Nooooooooooooooo!!!!!!
by Ben. on Sep 12, 2008 4:04 PM PDT
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LaFRENTZ TO UNDERGO ARTHROSCOPIC SHOULDER SURGERY
PORTLAND, Ore. - The Portland Trail Blazers announced today that center/forward Raef LaFrentz will undergo arthroscopic surgery on Friday, September 26 to repair a tear in the labrum of his right shoulder.Dr. Neal ElAttrache will perform the surgery at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic in Los Angeles, Calif.
"I was really hoping to avoid surgery," said LaFrentz, who sustained the injury during Portland's game at Seattle on February 22, 2008. "I was hopeful that an off-season regiment of physical therapy and treatment would heal the injury, but unfortunately it's become clear now that I need to move forward with surgery."A timetable for LaFrentz's return will be set following the arthroscopic surgery.
Find a friend to hold during this difficult time.
Info via Blazers Press Release.
Update: Wordsmiths, please help me out. Raef talks about his offseason "regiment." He means regimen, right?
An "off-season regiment of physical therapy" would be a physical therapy military unit, correct?
OMG, Watch out for that battalion of orthopedists storming out of the Practice Facility!
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Snap!!
I was sure that his offseason health issue was going to be Rickets
by tingeyga on Sep 12, 2008 4:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Great. Whose gonna take him in a trade now?!
by Nathan Jr on Sep 12, 2008 4:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Sorry Raef...
You seem like a nice guy, and I know you work hard. My previous comment was a little cold.
by Nathan Jr on Sep 12, 2008 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Doesn't matter too much
Anybody who trades for him will waive the physical……..they only want his contract anyways.
Witty Unpredictable Talent and Natural Game
by iDea on Sep 12, 2008 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dang!!
Start clearing your schedule to watch the NBA draft Lottery live now…who knows, maybe we can snag another #1 pick!
It ain't easy supporting the Blazers and Ducks in San Diego, BUT I MANAGE!!
by saregister on Sep 12, 2008 4:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That made me laugh
but it was rueful. Last week Channing, this week Raef, next week… Bets are now being taken: Ike? LMA? Blakey?
I’m rather hoping for Demopolous.
"We’re not going to sit here and get punked by other teams and let them deter us from what we need to do." - Channing Frye, 09//03/08
by jorga on Sep 12, 2008 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Man!
My fantasy team is inappropriately touched.
I have a huge, but useless, set of wooden genitals.
by tominhawaii on Sep 12, 2008 4:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm thinking the next Blazer injusy will be....
Stan, the PR intern…..
by antediluvian on Sep 12, 2008 4:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Regimen
You’re right Ben. LOL about the battalion of orthopods.
The first thing I saw on my computer this morning was an ad : “Think your too busy to go back to school?” And I thought, “I ain’t goin’ back to a school where they don’t know English!” I didn’t click to see what online “university” it was. I just shuddered and moved on to my email.
(Pardon for intruding on your subject with a junk drawer comment)
"We’re not going to sit here and get punked by other teams and let them deter us from what we need to do." - Channing Frye, 09//03/08
by jorga on Sep 12, 2008 4:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Steven of Nazareth, come on down
Hill’s chances of making the roster over Luke Jackson just increased, exponentially
by two4larue on Sep 12, 2008 4:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Shouldn't affect RL's trading status
Any team dealing for Raef will want him more for his expiring contract than for his on-court contributions
(It’s a sad commentary, but that’s the truth of it…)
by two4larue on Sep 12, 2008 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Roster exception
If the timetable for LaFrentz’ return indicates he will be out for the season, could the PTB get a roster exception?
by two4larue on Sep 12, 2008 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dr. Neal ElAttrache?
Shouldn’t his name be Dr. Re-attachee?
by two4larue on Sep 12, 2008 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yep
Heard this earlier and the first thing I thought was “welcome to your guarnanteed contract Hill”
There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.
Paul Muad'Dib - Dune (Frank Herbert)
My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
Season Tix: Section 315
by johnv59 on Sep 12, 2008 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
more info...
on Steven of Nazareth: http://www.classmates.com/directory/public/memberprofile/list.htm?regId=8677464940
There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.
Paul Muad'Dib - Dune (Frank Herbert)
My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
Season Tix: Section 315
by johnv59 on Sep 12, 2008 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sucks for Raef
but I’d rather just let his contract come off the books anyways, unless, of course, we are able to land a premium player! Raef’s a good guy, and injuries have really robbed him these last five years.
by lefty6283 on Sep 12, 2008 4:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I know we're not worried about Raef's injury hurting the team
but can we go a week without some kind of injury/health problems?
