Honor Ben G.

by Dave on Sep 25, 2008 2:53 PM PDT

Just a heads up to check newsstands for our own Ben Golliver in the October edition of the Portland Monthly. BG opines on the possibilities of detente between Sonics and Blazers fans now that the wall has come down...and been carted off to OK City.

You can now read the piece online here.

Nice and well-deserved exposure for Mr. Golliver.

--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)

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Congratumundo

Good Ol’ Ben.

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by Outlaw is Rejector on Sep 4, 2008 11:53 PM PDT reply actions

Good work brings results and you better think it´s ALWAYS!. Congrats.

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by amlmart1 on Sep 5, 2008 5:00 AM PDT reply actions

Benniiieeeee!

Benniiieeeee!, Benniiieeeee!, Benniiieeeee!

"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."

by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 3:05 PM PDT reply actions

Do you perfer

Mr. Benjamin F. Golliver?

"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."

by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions

middle initials are d.s.

BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON

by Ben Golliver on Sep 25, 2008 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Cool

I was guessin’ Franklin.

"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."

by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions

LOL

i was wondering…

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by Ben Golliver on Sep 25, 2008 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions

OK

What’s with the “G”?

"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."

by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions

I do not think it is

Gangsta, or is it?

Some things are better of remaining a mystery.

"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."

by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions

Darn you said "D"

I am “Out”.

"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."

by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Mr. Benjamin D. Golliver

I presume.

"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."

by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions

What does this Mister Golliver look like?

I’m having a hard time picturing him, Ben, congrats, now post a myspace style pic here, you’ve earned it!

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by BlazermaniacAndy on Sep 25, 2008 3:06 PM PDT reply actions

Great article Ben, even with that slight air of sarcasm sprinkled on for flavor

# 10 Top Charles Barkley Quote: On the Portland Trail Blazers (back when they were known as the Jail Blazers) serving Thanksgiving meals: "In between arrests they do community service."

by BlazermaniacAndy on Sep 25, 2008 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Is that a caricature of Ben, on the right?

"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."

by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions

Photo: David Wong

Photo? Oh well.

"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."

by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions

Wong is Wrong

If that is a photo I’ve fallen into a parallel dimension.

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by Krang on Sep 26, 2008 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions

Reddish hair, short tibia, fibula bones

Lack of sunlight in Seattle = Neanderthals. Welcome you Squatch lovin’ Fans.

"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."

by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions

browse through the draft kevin durant archives and you will find some

BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON

by Ben Golliver on Sep 25, 2008 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions

It's so obvious who the real talent on this blog is . . .

Nice work Ben. Funny as always.

The Dude abides

by noaher on Sep 25, 2008 3:14 PM PDT reply actions

Wohoo, Ben Gordon finally signed.

Wait, what, he didn’t? This is not Blog A Bull? Ben Golliver has published a magazine article? Hey, short, funny and to the point. Great job Ben.

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by Norsktroll on Sep 25, 2008 3:15 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Nice job Ben

It was a fun read. Are you going to abandon us for the print media? ;)

by Corvid on Sep 25, 2008 3:16 PM PDT reply actions

well, they have this thing called a word count, which i had to google to find out what it meant,

so probably not…

BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON

by Ben Golliver on Sep 25, 2008 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions

That was sweet

Blazers Edge has an alarmist vision

by tominhawaii on Sep 25, 2008 3:20 PM PDT reply actions

Please don't hate me

but I was not impressed; in fact, I was disappointed. The article is supposed to be about bringing Sonic fans around, but it sounded condescending and seemed to rub (whining?) Sonic fans’ nose in their sorrowful circumstances, even bringing-up the Sonics’ terrible record last year — and comparing it to The Blazers Magnificent Record, not — ahem — mentioned in the article as being a mediocre 41-41. The list included mention of the rude term Pritchslap, which several of us BEdgers and, I suspect, the rest of the league, would like never to hear again. Tip 4 talks about not having to distrust Blazers ownership — I would assume from that Ben was going to make the case that Paul Allen has the Blazers locked into Portland until he dies, but the paragraph goes on to mention KP’s great wheeling and dealing instead. And no mention of Squatch in Tip 5?

No, I’m not having a bad day… though I suspect I’m about to!

