What Kind of B-Edger Are You?
by Dave on Jul 29, 2009 11:20 PM PDT
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PrintAs I was musing about the site the other day it struck me what a diversity of styles, attitudes, and goals evidence themselves among this community. We have far too many individual personalities to codify. Plus I know there have been extensive analyses done of online communication styles elsewhere. But in a rudimentary sense it amused me to think of us kind of like a basketball team. Consider...
Some of us are like point guards. These folks spend a lot of time listening and understanding the thoughts and tendencies of others. They can be counted on to offer the right observation at the right time and to steer the conversation back on track when it's straying. They don't tend to seek the limelight and you can't really pressure them into producing more. In fact they seldom write their own Fanposts. Quick on their feet and adaptable, they thread the needle with precise passes so the offense runs smoothly for others.
Others of us are shooting guards. These people score points in droves. If there's conversation to be had, they're there...usually at length. They argue smoothly. They make brilliant observations. They create content left and right in the sidebar, the comment section, anywhere. You know these people by name. You can feel them coming the same way you feel a breakaway coming on the court. You sometimes wonder, however, if it's as much about the glory as the conversation. Like a 24 ppg scorer these folks don't tend to pass the ball much. But then few people can light it up like they do.
Some folks are small forwards. They're strong defenders. When a point comes up that doesn't seem sound they're going to lock you down until it's in shape or you give up. They're not going to create much offense of their own unless it's a total slam dunk but they help everyone else keep sharp. They're equal parts necessary (for integrity's sake) and annoying (because few people like to be corrected.) Some are Nicolas Batum smooth while others tend towards Ruben Patterson overbearing...technical fouls and broken schemes included.
Some among us are power forwards in the old-school style. They do the dirty work that others won't. They'll look up stats and salaries...not just the ones in question, but all of them vertically for the past twenty years and horizontally across every team in the league. They give charts, tables, and graphs with the comparative analysis. When somebody else misses a shot they're going to grab it and put it back up, at the correct angle this time. They're not flashy or poetic. They're the blue-collar workhorses of the community.
A very few of us stand tall enough to be considered centers. These folks aren't going to be touching the ball on every play. You're not going to see them bombing away from three-point land or attempting reverse tomahawk jams. But when it's needed they're going to block a shot to trigger the fast break or grab a rebound and then run down to the other end and pick up unstoppable position in the post. When they stride onto the court you know it because everyone else is able to key off of them. They're the pivot, the anchor. They change the game for all of us.
I'm sure you could come up with some analogies of your own in this vein. Expand and expound if you wish. Somewhere in there let us know what your style/position is.
--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)
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I wanna be the big white guy at the end of the bench...
with the towel and REALLY BAD dance moves and six fouls to give, ala Mark Madsen. Every team needs one..
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." Jimi Hendrix
by philly420pdxhilo on Jul 29, 2009 11:23 PM PDT reply actions
hear hear
I read read read a lot of blazersedge so I must be a hard core fan of the team who does the dirty work haha
WE WANT T-SHIRTS!!!
by nateinaloha on Jul 29, 2009 11:40 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Since I'm the future ruler of the world
I think I must be the David Stern of Bedge.
When I rule the world, everyone will know how to use Excel.
what ever world you rule, I'll b queen of your most hated rival world/nation
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The Princess of Blazersedge
Sports do not build character. They reveal it. - Casey Dillon Stengel
If I'm David Stern
That makes you the head of the Players Association.
When I rule the world, everyone will know how to use Excel.
I'm both smarter and better looking, obviously
When I rule the world, everyone will know how to use Excel.
You forgot, more athletically inclined, your misogynistic majesty.
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
I didn't forget
It just isn’t obvious from the picture.
When I rule the world, everyone will know how to use Excel.
But the new title is nice
When I rule the world, everyone will know how to use Excel.
But it is, of course,
understood my egregious Eminent Emir.
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
First of all, that picture..... WORST LINEUP EVER
LMAO
Second of all : i am Kevin Durant/Nic Batum
equal parts HIGH SCORER and super sexy :D
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The Princess of Blazersedge
Sports do not build character. They reveal it. - Casey Dillon Stengel
It seems like
Fernandez is doing some kind of Rudy Shuffle dance while Sergio is about to whup him with a freaky, faux-Matrix martial arts move. Oden is in the background thinking, “What the heck? That’s some ugly stuff there.” Brandon is going, “I was going to come over here and give you a high five or something but after seeing that funky dance thing I’m going to just walk right by and pretend none of this happened.” Travis is like, “Dude! Can you teach me those moves?”
