D-Day Minus One (OCT 25th) Junk
by bowdown on Oct 25, 2010 12:01 AM PDT
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PrintThings can only get better right? A lot of great memories from last season which at one point seemed to be a total goner as far as exciting moments go.
Some of my favorite games from last season
Spurs @ Portland (Oden Vs Duncan)
Bulls @ Portland (Oden beast game)
Warriors @ Portland (Great comeback game)
Blazers @ Dallas (Miller's 52)
Blazers @ LAL (Crazy late in the 4th)
Thunder @ Portland (MARCUS CAMBY)
Now with a new season on the horizon there are new hopes for us. We have already endured the worst that could happen last season.
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woah 2 months til christmas!
REBUILT. REBORN.
by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 12:05 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I'm not. I would prefer if it was still August.
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
I would add Blazers at Warriors mark 2
REVERSE THE CURSE!
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Thunder at Portland game was so good
So good.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
Da Kine
I used to go by tominhawaii. My real name is still Tom.
by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 12:08 AM PDT reply actions
Also Roy's return game
Yeah I know the series didn’t end out well but man that was unreal:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_syeaAB1LEY&feature=related
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
wow
that was great. Surreal.
i need to go read the threads from that day. We spazzed out when we heard he might be available.
by Cablinasian on Oct 25, 2010 12:14 AM PDT up reply actions
I got to the arena early
And got a text from a friend saying he had been activated because Dante was sick.
When he appeared in the tunnel to come out for warmups I just about lost it with everyone else. Unreal.
Seriously in my top 5 sports moments of all time I have been present for.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
it's a classic
not a ideo but it’s old school
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIEQOJOhNR8
#5
It's true, my v key doesn't work properly
what a crazy weekend
totally disconnected from teh internetz and I just found out about Oberto and Bayless. Gotta say surprised by the latter. Hoping ULC can control his rage ;)
the transaction list in brp’s FBB league sure is a who’s who of NBA superstars
#5
It's true, my v key doesn't work properly
Something like that
Hey I got Super Mario Chalmers instead of Nate Rob, I’m happy.
Nate was my joke pick.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I was looking at Super Mario as well
Dre is our team’s only PG right now. But we got like 10 PF/Cs. Autodraft FTW
#5
It's true, my v key doesn't work properly
I have 4 centers in my ESPN league
Granted one of those is Okur and we have an IR spot but I’m going to kill it on rebounds (and double doubles, which is stat category in that league).
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
double doubles are a fun category, i played with them a couple seasons ago
#5
It's true, my v key doesn't work properly
I would be in pretty good shape if our league was a double double league
Al Jeff
Timmy D
K Love
S. Nash
S. Curry
Can I get an Armon?
ESPN Insider gives you a tool of letting you know your projected standings
Mostly knowing where you might be weak.
I’m good in everything except assists, I have a bunch of ball hogs and I’m fine with that. I’m not horrible, just projected mid-table out of ten instead of top 2-3.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
It was in the draft
There was a tab for Insiders only that had projected standings and listed all those categories, so I was able to figure out that I needed to focus on drafting rebounds, ft% and pure scoring later in the draft for example.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
hmm
I wonder if you can use it on a complete team so you can identify stuff you might be overlooking
especially the percentages because it’s not always easy to see how much someone shooting 15 times a game affects your stats
Can I get an Armon?
Its all guesswork in any case
ESPN’s projections may be no more or often less valid than anyone else’s.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
aside from unpredictable injuries
they’ve been pretty solid for 80% of the league. It’s the vets who finally break down and the rookies/young guys who break out that are hard to predict.
Can I get an Armon?
Doesn't seem to be an equivilent tool
Their tools for fantasy basketball aren’t nearly as good as they are for fantasy football probably because a lot less people play FBB.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
you think?
I play fantasy baseball, but I don’t know a lot of other people who do
#5
It's true, my v key doesn't work properly
I figure because baseball lends itself to stats so well
that fantasy baseball would be more popular than fantasy basketball. And IIRC, fantasy sports started with baseball.
Can I get an Armon?
David Lee would be boss in that league.
by Cablinasian on Oct 25, 2010 12:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I could have picked him in round 1
But Wade was still on the board, I took Wade.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Apparently Reggie Williams is rated higher than him, because we autodrafted him
#5
It's true, my v key doesn't work properly
The Yahoo rankings are weird
Totally different from ESPN.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Heck yeah
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 Oct 25, 2010 12:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Stupid knife
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 Oct 25, 2010 12:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Always letting me get killed
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 Oct 25, 2010 12:24 AM PDT up reply actions
i bought it off of PSN Store and am playing it now, in honor of it being halloween week.
the atmosphere is a little unnerving, but the “acting” is so terrible
still on the early part of the game. i’m getting the serum to save richard, who was apparently just attacked by a giant snake
you're further in the game than I figured
how are those camera angles working for ya?
Can I get an Armon?
they are fine so far. i’m used to playing games like metal gear solid, so the cameras are no big deal. it’s the controls that are annoying
I played the director's cut of the original
I’m sure they’re basically the same.
I never finished the game. I got stuck. I was missing a gem to a door to the lab (I think). Never did find it. This was before the widespread use of strategy guides.
Can I get an Armon?
Yes.
Kings Field was also a great game.
Mortals are immortal when their soul has been imported
To a source that is more sovereign, important to the whole
As in the best game ever made.
Mortals are immortal when their soul has been imported
To a source that is more sovereign, important to the whole
suuuper fun
My friend won a Monty Python edition that we played a lot before I left PDX
#5
It's true, my v key doesn't work properly
yeah I’ve been thinking of getting a new one for a while now. I just have the 2.0 version of the original(they’re at 4.0 now) which I bought about 10 years go. I was really excited for the Zombie one but then everyone disliked it so I never bought it.
Go Blazers! Secure the Win!
by GiantBlazer on Oct 25, 2010 12:42 AM PDT up reply actions
bah, it’s good for ya.
Go Blazers! Secure the Win!
by GiantBlazer on Oct 25, 2010 12:47 AM PDT up reply actions
only one of the raddest card games ever
Go Blazers! Secure the Win!
by GiantBlazer on Oct 25, 2010 12:46 AM PDT up reply actions
it’s a new tab. I bet you entered this junk through a “new junk” link in the old junk. loser.
Go Blazers! Secure the Win!
by GiantBlazer on Oct 25, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Nuh uh
Just tried it again and it STILL didn’t work. Maybe you need to click don’t open in a new window for it to open in a new window for me.
The only member of the Elliot Williams bandwagon
hahaha maybe. I’m sorry to make things not work for you, buddy. now I feel bad :(. I probably messed it up.
Go Blazers! Secure the Win!
by GiantBlazer on Oct 25, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Well if it works for everyone else......
I can’t blame you : )
The only member of the Elliot Williams bandwagon
it might not have worked for everyone else. maybe peeps just didn’t complain.
Go Blazers! Secure the Win!
yeah i just tested it and it doesn’t work. how odd. i’m sure I clicked it, but maybe I double clicked it on accident and then unclicked it.
Go Blazers! Secure the Win!
I was just gonna go with always trust me
Or MadBlaze is never wrong. Either one. Your’s is harsh, bruh!
The only member of the Elliot Williams bandwagon
Its hard to be a disgrace to humanity
When humanity is so disgraceful
The only member of the Elliot Williams bandwagon
I liked it quite a bit. the stand up bits are the best, though.
Go Blazers! Secure the Win!
by GiantBlazer on Oct 25, 2010 12:55 AM PDT up reply actions
ya the stand up is fantastic
It worked nice with the stand up carrying most of the comedy and the scripted parts being more serious (that scene in the diner in the bully episode was painful to watch but dead on).
by HD on Oct 25, 2010 1:01 AM PDT up reply actions
that scene is fantastic and so well written
I kept expecting it to go lame like having his dad beat up louie or having louie do something physical when he was following him, that was very well written…
Geriatric Dunk Squad!
1/4/10 - Juwan Howard dunks on Chris Kaman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTkOqDgLb6s
3/7/10 - Andre Miller Tomahawk jams on the Denver Nuggets.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-JVgm7F1QA
4/12/10 - Marcus Camby drops 30 and 13 on OKC to cement 50 wins. http://www.nba.com/blazers/media/camby_chant_041310.mp3
by Eat Politicians on Oct 25, 2010 1:02 AM PDT up reply actions
ya that was so good
I just kept thinking “don’t do what I think you’re gonna do” and then to just end it on the porch like that was great.
by HD on Oct 25, 2010 1:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I like the new stuff on FX
it’s less sitcom-y and more gritty…but the old stuff is good too
Geriatric Dunk Squad!
1/4/10 - Juwan Howard dunks on Chris Kaman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTkOqDgLb6s
3/7/10 - Andre Miller Tomahawk jams on the Denver Nuggets.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-JVgm7F1QA
4/12/10 - Marcus Camby drops 30 and 13 on OKC to cement 50 wins. http://www.nba.com/blazers/media/camby_chant_041310.mp3
by Eat Politicians on Oct 25, 2010 1:01 AM PDT up reply actions
so we play phoenix opening day?
I wonder if Rudy can pull off something like this again…
Geriatric Dunk Squad!
1/4/10 - Juwan Howard dunks on Chris Kaman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTkOqDgLb6s
3/7/10 - Andre Miller Tomahawk jams on the Denver Nuggets.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-JVgm7F1QA
4/12/10 - Marcus Camby drops 30 and 13 on OKC to cement 50 wins. http://www.nba.com/blazers/media/camby_chant_041310.mp3
by Eat Politicians on Oct 25, 2010 12:59 AM PDT reply actions
Please. It was in that moment that I realized my love for him was true.
heeeyyyyyyy so dnrkhgu gotta go pl hdei and skeieek
I can’t google translate the first one correctly but the second one is funny.
Go Blazers! Secure the Win!
I had to do a little spelling work
if it were black with muscles and tattoos I do not even want to imagine what would happen
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
that’s what people always said about me when I played basketball so I just quit to end the racism.
Go Blazers! Secure the Win!
Very selfless of you
Just imagine, if you had stayed, the world would be a darker place, but you’d have tons of money, and you’d probably be spending handfulls of it across the street right now.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
yeah, all the scouts told me I had potential to be a “top 10” player and then everyone cried foul and said if I was black and had muscles and tattoos I’d be top 3 so I just said “enough of this” and stopped playing in favor of a stressful life of menial jobs while trying to go to school for a language I can’t speak, read or write.
Go Blazers! Secure the Win!
I know when we met
I took one look at you and said to myself, “heh, no lateral quickness. this guy won’t be able to defend.”
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
that's the beauty of racism: its universality!!! ;)
basically that he’s underrated cause he’s not black, tattooed and strong.
ewwwwwwwww omg he looks so young!
steve blake looks like a pedo being bald n with that goatee NEVER A GOOD LOOK
REBUILT. REBORN.
by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 2:38 AM PDT up reply actions
To any one who has been to the preseason games:
Has the “OUR HOUSE!” thing worked?
Michael Jordan is the Nicolas Batum of America
"I was like, 'Wow, we get a run.'-Felix Hernandez
Artis Gilmore for Hall of Fame
"The Portland Trailblazers are champions of the basketball world!"-Mike Breen, sometime in June, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
Two games
Absolutely not. Horrible.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
the world ended in the previous december
but in july, batum saved everything, thus it was given retroactively to batum himself
Michael Jordan is the Nicolas Batum of America
"I was like, 'Wow, we get a run.'-Felix Hernandez
Artis Gilmore for Hall of Fame
"The Portland Trailblazers are champions of the basketball world!"-Mike Breen, sometime in June, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
by thomasikehara on Oct 25, 2010 1:27 AM PDT up reply actions
I think Mark wants fans to yell out "Our House" during the intros.
Mortals are immortal when their soul has been imported
To a source that is more sovereign, important to the whole
Our house...in the middle of our street...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3HYzkZib8g
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
Bye.
Mortals are immortal when their soul has been imported
To a source that is more sovereign, important to the whole
It was.
Mortals are immortal when their soul has been imported
To a source that is more sovereign, important to the whole
definitely
They could even be monogrammed!
FYI, I know you guys have some time before this becomes an issue, but the sixth wedding anniversary is actually the machete anniversary. Don’t let it slip by!
No. KitchenAid mixer > machete > toaster > blender
I hope you’re lucky enough to get a KitchenAid mixer. ;) But you will need the machete to clear your land and protect against zombies.
#52
Our dough room has 2 huge hobarts to make all our crusts
I wish I could see one work… would be like a small slice of heaven
Blazers win!
Who is going to the game?
Mortals are immortal when their soul has been imported
To a source that is more sovereign, important to the whole
You lower bowl?
Mortals are immortal when their soul has been imported
To a source that is more sovereign, important to the whole
Technically me.
But I’ll be bartending. Hopefully near a tv, so that I can watch a little of the game if there’s a moment.
Then again if there isn’t a moment that means I’m really busy, and that’s ok too.
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 Oct 25, 2010 2:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, it's pretty fun.
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 Oct 25, 2010 2:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I bet it'd be great for meeting people.
But frustrating at times to hear a great play that you miss.
I dunno. The roar of the crowd gets me pretty pumped anyway.
And I catch plenty of highlights some nights. I always leave with a jittery adrenaline rush.
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 Oct 25, 2010 2:24 AM PDT up reply actions
It is good for meeting people. Being at the same bar a few times, you get to know
the season ticket holders. That’s pretty cool. Especially on the 300 level.
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 Oct 25, 2010 2:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Totally. I do miss being able to watch the games outright,
But I’ll take it
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 Oct 25, 2010 2:34 AM PDT up reply actions
But I will be physically AT the Rose Garden, yes.
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 Oct 25, 2010 2:09 AM PDT up reply actions
That sounds like fun.
You in the club level?
Mortals are immortal when their soul has been imported
To a source that is more sovereign, important to the whole
They bounce us around.
The first couple preseason games I was on the 300 level.
Who knows where I’ll be!
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 Oct 25, 2010 2:13 AM PDT up reply actions
when blazers are winning/doing good do u seem to get tipped better?
REBUILT. REBORN.
by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 2:09 AM PDT up reply actions
That would make sense.
Mortals are immortal when their soul has been imported
To a source that is more sovereign, important to the whole
Actually kind of the opposite
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 Oct 25, 2010 2:11 AM PDT up reply actions
people seem to drink MORE when the blazers are losing
They leave their seats more I think.
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 Oct 25, 2010 2:11 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah take that ltrain!!!!!!!!
REBUILT. REBORN.
by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 2:12 AM PDT up reply actions
lol
I pwned him good
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 Oct 25, 2010 2:15 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm used to it.
Mortals are immortal when their soul has been imported
To a source that is more sovereign, important to the whole
word. i appreciated it.
REBUILT. REBORN.
by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 2:16 AM PDT up reply actions
drowning our sorrows
Heck, that’s what Bucks fans have been doing for years =) No one actually went to watch the team
lol Poor Milwaulkie
And their cheap beer nights.
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 Oct 25, 2010 2:14 AM PDT up reply actions
It just kind of depends on the night
The rotate us from floor to floor, so the last couple times I’ve been in the 300s
Next time, who knows? I’m a tall-ish thin blond guy at one of the bars. If you see me just say hi!
I’m pretty sure I’m the only bartender that fits that description
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 Oct 25, 2010 2:41 AM PDT up reply actions
So I see that only our game isnt on National TV on opening night.
That’s disrespect.
WITH ODEN ON OUR SIDE
yeah son cmon look it upppp
REBUILT. REBORN.
by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 2:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Woo hoo!
I just happen to be well stocked on pitchforks and torches. Everyone to my house to form the mob!
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 Oct 25, 2010 2:28 AM PDT up reply actions
i am
Michael Jordan is the Nicolas Batum of America
"I was like, 'Wow, we get a run.'-Felix Hernandez
Artis Gilmore for Hall of Fame
"The Portland Trailblazers are champions of the basketball world!"-Mike Breen, sometime in June, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
by thomasikehara on Oct 25, 2010 2:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Me too
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 Oct 25, 2010 2:31 AM PDT up reply actions
sleep is the greatest thing ever
REBUILT. REBORN.
by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 2:38 AM PDT up reply actions
if Tinfoil was here, he could lol/cry at this with me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsiI1y0KsK0
^^ Very famous church in California singing Miley Cyrus songs for worship.
s. m. h.
so What would all of us be doing if this was 1950 and there was no internet and no
other technological means to kill time?
WITH ODEN ON OUR SIDE
"The Time Traveling Dad Causes the Second Atomic Bomb to be Dropped to Help His Son Pass a History Test"
SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE— College is almost impossible to get accepted into, even for the son of rich physicist Walt Kroepke. Walt knew his son needed every advantage a father could provide.
When his son kept getting questions wrong on his history exams, Walt Kroepke took matters into his own hands: being a real whiz at time travel type stuff, he decided to go back in time and make his son’s answers correct.
In the first pass through time, only one atomic bomb was dropped on the country of Japan near the end of World War 2. Unfortunately for the citizens of Nagasaki, Walt’s son mistakenly wrote that TWO bombs had been dropped, leaving a father only one choice.
Walt’s son’s incorrect history answers have led to the death of 7,831,197,924 innocent men, women, and children.
#52
there were two bombs dropped in ww2
nagasaki and hirojima
Michael Jordan is the Nicolas Batum of America
"I was like, 'Wow, we get a run.'-Felix Hernandez
Artis Gilmore for Hall of Fame
"The Portland Trailblazers are champions of the basketball world!"-Mike Breen, sometime in June, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
by thomasikehara on Oct 25, 2010 2:37 AM PDT up reply actions
*hiroshima
Michael Jordan is the Nicolas Batum of America
"I was like, 'Wow, we get a run.'-Felix Hernandez
Artis Gilmore for Hall of Fame
"The Portland Trailblazers are champions of the basketball world!"-Mike Breen, sometime in June, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
by thomasikehara on Oct 25, 2010 2:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Duh city dude!
The thing is, through the first pass through time, we only dropped one. Because Walt’s son got the question wrong, we dropped two— which is the timeline we are currently living it.
#52
oh wait
i feel stupid now
Michael Jordan is the Nicolas Batum of America
"I was like, 'Wow, we get a run.'-Felix Hernandez
Artis Gilmore for Hall of Fame
"The Portland Trailblazers are champions of the basketball world!"-Mike Breen, sometime in June, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
by thomasikehara on Oct 25, 2010 2:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Time travel is tricky.
I wonder if Walt’s son might, in fact, change his answers in a time line constructed off of a two atomic bomb history to something else that is wrong. Fate has a way of reasserting itself. I learned that from the Final Destination movies.
Walt's dad only cares about the timeline of his present.
Alternate timeliness and wackiness created by his monkeying around in the timestreams don’t matter to him, nor the lives lost.
#52
Do you take those descriptions from a fan fiction forum? A fantasy comic book authors forum? Your own sick mind?
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
The descriptions are all me.
They’re usually kinda awkward, but the story of the doodle has to be done within the hour as well.
#52
"Xantar The Murderous Cyclops Makes a New Best Friend"
2 weeks prior to this photograph, Senor Medrigo (notorious crime boss) approached Xantar the Murderous Cyclops with a simple offer—
Decapitate Felipe Ruiz (known ladies man, and rumoured to have romanced Senor Medrigo’s favorite mistress), bring the head to him, and Senor Medrigo will generously cover all of Xantar’s numerous gambling debts.
