Open Chat Thread with Dave
by Dave on Feb 27, 2009 10:04 PM PST
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PrintMy dear wife is having a girls-only party in my living room which means I am free (or, depending on your definition, stuck) for the next hour or two. So it seems like a good time for an open chat thread. I'll be here to discuss playoff prospects, player performances, blogging, or anything else that comes to our collective minds. All of you folks who are up semi-late on a Friday night but aren't out and about join in! I anticipate the crowd will be a little lighter than usual so this is your chance to get more in-depth chatting done should you wish!
--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)
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question is: Are you planning to have any more kids? If so, what would their middle name be? Blake?
Yes on Proposition #9 (RLEC must go!!!!)
(sigh)
No matter what I do…
But you know, people seem so darn HAPPY about this “first” thing that I don’t have the heart to stomp on it. I just know not to click on a post until there are four or more comments because the first three are “first!” and “first!!” and then under that one “oh darn you beat me to it!”
—Dave
by Dave on Feb 27, 2009 10:06 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
i was somewhat irritated with that too but now it's a right of passage for any of yours or Ben's post...just because it's funny!
Yes on Proposition #9 (RLEC must go!!!!)
not funny . . . irritating
put a body on 'em
by RayBourque on Feb 27, 2009 10:43 PM PST up reply actions 8 recs
If I had five profiles, I would have made your comment green
I da man!
by Dragline on Feb 28, 2009 1:30 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
i'm coming on Thursday to the Agency at 4pm and will be wearing the nametag "First"
Yes on Proposition #9 (RLEC must go!!!!)
This video game forum that I frequent outright bans posts like these.
Guess what, know one misses them. It’s completely childish.
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 Feb 28, 2009 5:05 PM PST up reply actions
...even for a video game forum, haha.
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 Feb 28, 2009 5:05 PM PST up reply actions
hahaha, you guys are harsh. lighten up!!!! it's one word and one comment.
hahaha, video game forum banning childish behaviors? is the world coming to an end?
Yes on Proposition #9 (RLEC must go!!!!)
Dave,
Do you think our jump-shooting oriented offense is a good thing or a bad thing, and is it more a result of our coaching staff or our player roster?
I love you bro, but this = fanshot.
by This Post Should Have Been A Fanshot on Feb 27, 2009 10:06 PM PST reply actions
It is a good thing
when Greg plays well, a bad thing otherwise. This whole offense is planned around a complete team and we don’t have one right now. The hole shows. It’s both the coaching staff and the player roster.
You have to hit jumpers to free up the middle but I wish the Blazers would concentrate on both sides of the equation more often. Shooting the jumpers first is easier though and these players too often take the easy way out. Hopefully experience and getting thumped in the playoffs will cure them of that.
—Dave
Followup to that
What do you think the reason is the players go away from Oden so quickly? Jealous was mentioned, disappointed with the big mans moves, personal glory?
Second thought. I am no coach thankfully, but why in His name do we not play LMA at the high post and Greg on the block. I think we are like 20/20 when we do that
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 27, 2009 10:11 PM PST up reply actions
Oden
hasn’t proved himself yet. No gifts in this league, especially on the offensive end. He has to earn that offensive respect in the eyes of his teammates and that takes time. He has to show confidence, desire, meanness, and score that ball. He’s light years better than he was at the beginning of the season. It’ll come.
oh joy
:) you filled me with hope. i thought they just didnt like him!
/not really, who doesnt love Greg
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 27, 2009 10:23 PM PST up reply actions
Is that kind of like setting up the pass with the run in football?
Should the Blazers set up the jumpshot with the inside game or set up the inside game with the jumpshot?
I da man!
If the Blazers can dump it into Oden and be nearly guaranteed two points
ala Lakers Shaq, then they should do that all game long. If/when Oden gets double teamed he can kick it out for the wide open shot.
I think the biggest problem now is that Portland often shoots a lot of contested jumpshots.
Can't stay,
hope you’re doing well and have a nice night.
P.S. we want an ignore feature! Please…
Blazer's fan since '84, Spurs fan when they are not playing Portland.
↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A
rather have an edit feature
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 27, 2009 10:08 PM PST up reply actions
more up to SB Nation than Dave.
Dave is the content writer, SB Nation is the code writer.
Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.
by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 10:08 PM PST up reply actions
yup, I will be there
when are you coming through? I’m guessing you have to come through or near Tri Cities to get to P-town.
You can catch a ride with me, if you want.
Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.
by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 10:10 PM PST up reply actions
Hurrakane, don't know if you saw it but...
I put up a fanpost last night that provides the ability to use an ignore function inside BE. I just noticed it went to the rec’d list, which is a cool surprise.
It requires Firefox and the Greasemonkey extension, in case that’s a limitation.
I asked the SBN guys about adding an ignore list a few days ago, and it sounded like they know users would like it, but there was no sign of a timeline.
-Tim
Whoa, good catch.
Not sure why. I didn’t write the script, but I’ll read through it to see if there’s an obvious reason. Well, I’ll try. My javascript stinks.
Ok, tracked it down raoul.
Looks like canishoopus came into being after the SBN portion of the killfile script was written, so it wasn’t listed as an SBN site. If you’re really in the mood to add it, here’s how.
Search your hard drive for “killfile.user.js”. Depending on your OS, it’ll be somewhere in your mozilla user folder. On my machine (Vista), it’s under C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[random].default\gm_scripts\killfile\
(If you don’t find it, you may need to make hidden files visible)
Open it in wordpad (not notepad, it’s useless for this because it doesn’t do line breaks right). Search for “globalfutbol”. It’ll be on a line with two other site names. Right after globalfutbol, hit space, type canishoopus and leave the end-quote in place after that. The line should look like:
“arrowheadpride milehighreport globalfutbol canishoopus”).split("
Hit ctrl-S to save the file, then close and reopen Firefox. Canishoopus now has the block options.
Worked for me at least…
Yep. Not really worth the trouble unless you really want it.
It’s not that hard, but also not for someone who doesn’t do this stuff regularly.
Yeah, I know. This is the first time I'd tried that. Not particularly user-friendly to add SBN sites.
I think it would just be a matter of adding all the newer SBN sites in one swoop though. Maybe I’ll send a note to the author and see if he’ll update the script..
Hey Timmay
Why didn’t you answer may last comment?? ……Timmay? ……You there?
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
by 92wastheyear on Feb 27, 2009 11:20 PM PST up reply actions
There was bound to be someone
who thinks I am funny
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
by 92wastheyear on Feb 27, 2009 11:29 PM PST up reply actions
oh.....all this time I was trying to be funny
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
by 92wastheyear on Feb 27, 2009 11:42 PM PST up reply actions
will you make an appearance?
at Big Al’s for the season ticket holder party? I know your not a ticket holder…but I figure you could pull some strings.
The most hated Blazer is like the least hottest supermodel - Sabonis4Ever
Lame
its a “party” held at a bowling alley where the fans get to play arcade games and bowl and interact with the players. Its taking place this upcoming tuesday.
The most hated Blazer is like the least hottest supermodel - Sabonis4Ever
by Philthyanimal on Feb 27, 2009 10:12 PM PST up reply actions
I remember the one last year
lol the video was hilarious. looked like everyone was having fun. James Jones did some video with Casey if I remember right.
Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.
by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 10:13 PM PST up reply actions
it was great last year
free food (cheap stuff) and free games.. Oden was sitting and playing guitar hero for the whole two hours… Thought he might play the dance dance revolution game this time.. oh well..
"Slum dunk? You just go to the rim, and crush.. crush the ball in the rim."
- Nic Batum
Oh crap
I need to RSVP to that ASAP.
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Feb 27, 2009 10:58 PM PST up reply actions
Dave, I did not get to see the game tonight.
I was wondering if you could elaborate on how well LMA played defense to night?
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LMA Rocks and B-Rex ROARS!!
RRRRRRROOOOOOOWWWWWRRRRRRSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think he did well
Love wasn’t really aggressive. Gomes was but he was having a rough night and was also guarded more by Travis and Nic than LaMarcus. It wasn’t really a great test I don’t think, but he passed it.
—Dave
Thanks
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LMA Rocks and B-Rex ROARS!!
RRRRRRROOOOOOOWWWWWRRRRRRSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by LaMarvelous on Feb 27, 2009 10:13 PM PST up reply actions
Love is listed at 6'10", but if he's
6’10" then Joel is 8’. I think at one point, Minny had a front court of 6’8" and below. Those are the lineups where Portland needs to go big and pound it inside.
Dave
Why do you think Nate insists on playing Channing over Shavlik while Oden is hurt? I may be old fashioned, but I like to see a PF get rebounds and hustle.
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 27, 2009 10:09 PM PST reply actions
did you see Shav?
even in the clippers games, he bobbles the ball and isn’t a huge upgrade in the rebounding or defense department.
Channing is more valuable for his shot which spaces the floor, I would think.
Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.
by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 10:10 PM PST up reply actions
I saw him the last two night hustle and rebound.
I dont think we can give bonus points to butterfingers Frye either. he loses so many rebounds
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 27, 2009 10:11 PM PST up reply actions
Pretty much
Also Channing has more experience. Nate is big on playing guys who are more used to playing and more used to playing with each other. That’s a big deal on a team as young as this. You can’t just throw five guys out there and have them mesh like a bunch of veterans would. New people equals more confusion, more missed assignments, and more turnovers. But in short minutes I like Shav’s game more than Channing’s. In long minutes I suspect I might like Channing’s more. You have to plan for longer minutes I suppose, especially when you’re talking early in the game.
—Dave
when Oden comes back, neither will get long minutes.
I dont really think shav brings MUCH to the table, sadly its just more than frye brings
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 27, 2009 10:14 PM PST up reply actions
Shavlik can space the floor
Isn’t he a 100% three point shooter so far this year?
Dave
What’s your perspective on our rookies and the touted rookie wall? How are guys holding up?
by LicketyBrindle on Feb 27, 2009 10:10 PM PST reply actions
None of them but Rudy
have played enough to hit it. They can see it in the distance like a mountain. Rudy hit it a little I think. Batum needs more minutes to reach it.
—Dave
seems like Batum
has really picked up his offensive game since the All Star break. Do you think that’s more his own initiatiive or more the coaches wanting to get him involved in the offense?
by LicketyBrindle on Feb 27, 2009 10:15 PM PST up reply actions
I would guess coaches, monty has spent the time with him to help him improve
And if he keeps aggressive on D and works on getting to the rim, he should be a permanent starter
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 27, 2009 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
Also him figuring that his three-point shot
isn’t working and isn’t his specialty. Batum is getting feistier lately. Have you seen him glower at Nate?
