JD - 3/15 Bracket Disaster Edition
by LeafHawk on Mar 15, 2010 10:02 AM PDT
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So, if you're like me, you've spent less time watching college basketball than ever before. For whatever reason this makes me more confident about my picks. Also, since my college team of choice enjoyed yet another glorious season of losing (in one of the weakest major conferences in NCAA history I might add) the little time I have watched has been spent mostly watching other teams. If we were judged on picking the first two rounds, ya'll would be in trouble against me. When the games get important, my picks are clutch like Rod Strickland in the 91 Western Conference Finals.
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Woohoo!
I would say a number, but that’s just bad form
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
Depends on the year
But a lot of it in my experience is sheer luck. I’ve been running a pool which has grown to about 200 people (mostly people I grew up with/college friends) and 8 of the 12 years I ran the pool someone who knew next to nothing about basketball (forget college BB) won. Only once has a former player won (and because I was close with the BB team in college I have most of our men’s and woman’s teams on there, including one former three-time D3 all-American) placed (finished top 5).
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I pick largely based on who I know that is with that particular program, or if I don’t know anyone, i largely go with who always does well
#10, #21, #52
Pie Doesn't Win Championships, Cake Wins Championships
by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
So is everyone, every year
And then it turns to dust about halfway through the first game.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I find
that the more thought I put into my bracket, the worse it ends up turning out.
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 15, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Agreed
This is why I had my bracket picked almost before the selection show was off the air.
It was funny though. The ESPN Insider tool basically rates my bracket as “you are zaching crazy and stupid.” even though its conservative for me.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
hmm
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 10:19 AM PDT reply actions
hmm
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 10:19 AM PDT reply actions
they need to take the shot clock down to like 30 or something
maybe it just feels super long cause im used to the nba shot clock but geez it takes freakin forever to run out
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 10:23 AM PDT reply actions
Better have lots of filler material for that game
Which shouldn’t be that hard given the upset of Cuse by Vermont a few years back (which I actually picked correctly). Not going to happen this year.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Yah, but they need Gus for any game that has upset potential.
He’s over the top, but there’s nothing better than hearing some enthusiasm from the play by play guy when a big first round upset is in the making. Gus is the ideal 1st and 2nd round PBP guy.
Yes! Yes! In the face!
I like over the top
As long as its not annoying over the top like Dicky V.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Blakely is going to need to go for 30/20/5/5/5 for Vermont to win
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Cuse is only a 17 point favorite
That’s not a lot for a 1-seed.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
wow, I would be all over Cuse to cover that if I were a betting man
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Your team is 4 point dogs
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/odds
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
sounds about right
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
I am warning everyone that will listen that Temple is flat out a better team than Cornell
They cruised through the best A10 in years. Cornell coach Steve Donahue worked under Temple coach Fran Dunphy at Penn. Dunphy has never lost a game to any of his former assistants. Temple is the best in the country at defending the perimeter, potentially canceling Cornell’s #1 strength.
I am telling everyone that picking Cornell is only a smart play if your pool has upset bonus points. Cornell is becoming a trendy pick because everyone loves an Ivy League darling. Cornell over Temple is only the 3rd most likely 12/5 upset. Utah State over T A&M and UTEP over Butler are much more likely.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
i know your game, Jake.
you can’t fool me. we are too much alike.
you are just trying to give yourself really really low expectations so you won’t be disappointed if Cornell loses. Temple? please….in a fight between a Bear and and Owl, a Bear will win.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
haha
no, you know I’m a pessimist, but I believe every word I wrote there. Cornell can win— Temple doesn’t blow out teams, so this one will probably stay close enough to at least give Cornell a chance— but Temple is really good.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
nope
they guaranteed they’d have it posted by 5 Eastern today, and in typical inept Cornell Athletics fashion, they are going right down to the wire. Honestly, how hard would it be to have the lottery’s for all 8 sites already done before hand. Pathetic.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
They have it done for the general public
Its the specific teams that are a problem and you really can’t do it in advance due to unpredictability.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
What Oregon has done before, which is nice
Is you can enter a bid for all sites or only if certain sites are picked beforehand.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
yeah that's how they did it
I’m just saying you could have done all 8 lotteries beforehand and then just posted the results of the lottery for the site that got picked after the show.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
i haven’t seen them at all. I picked Cornell partly cause you talk about them so much, partly cause they are a 12 and they seem to be facing the 5 that i don’t know very well. haha. i’m real scientific about this stuff.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I have clearly contributed to Cornell being overrated by the average BEdger
Jay Bilas has gone senile btw.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
haha…what did Jay Bilas say?
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
beating Kentucky?
he really has lost his mind. i thought it was a stretch for me having them beat Wisconsin. apparently even beating Temple is a stretch though. oh well, i’m sticking with the Cornell Teddy Bears!
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey I picked Portland State to go to Sweet 16 last year
As a PSU grad student. In retrospect real stupid since Xavier was about the worst match up for them at that seed line (size and the ability to match PSU shooting 3s).
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I am calling Montana over New Mexico. Sorry but the entire state of NM is about to be in a severe malaise.
Take that jonestr!
I get the paper, so I don't care!
I’m calling Vandy in the final 4
#10, #21, #52
Pie Doesn't Win Championships, Cake Wins Championships
by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
i watched that this morning. doesn’t look too bad
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
indeed. a PG-13 would ruin it. but with Rodriquez directing, I’d like to think he’ll do the right thing.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
ah man….i thought this was gonna be the Tron 2 trailer….
that looks like it might be ok too
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
I think the natives (here at BEdge)
are going to be restless by Friday. A week without a game, and we’ll probably be eating our young.
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
Thankfully coincides with the start of the NCAAs
That’ll help a bit.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
i’m always restless and savage.
no, this will work out well for me—I really need to double my efforts in life and get some poop done.
by EvilKaramazov on Mar 15, 2010 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
There is that....
I can actually work at work.
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 15, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I didn't get Thursday off from work, but I'm off Friday.
I heart 13 hours of basketball.
Yes! Yes! In the face!
I'm bringing a radio to the game Friday
So I can listen to the NCAAs while we destroy the Washington And 1 crew (that’s about all they are at this point).
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
At least we didn’t lose last night. That would have been horrible. 30 fanposts a day asking ‘Whats wrong with this team???’
If we win a title, I promise not to hate on anyone associated with the Blazers for 1 full season - jksnake99
No kidding
now at least we will only have the requisite daily 4 negative fast posts that we get after a win
Roybot: "Then he said "My girlfriend is from LA." to which I replied "Well then you need to find a new girlfriend."’
by 92wastheyear on Mar 15, 2010 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Just heard on the radio that Quinn has been traded to Denver
Another over-hyped failed ND QB.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Is there any other kind
…..other than the miracle that is Joe Montana?
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 15, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
joe was just lucky, not from being irish
unfortunately it was like a thousand times in a row.
"I told somebody to stop crying," Pendergraph said after the game. "Actually, I told them all to stop crying."
I mean who are the other ND QB busts?
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Rick Mirer
#10, #21, #52
Pie Doesn't Win Championships, Cake Wins Championships
by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Steve Beuerlein
#10, #21, #52
Pie Doesn't Win Championships, Cake Wins Championships
by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
so in other words they have 1 more QB Bust than Oregon?