Xantar did what Xantar does best, and that was murder. He found the Latin playboy seducing a wealthy widow 1500 miles to the South, and quickly fulfilled his job.
During the slow drive back, Xantar realized what he had been missing all along: a friend who would just LISTEN to him. Felipe doesn’t judge, doesn’t scold, he isn’t just waiting for his turn to talk. Felipe… listens, and loves. Xantar needed that, more than he ever knew.
The stink of the rotting flesh has soaked into the carseat and Xantar’s nose, and the flies are slowly covering every square inch of the bag. But Xantar can’t sell out his new best friend to that vicious crimelord, Senor Medrigo… not after all they’ve been through.
Together, Xantar and his new best friend will make a new life together, far in the North, away from all this madness. It’s the only way.
Oh, Xantar!
(tip of the cap to BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA, which I don’t think I stole too much from, but it’s imagery and setting definitely is a part of what made me think of this)
#52
his head is sticking through the windshield
either that or there’s no glass there
Can I get an Armon?
well that explains where all the flies came from
no windshield, no way to keep bugs out
Can I get an Armon?
To stay with Dave's "Happy Season's Eve" and the "Night" theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuvHuVno_0U
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
What about Lola Glaudini
I used to go by tominhawaii. My real name is still Tom.
by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 3:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Katy Perryish is my favorite look
Not so much for the big boobs though
I used to go by tominhawaii. My real name is still Tom.
by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 3:23 AM PDT up reply actions
I like dark hair and curves
The lady doesn’t necessarily need to have huge boobs for me to like her. I love huge butts too.
I used to go by tominhawaii. My real name is still Tom.
by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 3:34 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm just saying I'm not gonna exclude a lady with a nice set of peaches
I used to go by tominhawaii. My real name is still Tom.
by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 3:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I agree
With Mena Suvari being my exhibit A. Katy Perry has junk everywhere you’d want though, which is a plus.
The only member of the Elliot Williams bandwagon
I'm into this
http://soulcookie.tumblr.com/post/156424719/jennifer-connelly-in-career-opportunities-via
I used to go by tominhawaii. My real name is still Tom.
by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 3:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Or Mia Sara in Ferris Bueller's Day Off
I used to go by tominhawaii. My real name is still Tom.
by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 3:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I like all fruits
Except for bananas in the context.
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 3:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Wish granted
Feel free to ogle at my favourite Katy Perry pic
Body like that and she drinks Corona. My kinda woman.
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Very nice
AND it appears her Corona is sans-lime… the way my people drink it! None of that froo-froo lime crap the Americans peddle!
Blazers win!
I seen it on TV... the show was called Taste, put out by the Canadians
It was on ION Life
Blazers win!
With or without lime
I can sink some Corona for sure. Any place, any time.
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rec. her stage presence at the she and him concert was absurdly adorable.
Go Blazers! Secure the Win!
by GiantBlazer on Oct 25, 2010 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
S
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 3:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Why does facebook suggest friends for me when there's only 1 mutual friend?
I know it can’t tell the guy was just some foreign exchange student who slept on my couch for a week (almost literally, he didn’t do anything but sleep), but it should suggest friends who I have more common friends with.
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On my Morty Facebook
I defriended any basketball player or Mike Barrett and people like that, because it suggests too many people you have no real connection with because of them.
#52
The dude that fixes my car was suggested the other day
I have no idea how Facebook knows we know each other. It also recently added all the people from 4 jobs ago in Eugene.
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 3:01 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm hoping he gets D-Leagued
Then I’d hae a reason to go to Stampede games
#5
It's true, my v key doesn't work properly
I'm kind of hoping that doesn't happen
He needs to get some court time sure but the D-League is a guards league and the Idaho Stampede play almost the opposite style to the Blazers. I don’t want him going down there and running amok in an up-tempo system – I’d rather he learn how to play in practice and the odd garbage time run.
Of course, I want my momo to see some good bball, so I wouldn’t be too disappointed if he went down for awhile.
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I was sleeping
Till you came in here making a ruckus.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
That doesn't even make sense
Do you know what month it is?
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
October
Middle of spring but it felt like summer today.
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So much fun being opposite to y'all sometime
Sitting outside drinking beer and eating bbq tonight was suhweet!! Bring on the season I say.
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We had crazy rain storm action here today
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
That's what Portland is famous for right??
I love rain
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We have a lot of light rain days
Not so many days with heavy rain.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
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Michael Jordan is the Nicolas Batum of America
"I was like, 'Wow, we get a run.'-Felix Hernandez
Artis Gilmore for Hall of Fame
"The Portland Trailblazers are champions of the basketball world!"-Mike Breen, sometime in June, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
by thomasikehara on Oct 25, 2010 3:21 AM PDT up reply actions
do you unscrew things backwards?
Like I know water goes down the drain in the opposite direction. But when you are trying to tighten or loosen something, is it like it is here where it’s ‘righty tighty and lefty loosy’ or are the laws of screwiness reversed down there?
Do bats sleep upright down there?
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
Down here, we do things the other way around
So, uhhhh, yeah. Its uncomfortable, but it works for us : P
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How can something be made of anti matter?
Isn’t that contradictory?
If not, then yes we are.
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it's possible
as long as they’re made entirely out of anti matter and only interact with other things made of anti matter
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wait how do you ever remember that?
There’s no good mnemonic for left for tight and right for loose.
Some dude in my office just changed the TV from Criminal Minds to Fox News
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Sounds like someone needs a crotch punch
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Good move
You might not have known that Obama’s latest speech was full of muslim and socialist sentiment or that his inaction in a certain instance almost certainly shows he is a terrorist sympathiser.
They did it for you Tom.
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Actually
They just teases a story about what’s on Obama’s Ipod and they showed Lil Wayne.
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 3:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Lil Wayne stories would certainly appeal to their demographic
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I would have mentioned both ladies if we were watching The Last of the Mohicans
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 3:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I mean the 2 women in that movie were hot when it came out
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 4:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Storyteller did one
Don’t think there has been a frontpage one
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I should probably get mine in before the season starts
you know, make it official so I look foolish in April
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Yeah, got a Sabrina Teenage Witch look to her
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 4:08 AM PDT up reply actions
No
She is just plain. Got that slick look I can’t stand.
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You'd think she was hot if she was on MSNBC
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 4:11 AM PDT up reply actions
The only US news woman I've ever found attractive was Megan Kelly
She’s a fox, on fox. So there.
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Thats cool
But going by this picture, she ain’t hot….
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Stephanie Lum is hot
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 4:18 AM PDT up reply actions
You just don't like Asians
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 4:22 AM PDT up reply actions
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?s=570345
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 4:22 AM PDT up reply actions
She's the hotest news lady here
http://forums.projectcovo.com/showthread.php?t=1133441
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 4:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Ha
None of those links work
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 4:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Maria-ela David is 2nd best
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 4:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Maybe Olena Rubin is 2nd best
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 4:26 AM PDT up reply actions
This is the weather girl from our most popular news show
She’s 40 and still rocking
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Is that Jan Hooks?
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 4:27 AM PDT up reply actions
A cute lady from SNL back in the day
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 4:45 AM PDT up reply actions
It's funny because remembering this song made me think of Clinton.
And how he used ’Don’t Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow)’ as one of his campaign theme songs, but before I remember that song I laughed to myself that ‘Little Lies’ would have been a fun choice.
C'mon now
Unattractive personality sure, but she is damn good looking.
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Works for me
That is an unflattering photo though, for sure.
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yea she has better ones
but not one where she is more hot than any woman with an alright body. I don’t want to be one of those point out the things I don’t like people, but I don’t find anything special about her that I’d call attention to.
As it were though, not many female newscasters in that category and none I can think of from America.
WOW you guys are acting lame
I would love to roll down a flowery hill with any of these women
WITH ODEN ON OUR SIDE
this makes me think of this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLnWf1sQkjY&ob=av3e
I appreciate people of all ages being able to stay healthy and positive and all that, but I’m definitely not into milfs.
I believe I've posted this before, but it is appropriate
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
that's how I met my wife
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 4:09 AM PDT up reply actions
It's fascinating that marriages between "double cousins" are expressly prohibited by north carolina law
As double cousins only occur when two pairs of sibling marry and have kids. So what happened that made the state of NC say damn we need to make sure we prohibit this? “We can take cousins interbreeding but double cousins breeding is genetically like siblings breeding! Just say no!”
Is it weird to anyone else that laws against cousins marrying vary so much from state to state
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Is it weird to anyone else that there need to be laws for it?
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
There's a lot of weirdness in marriage and consent laws from state-to-state.
In Florida, someone 16-18 can apply for a marriage licence if they have a note from their doctor saying they are pregnant.
You should talk to Storyteller for career advice
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
Shocked, shocked
that you would doubt a single word from me.
All Most Some of my stories are fully true
by Storyteller on Oct 25, 2010 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Indeed
X-man should be prepared to move into enemy territory (Los Angeles) and spend much time on Sunset Boulevard…
by Storyteller on Oct 25, 2010 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
http://i42.tinypic.com/52j5as.jpg
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 4:28 AM PDT up reply actions
aint no secret
D-Day minus one just means a day before something major that is planned is about to go down.
WITH ODEN ON OUR SIDE
o yeah I know that.
I mean that you didn’t put a secret message in the JD. JDs have secret messages usually (unless you are s.o.). Even Dave puts secret messages in JD titles. Where the url doesn’t match the header.
Did someone steal your memory? Are you a podpersonreplica of bowdown? Blink twice if you are being held hostage.
For years I wondered what the D in D-Day really stood for
I harbored theories about Eisenhower’s initials or a code name for one of the landing sites or even that they hoped it would end in Hitler’s demise.
Then I saw a History Channel documentary which explained that D was just the generic for Day….
by Storyteller on Oct 25, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Season predictions
West
1. Fakers
2. Mavs
3. Blazers
4. Spurs
5. Thunder
6. Jazz
7. Nuggets
8. Rockets
9. Suns
10. Hornets
11. Kings
12. Warriors
13. Grizzles
14. Clippers
15. Wolves
East
1. Heat
2. Magic
3. Bulls
4. Bucks
5. Hawks
6. Celtics
7. Bobcats
8. Knicks
9. Pacers
10. Nets
11. Sixers
12. Wizards
13. Pistons
14. Cavs
15. Raptors
Can I get an Armon?
Maybe it's just me, but I prefer the word breasts.
It’s either that or the t-word.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
I usually don't add the -ie- to boobs
breasts seems too clinical and a lot of girls get huffy at the t word
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I don't do wins and losses because it's too easy to end up with an unbalanced amount
I’ve got the Kings as the upstart team in the West. I like their big man rotation and young duo of Evans and Cousins.
I see the Rockets, even with a limited Yao, getting back into the playoffs while the Suns fall out again.
I see the Knicks taking the up for grabs 8th spot in the East because of a weak Atlantic division.
I see the Celtics struggling quite a bit in the regular season due to their age and the grind of a long season.
Can I get an Armon?
You got the Thunder too high
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 5:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Heck yeah
They’re my Andre Miller this year.
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 5:20 AM PDT up reply actions
so
what is andre miller this year?
Michael Jordan is the Nicolas Batum of America
"I was like, 'Wow, we get a run.'-Felix Hernandez
Artis Gilmore for Hall of Fame
"The Portland Trailblazers are champions of the basketball world!"-Mike Breen, sometime in June, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
by thomasikehara on Oct 25, 2010 5:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Carl Brutananadilewski
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 6:13 AM PDT up reply actions
it's the clippers
what more need be said?
Ok fine, I’ll say more.
An uninterested Baron Davis and no backup PG to replace him or even a playmaker at any other position.
No depth, minimal defense.
Griffin will be a fine offensive player, but that’s not enough to get the Clips out of the basement.
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yah, but second to last? i think they finish around 10th in the west.
Also, the Rockets are not making the playoffs. period. healthy yao or not, they suck. Hornets or Kings or someone else will sneak in there.
they were a 42 win team without Yao
Lee was a good pickup and just having Hayes in a back up role instead of starting will be huge. I think that’s worth 4-5 wins.
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All right, here's my final prognostication for the 2010-2011 season.
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
Boston (52-30)
New York (47-35)
New Jersey (38-44)
Philadelphia (35-47)
Toronto (12-70)
CENTRAL DIVISION
Chicago (55-27)
Milwaukee (44-38)
Cleveland (33-49)
Indiana (29-53)
Detroit (26-56)
SOUTHEAST DIVISION
Miami (70-12)
Orlando (66-16)
Atlanta (41-41)
Charlotte (37-45)
Washington (25-57)
WESTERN CONFERENCE
NORTHWEST DIVISION
Utah Jazz (53-29)
Oklahoma City Thunder (51-31)
Portland Trail Blazers (48-34)
Denver Nuggets (41-41)
Minnesota Timberwolves (13-69)
PACIFIC DIVISION
Los Angeles Lakers (58-24)
Phoenix Suns (39-43)
Sacramento Kings (36-46)
Golden State Warriors (34-38)
Los Angeles Clippers (24-58)
SOUTHWEST DIVISION
Dallas (59-23)
San Antonio (55-27)
Houston (43-39)
New Orleans (38-44)
Memphis (28-54)
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
Dallas over the Fakers eh? Not the strangest thing you have predicted
Portland won’t be under 50 wins not after getting 50 in the most injury ravaged season OF ALL TIME.
The Nuggets will be worse but they won’t be a .500 team unless you’re predicting Carmelo leaves midseason.
I agree that the Grizzles will slip, but I don’t think they’ll be under 30 wins.
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"Dallas over the Fakers eh? Not the strangest thing you have predicted"
I want to see Dirk Nowitzki raise that Larry O’Brien NBA Championship Trophy above his head, while Mark Cuban jumps around in jubilation right next to him. Off to the side, the Miami Heat will be slowly walking off the court with their heads hung low.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
Not gonna happen without a big (I mean really big) mid-season acquisition
They don’t have the pieces.
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East reaction
Miami will be a good regular season team, but they won’t get 70, more like 65. Mike Miller, Wade and Bron already have minor injuries. I don’t think that bodes well.
It’ll be a cold day in hell before the Knicks (as currently constructed) get 47 wins. 41 wins is more like it.
I don’t think the Nets will improve quite that much.
The Bucks will be better and the Cavs will be worse than what you have listed.
Orlando will get about 60 wins again.
Atlanta will drop a few wins but they’ll be over .500 still.
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If the New Jersey Nets obtain Carmelo Anthony, then I'd swap records with them and the New ...
York Knicks. With the Atlanta Hawks, you’re probably right that I’m too harsh on that team. I could’ve given them a couple more wins at the expense of either New Jersey or New York. As much as I love the Milwaukee Bucks, I’m down on the signing of Drew Gooden and am curious to see Scott Skiles and Corey Maggette co-exist. Regarding Cleveland, that team isn’t as terrible as bottom-feeders like Toronto or Minnesota. Lastly, I expect the Orlando Magic to dominate this season.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
Do you want to register these with me?
I had a fanshot a couple of weeks ago and took ‘official’ predictions from several for comparison at the end of the season.
So, apparently Z-Bo’s whining throughout the year about not getting a Gasol-like extension will negatively affect the Memphis win total….
by Storyteller on Oct 25, 2010 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
do they have to include win totals?
I never have the patience to make sure they balance out
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I'm OK without him so I ain't gonna sell the farm
I’d do anything within reason for him though.
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Poor Patty
I dont think he would have slept much
what happend?
Notes to Broyposse: "Don't let him pull that move, Don't let him pull that move! That's the move! Ohhhhhhh that's the move!"
coz he was bricking last night
fella has no idea if he is coming or going, how would you feel if your dream hung on a knifes edge like his does right now.
Ehhhhh...
your right.
Notes to Broyposse: "Don't let him pull that move, Don't let him pull that move! That's the move! Ohhhhhhh that's the move!"
cant help but feel sorry for the dude
is a ripper bloke and many players and staff would be very sad to see him go.
you don't think he will make the team?
Notes to Broyposse: "Don't let him pull that move, Don't let him pull that move! That's the move! Ohhhhhhh that's the move!"
Watching the movie, or feeling like the main character?
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
just finished it
yeah. It is pretty hard to really tell what is going on now. Am I just living my life as TV and media is showing me how to live? How different would I had been if not been influenced by its “negative” effects. Is all this democracy and human values talk just a tool used by the people up top to make us feel like we still have power even though we don’t.
WITH ODEN ON OUR SIDE
Sup BEdge.
Notes to Broyposse: "Don't let him pull that move, Don't let him pull that move! That's the move! Ohhhhhhh that's the move!"
Hi friend
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 6:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I got warned! Am I a real jd'er now?
Also, my apologies PG, I lost my temper and I shouldn’t have called you a bad name. Walter is a rad name though, it means “heroic king” or something like that…
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 7:17 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Shoot, it looks as if I missed out on some high quality entertainment.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
Hehe not really, I still have it open, looks like he called Vegasgiirl a male reproductive organ for not liking this name
I suppose cause and effect were fairly minor. Everybody will live. We learn: Talking about football leads up to no good.
EK mentions Frank Walker → Norsk mentions Frank Walter → PGiirl doesn’t like the name Walter → the end
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
Ah, gotcha.
Hmm, T.D. should’ve used the euphemism “spaceship on wheels” instead.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
by AK1984 on Oct 25, 2010 7:56 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Just got an email saying it wasn't an official warning...
I just feel lost right now…
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 10:06 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
That's cuz you're a brown noster
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
all good man & i didn't mean to offend you
REBUILT. REBORN.
by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Cool girl.
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 11:23 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
although i did think my comeback was funny
REBUILT. REBORN.
by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
let it go
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
shhhh, I know
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions
How does a warning show up?
I’m sure I should’ve got one somewhere along the line…..
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If I haven’t yet, i think you are safe
I'm a grown man stuck inside the mind of a 3 year old
by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
GTK
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 2:38 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
It's a pop up and it says you can't proceed until you click OK
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I am retroactively angry at myself for having paid a company to fulfill an administrative task that takes less than 30 minutes to complete myself. Scam!
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
I praise the lord for you
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions
if i've learnt one thing as a new grad student.....
you’d be surprised at how many professors are willing to hire you to work on their projects as UNPAID interns.
sigh…..
PHILLY!
Politicians are good at that too
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 8:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh I'm a paid intern
A poorly paid intern but they still pay me.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
my uni has this policy
where only phd students get department funding. so masters students like me can only get money from grants, etc
PHILLY!
We deserve it more than you :-)
Longer commitment and all that.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Well, the thought of jscot in East St. Louis is one heckuva mental image.
That aside, though, his whole entire post there is brain racking to say the least, but it’s neat that he laid eveything out on the table for all of us to digest mentally. I’m not sure what exactly to make of it, however.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
ditto
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions
I deleted my post describing why Rudy might think differently about some things than US players and why US fans don't understand that when it seemed like it was a lost cause. Honestly didn't expect him to become the winner of pre-season.
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
Yeah, I do believe a lot of American fans took an ethnocentric view toward Rudy Fernandez ...
from a societal standpoint. Yet, that kind of cultural disconnect happens from time to time, since different countries have their own unique folkways and mores. In America, it’s not really custom for a disgruntled employee — specifically in professional sports, as the case is here — to openly ask for his release. It’s too bad Fernandez didn’t have his agent(s) push for a trade quietly in the background — which was reportedly the case with Martell Webster and Jerryd Bayless — for the overdone public backlash by the obtrusive sports media and neurotic, hysterical fans wouldn’t’ve occurred then.