I thought I saw him
Give Nate a “weird” look when he took him out after playing some pretty good defense on Parker a few nights ago….
by RudyisSick! on Feb 28, 2009 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
WHOA!
No Dave signature….
The Kings have the best bench I’ve seen. There are easily 14 guys on this team good enough for every bench in the league. Now if we could only get some starters, I’d totally jizz in my pants.
Kings fan
by dyshooter182 on Feb 28, 2009 3:40 PM PST up reply actions
Since I failed this month in the jersey contest, am I still in the running for BE rookie of the year?
I have an endorsement from Casey, but I fear Thorpe will downgrade my outlook…
Proud Odensheeple
someone named Davbe has hacked the account of Dave
this is very bad.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 10:15 PM PST up reply actions
youre defintely the best rookie
you not only have the potential to be the most savvy blogger, you have already shown you can write above your years in comments and blogposts…you have more potential than B Rex.
The most hated Blazer is like the least hottest supermodel - Sabonis4Ever
by Philthyanimal on Feb 27, 2009 10:15 PM PST up reply actions
you could get killed in here
for a comment like that
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 27, 2009 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
By sheer comment amount
I hope to get on the rookie team as the tenth or eleventh member. Kind of like Batum almost making hte rookie team. He may not have had the stats, but he was at least starting for a team. I may not contribute a lot, but I am here way way way too much.
Cablinasian = Batum.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 10:18 PM PST up reply actions
me too. i went from like 800 comments last month to 1600 this month
i need a job.. i lost mine..
WAH WAH WAAAAAAAH
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 27, 2009 10:21 PM PST up reply actions
You don't come across as a rookie
So I don’t think of you as such.
Then again, I’ve only been posting here about a year myself….
by Storyteller on Feb 27, 2009 10:19 PM PST up reply actions
I still appreciate the way
that you helped own Canzano. That made my week.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 10:20 PM PST up reply actions
I've had other 'run ins' with Canzano
over the years about salary/CBA issues. So I’m probably not unbiased when it comes to reading his stuff when it covers things that I think I’ve got some knowledge on. And most of all, I dislike the idea that any reporter writing things that are just not true are either confusing readers or flat out misleading them. Deliberate or not, when you write for the Oregonian and put out a blog on O-Live, you’ve got to get your facts straight.
by Storyteller on Feb 27, 2009 10:25 PM PST up reply actions
pssh
thats called journalism. Canzano holds his degree in Sensationalism. Whole different field
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 27, 2009 10:26 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
So, Mike Rice tonight said
that good teams – playoff teams – do two things: they win at home and they beat sub-.500 teams. And his contention is that the Blazers have done both this year.
I would agree that it’s nice to see the Blazers do the things that ‘they should do’. You should be able to win home games. You should be able to beat sub-.500 teams. But I’m concerned for the Blazers this year, even though they’ve done both. If/when they make it to the playoffs, there won’t be any more sub-.500 teams. And to win a playoff series, you pretty much need to be able to win on the road.
Am I missing something? Is Rice onto something that is going above my head? I’m not complaining about what the Blazers have been able to do this year – they’re clearly an improved team over last year. But, IMO, until they start winning on the road, especially against other playoff teams, they haven’t reached it yet.
I think he is on the money for how to get into the playoffs
beat the teams worse than you and defend your court. thats not a recipe for Playoff success, just getting to the playoffs.
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 27, 2009 10:12 PM PST up reply actions
So, Rice's comment was more
‘how to squeak into the playoffs’ than ‘what really good teams do’?
by Storyteller on Feb 27, 2009 10:14 PM PST up reply actions
Not really
It’s a comment about what teams that have to worry about making the playoffs do. The L*kers and Spurs do it but it’s so self-evident they take it for granted.
yes
and in our case, our goal was to make the playoffs. and that goal requires what we win at home and beat the lesser teams.
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 27, 2009 10:17 PM PST up reply actions
Dave -
I know this playoff thing we got going on is pretty sweet, and it might’ve been a nice break not having so many draft posts, but have you seen anyone in this draft that would make the Blazers rotation in the mid-late first round?
That is not my speciality
and I have always freely admitted that. I study the draft like crazy after the season. I have gotten pretty close on the types of picks that we’ve made, including nailing the desire for Roy and Aldridge the year we got them. But really others are much better at that aspect of analysis than I am.
I think another thing...
is that it REALLY helps to wait until after March Madness to see who establishes themself in the tournament
Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.
by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 10:17 PM PST up reply actions
Dave
Look in the mirror and answer honestly. If you could trade Oden for Durant straight up this second, would you do it?
myspace.com/marktwainindians
If I were considering this year alone, yes.
If I wanted fewer headaches, yes.
I still think Oden has a better chance of being the championship move. I can find a small forward who will score me 20. Not like Durant, of course, but close enough. I can’t find another starting center without an extremely high pick.
Is it our system or our players that cause us to be a jump shooting team?
I hate to compare to some of the L@ker games I’v watched but when their opponents double team Kobe or Gasol, it’s one pass rotation then attack the hoop. Our Blazers on the other hand, is 2-3 passes on the perimeter to a 3 point shot.
So I guess I’m not sure it’s our system or our players that lead to some of the jump shooting first mentality of this team.
Yes on Proposition #9 (RLEC must go!!!!)
Portland is an athletic team, but
outside of Roy and maybe Bayless isn’t an aggressive team. LMA is a fairly big dude, but is content to shoot fadeaways. Outlaw can jump over the backboard, but would rather bomb away from three point land. Blake and Sergio aren’t able to get to the hole much either and only Roy demands a double team. That means Portland has to work it around the perimeter to finally find the open dude.
Dave....
what’s number one favorite thing about Bedge?
Writing the reports? The satisfaction of a “Good post, Dave”….or getting a laugh out of Tom? Just being a part of the community?
Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.
^^ what's YOUR number one fav thing
my typing ability is inversely proportional to how many hours I’ve been awake. And I’ve been awake for too many hours.
Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.
by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
is it monday, 2008 Prez? you need some sleep..dont' stay up sharpening your gaming skillz for me.
Yes on Proposition #9 (RLEC must go!!!!)
har har har
I could beat you in my sleep.
Oh yeah, it’s on. It’s on!
Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.
by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 10:20 PM PST up reply actions
When somebody makes
a great comment or fanpost that makes me think. And when the community responds to that with appreciation. I actually love what other people do more than I love what I do or get.
I love that Ben and you contrast each other so well.
You couldn’t have picked a better co-pilot.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 10:22 PM PST up reply actions
Decline
The Blazers are playing like crap. It was unaccepctable to lose to Houston and San Antonio. If they want to make the playoffs they need to start winning those kind of games and not be looking like such a young, vulnerable team.
Those teams arent bad you know
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 27, 2009 10:18 PM PST up reply actions
Good teams go thru slumps
No one questioned Boston’s playoff chances when they dropped 7 straight…yet ours get questioned after losing 2 away games?
The most hated Blazer is like the least hottest supermodel - Sabonis4Ever
by Philthyanimal on Feb 27, 2009 10:19 PM PST up reply actions
They are a young vulnerable team
Houston plays many young players, but a few savvy veterans too. Their team defense is stellar at the moment despite a weak defensive center. Especially their game against the Cavs was very impressive.
Proud Odensheeple
Your subject line
says it all.
Also don’t underestimate how the competition changes as the season progresses. March isn’t November. Veteran teams know that. The Blazers are just finding it out.
It's funny to consider a 7'6" dude weak defensively, but
it’s true. He’s almost a defensive liability out there since he has the mobility of a tree.
Ok
What is the reason that so many of our role players (Travis, Sergio, Bayless, etc.) have diehard fanbases, that go around trumpeting the merits of their player, while LMA has almost no fan club?
I know there is LaMarvelous… But for our second best player, there is almost little to no fanfare. He has weaknesses, namely falling into too much jump shooting and forgetting to go inside, but Travis and Sergio have weakness as well.
Why don’t Blazer fans embrace LaMMMarcus?
I know this is for dave
but i honestly think people like to root for the underdog.. so thats where trav and sergio come into play. If someone hates them someone needs to love them. Bayless is POTENTIAL POTENTIAL POTENTIAL.
In my opinion LMA has never really come out of his shell for the fans. Roy was forced to and it made a MAJOR difference in his fan appeal. Once LaMarcus starts opening up to the fans more I think he will get a bigger fanbase.
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 27, 2009 10:20 PM PST up reply actions
Sounds good to me
I love what LMA brings to our team…but for some reason his “steady” play doesn’t get me as amped up as a James Jones/Rudy 3, Brandon’s crossover and finishes at the rim, and Trout’s clutch plays. LMA does have the occasional spurts however. LMA reminds me of Duncan in the sense that I respect both of their games, but they are both so calm and collected that I can’t share in with their emotion.
The most hated Blazer is like the least hottest supermodel - Sabonis4Ever
by Philthyanimal on Feb 27, 2009 10:24 PM PST up reply actions
He does the the crowd rowdy with his dunks
but this is also a new thing. My #1 most hated thing about LMA coming into this year was his tendency to try and lay it up at the rim. I dont know bout you but if I was 6’11" with hops, i would try and dunk EVERYTHING. Plus he never went up strong with those layups. Since he has added some toughness (keep calling him soft people its working) he has really gotten me out of my seat a few times.
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 27, 2009 10:27 PM PST up reply actions
Agreed
He has shown at random times a ton of emotion with some rim rocking dunks, but he is usually just pretty calm. I guess it has been said that he is very introverted, so that would explain it. I think what makes Bayless so appealing to fans…he is pretty much emotionless for most of the game and then in an instant…he is just AMPED up. You can feel the energy that he exudes.
The most hated Blazer is like the least hottest supermodel - Sabonis4Ever
by Philthyanimal on Feb 27, 2009 10:32 PM PST up reply actions
I honestly don't know
Personality? Maybe he fulfills too much of his potential so his play isn’t a mystery? I think a big part of it is that he’s a power forward but not in the Lucas/Williams/Natt mode. Maybe he reminds people too much of Rasheed. Blazer fans like blue collar PF’s that are unsung heroes.
giving an interview showing some personality wouldnt hurt either
people love frye and he isnt even in the same league as LMA
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 27, 2009 10:24 PM PST up reply actions
He gets shy
I’ve heard LMA on the radio last year be actually real funny; it surprised me. Smart, funny comments, and more boisterous than I was used to hearing him.
