If you're a jerk like me, a little snicker at the Grizz expense

by leeroyjenkins on Jan 23, 2009 4:59 PM PST

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3855045

Sources: Johnson turns down Grizzlies

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I just hope Avery isn't waiting

for the Portland head coach job to open up.

by MiledAnimal on Jan 23, 2009 5:06 PM PST reply actions

Chicago

Probably they are missing Skiles already.

by EngineerScotty on Jan 23, 2009 5:08 PM PST up reply actions

Skiles’ case is improving with MIL’s improved play under his watch. Chicago has to wonder if that was an error, and if last year’s bad start was not his fault. The players seem to have trouble getting along, irrespective of coaching.

Without D’Antoni available, Avery is the obvious choice when VDN inevitably leaves.

I doubt KP has Avery on his radar, even if he was considering replacing Nate (which I also currently doubt).

by Timmay! on Jan 23, 2009 5:41 PM PST up reply actions

Skiles totally lost that team

but they are definitely missing good head coaching

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jan 23, 2009 6:23 PM PST up reply actions

Every coach seems to lose that team.

After a while, you start to wonder where the problem is. Milwaukie seems thrilled with Skiles so far.

by Timmay! on Jan 23, 2009 6:33 PM PST up reply actions

I was really impressed with the D milwaukie played against us. They don't really have any GREAT individual defenders, but were really good as a team.

by dario argento on Jan 23, 2009 7:40 PM PST up reply actions

joachim noah? tyrus thomas? ben gordon? drew gooden?

hmmm, those guys all seem problematical to me.

ignacio

by ignacio on Jan 23, 2009 7:58 PM PST up reply actions

They dont really seem like real trouble makers

Sure Ben Gordon was trying to get paid, Noah called out his teammates but did not have the clout of a vet, and he smoked some pot (surprise surprise that the son of a reggae star smokes pot.), Tyrus Thomas seems a little thick skulled, and Drew Gooden makes some boneheaded choices in both fashion and shot selection, but none of them is really a cancer.

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jan 23, 2009 8:07 PM PST up reply actions

reggae star?

His father was a pro tennis player, and his mother was miss sweden!

COMCAST SUCKS!!

by shamman on Jan 23, 2009 9:11 PM PST up reply actions

Yannick Noah

became a French music star after his tennis career.

by EngineerScotty on Jan 23, 2009 9:37 PM PST up reply actions

I hope he doesn't go by "Yanni" for short...

"Now with a non-provocative footer!"

by timbo on Jan 26, 2009 9:12 AM PST up reply actions

Skiles is a yeller

and eventually you just tune someone like that out. The Drill Sargent routine only takes you so far before it loses its efficacy.

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jan 23, 2009 8:00 PM PST up reply actions

Is he stil a drill sargent this season? I haven't read up on him much.

Much in the way Nate was “Sarge” when Darius and Zach were here, and has since mellowed, I wondered if Skiles had similar circumstances.

by Timmay! on Jan 23, 2009 8:19 PM PST up reply actions

I havent

but that was his shtick in Chicago and Phoenix, he may have changed but I am not holding my breath.

Besides Mil needed a swift kick, hopefully they realize that they need to bring in someone else before things go south on Skiles.

I should probably say that I really like Skiles, but I dont think his throwback attitude fits perfectly with some of the more coddled NBA players.

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jan 23, 2009 8:26 PM PST up reply actions

Thanks for the insight.

I hadn’t brushed up on Skiles and his time in CHI and MIL (and was legitimately curious), so interesting info.

by Timmay! on Jan 23, 2009 8:35 PM PST up reply actions

no worries

I should probably read up on what Mil is saying, but they seem to be in a honeymoon phase right now so the info might be rose colored at this point

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jan 23, 2009 9:33 PM PST up reply actions

Aside from Skiles

they have never really brought in a good coach, and I think it is generally accepted that Skiles is a good coach, but he seems to have about a 3 year shelf life. It seems that his tenure in Mil is mimicking his start in Chicago, which in turn mirrored his time with the suns.

I dont think things are really going to change in Chicago until they bring in some new upper management.

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jan 23, 2009 8:04 PM PST up reply actions

Take a look at my name

It’s some good advice.

This Should Be A Fan Shot.

by This Should Be A Fan Shot on Jan 23, 2009 5:07 PM PST reply actions 7 recs

But then nobody would bother reading it. :)

by EngineerScotty on Jan 23, 2009 5:09 PM PST up reply actions

I dont like it when fans get shot.

"Only dunk and go to the defense." Rudy Fernandez

by Sabonis4Ever on Jan 23, 2009 5:13 PM PST up reply actions

c’mon he added one real word other than the link.
that qualifies it for a fanpost doesn’t it??

by pklym on Jan 23, 2009 5:57 PM PST up reply actions

awesomest handle ever besides "The Tinfoil"

"What's that, some kind of hamburger?"
--Bo Outlaw on being asked how he felt about recording his first triple double.

by prezofdeath on Jan 23, 2009 10:34 PM PST up reply actions

Haha! Good one.

"Aneurysm".

When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie

by annthefan on Jan 23, 2009 6:11 PM PST up reply actions

I like to shoot buckets

not fans

by idoltime on Jan 23, 2009 5:37 PM PST reply actions

I agree with the guy with the situationally specific user name. Also, fan-shots are awesome! Who wants to read what some un-paid blowhard thinks about basketball? I want to know what the paid blow-hards think!

by 50backflips on Jan 23, 2009 6:28 PM PST reply actions

I want to be a paid blowhard,

Anyone who reads my posts here owes me money.

by EngineerScotty on Jan 23, 2009 7:08 PM PST up reply actions

wait a sec

ignacio

by ignacio on Jan 23, 2009 8:00 PM PST up reply actions

I answered this without reading it

you owe me money

Larry (the new Johnnie Cochran) Miller: "If we get screwed, we're gonna sue"

by 92wastheyear on Jan 23, 2009 8:25 PM PST up reply actions

But I didnt read your response

we’re even.

by EngineerScotty on Jan 23, 2009 9:38 PM PST up reply actions

I didn't read anything here in this entire post...it was too long (75 words).

Usually I just read the pictures and such anyways.

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THE TEACHER ......come into my classroom "THE PAINT" for some tutelage.
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"The rancor reflected in that remark I won't dignify with comment. But I'll address your general attitude of hopeless negativism." – Everett "O Brother, where art Thou?"

by Blazer1342 on Jan 24, 2009 5:32 AM PST up reply actions

Wow. Wow. Wow. This is WRONG.

Now this is disrespectful to the current coach and their new one, two Trail Blazers LEGENDS. Their current coach, Johnny Davis and their apparent new (old) coach Lionel Hollins were members of that fabled 1977 Champion Trail Blazers team. I am a die hard fan (probably to a fault) of all Trail Blazers, new and old. This post shows no respect to these men that should be held in the highest esteem by us.

by Bedhead on Jan 23, 2009 10:20 PM PST reply actions

thank you for reminding me

so this Grizz move can stick firmly in my craw. Now I have three reasons to hate them:
~ In ’01 they came to Portland on Clyde Drexler Jersey Retirement Night and beat Portland which sent the team into a tailspin
~ Darius Miles
~ Disrespecting former Blazer greats
Not quite L*ker level but a work in progress

"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy

by Honka Playboy on Jan 24, 2009 7:27 AM PST up reply actions