—Dave
dave, you are losing it
get some ac and have some water
…
THAT IS CHANNING FRYE NOT BRANDON ROY
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The Princess of Blazersedge
Sports do not build character. They reveal it. - Casey Dillon Stengel
dang
u’r just to quick sophia.
"B-Roy is the best shooting guard I have played against"
-Ron Artest
by premthegrem on Jul 29, 2009 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions
*too
"B-Roy is the best shooting guard I have played against"
-Ron Artest
by premthegrem on Jul 29, 2009 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL u were much nicer
i had to FLAME dave for mixing up channing w/ roy……………….
thats borderline unforgiveable.
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The Princess of Blazersedge
Sports do not build character. They reveal it. - Casey Dillon Stengel
it's prolly this heat wave
making you all high strung. During the regular season if Dave made a mistake like that you would have been more merciful. I’m sure once regular Oregon weather returns in september/october you’ll be back to normal. Till then I’ll just have to pick up some of your duties.
KP’s a G!
"B-Roy is the best shooting guard I have played against"
-Ron Artest
by premthegrem on Jul 29, 2009 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions
kp's g status has been rescinded until further notice
The Princess of Blazersedge
Sports do not build character. They reveal it. - Casey Dillon Stengel
Kenny G's too
Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k
come on now,
gotta keep the faith! A die hard like yourself shouldn’t abandon the cause at the first (or second, third, or fourth) sign of trouble.
"B-Roy is the best shooting guard I have played against"
-Ron Artest
by premthegrem on Jul 29, 2009 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
at the 3rd sign of trouble most GM's are looking for a new team
lets b real… he BOTCHED the Hedo sit. , I blame the economy of KP and he’s failed in getting DWill or CP3 …
Im fighting some serious apathy that has been draining my fan.girl hood for months now and KP’s
Worst Summer Ever
Help Me.
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The Princess of Blazersedge
Sports do not build character. They reveal it. - Casey Dillon Stengel
umm,
he failed in getting D-Will and CP3?
when exactly did he have a chance to get either of those guys?
"B-Roy is the best shooting guard I have played against"
-Ron Artest
by premthegrem on Jul 30, 2009 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL
i was kidding come on
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The Princess of Blazersedge
Sports do not build character. They reveal it. - Casey Dillon Stengel
sorry, couldn't tell as you put that line
right after talking about the Hedo botch. Slightly confusing to separate the sarcasm from the real anger.
"B-Roy is the best shooting guard I have played against"
-Ron Artest
he's failed in getting Dwill and CP3
well being as tho as they both still play for their respective teams…does that mean the other 28 GMs in the league have lost their G status as well?
Senior Asian ambassador of Blazers Edge
by Philthyanimal on Jul 30, 2009 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions
thanks Che
chortle (seriously?)
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The Princess of Blazersedge
Sports do not build character. They reveal it. - Casey Dillon Stengel
Yeah
I’m writing an article on Roy and Rudy and my brain went one way while my eyes went another. But it’s generated 20+ comments so there you go. Happy mistake.
—Dave
I thought it was Roy too until it was pointed out.
Interesting camera trick.
Disclaimer: everything I know about basketball I learned on Blazersedge.
Sergio is about to bump chests ...
but got Rudy’s bad elbow instead
lol,
I don’t think that’s Roy. If you look at the caption, it’s a pic of Rudy celebrating after making his record breaking 3 against the Nuggets. Suspect it’s actually Channing Frye.
"B-Roy is the best shooting guard I have played against"
-Ron Artest
by premthegrem on Jul 29, 2009 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Two of those five are no longer Blazers
Sad in a way .. ‘cause I’ll miss their personalities. But good to remember them so happy!
ok so OBVIOUSLY you are more of a "visual" learner
Brandon Roy
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.fanhouse.com/media/2008/05/channing-frye.jpg
………………….
The Princess of Blazersedge
Sports do not build character. They reveal it. - Casey Dillon Stengel
dang it
The Princess of Blazersedge
Sports do not build character. They reveal it. - Casey Dillon Stengel
Rudy
obviously is holding an invisible matador’s cape. Practicing his defense perhaps?
