Brandon Roy Robs Cheikh Samb Of His Masculinity
by Ben Golliver on Jan 26, 2009 9:43 PM PST
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I absolutely love
the look he gives Samb after the jam. Now THAT is swagger.
"Respect everyone, fear no one." -TP
That was two words
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck was on ice?
by tominhawaii on Jan 26, 2009 10:19 PM PST up reply actions
I got two words for ya......
"Only dunk and go to the defense." Rudy Fernandez
by Sabonis4Ever on Jan 26, 2009 10:23 PM PST up reply actions
omg, that last slow motion shot was insane.
Clyde the Glide >>> Jordan
Cliff the Stiff got mad at my brother who was trying to sell him a cellphone when my brother called him Uncle Cliffy. Apparently, he doesn't like that name very much.
by BeaumontTXBlazerFan on Jan 26, 2009 9:59 PM PST reply actions
I love how that was payback for a Clips dunk on the other end.
It was a message to his teammates: Quit screwing around!
No coincidence that the Blazers started to pull away not long after that.
Hey, what’s going on with Blake’s shoulder? Did he reinjure?
by Badalona Baddie on Jan 26, 2009 10:00 PM PST reply actions
Wheels seemed to think
that he bumped it when he fouled someone
Oderint dum metuant
by WhiteRabbit on Jan 26, 2009 10:01 PM PST up reply actions
Nah
He ran into a Brian Skinner screen and had to come out. Nate kept him out for the rest of the game as precaution. Don’t know what will happen next game.
"Only dunk and go to the defense." Rudy Fernandez
by Sabonis4Ever on Jan 26, 2009 10:03 PM PST up reply actions
I hope Bill Simmons writes about Roy as an upcoming superstar in his next basketball column (was at the game)
And admits that Oden is not a bust. That would make me happy.
how can you stand that guy?
Oderint dum metuant
by WhiteRabbit on Jan 26, 2009 10:02 PM PST up reply actions
He's very entertaining...even if you don't always agree with his views.
"Respect everyone, fear no one." -TP
he's a very good writer. Great conversational style.
Sort of a really smart frat guy. And yes, he pisses me off a lot. But he’s always very readable. I’d like to think that even if he were a Yankees or Lakers fan I’d still respect him.
by Badalona Baddie on Jan 26, 2009 10:05 PM PST up reply actions
"really smart frat guy"
that’s kind of my problem with the guy. I really don’t care what any kind of frat guy has to say. “very readable” being a subjective term, I would rather read the sports writing of any 3 of my buddies
Oderint dum metuant
by WhiteRabbit on Jan 26, 2009 10:09 PM PST up reply actions
that is the challenging part, I'll grant you that.
Still. Every once in a while he comes up with something great. My favorite is his “Levels of Losing.” They make perfect sense and have countless applications.
by Badalona Baddie on Jan 26, 2009 10:13 PM PST up reply actions
he's freaking creative and he writes from the heart. just read his last collumn about his dog
and his running blogs of the NBA draft are about the best thing ever. oh and he has Adam Carolla on his podcast a lot.
I am back on board
because i love Adam Carolla. Simmons is a tool
Oderint dum metuant
by WhiteRabbit on Jan 26, 2009 10:30 PM PST up reply actions
He should be
if you’re not sold on B Roy, you don’t know basketball. Besides, I think Simmons will like him if only for the Paul Pierce comparison (Roy’s not as big, but he can do a ton of different things very well on the court and was slept on due to a “lack” of athleticism).
Jerryd Bayless = Marlo Stanfield
- Early stage Marlo at this point, but Bayless is the emotionless killer new to the game. He will take over, and there will be causalties – it’s just a matter of time.
by blazeraddict on Jan 26, 2009 10:07 PM PST up reply actions
good comparison
Pierce often looks like he’s just plodding out there, but you can’t argue with the results.
by Badalona Baddie on Jan 26, 2009 10:08 PM PST up reply actions
Roynuts?
How do they taste Ben…j/k
ポートランド・トレイルブレイザーズ & 南カルフォルニア大学 トロージャンズ Fan
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Jan 26, 2009 10:18 PM PST up reply actions
Simmons has always been high on Roy
You can read his draft diary from that year to see that he felt he was going to be the best player from that draft.
Oden on the other hand…
he also was a firm believer in the bad knees theory...
still might be. He’s never questioned his basketball ability though.
Why wasn't Mortimer at that game?
I know if the Blazers were playing in my town, I’d find a way to go to the game. I question his fandom.
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck was on ice?
by tominhawaii on Jan 26, 2009 10:20 PM PST up reply actions
I asked him if he was going to the game
He said he had a meeting. Who has a meeting at 8:00 at night? I think Mortimer is a prostitute.