It is what it is, though.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
I didn't want to comment in his thread either
There is a huge difference between Jscot and Rudy. Rudy isn’t a little kid who is forced to be with a bunch of mean Oregon kids and Jscot didn’t make an announcement to the entire school on the first day of school that he hated it there and wanted to go home.
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Not that I think we should discuss it in here
I just didn’t want to poop on his lovefest. I’ll leave it to Timbo.
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions
he is just saying that he understands what it is like being an outsider
You should know, ya dumb haole.
He could have done it in under 50 words
What I’m saying is that both he and Rudy deserve to be beat up for not talking American.
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions
it happens to a lot of foreigners anywhere
Kids are mean. Adults are worse.
His dad’s advice is spot on, though. The grass is always greener…unless you take care of your own dang grass, and quit worrying about their dang grass.
The Brady Bunch had it right by installing AstroTurf.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
I wish I was one of the kids that beat up jscot back in the day
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Classic
I wasn’t a bully. I got bullied until I moved to Alabama.
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions
I started playing my first game on Facebook
I’m playing that ESPN college town game. I don’t get it.
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my college sources tells me Chip Kelly's agent has been talking to NFL management...
he would be a terrible NFL coach but a potentially good NFL Offensive Coordinator …i can see him go on the path of Bobby Petrino.
sounds like he has an out in his contract for the NFL
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He doesn't
His contract is ironclad, he has a buyout starting at $4M this year and decreasing every year of his deal.
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nothing is ironclad, these coaches/agents know better
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If $ is the issue, its not at Oregon
Of course. We can pay him whatever he wants.
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it’s not about money when you already got the money…plus, a stint in the NFL, then he can take a job in the east coast, where he really wants to be
I’d meet BRP at the airport, not flee!! - fanfaraway
His friends just moved out to Oregon
FWIW.
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what kind of grown million dollar man wants to live by his parents…
come on, it’s the NFL, no one can say no
I’d meet BRP at the airport, not flee!! - fanfaraway
You'd think so
But I would hope coaches would learn that success in the NFL does not come from success in college necessarily.
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In any case its evil
Oh you Ohio State fans, doing anything to try and throw us off.
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it’s not…hahaha
why would i do that? i don’t care
I’d meet BRP at the airport, not flee!! - fanfaraway
it’s better you guys hear it first instead of in 2 weeks when it derails the teams focus
I’d meet BRP at the airport, not flee!! - fanfaraway
It's his agents job to talk to folks who will give him more money
Not a big deal to me
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
If any team in the NFL wants a NCAA coach who can make the jump, Jim Harbaugh should be the target.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
That was boring
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions
which end does the poop come out of down under?
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
gonna go ahead and rec this ...
"What's up, Luke Babbitt?" -- Locker room to Ben
http://year5000.bandcamp.com
the internets have nothing else for us. :(
by EvilKaramazov on Oct 25, 2010 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
haha
my japanese roommate in college had a bunch of japanese PS2 games. One of them was about picking up women. You’d sit next to a girl, and it’d pop up things you could say to her. If you chose the right thing, then you would continue to build your swagger.
He'd've been an interesting signing for the minimum.
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Our Oberto discussion I would assume
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RIP: Gregory Isaacs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6oYyG0KcvQ
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over at Hoopus,
they’re talking about Marty having Gallo’s back surgery. The main blogger says cryptically “Be worried.” in a comment.
:(
I was looking forward to the Party getting started in Minnesota.
Probably from pulling off the back flip in game 5
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is that what I'm thinking of?
I can’t remember exactly when it happened, but I remember seeing it and worrying in the GDT.
by Cablinasian on Oct 25, 2010 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Is he gonna get the surgery Rudy got?
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions
information about the specifics of the injury isn't out yet.
by Cablinasian on Oct 25, 2010 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I hope he's OK
I saw this guy on TV the other day and he got back surgery and is better now
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
I pity Stop-n-Pop, because he's got to deal with a lot of homeristic posters at Canis Hoopus.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
there goes my fantasy sleeper. And one of my favorite ex blazers. get well soon, Marty.
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by GiantBlazer on Oct 25, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
name the top 50 in career points among active NBAers
I got ’em all with about 30 seconds to spare.
http://www.sporcle.com/games/ponder4heisman/activenbatop50points
MPOTCP>PGOTF
That's a low projection, but not as off as the one for the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Does anyone think
That this guy:
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/velshi.ali.html
Looks like this guy?
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 10:12 AM PDT reply actions
if the Bayless pick ends up being in the ~8-12 range, I think that’s excellent value for the Blazers.
MPOTCP>PGOTF
I'm fine with anything under 16
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
yeah its not like the 16th pick would be a disastrous return for him, just wouldn’t be anything to get excited about.
MPOTCP>PGOTF
I think low
The trade exception might get used but I think Cho keeps the pick.
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Keeps it until draft day
He might trade it on draft day, but we’ll know the pick then. I’d combine it with the Blazers other pick and trade it for the #2 pick in the draft.
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Getting new young talents is important
Especially to fillup the roster post-major-consolidation trade.
idol
this is basketball, not facebook.
by Name's Ash on Oct 25, 2010 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 7 recs
I am going to have to side with idol on this one.
Everyone enjoys young talent.
Paul Allen's Thunderstick
by Paul Allen's Thunderstick on Oct 25, 2010 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I don't really think say a 14th and 22nd pick is worth the 2nd unless we threw in Batum
I don’t think it will be traded until we know what it is though. Just my gut.
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah that is true
however, I would like to see some established players join the blazers. By established, I don’t mean Juwan/Oberto, i mean players that are around their prime. We haven’t done that since….Sharif (hmm bad example). I’ll pretend he didn’t exist and say Pippen.
That's why I'd like Portland to target Nolan Smith in the 2011 NBA Draft.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
I think we will either trade the pick, or package both picks to trade up anyway
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Yeah, particularly if a skilled young post player -- such as Enes Kanter, who was compared to ...
Al Horford by the folks at NBADraft.net — falls into the Trail Blazers lap at the 8th/9th/10th spot in the 2011 NBA Draft.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
Andrew Luck is up to #1 on Kiper's big board on ESPN
Looks like the Niners might have to lose out to get him.
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If Fitzgerald plays like he did yesterday
He’ll beat someone.
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Blazers giving away free opening night tix to one person that follows this account on Twitter
Go do it.
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ripcitytix... ripcitysarah...
coincidence?
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve wondered that a bit myself….
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by antediluvian on Oct 25, 2010 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm me. Just me. The original ripcity_____
Hey Amar'e! I've got an elbow for you!
by ripcitysarah on Oct 26, 2010 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Shocker!
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Almost everyone thinks his performance is a major fluke
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four straight weeks of 2+ TDs
I’m giving him a shot during the Eli/Jay bye week.
by Cablinasian on Oct 25, 2010 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
He has one really good receiver (Evans)
And two good RBs, that’s about it.
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You still have Cutler?
I feel sorry for you.
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I have four QBs to play matchups with.
and a good rest of the team. No feeling bad for me.
by Cablinasian on Oct 25, 2010 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
cause Buffalo has been a hot mess prior to this week
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
buffalo hasn’t exactly been impressive. i thought about playing but went w/ collins instead.
by EvilKaramazov on Oct 25, 2010 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Oregon injury update
Kenjon Barner listed with head injury. Anthony Gildon leg. Terrell Turner as well listed with a leg injury.
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Dave Cameron on the Giants' less than stellar options at DH
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/san-francisco-dh-options/
I think the name Nate Scheirholtz (with Burrell DHing) deserved at least a passing mention, but other than that, its a pretty good breakdown.
MPOTCP>PGOTF
those are some nasty options.
Hopefully, Washington sees that it’ll be better to start a lefty and goes with Holland, who is left-handed and also better than Hunter.
It’s interesting, seeing a player who struggles when not in the field.
by Cablinasian on Oct 25, 2010 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
I think I like the Schierholtz option best among lefties but maybe I’m crazy.
You call yourself a Mariners fan, rooting for a division rival to win the WS. smh.
MPOTCP>PGOTF
*against lefties, not among lefties
I like the Panda against Hunter, and Lewis if Wilson goes in game 2.
MPOTCP>PGOTF
here is my rationale:
the Mariners just lost 101 games and are five years away from being five years away. They don’t even need to think about who their competition is yet.
end rationale.
by Cablinasian on Oct 25, 2010 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
I can't root for any team that was once owned by Shrub
Besides I’ve always had the Giants as my favorite NL team.
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I knew I always liked Jamie Dixon
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/25/jamie-dixon-pittsburgh-ba_n_773306.html
Jamie Dixon, men’s basketball coach at the University of Pittsburgh, reportedly cut his hands rescuing victims from a car accident near the city on Saturday night.
According to the report, a car flipped over on I-279 North near the McKnight Road exit in Pittsburgh. Dixon, who was driving on the same highway, saw the accident and pulled over to help.
“[Dixon] assisted in removing at least one of the two occupants,” Pennsylvania state trooper Erik Fisher told ESPN.com. “He sustained some injuries to his hands in assisting in getting them out through the windshield of the vehicle on the passenger side.”
Fisher went on to call Dixon a “Good Samaritan” and said he “was one of the few who pulled over.”
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cute personal interest piece main page rt
http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/oct/24/blazers-rookies-have-lengthy-history/
Well, we did see this at the PF last week
by Storyteller on Oct 25, 2010 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
We asked Nick West (Dir. of Basketball Operations), who was giving us the tour,
about it and he knew nothing – not who did it nor why….
Rampant rumor was the comparison of injuries…
by Storyteller on Oct 25, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
As bad as the CSNNW thing is
It isn’t this bad:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/FoxCablevision-Dispute-May-nytimes-56894097.html?x=0
The feud between Cablevision and the News Corporation has already resulted in an extraordinarily long blackout of programming. Now it threatens to shut Cablevision customers out of the World Series.
The News Corporation’s Fox and local stations in the New York metropolitan area have been blacked out for more than a week in the three million homes served by Cablevision. The negotiators have dug in their heels; the two sides have not spoken to each other since Thursday afternoon.
More than just the tens of millions of dollars in payments that Cablevision makes to the News Corporation are at stake. The dispute is also about the government’s role in the battles over Americans’ access to television channels — battles that seem to be happening more often as stations envision higher fees as a substitute for declining advertising revenue. A long blackout increases the pressure on local and federal lawmakers alike.
But both companies feel that the fight is worthwhile. Cablevision says it wants the government to intervene, while the News Corporation aims to hold out for the price it believes it deserves for its popular TV shows.
With Fox set to broadcast the World Series starting on Wednesday night, a huge lever for the network, the News Corporation’s advice to Cablevision customers who do not want to switch service providers can be boiled down to three words: buy an antenna.
There is one deadline looming before then. The Federal Communications Commission has given the two companies until the close of business on Monday to provide evidence of "good faith negotiations," which is required by law in disputes over what is known as retransmission consent, or contracts that allow cable systems to carry programming on local stations.
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I think this is going to end up very ugly....
We may not recognize the TV landscape a year or two from now.
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by antediluvian on Oct 25, 2010 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Jerryd has cost Curtis Jerrells his roster spot on the Hornets
He was waived again, after Demps had just acquired him last week from the Spurs. He’s a pretty hectic trader (also waiving Shakur, and doing the deal for Green and Smith that might not have been necessary had they waited for an opportunity like Jerryd).
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NIke's take on LeBron's offseason
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdtejCR413c
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
probably
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
he is who we thought he was.
and I am not letting him off the hook.
by Name's Ash on Oct 25, 2010 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Totally disagree
The point he is making has merit and the delivery is toungue-in-cheek enough that no one can really claim to be offended. It’s good.
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Best bit of PR out of LeBron in months
That is the one take that can be effective.
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Check out this dope shirt
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by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 25, 2010 11:34 AM PDT reply actions
Bummer
I hope the Party makes a fast and full recovery.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
How the heck is it almost noon?
This day is moving fast.
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I keep refreshing the main page to see if anyone else has been traded.
It seems Bedge is the place to go for breaking news.
#52
haha, nah. I did have a lot of trouble getting out of the warm blankets this morning though.
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by GiantBlazer on Oct 25, 2010 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Now if only they would actually launch this year's version of Gametime
http://www.nba.com/2010/news/10/20/nba-check-in-announcement/index.html
NBA Digital today announced the launch of NBA Turnstile, the first professional sports multiplatform check-in application that will reward fans for attending and watching live games, and connect them to social media platforms such as Foursquare, Gowalla, Twitter, Facebook, and Fanvibe through the league’s digital products.
Available during the 2010-11 NBA season, NBA Turnstile will be accessible through NBA Game Time, the NBA’s mobile application that provides video highlights, scores, statistics, player information and more.
NBA Turnstile, developed in conjunction with Fanvibe, will combine virtual and location based check-ins for fans during all NBA games allowing them to compete against each other to unlock virtual badges, earn NBA prizes, and receive special discounts. The innovative application will reward fan loyalty with weekly, monthly, and season long badges, in addition to unlocking virtual content tied to special NBA events during the year, such as Christmas Day Games, NBA All-Star, and The Finals. Overall, fans will be able to access NBA Turnstile through Web sites, mobile, and select connected devices.
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New Olympic events?
The IOC is apparently considering adding the following to Sochi 2014: http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Media/?articleNewsGroup=-1&articleId=104968
- Women’s Ski Jumping
- Ski Halfpipe (Men and Women)
- Ski Slopestyle (Men and Women)
- Snowboard Slopestyle (Men and Women)
- Biathlon Mixed Team Relay
- Figure Skating Team Event
- Luge Team Relay
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in order
- yes
- no (more judged events, meh)
- no (see above)
- no (see above)
- no
- no, please no
- bizarre, but I’m oddly intrigued.
MPOTCP>PGOTF
I wonder what Figure Skating team would even look like
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- No, looks boring
- No
- YES! Super fun to watch
- Yes
- YES! Great world cup discipline already
- Huh?
- Yes
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I could go for the biathlon mixed team relay, but the slopestyle events don’t excite me at all.
MPOTCP>PGOTF
They'll get added
To get Americans to watch.
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To explain luge team relay: It’s a mix of a double, a woman single and a men single, and in the finish you have to raise up and hit a target (kind of a cloth) that opens up the start gate at the top so the next one can start. It’s okay since you get a lot of action in a short time, though only a few teams dominate (most nations have problems even having quality guys in 1 or 2 disciplines).
Biathlon mixed is 2 women and 2 men running a relay. It’s pretty good competition since a number of teams don’t have 4 good men or women for traditional relays, so e.g. countries like Sweden and Belarus and Ukraine put special effort into winning that putting their best guys on the start while some of the major countries (Norway, Germany, Russia, etc.) often have an opportunity to test an up-and-coming athlete in a major event. It’s fun. Usually it’s 2 women first followed by 2 men, though I think you could mix it in theory but that would result in traffic jams on the round.
Slopestyle looks great in videos, so I guess it would be a fun discipline.
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
when skiers try to look like snowboarders, it just looks weird. Like when rollerbladers tried to do skater stuff. It is just too weird looking.
It looks weird when amateurs try it. For the pros, there’s little difference in what they can do in terms of jumps and grinds. Skiers look even more dramatic since everything is flying around on spins.
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i am biased because I was a skateboarder. I like watching some of the acrobatic ski jumping, but I think sno-park skiing looks weird. Reminds of of snow ballet or whatever that was a LONG time ago. haha
Not really. If you are any good, you can make most snowboarders look old.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE0TCN5lE30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mmvFhOKgvE
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I forget how this works.
Does Patty have to get waived by today or signed by today? Like, what’s the default value?
He is signed. They have to trim down the opening roster to 15 or less today, so either Pendy or he or both get waived (or in the unlikely even, Pendy gets traded. Patty can’t be before end of December).
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That would certainly make for an interesting season though....
No trades once the season has started?
by Storyteller on Oct 25, 2010 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I am fairly certain that the roster has to be finalized today. Which means that the team needs to cut at least one player to get to 15 players (either Mills, Pendergraph, or both).
I think I may get todays woot shirt
cause the rent is too damn high
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haha, it’s a fun shirt.
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by GiantBlazer on Oct 25, 2010 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
PURRREEEE!
http://www.bigtennetwork.com/dpp/about_us/Gus-Johnson-to-Double-Big-Ten-Network-Workload
America’s favorite play-by-play announcer, Gus Johnson, returns to the Big Ten Network for a third season, and will call 23 Big Ten men’s basketball games this winter, more than twice as many as the previous two years.
Johnson headlines a new season of basketball on the Big Ten Network that will include nearly 160 men’s and women’s basketball games and pre- and post-game shows, as well as Big Ten Basketball and Beyond and the award-winning The Journey: 2011 Big Ten Basketball.
Twenty of Johnson’s 23 assignments will be regular-season conference matchups or Big Ten Tournament games. His first conference game is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 27, when Indiana hosts Penn State at Assembly Hall in Bloomington. Johnson also will handle play-by-play responsibilities during the network’s Super Wednesday doubleheaders beginning in January, as well as selected Tuesdays and Thursdays during the conference season and all three of the network’s Big Ten Tournament games.
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Derek Dooley everyone
Responding to question about why his team had problems lining up properly vs. Bama last weekend.
http://blogs.knoxnews.com/ward/2010/10/dooley-quoted-vols-playing-german-role-in-wwii.html
“Right now we’re like the Germans in World War II. Here comes the boats, they’re coming. You have the binoculars, and it’s like, ‘Oh, my God, the invasion is coming.’ That’s what they did, they were in the bunkers. It’s coming, they call Rommel — they can’t find Rommel. (Pretending to speak into a radio.) ‘What do we do? I’m not doing anything until I get orders.’ (Pretends to look through binoculars.) ‘Have you gotten Rommel yet?’
— "All right, and the Americans were the exact opposite. We hit the beach, and we were on the wrong spot. ‘What do we do? I don’t know, but these guys are firing and we better hide over there and blow some stuff up to get up there.’ They weren’t looking for (help). That’s where we’ve got to make that transition.
— "I don’t want the German people to get upset at me. I’m not attacking them, but that’s what happened. You had one group, they weren’t worried about what the plan was and orders and all that. When the war hits, things change. You’ve got to go. You had the other group, and they go, ‘Wait a minute. They told us the invasion was way further north’ where we had the empty tanks and we were hidding Patton out. ‘We weren’t ready for this, now what do we do?’ ‘We better wait until Rommel tells us what to do.’
— “I hope I got my names right.”
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Man, why does Halloween always come so suddenly? I’m woefully underprepared, yet again.
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I'm always prepared for Halloween
I usually go with the same costume: A man with no pants. It doesn’t take a lot of prep work.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
by dan_the_man on Oct 25, 2010 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
hahaha. I’m going all out this year and being Chaplin, and I need oversized pants, oversized shoes, a tight trench coat, a bowler cap, a vest and a cane. I can borrow the pants, hat, maybe cane but will have to get the other stuff and I’m super busy this week. grrr
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I should steal this costume, so I can be Nic Cage's character from the Sorcerer's Apprentice.
I’d just need to partner up with someone who looks like Jay Baruchel, so I’d have my apprentice.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
hahaha, nice. that’s a lot of leather, so would probably be pretty expensive to try and recreate. you should just be napolean dynamite. make sure and put tater tots in your cargo pants.
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The only problem with Napolean Dynamite is the curly hair aspect of it.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
If you're doing Cage
You should just go for bird hair. All you’ll need for that is a bunch of hair spray.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
Or, perhaps, I could light my face on fire and be Ghost Rider.
