Odds and Ends
by Ben Golliver on Feb 18, 2009 11:09 AM PST
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Here's a plug for Back Fence PDX, which is going down tonight @ 7PM. Super cool event. One of my buddies is reading at it although I won't say which one because he's a nervous nelly.
Want free tickets to Back Fence PDX? Email me the name of my NBA bromance along with your first and last name. First four emailers get 2 free tickets each.
You should check out the latest must-read from Jason Quick about Larry Miller.
On his desk, below the folded copy of the Business Journal and beside the white three-ringed binder that reads "Salary/Minute analysis of Past NBA Finalists," is a piece of white paper with black writing.
The first sentence, typed in bold, asks, "What led to the e-mail?"
The sheet serves as the organization's talking points, a tool to help steer Miller through the countless interviews regarding the controversial e-mail.
Speaking of that Sports Business Journal, you should definitely read this article. More on that in the next few days.
Also wanted to say thank you to all of you who are in epic meltdown mode right now. I'm pretty sure we set a daily traffic record yesterday. So keep checking back every 3 minutes.
The whispers are starting to intensify.
And, yes, finally, tonight is Darius Miles's return to the Rose Garden. A month ago, if you told me that this would be nearly a non-story I would have called you a liar. And yet that's where we are.
Update: Courtesy of the Kings Twitter feed, Bobby Brown and John Salmons will not be playing in tonight's Kings vs. Hawks game. Fire up the trade machine quick!
-- Ben (benjamin.golliver@gmail.com)
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Checking back every three minutes has put a dent in my work production.
I will miss Raef LaFrentz and (insert name[s] here).
by T Darkstar on Feb 18, 2009 11:13 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Ignore it and it goes away
Once he (Miles) got signed for the rest of the year, I think everyone, including the Blazers decided it wasn’t worth anymore time and effort to beat a dead horse into the ground.
"I saw him in the face" Sergio's quote on the latest alley-oop to Rudy.
by blazermaniac32 on Feb 18, 2009 11:14 AM PST reply actions
So the US Government gave banks $250 billion
so they could keep the NBA afloat?
by Storyteller on Feb 18, 2009 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
Wow, what happened there?
Funky formatting…..
No, seriously, I was TRYING to do that. It’s the new revolution in Internet posting – partial posts to serve as a trailer of coming attractions followed by the real thing.
Anyone believe that that was my real intention?
by Storyteller on Feb 18, 2009 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
Dishonor Darius Miles!
Still trying to figure out the C value paradox...
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Feb 18, 2009 11:18 AM PST reply actions
I honestly and fervantly hope that he won't be booed. Maybe a golf clap, or at worst, silence.
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
I guess you'd be against bringing in some poo flinging animals from the zoo then?
Still trying to figure out the C value paradox...
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Feb 18, 2009 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
I don't think they'd be allowed in the RG. Poor sweat wiper uppers. Nasty.
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
How about the guy who juggles chainsaws placed directly infront of Darius
while monkeys eating bananas are placed next to his feet?
Still trying to figure out the C value paradox...
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Feb 18, 2009 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
Not if the monkeys poop.
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
Yeah
booing wouldn’t be right. He did nothing wrong.
by Cablinasian on Feb 18, 2009 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
Right
just like all these investment bankers…his only sin? Greed, which we all know isn’t a real sin but something that should be rewarded regardless of due to complete lack of merit. I think he deserves more money on top of the amount Paul Allen owes him much like the bankers need a bailout. Hey wait a minute…man this is getting eerie…
Why?
OMG
I just vomited when I saw that book cover.
It will take me a bit to recover back to caring about trades.
put a body on 'em
by RayBourque on Feb 18, 2009 11:18 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
+1
Please make her go away!
There is no charge for awesomeness. Or attractiveness.
by EngineerScotty on Feb 18, 2009 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
The pain!
blasphemy to basketball does no one any favors. Please ben, for the love of all that is holy delete that book cover .jpg
agggh
When Sarah Palin front-page headshots are involved, we should all be allowed way more than just one rec for a post!! AAAAAAAAAAAGH!
I don't care if she's nekkid
No more Palin. Please!