Devil's Advocate or just argumentative?
by Magnum on Sep 12, 2008 4:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
what in the world...
is going on here?!?! more pre season injuries??!?! at this rate i can see myself sitting in the corner of a padded room rocking back and forward….
by Enigmah on Sep 12, 2008 4:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Sorry
Room’s taken. That’s where I blog from. Find your own!
—Dave
by Dave on Sep 12, 2008 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that explains a lot Dave
Thanks for clearing that up.
It ain't easy supporting the Blazers and Ducks in San Diego, BUT I MANAGE!!
by saregister on Sep 12, 2008 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
His Mom has rooms like that in the basement for both Dave and his four siblings.
"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 Sep 12, 2008 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
crap...
where is the love i ask you!?!?!? I think a group hug session might be needed…. again…
by Enigmah on Sep 12, 2008 5:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Is this going to be another
one of those 8 to 10 week things where he gets to miss training camp? Timing of these surgeries is interesting.
I'm just a modest guy with much to be modest about
by TwoDeep on Sep 12, 2008 5:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It's almost like some evil witch doctor
has a voodoo dartboard of Blazer player dolls and is unloading his quiver at it. I like to think that Raef’s doll threw himself in front of a dart meant for LaMarcus’ doll.
I shoot layups like they're jumpers.
by MiledAnimal on Sep 12, 2008 5:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That would be heroic, wouldn't it?
Seriously, if I were a member of this team I would be starting to get paranoid.
LMA>LA!
LMA's reign as "LaMonster of the Low Post" has just begun!
by LaMarvelous on Sep 12, 2008 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We fans are in danger too. I need surgery in my right hand pinky finger.
BTW, that´s also all I have in common with Kobe.
The Midnight Rambler
by amlmart1 on Sep 12, 2008 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There is a joke there...
waiting to happen… but I will not go there and will keep this forum family friendly…. LOL
There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.
Paul Muad'Dib - Dune (Frank Herbert)
My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
Season Tix: Section 315
by johnv59 on Sep 12, 2008 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
dear god
i saw that header in my RSS bar and i was immediatley thinking oden and i almost died. that was a good one.
by avalonzero on Sep 12, 2008 5:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
2167941 seconds until first preseason game!
Bad news: that’s 2 million seconds.
Good news: every second that number decreases.
Get well Raef!
by DarthBlazer on Sep 12, 2008 5:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
If you believe that bad events always arrive in threes....
…then this is excellent news. Raef takes one for the team and the rest of our boys are clear until the season begins and jealous former jailblazers go all Gillooly on us.
by conspirator5 on Sep 12, 2008 5:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
If you are so superstitius...
…you can also believe that bad events can arrive in three series of three.
The Midnight Rambler
by amlmart1 on Sep 12, 2008 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heart attack averted
At first glance when I saw “LaFrentz”, I read “LaMarcus.” Thankfully I stayed to read the comments, and saw the error of my ways.
Bingo, bango, bongo!
by Babyshoes on Sep 12, 2008 5:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
So we will be keeping Steven Hill then??
OMG Ben this is AWESOME!
Sophia
PS awesome to keep Hill not LaFrenz’s surgery.
"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 Sep 12, 2008 6:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Is a trade REALLY out of the question?
Its not as if a team is going to be looking to trade for Raef based on his contributions. If we trade Raef, its because of his contract, not his health. He could be done for the year and still be traded. Van Horn was traded last year and he was retired.
www.nwgolfguys.com
by teebishop on Sep 12, 2008 6:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
yep
They will be trading his contract, not a player. As long as he can walk and talk his expiring contract is worth a lot to a lot of other teams.
There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.
Paul Muad'Dib - Dune (Frank Herbert)
My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
Season Tix: Section 315
by johnv59 on Sep 12, 2008 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If a player in Raef's situation dies, what happens to his contract?
Does it continue to live on? Can it continue to be traded? Do they have to ship the body with it?
I shoot layups like they're jumpers.
by MiledAnimal on Sep 12, 2008 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It goes off the books
Research Len Bias (Celtics)
There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.
Paul Muad'Dib - Dune (Frank Herbert)
My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
Season Tix: Section 315
by johnv59 on Sep 12, 2008 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was way before the current CBA
I shoot layups like they're jumpers.
by MiledAnimal on Sep 12, 2008 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
but I'm sure it's still the same rule
There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.