That might not end up too well, though.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah! I’m excited and I’m ready to scream til my voice disappears tomorrow.
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awesome! that sounds like a good time. I’m gonna have to listen to that game on the radio in class. Just gonna sit in the back of the classroom with my hoodie up and headphones on ’cause I hate that class but attendance is important and I already skipped last week so I could work and do the yahoo draft.
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Blazers claim no decision on Patty
Apparently we have til 3 PM to make a final call.
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And now the Blazer twitter says Cho just called Patty into his office
Goodbye Patty.
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It's been wonky for me for a week or so
But I don’t have an account.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
Oden plays 5 on 5 today for the first time
Good news but I still don’t expect him back before December.
Said it was a big mental hurdle for him to do that today
Physical barriers still there for him but the mental ones are starting to come down.
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Gonna be a monster for me in fantasy
I say late November/early December. Back to being optimistic – more fun that way.
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Awesome, PDX #1
http://portland.daveknows.org/2010/10/25/video-interlude-willamette-riverportland-skyline-timelapse/
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PATTY MILLS MAKES THE CUT!
Reports the Columbian on Twitter.
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His contract is still unguaranteed of course
Unless he plays in 10 games.
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Hmm, I believe it's fully non-guaranteed until 1/10/2011.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
Yeah....so
PA gets what he wants. Who would’ve picked Bayless and Pendy being gone so Rudy and Patty can stay? Good golly.
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To be fair
Pendy makes the team if he doesn’t get hurt.
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PA pays the bills… he always gets what he wants
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
has it actually been announced?
Look closer... Gratulatione inveneris verbum secretum.
by hoodieNation on Oct 25, 2010 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Official Blazers twitter has it from the horse's (Cho's) mouth.
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be careful jumping up and down in excitement. I don’t want to hear about any more earthquakes.
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hahahahahaha
I’m happy that I still get to follow him on my team but…..its a really weird move. Guessing Cho got the call from on high.
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Its chump change for PA
If he wants Patty to be his 15th man, I’m not going to object, his $.
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Why is it weird? Did I miss something, or not factor someone in?
With no Bayless, it means we got 1 spot left, and Pendy is done for the season, in the final year of his contract… of course we waive him and just keep Patty, because… why not?
And you know me, I ain’t exactly a big Patty believer.
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I think he just means it’s weird that with everything that happened, or could’ve happened, this off season, we ended up with Patty Mills on the final roster.
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Yep
Patty has been considered gone for a couple of months now. This is clearly not a Nate decision and I don’t think its a Cho decision…..
It makes sense from a roster depth perspective I guess, but that assumes you’d be willing to play Patty if we have an injury to Dre or AJ
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And Rudy is still there.
I wanna go through the posts from earlier in summer and call out everyone who said Rudy was guaranteed not playing with us this season.
There are more than you can count
I’m stoked that I talked about Rudy all summer as a relevant player and someone who would still be here. Makes me more unique!
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I kind of feel for T4L
He was the leader of the pack when it came to be sure that Rudy was gone and also was 2IC on the Bayless bandwagon, behind ULC. Now he has no Bayless and all the Rudy he can handle.
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I've said before that I think he is sort of overbearing in the frontpage stuff
He was also somewhat arrogant in dismissing any conversation of Rudy’s role or how he would fit should he come back (as he has). So maybe I shouldn’t feel sorry for him.
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BFS1970 owned T4L in their most recent back-and-forth discussion.
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Yeah he did
He was all over that one, quotes and all.
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Yeah, if you made a poll a month ago who will still be on the Blazers on opening day, Bayless, Pendy, Patty or Rudy, that would have been a funny result
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yep
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by hoodieNation on Oct 25, 2010 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Juwan Howard and Dexter Pittman/Jamaal Magloire might have a claim
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I'm not quite that down on them
There are some pretty bad 14th/15th men in the NBA…..
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How many teams are actually holding a full roster?
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empty roster spot > Patty.
haha just kidding, I didn’t do any research before I made that statement. I just think they both suck.
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Patty's main contribution
Is dancing at halftime when they play “Land Down Under”.
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It plays the game the right way, bruh
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
that’s stretching what he said— all he said was that the difference between Pendy and Fab is less than a win in the standings.
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no, he said he understood the move and Cho's logic, though he might've gone Boone.
but that Oberto would shut up if he didn’t see the court from December-April.
You are fairly upset about it, as much as one can be about the fifteenth roster spot. You said sub-Juwan, Pelton says better.
It officialy counts as 13th/14th man, but I'd go with Jason Collins and Pape Sy of the Atlanta Hawks.
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Oberto will be #21 for the Blazers
Trying to think who else has been #21.
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Talk about two different players
Camby=awesome, Patterson=NSFBE
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Fair enough
Felt that way about Rider too.
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When Andres Nocioni was first in Chicago, I somewhat liked him.
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camby, patterson
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by thomasikehara on Oct 25, 2010 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Nicely done
Bad choice on the country though. Screw Australia
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I like Jeff Pendergraph
TheRealJP31 Congrats to my bala @Patty_Mills for making the 15 man roster. Good luck this season bro. Shot out to @jbay_4 and his New situation.
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Even more
TheRealJP31 Thanks blazer fans, I had a great first year with you guys. See yall in the summer maybe. #ripcity :)
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About to post that
I hope he succeeds.
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I'm gonna miss him, I hope he makes it in the NBA... hopefully back with Portland
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know why I do this to myself, but I’m about to listen to the Dave/Casey podcast.
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I'm still on the Dontonio Wingcast
Then I’m gonna go listen to the Dave/Casey one and roll my eyes a bit at how much they will be loving the Oberto signing.
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I don't even want to listen to that
To me the deal is simple, Ducks win, good things happen, they don’t, bad things happen.
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KP2 had a good assessment of the Oberto signing. If you wait until the eve of the season, your options become limited, and Oberto is enough of a pro to not become a distraction when he's not needed but play good when he is.
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I agree up until the fourth to the last word.
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I would prefer a young valid option side by side with Oden long term (such as Joel Freeland, or even better), but right now that's not what the Blazers were looking for.
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Besides, Oberto > Howard at least defensively, and in scoring efficiently around the rim. So it's all good.
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I've watched him with the Spurs and internationally. He's better.
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he’s been a below replacement level NBA player each of the past two years, and he’s not getting any younger. The fact that he was a very solid C in ‘07-’08 is irrelevant.
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The bad thing about Howard is that we had to use him in 73 games!
And he had a PER of 10, 7.9 in the playoffs. Oberto can still play within his career averages, which is 11. This summer he had some very good stretches, playing extensive minutes and even recording more steals and assists than turnovers. When we use him for 25-30 games, it’s all good. He understands team defense, he is at least as tall as Pendy to challenge shots, he doesn’t foul as atrociously, and he can hit shots inside and pass from the high post. That’s all we need.
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We’ll see. I don’t think he’ll kill us, but I would prefer Josh Boone, Dwayne Jones or <insert random hungary D-leaguer who can rebound and isn’t stuck in molasses here>
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Where is Josh Boone?
I think a lot of d-leaguers may have the Pendy problem of fouls, and aren’t wise vets with decision making like Oberto is (prolly).
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Boone has a bum knee and is out of the league
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And he was once in the playoffs.
Maybe he would win us one more game, probably as KP2 points out at this level it doesn’t matter. Just hope we have to use Oberto intensively for just 25 games, and then maybe sporadically for 20 more over the season where he sees garbage time or 6 minutes in the 2nd and 3rd quarter.
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I would prefer a foul happy D-Leaguer who can move faster than a snail than a 36 year old who has been below replacement level each of the past two years.
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It could be worse: The Indiana Pacers are starting McBob, the Nuggets are starting Sheldon Williams, and the Sixers are starting Spencer Hawes. Wohoo.
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Start maybe, I just think those situations are even worse than ours. At least we can hope to have some combo of Camby, Joel and Greg healthy for 50 games.
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there are certainly teams that are in much worse positions than the Blazers, that’s obvious.
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I don't wanna look over rosters today
That is tomorrow. Who are the Lakers 14/15th men? The Magic? Celtics?
I totally get about worrying about our backup backup big man, because with our injury history lately, there is a good shot he’ll play. So, I get worrying about Oberto.
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Derrick Caracter, Devin Ebanks and Theo are the Lakers 3 worst players, probably. Better than ours.
The end of Boston’s bench is god awful with Daniels, Finley, etc.
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The Wolves as likely the worst team in our division and conference have Lazar Hayward, Anthony Tolliver, Kosta Koufos and Nikola Pekovic. Then again, their starting five isn’t that good either, unlike e.g. on the Hornets where the starting 5 is great but it gets very shallow very fast from there.
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Adonal Foyle retired and was replaced ...
with Daniel Orton — who’ll bust like fellow Kentucky baller Randolph Morris — while Orlando upgraded from Anthony Johnson to Chris Duhon.
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Ratliff is more useful than Oberto I bet, yeah
I dunno the other two.
Magic got a super deep team yet again.
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Same height and 10 pounds heavier?
I take Ratliff ten times out of ten.
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Marquis Daniels is the backup 3, while ...
Michael Finley is out of the league. Currently, Luke Harangody and Von Wafer make up the end of Boston’s bench.
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I gotta complain about something.
In general, it really annoys me when a guy who used to be good but started sucking 2 years ago gets a spot like this over a young, hungry Dwayne Jones type who I believe would be much more productive.
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however, it probably isn’t a difference that shows up as more than a win (and possibly not even that), even if I’m right.
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If what Cho is thinking is the same
That a Dwayne Jones-(type) wouldn’t equal many more wins, if any, even if things go really good for him… then I think the time lost developing a young dude like Jones (is he still young? I swear, we’ve all brought up his name a million times over the years because of AK’s love of him, but I know NOTHING about the kid) over just having a vet who can prolly give the same WITHOUT the practice time spent working with him… that may be what puts it in Oberto’s favor.
Ya don’t gotta teach him the basics and then the details of the defense (I know we’re simple, but it’s still gotta have a learning curve), offense, and all that nonsense.
Someone who isn’t me needs to look into Jones’ career and see why no one likes him.
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Just FYO
These are his D-League stats for last year. I have to believe he is an NBA level rebounder, and I trust AK when he says that DJ is a great post defender. Would be more forward thinking to go this route IMO.
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Actually those are his stats for his career
Last year he was exceptional.
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Similar to Boom Tho, there seem to be DL players who my DL league observing blog friends love but who GMs and NBA coaches don’t love enough to keep them around long term.
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Yet somehow he hasn't got a shot for 2 full years
His last NBA season getting decent minutes (the only one he has had in fact) was reasonably productive, but not earth shattering. Perhaps there is something missing or something wrong with his attitude. I don’t know.
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It is odd
A good sized big, who can play 40 minutes a night… even against sub-par competition, 17/16 is impressive AND it’s an athletic guards league, so scoring that much despite not likely playing with good playmakers AND staying out of foul trouble despite everyone driving all day and rookie refs…
Yup. I don’t get it. How can he slip through the cracks?
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There's just such a world of difference between D league and NBA
Remember how amazing Patty was in D league?
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
Hasheem Thabeet looked all-world in the DL and rather pedestrian in the league
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he's been with the Spurs
and they decided he wasn’t right. when that happens with players, I gotta think Von Wafer type attitude problems.
It's gonna take a while
He came in with a mostly-formed roster, and he isn’t likely gonna make HUGE changes.
The subtle changes he will make will take time to judge. Way too soon now, and way too soon by the end of the year.
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If Matthews/Roy/Rudy can handle being the backup PG guy
Or Armon, I guess… it opens up that guard logjam, gets more minutes for Rudy and easier to fit Matthews in, and we get a lottery pick (most likely) for a lottery pick that we hoped could work out and didn’t.
I think it’s at least a push, which is fine with me, and could turn into more depending on the pick.
I don’t think it hurt things, AND lottery picks are fun.
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You forgot about all those minutes they opened up for Patty ; )
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Patty party 2.0 is here
That little Aussie battler is gonna climb up the rotation and into Nate’s heart!
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I like it for a few reasons
Bayless wasn’t a good fit with Brandon or Rudy. The Rudy/Bayless combination was truly awful whenever we saw it. Maybe he and Brandon could’ve worked it out, but he isn’t great at spacing the floor. It always looks awkward when he’s off-ball
BRP also reported that there were some serious chemistry issues, as Jerryd wanted out. I would rather have a happy, playing Rudy than a disgruntled Rudy an dBayless, like last year. I think last year’s poor early season chemistry was a big issue.
I think those all could be true
If they weren’t seeing signs that it was gonna work, I don’t mind at ALL calling it over early and getting a really nice asset like a lottery pick.
Plus, we got guards-a-plenty as it is.
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Or the Bobcats, with a glorious center combo of Nazr Mohammed, Kwame Brown, and DeSagana Diop.
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They are serviceable, but I wouldn’t want that as my big man platoon. He was overpaid already in Detroit, and hasn’t noticeably improved since then. With the lack of Felton and a couple of guys who are rather dependent on moods, I’m not as high on the Bobcats as last year where they had especially an incredible home stand.
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Nazr is not in the same class as those other two
He put up a PER of almost 20 last year and was very effective defensively. I’d be totally comfortable with him as my starting centre, injury history not withstanding.
Can’t say that about Kwame or Diop.
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I didn't watch him in recent seasons, so I ain't no expert
But he always seemed like a smart player who was tough, did what he did and didn’t try for more, made good passes, and knew how to play basketball. In a 14th man big, that’s not bad at all.
We won’t have to spend anytime teaching him what to do, don’t need to develop him, don’t need to WORRY about him.
Like Norsk says, if he’s playing Juwan Howard level minutes, we’re screwed, but he’s a tougher dude than Howard (in actual toughness, and not hacking someone every 5 minutes toughness) and better at defending bigs. He isn’t a GOOD player who you want playing a LOT, but he isn’t someone I think we’d worry about much when he’s out there.
He just won’t be a capable replacement if we have lots of injuries again. But, no one would be.
And he’s likely better than “Random 6’10” d-league big who started playing basketball in college" at playing a few minutes a game, here and there.
If you can point out non-Dwayne Jones d-league bigs that we’d be better off having… like specific ones… I mean, I don’t know them that well so maybe there are some dudes we could get that would definitely be a better player this next season. And I dunno why the great Dwayne Jones, as a legit big, still hasn’t found a NBA home (if he still hasn’t— I ain’t been following things).
More athletic, certainly. But I don’t know if most would be as intelligent or trustworthy. And I bet if we got 1 from the d-league, and really worked with him, AND he was already a smart dude, we would get more from him in the long run than Oberto… certainly. But, for this season, ya don’t gotta put a lotta effort into Oberto.
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Oberto was a very solid C in ‘07-’08. He’s now 3 years older, and much suckier. While he’ll play better D than Howard (it would be impossible not too), he’s much, much worse than Juwan offensively.
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Dwayne Jones not finding an NBA home perplexes me
He is just too dominant in D-League not to be a capable garbage man in the NBA. I don’t get it.
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Nice thing about Oberto over a young guy
He won’t take up space in practice. You tell him once where to be, and he’ll be there. A young guy will take coaching time, even if he’s not getting many minutes.
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Yeah, I'm in the same boat as you.
Fabricio Oberto > Jeff Pendergraph > Juwan Howard.
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I wouldn't call either of them good.
if the goal is to make a choice that won’t rock any boats in the locker and will put a solid body into the practices and for taking fouls towards the end of the quarter, Oberto is the greatest signing Cho ever made of all time as a Blazer GM of all time. But expecting him to even play adequately is a reach, let alone good.
Mills should attack him with a boomerang
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I think they win it in 6 or 7
If they get it back to SF, they’re probably fine.
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Will probably go 1 and 5
If they can split those and win one other, they’re good coming back for 2.
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CJ Wilson and Colby Lewis are not chopped liver. As a tandem, they are about as good as Cain and Sanchez, probably a little better actually.
The clear cut pitching advantages for the Giants are Bumgarner>Hunter, Wilson>Feliz and middle relief.
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I think Wash will stick with Hunter
I also honestly believe the no-DH advantage for the Giants (which could lead to Wash having to make a tough decision on whether to pinch hit for Lee in e.g. 7th inning of a close game as well as getting Vlady into the OF) is bigger than the DH advantage for the Rangers, and they have that advantage 4 times.
Tossup series, to me.
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I was speaking specifically to Game 4.
That is the only clear pitching advantage for SF, and it could be partially negated if he goes Holland.
Even if they go Hunter, they’ll like bring in Holland like they did vs. NY.
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Yeah, I see your point.
fwiw, bullpen is a big edge to SF. Wash has shown that he doesn’t trust Naftali Feliz to pull of the “manly-man” saves that Wilson gives you. Plus, his regular season and postseason stats don’t measure up to the Beard’s.
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been meaning to ask you
Wilson is WAY outperforming his xFIP. Is that something we can count on? Seems like he always lets a runner or two on, plays with fire.
I don’t think Wilson is really a sub-2 ERA guy, but he still was 2nd among all relievers in WAR, and I do think he is a guy who focuses more when runners are on and will consistently outperform his xFIP, yes. I think his FIP is more in line with where I view his true talent level.
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xFIP is just FIP adjusting for HR/FB
looking at the past years, I’m not sure if we can rely on a 4.2% rate. 4.5 last year, 13 the year before… it’s so hard to evaluate relievers.
Even by xFIP, he’s better than Feliz. Its possible that both he and Cain purposefully pitch to the park knowing lefties have a real tough time hitting HRs at AT&T. That could explain the HR thing. I think the stranding runners deal is real with Wilson, though I could be wrong.
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I don't thikn he's inferior to Feliz at all.
He’s better. I just don’t think it’s a massive difference over the sample size of a few innings, you know?
I think its a substantial difference
and I think the trust to use the best reliever in the 8th is an advantage for the Giants also.
K/9 and BABIP columns are worth a glance, btw.
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If they win 4 games before Texas does, I think they’ll be in good shape.
Objectively, Texas is a slightly better team. Its very difficult to argue otherwise. The Giants can do it though, homefield helps since it gets Guerrero into the outfield or out of the lineup 4 times.
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what’s funny is cliff’s greatest strength is his control which leads to him never walking anybody. the giants’ lineup is so terrible and swing happy that it almost negates that.
uribe’s gonna hit a 3 run bomb cause he’ll swing at a first pitch curveball from cliffy
i could see the Giants scoring a few the first time through the lineup.
He’s just ridiculous when he brings the curve in the second time through. They don’t score from innings 3-7 I bet.
I like Tim
he’s a Husky. I like him, despite messing with you. But he doesn’t seem at the tip-top of his game, and the Rangers lineup is better than the Braves or Phillies. The Phillies should be good, but they were awful, awful, awful against Cincinnati and seemed to be off against SF.
he's faced a crummy lineup and a struggling lineup
I get that he’s still great, it just seems like he’s more hittable.
I mean, he’s not Cliff Lee, but the only time an excellent lineup in the Phils’ (they are an excellent lineup— 3 games against the Reds where they sucked doesn’t seem relevant to me) where on two weak oppo HRs and a fluky 3 run inning featuring a 2 strike HBP and a fluky sac bunt. He’s more hittable than Cliff Lee though, I’ll give you that.
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So i was listening to the the radio the other day
and they said that Greg Oden is setting his own time table to return.
could that be true?
then i read this today
http://www.columbian.com/weblogs/blazerbanter/2010/oct/25/greg-oden-practices-talks-media-afterward/
and it seems more like he is deciding when to return.
