January Junk - The 6th Edish
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Jan 6, 2009 1:19 AM PST
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PrintThe Bush's family cat, India, died yesterday.
I have a date Thursday with an attractive girl that i met in my writing class last term.
I fell down my stairs yesterday. there are only 2 stairs though.
Carmelo has a "probable" hand fracture. Good luck with that. on opposite day. ooo Melo need some ice for that? (the burn i just laid out not the fracture)
The Naturals wife gave birth to their second child.
Dave's reassuring piece on Darius gives me giggles.
I'm going to bed. <3
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Im uplate and forgot to make a junk drawer
no <3 to me
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
everybody gets a <3
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Jan 6, 2009 1:45 AM PST up reply actions
RUFIO! RUFIO! RUFIO!
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Jan 6, 2009 1:45 AM PST up reply actions
That is why we need to draft Ricky......
So we can have two names to chant every game. RUDY RUDY RUDY, and RUBIO, RUBIO, RU-BI-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
by RipCityRoyCity on Jan 6, 2009 6:26 PM PST up reply actions
What is it with people and falling down?
You fell down, Sophia fell down, Antonio Harvey fell down. Gravity is a killer.
"When I have the ball, I experiment." #5
I tripped on a dog leash :(
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Jan 6, 2009 1:46 AM PST up reply actions
We're always falling, the question is, can you catch yourself?
Gravity is there and doesn’t change much. And we use it to continuously fall forward, and then catch ourselves over and over again. It’s called walking.
So, it’s as simple as catching yourself.
-Tyler
Oden and LaMarcus and Roy, oh my!
that is funny
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, with my sons
My wife
slipped on the frost covered porch Sunday and tumbled. It’s catching apparently.
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, with my sons
Heat just released Shaun Livingston
Another try on a risky but potentially great point guard anyone? ;-)
poor Shaun.
I’ve felt for the guy ever since that horrible, awful, disgusting knee injury.
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Jan 6, 2009 1:47 AM PST up reply actions
that was a freak accident actualy
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
That was a scary accident...
I saw it and thought my knee was going to explode due to sympathy pains.
Oden and LaMarcus and Roy, oh my!
I do too
He was my favorite player for that final roster spot. High character guy. And nothing against Shav, but Shaun had All-Star written all over him when he came into the league. Think a taller Jason Kidd or a Scottie Pippen running your point. Amazing passing angles almost no other player can even see. He really would have helped the Clippers much more than any Baron Davis if not for that freak injury in the long run. If anything was left in the tank, that would have been a gamble worthy of KP down the road. I like Petteri a lot, but Livingston would be the more interesting high risk high reward gamble.
P.S.: The release was more due to luxury tax than due to health reasons. Shaun didn’t look bad in the limited time, but it was clear from the start this would be a rebuilding year. He just hasn’t got the strength in the knee back to jump and turn from it as well as he could. Maybe in a year.
There were hints in Miami that Shaun wanted more playing time
I’m a little curious if he was getting no playing time due to medical concerns or level of play.
Like everyone else, I’d love to see Shaun make a successful comeback. Even if it’s in Europe.
so was KP right?
Do you know what you are?...You are What U is..You is what U Am..A cow don't make Ham...you ain't what u Not...so see what you got..You are what U is..And that's all it 'tis.... F.Zappa
So
Shaun gets released and Miles gets 2 minutes? Something is not right..
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, with my sons
now im going to bed for real. much love.
RUFIO!
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Jan 6, 2009 1:48 AM PST reply actions
Nuggets>Blazers even without melo
The Blazers are nothing without Roy. Ooh they beat the Celtics who have lost four of six. The Nuggets have legitimate scoring threats other than Carmelo. The Nuggets are going to run away with the Northwest
Appropriate place to post this
Sophia
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
I'm in that blurry group of fans in the background!
Best game I’ve ever been to. Great game for my fiance to see her first game in person.
True Story
Most people think Denver’s team is named after gold nuggets but it’s actually named after Larry Brown’s poop. It seems he ate a lot of fiber and often forgot to flush the toilet.
Just before I came to work, my wife told me a swell story
I drank a lot of champagne, beer, and Jägermeister on New Year’s Eve. I thought I was pretty well behaved, but a friend told my wife, that a woman from the party told him, that I walked up to her and said, “I have soft hands, can I touch your boobs?”