(No offense, Rudy, I just couldn’t resist).
"Most of the people reading and commenting here are smart, thoughtful, reasoned, and both capable of and interested in good conversation." - Dave, about Blazersedge, 07/29
I was always the Nic guy
Your the best defender so you play their best guy,whatever position that is.
by southern oregon on Jul 29, 2009 11:29 PM PDT reply actions
I'd be the glue guy ..
And the one who creates.
I am jerryd bayless
A shooting guard in a pg body…first to show, last to leave
oh yeah and I could eat you for lunch.
ben.fanboy
#teamben
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The Princess of Blazersedge
Sports do not build character. They reveal it. - Casey Dillon Stengel
This is you then
© 2008 Getty Images
whatever you do, do NOT bark at this man on a basketball court. EVER.
Bay Rex you are my hero.
Honor Alaa Abdelnaby.
First in the NBA. At least alphabetically
I’m the kind that flew into Portland from Hong Kong today.
Hot-wet to Hot-hot.
Can’t stop talking Blazers.
Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k
You too, man. Good to be in the Rose City.
Rudyculize: The act of Rudy making others look slow, dim and generally oafish.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k
I'm probably a BE small forward
Certain things get me going and I end up over-defending and getting burned backdoor. Then the coach yanks me out of the game and I watch the rest from the bench.
"HA HA HA HA HA
I'm not laughing, I'm just listing the five ugliest Blazers ever."
- rockingharder
Most of the time I feel more like the ballboy
Picking up the loose threads after the game! (must be the weird schedule I keep). But I enjoy the replays..
im the old school cat with the knee high socks
I used to post quite alot but the grammarites used to run with a mispelled word and deflect from the actual post,,they couldnt see the forrest because the trees were in the way so to speak..as far as stats and charts,,they defintely provide insight, but if you know basketball,, you have to know that tts more than stats,,its gut instinct and watching body language i still read faithfuly and i miss fatty
thanks dave and ben
you are the best
if it can be conceived it can be achieved
we miss u
lissen, i DAIR the grammah poleece to flag me.
I got ur bak trust.
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The Princess of Blazersedge
Sports do not build character. They reveal it. - Casey Dillon Stengel
Come back, lyfe
Ignore the grammarites.
When I rule the world, everyone will know how to use Excel.
Bleacher Drunk
I’m the guy who drinks the $8 beers at the RG and watches the game w/ one eye on the cheerleaders and runs around top-heavy for those incoming tickets and tee-shirts.
Towel Boy
"No disrespect to Jeff Blake"
by Eat Politicians on Jul 30, 2009 12:14 AM PDT reply actions
Looking at what Sergio is doing to Rudy's leg in that pic
I guess I’m Sergio Rodriguez
"Should I ask? What's a punani?" - by annthefan on May 3, 2009 1:55 PM
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Jul 30, 2009 12:19 AM PDT reply actions
I am the drunk guy who made his way on to the bench somehow
I will be kicked out as soon as security notices.
Maybe I'm Dirk Nowitzki (or for Blazer's sake LaMarcus)
A power forward with good shooting skills, and underrated defense rebounding misses :)
I do look up stats and financials, but also like to post up.
Dave is clearly Brandon Roy. A shooting guard (1-2 articles a day) with point guard skillset (listening, understanding, high basketball IQ, right observations), physical enough to play small forward (defend what is important). Maybe he has even more point guard skills. Deron Williams? (Ducks for cover)
I don’t really find an up-and-coming shooting guard to perfectly compare with Ben. Of the more established ones maybe Dwyane Wade. When he is not on the field, production drops sharply. He is relentlessly attacking the basket, always working on his game, trying to come up with new innovative ways to score that make your jaw drop. Sometimes a bit controversial. Quality defense when necessary. Makes his teammates better.
Problem is I don’t really like Wade but like Ben a lot. On the Blazers he could be Rudy. Some think he is overrated, most think there is much more to come but that he maybe can’t blossom to full bloom behind DaveRoy. His value can only go up, and it’s Nate’s job to make the rotation work. Is Dave a player-coach, or who is his writing mentor? Now I’m transitioning to the next article.
I'm Blaze the Trail Cat
No one is really sure what my purpose is, I do have some fans, and some folks wish I would just go away.
by tominhawaii on Jul 30, 2009 3:17 AM PDT reply actions 10 recs
And you are adored by small children everywhere.