There is no charge for awesomeness. Or attractiveness.
by EngineerScotty on Feb 18, 2009 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
Did anyone ever ask Palin what her favorite sports teams are?
We know about McCain (Arizona, hello) and we can make estimated guesses about Obama. But she is a – uhm – blank sheet?
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
She has lots of favorite sports teams
Whether or not she could NAME one, is another question, but ya betcha she loves sports.
There is no charge for awesomeness. Or attractiveness.
by EngineerScotty on Feb 18, 2009 11:21 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Heck yeah, she was a sports announcer
But it could be some obscure team from Walla Walla :)
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
Don't mock Walla Walla
I lived there for 6 years (4 years college, 2 while my wife-to-be graduated). It’s a great town (albeit somewhat quiet & sleepy).
And, no, I wasn’t there involuntarily at the behest of the State. :-)
by DonkeyShins on Feb 18, 2009 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
good onions
Still trying to figure out the C value paradox...
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Feb 18, 2009 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
I had a friend who went to Whitman
back in the 90s; she said that there was no Taco Bell anywhere in Walla Walla—so a common thing for hungry college students to do was to drive an hour west on US-12 to Pasco to get their fill of grease.
Ewwww…..
There is no charge for awesomeness. Or attractiveness.
by EngineerScotty on Feb 18, 2009 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
True
But Milton-Freewater (and the liquor store that sold Everclear in the festive plaid bottles) was 10 miles to the south. Alcohol FTW.
You clearly lived
inside the protective Whitman bubble. Having moved there in my Junior year of Highschool I can say unequivocally there is a portal to hell located in that town ala Buffy the Vampire Slayer. That town is a god damn nightmare. Maybe they entered the 20th century finally but when I was there circa 1992 to 1997 it was a god **** nightmare.
Why?
Only for part of that time
The last two years I was a wage-slave (bank teller during that period when neo-Nazis were robbing area banks). Not so much fun. However, I still like Walla Walla. I guess we’ll just have to agree to disagree.
She was a medicore to not so good sportscaster in Anchorage back in the late 1980s for a bit
I think video of her in action still works
Turns out she coined the phrase, "and boom goes the dynamite!"
who knew ;)
Still trying to figure out the C value paradox...
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Feb 18, 2009 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
My guess
Whoever Derek Jeter plays for.
by jessenumber1 on Feb 18, 2009 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
My Guess
whoever Joe the Plumber plays for.
by blaze jose' on Feb 18, 2009 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
as someone
who unfortunately shares a state of orgin with Palin, i can say that most people either root for NW teams or teams from where ever they are from, because most people in Alaska aren’t from there
Oderint dum metuant
I am sitting here, waiting for noon
because of some dumb rumor that probably has no legs to it.
Curse you, trade deadline. Curse you.
I mean the rumor that is going around about a deal happening at noon today.
by Cablinasian on Feb 18, 2009 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
Why am I asking, even?
I’ve turned into some gossip hungry fiend. The trade deadline makes me hate myself. I need psychotherapy.
It's just dumb gossip on message boards
I seriously doubt the rumor is anything real.
by Cablinasian on Feb 18, 2009 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
i'd think any trade
would take place after a game, but maybe not.
The goal is not to be better, the goal is to be the best.
Ah, I had three hours in the wrong direction. Of course we only have 21.5 hours till
the curtain falls. I feel better already.
So I either saved you six hours of waiting...
Or took six hours off of your life.
Nothing like looking at the glass as half-empty.
I will miss Raef LaFrentz and (insert name[s] here).
Going by the numbers... (on the jerseys)
Wallace and Butler both wear #3. We don’t have that yet. Jefferson wears #24, so the joke could be he is Outlaw – 1. All those numbers they could keep. Vinsanity wears #15 in New Jersey, which he couldn’t in Portland since that’s Larry Steele’s retired number :)
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
Salmons and Udrih makes us a championship contender if you believe Ziller & Company from Sactown Royalty :)
I only wonder why the Kings are not…
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
because they don't have the other pieces?
Although I’d disagree as well.
The goal is not to be better, the goal is to be the best.
salmons and brown won’t get you raef. so maybe it’s frye. also there’s a lot of other teams interested.
by Ben Golliver on Feb 18, 2009 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
true
I guess I don’t see Salmons as good enough to give up on developing Martell and Batum next year.