Paul Muad'Dib - Dune (Frank Herbert)
My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
Season Tix: Section 315
by johnv59 on Sep 12, 2008 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
“Ship the Body”
A small price to pay but a big deal to comply, with the CBA.
Early one mornin the sun was shinin, I was layin in bed
Wondrin if they'd changed at all, If there unies was still red
by BlueBooYay on Sep 12, 2008 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We pack 'em in dry ice, Bud
Early one mornin the sun was shinin, I was layin in bed
Wondrin if they'd changed at all, If there unies was still red
by BlueBooYay on Sep 12, 2008 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That explains the cold but dry humor... (Your Groaner of the Day)
(I just could not pass up the chance to be a wise guy)
LMA>LA!
LMA's reign as "LaMonster of the Low Post" has just begun!
by LaMarvelous on Sep 13, 2008 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Have you ever passed up a chance
to be a wise @ss?
Styx -"I'm schizophrenic....and so am I"
by 92wastheyear on Sep 13, 2008 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dave's rules say you can't write @ss
but you can write @$$.
I shoot layups like they're jumpers.
by MiledAnimal on Sep 13, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah...spelling error
Styx -"I'm schizophrenic....and so am I"
by 92wastheyear on Sep 13, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I believe in my right to refer to the ass
when playin’ Donkey Basketball
Early one mornin the sun was shinin, I was layin in bed
Wondrin if they'd changed at all, If there unies was still red
by BlueBooYay on Sep 13, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now that's a halftime show I would watch
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 13, 2008 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sweat Wipin'
takes on a whole new meaning.
Early one mornin the sun was shinin, I was layin in bed
Wondrin if they'd changed at all, If there unies was still red
by BlueBooYay on Sep 13, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Reminds me of Ed Rooney
The principal in Ferris Buehler’s Day Off
Cameron: [disguised voice] Yeah. Yeah. Well, uh, it’s been a tough morning and we got a lot of family business to take care of, so if you wouldn’t mind excusing Sloane, I’d appreciate it.
Ed Rooney: Uh, yeah, sure, no I’d be happy to, yeah you, uh, you you just produce a corpse, and uh, I’ll release Sloane. I wanna see this dead grandmother first hand.
Grace: Ed?
Ed Rooney: It’s alright, Grace, it’s Ferris Bueller the little twerp. I’m gonna set a trap and let him fall right in it.
Grace: Ooh!
Cameron: [disguised] I’m sorry, Ed, did you say you wanted to see a body?
Ed Rooney: Yeah, that’s right, just, uh, roll her old bones on over here, and I’ll dig up your daughter. You know that’s school policy.
Cameron: [disguised] Oh.
by two4larue on Sep 13, 2008 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shoot
There goes our only MVP candidate. I might as well start rootin’ for the Thundercats or Thunderbarons or whatever the heck the team is called in OKC.
In all seriousness, I’m sorry that he’s hurt, but I’m glad it’s him and not LMA which is what I thought at first.
by torsoheap on Sep 12, 2008 6:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Noooooooooooo!
I just logged in (for some sad, sad reason) and this … dagger.
“et tu RLEC?”
http://www.myspace.com/y5k
by Y5k on Sep 12, 2008 6:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I've been here for a while....
but still don’t understand what RLEC means. Can someone educate me? Thanks.
There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.
Paul Muad'Dib - Dune (Frank Herbert)
My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
Season Tix: Section 315
by johnv59 on Sep 12, 2008 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
See below
Raef Lafrentz Expiring Contract
Early one mornin the sun was shinin, I was layin in bed
Wondrin if they'd changed at all, If there unies was still red
by BlueBooYay on Sep 12, 2008 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
THANK YOU!
There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.
Paul Muad'Dib - Dune (Frank Herbert)
My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
Season Tix: Section 315
by johnv59 on Sep 12, 2008 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, Snap. Typo alert!
Who wrote that press release with homonym problem? Looks a lot my work.
I once wrote navel when I meant naval.
A reporter buddy once wrote about a company’s prophet, not profit, and another had a castle with canons, not cannons — or was that the same dude.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k
by Y5k on Sep 12, 2008 7:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This means
Batman and Ike will play more in camp
by southern oregon on Sep 12, 2008 7:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm off this site for 5 days
And 2 injuries? What the hell is going on? Thank goodness it’s only Raef, huh?
I eat polar bears and babies ~Sophia
Update: Sophia also hates baby seals and kittens.
by twiggs on Sep 12, 2008 7:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
BREAKING NEWS!!!