I think he just does the athlete ’doesn’t know what to say so he says nuthin’ thing when he’s on NBA tv.
Morty
I saw him on the "outside the lines" type show on channel 37 and my first impression was that he's had to work through a speech impediment... It wasn't intelligence, it was something about the WAY he talks...
Why is Channing Frye still here? Anybody??? Anybody???
Yes, it could be something along those lines
The answers he gave made sense, it was more the way he said it.
Proud Odensheeple
Dave - you and I talked about Bayless in July
We both expressed our fears about what he could and could not become. The whole idea of ‘can he truly become a PG or will he just be another Ben Gordon-type.’
Just wondering if you still have those fears.
I’ve seen a bit more of traditional PG skills from Bayless than we saw in Summer League (for obvious reasons) but I’m still not sold on him as the PG of the future next to Roy.
Postscript
Bayless is still young and still has lots of room to grow and develop.
It’s just that some continue to proclaim him the future PG and I’m not completely sold on that yet. I want to be, but I’m not.
by Storyteller on Feb 27, 2009 10:21 PM PST up reply actions
He is growing
That’s what I want to see for now. As long as that continues I think he has a chance.
And by the way, somebody above asked what my favorite thing is about this site. Part of it would be having guys like Storyteller—guys who really know their stuff—commenting here. That makes me feel like we’ve done something good.
Yeah, I agree completely
Storyteller with his contract page (which I access a LOT) and jscot with his daily sched updates is really awesome. Awesome stuff.
As for Bayless, I would say just look at tonight’s game as a sample of what he can do. Granted, it was the T-Wolves, but he was driving and dishing with laser accuracy.
I think he has a good chance to be more of a guy like Chauncy Billups. Billups started his career out kinda’ slowly, and more as a scorer, but then the Pistons picked him up and he really flourished as a passer, rather than the scoring mentality he had had for most of his career.
Bayless has a mentality as a scorer right now, but I think there will be a point, whether with this team or another, where he will become a Billups-with-the-Pistons type guy.
Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.
by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 10:28 PM PST up reply actions
that would be freaking spectacular
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:30 PM PST up reply actions
Chad Ford's article
Hey Dave,
Earlier today, I posted a 2007 article by Chad Ford that he wrote about a Greg Oden workout prior to the draft. I don’t know if you read it, but if you did, do you think we’ll ever see the Oden that Ford (and presumably Blazers brass and others) saw in workouts leading up to the draft? Or was that an illusion?
I'm not Dave
but I will say that microfracture takes a long time to recover from. He will absolutely regain athleticism by next year. Will he be the dominant athletic freak he was at Ohio State? Maybe not. He’ll still be much quicker than he is now.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 10:20 PM PST up reply actions
My call on Oden
hasn’t changed since Day One. He’ll be a great rebounder and a game-changing defender. His size, strength, and athleticism (even after the surgery) will allow him to have spectacular moments. He will be a force to be reckoned with. But he’s not likely to ever be Shaq or Tim Duncan in terms of overall stats or fame.
Dave,
are you currently sporting any facial hair? do i have permission to shave your name (with hearts surrounding it) into my head? if i make it to Bedge Night, is a tuxedo too formal?
Who do you believe Nic will eventually be compared to? Pippen? Prince? Padgett?
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 27, 2009 10:19 PM PST reply actions
He reminds me a lot of Prince
He moves his feet and is able to stay in front of his guy like Prince, he has a similar knack for knowing when to pass and when to shoot like Prince, and he’s got the ability to gain a lot of speed and make crazy blocks like Prince—see Prince vs. Miller in the playoffs that one year.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 10:24 PM PST up reply actions
I agree with you Prez.
It seems like Nic gets at least one of those think-they-are-going-to-get-a-really-easy-layup-but-then-Nic-eats-it-up-out-of-nowhere blocks every game. He has shown his range as well. Plus the guy is freakin 20 years old!! Mad potential.
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 27, 2009 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
that play gets me so effing fired up
they usually come after a Portland turnover so I feel sort of let down for a split second, and Nic comes out of nowhere to block the easy lay in and I feel a rush of excitement. Screw Prozac.
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by Philthyanimal on Feb 27, 2009 10:34 PM PST up reply actions
sorry
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by Philthyanimal on Feb 27, 2009 10:38 PM PST up reply actions
Sleeper Game Changer
For some reason my gut says Nic is the type of guy that is cold blooded, smart, quick, and long-armed enough to be a game changer in a playoff game. I like when he is shooting – in control jumpers or aggressive rim attack – gives me confidence. Would have been a great John Wooden baller. No doubt the other GMs wanted him; great no-trade. Granted, the rookie eggs get laid, but is 16-19 Nate’s limit this year? Sure wish he would give Nic more run when he’s on.
I'd love
Prince or Pippen. He’s not going to be freaky strong and well-built enough to be Scottie though.
I said on the podcast this week that I wish we had the 1999 Scottie Pippen on this team right now. Even the aging version would kick this team in line and give us EVERYTHING we’re missing.
I think people are missing an obvious comparison
James Worthy
A L*ker, yes, but he was the 3rd option on a great team.
He played sneaky defense, utilizing quickness and length.
He could hit a 3, but only enough to keep the D honest.
He was at his best in the open court, finishing with ease with just a slight crease to work with.
He was SMOOOOOOTH, when he ran, when he walked, when he ordered Moons over My Hammy at Denny’s…
But most of all, people just forgot about him there on the weak side. And then he would explode all over you for 30+. And with Magic and Kareem (and Byron and Cooper lining up 3s) you couldn’t send anyone to help on James.
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Feb 28, 2009 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
One thing I cannot figure out about Nate is he is supposed to be such a defensive minded coach, but he fails to get through. I have also noticed he is more concerned with subbing players for how they play on
the offensive side rather than repeatedly making defensive blunders, failing to box out and hustle plays. He seems to rarely take those players out and talk to them in a teaching moment capacity.
Right now he has to be
because his stable of defenders is thin and he has to win anyway. He does play Przy a bunch. And Batum is starting.
I don’t know that Nate has ever had a defensive team that I’d want to depend on. I’m thinking he needs a couple more seasons with this group before we know for sure.
Seattle wasnt exactly a defensive powerhouse while he was there either
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:30 PM PST up reply actions
It just seems like our prioriies are not on defense, half the time everyone is afraid to make a mistake on O like a bad shot
or make a dumb turnover and get yanked, get blown by on D and nothing happens just a shrug of the shoulders.
Ridnour
Allen, Radmanovic….yeesh.
I don’t think I could come up with any defensive scheme that makes that team work. That’s pretty near a toxic combo.
One thing I think people underestimate is how hard it is to defend when both of your guards are poor defenders. All of the big men get hung out to dry and everybody is forever running to try and compensate. Minnesota is having this exact trouble right now.
If I had that team
I would play Zone all day long.
I agree his team wasnt defensively gifted but where does the D specialist notion come from? I dont necessarily disagree with it, i have nothing to go for or against, but where did that come from?
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:34 PM PST up reply actions
I see
a lot of the team’s current defense coming from Demopoulous.
I think part of it is that Nate is hard-nosed and hard-nosed coaches are also traditionally associated with defense-first.
Secondary to that if he has a defensive specialist coach
why not get a big man coach? he can coach the PG as he was one
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:37 PM PST up reply actions
Mighty Mo Luke is the Big Man Coach.
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by LaMarvelous on Feb 27, 2009 10:49 PM PST up reply actions
good call i forgot about that
my bad..
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:50 PM PST up reply actions
Hey Dave...You have said that you only wear Blazer color's on Game day's...
How does that work when you have sermons? Do you sport a blazer shirt under everything? Better wear red and black sock to The Agency because Im gonna call you out on it ;)
Also do you think that as a draft pick the Blazers might go after Tyler Hansbrough? I think he would be a great back up to LMA. I hate it when Mike and Mike call LMA LA….Seems so blasphemous!
I would guess Hansbroughs ceiling is a little like Mark Madsen with a jumper
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:31 PM PST up reply actions
Tell you who i WANT to steal
Craig Smith. Kid can play for my team anyday
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:32 PM PST up reply actions
I would agree with you if it were still last year
But he’s gotten heavy and slower this year.
He may come out of it, but that’s usually a warning sign with PFs.
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Feb 28, 2009 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
maybe he is depressed and needs a new start
i would be depressed if i played for the Wolves too
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 28, 2009 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
Absolutely
Funny thing is, I have a friend who is a T-Puppy fan (which is why I know about Smith) and he’s been trying to convince me all year that a Frye-Smith deal would be best for both teams.
He really covets Frye for some reason.
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Feb 28, 2009 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
SOLD
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Mar 2, 2009 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
But he himself goes by LA...seems a little ridiculous to not allow a man to choose his own nickname.
I think he chose L-Train
which the King also uses, so I am sure he gets overruled
Besides only Lionel was the L-train
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:32 PM PST up reply actions
You mean Lionel Simmons? Man I miss collectin Basketball cards but all the ones I still
have now have no value due to Ebay and the like.
by TheOdenator52 on Feb 27, 2009 10:37 PM PST up reply actions
Yessir
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:38 PM PST up reply actions
The ACB is probably better than the NCAA
and Freeland is incredible there. He is taller and more athletic than Hansborough.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 10:32 PM PST up reply actions
I agree with you. Give me some Freeland please!
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by LaMarvelous on Feb 27, 2009 10:55 PM PST up reply actions
Definitely.
I hope Portland can find a roster spot for Freeland. They can dump Frye, Shav and Ruffin to make room for Freeland and a draft pick or two. Yeah, that would make Portland younger, but no one on here is a homer enough to predict that Ruffin is the missing veteran presence.
ouch
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:33 PM PST up reply actions
did trent get banned?
there needs to be a banned wall of shame…i can’t keep up with all the BE drama.
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by Philthyanimal on Feb 27, 2009 10:36 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Why does B-Roy go back in the tunnel
during the national anthem?
by itsnotcomcastic on Feb 27, 2009 10:31 PM PST reply actions
read in some article where he goes back to have a moment by himself...i think it's in the SI article.