I hope it’s OKC, or someone like that, who gets Salmons. Not us.
by Cablinasian on Feb 18, 2009 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
I think this one is more likely
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=bhhocr
Salmons and Brown for Earl Watson.
strange move for the kings to take on more salary for a not-great point guard. if the “thunder” pull that off after getting chandler presti should be exec of the year.
by Ben Golliver on Feb 18, 2009 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
Hmmm.... but nothing definitive and nothing that include just Salmons and Brown
This deal with the Thunder make way more sense than the one I previously posted:
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=alo5zu
Salmons and Brown for Mason.
Sam Amick mentions ten to twelve. Let this chalice pass please
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
yup
Let it be Memphis/OKC or some other team.
by Cablinasian on Feb 18, 2009 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
here’s a serious question.. is today the highlight of john salmons career? it could be.
by Ben Golliver on Feb 18, 2009 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
well any word? i see nothing
It was "mascot night" at the Rose Garden, which apparently translates to a dozen inflatable versions of various NBA mascots being chased around the arena by Portland's "Blaze", which is some breed of rapist dog. -PostingandToasting
by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 18, 2009 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
why would they trade brown?
i thought they were really high on him.
"Howard, he know me" Rudy
by phillyduck23 on Feb 18, 2009 1:14 PM PST up reply actions
Interesting quick article.
It didn’t answer the main question that it asked though. What led up to the email? I wish the article would have covered the thought and intent behind all that. Instead it’s purpose was to say “hey, this guy is an awesome guy and he did great work!” I’m not trying to invalidate that, but for me, I’d like more of a concrete answer on that email and I’d like it from Mr Miller. The question “what lead up to the email” to me read like there was something deeper there. maybe there isn’t. Maybe it’s all just in how it’s written.
Then there is the global aspect of the blazers. That said, there’s a valid point that the Blazers have failed to support fans in areas that can’t get comcast. Frankly, the team has failed miserably here. You can point fingers wherever you want, but when it comes down to it, the team is responsible for how and to whom they sell themselves. Maybe they’re in contract now, but if they stepped in and said “hey, you’re screwing our fans and we’re not doing this with you in the future if you keep that up” then it might make a difference.
Don’t do business with crappy businesses please! Comcast really is pretty bad and pretty arrogant. It irks me that the blazers chose to do business with them, but it irks me more that they’re not applying some weight to get the thing solved for blazer fans. Way to put a loyal fan base at risk and lose a portion of them.
The goal is not to be better, the goal is to be the best.
a sentence vanished???
“Then there is the global aspect of the blazers.” that’s great and I fully support the team branching out!
The goal is not to be better, the goal is to be the best.
Yesterday I must have "Refreshed" the BE homepage a thousand times...
Reminded me of the time I found Cookie Monster on youtube singing “Chocolate Rain.” That was a good weekend.
the Office
You have to see the reference on the Office for it to truly be funny.
ah
I’ll wait for that episode to come up then. Do you know which season? Currently rewatching season two. I haven’t seen this years season as it’s not on DVD yet.
The goal is not to be better, the goal is to be the best.
Season 5 - "Business Ethics"
I think that’s the one. If not then I blame the google for bad info.
I prefer Cuato singing it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0amCfgnwY8
Rudy, Rudy, Rudy,
Roy, Roy, Roy!
Politics
Must we bash Palin any more? Some people didnt vote for OBAMESSIAH. He won. Please move on.
well
we did have that dan quail punching bag for a while… in all fairness.
The goal is not to be better, the goal is to be the best.
They used the names of my favorite NBA teams a lot. I only joke about that
And since then I have switched to just write Mavs for good, since the term Maverick was really overused by them.
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
putting a blazer headband on Palin
is bashing? What kind of blazer fan are you? (note sarcastic humor that blazer logo would be mocking)
Also, if you don’t want people to bash palin, why are you mocking Obama? me thinks it goes both ways.
The goal is not to be better, the goal is to be the best.
As long as she keeps inserting herself into the national spotlight
like scheduling an interview with Greta Van Sustern, and dragging Bristol around for interviews to talk about how wonderful it is to be a teen mom, she is fair game.
by antediluvian on Feb 18, 2009 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
I hear Bristol thinks abstinence ed is overrated....