In my defense, I do have soft hands. After my wife told me the story I said to her, I said, “That’s kind of creepy.”
Oooo....
That’s NEVER happened to me… Creep! Ugh, I’m a living joke.
Damn that Jagermeister!
-Shad
"If a doctor ever gives me six months to live, I want it in basketball time." - Marc Acito
I think it was the champagne
I’ve done heroin, PCP, crack, licked toads, LSD, angel dust, acid, mescaline, mushrooms, cocaine, adrenochrome, ketamine, peyote, horse tranquilizers, and PBR all at the same time and still behaved myself. I normally only make stupid comments like that to friend who know I’m joking. Champagne is a hell of a drug.
tell me about them toads....
:)
The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out burns out farms and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.
I don't believe the cant remember part
no matter how drunk, stoned, wired, or high on nitrous I got, I never had an occasion where I didnt remember what I did. I do agree about champagne tho, that stuff gave me the spins every time.
"The mounting minde that climes the hauty cliftes...Intoxicats the braine with guiddy drifts, Then rowles, and reeles, and falles at length plum ripe" .--- From Thomas Hughes’ 1588 The Misfortunes of Arthur:
you can tell us tom...
did you do it? (ask) and if so What’d she say? inquiring minds want to know!!! well…I do :)
The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out burns out farms and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.
If she said yes, I would have remembered that
It was probably something silly I said half-jokingly when we were both in the kitchen. Normally I say stuff like in the presence of people who would get the joke, like my wife. Then she tells the folks to just ignore me.
Yeah
If no one is there to get the joke, just telling it for yourself usually isn’t enough.
Plus, it comes off creepy and everyone is told what you said and the circumstances and the innocent joke turns into you trying to molest her in an abandoned warehouse while old circus music plays in the background on a scratchy record.
M—
flag
(its the new rec)
Roy To The World
by Outlaw is Rejector on Jan 6, 2009 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
tominhawaii
Please return your Magnum pic for the current less flattering one. Thanks!
Hey a girl can dream!!!
That's awesome
I got a signed picture of Rowdy Roddy Piper, but it says something like “To Julie: All My Best” or whatever.
I got it from a friend of mine who worked at the pharmacy where Rowdy got his meds, and when she asked for a autographed picture he thought it was for her.
I know what meds Rowdy takes, so email me and you can learn too. Now THAT is a HIPPA violation, not that joke KP did!
Morty
love the avatar Tom
you are a man of your word with that…wish he had clearer writing tho
Do you know what you are?...You are What U is..You is what U Am..A cow don't make Ham...you ain't what u Not...so see what you got..You are what U is..And that's all it 'tis.... F.Zappa
Or a bigger photo ;-)
I can read “to Tom” (or Tony?) and “Bla” or “Blax” or something, as well as some wild lines. But I’m sure he got the instructions…
It was hard to take a good photo too because of the flash
I could probably take a photo of it on the lanai without the flash
When I was a senior in high school...
I was at my friend’s parent’s Christmas party. It was getting late, so the adults were getting a little tipsy. Of course we had snuck a few drinks, so we were a bit tipsy.
We joined the adults for a while, and this old dude comes up to us.
“You know what’s great about these parties?”
“What?”
“Well, this is my neighbor, who I go to church with, and my wife is right over there… and I’m going to do this!”
And he turns to the women next to him, his neighbor and fellow church-mate, and face-plants into her chest. Then he shook his head a bit while making some funny sound, stood up and flashed us a smile, and then went over to his wife who was smiling at him.
All we could do was laugh our way out of the party…
-T
Oden and LaMarcus and Roy, oh my!
That's a bit nuts
Normally the wost thing I do is just stare at cleavage or complement someone on their cleavage. Like I said above, normally everyone is in on the joke except the person I’m asking. Champagne is a hell of a drug.
OMG this reminds me of a joke
A lady goes into plastic surgeon and tells him that she needs breast reduction. The Dr first asked her if she is sure she wants to do this. She explains that she is positive. He say “ok, but I have to numb them first”. She say: “OK”. The Dr then leans in an and sticks head into her cleavage, shakes his head back and forth and goes: “num-num-num-num-num!!”
Homer: "Yikes....a bear is eating my father!!"
Selma: "I'm Selma"
Homer: "A talking bear is eating my father!!"