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I never noticed it before
but I read about it somewhere (here, probably) and now I watch him when I’m in the Garden; he disappears, and then comes back out on the floor when the lights come back up
by itsnotcomcastic on Feb 27, 2009 10:35 PM PST up reply actions
Ohh I read abotu that somewhere
aha! found it. Per John Canzano:
First, though, you must know about Roy and the tunnel.
Because there are few private moments in Roy’s life anymore. He is a father of two young children. He is the best player on one of the league’s best young teams. And while he says he plays because he loves basketball, there are people pulling at him constantly — for autographs, for quotes, for appearances — which is why he secretly enjoyed when Greg Oden arrived a year ago, pulling some of the media temporarily to the other side of the locker room.
We’re back to Roy now, most nights.
Roy’s locker is on the corner in the Blazers locker room, nearest the showers. It’s prized real estate that belonged to Zach Randolph before him, and Rasheed Wallace before that. And the locker beside his is empty, thank goodness, because the dozen or so media members crowded around his space after games spill into it.
Ruben Boumtje Boumtje had that empty locker a few years ago, and he became an expert in quietly dressing and gathering his things while television cameramen mostly stood on his shoe tops.
So yeah. Roy retreats to the tunnel before games. He bows his head. He listens to the anthem. And Roy said: “I say a little prayer and have a little time to myself.” And maybe that doesn’t strike you as a team leader thinking team, and being part of a team, but his teammates don’t mind.
He’s always there for his team when the lights go up, isn’t he?
Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.
by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 10:34 PM PST up reply actions
Oh yeah
from a Clownzano article. He’s all about the feelings these days.
by itsnotcomcastic on Feb 27, 2009 10:41 PM PST up reply actions
he's busy entering the cheat codes
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 10:34 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
lol, nice
Clyde the Glide >>> Jordan
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by BeaumontTXBlazerFan on Feb 28, 2009 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
If you could combine any two Blazers into one player, who would they be?
I kind of think Jerryd and Greg.
although
the thought of Steve Bayless is intriguing.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 10:34 PM PST up reply actions
Championship material for sure.
Except neither is super adept at draining threes.
Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.
by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 10:36 PM PST up reply actions
wouldn't it be better to combine a big and a small?
Jerryd Oden could take people off the dribble. He has a mean crossover.
Interesting that you thought of that so quickly.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 10:37 PM PST up reply actions
I think Oden
is plenty cut and athletic enough, which are Jerryd’s strengths. I wouldn’t combine Oden with anyone as I think he’s complete as he is. Jerryd and Sergio would be scary with the skills and the body and the finishing ability. Maybe scarier still would be Jerryd and Rudy.
However I’m assuming we get the good parts of each. That leftover guy would be pretty gruesome.
ah
Jerryd and Rudy… Sergio’s one strength over Rudy is his penetration, but Jerryd already has that.
Jerryd Fernandez would be a great passer, shooter, finisher… yikes.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 10:44 PM PST up reply actions
Simple Arithmetic
Jerryd Bayless + Rudy Fernandez = Kobe Bryant
by RipCityRevival52 on Feb 28, 2009 2:43 AM PST up reply actions
Lamarcus and Greg
minus the injuries
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:35 PM PST up reply actions
omg yeah
Man, we should forfeit before roy’s hammy explodes, knocking him into LMA’s ear who loses his balance and hits Greg’s knee… - HurraKane212
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Travis and Bayless
TO’s skillset with Bayless’ mindset.
Gerald Wallace with a MEAN streak.
Oden and Bayless makes no sense- what are we going to do with a 6’2" PG who weighs 280 pds?
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Feb 28, 2009 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
it would be a seven footer
with PG skills. I was gving Greg Jerryd’s mental strength.
Upon second thought, Greg Fernandez would be the ultimate player. Drains threes, crosses people over, great passer, dominant athletically, seven feet, 270 pounds, lightning quick…
by Cablinasian on Feb 28, 2009 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
Who's the player that McMillan didn't want KP to get rid of?
You know, the one that McMillan supposedly quashed the deal over? I’m guessing its Batum, since he’s the only SF we have that actually plays defense.
Not simple, but fun to speculate
My guess would be Jerryd. Nate obviously likes the guy’s attitude, and very well may fear having him come back to crush us like an egg if he were traded at this point.
Nate also has a disproportionate Man-Crush on Rudy, from all indications.
Nic would be my least likely choice, but you know Nate has to like his D and potential.
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Feb 28, 2009 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
Dave: Do you think that this team misses James Jones more than it seems?
Watching games last year he seemed to really direct the players ( especially Travis ) to their defensive spots or defensive sets. He just seemed to be such a leader on the floor with the second unit that I think we are really missing that with the second unit. That and he was money from the 3. I know we miss Martel more but Id much rather have James Jones ( unhurt ) on this team than Channing or Shav ( although I like Shav alot LetsBlaze )!
James Jones has been hurt most of the year.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 10:38 PM PST up reply actions
butterfly effect. doesnt mean he would be for us
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:39 PM PST up reply actions
he was hurt a lot of last year too
it’s not like it’s his first year being injured.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 10:41 PM PST up reply actions
yeah but thats a big assumption
maybe he never misses one game for us to know..
philosophically speaking, one does not correlate to the other.
/just arguing for arguings sake. you and me agree about 99 % of the time
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
I agree with your premise philosphically
I tend to believe that players with injury histories are more prone to injuries, though. No numbers to back it up…
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 10:45 PM PST up reply actions
Greg and Brandon
STRONGLY disagree with your hypothesis sir
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:47 PM PST up reply actions
James Jones was a HUGE asset
but—now don’t laugh—Travis is actually taking on half of James Jones’ role. Travis is now being that three point shooter in the corner, and with Joel Przy back in the second unit, he is able to shout out the places people should be on defense. James was valuable because he was the ONLY one with a clue on the second unit defensively last year.
Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.
by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 10:38 PM PST up reply actions
I think the team needs a veteran player like that
I don’t know that Jones was the answer. Loved his shooting and direction and smarts. But he wanted too much money for what he was. If Martell weren’t injured he’d not see the light of day this year. But yes, the team definitely lacks that kind of player.
You still there, Dave
I was wondering what kind of shot you think the guys have vs the Spurs on Sunday.
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Brandon has never won against the Pacers. The last team missing in his collection. I hope he is very motivated for that game
Proud Odensheeple
I remember games against Indian last year
they were so ugly. The game at Indiana, Brandon was hurt… I seem to remember Jarrett having a terrible game.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 10:46 PM PST up reply actions
I brought it up earlier,
but it was a two parter so it got overlooked..
why have we not gone back to the high-low when Greg is in there? I cant see how it backfires at all.. plus arent we like 20/20 when we do that?
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:41 PM PST reply actions
Haven't we been doing that more?
I remember running that set a few times a game before patellagate.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 10:42 PM PST up reply actions
yeah i noticed that too
doesnt get to pass too much
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:44 PM PST up reply actions
I'm not perceiving LMA as a very willing passer
When he receives a ball down low, he usually takes the shot no matter how contested. He also often receives the pass with another player cutting along the baseline. Then he fakes a handoff like a quarterback, but I can’t remember to have ever seen him actually hand the ball for a dunk or layup to the cutter.
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did it tonight, but he is so far down on the block the handoff doesnt work well
a simple hedge forces the driver out of bounds. I think LMA enjoyed passing from the highpost. Not from his low block other than a double. I am pretty sure he feels he can take anyone 1 on 1 that is guarding him
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:48 PM PST up reply actions
Funny--I see LMA the opposite way
He sometimes seems TOO willing to pass. I’d like to see him try to split double-teams more often, rather than pass the moment he recognizes one.
"We don't back down to nobody." --Joel Przybilla
I observed Oden as the more willing passer :)
Maybe it’s a mental image that is selectively reinforced whenever I think “man, he should have passed that”. He also needs to work on beating slower players off the dribble. That’s one noticeable thing Bosh has a clear advantage over him.
Proud Odensheeple
yeah a BIT
not nearly enough as far as im concerned. in those times you remember recently did it work? Im drawing a blank on recent plays
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
I think we have to
get Lamarcus and Greg both comfortable with their roles in the offense first. But that’s going to be a staple of our system in the future. One thing to remember is that the vertical pass down the lane is a tricky one though. It’s closer to a backdoor cut-type occasional play than a pick and roll staple.
usually a backpick roll to the middle while the ball is passed to the high post.
if i recall my Xs and Os..
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:45 PM PST up reply actions
But the actual pass
doesn’t involve a great angle and is usually contested if the defense is at all alert. You’ll never see 10 high-lows per game.
true, its usually a switch on the backpick that opens it up. But..
shaq got 10 high lows per game. If GO gets strong enough to physically seal the lane facing the key regardless of where his man is, we can do highlow all day dead down the lane
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:50 PM PST up reply actions
Howard ran that play to perfection
Over and over again when he had a Center who could finish.
The only guy I see in the NBA at the 4 with his touch and desire would be Love. Sheed has the skill, but seems to prefer hanging further out.
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Feb 28, 2009 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
If you can pick a personal coach (ex player) for GO and Bayless, who would they be?
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i picture B Rex
being like Rod Strickland…I don’t think he’d make a good coach, but B Rex could fit that mold.
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by Philthyanimal on Feb 27, 2009 10:43 PM PST up reply actions
I remember Pryz saying Rex has the best jump shot he's seen in training camp...wonder what happen to it...
That’s something Strickland didn’t ever develop…he didn’t need too, he was soo good at finishing.
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great call. what's taking the Blazers so long to hire Buck?
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another great call...it be nice if LMA rebounds and hustle on the defensive end like Buck
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The DREAM!!
and for Bayless I would actually suggest Isaiah Thomas the player pre-GM craziness
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:45 PM PST up reply actions
dont think so
i would imagine he would love to work with a bigman with Greg’s pre-surgery athleticism. play some soccer with him. Teach him the shake
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:51 PM PST up reply actions
Himself, I believe, as a very successful Houston businessman.
by MiledAnimal on Feb 27, 2009 10:51 PM PST up reply actions
economy in tank
blazers need help. Dream to Portland. STAT
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:54 PM PST up reply actions
Dave : I can name 5 coaches I'd rather have for this team than McMuffin
Here are the 5 and out of these or any others who would you ( besides Nate ) see bringing us to the promised land?
1. Greg Popavich
2. Jerry Sloan
3. The Mesiah ( Phil Jackson )
4. Jeff Van Gundy
5. Eddie Jordan
Adelman 2.0 isn't there?