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by MiledAnimal on Sep 25, 2008 5:04 PM PDT reply actions

"and no mention of Squatch in Tip 5?"

A question of who can Move It

"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."

by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Blaze or Squatch?

"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."

by BlueBooYay on Sep 25, 2008 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions

appreciate the feedback, thanks

BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON

by Ben Golliver on Sep 25, 2008 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions

I should have added

that you normally do excellent work, Ben. This piece had the look of a rush job or an editor’s hack job, both of which I’ve had to deal with sometimes. And my criticism about not mentioning Squatch is irrelevant.

"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics

by MiledAnimal on Sep 25, 2008 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions

no explanation needed, the feedback was good…

i can tell you it was no rush job…

their target audience, tone, and voice expectations are much different than on BE… that was tricky…

the editor that i worked with was a pleasure… having rarely (never?) worked with an editor before, he did a great job…

i am told we should be on the lookout for more sports stuff from PM… they had a great profile of merritt paulsen recently that’s worth digging up on their website, which was recently re-designed this week… http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com

BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON

by Ben Golliver on Sep 25, 2008 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions

you deserve to have a bad week (why make it just one day)

The article was supposed to be humorous, which it was… it was not supposed to be about bringing Sonics fans into the fold.

Lighten up and get a life.

by Bust a Bucket on Sep 26, 2008 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Great job, as always, Ben!!

But “Pritchslap” was mis-used in your article.
The TRUE definition is when KP steals a player from another team (see: BRoy for Telfair, LA for Tyrus Thomas, Bayless and Ike for JJ and “Jayhawk w/ knee injury # 1435” and a guy nicknamed "McBob"). Picking Oden over whatever-his-name-was was and is a no-brainer.

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by TheThinWhiteDuke on Sep 25, 2008 7:00 PM PDT reply actions

the copy i submitted did not run word for word…

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by Ben Golliver on Sep 25, 2008 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions

I THOUGHT I added a postscript last night

but I don’t see it here now. I wanted to add that you normally do fine work, which is why this piece was a let-down for me. I suspected you were either given a very tight deadline or you were the victim of a not-so-talented editor’s hack job, and it sounds like you are confirming the latter.

"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics

by MiledAnimal on Sep 26, 2008 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions

Oh great, now I see it!

Redundancy is my middle name.

"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics

by MiledAnimal on Sep 26, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions

It's something called "context" MiledAnimal

If you bothered to look at an issue of Portland Monthly, like the actual physical magazine, you would see that this article is not worthy of being a “let-down.” Maybe your wilingness to criticize a story that was made for print based solely on what you read online is the real let-down.

by Bust a Bucket on Sep 26, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions

You could be right, BaB

It’s true, I’ve never seen a copy of Portland Monthly. I was evaluating Ben’s article based solely on my knowledge of the Sonics saga and how I felt in reading what Ben wrote. I suppose it is possible that there is a context in which I would like the term Pritchslap, or where calling Sonics fans whiny would seem fair and funny, or where the body of a paragraph not following the lead sentence would make sense. Please explain how Portland Monthly provides that context, BaB.

"Personally, I'd rather give an elephant a prostate exam on Chili Day." --Dave on rooting for the Lakers or Celtics

by MiledAnimal on Sep 26, 2008 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions

You da man

by Bust a Bucket on Sep 25, 2008 7:15 PM PDT reply actions

wow..

wow wow (double wow) for the nice peice with Penn. I didn’t want the interview to stop. I’ve still got to read the article Dave’s talking about, but I’m sure it’s pretty good, so another wow for that too (unless you count the subject lines wow, and in that case disregard the third wow).

Ben’s honored. You too Dave.

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"And come on now, really...had we gotten the #1 selection would we have been happy or just talking about how our cursed luck continues because this is the first year that high schoolers (and thus Greg Oden) aren't allowed in the draft? Save it for next year guys...save it for next year."
--Dave

a tribute to what it was, and the way it is. Mad respect Dave.

by faith on Sep 25, 2008 8:12 PM PDT reply actions

Very clever first paragraph

Loved the movie swingers and your parallel worked nicely.

by tweener on Sep 25, 2008 9:48 PM PDT reply actions

Benji Benji Benji !!!!

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by lukeyhere on Sep 26, 2008 8:26 AM PDT reply actions