"..[Travis Outlaw] could jump, grab a rafter, eat a sandwich, and then dunk.."
tmundal 12/30/07
Fair game for other blogs
but the point is that this is basketball, so instead of creating a riot of deep seated emotions about Palin, Bush, Obama, Clinton, how about we fight about what players should be traded and how our team will explode/implode based on x or y trade?
The goal is not to be better, the goal is to be the best.
An interesting point.
Have you noticed how the Republicans in the US House and Senate have conceded their loss and are now working hand-in-hand in a bi-partisan manner with Pres. Obama for our mutual benefit?
Ben
how do I set it up so your twitter updates send an SMS to my phone? I obviously set it up wrong, because I sent twitter a message from my phone with their code, but I still don’t get texts when you update.
lol i have no idea… do you have a blackberry/iphone or regular phone?
by Ben Golliver on Feb 18, 2009 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
I rely on my microwave oven as a router.
It tunnels into my phone stack through secure shell. From there its simple to multiplex the rezobonism with my fridge for remote multi-tiered operation.
Absolute genius. I'm gonna try that.
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
I'm melting, I'm melting!
It’s times like these that I wish that I had a real job. Trying to write a dissertation during the trading deadline is impossible. Impossible! Ahhhhhhhh…… Pritchard, please make up your mind and let me go back to my life! Please!
I feel the same way
I’m about to skip the first part of my noon class so that I can see if there is a noon trade.
by Cablinasian on Feb 18, 2009 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
i've been checking in more than I should
from work.
I definitely look forward to the end of the deadline. If i"m honest, a part of me hope something amazing happens even if it means saying goodbye to players I love. My hope is something awesome would be given in return.
The goal is not to be better, the goal is to be the best.
Here is a new topic: "Measuring defensive efficiency in the NBA" and "The economics of trades - a quantitative analysis"
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
Umm…it was started with mocking Palin… I mocked Obama to illustrate my point (which you proved) And the Clinton jokes pale in comparison to the ridicule that Bush gets and probably will get ( some deservedly so) the rest of his life. Palin too. Also, this is a basektball blog about our beloved Blazers. Lets just talk basketball. Please…there is almost no where else for this conservative Blazers fan to go!! :)
In seriousness
I missed the mocking of Palin.
I see a play on words of her book and a headband. What am i missing?
The goal is not to be better, the goal is to be the best.
you are missing nothing
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow
you should try making your own website.
dont be sensitive about your politics that wont win you any points around here. which begs the question , if this blog is about basketball only, what does your political views have to do with anything?
Sophia
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow
It's obvious why you can't mock Obama here
The guy can ball like no president before him. If you wanna make fun of him, go to a bowling forum! (I would bet Obama 10,000 dollars in a heads up bowling game in which I was blindfolded and had to bowl left handed!)
Is anybody else expecting the dreaded SBN Scheduled Maintenance screen?
You know, one of those chipper “We’ll be back in 3 hours” messages? I’ll admit it — I had conspiracy theories running though my head yesterday.
yes
right as an amazing rumor/news breaks and then everyone will be forced to wait until after work or school. It’s totally going to happen.
The goal is not to be better, the goal is to be the best.
backup plan: posting on twitter and facebook. FYI
by Ben Golliver on Feb 18, 2009 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
yay for facebook!
still havent gotten into the twitter craze.
WE WANT T-SHIRTS!!!
by nateinaloha on Feb 18, 2009 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
Ben's directly wired into the Matrix
Still trying to figure out the C value paradox...
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Feb 18, 2009 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
ah gotcha
I definitely have thought and commentary, but a lot of it is tied up in a political stance, and it comes down to, yeah, you’re right. B-ball blog. Let’s focus on that.
The goal is not to be better, the goal is to be the best.
im not an obama voter
but cmon. she is a moron and thats hilarious!! they always are..
mccain jokes have died off though. probably cuz he is a suns fan and no one cares. :)
It was "mascot night" at the Rose Garden, which apparently translates to a dozen inflatable versions of various NBA mascots being chased around the arena by Portland's "Blaze", which is some breed of rapist dog. -PostingandToasting
by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 18, 2009 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
Z-bo suspended two games for punch
There’s not truth to the rumor that his agent asked Stu Jackson if he may be suspended from playing defense for four games, but permitted to occupy the low block on offense, as an alternative punishment.