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
doubtful… Mirer was an Akili Smith level bust… I’d put the two programs on fairly equal ground in terms of QB’s through the ages (their best was better, but their worst was worster as well)
#10, #21, #52
Pie Doesn't Win Championships, Cake Wins Championships
by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Not one mention of Ron Paulus yet?
Was he the guy Beano Cook first said would win three Heisman Trophies? I know he predicts every ND QB to win now, but I think it was Ron whom he was especially over the moon for.
Yes! Yes! In the face!
I was just goin for pro-busts… Clausen will be one soon
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Is anyone else rooting for the Nets to claim the all time worst 82 game season?
I like seeing history being made.
"In Batum's case he must realize he is very likely the first Blazer to successfully fight over a pick all season..."
-Ben
I have been for a while
I don’t see them doing it. They only have to win 2 more games to tie the record and they’re playing not totally crappy right now.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Roy named Western conference POY
Says ESPN.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I liked it better the first way
#10, #21, #52
Pie Doesn't Win Championships, Cake Wins Championships
by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Me too
Screw LeBron and especially Kobe. ROY=MVP.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I hold gruges against teams that have under performed for my bracket in years past
thus I never trust Pittsburgh.
I didn't trust Kansas for years
And still don’t trust Kentucky for that reason.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
always trust Michigan State. i pretty much always have them in the sweet 16.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
yes. i’m only about 70 pages in. i seem to be able to only read about 30-40 pages at a sitting. which isn’t a good sign for me. with a good book i can usually go about 60-100 in a sitting. but maybe this is just starting out slow. they’ve tried to build intrigue now but you already know who the spy is pretty much. at least, it seems that way. so i’m just waiting for Paul to start kicking some butt pretty much.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
well Herbert might be just pulling a fast one here but he’s at least wants me to think the spy is Yueh. And so that’s what i must do. i won’t be surprised if this is wrong, but if it is i’d rather he never alluded to Yueh being the spy in the first place. with any luck, this book will get better.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
IT IS BETTER
Who the spy is, isn’t the point anyways ya numb nuts IT IS AMAZING YA FAT FATTIE FAT GUY.
#52
you are hurting my feeling.
it’s the only one i have left and you are killing it, Mortimer. KILLING IT!
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
well
maybe you shouldn’t be so fat then.
Yueh being the spy isn’t really a secret, I don’t think. Ya need to SIT and READ and finish it before we have another game— or die trying.
#52
i've got a SG that needs to be a hall of famer.
speaking of, my idiot franchise just traded for Allen Iverson. on the same day i score over half of my team’s points and give us only our 6th win of the year against 15 losses. i hate being on PHX.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
That kind of stuff happened to me allllll the time my rookie year
It stopped once my “overall” rating was about 80.
I’d be DOMINATING, in 1st place for the MVP race, and we’d trade for Keyon Dooling and I’d go back to the end of the bench.
Or, every once in a while, for no reason, D’Antoni would sit me and play Toney Douglas over me. It was lame. Just had to re-earn my starting spot back.
What is your overall rating? It seems to be tied to that, I say… for initial playing time, anyways.
#52
it is 71 right now. i’ve been raising up my awareness categories cause i started to wonder if my overall rating would help me be more consistent. i think it might have done that actually.
i’m in my 2nd year now too and i’ve been starting and everything. hopefully they’ll trade the backup PG and Iverson will take over that role. but i looked at the rotations and i went from getting the most minutes on the team (24 in a 28 minute game) to only 11.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions
It's an annoying feature
Yeah, raising those other categories will help your overall rating, but I still say it boils down to the athleticism stats— get those maxed, then you’ll always be able to outplay your teammates to get the minutes back if ya lose them because your overall rating isn’t high enough.
What you’ll gotta do now, is play awesome, and earn your role back. Then, what always happened to me with the other PGs on the Knicks, is that they start complaining once I take my role back from them, and they get traded.
If your minutes are down to 11 a game, just make sure they’re a gangbusters 11 minutes. Soon, after a few games, you’ll be back to what you had before and Iverson will want a trade.
#52
To me, though, DTL...
…and you gotta know I only want you to succeed like I have…
Any day playing 2K10 that isn’t spent maxing out your athleticism stats, is wasted day.
Don’t you wanna be AWESOME?!?!?!?!??!?!?!
We’ll get to work on your anti-Dune attitude later.
#52
first of all...
i AM awesome. i’m just trying to get more awesome.
second of all, i am not anti-Dune. yet. i’m just underwhelmed after the first 70 pages of the 400+ page book. i believe it will get better there has just been a lot of setup so far. i think (hope) i am now getting in to the actual story and plot and not just listening to characters jabber.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions
85 right now, i believe.
i don’t just hold turbo down the whole game, but i use it quite a bit. my stamina is fine. i’m gonna start upping my speed. it’ll take me a lot of games to get it to 99. i’m at 71 now. my quickness is at 70. those are the two that i gotta get moving now. i think everything else is ok for the time being.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Stamina at 99 is important too
It’s actually the first thing I get to 99, so I can use turbo more, which means more dunks, more steals, more getting seperation from my man so I break down the defense, etc.
I think you got a good foundation, DTL, but you need a 2K10 coach to get the most out of you. Anything below 90-something for stamina is unacceptable.
#52
hahaha. ok, Mort.
i can’t dunk either. it’s only at 40 right now. my dunk rating was stupidly low for a 6’6" SG. started out at 26. lame.
my average teammate rating is A+ now. i get about 1200-1450 points a game (depending on how many of the objectives i meet). i’ve just spread the points around quite a bit instead of focusing on one thing over and over. so i’m pretty high in all around stuff. all the important ones are at least 70.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Just remember this
It is more important to raise the right skill 1 point, than the wrong skill 5 points.
I think you’ve spent a lot on the shooting stats, which is fine because you don’t handle the ball as much as me since you’re the SG and not the PG, but don’t put anymore into them.
Even with 40 dunk skill, I’d think you’d be dunking at least when wide open, not tired, and using turbo. Before I had my stamina real good, I wasn’t dunking at the end of quarters or the end of games much at all, even on breakaway steals.
Here is my gameplan for you. Do not deviate it from it, no matter what, not even if raising your “consistency” stat is all you dreamed of.
STEP 1: Get Stamina to 99.
STEP 2: Get Quickness to 99.
STEP 3. Get Speed to 99.
Now, there will be some exceptions… if you get a bunch of skill points at once because of a milestone or whatever, then use them ALL on SPEED, over everything else. Most normal games, you should get enough to increase stamina or quickness just from your normal points you earn from a single game.
Just do those 3 skills, then report back to me. I urge you, do not put a single skill point in something else until you spend as much as you can on those 3.
THE EXCEPTION: Let’s say you got 1800 skill points to spend, and you use it all on Stamina. But you got, like, 175 left. It is ok, if you choose, to use that on something else, like steals. Or rebounding. That can be your choice.
Otherwise, stop being a jack of all trades and master of none, and get your athletic stats MAXED. OUT. Then you will be the best SG in the game!
#52
BTW Cloudy
When Grooveshark is back up, look up AZIZ ANSARI and listen to his comedy album. He’s funny.
#52
This is one of the comments that Mortimer used to write all of the time
back in the day when he would sign every post
Mortimer
This is a vintage performance.