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by Philthyanimal on Feb 27, 2009 10:45 PM PST up reply actions
Eddie Jordan
you had me nodding till #5.. then i lost you
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:46 PM PST up reply actions
Mike Krzyzewski > Eddie Jordan
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by Philthyanimal on Feb 27, 2009 10:48 PM PST up reply actions
Yes
the RZY in Kryzewski is the same as in Przybilla.
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by Philthyanimal on Feb 27, 2009 10:51 PM PST up reply actions
Can you imagine the Polish version of "Hooked On Phonics"???
Why is Channing Frye still here? Anybody??? Anybody???
by timbo on Feb 28, 2009 8:47 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
I think Eddie Jordan is a good young coach who got a raw dealin with WA because of the huge
dumb contract they gave to Gilbert Arenas. He guided them to the playoffs 3 years in a row with less talent than the Blazers and they knew how to guard the pick and roll.
by TheOdenator52 on Feb 27, 2009 10:49 PM PST up reply actions
The east wasnt exactly a powerhouse when they got there
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:52 PM PST up reply actions
I agree
I don’t know where the Jordan hate is coming from. The guy is a stud coach who was in a bad situation.
He’ll get another job and succeed.
Of course I thought the same about Carlisle and he’s not exactly burning the world up at this point.
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Feb 28, 2009 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
Sloan would be interesting
I love his eye for detail. There’s a reason the Utah pick and roll is feared. Those picks are set in the right place and time and the guards use them right. Pop can probably never coach for another team again because he’s gotten too used to the Spurs. Phil Jackson has never been tested with a team like this and I think he’s too far along in his career to bother. I’m not sure I’d like Van Gundy after the Houston thing. I think I’d like Adelman in a couple years better. I don’t know enough about Jordan to comment fairly.
Popavich might fit just because we are Spurs-clones
and Sloan would be awesome. He has done so much with so little in Utah. They’ve never had a “Big 3” and yet they’re always good.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 10:49 PM PST up reply actions
Dave: Im quoting what you said :"There’s a reason the Utah pick and roll is feared. Those picks are set in the right place"
So are you saying, which many of us observe, that Nate using Oden at the 3 point line for the pick and roll is not the right place?
by TheOdenator52 on Feb 27, 2009 10:51 PM PST up reply actions
also our point guards have a tendency to go to early.
makes the big guys tentative when setting picks on picking up o-fouls. only joel doesnt care and thats why he levels guys now and again
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:53 PM PST up reply actions
I don't care who is setting the pick
but I see too many of them not set squarely and I see too many of the guards dribble so wide of them that their defender simply waltzes past as if the big man wasn’t there. You have to rub your guy off of a pick to make it work. Plus the timing of the dribble and the release are often wrong. Practice…practice…technique…technique. Sloan is a stickler for that.
agree
completley, our bigs setting picks always roll to early, are never set, and always jump into the player they are trying to screen causing moving screens that half the time dont get called luckly
Oden always rolls early
Sergio always leaves early.
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:59 PM PST up reply actions
And Travis
Has mastered the old Kiki “Ole” pick, where he leaves his aura to do the work while he dives at the hoop.
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Feb 28, 2009 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
Dave, you seldom indulge in the kind of trade
fantasies many of us enjoy… so very, very, often… but if you could add any one player from any team in the league to this Blazer group, who would he be and why?
Define parameters
For just this year? For the long haul? And does the player have to have been in the rumor mill this year?
Absolutely no restrictions:
LeBron, Chris Paul, Deron Williams.
But realistically for the long haul with rumored players Prince probably.
Chris Paul
He’s incredible… not the annoying personality of LeBron, and far superior to Deron. Statistically, CP3 is one of the best players in NBA history… his PER of nearly 30 is much better than that of Deron.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 10:54 PM PST up reply actions
I think Deron's style of game would fit better on the Blazers
And with Brandon.
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Feb 27, 2009 10:55 PM PST up reply actions
CP3 is drastically better than Deron.
there is an incredible gap between the two. He is a better shooter, twice the rebounder, a better passer, about an equal defender, and nearly injury proof so far.
Why Deron over CP3? What does he do better?
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 10:56 PM PST up reply actions
He is effective without the ball, spot up shooting, taller defender, post up ability.
Chris Paul has to have the ball in his hands at all times taking away Brandon’s effectiveness.
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Feb 27, 2009 11:01 PM PST up reply actions
CP3 USG% – 27%
Deron USG% – 25.2%
Paul is a better shooter and generates possessions with steals. He is literally better at basically every facet of the game, except posting up.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:03 PM PST up reply actions
Well I think Deron would be better on the Blazers
Stats be damned.
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Feb 27, 2009 11:10 PM PST up reply actions
put it this way
in PER, Chris Paul is nine points better. That’s roughly Brandon to Rudy.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:11 PM PST up reply actions
chris paul is pretty annoying
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:56 PM PST up reply actions
but he doesn't trumpet himself as the second coming
or have a tattoo on his back that says “Chosen 1”
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 10:57 PM PST up reply actions
i dont disagree LBJ is annoying as a person, but CP3 is annoying as well
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:58 PM PST up reply actions
Both are annual MVP candidates.
I guess ego is frequently part of that kind of package. Kinda surprised Dave didn’t mention Dwight. He’d make a great backup center for Greg!
by MiledAnimal on Feb 27, 2009 11:03 PM PST up reply actions
D-Wade
Would make a pretty unstoppable backcourt when paired with Jerryd or Roy. But if your on the annoying thing, the recent Band Aid under the eye thing, has to top it all.
by RipCityRevival52 on Feb 28, 2009 2:52 AM PST up reply actions
LeBron is the only player in the league
Who makes me feel like he is playing on a shorter hoop than everyone else.
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:58 PM PST up reply actions
Dave...what do you like to do when you're not doing stuff for church/Bedge/your family?
Got any other pastimes or do those three things keep you busy enough?
Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.
There's not much time anymore
I get my relaxation working in less stressful ways…such as watching the Blazers for the blog or playing board games with the youth from church. Both are parts of my “work” but they’re more relaxing than the harder parts. My actual free time, if I take any, has to come between 2 and 3 a.m. nowadays. In the offseason I get to read more and watch movies.
When's the last time you jump out of your couch/loveseat/baby rocker watching a Blazer game?
Yes on Proposition #9 (RLEC must go!!!!)
I am usually writing notes
which makes it harder to jump. Before I did this I used to pace around the couch incessantly. I can’t do that anymore. Nowadays making me smile or say, “YES!” speaks volumes.
The Roy 3 at home against Houston! I broke my coffee table jumbing and slamming down my plate of dinner!
Sucks even worse it was glass :)
by TheOdenator52 on Feb 27, 2009 10:55 PM PST up reply actions
Hey Dave
My wife is having a slumber party with our new puppy on the living room couch, as in both are asleep. It’s man time now….haha. Looking forward to the BE get together – are you going to be there?
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
the man with my fav sig
im a nerd i know
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:57 PM PST up reply actions
Did you ever read the Nat'l Lampoon parody, "Doon"?
My favorite line: “The Mentat’s face was a naugahyde couch on which Time and Care had sat once too often.”
by MiledAnimal on Feb 28, 2009 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
Haslem >>> Hansbrough
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:55 PM PST up reply actions
I bet he goes LATE first EARLY second
just me though. players with his game (McBob) and little athleticism end up fizzing out quickly
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:56 PM PST up reply actions
motor maybe
skills… i see them on the same level.
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 10:59 PM PST up reply actions
motor matters
pay attention to college rebounding stats— good college rebounders tend to translate well to the pros. McBob was a weak rebounder.
Boomshakalaka
hence my mark madsen comparison earlier
GREAT college rebounder
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 11:02 PM PST up reply actions
Hansboro>McBob but not much...undersized for NBA...wants to be an anesthesiologist
be curious how well his games translates….might be alot lke Ike’s – - – 6’8" with low hops = blocked an awful lot . . .got a heart as big as Kansas tho….
"Sergio and I obtained chalupas to understand their power. Then Sergio showed that each one has 427 calories and 27 grams of fat. Leaping upwards, we reviled the accursed chalupa and its pressure. – Rudy Fernandez
i think we can get him...he's declining faster than the brand name jeans Jessica Simpson was wearing
For the first time since his freshman season, Hansbrough is no longer in our top 30. He hasn’t been able to bounce back from an early injury and his rebounding numbers are the worst of his college career. Said one NBA executive, “What can I do with an undersized power forward who isn’t athletic and doesn’t rebound?”
That feeling is shared by many NBA executives who feel Hansbrough will have, at best, a Mark Madsen-type impact in the league. It’s still not out of the question that he goes late in the first round, but all of the talk about him being a late-lottery to mid-first-round pick is over.
Yes on Proposition #9 (RLEC must go!!!!)
that's why if you're a white guy and you're projected to go top 20, you enter the draft
no questions asked.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 10:57 PM PST up reply actions
I think I saw him in the 10-15 range if I recall correctly
Anytime someone is projecting me to make a guaranteed million, I do it.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 10:59 PM PST up reply actions
cough
Kevin Love rings a bell. Man did he look awful tonight BTW.
by RipCityRevival52 on Feb 28, 2009 2:56 AM PST up reply actions
Thats awesome. i called him Mark Madsen earlier in this thread
go me!
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 11:00 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
He is really hard to read
I fear his size and athleticism is not enough in the league. When things go wrong, he is the next Darius Songaila.
I have similar bad feelings about wonder boy Griffin, who is 6’8 or 6’9 max if measured correctly imho.
Proud Odensheeple
He seems like a little better Beasley
which isn’t saying much…
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 10:58 PM PST up reply actions
I think Beasley was better than griffin
Griffin has a better post game but Beasley can shoot from range
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 11:01 PM PST up reply actions
Jeez
If we got Psycho, we’d be taking breaks every 5 minutes to clean up the blood.
I’d be terrified to see the guy shave. There aren’t enough toilet paper squares in the greater Chapel Hill area to deal with the reprecussions.
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Feb 28, 2009 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
Pritch slapped
I moved to Portland in 1976 and have been a rabid Blazer fan ever since. Blazers Edge is by far my favorite blog because fans talk real basketball here without the usual banal vitriol against anyone who hold a different view or loyalty. It is much like talking face to face. Some of the things I’ve read in other blogs would cause a fight even in church. In my view the term “Pritch slapped” is in this category. It is insulting and derogatory in my opinion and also, quite boastful in a poor sportsman kind of a way. Fans around the league don’t have to like us, but I’d rather it be for beating them rather than for being braggarts.
