudy) hold their hands right over the basket. Every time Sergio hits a basket, reward him with a Scooby Snack™ or something. Sooner or later he’ll learn to shoot the ball on his own.
Now, how to handle the matador defense…
by DonkeyShins on Sep 1, 2008 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
With Sergio's defense...
he could singlehandedly help Greg become the league leader in shot blocking. Or fouls. But lets hope for the first.
My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.
by OCBlazerFan1 on Sep 1, 2008 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or play defense.
Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.
"I think it’s going to be very beautiful game next year."
-Nicolas Batum
by rockingharder on Sep 1, 2008 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Scout Mike Born's impressions of Rudy, Team USA and the Olympics (Center Court)
http://trailblazerscentercourt.blogspot.com/2008/08/over-there-mike-born-talks-beijing.html
Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."
by Norsktroll on Aug 30, 2008 1:57 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
There is almost enough takeaway material for an own thread in there, some interesting contrasts to what was discussed before
Strengths:
- Saw him six times, in five of them Rudy played as well as hoped
- Efficient
- A really good passer. He makes it sound as if that’s Rudy’s biggest strength
- Pretty good scorer
- Attack the basket
- “He can kind of knife in between lanes that maybe a bigger player couldn’t get into”
- Really unselfish
- High basketball IQ, sees things on the floor develop
- Confident / Fearless because he already played for years against better competition than your typical college player
- “Defensively he more than held his own against some pretty good players”
Continue to work on:
- Get stronger, gain some weight, but stay a slasher
- Develop from a good shooter (50, 40, 90 percent) to a “knockdown perimeter shooter”, which also makes driving inside easier
- Tends to stab and gamble a little too much on defense
Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."
by Norsktroll on Aug 30, 2008 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Yes I read this also
There have been some who ridiculed the idea that Rudy could start and play with Brandon. There have been some who claimed Rudy would never see playing time because he cannot defend. There have been some who wanted to trade Rudy’s draft rights to get a different player. There have been some who are never satisfied with KP’s decision making. Then there are BE’ers who listened to KP say Rudy would start; who followed his box scores and believed he could play in NBA right away. He still has not played a game in the NBA but the tide surely seems to be shifting to the latter away from the former. Good on them.
You know we might be a little better this year.
Aldridge said. "We feel like we can beat any team. We feel like we can beat the Spurs, Suns, Lakers, Mavericks, whoever any night right now, and we'll still be here when those teams get old and their guys retire. We're going to be here for a long time."
by lee3022 on Aug 30, 2008 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes. This is a great article.
I’ll Rec it. It could be it’s own thread. Some great Rudy stuff out there.
My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.
by OCBlazerFan1 on Aug 30, 2008 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like this one:
A lot of people were impressed by Rudy’s fearlessness against guys like Kobe, LeBron, Dwight Howard. Did you see anything in that game that you hadn’t seen before?
Mike Born: Not really…
The Midnight Rambler
by amlmart1 on Aug 31, 2008 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What’s more, Mike has probably seen Rudy play in person as many times as anyone on this side of the pond, so I’d consider him the foremost Fernandez authority in the United States. No offense Coach.
— As long as amlmart1 stays in Spain, that’s an accurate assessment ;-)
Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."
by Norsktroll on Aug 31, 2008 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right...what Rudy has showed in the Olympic final is the same stuff he has showed us in panish ACB lot of times.
the real thing is that he will not be a rookie.
by cbp on Sep 2, 2008 2:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I bet Howard will be ready
for him next year after all the world wide replays of Rudy. It was AWESOME however!
My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.
by OCBlazerFan1 on Sep 2, 2008 10:58 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The real question is
Does Nate love Rudy or does he love-love Rudy?
Did I ever tell you you're my hero?
by tominhawaii on Sep 2, 2008 4:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Man crush on Rudy
Styx -"I'm schizophrenic....and so am I"
by 92wastheyear on Sep 2, 2008 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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