Usually in the main page areas and fanposts
I sign my name, but never in the JD or GDT.
And today, I wrote in a Batum/Oden thread, and I think I forgot to sign ’em!
I’m slippin’. The JD is ruining me.
#52
okey doke.
except i’m gonna go speed, then stamina, then quickness.
and on that note, i’m gonna go play 3 or 4 games.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions
The backstory is important
even in the movie version they spend the first 10 minutes (give or take) giving the backstory of the guild, spice, the Harkonnans, etc. It all comes into play.
oh yes, i’m sure it will all come in to play. it’s just a slog to get through all at once. i get why he has to do it. i’ll pick it up later tonight.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions
perhaps if the pictures popped up in some manner
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions
perhaps. do you have any i can borrow? or has have you not had them read to you yet?
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions
not yet… all them wordy things is hard ya’ll
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
that has occurred… but it’s cause I want my hour back, and I don’t want to wait till fall to get it
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m Sneezy
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
i’m probably Bashful
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
not a dwarf… Dopey
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Sleepy, Doc, Bashful
those are the 7 dwarves….
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
HEY EVERYBODY, DTL LOVES DISNEY VERSIONS OF CLASSIC STORIES… HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves is a cinema classic and an important film. of course i know something about it. hahaha….
by the way, i think you’re Grumpy….
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Why not
DTL has a child-like quality that is undeniable …..most do to the size of his junk…at least that is what I hear
Roybot: "Then he said "My girlfriend is from LA." to which I replied "Well then you need to find a new girlfriend."’
by 92wastheyear on Mar 15, 2010 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
all right….who talked!?
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Who hasn't?
Roybot: "Then he said "My girlfriend is from LA." to which I replied "Well then you need to find a new girlfriend."’
by 92wastheyear on Mar 15, 2010 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
i do tend to get around…..it’s true.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Now it's the same time in AZ as it is in OR., except on the rez where they
observe daylight savings time. FYI
#52
I like how the rez is it's own little fifedom!!
This is why I can smoke in comfort when I am in the casino
Roybot: "Then he said "My girlfriend is from LA." to which I replied "Well then you need to find a new girlfriend."’
by 92wastheyear on Mar 16, 2010 7:40 AM PDT up reply actions
dwyer:
Portland 109, Toronto 98
I love offense. While watching the late showing of “Winning Time” last night, my better half couldn’t understand why I was making these involuntary gagging noises as the documentary reeled off some of the final scores from the 1994 Eastern Conference finals: 78 points, 68 points. Winning with 88 points. Ugh. I miss some of that, but overall? Good riddance.
This game? This was hard to watch. It honestly was, because the defense was so bad on either end. Both teams are slow-down scorers, so the raw score didn’t reek of a 132-121 Phoenix win over the Warriors, but the defense was just as bad as those two teams at their worst.
Portland scored 109 points in an 80 possession game, and that’s pretty bad. I respect Portland’s offense a great deal and like that team a lot, but that’s just miserable defense, Toronto. And it was exactly what you would expect after seeing that Portland made 12-20 three-pointers: Toronto just didn’t close out. Didn’t even consider it.
The Blazers weren’t much better, defensively. The Trail Blazers had 136.5 points per 100 possessions, 122 points per 100 for Toronto. Stinko.
this was a good take
And a big reason to be concerned about the future of the Blazers. Great teams have a defensive ethos instilled in them from the get-go, and never turn off that defensive intensity. The Blazers prefer to win with offense. If this is going to be a dominant team, performances like last night on the defensive end have to be considered unacceptable.
Great teams have a defensive ethos instilled in them from the get-G.O.
Oden cures a lot of our defensive ills
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
i think atomic’s point about a defensive mindset is good though. This team doesn’t seem to have it, no matter how much they say they do. Aside from Batum, Oden, Przybilla, and Camby are there any other players on this team who seem committed to the defensive end all game every game? I don’t think so. the mindset just isn’t there.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
our players are lazy…
.
.
let’s start a new Bedge truth
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
We call those Bedge Facts
Thanks Corvid
Roybot: "Then he said "My girlfriend is from LA." to which I replied "Well then you need to find a new girlfriend."’
by 92wastheyear on Mar 15, 2010 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
some of it is innate, but i think that is for the great defenders, like Batum, GO, and Przy. the rest of it is coaching. a good coaching should be able to coax the defense out of them. Cause really, it’s about knowing that defense will win you a championship. if you want to win…..you HAVE to play defense all game long.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Like Dwyer said
your offense can go sour, but you have to be able to count on your defense to keep you in games.
i don’t know. I think guys like Howard and Camby need to be the ones to approach Roy, perhaps in private, perhaps not, and tell him he needs to get the team to focus on defense. who knows. the inter-team social dynamics are kinda lost on me. But I agree with Atomic: Roy is the guy that needs to lead by example on the defensive end.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
this seems like a good idea… I wonder what has changed between last season and this one with Roy, is it the nagging injuries? last season he seemed to try on defense more consistently than this season
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
i’m not sure either…but he does seem different. i don’t know why, but the idea that his ego has gotten big is nagging at me. like he doesn’t think he needs to try on defense because he can carry the team on offense. i’ve also wondered if all the iso offense at the end of games is Nate or Roy saying to Nate: give me the ball and i’ll be the super star.
Roy has been mildy worrisome to me this year.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not worried about his ego, cause it hasn’t shown up off the court, I’m concerned that he feels he was tired at the end of last season and is conserving for the playoffs (which if he can turn it on and do well then, I’ll be OK with)
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Would they be able to understand Batum if he was that vocal?
The accent’s kinda thick still. He’s getting a lot better though.
Yes! Yes! In the face!
that would be funny.
“what’d Frenchy just say?”
“i don’t know….watch my new iso move!”
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
It's the whole structure
When Bayless screws up a read on the offensive end and misses an open Roy, Nate and Roy make sure he knows what he’s done wrong. If somebody blows an assignment on defense, there’s not the same kind of inquest. So whoever has the stature within the locker room to make the supporting players know the importance of defense is fine with me.
I get the feeling that Batum (as a relatively green second year guy) and Camby (as a newcomer) probably don’t have that kind of standing. With a young team, a lot of the impetus for leadership has to come from the coach, and as I mentioned above, he also is much more invested in offense than defense.
IIRC GO was doing a bit of that on the defensive end before he got hurt… I remember Przy doing that as well
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
not many teams have an amazing offense and an amazing defense… last year was about the team learning… this year doesn’t count too much cause of all the injuries… I still have faith that next year will be better (I sound like an OSU fan)
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
2009 NATIONAL CHAMPS
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Indoor Track and field – Mens
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought OSU won the CBI last year.
What did the basketball team do in 2007?
Yes! Yes! In the face!
Teams that have an amazing offense and an amazing defense
tend to be the types of teams that win championships
yeah, but you don’t need both to do it… look at the pistons a few years ago, or the Spurs… an efficient offense and great defense can win championships… as can a great offense and efficient defense (L@kers)
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
True
but you generally need to be top 10 on one side of the ball and top 5 in the other in order to win a championship.
I think we have the pieces to do that… it’s just a matter of getting them on the court together
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
exactly
Defense is a team effort, and great defensive teams pull together and fight harder than ever when their best defenders get hurt. Maybe they aren’t as effective, but it hurts just as much when they get scored on.