I thought it was funny the first time I saw it
but it gets used way too much. I don’t think Kevin appreciates it much either.
Dave,
do you see us having any chance of moving on to the 2nd round of the playoffs? Who would be the most favorable matchup for us in the first round?
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 27, 2009 10:53 PM PST reply actions
It'll take a whole confluence of amazing things
Us playing incredible ball at the right time, the other team getting swept up in our momentum. I don’t think the opponent matters much. All of them should beat us for different reasons. A miracle is a miracle. Maybe New Orleans? But whatever team you name, they’ll probably win.
Maybe we could be the Spurs and NO could be Phoenix
we’ll get Shav to pull an Horry and start a fight with Chandler and get him suspended.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 10:58 PM PST up reply actions
The Ruffin could just smile at someone
his teeth could start a fight…
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 10:59 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah i was going to say NOH as well...
seems like they are the only team out of the Western Powers that we don’t mightily struggle against.
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 27, 2009 11:00 PM PST up reply actions
CP3 is a beast though.
his strength is our biggest weakness: the pick and roll.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:00 PM PST up reply actions
True. Double-true.
We don’t win that game a few weeks ago in NO if CP3 doesn’t go down. I suppose we struggle mightily against them as well if you look at it that way.
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 27, 2009 11:05 PM PST up reply actions
Crazy Delicious
hope for an injury i guess.. or you know, play D
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 11:06 PM PST up reply actions
I appreciate you recognizing the Lazy Sunday reference.
Also playing defense is a good thing to do if you like to win games.
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 27, 2009 11:08 PM PST up reply actions
a miracle?
We’ll be underdogs almost for sure, but a miracle? We have the 2nd best point differential in the West. We are a legitimately good team. All its going to take is one great road performance and then our home crowd might put us over the top.
Boomshakalaka
Without homecourt advantage
and better defense I think it would be close to miraculous. Every year there’s a team that makes it via offense with crappy defense. Every year that team gets smushed. This year that’s us.
what are some recent examples?
I still think its possible we can be this year’s New Orleans. Unlikely, but possible.
Boomshakalaka
New Orleans
had a pretty good defense if I recall.
I’d have to look up examples. Milwaukee used to be one in the East. Seattle in the Vin Baker, Rashard Lewis years.
New Orleans was a good defensive team last year
Chandler was much better.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:07 PM PST up reply actions
they were indeed pretty good, 7th best in the league
The Bucks got all the way to game 7 of the East finals playing no D with Allen, Cassell and Big Dog. I loved that team.
Boomshakalaka
Houston's been one of the best defensive teams in the league over the past several years, and they can't get out of round 1
I’ve never been one to buy into the D>O theory. To be great, you have to have both, but I don’t think one is more important than the other.
Boomshakalaka
Exactly
You have to have both. Portland doesn’t. Our rebounding masks a lot of deficiencies right now but in a 7-game series with only one team to prepare for and veterans coming against us those deficiencies are going to get exposed.
I guess-- our D is certainly keeping us from being contenders
I still think we’ll do better than people expect. Even without homecourt I’d give us a ~35-40% chance against NO, Dallas, Denver, etc.
Boomshakalaka
I agree. It's like the points-for versus points-against spread
only in this case it’s the total of the your-offense versus their-offense and your-defense versus their-defense spread.
by MiledAnimal on Feb 27, 2009 11:09 PM PST up reply actions
eh. I think solid defensive teams are less susceptible to injury. If one of their guys goes out, the can still be solid defensively. If Brandon goes out, our offense is much, much worse.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:12 PM PST up reply actions
If Przybilla goes out
our defense is much, much worse.
"...we have so many experts who think that you have to play defense, you have to rebound, you have to be a possession coach, you have to execute. I just laugh. Explosive offense is not as intimidating as dominant defense. But it is scary when you don't know how to stop someone." - George Karl, Nuggets coach
It's not going to be a cakewalk, is it?
Those teams have been there before.
"We don't back down to nobody." --Joel Przybilla
I almost feel like the players, coaches and management would learn more by missing out and rededicating themselves
rather than coast on the cake is baking theory and feel like if we do nothinh we are automatically going to be champs some day
Dave...what's the funniest moment from the season so far?
Anything you actually laughed-out-loud at?
Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.
Greg Oden: the literal 6th man against Boston.
GOT TO BE IT!!!
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 27, 2009 10:59 PM PST up reply actions
something underrated
was Kobe passing to Vuijacic when he hadn’t entered the game in the season opener.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:00 PM PST up reply actions
that was hilarious
Machine looked confused. Which is amazing, since Machines don’t normally have that ability. Machine is a sophisticated Machine.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:05 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
their radio host clows on him all the time for that nickname
Phil named him something less flattering, which i cant recall, and he made up machine so people wouldnt call him that
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 11:07 PM PST up reply actions
*clowns
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 11:07 PM PST up reply actions
he didn't make it up himself
this blog (not saying you, although who knows) really hates Vujacic. I don’t understand it – he seems like a good player to me.
It's a guy thing
We are all jealous of his good looks.
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Feb 27, 2009 11:12 PM PST up reply actions
I am pretty sure he did
I will look up what his Phil nickname was that he hated with a passion
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 11:12 PM PST up reply actions
"10:30"
Cuz he only looks good at morning practice.
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 28, 2009 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
When Ben called out Canzano's article about trading after the trade deadline that got pulled from OL
Yes on Proposition #9 (RLEC must go!!!!)
I'd have to think about that
It’s been too intense to be funny really. I guess it would have to be Przybilla hitting that semi-over-the-head hook by the basket off of a badly-received pass and getting fouled and then looking like, “YEAH! THAT’S HOW I ROLL!!!” I mean, Joel never cracks so much as a smirk during the game except in sarcasm or disbelief. But he was FEELING IT that night.
haha
I’m laughing thinking about it… who was that against? Orlando? Washington?
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:01 PM PST up reply actions
It was a home game
We were in stitches.
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Feb 27, 2009 11:05 PM PST up reply actions
I did one of those in NBA Live 09 a couple days ago
I just started laughing uncontrollably and the guy I was playing, who isn’t real familiar with basketball, was like, “What! What?! What’s so funny??”
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:03 PM PST up reply actions
^^ i.e. re-inacted the Przybilla move with Przybilla in the game.
it was great.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:03 PM PST up reply actions
NBA games are really funny if you watch them the right way
guys like Ricky Davis are hilarious.
Boomshakalaka
OHHHH
don’t get me started. Ricky Davis is like J.R. Rider without the body, the talent, and the personality.
I lived in New York state during the '05-'06 season when the Knicks were coached by Larry Brown
They were in comical disarray and hate great announcers (Mike Breen, Clyde Frazier). It was better than Saturday Night Live— just hilarious stuff. It made me feel a little better about the sorry state the Blazers were in that year. A little bit.
Boomshakalaka
that off-the-backboard to himself in a game was awesome
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:04 PM PST up reply actions
triple double baby
or was it a double double
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 11:05 PM PST up reply actions
triple I think
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:05 PM PST up reply actions
genius tho
you know one of his boys was screaming at him that he had 9 rebounds…
wait take that back. Davis strikes me as the kinda guy who counts to himself silently after every stat in the third person.
“rebound number 4, great play ricky”
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 11:08 PM PST up reply actions
Dave....I know you told me this in confidence
But I wonder why you hate Tom so much?
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
Righteous pastoral jealousy
I like it.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:00 PM PST up reply actions
Oh....I thought maybe he had killed yer Pa
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
by 92wastheyear on Feb 27, 2009 11:00 PM PST up reply actions
with a #25 gauge shotgun?
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 11:03 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
oh snap! that's a rec.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:04 PM PST up reply actions
He deserved it.
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
Dave, regarding Nate
Let me see if I can pose this question in a way you can answer in public…
Of the former NBA head coaches that are currently unemployed, are there any that you would rather see coaching this team than Nate?
"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong." -Bertrand Russell
Mike Freaking Schuler
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 11:04 PM PST up reply actions
hubie brown. easy call.
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 27, 2009 11:06 PM PST up reply actions
I'm probably wrong about some of these, but aren't
Avery Johnson, Jeff Van Gundy, Mike Fratello, Terry Porter, PJ Carlesimo, etc.. all available? Hubie is like 90.
"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong." -Bertrand Russell
hahahaha. i should have done a "/sarcasm".
sorry for not being sarcastic enough, tinfoil.
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by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 27, 2009 11:10 PM PST up reply actions
Mike Rice!
Err wait…I think he was only college coach. Still, that would be awesome.
Mike: Batum, go guard Jin-O-Bee-Lee
Nic: Who?
Mike: Gin-Kobi-o
Nic: What?
Mike: Gin-o-…you know! That guy from Argentine who flops a lot!
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:08 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
He would assume they'd played together a lot
since they’re both “European”
"...we have so many experts who think that you have to play defense, you have to rebound, you have to be a possession coach, you have to execute. I just laugh. Explosive offense is not as intimidating as dominant defense. But it is scary when you don't know how to stop someone." - George Karl, Nuggets coach
btw
I know Ginobili isn’t European
"...we have so many experts who think that you have to play defense, you have to rebound, you have to be a possession coach, you have to execute. I just laugh. Explosive offense is not as intimidating as dominant defense. But it is scary when you don't know how to stop someone." - George Karl, Nuggets coach
I don't know
He’s obviously a proud Canadian, but his look and vibe are almost totally California Surfer Dude.
It’s an easy mistake to make if you’re just a casual NBA fan.
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Mar 3, 2009 2:31 AM PST up reply actions
I could answer it anyway
I’m not beholden to anyone really. I just answer thoughtfully because these are real people we’re dealing with.
Right now I don’t want anybody but Nate as the coach. I need one more year after this before I think about chaning that assessment.
we have like nine young players
and we buy draft picks
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:08 PM PST up reply actions
We really need to consolidate talent
but I guess we are still in the evaluation stage. I’m Ok with that. I’m on the 3-year plan.
put a body on 'em
I was surprised they gave away a draft pick for Sefalosha
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:10 PM PST up reply actions
Indeed, since the guy he replaces (Weaver) had Thabo as his ceiling in his draftexpress profile :)
Proud Odensheeple
Weaver
I was a huge Weaver fan while he was a Coug – to the point of yelling at the tv during the draft at every late first/early second Blazer pick for KP to take him. (In retrospect, good job consolidating all those picks into Batum, KP)
Anyway, I still think Weaver can be an awesome defensive force in this league. Those successful Cougar teams he led consistently scored in the 50-60 point range. In the right system/for the right coach, he’s going to be a great player.
by teenagemutantninjabayless on Feb 28, 2009 4:49 AM PST up reply actions
They scared me
when they got Tyson. Not so much when they sent him back. But I assume they’ll be good soon.
mistake
horrible horrible mistake. Chandler would have solidified there front court. Add a stud PF and you have a very scary team.