If so I’m kind of disappointed.
/cambyfive
I think its probably the best approach
If the doctors can do the tests and clear him medically, then the player has to decide when they are ready to go out there and give 100%. Greg is clearly not there from a pain or confidence standpoint, so we give him time.
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i love teddy pendergrass; let’s link to his performances and stuff there!
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So just realized the 9ers and Broncos play the annual NFL London game next weekend
I hope the Brits like seeing crappy football because those are two not very good teams.
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Who has that as a home game?
I think Orton should feel right at home, so I expect a big bounceback game from him (Flacco is on bye, so he needs to)
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All this granola is giving me the loud farts. Hi!
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Perrrrrrnt!
(Sorry again)
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augmenting situation with some beans and rice now.
HI!!!
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that's why they got cancelled.
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Seriously one of my favorite songs.
It’s originally a Daniel Johnston tune, but I think Half Japanese nailed it.
Here
I got this disc set the day it came out, I think. I was and am a huge fan and have seen Jad with and without 1/2 Jap several times. He’s a very nice. even did a radio interview with him in 1998 or so.
Sorry.
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To me, Andre>Wesley by enough to matter more than fit, at least until proven otherwise.
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teams sagged off Andre in a big way last year.
If we’re running Brandon isolation, we need shooters on the floor.
would rather Andre so that he can take advantage if the opposition only has one decent guard defender on the floor and that guy checks Roy.
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I think that underestimates just how important spacing is in our late-game sets.
But obviously it’s context-dependent.
Miller wont touch the ball late in close games and WM is clearly a better defender
The bad guys not scoring is important too
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Then we make a big Iggy package at the deadline
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I bet Keith Bogans will do as much for Chicago as Wesley Matthews does for Portland.
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I'm proud of myself for predicting Ronnie Brewer would be a backup 3 rather than a ...
starting 2 in Chicago. Here’s the RealGM report.
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i wonder what the minute spread will be there for Bogans, and Brewer (once he’s really healthy)
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I hope Brewer gets 25-30 minutes
He was my last round flyer in fantasy.
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i hope Wesley gets the same for my fantasy team
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That's pretty much a given
You don’t pay that money for 15 minutes a night.
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He's my only real sg in the espn league
I’m hoping he plays a lot.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
Simmons and House wanted Matthews on the Bulls, but Simmons agreed finally that it was a good pickup for the Blazers
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It's cos its not sexy 'getting lots of steals and making awesome plays' defense like, say, Batum's
He is a solid defender.
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Dont know how much you have seen him play,me about a dozen games,he is good,Miller sucks
by southern oregon on Oct 25, 2010 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Any quick PG can dribble around him like a fire hydrant and he is late and slow on the perimiter
However he is a good post defender
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the problems with our last year D were in order:
1) Nate
t2) Roy
t2) Aldridge
Miller was down here somewhere
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After Rudy, Blake, Travis, Pendergraph.....
and the big one: Juwan bloody Howard.
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Rondo,Westbrook,Harris,Williams,Paul,Collison and Evans are all much better defenders
by southern oregon on Oct 25, 2010 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I would for sure rather have any of those guys than Miller
by southern oregon on Oct 25, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Harris should be
But he wasn’t last season. You underrate Dre’s intelligence on the defensive end. It covers up a lot of his physical limitations. Of course he is gonna get burned by the quick little PG’s, that doesn’t make him a bad defender any more than Chris Paul is a bad defender because he can’t deal with taller/more physical PG’s.
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Really?
If you believe in defensive metrics at all then that is wildly inaccurate.
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None are totally reliable and there is no catch all
But the sum total of the different metrics out there is certainly indicative of performance IMO.
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I just don't think enough data of importance goes into these metrics to make them useful.
I also suspect that are error-ladden even more than most advanced metrics and, thus, are harder to make comparative statements with.
I love dMult
That is my favourite one atm. Even though that adjusts for almost everything to try and isolate and quantify a players defensive efficacy, you still can’t trust it 100%. Context is so important for defense, and you can’t adjust for that easily.
I agree with you to a point I guess, but I do think what is out there is fairly indicative, just not determinative.
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Maybe for the 2012 sloan analytics conference I'll do a paper investigating this.
I’ve been looking for something worth putting teeth into.
You should
Figuring out how to make defensive metrics better has been the next step for a couple of years now. Its a tough one.
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Yeah, one might need better data than is available for the public to really measure defensive effectiveness.
But a piece that sufficiently shows the drawbacks of current metrics is bound to lead to a better metric in theory. Then an NBA team can hire me to enact my vision on their super secret data set. Ergo, that’d rule.
I'd love to be an NBA statkeeper
Especially one that had to observe and report the more complex stuff the teams are interested in. Even just boxscores would be OK, though.
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Being a statkeeper would be fun.
Being the analyst and having a team of statkeepers that I could train to look for certain things would be epic.
You can be the analyst
I’ll be one of your minions. You don’t even have to pay me that well…..
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: )
Works for me. Travel costs are included right? Its only one wee small flight…..teehee.
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haha
For sure. I think we may need to charter a jet of our own just to get the team to each destination so we’ll just swing out a bit to grab you.
Perfect
It’ll only cost an extra tank of gas or two
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Once they've approved paying for the jet, the gas should be easy to get.
But with how long that flight will be, we will probably do training and reviews on the plane.
I just decided that I am going to win the Nobel prize in basketball analytics. Shortly after they invent it to recognize the enormity of my contribution to the field.
is this because there are no good defensive stats?
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
partly. The defensive stats we do have paint the picture of Dre as a very solid defender and Mathews as average to below average. That was his rookie year— he should improve— but there’s no evidence for him as a defensive stud.
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based on what i saw last year, Mathews has the tools to be a good on the ball defender, while Dre doesn’t anymore… not to say Dre is bad a defense, he is what I would qualify as a crafty veteran help defender and is good at post-up defense on other PG’s… I think Matthews will continue to improve his defense, while Dre’s is headed in the other direction due to age
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
the reason Dre's good defensively
is cuz he’s a boss at defending the 2-5 compared to other points. He’s great on switches.
He did a good job on Kobe in the playoffs,can you visualize Dre guarding him?
by southern oregon on Oct 25, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
That is a redundant argument
And he didn’t do a good job, he got roasted. I don’t know why people think that is an argument for Wesley’s defense.
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although, to be fair
Kobe was hitting tough shots and playing very, very well. I don’t think Nic would’ve done much good against him either.
I lack an opinion of Wes’ defense. Rather than cobble together stuff from last year, we’ll get to actually watch and evaluate starting tomorrow. It won’t take long to see what he’s all about.
It may be that Kobe was playing out of his mind
But nothing I saw in that series told me that Wesley was some kind of lockdown guy. If he is, or has developed into that, then great. But that series being used as an example? I don’t get it.
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That's what I think
He looks so much DIFFERENT than I remember him looking in my mind’s eye, and it made me realize I didn’t know anything about Matthews.
He’s beefier, moves better, looks like he can actually dribble at an NBA SG level, is throwing lobs… I don’t know this player at all, so I wanna see him.
I just can’t think it’s reasonable that he’s THAT good, and just a year ago wasn’t drafted. Or why I didn’t notice how beefy his body is, since I tend to notice that sort of thing even if someone is just walking across the street.
So, I am skeptical but kinda eager to see what he’s about. Definitely more optimistic than I was before, when I just felt he’d be a solid bench player who won’t kill us but will be way overpaid.
#52
I've gone from totally down on the signing
To intrigued but still dubious as to why he was given so much.
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it is completely unbelievable that all of a sudden this kind of player just emerged from undrafted land. Normally undrafted guys are awesome at ONE thing, but ok at the rest. He SEEMS to be well rounded. It is remarkable…and tough to believe it until I see it.
Espcially seeing as the reason he went undrafted from what I've read is that he was too small to be an NBA 3 and didn't have the handl;es for an NBA 2
Now we’re giving him minutes at the 1?? I know Roy will handle the ball etc but it Wesley is bringing it up or shows some moves off the dribble then wow I’ll be confused as to why everyone whiffed on him.
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He did an average job on Kobe in the playoffs. Kobe was just as efficient as he normally is. He was not held in check whatsoever.
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Kobe was far more efficient than usual
He shot .523 while scoring 32 PPG for gawds sake.
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Ok you are right I am wrong Dre is a great 3 point shooter as well
I love hs jumper and shot selection
by southern oregon on Oct 25, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
WM is clearly a bust and Miller is a shoe in for the HOF
by southern oregon on Oct 25, 2010 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I had a great weekend in LA
I just haven’t argued with Jake in a while and dont want to get out of practice
by southern oregon on Oct 25, 2010 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Just so you know
I hate Dre on this team for a number of reasons, but defense isn’t the primary one by any means.
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I suppose that will depend on matchups and daily form
Though as Nate and I think Roy point out in their post-training-post-Bayless interviews, one hope is that the guys who do see minutes now find more into a rhythm.
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sweet
@BlazerFreeman:
: As for injury updates: Batum (sore neck) said he is 100 percent and ready for Tuesday’s opener. Matthews (Achilles) also said he would play.
PHILLY!
ZOMG GREG ODEN WENT THROUGH CONTACT 5 ON 5 PRACTICE!!!!!!
Blazers win!
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I was just gonna say this ^!!!!!!
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
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DING DING DING DING DING DING DING!!!
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And by his own admission was the weak spot ;)
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ZOMG GREG ODEN WENT THROUGH CONTACT 5 ON 5 PRACTICE!!!!!!
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
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DING DING DING DING DING DING DING!!!
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Ah! This whole Rudy situation suddenly makes sense.
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Ummmm, boob-zpacho
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
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that sucks dude. Giants v. Cowboys is always a good football game, even if you hate/dislike both teams. It’s an amazing game if you’re a fan of one of them, especially when the cowboys lost :)
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sounds awful ... ly fun!
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“Everything was going fine, the music was playing, people were having fun – and then all of a sudden all the girls were puking everywhere,” she said. “Girls were outside on their backs.”
OK. I'm too old for that kind of stuff. Way too old.
But the kids still love to party hard like that I know.
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none at all.
Booty dancing is a lot of fun, however.
Back in my wild-single Caribbean days I would go to this “down-island” club where all the Southern Caribbean girls would hang and get myself sandwiched between four or five real bouncers. That was when I learned to control my drug-to-party ratio. Before that, I was a wreck. But you couldn’t keep up with these girls if you were too wasted.
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Does it come in a pouch?
If so, sign me up!
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college kids love it cause it’s real cheap (like 3 bucks) and one is typically enough to get them sufficiently plastered. ihate it though, it’s sooooo sweet and sugary that it just makes you feel like crap for the rest of the night (not to mention the day after)
and it's called "four?"
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One can, and it's 12%?
People be lightweights.
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i guess the caffeine masks the drunken-ness, until the caffeine wears off, and then you hit a brickwall after drinking a few of them.
to be fair, mixing alcohol with high levels of caffeine make the body react a lot faster to the alcohol and you feel drunk faster (I’m willing to bet money it would take a lot more than one can for me, though)
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I think we need to get together and see how many cans we can blast through
I haven’t been doing much heavy drinking lately, but I was shocked how little ~ 12 shots of tequila hit me the other day.
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All of your organs need exercise
Even your liver.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
hahahaha. too bad the liver doesn’t micro-tear and regrow like, say, your muscles after you lift weights
Generally speaking
Your liver is your fastest regenerating organ.
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Thankfully
Mines recovering right now. Be ready for beers and basketball tomorrow!
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I'm calling OHSU to tell them you did that
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When Sparks first came out, I had a few of those one night and got a massive headache.
Wasn’t even drunk, but still felt like hell. So yeah, never again with the alcoholic energy drinks.
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My my my ...
I need to get to a kegger. Been way too long since somebody broke a bottle in a basement or puked red kool-aid in my presence.
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Yay, me gots an A
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Super big from VT Marqus Blakely waived by the Clips
Lame….
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Won the NCAA slam dunk contest last year
Only 6’5 but from a minor league that’s big.
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Was the only player in D1 who led his team in pts/asts/rebs/stls/blks last year. He’s got the game of a PF and needs to either grow 3 inches or show he can play SF to stick in the league. Love the kid, but don’t see it happening.
MPOTCP>PGOTF
haha
I can’t believe they are considering starting him. He’s a cool player though. A jack of all trades just like Blakely, but much less of a tweener.
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Saw him play in the first pre-season game
Pretty good in garbage time.
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that’s cool. Was he playing on the wing? He’s a guy who needs to go to the D-League, do everything he can to become a strong wing defender and then hope for another shot. I’d love to see it.
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Yup
Even shot and missed a 3 (he made his other 3 shots).
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Interestingly
He is only .5 of an inch shorter than Blair and has a similar wingspan and standing reach. Totally different players obviously (DeJuan has about 40 pounds on him) but there is a PF in the league of similar stature….
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Blakely is also a better leaper, but just doesn’t have the unbelievable ability of Blair to create space and rebound. No bankable NBA skill.
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Indeed
Its nuts how short Blair considering he can pull down 20 rebounds in the NBA. Long arms sure do come in handy, but his standing reach and vertical aren’t that impressive. I’m with you SO, must be magnets.
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when i play rec league ball, and my opponents have nasty B.O. , i just give them clear path
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Nice theory
Also explains why so many teams passed. Spurs already have a stinky Frenchman and a stinky Argentinian so its no harm no foul there.
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KGW games streamed for FREE by Blazers
http://www.iamatrailblazersfan.com/PressReleaseDisplay/tabid/297/ItemID/1992/Default.aspx
The Trail Blazers will stream all 16 KGW broadcasts live online, in high-definition, throughout the 2010-11 season, starting with the season opener tomorrow night against the Phoenix Suns at 7 p.m.
The Trail Blazers, who are the only NBA team that plan to stream games this year, streamed 15 KGW broadcasts last season, charging a small fee.
“We are extremely excited to facilitate the expansion of our viewing audience via a free stream this season," Trail Blazers Chief Operating Officer Sarah Mensah said. "We take pride in staying on the cutting edge of new technology and in connecting with our fans in new ways."
The 16 KGW games throughout the season include three matchups with Phoenix, three against the defending champion L.A. Lakers and two against in-division rivals Utah and Oklahoma City.
Fans can sign up by visiting trailblazers.com. An FAQ is available on the website that details the technical specifications required to receive the broadcast stream.
The stream will feature television commentators Mike Barrett and Mike Rice, as well as studio analysts Terry Porter and Michael Holton, and studio host Adam Bjaranson.
Pre-game (30 minutes prior to tip-off) and post-game shows (30 minutes following the game) will be included in the stream.
Streamed games will be available exclusively to fans in the team’s broadcast territory in Oregon and Southwest Washington (within a 150-mile radius from Portland). Fans outside of the Trail Blazers’ 150-mile broadcast territory can also see games online as part of the NBA League Pass Broadband package. Details are available at NBA.com.
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Seattle is awfully close to 150 miles
Maybe just outside. Tacoma is inside, but I don’t know if they’re doing a strict 150 miles.
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You can ask him to test it tomorrow
During the first game.
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I talked to the head of BB
he said that my zip code was on the acceptable list. You also can use a Portland address, they don’t IP check.
Oh man
I figured they did it based on IPs. That’s great news.
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congratulations then
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
it'll be resolved at some point, likely with online streaming.
Then the issue is how awful the blazers.com streaming is.
Which is probably why its free
Harder to complain about now.
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fine, whatever
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
GOOD!
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Glad to hear that
The LPBB rules in general are so screwy. They need to stop blocking the NBA TV games for one.
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I'll just type in "One Center Court"
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Is ripcitysarah Sarah Mensah?
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
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no… that much I know
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Not even her daughter
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bahahaha! nope.
Hey Amar'e! I've got an elbow for you!
by ripcitysarah on Oct 26, 2010 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Sell high, buy low
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/25/chris-paul-to-spend-the-season-in-a-knee-brace/
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creeeeeeepy. As soon as I clicked your link I came across a search from work that had this result http://www.donjoybraces.com/productcart/pc/ProCare-Arthroscopy-Knee-Support-40p404.htm
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Off to work now
Come see me at work, here‘s a coupon to make your Smokey’s experience even better! (the one at the top)
Blazers win!
The Nazgul have waived rookies Da’Sean Butler and Patrick Beverley.
The Pacers have waived Magnum Rolle.
The Bucks have waived Brian Skinner.
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No
Point Guard: Mario Chalmers, Carlos Arroyo
Shooting Guard: Dwyane Wade, Eddie House
Small Forward: LeBron James, James Jones, Jerry Stackhouse, Mike Miller
Power Forward: Chris Bosh, Udonis Haslem, Juwan Howard
Center: Joel Anthony, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Jamaal Magloire, Dexter Pittman
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Championship roster
Although I’d have Stackhouse as the third string SG
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They brought him in to replace Miller though. Not sure where and how often he'll play.
I hope John Wall dunks on him again.
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I hope John Wall dunks on everyone cept for our guys
I think he and Griffin will have some dunks highlights for sure. Could be a fun ROY race.
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Those 2 guys will be in a dogfight for 2nd place in the voting
Behind the clear winner, DMC.
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I fear the Sactown frontcourt is too crowded for DMC to get as many minutes as his peers
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That could be
But if he can’t get the minutes with that crowd, he probably doesn’t deserve ROY anyway.
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Landy, Dalembert and Thompson are a pretty formidable competition
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Hassan Whiteside also in that frontcourt, though he might not see much of the court this year.
MPOTCP>PGOTF
He’ll be their Dante/Pendy, year 1
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you don't sit your future franchise player...
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
he’ll get plenty of minutes, but I just don’t see how he gets anywhere near as many touches as Wall and Griffin.
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2nd chance points...
otherwise I agree sort of… butt I’m not sure how many touches Wall and Griffin get either given that they both are on teams with guards that like to dominate the ball
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I know… also i hear he is the best at everything… ever…
.
.
how much did Baron play in preseason though?
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
And how much did Baron care?
Not that I’d ever question his rock solid motivation.
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Managed to chance my opinion from underwhelmed to interested
I drafted him in fantasy so it better translate!
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I'd agree
Except John Wall is fighting with no one for minutes and the same if true for Griffin, where as Dalambert is a legit starting center who warrants 30 minutes a night. I see DMC’s raw stats being worse than the other two and cos that’s all that matters, he won’t win.
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Ooh
I forgot they picked up Delambert.
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Pretty good
But it’s no Rollie Fingers.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
I really like the center Longar Longar
Got also waived before the season start
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I can't wait for the
“your god is a sham shamgon” signs
by HD on Oct 25, 2010 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Tiny Gallon
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Heehee
I was being cute.
Ya know how sometimes if there is a lag and ya hit enter twice (or maybe only once even), and you post your comment and then below it ya got the previewed version of your comment? And you can post it again?
It’s been at the bottom of the screen since I got here, and I decided to just say what I felt again. I still feel it, so it’s still true.
#52
BTW – did you read that Seth Pollack says it is fun to treat Blazer fans the same way that Bill Simmons does?
Nope, I said my thoughts and stayed away.
I am gonna stay away. I let him know he is an old weirdo and that’s good enough for me. I won.
#52
yeah, there were like 10 comments saying, “i don’t understand why blazer fans get their panties in a bunch” and his comment saying he thought it was funny and ribbing blazer fans is fun, because they are soccer moms.
that’s where that joke came from! someone said “I think you mean soccer moms” when I mentioned blazer fans the other day and I was super confused.