Part of this is that I don’t think we really have a defensive leader. Our two “top dogs” (LA and Roy) are not only offensively oriented, they frequently simply eschew defensive effort.
Even though we have good individual defenders DTL listed above, it’s much more difficult to get everybody to buy in when the top scorers aren’t leading by example. The only way to really rectify this is to get Roy to step into this role, play hard on defense, and get after guys who don’t.
Rudy, Martell, Bayless, Dante
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
are you really saying Rudy is focused on the defensive end all game?
i can sorta buy Bayless and Dante and Martell….sorta…
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Rudy plays some pretty good help D… focused on D and defensively focused are two different things, I’m saying Rudy is paying attention and trying on D, not that he is an outstanding defender
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
i’m not even sure how much he tries except in passing lanes. maybe i don’t look for effort in the right places though…..that is very possible.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
He is also always looking at getting blocks and steal
when the offensive player in unaware he is there
Roybot: "Then he said "My girlfriend is from LA." to which I replied "Well then you need to find a new girlfriend."’
by 92wastheyear on Mar 15, 2010 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
he closes out pretty well, I don’t think he has the foot speed to stay in front of a good 1 or 2… and doesn’t have the strength to not get out muscled by a 3… but I don’t ever recall thinking that he wasn’t trying out there like I have with Roy or Miller
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah....he will never have the body to set up and go mano a mano
with an offensive player…but he knows this and does what he can
Roybot: "Then he said "My girlfriend is from LA." to which I replied "Well then you need to find a new girlfriend."’
by 92wastheyear on Mar 15, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
it’s about everyone on the team actually giving a crap about defense in every game, and not relying on someone else to bail out their pathetic effort.
by Cablinasian on Mar 15, 2010 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
as much as i bag on Bayless...
he’s a guy that really seems like he would be all for playing hard defense all game long and sort of does. maybe he’s just not very good yet, but he’s played some pretty good defensive stretches. at least he’s trying.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
right
So long as management sends the message that the way to the top of the totem pole (and make no mistake, getting paid means status) is to score, there will be no incentive to bust your tail on defense. Someone has to bust Roy and LA’s chops for their inconsistent defensive effort.
this is the first time we’ve agreed in a while, eh Cabby?
hahaha
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
we have had a better defensive C than GO in Joel for the last several years
and we have still sucked on D.
We are a poorly coached defensive team, and we have 2 key players who are lazy, terrible defenders.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
And we persist with playing Juwan as if he’s a key player, despite him being perhaps the worst defender on the roster. He gives you all the bad of LaMarcus without the ability to switch out on picks. I think Nate only continues playing Juwan because he has no real sense for the defensive end of the floor.
Playing Juwan as many minutes as we do is grounds for Nate's immediate dismissal lMO
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
I continue to argue that LMA isn’t a bad one on one defender… he doesn’t know his rotations all the time for help D, and he’s not a shot blocker, but he is a good match-up defender
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
not in the post
and defensive rotations are crucial.
He is a good perimeter defender and does a very nice job after p+r switches.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
he does a good job at stripping the ball in the post, bodies up well, but cannot match-up with the strength of a boozer/millsap or Randolph
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
That's why I said I'd ban myself for a year if the Blazers got out of the first round
Andre Miller couldn’t guard that chair that was guarding Yi Jianlian in his workout video. The Blazers need a proven veteran that will play defense and motivate/yell at his teammates to play better defense. Instead he thinks because he runs the offense, that Batum should do his defense for him.
Andre Miller is Judas.
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
This is all part of George's plan
he is positioned such that he has a clear shot to strike the tiger’s head with his sword.
GAMER OVER
THAT'S probably why
tigers are on the verge of extinction
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 15, 2010 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
128 teams?
Awesomeness (ô'səm-nes)
1. n. Something that inspires awe
2. n. Nicolas Batum
by thomasikehara on Mar 15, 2010 12:04 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
GOOOO FIGHTIN BARBERS
Brandon Roy - The Savior Of Portland Basketball
by rise_stand_resist on Mar 15, 2010 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
we need 256 teams
and the bottom sixty teams draw straws for the final spots.
"I told somebody to stop crying," Pendergraph said after the game. "Actually, I told them all to stop crying."
wat
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
oooh what did you find?
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
i need to know what im doing right!
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
i dont know it was up on the ‘recent news’ thing when i turned facebook on this morning. a poorly colored image, it seemed.
haha def not drawn by me
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by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 8:06 PM PDT up reply actions
do you like movies about gladiators, cloudy?
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Roger, Roger.
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 15, 2010 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
of course we are. and don’t call me, Shirly.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I am posting airplane quotes, and don't call me Shirley.
I was blinded to that by sick alley-oops and facials
not to mention Greg crotchifyin’ suckas
by Tyler Durrden on Mar 15, 2010 2:32 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
not really.
Ben said LA took an unnecessary shot at the fans in an interview with Brian T Smith, but Ben is wrong. LA made a good point about fans and what they have to say.
also, Gavin Dawson is leaving Portland and 95.5 to go to Dallas.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Ben also said Blazer Broadcasting is having problems, when their signal is fine outside of Portland.
I usually prefer a little more research.
But given that the biggest group of fans is in Portland
FAIL!
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Well, that's certainly one way to see it.
I’m more concerned that if you’re going to yell FAIL, you know who to properly yell at.
Fail to Comcast then
Since everything bad that happens on TV must be their fault.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Except for the pinnacle of all TV evil
ESPN 360! Comcast held out as long as they could.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Oh gawd it's gonna be CiP and Dwight? By themselves???
This is gonna suck
I was blinded to that by sick alley-oops and facials
not to mention Greg crotchifyin’ suckas
by Tyler Durrden on Mar 15, 2010 12:42 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I imagine they’ll have to add someone new
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
i think he said radio. 105.3 maybe? something like that. not sure. it is in Ben’s post though.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Their lineup of featured personalities looks "awesome". They also have their own bald-headed guy.
Well, with more teams to cover, maybe that will help him. I liked Gavin on the podcasts with Dave, though often not when I listened in on the radio.
they must really love their radio down in Dallas
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
OREGON LEADS THE FULMER CUP!
Due to our off-season fun. WOOT!
http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2010/3/15/1373770/fulmer-cupdate-the-big-board-gets
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
They can see the future
The Fulmer cup is a way of ranking schools for, shall we say, extracurricular activities such as crimes and drugs, or in OSU’s case, sheep sex.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I throw darts
I’ve given up on making real picks.
If we win a title, I promise not to hate on anyone associated with the Blazers for 1 full season - jksnake99
Vote Lane Kiffin for Esquire's sexist woman in the world
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
we don't care about hot wimmins here
we like basketball
"In Batum's case he must realize he is very likely the first Blazer to successfully fight over a pick all season..."