The Sweat-Wiper upper has developed tennis elbow. He originally told the team it happened while wiping up sweat at a pickup game (at 24hr Fitness?), but he finally admited that it really occurred from self abuse.
Styx -"I'm schizophrenic....and so am I"
by 92wastheyear on Sep 12, 2008 7:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I think it's time for a BE interview.
“So You Want To Be an NBA Mop Guy”
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 13, 2008 1:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Quote from Mop Guy, "After the Blazers are done mopping the floor with their opponent...
I mop up the mess that creates on the floor. It’s a tough job but someone has to do it."
LMA>LA!
LMA's reign as "LaMonster of the Low Post" has just begun!
by LaMarvelous on Sep 13, 2008 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Extended quote
“After the Blazers are done mopping the floor with their opponent… I mop up the mess that creates on the floor. It’s a tough job but someone has to do it……….and I need reaaally big box of tissues”
Styx -"I'm schizophrenic....and so am I"
by 92wastheyear on Sep 13, 2008 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The answer to your earlier question - rarely.
Apparently we have that in common – ain’t it great? :)
LMA>LA!
LMA's reign as "LaMonster of the Low Post" has just begun!
by LaMarvelous on Sep 13, 2008 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol
yes ….yes it is
Styx -"I'm schizophrenic....and so am I"
by 92wastheyear on Sep 13, 2008 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This may make a lil' mo' time
for the Hill, Jackson decision.
Early one mornin the sun was shinin, I was layin in bed
Wondrin if they'd changed at all, If there unies was still red
by BlueBooYay on Sep 12, 2008 7:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
In other news, the Pacers are rumored to be considering a waiver of McRoberts...
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 12, 2008 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
McRob was Hot, Hot, Hot!
on a PER 36, for us last Season.
Early one mornin the sun was shinin, I was layin in bed
Wondrin if they'd changed at all, If there unies was still red
by BlueBooYay on Sep 12, 2008 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Every Body Gets Scoped And CTed And MRIed At The Last Day Of Each Season Period Exclamation Mark
New contract clause for all Blazers: See a doctor before debriefing and get a full checkup. No conservative therapies. No “it will go away over the off-season”. Get it done immediately. Then get some rest.
Get well Raef. Oh, and maybe kiss your guaranteed contract again and write a thank you note to the NBPA that they insisted on getting those in the CBA (unlike in the NFL for example).
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 12, 2008 7:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Not funny Ben
Injuries are NOT funny. I am disappointed in you.
BEdgers
by Sabonis4Ever on Sep 12, 2008 9:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The Oregonian is mean: Raef LaFrentz TRIES to stop the Spurs' Manu Ginobli during a game last December.
Quick also reports the recovery time could be up to SIX MONTHS!
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 12, 2008 9:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That's it! I've had it. Fire the Blazer trainers. They suck!
Look at all of these injuries. Unacceptable. It takes more than riding a bike around town with players.
Hire the Phoenix Suns trainers. I here they work magic and rub special lotions and ointments on their players made of rhubarb and cinnamon.
I'm a little confused by your tactics
by oderiferous emanations 74 on Sep 12, 2008 10:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Poultices by Annie The Fanny
It does it for us.
Our success speaks to it powers 
GO LIZARDS!
Elizabeth had a partner and he had a rap from the cops, Him and Lenny Suckerpunch were just out Tooling around
by Lizzy Lowblow on Sep 12, 2008 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it makes you wonder....
about the trainers…. it’s just not this year, it seems to happen every year
There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.
Paul Muad'Dib - Dune (Frank Herbert)
My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
Season Tix: Section 315
by johnv59 on Sep 12, 2008 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My 2 year old kicked me in the jewels tonight...
Hopefully that will stave off any new injury announcements from the front office for a week or so.
Anyone else willing to take one for the team? My son will be happy to oblige you…
by DonkeyShins on Sep 12, 2008 11:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'll trade you....
my 18 year old macho man son for your two year old…. or my two year old Grandson…. If you have a two year old son then your time is coming, and I’m laughing! LOL. Just wait buddy, it “gets better”…
Seriously, enjoy it now, it’s the best time of your life, trust me.
Regards, John
There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.
Paul Muad'Dib - Dune (Frank Herbert)
My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
Season Tix: Section 315
by johnv59 on Sep 12, 2008 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm enjoying every minute
Even while bent over in pain. :-)
I love both my kids (that’s my son in my avatar) very much.
by DonkeyShins on Sep 13, 2008 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Funny or not
Don’t ever title a blog entry like that again! All i see in my RSS reader is “Noooooooo” which i translated into “Oden, Rudy, and B Roy out for season due to catestrophic knife fight injuries in NE Portland”
by fysho31 on Sep 13, 2008 12:53 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
BREAKING NEWS: Raef's expiring contract sustains corner tear above the fold.....