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Didn't Simmons say soccer moms first, in regards to Blazer fans?
I don’t really get that one. Is Portland a soccer mom town?
Plus, ripping off Simmons… yeesh.
#52
yeah, Simmons said it in a podcast apparently
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
In fact
When I first read your sentence, I totally forgot who Seth Pollack was… but then it came to me. That old weird dude.
He will likely die someday, and be just as forgotten as he was a few moments ago, when I forgot who he was.
#52
X-man was talking about these guys earlier
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But the most important question I have
Will anyone sign Stache?
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Really curious as to what Mortimer thinks about the imminent start of the season
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Someone just offerred me Beasley for Harden in my ESPN league
How do I say no in a hilarious way?
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Bear down!
and intercepted…
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
i wish i had a gif for all the bears offensive failures in the last 20 years…
by EvilKaramazov on Oct 25, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
that would be the longest Gif ever… I bet you could make a feature length film… get it screened at Cannes too
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve linked it before but just use this. http://fantasyknuckleheads.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/id8uua1.gif
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i need haynesworth using our guard williams to sack cutler.
by EvilKaramazov on Oct 25, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
On my bench
And Cutler just got sacked again
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I AM SO EXCITED!!
I hope Boston wins for obvious reasons, and then for the Blazers to crush! Can’t believe the season is starting. It’s always surreal after the long and depressing postseason.
And today, I got lots of hugs and sad knowing faces. Also made people promise to not say his name. Because that results in smashing my face into my hands.
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Oh thanks
Scadenfreude much?
by ireallylikejerrydbayless on Oct 25, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah I know. Thank you
It’s very true, everyone’s first reaction when I show them a picture, is “He has a huge forehead.”
by ireallylikejerrydbayless on Oct 25, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Me too
I don’t question that this will be good for him.
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Sure.
Chris Paul and Trevor Ariza are legit.
by ireallylikejerrydbayless on Oct 25, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
yore link isn't working
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
have you considered what your new Screen Name will be?
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I'm keeping it until he gets married.
by ireallylikejerrydbayless on Oct 25, 2010 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
ireallyhatepattymills is available I hear
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
hate is upside down for love
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
If that's the case, you aren't talking about Patty Mills
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patty mills is upside down for Greg Oden
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
love is like that sometimes
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Mhm, that one is good.
But he’s leaving me in two years too.
by ireallylikejerrydbayless on Oct 25, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
ireallyfeelmediocreaboutelliotwilliams
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by dan_the_man on Oct 25, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
peoplewhochangetheirscreennamesuck
that was suprisingly hard to type
by southern oregon on Oct 25, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Not at all
I have no opinion on him. I haven’t seen him play.
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Same here.
What I do know that his eyebrows are very comparable to Bayless’.
by ireallylikejerrydbayless on Oct 25, 2010 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
He is Bayless 2.0
More eyebrows, more athleticism, more speed, more defensy and more combo guardy/WTH position does he play…..y.
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The same skill
We just haven’t seen it. He could drive and draw fouls pretty well. The reason I like him is because he is good defensively and has a nicer looking stroke from 3, despite the results so far.
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I can't say he's a better shooter yet.
Nothing I’ve seen suggests that, though I haven’t seen much.
Bayless came in as one of the best foul-drawers in the league as a rookie. He could get to the rim. As athletic as Elliot is, I hear nothing about that from him. He’s all raw. Maybe he works out, but no more combo guards.
Elliot is gone after this season…not a Cho type
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They drafted a combo guard in OKC and turned him into a point
Happens to have been the only time its worked recently but whatever.
If Cho brings in a pure point or a Hinrich type then I’ll love him for it.
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I hope he gets to be Joel's rookie
because Jerryd said that he’s the worst. :)
by ireallylikejerrydbayless on Oct 25, 2010 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I just looked at their respective college stats and they are remarkably similar. EWill actually drew fouls at a higher rate in his Soph year than JBay did at Arizona.
I just became slightly higher on EWill than I was 2 minutes ago, which isn’t saying much.
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it's not fair for me to criticize Elliot without seeing him.
I just don’t know if he can get to the basket consistently. If so, he might be a successful combo guard.
The scouting report is that he can but he can only finish with his left hand
He is certainly a project. Just happens to be one I think is worthwhile.
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in the few times that i saw him, the one thing that bug me about him (as with Jerryd) was they were hesitant when they got the ball
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I don't mind really good combo guards
Like Brandon.
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he's not a combo guard as I see it.
He has a clear position defensively and is definitely a shooting guard. That’s like calling Kobe a combo guard.
I don't really see him as a combo guard
It was more a comment that he often doesn’t look like a sg on offense. I’d crap my pants if he started running off more screens without the ball in his hands.
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The more natural decision-making is what I like about Armon. He just needs a lot of shooting work so defenders respect him (Ben pointed out Lawson sagged off to the paint. That won’t work).
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if he can shoot, he's a good fit with Brandon.
that’s the key. Is he Nic or Jerryd in terms of learning a jump shot.
Jerryd's range always seemed limited to 20 or so feet
From 3, he always seems like he is pushing it, looks un-natural.
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In that regard
I see Armon as Jerryd, with broen mechanics and a slow release that need fixing, whereas Elliot has a nice compact looking action that I think is closer to a finished product.
Pretty much the only area in which he is closer to a finished product, but SIL.
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Indeed
But he already had a serviceable shot his rookie year. Armon looks worse than Dre from 3.
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I believe that improving your shooting is generally easier than anything else.
All Armon needs is that. He already plays defense and passes, doesn’t have potential to. I’ll take that over guy that has potential for everything but has little guaranteed.
If Armon develops a 3pt shot (just hitting at over 35% say)
Then I feel like he can be our starter in a couple of years. If we are aiming for a championship then I think we make a big upgrade at PG and it is a moot point.
Armon’s distance shooting is the only thing holding me back from being bullish on him as a prospect.
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Elliot is extremely dependent on his left hand. He's not good dribbling right.
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Indeed
Lots of work to do. I like what he’s working with though.
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DeRozan is extremely athletic but can’t seem to put that athleticism to use in real-game situations. So far I fear Elliot will have similar issues.
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As e.g. ideally compared to BRoy who is very athletic but also has the handles and shot to go everywhere he wants and be a threat from everywhere. Just being able to dunk with a free lane won’t be enough.
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I think the difference maker is defense
He can be a truly great PG defender IMO. If that happens and he develops his 3pt shot, he is worth keeping.
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I don’t see Elliot as a 1 at all. That’s like saying Hayward will play SG ;-)
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He is a tweener at present
I think he has to follow the Bayless/Lou Williams path, but if he can do it with better defense and distance shooting….
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I don't want Bayless or Lou!
We just traded Jerryd away because combo guard didn’t work next to Brandon.
If Wesley is playing next to Brandon for large stretches this year
We sure ain’t worried about having people play out of position….
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I don't know how much we'll end up seeing that.
might be one of the experiments that doesn’t work out.
I can see Nate looking at Wes and thinking:
Yeah, he’s got pretty good size for a point guard.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
Someone on this crappy roster has to score, so a jump in production is not out of the question
He looked way better dominating high school competition (#1 in the country) than in college or in the NBA so far though
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Elliot "Hollywood, Jr." Williams should be his moniker, for I expect that ...
the old-school Blazer fans will be reminded of James Robinson with him.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
I only use him for this comparison.
Plus, I bet that I talk more about Ronald “Flip” Murray — who’s a more contemporary comparison for Elliot Williams — than I do Robinson.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
I continue to see defense as the difference maker
A difference which makes those comparisons inept.
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Oregon fans are probably reminded of Fred Jones.
http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Fred-Jones-3076/
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
Hmm, Jones had a thicker build, though, so that doesn't work.
My bad there.
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Who plays in China this season
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Jones was a 3 ball shooter in college though, and somewhat in the NBA as well
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Elliot Williams was an okay long-range shooter at Memphis.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
(I like Patty)
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Hopefully Greg is working on that just-inside-the-arc jumper
He’ll be unstoppable!
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from that video, it looks like he won’t play until February
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They are walk-throughs
I saw Hill dong one in one of those PF videos and he wasn’t moving much.
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you saw hill dong?
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
you think Tyler Hansborough does that type of walk-through?
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yes, but with more yelling and grunting
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
no, he’s getting ready to play the team full of ghosts.
by EvilKaramazov on Oct 25, 2010 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I think that is as unexciting as you can make a basketball video
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this video confirms that E Will can only dunk and nothing else
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Is that Buck in the red shorts?
It’s hard to see.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
did we discuss the terrible reffing on SNF????
smh…i think they were euro refs betting against the Vikings
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I disagree. Taking away the Shiancoe TD was bad but then they originally called the, very obvious, out of bounds catch by Harvin a TD. Those refs were great compared to the Pittsburgh Miami refs.
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i don’t care about Harvin…but the calls against Moss and Shianco put a hurt on my FFB team!!!
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hahaha. The Moss PI call was legit. THe Shiancoe one killed me too, though.
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The MOSS PI was weaksauce…he barely touch the guy and it didn’t really affect the play
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Randy could have caught it w/o the little push
but that was his fault for bothering to do it.
The GB touchdown in the first half was lousy. Seems like they should use official replay for anything that is very questionable. Smart of McCarthy to kick the extra point quickly. And the Shaincoe overturn was terrible!
Fellow vikes supporter. Maybe Brett will get suspended and use the time to get patched up.
put a body on 'em
He's not a Vikings supporter, he just hates to lose in fantasy football ;)
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supporter for forty-plus years
I watched the Drew Pearson push-off and resulting bottle-toss at the ref at my grandma’s house.
put a body on 'em
and every year for about the last fifteen
I tell myself to stop caring so I can rid myself of the perpetual angst.
put a body on 'em
lulz. Peyton Manning is going to retire with the Colts. They have every intention of making him the highest paid QB and I’m positive they will keep him.
Go Blazers! Secure the Win!
you really think Peyton Manning will sign with a different team? I could MAYBE see him doing a Brett Favre and going to a different team once he’s washed up and shouldn’t be playing any more. But I think this offseason he signs a huge contract with the Colts.
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Yeah that was awful. That Green Bay TD where the ball came out after he hit the ground was bad.
"Conan, what is best in life?"
"Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the women."
by dario argento on Oct 25, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't see what the problem with the Shiancoe call was
He’s going to the ground with the point of the ball clearly below his hands, then it hits the ground and pops up into his hands. I thought it was one of the easiest calls of the night.
Ben: "Pleased with the performance?"
Nate McMillan: "Yeah. I thought we played basketball tonight."
you is what’s wrong with the call
the new ball/ground rule changed this year, meaning, if he had control going down to the ground, then it’s a catch.
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Calvin Johnson disagrees with you
Ben: "Pleased with the performance?"
Nate McMillan: "Yeah. I thought we played basketball tonight."
Vikings made a mistake not challenging the one Green Bay touchdown where their backup TE fell out of bounds in the back of the end zone too
Green Bay was more clever in challenging.
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yeah I couldn't believe Childress didn't challenge it.
"Conan, what is best in life?"
"Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the women."
by dario argento on Oct 25, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Jeff Passan wonders whether the Giants or Rangers have suffered more:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Alnvu3nCvh6zspGTtq9ZLpE5nYcB?slug=jp-giantsrangerslegacies102510
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Halfway through the quarter as of today. I want it to be over so bad. ZML right now.
STOKED for tomorrow night! Section 301 represent!!! Who else is going to the game?
"Conan, what is best in life?"
"Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the women."
i’m contemplating a spirit of 77 visit prior to the game also. i’ll have to see what the skinny is tomorrow though
by EvilKaramazov on Oct 25, 2010 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
You been there yet?
Its a pretty nice place.
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Free pop a shot
And cheap beer before 6.
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I'll be there
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HEDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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he has to now, if he wants to do right by her
doesn’t he?
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
when will you tell us?
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
wow… you’re just gonna tease us like that??? who do you think you are? BRP?
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
twLAs
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
ATTENTION SEEKER!!!!!!!
REBUILT. REBORN.
by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
i have plans…major plans…look for me near the COmmunity ASsist sign
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Are you going to cover up the "ist?"
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
more than that
covering uni_y and ist…then have an arrow that points to Philthy and Ltrain
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Favre has ankle fracture(s)
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Too much texting with his ankles?
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"Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the women."
by dario argento on Oct 25, 2010 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
that's an old person injury
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
It could be career ending, or at least kill the Vikings season that has them behind Chicago and Green Bay anyway
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a boy can dream right?
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
No doubt. He should have retied years ago…and this season is pretty much just an embarrassment. Some people know when to hang it up….others just stick around and diminish their legacy.
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by antediluvian on Oct 25, 2010 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Last season he was great
The Vikings don’t make it to the NFC title game without him.
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And this season he has blown chunks repeatedly. The chances of a 40+ QB playing well for a full season are really, really slim. Year before last and year before that were less than wonderful. Yep…great season last year, and he so should have retired.
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by antediluvian on Oct 25, 2010 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
plus now everyone knows he can't compete with greg where it counts
The Rodgers brothers: College football's very own Italian plumbers
by LeGarrette Blount's Right Fist on Oct 25, 2010 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Shower presence FTL!
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by antediluvian on Oct 25, 2010 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
He'll still play
This is Favre we’re talking about.
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Gotta love the south
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/fp/flashPollResultsState?sportIndex=pollindex&pollId=100222
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OSU fans
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
He really loves it with his full rankings
But seriously, depending on whom you ask, the SEC or the Pac-10 is the best league this year, the Big 10 is third and the rest are a distance behind.
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Sagarin’s got the Big 12 #2, SEC #3, Big 10 #4
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbc10.htm
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Interest fact
The Pac-10 has a better record against major conference teams than non-major conference teams (thanks OSU and Washington State). Although this is of course misleading.
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What good non-conference teams have SEC teams beaten this year?
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He said GOOD non-conference teams
Ben: "Pleased with the performance?"
Nate McMillan: "Yeah. I thought we played basketball tonight."
None
These are their only three wins against BCS 26-50 teams:
Sep 25 West Virginia (29) 14 @ LSU 20
Sep 2 Southern Miss (45) 13 @ South Carolina 41
Sep 18 Clemson (48) 24 @ Auburn 27, OT
Pac-10
Sep 18 Iowa (18) 27 @ Arizona 34
Sep 2 Southern California 49 @ Hawai’i (28) 36
Sep 11 Syracuse (37) 20 @ Washington 41
Sep 25 UCLA 34 @ Texas (40) 12
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people make this argument.
but the SEC does really well in national title games. They are not a paper tiger.
I was honestly asking the question
I know the SEC is stocked with good teams, I just couldn’t remember who they played out of the conference this year.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
the Vegas lines tend to me very similar to KenPom’s. If you were a betting man trying to make money on college hoops, the way to go would be to scour the web for injury news and that kind of inside info for the small leagues that Vegas won’t be paying as much attention to. I’ve noticed there are a few lines every season in the Ivy league that are free money.
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text me, haha.
i’ve made a few bucks off of screwy pac-10 lines every now and then. craig robinson’s first year was full of them
Have you read this book
It talks about how pro gamblers do make a lot of $ off of small leagues.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0306811561/ref=oss_product
The Odds
For sports gamblers in Las Vegas, nobody cares who wins; it’s by how much that matters. In The Odds, Chad Millman follows three professional gamblers through a year of college basketball, where meticulous research, betting discipline, and instinct clash with addiction, and no one relaxes until they’ve lost it all.
The three colorful gamblers Millman expertly portrays are a high-rolling career “wiseguy,” a slacker wannabe, and a bookmaker who sets the lines on games (for example, Iowa over Indiana by 4-1/2 points, meaning if you bet on Iowa, you win only if Iowa wins by five points or more). The idea behind the betting line is to lure bets (hopefully, losing ones) and make a profit for his casino from the action, but more importantly to stay ahead of those who pounce on a weak line like hungry wolves. Millman provides the answer to what makes these wiseguys tick: “While the casual bettor weighs common sense and financial realities with every bet, the wiseguy pushes those aside… [his] battle isn’t with what makes sense; his battle is with anyone who gets in the way of making his bet a euphoric experience.”
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Worth taking a look at
Its a little dated now, talks a lot about the rise of internet gambling, but still fun.
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They're top heavy
The bottom of their league really really sucks.
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By the way, has anybody seen Evan Turner in pre-season?
Simmons was extremely critical of him in his podcast, much more so than before the draft where he seemed pretty high on him. Seems to have gotten bad reviews and reports from training, incl. some kind of character issues with not respecting teammates.
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preseason stats
Player G GS MPG FG% 3p% FT% OFF DEF TOT APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
Evan Turner 7 4 29.0 .311 .000 .867 .40 5.40 5.90 3.7 1.57 .14 2.29 3.00 7.7
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Eeks
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my statement from day 1 that I’d have taken DMC #2 if not #1 looks awfully good. Also, me getting Cousins and Whiteside in the jd mock draft for the Nets.
MPOTCP>PGOTF
DMC is clearly the second most talented player in the draft
NBA teams had character flags though. Tyreke in 09, DMC in 10 (and Whiteside for that matter).
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I'd take Sac's gambling on those guys
Over passing on them for the dregs that were left over.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
Wall is going to be a playmaking monster with awesome D
He was a slam dunk No.1 pick.
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Wall’s college TO rate is a big red flag. Not as big as DMC’s red flags, but a red flag nonetheless.
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For his first year, I buy that
He will probably also always be a high TO guy. But he will also average 10+ assists so long as he has decent pieces around him and I think he will be NBA all-defense calibre on the other side of the ball.
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: )
Wall ain’t no combo guard! Putting my E Will love aside, my favourite type of player is a two way pivot man, which is why GO is my favourite player in the league and Hakeem, Shaq, Wilt and Tim Duncan are guys I love to watch.
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hahaha.
as for my favorite type of player, gimme a dominant wing (michael, kobe, wade) or a shooter like reggie, ray ray, durant, or steph curry any day of the week
Watching great play in the post on either end is bliss for me
I do like watching great shooters as well, but then who doesn’t?
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You really see Wall as Stevey Franchise mark 2?
I get the statistical comparison but attitude and maturity are huge factors when it comes to having a productive NBA career.
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Thus far, Steve Francis appears to be a good comparison for John Wall.
Then again, I’m not sure how much attitude — good, bad, or indifferent — will factor into Wall’s career.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
I only make the point in this instance because Francis was such an egotistical guy
He would never concede anything or adjust for the good of his team. Wall strikes me as the opposite of that. If anything, Arenas is more Francis-like, 3pt shooting notwithstanding.
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I still think Wall will be a terrific talent, especially once he is surrounded by better talent but even now
He had some really strong numbers in pre-season. His outside shot is a work in progress, but it’s not unlikely that he can soon lead the league in steals and fast breaks ;)
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i need him to do good i guess coz i got him on my team
REBUILT. REBORN.
by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
whys that ouch? aint he suppose to be good?
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
He has been awful ever since he was drafted
Could turn out to be an adjustment period, but it ain’t looked good so far
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thats not good for me
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
are you in a fantasy morality competition that you require him to do just and virtuous deeds?
by EvilKaramazov on Oct 25, 2010 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
what kinda deeds we talking about?
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Dirty
Done for a reasonable price.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
deeds we can qualify as championing justice and virtue I believe; you need him to do good right?
by EvilKaramazov on Oct 25, 2010 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
YES did i not say that above?
