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One of the Best (General) Summer League Rundowns You'll Ever Read


Kevin Arnovitz of the Truehoop network penned this incredible Summer League recap detailing the biggest stories of the past few days in Vegas.  He not only illuminated the issues, he also managed to give you the flavor of the event. 

This description of Warriors' forward Anthony Randolph made me fall in love immediately:

Randolph came into the league as a candy dish of disparate talents, but he's graduated from curiosity to crackerjack.

Yeah...you don't write better than that.

--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)

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I write better than that.

Randolph came into the league as a candy dish of disparate talents, but he’s graduated from curiosity to crackerjack!!!!!!!!!!!!

(My slew of !!!!! crushes his simple period.)

The Princess of Blazersedge

by Zaig on Jul 20, 2009 10:41 AM PDT reply actions  

More is only better when one uses more adjectives.

The quirky, peculiar Randolph came into the menacing, overbearing league as an opaque-turquoise candy dish of disparate and conflicting talents, but he’s graduated from banal curiosity to a sweet, but not saccharine crackerjack.

μὴ φοβοῦ, μόνον πίστευε.

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by T Darkstar on Jul 20, 2009 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions  

Anthony Randolph is awesome.

He was totally robbed of the Summer League MVP. Whoever votes for that should be mildly ashamed of themselves.

by Nick Van Excellent on Jul 20, 2009 11:11 AM PDT reply actions  

... who won it?

The Princess of Blazersedge

by Zaig on Jul 20, 2009 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions  

And Flynn won Best Rookie

I didn’t know there was a difference. Isn’t Blake also automatically the best rookie in SL?

by Northtroll on Jul 20, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wahhh?

The MVP was a rookie, but did not win best rookie. Silly summer league.

The Princess of Blazersedge

by Zaig on Jul 20, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

Agreed.

Randolph deserved it most, but I have a feeling the combination of missing one of the games and being a 2nd year player counted against him.

by Arby on Jul 20, 2009 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions  

If your a 2nd year player in summer league you have an incredible advantage.

That advantage was incredibly illustrated by Randolph.

Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points they almost always win. -Doug Collins

by TappedPotential on Jul 20, 2009 11:28 AM PDT reply actions  

You don't write better than that??

Randolph came into the league as a candy dish of disparate talents, but he’s graduated from curiosity to crackerjack

What does that even mean???

WWKPD??

by Maximus Blaze on Jul 20, 2009 11:30 AM PDT reply actions  

Did some things very well.

Well enough to make people salivate over him. But those talents weren’t congealed into a whole player when he was drafted. He had bits and pieces that people liked, but it looked like an utterly unusable talent combination. Interesting to look at, but not good for much else. But now, it looks like all of those things are coming together in one snappy package.

That’s what I got from Arnovitz’s sample sentence. Only he said it with much sharper and vivid imagery and in fewer words. That is hands down good writing. Infinitely better than all the LOL’s and all the other acronymous writing in the world could possibly hope to emulate.

μὴ φοβοῦ, μόνον πίστευε.

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by T Darkstar on Jul 20, 2009 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions  

Ain't this the truth?
So far as Portland, few teams run as much informational interference, and even some of the wiliest insiders were stumped about what the Trail Blazers might do.

When reached 39 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!

by two4larue on Jul 20, 2009 11:47 AM PDT reply actions  

Stumped

Stumptown . . . new basketball trade acronym?

by Rudyciudad on Jul 20, 2009 12:20 PM PDT reply actions  

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