"Most of the people reading and commenting here are smart, thoughtful, reasoned, and both capable of and interested in good conversation." - Dave, about Blazersedge, 07/29
Do you feel trapped in a caricature of your own creation? No one else would be able to pull off the triple back flip over a long row of bad penis jokes like you do. I hope you don’t go away.
A man reaps what he sows
I tried to change and it didn’t go over well. Knowing that I make people angry helps.
In this analogy
I’m none of these things. I am the fan in the 100 section who sits politely, daintily eats his curly fries, and frowns at the woman ululating when Ron Artest is at the free throw line. I sit back in highbrow dispassion and demand insightful commentary from you, the good bloggers of this community. I do not stoop to your level. I do not post nor comment nor deign to sully my opinion to the anonymous hundreds who frequent this place. I am above the rabble. I—
Oh, dang.
Honor Alaa Abdelnaby.
First in the NBA. At least alphabetically
"i sit back in highbrow dispassion"
that is F’n fantastic!
LOL
I have indeed seen these types.
The grizzled old fans who have “seen it all” and unless you win in double overtime with a half court shot, they absolutely dont cheer. If the game is a blowout that is bad, If we lose that is worse…very hard to please and OLD…my dad is one of these.
I'm the rookie
Born and raised in PDX and long time fan of the Blazers. Then eventually being drafted by the Blazers. Long time reader of BEdge, just signed up recently.
Rip City Baby
Rip City Baby!
by bla7er4life on Jul 30, 2009 5:23 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
guess that
explains me too though I’ve a long way to go to be a real player.
"Most of the people reading and commenting here are smart, thoughtful, reasoned, and both capable of and interested in good conversation." - Dave, about Blazersedge, 07/29
I'm that guy in the background
who keeps waving and making goofy faces at the camera and nudging other people to “look, look, we on the TV” when Mike and Mike are doing the postgame show.
I think I'm like an old veteran off the bench.....
……I still think I can score, and put up a fair number of shots, but my knees are bad and my back is bad,
Sometimes my defense is so bad, I fall for TomInHawaii’s head fakes…..
by upper left corner on Jul 30, 2009 6:52 AM PDT reply actions
Amazing
how many people are describing themselves as totally useless to BE – and maybe even annoying distractions. Is this really how you want to be seen?
"Most of the people reading and commenting here are smart, thoughtful, reasoned, and both capable of and interested in good conversation." - Dave, about Blazersedge, 07/29
it's humble, humerous, self-depreciation. I love it
Didn’t Nate once say something like we want our play to show how good we are,
it’s no credit to us to tell everyone how good we think we are.
What a well crafted example this thread is of that admirable Blazer trait.
Makes me happy.
by holder on Jul 30, 2009 7:52 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm the guy playing in another country while Portland holds my rights...
Busy making a dime outside of Rip City and with limited resources and time, trying to be as much a part of the team as possible. But definitely the first to be overlooked and forgotten. Read every post, fanshot, comment and when the time is right… jump in and remind everyone that I’m still a part of the team.
I'm the emotional grump who's only deshelved if coach gets mad at the refs and wants one of them tripped over.
The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out, burns out farms, and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.
"New Man Law: If you don't show up for the draft you don't get to come later if you're picked. If you believe in yourself, show up and sit there. If nobody else believes in you, take it and cry like a man...in front of the cameras."
-Dave
I think I would be the stars local bartender,....
Ready to listen when he is down…tell him to suck it up when he is being whiney, all while being emotionally detached. Oh and I make sure he doesn’t leave without blowing a .05 or less. I also serve really crappy drinks to the visiting team.
RoadBlazer
I'm that really ugly tweener european SF
That takes three too many steps, gets antsy in the half court set, and yells at his own fans.
Storyteller
has to be a center too.
I’d like to think of myself as a PF with passing skills, but how one perceives themselves is not often how others perceive them.
Come on you gotta listen unto me,
lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be. ~Johnny Cash
I'm Greg Oden.
I’m there sometimes and I show flashes of brilliance.
At other times, I don’t contribute nearly as much or as well as I should.
That, and I’m very likely MUCH bigger than all of you.
Yes! Yes! In the face!
I get to paint myself in a corner!