Contract believed in need of repairs via copier……story developing…..
BINGO, BANGO, BONGO
by blzrfan on Sep 13, 2008 2:13 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
OT: How do you motivate yourself for work anyway in a situation like Raef's
You get paid a heap of money (his last contract was 7 years for $70 million, even more over his career). It’s all guaranteed according to NBA contracts, so financially your performance once you have the big long-term contract doesn’t really matter that much other than proving you are worth the next one.
You know you are physically more gifted and in at least some things way better than the vast majority of people playing basketball. Still, you know you are not the best at your game, not even the best on your team. People start to call you “overpaid”.
You play a game that’s a lot of fun and brings you recognition, but also requires a lot of work to even maintain your level. Okay, maybe not as much as some other sports, but still a lot of work individually and with the team or you never see the floor. Injuries require even more work to get back to form (Raef e.g. had ACL, calf, and now shoulder surgeries).
How do you motivate yourself to really stand up and work on yourself every day in that situation?
I ask that as a former track and field athlete, and while I loved the competition working out there 7-10 times per week already as a teenager all season and at least as hard in the off-season really is not what most people would characterize as fun. After I clearly saw I also couldn’t live from what I would earn (few people worldwide in the sport can, and I was constantly top 10 in the country), I mostly called it quits when time for college came. I was never talented enough as a basketball player, maybe in something like soccer I could have made enough…
I don’t know, if I was in a situation like Raef, I might e.g. try to get fit for the season as late as possible anyway, even if I was healthy. Thoughts?
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 13, 2008 4:17 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I guess he just likes playing, or wanted to set an example for our young stars.
Though if I were him, I’d enjoy my ridiculous amount of money to be paid for watching 82 games at courtside a year and love life.
by Bskey on Sep 13, 2008 4:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
here's a look at raef from earlier this year if you didn't read it already...
http://portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=120665554505218500
(written prior to the attack on bloggers, so i feel alright linking to it)
i think it has to do with professional pride in his case. i get the sense that for many players seeing their names on the back of their jerseys is a very big deal, even if they are not playing. but with that goes doing things the right way, etc.
another explanation might be habit: he’s been doing things one way for 20 years, it’s easier to continue doing them than changing?
another explanation might be a lack of alternatives. although a player that he reminds me of, chris dudley, is doing quite well away from the game.
who knows… there might be another motivation altogether: maybe he wants in to coaching or management?
BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON
by Ben. on Sep 13, 2008 7:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or just
“if I’m getting a check….I am coming to work”
That is kinda the way I think….anyway just a thought
Styx -"I'm schizophrenic....and so am I"
by 92wastheyear on Sep 13, 2008 7:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha!
well, i think the polite way to put that is “professional pride”…
BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON
by Ben. on Sep 13, 2008 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Neat!!!
I have professional pride!! Who knew?
Styx -"I'm schizophrenic....and so am I"
by 92wastheyear on Sep 13, 2008 8:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
a big part of any job is just showing up!
BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON
by Ben. on Sep 13, 2008 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mine too
I drives my wife crazy….I never call in sick. Even when I am on deaths door…..
Styx -"I'm schizophrenic....and so am I"
by 92wastheyear on Sep 13, 2008 8:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It might be the difference between a job and a hobby
That’s what I have learned, that’s what I train for, that’s what I get recognition for, that’s what I get paid for.
I wish I had been taller and/or really good in a funsport…
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 13, 2008 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've always thought Raef was a classy guy
Despite all my RLEC and ‘luggage porter’ jokes, he was once a good player in the league. Too bad he became one of those players whos contract far outstrips his current playing ability.
by DonkeyShins on Sep 13, 2008 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If I remember right
Raef was second in the league in blocks one year
by southern oregon on Sep 13, 2008 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And Brent Berry won the slam dunk contest one year
And you thought white men can’t jump. More trivia facts from the “I can’t believe it happened” category?
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 13, 2008 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did anyone else catch Mark Sanchez in his interview after the SC game?
“blah blah blah blah . . . practice ‘regiment’ . . . blah blah blah blah” I had to laugh a little bit.
The Dude abides
by noaher on Sep 13, 2008 8:31 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
LOL i heard that too
+1
BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON
by Ben. on Sep 13, 2008 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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