There is no charge for awesomeness. Or attractiveness.
by EngineerScotty on Feb 18, 2009 12:42 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
Gets better.
He misses tonight’s game against Phoenix and Sunday against the Blazers.
There is no charge for awesomeness. Or attractiveness.
by EngineerScotty on Feb 18, 2009 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
Oden isn't injured
That’s obviously just a coverup to hide the fact that we are holding him out tonight to trade him!
I'd be okay with that.
Blake
Roy
Batum
Aldridge
Dwight Howard
Yeah. I’d be okay with that for sure.
I will miss Raef LaFrentz and (insert name[s] here).
You missed a trade
Bayless/Sergio/RLEC for CP3. NO realizes they need 2 PGs, not 1. Portland is the only team willing to part with 2. Easy deal for them.
Think of the money they would save!
I don’t know how the Hornets say no to that.
I will miss Raef LaFrentz and (insert name[s] here).
One downside
Stern would hire assassins to take out all of our starters. No way he would want a silly little town like Portland ruining the Laker/Celtics rivalry.
Sergio is a hell of a point guard
when he sits on Bayless’s shoulders. – Elgin
Since when do we need to ponder to froth? - jscot
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH
Come on KP lets do it!!!!!! Or do nothing!!!! or create a time maching to take us 23 hours and 4 minutes in the future so i dont have to worry about this anymore!!!!!!
I’m going to go make some trades in NBA 2k9
Rudy, Rudy, Rudy,
Roy, Roy, Roy!
Did I ever tell the story about meeting HST at a booksigning?
Still trying to figure out the C value paradox...
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Feb 18, 2009 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
No, I would have liked to meet him as well.
I admire him, but I’m not really very much like him in person.
Except for the violent urges.
Nate McMillan says ...
he hasn’t been told to sit anyone for tonight’s game. Also talks about needing Travis Outlaw in last 30 games of the season.
http://trailblazerscentercourt.blogspot.com/2009/02/podcast-nate-mcmillan-from-shootaround.html
by Lance Uppercut on Feb 18, 2009 1:10 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I bet the Vulcans just want to keep RLEC
Do the Vulcans have much influence these days?
Anyway….I’m emotionally prepared for the no-trade outcome.
+1
Lance Uppercut is an anagram for “Can pep culture.”
I will miss Raef LaFrentz and (insert name[s] here).
I prefer
Pen Cap Culture. Or reluctant pup.
by Lance Uppercut on Feb 18, 2009 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
Two t's in Reluctant Pup
Only one in Lance Uppercut. You’ll have to settle for Pen Cap Culture (too bad it’s not Penn Cap Culture). – Gelin.
Since when do we need to ponder to froth? - jscot
very interesting
kind of makes me think Travis is close to being traded, but the team isn’t 100% sure the deal will go though and they don’t want to upset him.
Boomshakalaka
Exactly my thoughts, since there are deals on the table involving him for sure :)
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
Well, that and to convince the other team "yeah, we really think highly of Travis. He is that good"
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
That Sarah Palin photoshop
is hilarious!
by neutroticblazerfan on Feb 18, 2009 1:22 PM PST reply actions
Kings trade Salmons and Miller to the Bulls for Nocioni and Gooden
Wohoo, one bullet dodged.
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
yeah
I don’t know what/who is the answer but I’m pretty sure its not Salmons (he’d help for sure but not make us contenders) and I know it isn’t Nocioni.
Boomshakalaka
Maybe Deng is available again
Don’t think so since replacing him with a Salmons + Outlaw combo would be a bit weird, but it could be.
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
Ruffin coming to the Blazers
According to the ESPN report. Interesting. More Bulls to follow them to PDX?
"I saw him in the face" Sergio's quote on the latest alley-oop to Rudy.
Championship piece right there
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5bqF4VDSx4
The cake is a lie. Do not bake it.
Mhm, the only guy who would match his salary one on one is Shav
And Ruffin is oooold. We could have had him as a free agent.
Brandon is one of those quiet assassins. - Chris Paul
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