-Ben
sexist=/=sexiest
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
it does when we’re talking bout Lane kiffin
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
after i’ve de-flowered you ark, i’m going to call you tennessee.
by EvilKaramazov on Mar 15, 2010 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
your a little late for my de-flowering
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
and here I thought you were a hipster artist… Microsoft… SMH
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
better upset possibilities than Cornell over Temple
- Utah St. over TAMU (tossup game)
- UTEP over Butler (lean Butler, but not by much)
- Siena over Robbie Hummel-less Purdue
- Murray St. over Vandy
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Strangely those top 2
Are not going to be seen by most of the country since they are in that middle slot between the two main CBS telecasts. Unless you’re in one of their markets or have CBS College Sports that is.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
i did pick Utah St and Siena.
but i have Butler going far.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I have Butler in my sweet 16, but I worry about that game
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
i have them in the Elite 8.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
also, all 4 11s have a better chance than Cornell does
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
all 4 11/6 games are close to being tossups IMO
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
That's how you have to buy them
Its a good deal and if you don’t want to go you can sell them as you leave. Always folks trying to buy tickets at sites.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
6 games for $249
Is in my view a good deal.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
$50 a game?
for what kind of seats?
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
They're all priced the same
That’s what I paid last year and I was behind the basket 100 level at the RG.
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then that is not as good a deal
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, for those type of seats that’s a good deal.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
A lot of it is luck of the draw
I got lucky. The old annoying thing is that my seats were near the media entrance so I got to watch Clownzano go by several times. It took all my internal strength not to jump up and scream at him.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Scalpers always work
Especially if they make the second round, losing team fans will be happy to dump their tickets on you as they leave.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
that’s really funny
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
2K Games has released a multiple player pack for Bioshock 2
It costs $5 to install. But after people paid the money, they realized they were getting tiny files. After inquiring, the game company admitted the “new” multiplayer pack is already on the Bioshock 2 disc they own. They’re just asking users to pay money to unlock data on the disc they already purchased.
Shockingly, this is not going over well in the gaming community.
wow……
that’s a great racket
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
give me money, and i’ll tell you more.
by EvilKaramazov on Mar 15, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
wow.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I wish he was my friend so I could bother him to paint me something!
If only I knew any other talented painters………….. dot dot dot dot
#52
i'll paint you something, Mort.
it will be great. and the predominant color will be brown. maybe with a few yellow spots here and there and possibly a tint of green.
don’t mind the smell. it’s part of the experience.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions
you really like finger painting huh?
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
i use gloves
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
fingerless gloves
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions
You losing your marbles
is not unique
Roybot: "Then he said "My girlfriend is from LA." to which I replied "Well then you need to find a new girlfriend."’
by 92wastheyear on Mar 15, 2010 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m guessing it’s all hand drawn
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Quotes like this from Batum are making my mancrush of him so strong a restraining order is sure to follow.
“I got something special with Hedo because that’s the first guy who kicked my ass last year,” said Batum. “You can’t do that again. I play against him in the summer too, France and Turkey. Boris (Diaw) wants to guard him, I say ‘No no, I got it. I got it.’”
Yes! Yes! In the face!
i like their first two albums quite a bit.
by EvilKaramazov on Mar 15, 2010 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
i like all their albums.
but i put Rush of Blood to the Head in my car a while back and it stayed there for a loooooong time. i’d forgotten how great it was.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
WOOHOO ALL OF MY FINALS ARE DONE!
If we win a title, I promise not to hate on anyone associated with the Blazers for 1 full season - jksnake99
i hope the teachers you had to sleep with to get good grades were good looking
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Not really
But I planted my seed in each of their daughter’s bellys so they could have a piece of my lineage
If we win a title, I promise not to hate on anyone associated with the Blazers for 1 full season - jksnake99
that was thoughtful of you. i’m sure they will appreciate that
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m gonna go drive now. Later haters!
If we win a title, I promise not to hate on anyone associated with the Blazers for 1 full season - jksnake99
i’ve found it always helps to just play a Blazer game in my head and do my own commentary.
that’s totally normal right?
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
i do that too
Awesomeness (ô'səm-nes)
1. n. Something that inspires awe
2. n. Nicolas Batum
by thomasikehara on Mar 15, 2010 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions
So a bunch of kids from my school got arrested today
http://www.oregonlive.com/gresham/index.ssf/2010/03/centennial_high_school_student.html
well like 4 from my school but i know alot of them involved.
Odenized
with Jeans in hand
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow.....
two suspects, with other juveniles, started stacking jeans at the Nordstrom at Washington Square. When interrupted, they ran out of the store yelling, “You can’t catch us!”
FAIL
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 15, 2010 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
if i was in that store i would have started laughing
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
i will defend you’re name in same weigh here on BE; don’t worry our fifty sense influenced circle will steigh strong.
by EvilKaramazov on Mar 15, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I admit Noting
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
comment on the second page of comments:
If they play football, they might be able to get a scholarship to UofO.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
O-Live… where good taste goes to die…
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
indeed
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
you’d think a guy with the name Marco Polo would have been able to plan better escape routes….
and yet….they seem to be a semi-successful theiving squad.
but they should have sold out of their school district and not kept the product themselves. if there’s one thing i’ve learned from my many years of…i mean….one thing i heard from some other people about their many years of being ace robbery types is that you never keep the product for yourself. and don’t flaunt the money.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
this comment is interesting as well....
“The ring members are accused of swiping True Religion, Rock & Republic and 7 For All Mankind jeans, which retail from $165 to more than $275 a pair. "
Uhmmm, who’s robbing whom? Then again, stupid is as stupid does.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
He was actually a pretty good basketball player
but they where all in that stoner/skater circle of friends that partied alot so i guess you could see it coming sord of
Odenized
made in China?
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
they aren’t juveniles. they’re all 18 or over it looked like.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Six juveniles, ages 16 and 17, and five young men, ages 18 to 20, were arraigned Thursday on counts of first-degree theft and organized retail theft, a felony defined by state lawmakers three years ago.
Maybe those were the “young men”. Still I don’t like it to show young people with their face and name in the paper, at least as long as they have been accused and not convicted. Nobody of them is old enough to drink, but apparently old enough to be publicly embarrassed. Shouldn’t happen.
i personally believe they should
Those guys are all over 18 and Matt Murphy is a really cocky kid, you can see from his comments. If their old enough to steal 20 thousand dollars worth of jeans then their old enough to be put through the embarrassment
Odenized
in the US if you’re over 18 that is old enough to have your picture shown in regards to criminal activity. personally, i think it’s fine as hopefully the public embarrassment will make these people think twice before they commit a crime again. (thought it likely won’t) as for not being convicted, they were caught on security tape and in that very story one of them admitted to stealing stuff.
legal drinking age doesn’t have anything to do with it.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Its funny how stupid they are
They basically admitted to it, got caught on camera and pleated Not Guilty
public school system for you
Odenized
they’re facing felonies, which in itself appears to be the greatest punishment. i aint no lawer, but i’d guess they’ll try to plea out of that somehow. as is, it looks to be pretty hot water; not guilty will give whoever is in charge sometime to sort things out.
by EvilKaramazov on Mar 15, 2010 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
that makes sense
I would think that good legal counsel would encourage the kids to plead guilty to a misdemenor because that won’t wreck your life nearly as much as a felony will.
I’ve seen that, it’s just that when you are under 18 or under 21 you are considered a junior in many criminal systems. And it doesn’t seem right to me to publish the full name and photo of someone who is not yet legally convicted. Even most tabloids wouldn’t do that in Europe – by their own decision or by law. They would pixelate faces or put a black box over the eyes, and use pseudonyms or write “suspect Matt. M”.