"Only dunk and go to the defense." Rudy Fernandez
by Sabonis4Ever on Jan 26, 2009 10:24 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I think it was a Fabergé eggs anonymous meeting.
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck was on ice?
by tominhawaii on Jan 26, 2009 10:28 PM PST up reply actions
Or a consultant, basically the same job
- You have very strange times of work
- You get paid really well to make your clients feel happy
- You get paid really well to create phantasies in the minds of your customers
- You get paid really well without having to be extraordinarily good at your job since many people don’t want to do it but many people request your service (supply and demand)
- You get paid really well, but your supervisor keeps most of the money
- You develop a close relationship to the people on your team at night
- You spend a lot of time in hotels
- You spend a lot of time away from your family and it’s hard to maintain a relationship
- If one customer beats you up you go to the next one
- You can’t really explain to other people what you are currently doing
- You look great when leaving early in the morning but horrible when coming home after the day/week
For those who couldn’t guess, I never worked as a prostitute but did work as a consultant :)
Or maybe Morti manages a bar while dreaming to become an actor…
I ain't no steenky actor!
I gotta do social things for me work that I call meetings… well, sometimes they are meeting-meetings, sometimes a dinner, but if I’m missing a game it’s for the career.
It’s not too far off from being a prostitute.
Thank God I don’t have any wish to be an actor.
Last night I met with some people who want to give me money, and only 1/3rd of it is for fellatio.
Mortimer
What's fellatio?
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
a minor character in Romeo and Juliet
by Shakespeare. – Elgin
I get what I deserve. I deserve what I get. I have it so I deserve it. I deserve
it for I have it. I get what I deserve. What I deserve - what I deserve what
I get. I have it so I deserve. - Gentle Giant
That should shut up those
who say he’s not flashy. If only he posterized someone more credible…
he's certainly make me remember Cheikh Samb.
Sort of like how Outlaw made “Rodney Carney” an unforgettable name.
by Badalona Baddie on Jan 26, 2009 10:07 PM PST up reply actions
Epic.
Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k
Be careful Ben
Those people who got the Nike ads pulled will be after you for posting this video.
"Only dunk and go to the defense." Rudy Fernandez
That ain't right.
Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.
"I want to put points on your face."
-Rudy to Pau Gasol
NorrisHopper30: "someone injure pubert jones"
by rockingharder on Jan 26, 2009 10:12 PM PST up reply actions
ironically
Rudy is probably third or fourth on the team. Bayless and Outlaw are terrific contest style dunkers, as well as Roy, Webster, and Batum (dunks from the free throw line).
by Cablinasian on Jan 26, 2009 10:18 PM PST up reply actions
clips fan here...kept it as close as possible for 3 qrts...
EJ had a tough night and the Blazers did a good job at guarding him…
EJ’s dunk on TWO Blazers, just before this was a monster!…Did he really need to do a double take stare-down on a guy who has played less than 12 nba games in his career!?
"Duck, Crab. Crab, Duck"
Roger Sterling - Mad Men
Clippers were spent in the fourth quarter
A back to back with only 4 subs will do that to a team. They played a lot better than many expected.
And yes, no matter who you are, after a dunk like that you get the stare down.
"Only dunk and go to the defense." Rudy Fernandez
by Sabonis4Ever on Jan 26, 2009 10:13 PM PST up reply actions
former L.A. resident speaking here...
I don’t miss much about L.A., but I do miss Ralph Lawler. He’s great, one of the best in the league. Doesn’t get enough credit b/c of the typically poor performances of the teams he announces.
by Badalona Baddie on Jan 26, 2009 10:15 PM PST up reply actions
Should be in the Hall of Fame
best announcer since Chicky baby…
"Duck, Crab. Crab, Duck"
Roger Sterling - Mad Men
by Lawler's Law on Jan 26, 2009 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
How was that dunk over two Blazers?
"Only dunk and go to the defense." Rudy Fernandez
by Sabonis4Ever on Jan 26, 2009 10:59 PM PST up reply actions
That really made Eric Gordon's earlier jam
look like child’s play.
Insane facial.
-sw
Manuel Aristides Ramirez is the greatest hitter I've ever seen.
EJ's dunk was over TWO blazers!
"Duck, Crab. Crab, Duck"
Roger Sterling - Mad Men
by Lawler's Law on Jan 26, 2009 10:14 PM PST up reply actions
Off topic, briefly,
but I love your handle, LL. Been watching the Clips a bit more than usual lately, and I really enjoy listening to Lawler. He does a great job.
-sw
Manuel Aristides Ramirez is the greatest hitter I've ever seen.
by Steve Weinman on Jan 26, 2009 10:17 PM PST up reply actions
ah, my bad
initially missed the Lawler discussion above. Sentiment stands, of course.