I am the witty, albeit sarcastric and somewhat vanilla, sniper who pops his head in once in a while to launch a precise salvo of shots on your head fool. Typically, if you read me you must strech your cerebellum and see the deeper meaning/Arrested development reference I have so antequatedly and skillfully woven into my prose. I’m quite content in my own world, and don’t really need validation to feel worthwhile. When I do push the envelope too far, I do appreciate being smacked down. I will constantly push boundries, and taste, unless kept in check. I respect the blogfather, so I do my best to adheare to the rules. He will note that d bag has been removed from my vernacular since he rapped my girlish knuckles.
I must admit, nothing makes me laugh harder than internet tough guy. When you come whispering sweet nothings to me, all you do is make yourself look rather poor.
I guess I’m the 3pt specialist? Which is hella funny, since I’m more of a 15 foot top of the key jumpshot kind of guy in real life.
Fine, the OLP album grew on me. It's defiantly change.
by SuperDave on Jul 30, 2009 8:38 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
I'm the streak shooter off the bench.
I’ll come in, hit a few shots, and high-five the guy at the line, but I also toss-up a brick here and there. I try to play defense but I can’t stay in front of my man so I’m always back on the bench after a few minutes.
Definately Shooting Guard
Pure is the word i would use…
i am the Ray Allen type.
steady, but also with a deadly streaky touch. can bomb from anywhere with a buttery stroke.
Definitely end of the bench.
Only in for a brief, exciting moment at garbage time. And miss any shot I take.
Glad you're still around
(even if it is at the end of the bench).
"Most of the people reading and commenting here are smart, thoughtful, reasoned, and both capable of and interested in good conversation." - Dave, about Blazersedge, 07/29
I'm a third string wingman
I show up at garbage time. Usually a couple hundred posts pass by before I manage to find the hot topic of the day, then I spend 20 minutes catching up before I high five the starters on their way out, make a few defensive stops against some scrubs, and occasionally drain a nice midrange J just to keep the fans on my side.
Retired combo guard, here
that is now the third former player coach on the end of the bench, hoping to whip those logical fallacies into shape….
I'm kind of like the...
training camp fodder. Just call me Pooh.
I’d like to think I’ll stick a make a major contribution….but in reality, I’m probably a D-leaguer
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
Old School, Back-to-the-Basket Power Forward
I’d say I’m in that power forward who used to exist that when the chips were down, you threw it inside to the PF who had camped out on the lower box, back to basket, who could get you that bucket. Maybe an up-and-under, maybe a fadeaway, maybe a McHale-esque jump hook in the middle.
On defense, a marauder who didn’t the dirty work.
"Let's go out there like a bunch of crazed dogs!" - Lawrence Taylor
Joel Pryzbilla
I protect the rim from wack logic and get my offense on put back replys. Occasionally, if I’m playing with a crafty point guard I can hook up on a nice little pick and roll action.
"It all depends on where his growth will come and we think his growth will come within us" -- Kevin Pritchard on Jerryd Bayless
I am the guy looking for cheap points and garbage buckets
I also suspect I will be traded
"My avatar picture is of the favorite vehicle I ever owned" -Me
We would trade you
but we can’t get good value for you.
When I rule the world, everyone will know how to use Excel.
I'm the guy...
that showed up at the game only by accident, thinking it was a Simon & Garfunkel reunion concert.
“Sing Cecilia!! Cecilia!!! Booooooo…”
The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers
High flying, profit bringing, small forward.
All I do is dunk on people’s ideas. You are all the Frederic Wiess to my Vince Carter.
by AnotherBeaverFirstDown on Jul 30, 2009 3:11 PM PDT reply actions
im like steve blake
short, white, and i get rejected alot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt_BeNUdvEc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBP2KeLD7So
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjuvoOY9Les
"Put your drawers on, and take your gun off."
by cloudydays on Jul 30, 2009 10:17 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
What type of B-Edger?
I’m the type of B-Edger that wonders why if the entire site name had been changed to Blazersedge from Blazers Edge wouldn’t that make us Bedger’ss not B-Edger’s?
I’m a Bedger that likes to indentify with the Power Forwards. The Buck Williams, Brian Grants, Maurice Lucas’s, those supremely needed entities that do the dirty work that usually doesn’t make the highlight reel.
"Mother Nature started this fight, I think it's about time we ended it!"
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