Jason Quick is going Bill Simmons on us: References to "Shawshank Redemption"
http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2009/01/babies_hammys_rumors_and_mail.html
Remember the movie ‘Shawshank Redemption’, where Andy Dufresne wrote a letter every week to the state to get books for the prison library? Well, the same concept is underway with the grandmother of Blazers center Joel Przybilla. The octogenarian plans to write NBA commissioner David Stern a series of letters complaining about the $7,500 fine Przybilla received for his part in an altercation with New Orleans center Tyson Chandler on Friday.
that totally effected the refs in LA
that tried to call a foul on joel when he wasn’t even in the game! I could hear them thinking, “oh, he’s not in the game, who’s that other white guy [blake], he farted on kobe whilst shooting, and 1!” Joel upset the whole clique of NBA referees.
Activate Shavlik Randolph
poor joel
i feel bad for joel for all the crap he will take about his granny fighting david stern for him. he might replace dirty fernandez and the sweater twins as the butt of the locker room jokes.
maybe he should take a proactive stance and have his grandma knit sweaters for the team. or just rudy and sergio.
Oden - Przy = Most productive Duo
82 Games has great stats on player pairs +/- on the court. Who’s our most productive?
http://www.82games.com/0809/0809PORP.HTM
Check it out. I know it’s a tiny sample size, and I know it’s not really a durable strategy.
Saw this during Bron's postgame after he crabdribbled.
Haha so I had to take a picture of it and ask, which came first? Roy’s stripe or Bron’s?
Why does fat chance = slim chance?
i think Broy had it first on Xmas on TNT...
then Lebron said , “dang, that’s tight…since i’m Broy lite, i gotta do the same.”
LBJ doesn’t look as cool cuz it just looks like he got those lines without actually getting his hair buzzed to match
"Step up to my mic!!!" Joel's right and left fist
Anyone else want to wait in line with me for the MacBook Wheel????
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/92328
"Step up to my mic!!!" Joel's right and left fist
No, but the new iLife and maybe iWork
I want to tag my photos and learn to play the piano :)
(Not kidding: It’s a new feature to have musicians demo songs to you with Garage Band, kinda like Rock Band with real instruments)
did you watch that video Norsk?...
you will change your mind!!!
what instruments do you currently play that is leading you to learn the piano…i’m still bum i sold my black Les Paul i got for a gift in college for book money.
"Step up to my mic!!!" Joel's right and left fist
KP
The Steve Jobs of the sports world.
"Hightide was the only "Yes" vote" - parkinglotj
Joel Freeland=Stud
Totally believed the MacBook Wheel was real
for the longest time during that video lol. Wayyy too long.
--
by CaptainSexyJacob on Jan 6, 2009 6:30 PM PST up reply actions
crazy huh? they spent a lot of money to make that joke...even having "fake" genius bar people
"Step up to my mic!!!" Joel's right and left fist
so Rhoodie...it took you 3 months to ask this girl out?
take her to a blazer game and wear a tshirt with your BE member name so we can include you in the post game thread
"Step up to my mic!!!" Joel's right and left fist
You just ate terrorist strawberries I bet!
Way to go, pal.
I was going to do a smiling wink, but this can’t be treated lightly.
Morty
I'm drinking colombian coffee and helping FARC.
Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k
Sophia ...
… is that your bid on my shirt?
If so, awesome.
Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k
I went into the neighborhood Salvation Army yesterday ...
… and they had this sweet white Blazers shoot-around warm-up in there, but with the flaming basketball logo (which I’m not that wild about). But anyway, I thought they’d want less than $10 for it so I was gonna break budget and get it and send it to a friend, but there was no price on it so the girl said it could not be sold. WTF?
Gonna look back today.
Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k
I bet she already has it on ebay ;0
The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out burns out farms and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.
by faith on Jan 6, 2009 12:49 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Why don't you just sell it to her outright?
Otherwise random people like me are going to jump on Ebay and steal it away from her.
Rudy for ROY
Campaign 08-09
"Rudy is not everyday a shooter." ~Rudy Fernandez
I had already posted it when I remembered she wanted it.
(… and frankly, I need the cash anyway I can get it. this move is costing way more than I thought. Just the little stuff keeps piling up.)
If I can find that Salvation Army jersey again I’m gonna send it to some Portland buddies. It’s a XXL, way to big for a pee-wee like me.
Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k
It would look rad on little Nic, however.
Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k
From true hoop
Homer: "Yikes....a bear is eating my father!!"