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
(employ dramatic irony, chuckles to the side)
Yes I hope he does good; I could care less about how well he plays though.
by EvilKaramazov on Oct 25, 2010 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
does this make sense?
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
have you ever seen an adjective eat an adverb? Well, I have.
by EvilKaramazov on Oct 25, 2010 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
now yore just being mean
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
(i can’t help myself… :( when i hear people in the office walk around saying “they’re doing good”, I used to ask them if they were fighting crime or something… now i just say it… in my mind)
by EvilKaramazov on Oct 25, 2010 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
he admitted that he was out of shape for summer league. i’m not too worried about him, although the one game i watched (boston and philly) he didn’t make an impact on the game at all
i haven’t heard anything about the respecting teammates thing
Simmons insinuated it was already an issue early on in his college career, then got better and now somehow resurfaced. Sounded like there could have been shouting matches or similar stuff.
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simmons insinuates lots of things…
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
He hears a lot of behind the scenes rumors though
Similar to Ford, reporting those rumors is good, drawing conclusions is iffy. Was still interesting to hear since I certainly liked Evans much more than some other top 10 picks.
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Wesley johnson will prove you all wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jk
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Right, and Gordon Hayward will be a successful shooting guard in a D-Will, Hayward, AK, Millsap, Jefferson lineup.
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JUST LOOK AT HIS PRESEASON STATS NORSK!
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Wasn't it Indiana that tried Mike Dunleavy, Jr. at shooting guard?
Amazingly enough, it worked pretty darn well for the 2007-2008 season.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
Dunleavy is pretty mobile though. Hayward is laterally stuck in mud. He’d look worse than Rudy trying to get past most SGs.
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If he refines his off-ball movement, then he may end up all right at the 2.
I, however, am neither high or low on Gordon Hayward, but somewhere in the middle.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
“In high school, I didn’t start off the best, but I worked my way to the top by the end,” Turner explained. “In college, I didn’t start off the best and worked my way to the top by the end.”
Mhm, apparently Simmons was not the only one hearing those rumors. Interesting link.
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
My prediction that Evan Turner = Grant Hill looks pretty moronic at the moment.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
trading for elton brand’s contract and the #2 pick i nthe jd mock draft looks idiotic too.
AK: do you get league pass or league pass broadband?
No, I don't get it.
In the JD Mock Draft, I believe I took James Anderson for the Milwaukee Bucks.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
I watch many of the national games on TNT, ESPN, and ABC.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
Turner's fall has been pretty epic, yet he still hasn't even played his first NBA game
Even so, the people who were saying Brandon Roy was Turner’s floor as a prospect might want to think again, too.
The only member of the Elliot Williams bandwagon
I remember reading some Philly fans who were sure there was no way Turner could be worse than Roy
They seemed to forget that Roy is a damn good shooter with no weak spots on the floor while Turner can’t really shoot to save himself at present.
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And then there is the whole leadership thing
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yeah, we kind of lucked into Brandon being such an awesome national leader.
Go Blazers! Secure the Win!
keep your nationalist stuff to yourself bud
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Roy looked NBA ready from very early his rookie year
Partly I’m sure because he’s a four year guy but even so that’s rare.
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He has great presence
Another great quality for a leader is to know when to defer and when to take the reins. I hope he and Greg have a sit down at some point and talk about what each needs to do to get the team to that championship level.
The only member of the Elliot Williams bandwagon
The season starts tomorrow?!?!?!
I am excited but WAY not ready.
http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2010/10/video_trail_blazers_set_for_se.html
Brandon, Wesley and Armon will play some point.
why u questioning it?
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
tell me not from.52 sec wes looks like marty?
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
please?
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
by dan_the_man on Oct 25, 2010 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Today I is force by TheMarcus to carry Luke Rabbit suit case. ¿Por why?
"What's up, Luke Babbitt?" -- Locker room to Ben
http://year5000.bandcamp.com
"TheMarcus" ... I LOVE IT
"What's up, Luke Babbitt?" -- Locker room to Ben
http://year5000.bandcamp.com
I assume this is a BEdger?
This is hilarious.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
Idiots?
http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22748484/25483971
Okay, I’m done. So there’s this bar in South Beach. And tomorrow, if the Heat lose to the Celtics? They’ll pay your tab, up to $25 . So if the team that’s been together four months, without their designated shooter, with two players having had injuries in preseason, lose to the defending Eastern Conference champions featuring four Hall of Famers and an all-world defense, you get your beers for free. Note to owners: Do not let hobos find out about this deal. It’s a great promotional tactic, but if the Heat win, are they going to keep this up until the Heat lose? Have we mentioned they’re in Boston tomorrow night? Because they’re in Boston tomorrow night.
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yall hear jake gyllenhaal may be dating taylor swift? gag
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 4:20 PM PDT reply actions
Dang, just last week I watched him dating Heath Ledger and Anne Hathaway.
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what do guys see in her( i hear john mayer dated her too, which is wierder cause he is old)?
If i was famous actor or famous person in general i would think it would be really easy to do better.
by HD on Oct 25, 2010 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions
i dont know how she can land JG. he's like a god.
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Static Electricity is a killer
I'm a grown man stuck inside the mind of a 3 year old
by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Tesla coils FTW!
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Oct 25, 2010 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Whenever a "Blakely Waived" tweet pops up in my stream, I think about Steve for a second
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Someone on ESPN voted Blake for MIP
Yeah, no.
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How about not?
How about Matthews?
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That would be fabulous
For the Blazers and my fantasy team.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
I just don't see him getting that much better
Blake is who he is at this point.
Interesting fact, behind Dre, the second longest consecutive games streak in the NBA? Fisher.
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It's not a matter of him playing better
It’s a matter of him being a Laker.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
some also voted him for 6th man
Michael Jordan is the Nicolas Batum of America
"I was like, 'Wow, we get a run.'-Felix Hernandez
Artis Gilmore for Hall of Fame
"The Portland Trailblazers are champions of the basketball world!"-Mike Breen, sometime in June, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
by thomasikehara on Oct 25, 2010 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Same deal with Oden
Someone voted him for 6th man.
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someone this summer on the ESPN experts panel voted him for 2010/11 mvp
lolzorz
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by LeGarrette Blount's Right Fist on Oct 25, 2010 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I might vote Oden for possible MIP
But he’ll start once he’s healthy.
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If he can play most of the season
He’ll be a strong candidate for MIP.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
you’re allowed to push soccer players like this? lol
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 4:35 PM PDT reply actions
No but the ref didn't call it
Should have been a foul and even a possible yellow card for a deliberate push on Landon.
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It looked like the ball went OB, too
I don’t know how the foul call was missed. It was on the ball. Where were the refs looking?
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
Donovan and Beckham are the Wade and LeBron of MLS, respectively. They get away with stuff.
MPOTCP>PGOTF
Never was
He’s the Allen Iverson of soccer. Or worse.
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still one of the top 5 players in MLS.
Thierry Henry, even the old washed up version of him, is probably the best player in the league.
MPOTCP>PGOTF
In other news, Iverson is now one of the top 5 players in the Turkish league. Probably.
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Did they ever work out the max he could be fined?
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
Beckham has actually won titles though
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I can’t remember one where he was the main guy though. He was in some qualifiers for England, but that didn’t lead very far.
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Yeah I just looked it up
17 international goals in 115 caps for England. Hardly that impressive.
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does your shot bend to the left too?
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
this is where I point out that I called him the LeBron of MLS, not the LeBron of soccer.
In terms of fame and douchiness I think it works even if Beckham isn’t the best player in MLS— he’s gotta be up there though.
MPOTCP>PGOTF
maybe, you know, you should
ply your analogy game at PRS or iamatrailblazersfan.com before you try it on BE.
By contrast
L. Donovan has 45 goals in 128 US appearances
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A lot of those are against the Cubas and Panamas of the world, of course. I think Landon’s 5 career WC goals is a more impressive stat.
MPOTCP>PGOTF
Speaking of which
Best sports moment of the summer, period:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7EbCSV9fHg&feature=related
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My favorite sports memory of all time still has to be
Being in France in 1998 when they won it.
This was very close to that though.
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i’m ready for the 2014 cup, aka the one where mwanga channels an in-prime ronaldo and the us stuns brazil in the final
And the games are on at normal times
Since Brazil is only four hours ahead of the Pacific time zone.
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yeah, that’ll be nice. And ,as for Cloudy’s comment, I’m jealous of your optimism. English fans tend to be super negative until a month or two before the WC starts. It’s nice to be able to root for both countries, and it’ll be much easier in 2014 since the odds of USA and England being in the same group again has to be Infinitesimal.
Go Blazers! Secure the Win!
I want them to at least make the quarters next time
Unless they draw a tough team in the round of 16, like say Brazil or Spain.
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Depends on the region
For the US its basically a formality since most of the rest of the teams are not anywhere close to our league.
In Europe, it can be hard depending on which group you draw.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
In the past, the last round of qualifying in our region has been a group of 6 teams— you play everyone home and away— and then the top 3 qualify (and sometimes the 4th team gets to playoff for a possible spot if FIFA decides it).
they are changing the format slightly for the next cycle though.
basically you play a bunch of matches against teams from your region (our region is called CONCACAF—the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) and as long as we don’t do worse than Mexico and 2 other teams (e.g. Costa Rica and Honduras), we qualify.
MPOTCP>PGOTF
It does suck that we won't go to Mexico
Sure we always lost but those games were fun.
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Tim Howard, Michael Bradley, Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey, Jozy Altidore, Stuart Holden and Danny Mwanga all make the Tournament Best XI
MPOTCP>PGOTF
its not a perfect comparison. He’s just the famous douchy guy who joined an established star.
MPOTCP>PGOTF
why's he douchy? coz he's hottttttttttt
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
cuz it sounds like someone is twisting his testes when he talks
I’d meet BRP at the airport, not flee!! - fanfaraway
reminds me of my comment. but yah i hate accents
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
He was hott before he got to meet the tattoo artist of Robert Swift and Birdman
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naw he was hott before he started to age
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
not really
highlight reels of deep goals and PKs and freekicks and stuff
his wife is superhot though
The Rodgers brothers: College football's very own Italian plumbers
by LeGarrette Blount's Right Fist on Oct 25, 2010 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions
his wife is gross dude. i hater her boobs so much.
it looks like her plastic surgeon went to the grocery store, picked out a smooth cantaloupe, cut it in half, and then duct taped it onto her chest
I didn’t know it was possible to hate boobs… are you sure you mean this?
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Are they actually boobs anymore?
Silicone =/= flesh
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
well hopefully they covered the silicone back up with flesh and it’s not just two silicone pouches stapled to her chest
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by The Arkitect on Oct 25, 2010 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
at least it was smooth
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
at david beckham...duh
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
not like i actually care for soccer just some players
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Or the assistant ref
Who is supposed to be watching for fouls and let the ref know since the ref can’t see everything.
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looks in bounds though— if any part of the ball is touching any part of the line, its in.
MPOTCP>PGOTF
It's hard to see for sure
But at about 50 seconds, it looks out.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
Whose going to start the Jeff Pendergraph Appreciation post?
I can’t think of enough quippish details to get it started.
put a body on 'em
I appreciate that he took so much time to talk to the media and to fans
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prbly coolest and down to earth
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
i heard he was 7 feet tall and killed men by the hundreds
by EvilKaramazov on Oct 25, 2010 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
video games. pre-game psych-up dances. emphatic dunks and hard fouls. not afraid to be himself.
put a body on 'em
this joke made me laugh...raise hands if it got you to
Compilers are like boyfriends: you miss a period and they go crazy on you.
I’d meet BRP at the airport, not flee!! - fanfaraway
brp, yore boyfriends seem anal about punctuation.
by EvilKaramazov on Oct 25, 2010 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
i raise my hand to ek's joke
it got me
"I told somebody to stop crying," Pendergraph said after the game. "Actually, I told them all to stop crying."
you deserve it
"I told somebody to stop crying," Pendergraph said after the game. "Actually, I told them all to stop crying."
felix jones, please do the DMC
and Jason Witten, go injure yourself!
I’d meet BRP at the airport, not flee!! - fanfaraway
I sense I'll beat you next week in FFB.
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yeah, you got me at a good time with the byes…
but don’t underestimate the defending champ!!! i’ll pick up a random just to pwn you
I’d meet BRP at the airport, not flee!! - fanfaraway
I'm in trouble in my other league (ESPN)
Since Hillis has been my MVP and its the Browns bye week.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Hehe, then I should still get the commissioner to make me the winner of the week for having such an awesome optimal lineup.
Not gonna happen though.
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
Jerryd introduction in Nawlins, with statements by Monty and Dell Demps following. Worst audio quality ever.
http://www.nba.com/hornets/video/2010/10/25/102510baylessmpg-1448395/index.html
“I knew I was available”
“I’m definitely a point guard. Can you play the 2? I can do whatever Monty wants me to do”
“Friends with Chris”
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I'm pretty sure he grew the facial hair just to make it easier for me to let him go
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
I'm pretty sure I'm not a huge Dell Demps fan
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Will you change your mind if we manage to steal CP3 from them?
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
Executive of the year
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Jerryd wears #32 with the Hornets
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
who wears number 4 for them? I wonder if he’ll change his twitter handle.
Go Blazers! Secure the Win!
Also seems not retired. #7 is Maravich.
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Ariza is #1. Otherwise Jerryd could have taken it to claim "I'm definitely a 1"
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lol
He was so adamant. I bet he scored big on us when we play NO, just like ZBo does.
The only member of the Elliot Williams bandwagon
but if he is a pg, then he would score 4 points, but get 38 assists
"I told somebody to stop crying," Pendergraph said after the game. "Actually, I told them all to stop crying."
He should have kept the 4
CP3 to JB4 has a nice ring to it
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
silly norsk. he is a point guard now
it would be jb4 to cp3
"I told somebody to stop crying," Pendergraph said after the game. "Actually, I told them all to stop crying."
Amare and Melo would be way funnier
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you think it could still happen?
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Father Stands up against protestors for his dead baby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEFWDYB0rWo&feature=player_embedded
pretty cool and heart breaking
/cambyfive
I feel bad for that guy
He’s absolutely right, and he’s my new friend.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
Oberto signing official
http://www.iamatrailblazersfan.com/PressReleaseDisplay/tabid/297/ItemID/1994/Default.aspx
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Oberto signing official
http://www.iamatrailblazersfan.com/PressReleaseDisplay/tabid/297/ItemID/1994/Default.aspx
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
Pooh Jeter made the Kings
Yay for the U of P dude!
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Smh, and we are complaining about Patty Mills
Pooh’s sister is bigger and more athletic than him ;)
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when he heard of the news
DMC couldn’t stop laughing “his name is pooh? hur hur hur”
by HD on Oct 25, 2010 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions
it's so stupid, but optimism has been restored for me
I know it’s too soon, but I feel myself tipping from the fence into the hopeful yard. The grass is getting so dang green over here…
I know it’s wrong…
I know….
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
I should give you an Amazon gift card for "Happier" for Christmas ;)
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
Don't let the h8ers get you down
Go Blazers!
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
the rain is back
it turns the mind to mush and makes the grass green on the other side.
don’t sweat it.
"I told somebody to stop crying," Pendergraph said after the game. "Actually, I told them all to stop crying."
GO GIANTS!
Make those Cowboy fans boo.
1-5 is there for them!
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Ouch, that was pretty much an ultimatum by Jerry Jones to his team and coach
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Another reason I want them to lose
They probably won’t recover for a fairly long time.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Got home today
Clementine, the old stray, was standing in the middle of the room, saw me and ran over to me wagging her tail. First time I’ve ever seen that behavior. The roids are doing wonders for the old girl!
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
Other small school guys that made it to the NBA as undrafted pickups
Jeremy Lin (HARV " GSW), Matt Janning (NU " PHX
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2k opening day simulation
Suns 105. Blazers 99.
Hedo drops 22 and grabs 10 boards.
Heat 103. Celtics 108.
K.G. hits for 25 and 6 boards.
Rockets 120. Lakers 110.
Yao is back with 20 points and 9 boards.
Is that official?
Btw, roster update out Friday, Blazers expected to get substantial upgrades.
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It always seems like the Blazers are an afterthought in the vids
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions
We got substantially better in roster upgrades
Last year in 2k10, I suspect it’ll be the same again.
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22 and 10? what a joke
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions
How many minutes do they give Yao?
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
Oh, so without him we would lose by even more?
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TOUCHDOWN WITTEN!!!
Eat it BRP!
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Manning was just doing a tribute to Favre
Forcing the pick.
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Tribute to Cutler now
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
Why do the Giants receivers keep tipping balls to the other team!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go Blazers! Secure the Win!
Cabbie with not much luck so far, two interceptions and Austin lets the ball go through his hands
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Asked by Prosecutor Håkan Roswall about when was the the first time he met someone IRL (In Real Life), Pirate Bay co-founder’s Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi said he didn’t like IRL but AFK (Away From Keyboard) because he “thinks the Internet’s real.”
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
The deadline to extend rookie contracts is Oct 31
Since that’s a sunday this year, I believe the date changes to monday, Nov 1.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
Challenge by Dallas?
Don’t anger the football gods.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Me too. I have Nicks on my bench, but I would like to see a bit more than last week from him.
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He's great at still doing something after the catch
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
I found this mesmerizing. Wooden, non-circular gears.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UePtoxDhJSw
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 6:30 PM PDT reply actions
Best iphone/android app ever
Remember Antoine?
If you don’t get this app, you are so dumb.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
ok, good
it originally looked like a bad concussion type play. Looks to be the non-throwing shoulder.
At least you'll win this week with him
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anything good on tv tonight?
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 6:46 PM PDT reply actions
Dez Bryant is fast.
Ben: "Pleased with the performance?"
Nate McMillan: "Yeah. I thought we played basketball tonight."
BAAAAATUUUUUUUUUMMM!
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shaka laka
Ben: "Pleased with the performance?"
Nate McMillan: "Yeah. I thought we played basketball tonight."
#88
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The announcer even pointed it out
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
Dez Bryant just had an awesome return touchdown for Dallas over the full field, and he wears #88 and is a rookie.
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
@obricio7 Fabri’s new home: http://bit.ly/b1fr5O
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
Oh, and he already got to "meet" Portlandgiirl, lol
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
i wish he didnt write in argentina
REBUILT. REBORN.
by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions
not in the mood to argue with you tonight idol
REBUILT. REBORN.
by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions
i just checked him twitter...seems as if he deleted his tweets about it
http://necolebitchie.com/2010/10/25/reggie-bush-threatens-to-expose-kim/#more-98807
REBUILT. REBORN.
by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions
idol i wish you didn’t rite in vancouver
by EvilKaramazov on Oct 25, 2010 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
yah i was expecting something else
REBUILT. REBORN.
by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but I never seriously considered starting DMC this week. I did pull Nicks at the last minute when there were reports about hamstring issues since he didn't perform last week.
And better any kind of win even if it’s not with so many points.
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
Smith and Giants D. Bradshaw and Smith have been awesome. Giants D is also good but the O put them in such great position Giants D has lost a ton of points.
Go Blazers! Secure the Win!
I can't decide. Both were undrafted.
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
Also, this happened
Kitna was named the World’s Most Valuable Player in NFL Europe when he led the Barcelona Dragons to the 1997 World Bowl Championship (World Bowl V), winning 38–24 over the Rhein Fire.