18 is old enough to be tried as an adult here.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Sure. Theft however is a typical “coming-of-age” crime, though in this case it was clearly planned and organized which makes things worse. As the “felony” charge indicts. Between age 18 – 20 you can of course get tried and convicted for all crimes in much of the world, but sentences are often way shorter.
not in America Bub
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
$20,000 is one hell of a “coming-of-age” crime.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
In the US
arrest records are public records and as such are available for review by the media. In theory, if someone is arrested and a big hoopla results, and then they are found innocent, there should be just a such publicity to allow the person to clear their name. There should also be a LOT of uses of the word alleged in any media coverage before a conviction.
At least that’s how it;s supposed to work here.
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 15, 2010 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree
they shouldn’t have published it yet. They should have waited until conviction… and that should be the same for everyone, regardless of their age.
if you believe Canzano that is…..(and Hedo)
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
they get an email at the O whenever a comment is submitted, they have to approve them all
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
if i had a spring break i’d consider it
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
does she have a sister? DTL would like to know
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
the “to” knows it’s role
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Mortimer is a big fan of "Taking Care of Business"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103035/
Nah, I just caught that tonight, and it’s still fairly funny. And maybe the first time I’ve seen Gates McFadden in a role outside of Star Trek TNG. John De Lancie also has a little role in scenes with her, so that was kind of distracting. That and an unusual amount of bikini scenes for a family comedy of that time.
Ah....that movie
Yeah it was good……Mr Destiny is my favorite Jim Belushi movie
Roybot: "Then he said "My girlfriend is from LA." to which I replied "Well then you need to find a new girlfriend."’
by 92wastheyear on Mar 15, 2010 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions
they don't update that cite enough
also to show how hip i am i like totes linked this a while ago
signed
hipster dan
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by HD on Mar 15, 2010 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions
lol
drake looks like an australian kangaroo
loveisrespect
by portlandgiirl91 on Mar 16, 2010 2:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Sergio link from Ben's posty thingy
“Sergio’s a nice young man, easy going, he has good instincts and he knows how to play but he had not yet learned how to win. Sergio is and was professionally immature.
The rest, and not all is negative like that, here. Long story short— came over too young.
#52
i'm kind of irked right now....
all i wanted to do was watch Winning Time, the new 30 for 30 doc. so i dvr’d the midnight showing of it on ESPN2 last night……but they showed other stuff instead!
so now i don’t get to watch Winning Time. stupid espn….
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
i still dont know what to make of the bracket this year. this is what i got so far:
1) i hate this matchup for cornell. any other 5 seed and i pick them to make it to the sweet 16. i took temple, but hopefully they win anyways
2) baylor is the best team in the south region.
3) utep, washington, and st mary’s are the double digit seeds i have in the sweet 16
4) purdue will beat siena
5) final 4: kansas, kentucky, baylor, syracuse
6) i have byu in the elite 8
in my bedge bracket i just picked the opposite of
what i picked for upsets in the junk bracket so hopefully i was either very wrong or very right with my initial picks, mediocrity would be worse case scenario
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by HD on Mar 15, 2010 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions
1) yeah, Temple’s perimeter defense could be killer for Cornell. I don’t like it the matchup. The positives for Cornell are that Temple tends to play low scoring games (sometimes keeping an inferior team close), doesn’t force turnovers and doesn’t get to the foul line. I think Michigan State and Butler would have been tough matchups for Cornell also. T A+M, Purdue w/o Hummel, Vandy and any of the 6 seeds would have been better though.
2) Duke is better than Baylor, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the Bears win.
3) I like Utah State or Siena to get to the sweet 16, very possibly playing each other in round 2. I have USU winning.
4) I agree, but its close to a tossup.
5) Kansas, West Virginia, Duke, Cuse
6) me too.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
im staying away from siena because they are everyone’s ‘sexy’ pick.
i also like texas a&m, but that 5/12 game is basically a toss up imo.
definitely. Utah State is the best 12 seed.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
you think west virginia beats kentucky? i think patterson and cousins cancel out w va’s main advantage
I just really like WV this year
In some of my brackets I have Kentucky bowing out to Wisconsin. I haven’t been as high on Kentucky as most all year.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
I don't trust young teams in March Madness
Freshman-led teams almost never win it all.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
And Oden got Ohio State to the final
But did they win, nope?
Memphis got close I grant you but they had also been to the Elite 8 the prior year.
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i dont know if they win it all, but i think they make it to the final 4.
cdr : 2008 memphis :: p. patterson : 2010 kentucky
he provided leadership for rose.. i think patterson does the same thing this tourney with wall and co.
Difference is
Patterson has ZERO tourney experience.
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melo begs to differ
also so does derrick rose who had the same coach as this kentucky team. the parallels between this tourny (kansas and kentucky top 2 number ones) is eerily similar to the last time kansas met calipari in the final
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by HD on Mar 15, 2010 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions
As a general rule I don't trust young teams in the final four
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also malik hairston said he was gonna do it
then didn’t but that is ok because he had sweet mutton chops
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by HD on Mar 15, 2010 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't really pay attention to youth
I just don’t trust Kentucky because they’ve played a number of close games against teams that aren’t that good.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
St. mary’s is a fine choice, I used to play pick-up with one of their assistant coaches
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
their game vs. Richmond will be one of the most interesting first round matchups
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
The NBA's autotune ads really are quite annoying.
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barry pepper (aka the sniper from saving private ryan) is joining the cast of the coen brothers’ ‘true grit’.
already has matt damon, jeff bridges, josh brolin, and it is being produced by steven spielberg.
holy crap im excited for that movie
pepper put it over the top didn’t he?
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
ohhhh baby....
that’s gonna be so good. I wonder if they saw Pepper’s work in Three Burials of Mequiadies Estrada and cast him. He was good in that movie, a sorta western type.
this has greatness written all over it. can’t wait.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions
wait.....what?
that isn’t really what it appears to be….what is that?
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 15, 2010 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions
DTL'S TO-DO LIST
GET BETTER MONITOR
READ DUNE
FINISH PROFILE ON DATING SITE WITH NO GOOFY PICS (NO GOOFY PICTURES, DTL).
ACTUALL LISTEN TO MY WISDOM WHEN IT PERTAINS TO 2K10.
#52
Geez, knowing how DTL is though
We’ll say “get a better monitor” and he’ll say “ok, but instead I’ll get new wires that connect my monitor to my computer. I think that will work”. NOOOO DTL JUST GET A NEW MONITOR THAT FIXES NOTHING.
#52
He also needs to quit wearing sweater vests
Roybot: "Then he said "My girlfriend is from LA." to which I replied "Well then you need to find a new girlfriend."’
by 92wastheyear on Mar 15, 2010 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions
He could wear a tank top under shirt ....under his regular shirt
and look like a normal guy
Roybot: "Then he said "My girlfriend is from LA." to which I replied "Well then you need to find a new girlfriend."’
by 92wastheyear on Mar 15, 2010 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Houston thumping Denver
Up 12 right now, and in other games, LETS GO WIZ, beat the Jazz!
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I've never liked Pearl Jam, but this "Just Breathe" song they did on SNL is really good.
Free prezofdeath
I enjoyed their appearance in the Twilight Zone skit
If you missed it, it’s worth going back. It was on after Weekend Update.
i wish they would stop putting bobby monahan
in sketches that are kinda funny. i hate laughing when he is on the screen
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by HD on Mar 15, 2010 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions
SNL is as up-and-down as ever
But I usually find something I’ll laugh at. And the rest is why a DVR exists.