Selma: "I'm Selma"
Homer: "A talking bear is eating my father!!"
That's my favorite link of the new year so far
If the NBA won’t bring transparency, yay for third parties.
the solution
get rid of the refs and let the players call their own fouls
"The mounting minde that climes the hauty cliftes...Intoxicats the braine with guiddy drifts, Then rowles, and reeles, and falles at length plum ripe" .--- From Thomas Hughes’ 1588 The Misfortunes of Arthur:
Better yet
Give every fan in the arena a little button pad, like on America’s Funniest Home Videos. Then tell them to hit the foul button when they see a foul. If more than 3 fans hit the button within a second (you know, like olympic boxing judges), then it’s a foul.
It’s foolproof! It’s the ultimate in crowdsourcing!
quick toss up question
working on an article about sergio/rudy alley oops…
what makes them different from other alley oop combinations?
what should i be sure to mention?
thoughts appreciated…
I doubt many girls dream of having their babies with other alley-oop combinations.
Oh wait, is that just me? Damn.
Rudy for ROY
Campaign 08-09
"Rudy is not everyday a shooter." ~Rudy Fernandez
Thoughts
- Whatever Mike Born mentioned in his Rudy answers (long-standing connection from junior national teams on, etc.)
- That Rudy seems able to convert even fairly bad passes by not dunking them, but instead doing reverse layups and all kinds of crazy moves.
- Most of them seem to be baseline cuts from Rudy → movement without the ball
- That no other guard seems willing or able to throw these kinds of passes to Rudy. In fact, Rudy himself might be the most daring passer after Sergio on the team
they make it seem natural
in the flow of the game while it seems the majority of oops are on a break.
also, i think many boys also dream of having their babies with this alley-oop combo
That last line might explain
why i am always yelling…….“Back-door him Rudy…back-door him!!!”
Homer: "Yikes....a bear is eating my father!!"
Selma: "I'm Selma"
Homer: "A talking bear is eating my father!!"
Truthfully
a big part is that they are the only ones on the team trying to run the ally-oop. Add to this the fact that Rudy can finish in a lot of different way…reverses, dunks …so forth. Finally ….it was basically the first thing we saw from Rudy (boy howdy@!!!) and made a big impression.
Homer: "Yikes....a bear is eating my father!!"
Selma: "I'm Selma"
Homer: "A talking bear is eating my father!!"
Alleyoops
Are better than normal oops, and chicken.
Roy To The World
by Outlaw is Rejector on Jan 6, 2009 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
A couple of reasons
1) Its a point guard to a shooting guard not some 7ft center
2) Its two non American players from the same country
3) It doesn’t have to finish with a dunk, the layups are just as exciting.
4) Rudy has flair
5) Whenever it happens I get to yell “esmashida”
6) They were doing it to each other before the NBA (yes, yes, that sounds funny)
"When I have the ball, I experiment." #5
I think
it’s a rush because we know they do it, and it’s going to happen, as does the other team. When it happens it’s like “you can’t stop us” – much better than out of the blue.
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, with my sons
I have seen Bayless try it a couple of times
and get it to high and hard,he will figure it out but I doubt Sergio is giving him any pointers
Martell's going to be out a while.
Blazers General Manager Kevin Pritchard on Tuesday said Webster’s doctors decided that he should remain in his protective orthopedic boot for another two weeks, then re-evaluate. Once post-boot rehab is factored in, and Webster returns to practices and gets into game shape, Pritchard thought Webster could be looking at close to the All-Star Break before being ready for a full return to action.
http://columbian.com/article/20090106/BLOGS05/901069984/-1/BLAZERBANTER
Anyone else concerned that Martell won’t be 100% until next year? He must be going stir crazy.
At least Oden knew he was out for the year
Imagine if he kept rehabbing last season, only to keep having setbacks. Then he plays 5 minutes in a game and he’s out again for a few months.
I really feel sorry for Martell, this has to be really tough.
Ouch
I have a clue how Martell feels,once I ran and ran and ran to get ready for a soccer season,pulled a hammy in the first game,a month later when I could play again it felt like I had ankle weights on.
by southern oregon on Jan 6, 2009 3:47 PM PST up reply actions
Skip Bayles + Lil Wayne + Dana Jacobson =
What did I miss?
Roy To The World
by Outlaw is Rejector on Jan 6, 2009 4:12 PM PST reply actions
nothing
Homer: "Yikes....a bear is eating my father!!"