-sw
Manuel Aristides Ramirez is the greatest hitter I've ever seen.
by Steve Weinman on Jan 26, 2009 10:25 PM PST up reply actions
LL makes the games so much more enjoyable...
we at clipsnation.com kindly refer to him and Mike Smith as Milph…
"Duck, Crab. Crab, Duck"
Roger Sterling - Mad Men
by Lawler's Law on Jan 26, 2009 10:57 PM PST up reply actions
heh, that's a good one
They’re really a blast – i watched Friday night against OKC and loved the whole dynamic with Mike talking about how him and DeAndre are buds (the pregame fist bump, some chats they’ve had where DAJ addresses him as "Mike") and Lawler ribbing him about this the whole time.
I could listen to those guys all day. Can’t be easy to root for a Sterling franchise – you all certainly deserve a pair like that to make it just a bit easier.
-sw
Manuel Aristides Ramirez is the greatest hitter I've ever seen.
by Steve Weinman on Jan 26, 2009 11:09 PM PST up reply actions
Lawler
EJ’s dunk was impressive. It got the fans on their feet and the bench up and the Clippers really thinking they could win this game.
Really, though, that makes the BRoy dunk all that more impressive. It sat everyone back down, deflated the Clips, and they never got back up. The game was over after that dunk.
And yeah, it’s not all that impressive to dunk on a guy like Cheikh, but I don’t think BRoy’s face and yell were really about Cheikh. They were about firing his teammates up. It worked.
by LicketyBrindle on Jan 26, 2009 10:20 PM PST up reply actions
I prefer Roy's method of "firing up teammates" to Rasheed's.
Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.
"I want to put points on your face."
-Rudy to Pau Gasol
NorrisHopper30: "someone injure pubert jones"
by rockingharder on Jan 26, 2009 10:41 PM PST up reply actions
Do you think Sheed was the inspiration for the "cross blunt" from Pineapple Express?
When I die, I'd like to go out like my grandfather, peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like the passengers in his car. - jack handy
I wouldn't know.
I refused to see that movie after it used “Paper Planes” in the trailer. Such a terrible song…
Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.
"I want to put points on your face."
-Rudy to Pau Gasol
NorrisHopper30: "someone injure pubert jones"
by rockingharder on Jan 26, 2009 11:18 PM PST up reply actions
Dear NBA.com
Do NOT pick the dunk of the night until all games are played.
"Only dunk and go to the defense." Rudy Fernandez
Greg's block was also much better than the block of the day
by Cablinasian on Jan 26, 2009 10:21 PM PST up reply actions
we didn't get anything because of the late game...
We should have had assist and block of the night too.
Assist
What’s amazing is Rudy had a hookshot oop and a behind the backer on the break to Outlaw, but IMO he didn’t have the 2 best passes of the night.
Przybilla’s pass to Rudy was insane, as I mentioned below
Sergio’s pass to Oden was even more insane. He’s a 6’3 (maybe) PG getting a rebound in the key, and yet he already knows where the open dunker is before he even touches the ball.
You know who's not getting enough credit?
Rudy Fernandez, with that let-the-ball-bounce-grab-and-fake-the-defender-nail-the-three-at-the-buzzer play.
That was huge, too.
by LicketyBrindle on Jan 26, 2009 10:22 PM PST reply actions
and...(to single out the Clip TV crew for praise AGAIN)
they pointed out how smart Rudy was for letting the ball bounce.
by Badalona Baddie on Jan 26, 2009 10:24 PM PST up reply actions
Awesome play and pass
1. That pass was flawless. Perfect spot on the floor, perfect speed, perfect amount of leading. Joel wins at life.
2. The anticipation was flawless. Rudy slowed down enough to stay ahead of his man while still properly timing the bounce. He then had the smarts to use his full 2.4 seconds to get the best look, instead of instantly firing it up.
Roy’s dunks is getting all the hype, but remember. We were going into the 4th quarter up by 1 pathetic point. This play put us up by 4 and gave us the momentum going into the 4th instead of them.
He also packed one over Dalembert
"Only dunk and go to the defense." Rudy Fernandez
by Sabonis4Ever on Jan 26, 2009 10:27 PM PST up reply actions
Those are cute, but the ferocity on the one tonight blows
those other two away.. he went full cock back with the right hands right in the guys mug, and knocked him to the ground
The crushing of the opponent was unmatched by anyone this year...
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
Down here in Eugene
My room mate was on the porch and heard not only my victory yell but those of multiple neighbors in the ally. Everybody getting up for Roy doing his thing.
Ducks Go!
694, bam!