I popped back in to say this
350 comments? What’s wrong with you people?
"In Batum's case he must realize he is very likely the first Blazer to successfully fight over a pick all season..."
-Ben
Its our spring break too
Of sorts, 4 days without a game, no college games, etc.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
It selects everyone?
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I am starting to think the Nuggs are beatable
by southern oregon on Mar 15, 2010 7:01 PM PDT reply actions
They're making a comeback
But without K-Mart they are.
Everyone is beatable, there is no super awesome dominant team this year.
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#52 was just on courtside
Sounded very good, doesn’t know if he’ll be back but I really doubt it (hasn’t started running yet).
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I am not in favor of Greg trying a comeback this year
by southern oregon on Mar 15, 2010 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Neither am I
But if it keeps him going, keeps him working harder, I’m cool with that.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
y not
isn’t this another case of the if you can play him then play him because if you are cautious of him playing in general then you have a serious problem? it’s the same argument someone made about roy’s knees the other day. if he is healthy enough to play then play him
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by HD on Mar 15, 2010 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions
i dont think he will be in good enough shape to be effective
by southern oregon on Mar 15, 2010 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions
oden out of shape is still much more effective then
juwan howard in shape.
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by HD on Mar 15, 2010 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Very true
Free AK1984.
"The two women were of a certain age and were clearly drunk... The only thing that I can get out of this is Why, since all these things happen to me, they couldn’t be two young girls and pretty? :-)" - Rudy Fernandez
by blazeraddict on Mar 15, 2010 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions
actual rec
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
blazer fans are, generally, injury phobic and extra cautious
"In Batum's case he must realize he is very likely the first Blazer to successfully fight over a pick all season..."
-Ben
Actually I rarely get injured and dont worry about it
Greg on the other hand I worry about
by southern oregon on Mar 15, 2010 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I couldn't resist.
It’s good to hear Greg feeling comfortable and reappearing in good spirits. It seems he’s much more relaxed this time, possibly because of his support system, possibly because he realizes the city has repeatedly supported him.
Greg is no fool,he knows what he would be going trough if he had been drafted by NY
by southern oregon on Mar 15, 2010 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions
And in Portland, everyone loves the guy
They support him no matter what.
I wonder if people realized he was at the shootaround.
It just doesn't seem all that likely.
I would think we would’ve seen a bit more progress in his practice participation if he was really on track to play again this season. Camby makes his return this season less necessary. It would be nice if he’s ready for the playoffs.
Yes! Yes! In the face!
A well-known singer signed a $200 million (guaranteed!) contract for the next 7 years.
It could get as high as $250 million if certain conditions are met. It’s the biggest recording contract in music history.
Guessed who it is yet? Click here.
I hope a big chunk of this goes to his kids
Free AK1984.
"The two women were of a certain age and were clearly drunk... The only thing that I can get out of this is Why, since all these things happen to me, they couldn’t be two young girls and pretty? :-)" - Rudy Fernandez
by blazeraddict on Mar 15, 2010 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, he was in a big hole financially when he passed away
Free AK1984.
"The two women were of a certain age and were clearly drunk... The only thing that I can get out of this is Why, since all these things happen to me, they couldn’t be two young girls and pretty? :-)" - Rudy Fernandez
by blazeraddict on Mar 15, 2010 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
one of the disney girls
the purchasing power of teen and pre-teen girls is scarily impressive.
"In Batum's case he must realize he is very likely the first Blazer to successfully fight over a pick all season..."
-Ben
wow, I couldn't have been more wrong. Clicked the link, got confused
this deal must have been negotiated by Tupac’s agent
"In Batum's case he must realize he is very likely the first Blazer to successfully fight over a pick all season..."
-Ben
do we want the Nuggets or Rockets to win
less than 6 to go in the 4th
113
107
Nugs leading
"In Batum's case he must realize he is very likely the first Blazer to successfully fight over a pick all season..."
-Ben
Bad end of game D by the Rockets
They literally allowed Melo to go straight in and lay it in. Tie game.
Rockets guys complaining about traveling. Yeah, it was but they ain’t calling it.
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MERLIN PREDICTS ODEN WILL NOT COME BACK!
Boo, lame but yeah I knew it was going to happen.
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Can the Rockets announcers complain anymore about the refs? Good lord!
The short one says to the tall one, "If I were you, I'd be tall."
The tall one replies, "No, if you were me, I'd be short."
Already anticipating getting jobbed on a foul
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
MELO AIRBALLS IT!
ROCKETS WINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Wanted the Rockets to lose, but it was a good comeback.
The short one says to the tall one, "If I were you, I'd be tall."
The tall one replies, "No, if you were me, I'd be short."
really don't think we need to worry about them
and I like seeing denver lose
how is accidently on purpose still on tv?
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by HD on Mar 15, 2010 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions
SEINFEILD
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd rather Houston get a half game closer than Denver gain more confidence.
Denver is the only team that I don’t think the Blazers have a chance in hell of beating in a 7 game series this year.
Yes! Yes! In the face!
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions
i was thinking about replying with a ‘shallow alert’ comment.
but then i realized that ‘shallow alerts’ go without saying when i comment
Goes with being an OSU student I guess
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Glad I'm and never had been or ever will be either
I’m an Oregon fan but I didn’t go to either school.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
after interviewing with the football team
i saw LMJ in the parking lot while driving through my apt complex. im not sure what kind of sign that is but im thinking it’s definitely as sign
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by HD on Mar 15, 2010 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions
BAAAAAA!!!!!
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
The all-handsome team!
The short one says to the tall one, "If I were you, I'd be tall."
The tall one replies, "No, if you were me, I'd be short."
Looks like the LA/GS game is gonna be one one of those 1980’s 140-130 efforts.
The short one says to the tall one, "If I were you, I'd be tall."
The tall one replies, "No, if you were me, I'd be short."
The amazing thing about this game is Curry and Ellis are playing like crap
And they’re only down 3.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Everyone who plays the Lakers has that happen to them
The Lakers almost always shoot more FTs. When they don’t, they tend to lose. Correlation?
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
They know how to work the ref’s.
The short one says to the tall one, "If I were you, I'd be tall."
The tall one replies, "No, if you were me, I'd be short."
They are also a premier team
Happens to Boston and Cleveland too.
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The one thing that Dounahy said that rang true was about the refs being rewarded
With the choice playoff games if things “turned out” the way the head office would like to see them "turn out’
by southern oregon on Mar 15, 2010 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Most of what Donaghy said rang true
Roybot: "Then he said "My girlfriend is from LA." to which I replied "Well then you need to find a new girlfriend."’
by 92wastheyear on Mar 15, 2010 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
It also sounds like stuff that everyone knows people worry about and think
So it was kinda like cherry picking.
I am not sure what to make of it. I think refs show bias to known players and superstars.
#52
I kinda agree with you
and kinda believe everything he says…because it plays into my fears about refs
Roybot: "Then he said "My girlfriend is from LA." to which I replied "Well then you need to find a new girlfriend."’
by 92wastheyear on Mar 15, 2010 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Remember how loudly they complained after we smacked them around in January
And shot like 25 more FTs then them because we were being more aggressive?