Selma: "I'm Selma"
Homer: "A talking bear is eating my father!!"
dang!!
I miss nothing everytime!!!!
Roy To The World
by Outlaw is Rejector on Jan 7, 2009 12:45 AM PST up reply actions
Hey is this is still us?
I honestly think it is, but then again I am from Blazerland and haven’t been to a game in any other arena. I think our chanting defense in the second quarter of the Boston game, and in our first home preseason game is definitely a part of this vibe. Does anyone else have any input on this?
This is the Truehoop article where Henry was talking about the Nets fans booing there own team to a win. And how the Memorial Coliseum was pretty much the exact opposite. http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-38-14/When-Fans-Go-Sour.html?post=true
Jaws were hitting the floor as Greg repeatedly attempted to tear the rim off the backboard...
Looks like Boston is going to lose AGAIN
… to Charlotte.
This is just bananas right now. Makes you feel less good about our win over them.
Boomshakalaka
wow
boston lost, unreal.
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, with my sons
They're doing that on purpose
They saw how happy we were to win and out of SPITE they make the win mean less.
Jerks.
Mortimer
"Makes you feel less good about our win over them."
It also put our own little travails in perspective. Boston is still at least the thrid best team in the league, the deending champs, no one significant injured and they can lose. Multiple time in two weeks. it’s the NBA, where even good teams lose a few.
OKC is blowing out the Knicks
OKC has been playing solid ball lately. Don’t laugh— look at their results. They’ve been in literally every game lately. They won’t come close to the worst record ever— they’ll win about 15-17 games.
Boomshakalaka
Remember our decent stretch around December/January in our 21 win season?
I don’t THINK the Thunder will get the worst record— 8 wins is a lotta not winning— but every horrible team has a stretch where they keep it close and everyone thinks they’ve turned it around a bit and then they go back to being awful.
HOWEVER, talent wise, this Thunder team obviously has a lot more talent than our awful 21 win team. AND our awful 27 win team. Durant, Green, Westbrook, Wilcox, Collison, they got players… just inconsistent and one dimensional players, in certain cases.
It’s another feather in Nate’s cap that he led a Z-Bo/Miles/Telfair team to 21 wins! And that year, the bottom wasn’t as bad as it is this year. The Thunder should be able to steal some more wins from fellow suckers like the Kings and Wolves.
Obviously though, as the petty schadenfreuding jerk I am, I want the Thunder to get the worsest record ever. That’d be suh-WEET!
8 wins is the worst, right?
Mortimer
Isn't a coincidence
That BRoy is out and he is a new father? He’ll get some time with the baby. I just found it coincidental. I mean, couldn’t be…
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, with my sons
There's a whole (really wrong) thread about this in fanposts
It’s got a poll that may make you laugh.
Thanks for the tip...
…at least I know I’m not the only one wondering
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, with my sons
I think the Blake's are expecting soon also
So we can write the current"slump"off as pre parental jitters
by southern oregon on Jan 6, 2009 7:01 PM PST up reply actions
wow, that must be the quickest conception to birth ever...
he’s really selfish to put his newborn ahead of his team.
"Step up to my mic!!!" Joel's right and left fist
What he do???
He go HAAAAAAAARD, bruh. Dis him right hurr. He STAY killin’ da SEC, fam. Razorbacks>Longhorns. You ain’t seent it on ESPN2 dis evenin’, Mo’ Stacks?
Salaam.
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wow
The Mavs keep getting ridiculously lucky. How many 2 point home wins over awful teams are they going to have?
Boomshakalaka
My DVR is recording two things at once
So I can’t watch :-(
Hmmm… maybe it’s time to try out my League Pass Broadband? I ain’t done n’ gone used it yet!
Here we go! OOOOOOH WHEEE I can’t wait!
M
Sucks, doesn't it.
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
It sucks alright
Now I know how those affected by the Comcast blackout feel :-(
That’s pretty dumb that NBA-TV games aren’t available online. If you got League Pass Broadband, you either subscribed and paid for it alone or got League Pass for your TV, like me— and NBA TV comes with that. Why can’t I watch it online?
DUMB DUMB DUMB.
Oh well. I could move into the bedroom and watch on that TV but I should be good and do other stuff while blabbing away here.
Mortimer
And the Knicks just dumped him before that too!
Ariza looked great even as an undrafted rookie for them.