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
I like Newman's Own
In general there isn’t much lemonade for me to get
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
i like the lime aid; and newman’s has a new thin frozen pizza that’s kind of tasty
by EvilKaramazov on Oct 25, 2010 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions
that'd hurt so freakin bad but kinda funny
REBUILT. REBORN.
by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions
That didn't look good for the guy's neck
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
sorry, when i typed it i instantly had shame over my laziness… and tried to repent
by EvilKaramazov on Oct 25, 2010 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions
But on his off shoulder. 4 weeks? 8 weeks? Still Dallas season probably screwed.
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
Witten! Well, maybe with a crappy QB they still throw to him quite a bit.
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
Is Tarvaris Jackson any good?
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
Nice
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
That would be fitting, since Kitna is probably the Prez of Death over the Cowboy's season
Unless he returns to his 1997 NFL Europe form
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
If by "crappy QB" you mean Central Washington's finest, then yes.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
Broken Clavicle
Not collarbone.
Still, that might be IR for him.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Guess what the clavicle is more commonly called
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
As long as you don't say: it's not a break, it's only a fracture
It’s cool.
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
The clavicle is the collar bone (left and right)
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
Basketball/Baseball Trivia!
What former NBA Executive of the Year Award winner is currently a scout for a MLB franchise?
Hint: The same man employed him for both jobs.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
One of the Paxson brothers for Reinsdorf?
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
hell yeah. I’m glad I have a young, healthy heart. Way too much emotion in that half for me.
Go Blazers! Secure the Win!
Shhh Dallas fans
Drink your $25 beers, eat your $90 pizzas and shaddup.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
That's kind of a personal question
We should bring in more scrub big men; they make good curse fodder.
i have a pair; they’re the best. i think i’m gonna get some more.
by EvilKaramazov on Oct 25, 2010 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions
i’ll know what i’m going to be in 2 days. i don’t think i’ll wear my tights though. they’re black. i wore them last year when i was a bumble bee
by EvilKaramazov on Oct 25, 2010 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I had for track and field, and for skiing in -20 degree weather. But not used for years.
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
Canzano has an uneasy feeling. I though you should know. I haven't read it.
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
He probably shouldn't have eaten those bacon wrapped deep fried bean and sour cream burritos
Ben: "Pleased with the performance?"
Nate McMillan: "Yeah. I thought we played basketball tonight."
That must be it. Simmons buddy House also overeats, and he also had an uneasy feeling about the Blazers season.
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
i laffed
@lilduval – I think I wanna dress as a loser for halloween. Anybody got a cowboy uniform I can wear?
REBUILT. REBORN.
by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 7:38 PM PDT reply actions
Here's a very, very tough baseball/basketball trivia question.
Which former NBA Executive of the Year Award winner recently resigned as team president of a MLB franchise?
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
One last trivia question.
Who, at 24, was the youngest head coach in NBA history?
Hint #1: He was a player-coach at the time.
Hint #2: He’s in the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Hint #3: Not only did he play NBA, but he also had a short MLB career.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
Nope, but he was once a player-coach with Seattle and Portland.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
I'm winning although my two best point producers are sitting. Nice for a change.
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
nice. I’m tied right now. I don’t know what happens with ties in Maggy’s league. If Smith or Bradshaw get ANY more touches, I’ll win. If the Giants give up any points, I lose. If they can get a sack, INT, or forced fumble, I win. gonna be crazy close.
Go Blazers! Secure the Win!
As long as we stop doing the OUR HOUSE thing during intros
I’ll be good to go.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Its so un-Portland
We’re about being spontaneous, not manufactured.
We don’t need the announcer to tell us when to cheer.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
MAR-CUS CAM-BY!
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
by skywaker9 on Oct 25, 2010 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I like that
OUR HOUSE! only if everyone participates
isn’t it kind of intimidating to the visiting team when 20k people are chanting that instead of over the PA system?
/cambyfive
world series odds:
Rangers -135
Giants +115
Rangers 8:1 to sweep
Giants 18:1 to sweep
MVP odds: Cliff Lee 11/2; Josh Hamilton 6/1; Buster Posey 8/1; Tim Lincecum 8:1; Cody Ross 11/1; Brian Wilson 30/1
-
Wilson might be a good value there. Brian actually led all players in the NLCS in Win Probability Added.
MPOTCP>PGOTF
i think buster is actually worse value than ross. he hasn’t hit the ball real well other than game 4
Ross was a waiver wire pickup
he very well may continue to be the Babe, but there’s also a chance that he becomes Cody Ross. Past success by fringe guys doesn’t mean this fringe guy will continue his hot streak.
Wilson’s easily the best value on that board imo. I’d rather bet Hamilton 6/1 than Cody 11/1 easily.
Huff 18/1, Torres 25/1, F. Sanchez 20/1, J. Sanchez 20/1, Uribe 16/1, Cain 16/1, Burrell 20/1
CJ Wilson 22/1, Andrus 18/1, Kinsler 14/1, Young 12/1, Feliz 35/1, Cruz 11/1, Vlad 12/1
Field 12/1
Andrus, Kinsler and Vlad aren’t bad values there.
MPOTCP>PGOTF
Romo update
95% sure he’s done for the year
Wade Phillips better start printing his resume tonight.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
"Tony Homo" is trending on Twitter
Idiots…
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Reminds me of this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FOTeWUjHIo
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
maybe a Sunday game?
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm sure he has at practice...
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess he would
I occasionally see reference to him as a SF or a 3/4 even and I honestly cannot ever remember them playing him at 3. I’ve seen them play him at 5, but never at 3. That I recall.
At Nova he was the designated non-guard
So he played all 3 front court positions.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
At Villanova, Dante Cunningham split time with Will Sheridan at center for two seasons ...
(i.e., 2005-2006 & 2006-2007) and started over Antonio Pena at center for two seasons (i.e., 2007-2008 & 2008-2009).
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
In Jay Wright's 4-outside/1-inside motion offense, Dante Cunningham was strictly a 5.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
The New Jersey Nets with Trenton Hassell was proof positive that playing someone at the 3 who can't ...
hit a 3 is a dumb, dumb idea.
http://www.82games.com/0910/09NJN8.HTM#onoff
The one small forward for the Nets last season who could stick it from long-distance efficiently was Jarvis Hayes, who had decent +/- numbers on offense. Unfortunately for Hayes, however, his defense is atrocious; hence, non-factors on offense such as Hassell, Chris Douglas-Roberts, and Bobby Simmons all got some playing time at that position, too.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
Win
From Twitter:
If I spent $1.8 billion on a stadium and my team’s fate was in the hands of Jon Kitna and Wade Phillips, I would be so drunk right now.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
hi guys
today has been terrible. I hope it’s going better for you folk. Congratulations on Giants domination GB
#5
It's true, my v key doesn't work properly
ehh it'll be ok
just means tomorrow will be a better day
#5
It's true, my v key doesn't work properly
awww dude that really sucks to hear. I’m very sorry. And thanks, it’s always great to see the Cowboys lose.
Go Blazers! Secure the Win!
indeed
I was supposed to be rooting for the Cowboys so the Redskins would be tied for 1t in the East but I just couldn’t bring myself to do it
#5
It's true, my v key doesn't work properly
it takes a lot to root for the cowboys
most human just don’t have it in them
by HD on Oct 25, 2010 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions
sorry man...
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
yes tomorrow shall be fabulous tho
REBUILT. REBORN.
by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
lol, caller just wondered why the Giants don’t put Barry Zito because he’s 11-1 career against the Rangers.
…
I’m sure its relevant that he dominated them when he was on the A’s and the Rangers were god awful.
MPOTCP>PGOTF
Giants hold
Hang down your head John Kitna, hang down your head and cry, hang down your head John Kitna, the Cowboys are one big fat lie.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Who knows micro?
i need help with a question on my homework
Jack Sprat could eat not fat, his wife could eat no lean. And so betwixt them both, they licked the platter clean. Which of the following is true about Jack and his wife?
a. Marginal utility of fat is negative for Jack; marginal utility of lean is negative for his wife.
b. Marginal utility of fat is falling for Jack; marginal utility of lean is falling for his wife.
c. Marginal utility of lean is negative for Jack; marginal utility of fat is negative for his wife.
d. Marginal utility of lean is rising for Jack; marginal utility of fat is rising for his wife.
E. DS should do his own work
Cue Jks’s lecture on academic honesty. :-)
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I know
I’m having fun with you.
Also I don’t know the answer, that’s one oddly worded macro question.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I was looking for a pic of Bernie Casey, found this instead
I love the internet.
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions
If Jack can’t eat fat, then marginal utility for eating fat is negative. Likewise, marginal utility of lean is negative for his wife.
A is your answer, I do believe.
MPOTCP>PGOTF
^ right
If Jack can’t eat fat, any fat his wife eats makes his marginal utility for eating it negative. And visa versa.
I'm astounded by people who want to "know" the universe when it"s hard enough to find your way around Chinatown."
Woody Allen
It helps to think of marginal = additional and utility = happiness/satisfaction
But I’m sure your professor explained that at some point ;)
"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban
unconditional love.
Stories of unconditional love between parents and children, and how hard love can be sometimes in daily practice.
there’s a new documentary coming out in the next 6 months called the inside job that looks very interesting; in the same light.
by EvilKaramazov on Oct 25, 2010 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I've listened to a few good ones lately
-one about a few kids who found a deserted house, and the story behind it.
-one about inmates acting in a prison production of hamlet
-one about a guy who went to jail for 21 years for a murder he didn’t commit, and his friend trying to prove his innocence.
I'm confused by how Patty feels right now
He just tweeted this:
WOOOHHHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
that fumble probably just made me lose both fantasy games. especially if Dallas scores right here.
Go Blazers! Secure the Win!
I closed one of mine to 30 points and won the other. I’m ok with that considering I was down 50+ coming into tonight
#5
It's true, my v key doesn't work properly
I was down 75 in one and 27 in the other and if i can get 1.75 points in a super high league (I really just need one more carry by bradshaw) I win both.
Go Blazers! Secure the Win!
Giants have apparently made it official: Lincecum, Cain, Sanchez, Bumgarner in that order.
MPOTCP>PGOTF
this is annoying. the more I read about the Rangers and the more stats I look up, the awesomer they seem.
MPOTCP>PGOTF
yeah I was sure the Yankees would roll them
They turned out to be a lot better than I realized
#5
It's true, my v key doesn't work properly
I think the simplistic breakdown is:
offense: Rangers, big
defense: Push
Rotation: Rangers, slightly
Bullpen: Giants
but the Rangers offensive edge is definitely bigger than the Giants bullpen edge. The Giants have to bank on home field advantage, grit, scrap and “it.”
MPOTCP>PGOTF
They can do some things and scrap
And jinx the Ranger D into making key errors.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
the non-lee part of their rotation, their bullpen and their OF defense is all better than I thought.
MPOTCP>PGOTF
oh, he's still a good pitcher.
I’m just less confident in him than I am in six of the other seven starters.
she didn't give any spread.
she gave almost everyone a 3.3-3.6. Gave out one 3.8.
She loved my paper and offered very little to no criticism but I got a 3.6. Which she assures me is fantastic by her grading scale.
That sucks
I always give a good spread on grading.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I hate subjectively graded classes with no guideline for a class mean.
The instructors can do whatever they feel like.
a mouse has been terrorizing me for the last week and a haf
wth else can i do? ive set up spring traps with poison all over the place and glue traps under the fridge, stove, and sink, and the little piece of ish keeps coming out in the open.
aaarggh!!
PHILLY!
get a snake or a cat
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
how about a boot on a stick
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
high powered rifles are then yore only recourse
by EvilKaramazov on Oct 25, 2010 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions
That last TD he had allowed a guy in my league to win 98.8-98.75
Ben: "Pleased with the performance?"
Nate McMillan: "Yeah. I thought we played basketball tonight."
Hollinger is predicting that Oden will win the 6thMOTY award. Why would we play him off the bench?
Mortals are immortal when their soul has been imported
To a source that is more sovereign, important to the whole
He'd also slow down the 2nd unit.
Mortals are immortal when their soul has been imported
To a source that is more sovereign, important to the whole
the second unit has never run.
And I have no problem slowing down the second unit so Greg can post up DJ Mbenga.
just like brandon would be a great weapon against backup wings
it makes no sense to bench your best big man.
PHILLY!
it does with Greg's unreliability thus far.
Camby’s not the type of player who can post up weaker big men, Greg is. So, by having Camby play with Roy dominating the ball, and then bringing in Greg with weaker opposition and basing the offense around him, I think you get a better impact.
Ginobili came off the bench. I have no problem with Greg doing so as well. Plus, it helps with the foul trouble issue.
i disagree
id rather put our best big on the opposing team’s best bigs. greg’s defense matters more to the team than his offense.
what use is having greg guard gortat, while camby struggles with howard?
PHILLY!
that was just an example
generally every other team in the nba starts its best big man. i want my best defender guarding him.
PHILLY!
Camby's a pretty good defender.
I think you’d have some chemistry issues asking him to go the bench in favor of the injured young kid, as well.
How much would it suck to spend the entire game
being guarded by either camby or greg?
by HD on Oct 25, 2010 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
heh--- chemistry problems
at age 36/37in the twilight of his career, i think marcus would yield to the bench without much issue.
PHILLY!
Marcus is a proud guy.
He believes he’s better, as evidenced by answering that he’s the best rebounder.
by Cablinasian on Oct 25, 2010 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah but if he plays e.g 60, that’s giving away a bunch of games in what’s going to be a competitive race.
MPOTCP>PGOTF
If he puts up good enough numbers to win 6MOTY
Then he is winning MIP. So in any case, he ain’t winning 6MOTY.
Now the guy who said he’s get MVP, he might be on to something : P
The only member of the Elliot Williams bandwagon
Idol, how do you write with big letters?
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
SBN comments allows some html format tags
So you can use a like this (enclosed with <>)
p style=“font-size:234%”>this</p
to make
this
let me try
p style="font-size:300%>this</p
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
hold on
p style=“font-size:300%”>this</p
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
hmm
p style="font-size:234%">this</p
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions
you need the carrots bracketing it:
(<>)
by EvilKaramazov on Oct 25, 2010 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions
like this
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
wow
.
.
.
it’s so big
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
this looks ugly
Go Blazers! Secure the Win!
by GiantBlazer on Oct 25, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
tnwy sheep s to you
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
guys
jake’s gonna be so pissed!
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
THERE IS GOING TO BE REAL BASKETBALL ON TOMORROW!!! REAL, HONEST TO GOODNESS NBA TRAILBLAZERS BAWSKETBAWLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ROASWAOUORAARAOOAWWAWSOORRRAOAORRAARRRRRRRGGGHGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 9:27 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
is cliff v timmy the best pitching matchup in the world series since 2001 game 7 (schilling v clemens)?
girls just dont understand
So. Hanging with your best friends is better than watching any football :)
the FB update...im assume
REBUILT. REBORN.
by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
naw I got classes tomorrow and a midterm the next day
but I will be there in spirit and repping #teamdante all over the u of o
by HD on Oct 25, 2010 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
(puts on non-prescription glasses)
oh, now I get it.
by HD on Oct 25, 2010 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
THE BLAZERS ARE PLAYING TOMORROW
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
sorry
The only member of the Elliot Williams bandwagon
by MadBlaze on Oct 25, 2010 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
let’s just do everything jake wants us to do…
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I watched, uh, a snail...
crawling along the edge of a Blazer…
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I was just expressing my excitement
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
what the heck
when i try to do that thing to make the words big it tells me that i have to provide a comment or subject or something like that. it wont let me post. who changed the rules?
its like
the page at http://www.blazersedge.com says:
You must provide either a subject or a comment
by Dirty Socks on Oct 25, 2010 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions
subject
comment
Ha! I provided both. Didn’t think about that did you SBN!
The only member of the Elliot Williams bandwagon
Did you know you can comment on Blazersedge from your phone or PDA? SB Nation has launched mobile commenting. Check it out next time you’re at the game or bar and have something to say.
by Cablinasian on Oct 25, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
rec!
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
keep the conversation going.
Go Blazers! Secure the Win!
by GiantBlazer on Oct 25, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
o
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
aw, I'm just lurnin'
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
we need the zombie diagram that says “It only takes one”
by EvilKaramazov on Oct 25, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
if I nuke it now
everyone will continue to do it and I’ll have to delete again.
by Cablinasian on Oct 25, 2010 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
agreed
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, let's let the junk in this junk live.
No more font modifications in the new JD, though.
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cheer up, Jakey
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by GiantBlazer on Oct 25, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Just use your z
Its not that hard.
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by MadBlaze on Oct 25, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
You two are in love
I used to go by tominhawaii. My real name is still Tom.
by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 26, 2010 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions
For anyone who is interested
Our Prime Minister met with Warner Bros executives today to talk about keeping The Hobbit in NZ. They have banded together in demonising the union.
Typical.
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i don’t see what’s wrong w/ the hobbit in cartoon form as is.
by EvilKaramazov on Oct 25, 2010 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
dude, at least a subject line if it's going to be that huge.
by Cablinasian on Oct 25, 2010 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, this.
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by GiantBlazer on Oct 25, 2010 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
i wanna rock right now
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
is Momo still lurking? I know he has one saved up
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by GiantBlazer on Oct 25, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
how would i know?,.......
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
it’s a question set up for momo to pop in and say “here I am!” not for you to be snarky.
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by GiantBlazer on Oct 25, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
ew i wasn't being snarky. excuse u.
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
hahah, I’m just playin homegirl.
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by GiantBlazer on Oct 25, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I already wrote two posts today...
I'm a Greg Oden honk, yeah.
Even when I was still a Sonic fan, I liked Oden more than Kevin Durant.
by AK1984 on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT
by Tyler Durrden on Oct 25, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
all good. madblaze just volunteered
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
and we’re still waiting on Roybot. I’m hoping my faith in her doesn’t turn out to be unfounded.
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by GiantBlazer on Oct 25, 2010 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
His was awesome
I still miss that guy. At least he has his priorities right though.
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Its gonna be hard for me
I gotta learn how to make a secret message and a poll go right way up. I’ve never done either.
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I had a token upside down answer in my last poll
Because I wanted to make sure you could read it as a sign of me being inclusive of your special needs.
I can learn so much
First up: How to make a good junk
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including the most famous junk of all time. OF ALL TIME
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by GiantBlazer on Oct 25, 2010 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, I’ve made one.
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by GiantBlazer on Oct 25, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I looked it up after idol said
I remember it. It was the heartbreaky one.
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i haven’t made a junk since i told of a man, of a fire, a woman, and desire control everything.
by EvilKaramazov on Oct 25, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
haha yeah
just kidding though. This jd is annoying me, but I’ll show up in the next one.
MPOTCP>PGOTF
too much football talk am i right?
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
no i just meant huh
idk what ak means lol of course
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah but if you read your comments in order it sounds like you're agreeing
Kinda funny, to me at least.
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ALSO not to rain on yo parade or anything.... but i heard elliot williams is horrible =/ lol
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
You drafted Evan Turner lol
Soooo not trusting your bball opinion
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WHY COZ IMMA GIIIIIIRL!!!!!! HUH
naw lol i THOUGHT evan turner was good, he’s cute ;) oh & also wasnt he drafted pretty high up thurr?
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Suri
Its how you wrote sure(eeeeee). I’m so misunderstood.
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u need to stop NOW
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
oh boi do i worry about u
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by portlandgiirl91 on Oct 25, 2010 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
You'll trudge through this, Jake.
I believe in you.
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