Greg Oden and the PR Move of the Decade

"Now, here comes the question: how does a player, basically known only for terrible injuries and an easygoing attitude, change the public perception of himself around?"

about 2 years ago robrun2 11 comments 1 recs |

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Your quote isn’t complete. Around what?

"I'm at clips-blazers + Juwan Howard just posterized Marcus Camby. Crowd is still reeling. That dunk was from 2 decades ago."
- Bill Simmons on Twitter

by halo_on on Jan 27, 2010 9:53 AM PST reply actions

it's a question

see how it starts with ‘how’?

#52

by 50backflips on Jan 27, 2010 10:47 AM PST up reply actions

yes it is.

by JudgeDridge on Jan 27, 2010 10:13 AM PST reply actions

+1

That’s pretty funny.

by vanceanthony on Jan 27, 2010 10:34 AM PST reply actions

I had to question what PR stood for

for a second. Not to be mistaken for Penis Reveal.

Give me #52

by undutchable on Jan 27, 2010 11:11 AM PST reply actions

Yes, it’s a question. I can see that. Thank you!

Now, “around” what? Around Portland? Around the Blazer’s locker room? Around the media? That’s not a complete sentence as it’s quoted. People in Portland love Greg. Nobody cares about nude photos. Or, at the very least the people who do care, nobody cares about. It’s the national media he should be concerned with, not Blazer fans.

"I'm at clips-blazers + Juwan Howard just posterized Marcus Camby. Crowd is still reeling. That dunk was from 2 decades ago."
- Bill Simmons on Twitter

by halo_on on Jan 27, 2010 12:44 PM PST reply actions

Let's clear it up

As the writer, perhaps, I can clear up these grammar related issues.

I introduce with “Here comes the question,” which is an independent clause, and then start with “how does a player” with “a player” as the the subject of the sentence, and then set it off with the dependent clause, “known only…attitude” which doesn’t really count toward the sentence, and finish with “change the public perception of himself around.” Basically, the “around” is superfluous. So you’re right. I probably should have written “turn it around”. But it is a sentence, albeit a bad one.

by robrun2 on Jan 27, 2010 12:56 PM PST up reply actions