He’s got the quickness to use his length. He’s going to be a steals demon ballhawk for a looong time.
Morty J. Billingsquibblebee
He looks really, really good to me. Sort of like a "Nic Batum All Growed Up" sort...
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
Lakers are totally in trouble this year if Fisher gets hurt. They've got nobody behind him; he's 34, too, so lotsa luck...
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
no need to fear
the Lakers are out of our league this year, and probobly next year also. How well they do in the regular season doesn’t really affect us.
Boomshakalaka
I thought he was out for the year after knee surgery, but I guess a torn meniscus repair isn't that big of a rip...
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
"And the Knicks just dumped him before that too!"
Perhaps the two teams that had Ariza before the Lakers thought he had hit his ceiling after the first 20 games….
Ah, Joel Myers just said that "hopefully back by the all star break"....
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
Man, Lakers closing like crap, 7-0 Hornets run in last 90 seconds and the Hornets have the ball...
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
wow Lakers with an awful couple minutes there
Bynum has really regressed from his form early last season.
Boomshakalaka
I've been surprised this year how mediocre Bynum really is. He's built like a greek god, but his offensive game is minimal and he's really not a very good rebounder...
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
I'd take Oden over him in a pick 'em, and I'm not an Oden fan...
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
He's moody too
And not like Oden, who just cares too much.
Bynum is prone to feeling slighted and not involved. Not a good mix on a team with Kobe and Pau, who deserve the touches and involvement they get.
Bynum has been a shot blocking rebounding monster in the past, but that doesn’t seem good enough for him right now.
He’s still very young though, of course.
Mortimer
lol
You are giving Bynum flak for being moody but Oden gets a pass? You are drawing distinctions between types of moodiness?
Not sure how you can justify that.
Boomshakalaka
Bynum has had 3 years with a lot less pressure
and very good coachs,I dont think he really has the fire and is close to as good as he is going to get.Greg is almost as good right now and is going to get way better.
by southern oregon on Jan 6, 2009 9:19 PM PST up reply actions
YOU seem to be Bynum-type-moody
Whereas I can be Oden-type-moody after a Blazer loss because I care.
There’s a distinct difference to me :)
Rudy for ROY
Campaign 08-09
"Rudy is not everyday a shooter." ~Rudy Fernandez
For SURE there is different moodiness
Weren’t you a teen before?
Bynum is PETULANT sort of moody, entitled. He doesn’t like his role.
Oden is moody in the OH I WANNA BE GOOD BUT AIN’T BEING AS GOOD AS I CAN BE sort of way. That’s not a bad moody in the long run.
I’d expect more from a Cornell graduate. Ezra would be ashamed. “Justifying distinctions between moodiness”, my stars!
Mortimer
not arguing there aren't different types of moodiness
I’m questioning your qualification to psycho-analyze Bynum and Oden based on media reports.
Boomshakalaka
Not what you said at all...
You are drawing distinctions between types of moodiness?
Rudy for ROY
Campaign 08-09
"Rudy is not everyday a shooter." ~Rudy Fernandez
Even better
Body language! (joking)
What they tell reporters and say isn’t a bad way to analyse what someone is feeling like.
Bynum wants more role, more touches, and isn’t giving the same effort as before. He moody! Oden gets all glum and woe is me, he moody! One moody is better than the other in the long run… especially if you’re playing with Kobe.
It’s not a secret that Bynum ain’t happy, so I’m not reading tea leaves here. You can see Oden ain’t happy either— which reason is better for a team? In my opinion, it’s the guy who is moody because he cares about being good too much, not the one upset he isn’t getting the same touches he got the year before on a team with Kobe and Pau.
Mortimer
you slay me
you find away to make every piece of info into a positive for the Blazers— and I love you for it.
Boomshakalaka
Hootie hoo whattie what!
Just like I said before the season started— he good, but overrated as the next big thang.
He benefited a ton from Kobe getting so much attention, and when he was healthy he was able to finish well. Now Pau is better at the post thing than Bynum is of course, so you go through him and give him the dump offs from the attention Kobe gets, AND Bynum and Pau haven’t yet been able to create some sort of chemistry.
Kinda like LMA and Oden, I’d say… and Oden is trying to regain his lift and athleticism. Once it’s back, it’ll be more fair to compare the two, but Bynum isn’t years ahead of Oden currently like he should be.
