Chinese Cry Foul on NBA Referees
by LaoTzu on Apr 28, 2009 2:32 AM PDT
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PrintBeijing -- Taking up the cry of long-suffering coach Rick Adelman, millions of Yao Ming fans moved from the Chinese blogosphere to the streets chanting pro-Yao and anti-officiating sentiments.
"Where are the calls against the Trail Blazers?" "Yao is getting mugged." "The referees always call playoffs against Rockets."
Relief!
After Game 4, the relief in Beijing was palpable. "Finally, fouls called against such crowding." "Yao still is being assaulted. Every play they should call fouls on the American Running Dogs." "Yao would hang 40 on the Blazers except for their cheating ways." And, "Yao is so much a gentleman that he does not respond with superior Chinese kung fu."
Banners still hung far low: "If Rockets not make it out of first round, Chinese people boycott the NBA!"
Stern appears in Tien Mien Square
David Stern, sensitive to the Chinese position, read a short announcement. "It is about time that Yao, that giant talent from this unbelievably huge and growth oriented market, has made it out of the first round." When reminded that Houston had to win another game, Stern said, "Well, let's call that a formality."
"You are sure the Rockets make Round 2?"
"Yes, you can quote me in your native tongue that it will be a Kobe versus Yao showdown in Round 2."
"But sir, is that not a discredit to the proud Trail Blazers franchise of Bill Walton?"
Signing off with a little wave and a crooked smile, Stern said, "Believe me, by now they're used to it."
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I was half way through
when I realized there would not be a source provided
It took
Stern appears in Tien Mien Square
before I came to the same conclusion.
This was funny enough I guess, but I wont be recommending it…
"Now I'm done"
by Screen Name on Apr 28, 2009 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
was that a "Hung Far Low
"So, then, I was like, it'd be really dirty if I put up 42. So I did!" -Brandon Roy, post-game comments after game 2 of the first round of the 2009 NBA Playoffs
" reference there?
they had the best pot stickers ever!
"So, then, I was like, it'd be really dirty if I put up 42. So I did!" -Brandon Roy, post-game comments after game 2 of the first round of the 2009 NBA Playoffs
Didn't Hung Far Low relocate to S.E. 82nd and Division-ish?
I think you can still get the post stickers there
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
uh, Pot Stickers
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
yes they are there
dangerously close to my house, and very delicious. – Elgin
Tonight felt like the day you open the mail and receive an acceptance letter to your dream school: the University of Playoffs. - Ben Golliver, Apr 15 2009
I hung the sign for the Hung Far Low
Yes I put it up and yes it says something about me ;-).
Rip City!
That you are a
sign maker by trade?
"Death is not final," Gita says. "If any man thinks that he slays, and if another thinks that he is slain, neither knows the truth. The Eternal in man cannot kill: the Eternal in man cannot die. The soul in man is neither born nor does it die. Weapons cannot cut it; fire cannot burn it; water cannot drown it.
The Bhagavad Gita
he uses a ladder
He is Hung Far High. – Elgin
Tonight felt like the day you open the mail and receive an acceptance letter to your dream school: the University of Playoffs. - Ben Golliver, Apr 15 2009
by 22baylor on Apr 29, 2009 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The more laws and order are made prominent,
The more thieves and robbers there will be.
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
Just tell 'em....
“Bu yao ting nimen de ‘whining’ "
(sorry, don’t have my dictionary to look – up the word for ‘whining’ in Mandarin.)
Translated: We don’t want to hear any of your whining!
yes, I speak mandarin, but not as good as I used to.
Jin wan de jiao jue tai hao le! Na han Blazers
Great game. I’m not going to have a voice tomorrow
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
Hung Far Low?
I’d say that Yao is probably Not-so-Hung (far low)…
Based on the way Yao can’t stick up for himself and needs his coach and teammates to whine about the officiating for him, it’s safe to say that Yao is not, shall we say, well endowed by his Creator… Oh, that’s right, he’s a Godless Communist. Let’s just say that he’s not well endowed, period.
Could've been done a little better, but it's obivously a joke
There’s some serious bad blood now. Houston fans put it on heavy for us whining. Forget that the sentiment was equal on their side. I prefer joking in such an obvious fashion to the vitriol we’re seeing on other boards.
I really wish there wasn’t anything to complain about. There simply is. It sucks because Houston is a good team, with integrity (in the players no doubt). While Yao seems to complain a bit, he resists crossing the line. He’s a man. Battier says ALL the right things. That dude’s cool. I wish someone like K*be were on your team so I could justly hate them. I’m just so confused.
I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich
What I forgot to mention
is that Hung Far Low is the name of a Chinese restaurant in Portland, and is a constant source of humor.
My wife and I drove past that place one evening..
There was an asian guy standing out front and I casually made the comment that he’d gotten surgery done of a certain nature. She looked at me astonished and asked how I knew. I simply pointed at the sign and said, Its a male enhancement clinic. She believed me until I couldn’t stop laughing.
She’s never lived that one down.
"She turned me into a newt!
A newt?
...I got better."
LMAO
I kept telling my wife that “The Tool Peddler” on 82nd was an All Male Revue place and she believed me until I too could not stop laughing.
"Death is not final," Gita says. "If any man thinks that he slays, and if another thinks that he is slain, neither knows the truth. The Eternal in man cannot kill: the Eternal in man cannot die. The soul in man is neither born nor does it die. Weapons cannot cut it; fire cannot burn it; water cannot drown it.
The Bhagavad Gita
yeah, I was just as suprised to read this as you were,
wait, you probably weren’t surprised at all. Not all of us condone this.
"Now I'm done"
by Screen Name on Apr 28, 2009 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Consider the source. It's pretty commonplace for Rehab to make
puerile, witless comments.
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
Yeah
Houston fans chanting Portland Sucks.
You can suck on his hung-far-low jokes.
I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
by haildablazer on Apr 29, 2009 1:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Something I thought would be funny, but will never happen
So, you know how Portland has been complaining about Yao parking in the paint and not getting any 3 second calls against him (until the one violation in game 4?)
How about this. The Rose Garden crew lays out a new floor that has no lines marking the “key”! Just a foul line. It would be a not-so-subtle way of saying “Hey, you’re not going to call Yao for 3 seconds anyway, so why even have the rectangle marked?”
(This would be akin to a baseball manager kicking dirt on home plate after egregios ball/strike calls, or like when Lou Piniella tossed first base into RF to protest a blatant missed call by the umpire)
If you’re going to the game tonight, by all means make the refs feel welcome. Hopefully we won’t get Javie or Leon Wood…
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