PG: Westbrook
SG: KD
SF: Green
PF: ?
C: Chandler
by RipCityRevival52 on Feb 28, 2009 3:00 AM PST up reply actions
Dave - Any jello shots or tupperware left
in the room next door?
BTW, I really appreciate how cool-headed you are about so many things. Thanks.
put a body on 'em
they can kind of go together . . . .
maybe the wild friend smuggled some of both in!
put a body on 'em
What is a jello shot? Sounds co-ed to me.
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
hey hey hey
this is a family site. :)
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 11:20 PM PST up reply actions
i think she was talking about....ermmm....."family" stuff.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:21 PM PST up reply actions
Really, I don't know what a jello shot is.
Just doesn’t sound like something the minister’s wife and the lady parishioners do. I’ll google it.
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
Oh. I don't get out much.
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
Which team is sold and/or moved next (as early as this Sunday) due to the bad economy?
Suggestions: Kings, Hornets, Bobcats, Memphis (long stadium lease), New Jersey
Proud Odensheeple
Memphis
Unless the Maloofs can get Stern to agree to a team in Vegas
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 11:11 PM PST up reply actions
Vegas' economy is in the tank right now
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:12 PM PST up reply actions
Sacramento aint doing much better
CA is facing a 15 billion dollar debt right now, scheduled to be 42 by next year.. no money to spend especially in a low earning city
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 11:13 PM PST up reply actions
I haven't been following the Kings' arena situation that closely
but one thing I haven’t read anywhere is how dumping salary is not only a good way to rebuild a team but it’s also a good way to make the team attractive to a buyer.
by MiledAnimal on Feb 27, 2009 11:13 PM PST up reply actions
Bill Simmons article on the NBA economy was a great read...
I think the Blazers are in good shape though with Blazer Nation and a team that we can support now
by TheOdenator52 on Feb 27, 2009 11:23 PM PST up reply actions
"But then some contraction might do the league good."
AMEN
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 11:14 PM PST up reply actions
Stern admitted as much
he said the Vancouver expansion was a big mistake.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:14 PM PST up reply actions
Vancouver / Toronto
Who accompanied MN in their expansion back in the late ’80s? Orlando?
After Vancouver and Toronto there was Charlotte and Charlotte II, right?
put a body on 'em
the Heat were with Min
I remember that…
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 11:16 PM PST up reply actions
That shows a lot of the recent history.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:17 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
solid work my friend
i forgot Toronto stole Jerome from us like OKC stole Seattle
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 11:21 PM PST up reply actions
Charlotte 1 was before Toronto and Vancouver
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 11:17 PM PST up reply actions
nj to seattle
"Sergio and I obtained chalupas to understand their power. Then Sergio showed that each one has 427 calories and 27 grams of fat. Leaping upwards, we reviled the accursed chalupa and its pressure. – Rudy Fernandez
Off-topic, but did Batum fart on everyone's gym bag before the game tonight?
Dude couldn’t buy an open pass tonight.
"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong." -Bertrand Russell
I've noticed that many times before
it’s like some of our guys look him off and either drive or dish to someone less open.
I sure hopes he continues to be aggressive with the ball. The guy is so smooth and athletic. I swear he looks like he has a better handle that Bayless with the ball. I like Jerryd, but he’s a little shaky on the dribble.
put a body on 'em
really?
Jerryd has pretty good handles…
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:13 PM PST up reply actions
looks a little loose to me sometimes
and maybe I’m just entranced by Nic’s athleticism and grace. His kinesthesia is pretty amazing.
put a body on 'em
what's weird is that I see Roy pass to him all the time
But he won’t pass to ODEN.
Just odd. Every time I see it.
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Feb 28, 2009 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
Dave.....we had a post recently
asking people to explain how they picked their screen names. I was wondering how you picked yours
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
by 92wastheyear on Feb 27, 2009 11:13 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
^Question of the year
"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong." -Bertrand Russell
my sports idol
never will be anyone to match the guy in my book, but I come from a hockey state and play his position.
there’s probably more than a handful who here who don’t know who he is.
put a body on 'em
I think he played for the Winterhawks
Here in PTown.
Is he the guy who had a calcified hamstring? The muscle literally turning to bone?
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Feb 28, 2009 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
aight, see ya'!
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:15 PM PST up reply actions
thanks for spending some time
with us and answering questions
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 11:16 PM PST up reply actions
Danke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
give your kid a chest bump from all of us
Yes on Proposition #9 (RLEC must go!!!!)
Might be off topic, so feel free to ignore this Dave
But is your church doin’ alright even in this economic downturn?
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it's a rough climate for churches
not much extra in people’s pockets.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:16 PM PST up reply actions
tell me about it.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:16 PM PST up reply actions
it's rough here.
building project doesn’t turn out well when the economy tanks.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:17 PM PST up reply actions
yeah, for sure
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:19 PM PST up reply actions
Just fine
I’ve never run a ministry that’s based on money anyway. There’s always enough for what you need, somehow. And I don’t drive no Rolls Royce.
Most of my family is really into "tithe"
and that’s the last thing they would trim from the budget. Ergo, their churches will survive.
"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong." -Bertrand Russell
but if people lose their jobs and make no money
then there is no tithe.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:18 PM PST up reply actions
Dave!
Why is Gavin such an Oden hater? He used to be president of his fan club?
I don't normally do this, but I felt compelled to tell you something. You have an absolutely breath-taking... heiney. I mean, that thing's good. I wanna be friends with it
Gavin's job is to generate ratings
that means being controversial. He is much different on the podcast.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:21 PM PST up reply actions
Radio guys tend to blow things out of proportion
see: every ESPN guy ever.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:23 PM PST up reply actions
Alright im out
enough shenanigans for me
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by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 27, 2009 11:21 PM PST reply actions
later GOR
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:22 PM PST up reply actions
peace, bro
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:23 PM PST up reply actions
see ya prez. keep on practicing until them thumbs get a callous.
Yes on Proposition #9 (RLEC must go!!!!)
You will weep like Big Baby Davis when I get done thrasing you ;-)~
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:25 PM PST up reply actions
you better do it while you are on all 4 like KG, praying to the Gods for Mercy...as i drop a coke can on ya!
Yes on Proposition #9 (RLEC must go!!!!)
I will beat you with the Czechslovakia junior team!
Chusovak! Nov cak noshee!
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:30 PM PST up reply actions
I hereby transform this thread into the Open Chat Thread with RoodiePhirnandizz.
ask away guys. i know you want to get to know me.
jk, btw.
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 27, 2009 11:23 PM PST reply actions
roooody, what supplements did you take to get such muscular arms
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:23 PM PST up reply actions
same as barry.
i love roids.
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by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 27, 2009 11:27 PM PST up reply actions
Roody went on a date and I didn't know about it?
WHAT IS THIS…trying to hide things from me?!? I thought we were friends.
Pssh. I guess not.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:24 PM PST up reply actions
it was your sis...i didn't have the heart to break it to you.
Yes on Proposition #9 (RLEC must go!!!!)
all I know
is that I’ve heard she makes great pie.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:25 PM PST up reply actions
Whoaaaaaaaaaa that is a scary good memory
You haven’t been talking to her as of late, have you?
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:27 PM PST up reply actions
nah...
I have a really good memory. Especially with numbers.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:29 PM PST up reply actions
and pie.
hahaha
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by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 27, 2009 11:29 PM PST up reply actions
hahaha
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:30 PM PST up reply actions
Her apple is insane
but she has been playing WOW with our brother and a friend of late and so she’s been slacking on the pie making. Dang video games!
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:32 PM PST up reply actions
I personally hate WOW
I just don’t see the point. And it should certainly not come before pie. That is a travesty.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:34 PM PST up reply actions
Agreed.
I finally played it for like a couple hours the other day just to see what the hullabulloo was all about, and, as I suspected, it was the stupidest game I’ve ever played. I was robbed of two hours of my life.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:35 PM PST up reply actions
I actually know a few people
who lost touch of reality by playing it. Not a good thing.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:36 PM PST up reply actions
Some study just came out
In Europe showing that WoW-type MMORPGs are addicting in the same way as opiates, in that they create the same re-working of vital parts of your brain to make it crave more.
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Feb 28, 2009 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
from the sounds of it, Roody ended up with only an American Pie
Yes on Proposition #9 (RLEC must go!!!!)
OHHHHHHHHHHH Snap
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:25 PM PST up reply actions
hahaha.
it was like a month ago prez. i wanted to tell you, really!!!!
can we be friends again?
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by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 27, 2009 11:26 PM PST up reply actions
maybe. how much will you pay me?
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:28 PM PST up reply actions
20 bucks and 2 Pastis.
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by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 27, 2009 11:29 PM PST up reply actions
We're BFFs now.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:30 PM PST up reply actions
YESSSSSSSSSSS.
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 27, 2009 11:43 PM PST up reply actions
ahhhh with Rachelle from writing class...
it was aight. we watched Live Free or Die Hard and then i left. we are just friends…
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by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 27, 2009 11:26 PM PST up reply actions
seriously? Live Free or Never Go On ANother Date ??? How about something for the both of ya?
hahahah you crack me up
Yes on Proposition #9 (RLEC must go!!!!)
hahaha
it was HER idea! i swear!
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by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 28, 2009 12:27 AM PST up reply actions
why can't Travis ever see a rebound coming?
And why don’t any of out players follow their shot when they can feel its not going to go in?
We could really improve on that.
put a body on 'em
I like how Dave chose to hang out with us while his wife was kickin it
Instead of spending time with his kid.
Karma
You are Dave's kid, Sabonis4ever. You are his god-child, and he is your god-father.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:28 PM PST up reply actions
Baby PG
was honing his three point shooting and ballhandling.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:29 PM PST up reply actions
Ok I'm taking over Roodie's job now that we know all about him
this is now the official OPEN CHAT with Prez thread. Questions, comments, concerns? Fire away.