Oden, if he does regain his athleticism like they say he should, will be a lot better player. But Bynum is good! Just not THAT good.
Mortimer
Bynum was not overrated last year
He was legitimately amazing last year. There is a difference between regressing and never having been good in the first place.
Bynum is better than Oden right now but not by much.
Boomshakalaka
But to me
He isn’t playing that much worse.
There’s just a Pau there, a better big man (for the triangle at least), getting those dunks and easy buckets that Kobe got Bynum before.
They could still very well develop that chemistry, and Bynum couldn’t ask for a better interior passer than Gasol to give him good passes. But with Kobe being so Kobe, you don’t really need to go through Pau for everything.
The biggest different between last year’s Bynum and this year’s is effort and touches. The game against us wasn’t the first time the announcers lamented Bynum’s energy level.
M—
Morty
he's regressed
He’s playing significantly worse than he did last year. Even if its just not being used to playing with Pau (and he’s not actually a worse player in a vacuum), the fact remains that he’s not been nearly as effective as he was last year.
Boomshakalaka
I think they're working on a 15 game home winning streak, I think I heard that...
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
if i wasn't a blazer fan
i’d take kobe. as a blazer fan i can’t tho.
Honor Terry Porter
by Philthyanimal on Jan 6, 2009 9:43 PM PST up reply actions
statistically, its LeBron by a country mile
Kobe isn’t even in the top 5 numbers wise.
Boomshakalaka
kobe isn't exactly the same player he was
to be fair.
Honor Terry Porter
by Philthyanimal on Jan 6, 2009 9:46 PM PST up reply actions
Ummmm, you might not want to leave Fish alone outside the circle...
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
I had to go put some pozole on.... Did he score again or did he let somebody else play?
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
he hit another 3 and had a nice dime to Gasol
he did miss a shot though— only 8 for 9 in that quarter.
Boomshakalaka
I had seafood for dinner
and crab dribbled all over myself. I suspect Stern will fine me 7500.
"I never scored more than 38, even in Little League." ~ Roy, 52 pts
The way you beat the Lakers is by ramming it down their throats...
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
Back from stirring my soup. Yeah, Paul is looking like a gunner.
Walton has a foot injury. Where have I heard that before?
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
I still say the Lakers lose this. Kobe has nobody to work with...
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
really?
are you talking about the current lakers with their injuries or if everyone was healthy?
if both teams are injury free i think…
Lakers minus Kobe > Hornets minus cp3
Honor Terry Porter
by Philthyanimal on Jan 6, 2009 9:45 PM PST up reply actions
The only way the Lakers win this one is if Kobe goes absolutely crazy RIGHT NOW.
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
Lakers pulling a bad-Blazers down the stretch tonight
Relying way too much on Kobe and letting fly with too many threes.
Boomshakalaka
Nobody has it going on other than him. It's like they all started standing around and watching or something. I'm really disappointed in Pau...
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
So does this change our argument about LMA being a weak defender???
David West is kinda good.
"Step up to my mic!!!" Joel's right and left fist
yeah i agree...Pau is not a good defender either...we just couldn't make a basket
"Step up to my mic!!!" Joel's right and left fist
I was getting the same vibe a while back when the Lakers were slumping...
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
......... all the sudden they start looking very mortal. Too many jumpshooters and Kobe can't be unconsciously hot all the time...
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
definitely agree with those sentiments...i think kobe still hates bynum
"Step up to my mic!!!" Joel's right and left fist
is this accurate?
they may be “better” this year but last year they seemed a little more versatile than this year. it seemed like last year they either could dictate the pace of the game or still have a good shot at beating you at your own game.
by Philthyanimal on Jan 6, 2009 10:53 PM PST up reply actions
GREAT win by New Orleans...
… but a stunningly bad stretch run performance by LA, to be fair.
Boomshakalaka
Seems like it's gonna be the Cav's year...
wish we had Mo Williams
"Step up to my mic!!!" Joel's right and left fist
Some nights the Lakers look absolutely unstoppable. This was not one of those nights. Who's hot this spring is the question...
"Now with a non-provocative footer!"
that makes me feel better
about our “horrible defensive point guards”
by Philthyanimal on Jan 6, 2009 10:52 PM PST up reply actions
O.J. Mayo is...Ben Gordon?
http://www.canishoopus.com/2009/1/6/710329/the-real-o-j
I would say he is closer to a lead guard like Brandon, but we will see :)
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