Batum's face
after the dunk might have been my favorite part. It’s not in the clip above, but it really encompassed everything that needs to be said about that…
LOL
During the post-game session with the media in the Clipper locker room, Samb was sighted alone in the corner muttering to himself. "Rien, rien, rien, rien," he kept saying as he periodically glanced up from his copy of Le Mythe de Sisyphe. Brandon Roy’s dunk tonight shook Cheikh Samb to the very core of his existence. His sanity flew away with his head band as Brandon Roy destroyed his soul with a leather ball. The head band has not, as of yet, been found.
FILTHY FILTHY FILTHY
i need to take a shower after that that. he simply DESTROY’S poor cheikh. so vicious. AHHHH SO VICIOUS.
Say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos.
That sums it up nicely :)
BTW, best AV on BE by far my friend
Jerryd Bayless = Marlo Stanfield
- Early stage Marlo at this point, but Bayless is the emotionless killer new to the game. He will take over, and there will be causalties – it’s just a matter of time.
by blazeraddict on Jan 26, 2009 10:34 PM PST up reply actions
one of the best pics ive shot all year :)
by Ben Golliver on Jan 26, 2009 11:08 PM PST up reply actions
oh yes
most definitely. ben that shot was macrophenomenal. it captures broy’s enigmatic swag perfectly. thanks blazeraddict :). i take great pride in my pic and my big lebowski sig.
Say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos.
If he'd be happy as the leader of the 2nd unit
in a couple years when Bayless is ready to take the starting spot, that would be an excellent combination. I just don’t know if Sergio will accept a role as a career backup, because with Bayless developing/Nate coaching that’s probably his role if he stays
Jerryd Bayless = Marlo Stanfield
- Early stage Marlo at this point, but Bayless is the emotionless killer new to the game. He will take over, and there will be causalties – it’s just a matter of time.
by blazeraddict on Jan 26, 2009 10:36 PM PST up reply actions
Love the Bench Buddies reaction
Bench Buddies = Ike and Frye
The Ike and Frye Show!
BINGO, BANGO, BONGO
Rudy is the only one who doesn't move..
Boo to you, Rudy
we need to get them sponsored by a restaurant
and have them eating during the games, at their own special table.
by Cablinasian on Jan 26, 2009 10:46 PM PST up reply actions
I was
there at the game (company has a freaking sweet suite – right at center court) and that thing was even more beastly seeing it live.
The arena is pretty dead, to be honest – I can feel more crowd energy when watching a game at the rose garden on tv.
I love how the arena music stops the instant Brandon throws it down
- on SC’s top 10 tonight, btw. #1 was two crazy plays from Chris Paul in his 27 pt 10 reb 15 ast 7 stl game.
Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
I cannot believe
this didn’t get dunk of the night on nba.com, they instead had a wilson chandler sideline dunk with a guy in the general area, not a body to body dunk that put the defending player on his butt.
by neutroticblazerfan on Jan 27, 2009 12:08 AM PST reply actions
Brandon Roy is like Clark Kent
He doesn’t want anyone to know about his superpowers. But every once in awhile, a situation presents itself that’s so dire he must take the risk of being found out. Tonight, when Gordon’s dunk threatened to convince the Clips and their fans that they could win, Roy had to tip his hand.
He was NOT going to let the Blazers lose that game, so he nipped the Clippers’ momentum in the bud. BIG time!
"We don't back down to nobody." --Joel Przybilla
My wife made that face on our wedding night
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck was on ice?
NBA Top 10 Plays
Blazers owned three
8, Rudy’s no look hook-lob to LMA
4. Brandon’s Posterization of Samb
3. Rudy’s dime to Outlaw on the break
I don’t know how Roy’s finished below Outlaw. CP3 had three by himself and the top spot overall.
Only missed one
Sergio’s rebound/assist to Oden was ridiculous. NBA.com isn’t big on the high IQ plays, just the obviously flashy one. (Yes, passing the ball before you’ve actually gotten control of it isn’t flashy enough.)
Where can I buy the poster?
I’m serious. When I was a kid, I had posters on my wall of in-game dunks by Jordan, Drexler, Dominique, etc.
Sure, everybody here knows the famous play-by-play line “Rodney Carney, you’ve been posterized!!!”. But I’m still waiting for the friggin’ poster to be on sale. I don’t like the fake posed studio posters. Was no one taking pictures of the dunk? Is it a licensing thing?
My son is 9 years old, and I want to buy him a poster of a in-game dunk by Outlaw and one by Roy as well. And I want one of Rudy for my daughter. Not a jump-shooting poster, or a layup, or dribbling, I want a dunk. Is that so much to ask??
by unblindloyalty on Jan 27, 2009 12:34 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
HEY EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!! check out
my brother’s video that we captured from a couple rows behind Blazer’s bench from Staples Center!!! he gets a little excited at the end. Hell, we all got a little excited at the end.
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