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You mentioned you lived in Tri-Cities
do you know who Elijah Waters is? That’s about the only guy I’ve ever met that is from there.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:35 PM PST up reply actions
Oh my gosh you know P-Li?
that dude is AMAZING! I love Pastor Elijah. LOVE LOVE LOVE him. I went to Breakthrough every week when he was here. How do you know him?
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:36 PM PST up reply actions
he went up to Seattle
and I have a bunch of friends who go to church up there. He came down and was at our church for a bit this summer… pretty cool guy.
Random that you know who he is. I was just trying to think of someone from Tri Cities.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:38 PM PST up reply actions
so you go to Generation Church then i'm guessing?
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:39 PM PST up reply actions
No...
I have a lot of friends that do, though.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:39 PM PST up reply actions
does he use makeup?
Because I was really wondering.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:40 PM PST up reply actions
Haha I don't think so...not normally
He did tell a funny story though about how one time he was in middle school and he had a pimple on his face…big red one. He was embarassed so he covered it up with makeup and like EVERYONE at school the next day noticed and was like, dude…do you have makeup on???
I think he used it as a sermon illustration to say that if you have hidden sin in your life, you can’t just cover it up. You have to deal with it.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:44 PM PST up reply actions
Prez,
favorite weapon to use in CoD4?
favorite book of the Bible?
what kind of car do you drive?
Are we down for another all-night Bedge chat for the French Open in May? Nadal/Federer round 2… you know you want to….
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 27, 2009 11:43 PM PST up reply actions
I am SO down for all-nighter for French open
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:44 PM PST up reply actions
favorite weapon: RPD with Grip
stopping power and deep impact.
My K/D would be like 1.5, but my dad has been playing on my account and he sucks! so it’s down to like a 1.22
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:45 PM PST up reply actions
M16, red dot sight, stopping power, steady aim. thats me.
idk what my K/D is right now. i havent been on in awhile. i think its 1.50 exactly last time i checked. hahaha my friend has the same problem with his dad. what’s with dads and cod4?
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by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 27, 2009 11:49 PM PST up reply actions
Nooo idea. He kills me though.
You wanna’ play right now or you got other stuff going?
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:50 PM PST up reply actions
I'm kinda working on some homework-ish right now.
getting majorly distracted by the Bedge though. hahaha. i think CoD would be even more troublesome. How about tomorrow or Sunday?
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by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 28, 2009 12:00 AM PST up reply actions
it's all good--get yo homework done, son!
I think I’m headed to bed anyway.
As far as tomorrow or sunday, I am going to be in P-Town for the spurs game. Coming in tomorrow to do some open air preaching in Pioneer Square I think…should be awesome! Scary, but awesome. Then Sunday go to church and the game.
We’ll catch up sometime. Just hit me up with an invite when you got time.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 28, 2009 12:03 AM PST up reply actions
OH SNAP!!!
i forgot you were coming down tomorrow… where are you gonna go to church on Sunday?
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by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 28, 2009 12:07 AM PST up reply actions
we're staying with some friends and the dude we're staying with is preaching at his church on sunday
so we’re gonna’ go listen to him preach. It’s called Church on the Rock—meets up in Vancouver.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 28, 2009 12:09 AM PST up reply actions
Romans.
the whole bible, cliffs notes version.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:46 PM PST up reply actions
I like James
He was short and to the point…knew he didn’t have a scribe….etched it out himself….Jesus’s brother!! holy sibling, batman…..imagine the inside scoops he had and didn’t spill…
He was a go out and do it pre-nike faith without works is dead kinda guy…
James FTW
"Sergio and I obtained chalupas to understand their power. Then Sergio showed that each one has 427 calories and 27 grams of fat. Leaping upwards, we reviled the accursed chalupa and its pressure. – Rudy Fernandez
God, that would have sucked to be James in school...
………………………… “Why can’t you be more like your brother, he got 100% on all his algebra quizzes and you’re barely pulling a C — shape up young man and try cracking a book once in a while -blah-blah-blah!!!”
Why is Channing Frye still here? Anybody??? Anybody???
Aside from that, Jesus was probably a better bro than the rest of us
even if if all he did was not give James noogies.
favorite book of the Bible:
wow that is hard. I have a “favorite” playlist that I listen to a lot— I love Romans… end up listening to a lot of 2nd Timothy, Colossians, and 1st Peter.
One book, has to be romans. But i jump around a lot.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:46 PM PST up reply actions
123456789 10! unjinx
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:48 PM PST up reply actions
ROMANS FTW.
+1 to you both.
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by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 27, 2009 11:47 PM PST up reply actions
haha
first time I’ve ever heard “RomansFTW”
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:49 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, no kidding -- you think he'd be pulling for the Christians...
Why is Channing Frye still here? Anybody??? Anybody???
I love Romans
I’m trying to memorize chapters 5-8 right now. I’ve got 5 down about 80% and the other books about 25%….probably gonna work on them in the car on the way down to P-town and back. Awesome chapters right there.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:49 PM PST up reply actions
that is an awesome chapter
seriously, awesome.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:52 PM PST up reply actions
whoaaaaaa
yowzers. that very well may be.
of course, he still is getting paid 4 million this year. I’m pretty sure Job had nada by the time he was done getting wiped out.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:54 PM PST up reply actions
haha
Bill Simmons is one of the friends that comes to “comfort” him.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:54 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
hahahaha +1
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:54 PM PST up reply actions
and my car is a silver 99 ford taurus.
and it’s a dang automatic. I really would rather have a stick.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:47 PM PST up reply actions
There are some rabid tennis fans over on Mavs Moneyball
They discussed the Australian Open in the middle of the night. Morty is also into tennis.
Proud Odensheeple
he missed our open thread during the Aussie Open
what a bum.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:48 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah! Prez, Sabonis4Ever, Tom(ish), and I were up until 5:30 am doing the exact same thing.
good times…
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 27, 2009 11:51 PM PST up reply actions
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
I never got into Songs of Solomon and admittedly I haven’t read much of the Bible. I have read all of Ecclesiastes though.
I da man!
mathew
Man, we should forfeit before roy’s hammy explodes, knocking him into LMA’s ear who loses his balance and hits Greg’s knee… - HurraKane212
http://www.nba.com/news/miles_10_080919.html
k, this time, just like Ameachi, i'm really out of here....Peace/G'Night/Pray for the Economy/and a Win on Saturday
go Blazers!
Yes on Proposition #9 (RLEC must go!!!!)
later dude
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:34 PM PST up reply actions
stay cool prez. cablinasian, rayray, sabas, ann, roodie,etc
Yes on Proposition #9 (RLEC must go!!!!)
you spelled it right
a guy called me canibalasian the other day… i don’t eat people.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:36 PM PST up reply actions
So Roodie, Cal
you got any favorite preachers you listen to on the internet?
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have you ever heard of the Stockstills?
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:52 PM PST up reply actions
You bet. I have John's worship CD and I've listened to a sermon or two of Joel's.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:52 PM PST up reply actions
which, by the way, John's worship CDs are awesome!
He’s always on the iPod in our kitchen. We’ve also used some of his songs @ our youth church.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:53 PM PST up reply actions
I think we use half the songs on the CD...
I love his style.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:55 PM PST up reply actions
yeh he's awesome
it goes without saying that Hillsong is awesome, Chris Tomlin pretty sweet as well.
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by prezofdeath on Feb 27, 2009 11:56 PM PST up reply actions
I like Deluge
because I can’t automatically guess how to play it the first time I listen. He really changes up the chord patterns from the traditional 1-5-6-4 and the rhythm has more swing.
I loved the In the Valley by the Sea Hillsong… one of my favorite albums by them.
by Cablinasian on Feb 27, 2009 11:58 PM PST up reply actions
I don't really listen to sermons online... i should though.
Dave should start podcasting his sermons every week.
Also i recommend you guys listening to James Allison online. He is my pastor and he is really really good.
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 27, 2009 11:59 PM PST up reply actions
As far as preachers go, John Piper is awesome as well
I find myself listening to him/watching him on youtube a lot
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I've heard a lot about him
never actually heard him speak though.
by Cablinasian on Feb 28, 2009 12:01 AM PST up reply actions
Ok, I'm going to bed.
I will catch you cats later. Good talkin’ you guys.
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Peace out prez.
hopefully i’ll see you sometime this week… what time are you free-preaching at the Square?
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 28, 2009 12:06 AM PST up reply actions
not sure...we might do it sunday if we don't make it into town in time
did you wanna come and witness with us?
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by prezofdeath on Feb 28, 2009 12:09 AM PST up reply actions
That would be amazing!
let me know when this is all going down when you find out! i’ll send you my phone number on facebook.
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 28, 2009 12:12 AM PST up reply actions
PS Roodie--love your church's sample music!
All Because of Jesus I’m alive is an awesome song.
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+1
that’s one of my favorites as well.
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 28, 2009 12:12 AM PST up reply actions
Nene played today-- only took him 2 games to get back after banging knees
just sayin’.
Boomshakalaka
He's also one of the most injury prone players in the league over the past five years.
by Cablinasian on Feb 28, 2009 12:05 AM PST up reply actions
His was a bruise
Greg chipped bone…. i dunno. I tend to think that it was just a freak injury. Maggette isn’t a small guy.
by Cablinasian on Feb 28, 2009 12:07 AM PST up reply actions
He should wear knee pads from here on out.
This year hasn’t been bad, injury wise. The first one was due to him being clumsy coming back from injury, I think. He didn’t have the reflexes to react to falling yet.
by Cablinasian on Feb 28, 2009 12:11 AM PST up reply actions
it's frustrating
because he’s been so good this year. His Win Shares are near Durant’s, per minute.
Agh.
by Cablinasian on Feb 28, 2009 12:12 AM PST up reply actions
I look at this whenever I get frustrated with Greg.
by Cablinasian on Feb 28, 2009 12:16 AM PST up reply actions
ok, i'm really going to bed now
i’ll flip through the rest of the comments in the morning. catch you all later.
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john canzano is seriously mad
that an imposter has more followers than he can get on twitter..
so he has contacted his “lawyers” and they hooked him up with the guys “dmv records”…
CLASSIC WE NEED MORE.
"Brian (Outlaw is Rejector) is now on the fan saying he put this on to see what would happen " - 123_G.O._RipCity
by Outlaw is Rejector on Feb 28, 2009 12:46 AM PST reply actions
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