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A taste of their own medicine!
The short one says to the tall one, "If I were you, I'd be tall."
The tall one replies, "No, if you were me, I'd be short."
Thing is, in that game it didn't matter
We were just flying that night and were not going to lose that game.
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I just started watching
Tolliver got screwed by the refs; that was a charge but he got called for the blocking foul.
#52
that was amazing
“I know. I love that pass.”
“Do you think if you were my height that you could dunk? No way.”
Free prezofdeath
I didn't love that one
but the Suns seem like a good natured bunch:
http://www.youtube.com/user/stevenash#p/a/u/2/Cvh1EM7MTdg
your announcers for the tourney
New Orleans, LA: Dick Enberg, Jay Bilas
Providence, RI: Verne Lundquist, Bill Raftery
Oklahoma City, OK: Kevin Harlan, Dan Bonner
San Jose, CA: Spero Dedes, Bob Wenzel
Jacksonville, FL: Jim Nantz, Clark Kellogg
Buffalo, NY: Gus Johnson, Len Elmore
Milwaukee, WI: Ian Eagle, Jim Spanarkel
Spokane, WA: Tim Brando, Mike Gminski
Thoughts:
-Enberg needs to retire. He was unbelievably bad in the pac-10 final (misidentyfing players, calling shots 3s when they were clearly 2s, etc). I like Bilas as a broadcaster, even if he’s lost his mind picking Cornell for the elite 8.
-Lundquist needs to retire also. Raftery I like.
-Harlan/Bonner will be one of the better teams, even though I don’t know who Bonner is. I really like Harlan.
-Dedes isn’t terrible. Wenzel is meh.
- Nantz is incredibly boring. I really wish he’d stick to golf. Kellogg is pretty decent.
- Gus FTW!! There need to be some upsets in Buffalo, please.
- Eagle/Spanarkel do a great job on the Nets broadcasts.
- meh
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Kelogg is predictable
He’s become like Madden since he was on 2k10. Everything has to be about Ohio State in some way, shape or form.
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And here we go
The defense goes MAN TO MAN!
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
GS just seems crisp tonight.
I really wanna draw the Lakers in round 1 though..
Brandon Roy - The Savior Of Portland Basketball
by rise_stand_resist on Mar 15, 2010 8:34 PM PDT reply actions
No doubt!. individually the Warriors are hard to guard. They shoot and pass really well.
The short one says to the tall one, "If I were you, I'd be tall."
The tall one replies, "No, if you were me, I'd be short."
The problem is they can't keep it up for 48 minutes
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I think we'll end up thinking "gotta be careful what we wish for"
If we get the Lakers. Not with no Oden.
#52
Might as well face the best. You gotta beat them at some point.
The short one says to the tall one, "If I were you, I'd be tall."
The tall one replies, "No, if you were me, I'd be short."
See last year
We beat NOLA easily and probably beat SA. Would have been nice to get that win, even if it makes JK’s dream of a new coach less likely.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I thought that same point right after I posted. Experience and confidence go a long way in the playoffs.
The short one says to the tall one, "If I were you, I'd be tall."
The tall one replies, "No, if you were me, I'd be short."
Yup, that's my thinkin' as well
Let’s say we somehow win our first round matchup and then lose to the Lakers… we’d still feel good going into next season. It’d be purty sweet.
#52
we want Dallas. Period.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
and, more importantly, by far the worst team its reasonably possible for us to draw
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
This is the JD
I fail to see what reasonable has to do with anything
by southern oregon on Mar 15, 2010 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Which is why the JD is the only place I comment when on Bedge.....
No mistakes in the tango, Donna. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
I'm not sure Donald Sterling is a human being. He had to have been manufactured by someone, possibly David Stern, so that one team could solely just make profit for the NBA while doing nothing good for themselves. -- Aykis 16
Well the only place consistently anyway...
No mistakes in the tango, Donna. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
I'm not sure Donald Sterling is a human being. He had to have been manufactured by someone, possibly David Stern, so that one team could solely just make profit for the NBA while doing nothing good for themselves. -- Aykis 16
You have been here before???
Roybot: "Then he said "My girlfriend is from LA." to which I replied "Well then you need to find a new girlfriend."’
by 92wastheyear on Mar 15, 2010 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
hey
I was in Ann the fan country last week
It was cool
That about sums me up
Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.
I figured out why Bob odenkirk was in your area
Because of the show he’s on, BREAKING BAD. He’s good on it.
#52
I figured that out months ago
I have to go film a new show with Bob called Bob and Jonestr
I hear really good things about it
Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.
Whose winning that game?
No mistakes in the tango, Donna. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
I'm not sure Donald Sterling is a human being. He had to have been manufactured by someone, possibly David Stern, so that one team could solely just make profit for the NBA while doing nothing good for themselves. -- Aykis 16
Thanks
No mistakes in the tango, Donna. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
I'm not sure Donald Sterling is a human being. He had to have been manufactured by someone, possibly David Stern, so that one team could solely just make profit for the NBA while doing nothing good for themselves. -- Aykis 16
I have UConn, Stanford, Duke and Notre Dame in my women's final 4
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
I think Portland State can pull the miracle upset in Seattle vs. Texas A&M!
No actually I don’t but better than being a 16.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I always thought the Wild One would be the first one in jail
But I digress (and yes I read the story).
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Growing up in Albany, OR changes a man
In ways that are quite disturbing.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
For one thing your sense of smell is destroyed
by southern oregon on Mar 15, 2010 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
The same where I live: meat packing plant on the edge of town-YUK.
The short one says to the tall one, "If I were you, I'd be tall."
The tall one replies, "No, if you were me, I'd be short."
Interesting that Collison thinks he is the fastest guy in the NBA
I got $5 on Patty Mills
by southern oregon on Mar 15, 2010 9:12 PM PDT reply actions
collison has the pedigree
the few, the proud, the blazers
by HD on Mar 15, 2010 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Nick Collison is slow
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
anybody here read miracle at st. anthony’s? it’s a great book about Bob Hurley and now they are making a movie about him. check it out: http://www.thestreetstopsheremovie.com/ watch the trailer.
lessssss go #52
back to your super sweet kitchen!
PS Is that still funny?
Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.
SO THERE DOUGALL WAS
Summering in the South of France with mumsie and pupsie, when he ordered these oysters and TOTALLY got sick.
It was so funny lol!!! He told us about it, and c’mon Jonestr you know how we are here… we HAD to give him a hard time about it lol.
#52
are you sure it's yours?
Roybot: "Then he said "My girlfriend is from LA." to which I replied "Well then you need to find a new girlfriend."’
by 92wastheyear on Mar 15, 2010 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
this homeless camp is pretty crowded, but it is at least musky like mine, so like a 95% chance
Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.
Mort would like the GPS coordinates for said homeless camp
He is hunnnnnnnnggrrrrry
Roybot: "Then he said "My girlfriend is from LA." to which I replied "Well then you need to find a new girlfriend."’
by 92wastheyear on Mar 15, 2010 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I cant get any signal on my GPS with all this tinfoil covering me
Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.
tell him to roll off of you for a minute
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
he said I looked like Ellen Page and then all hell broke loose
sexually speaking
Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.
lol it isn't like that
I pulled the string of oyster pearls out the other side lol
#52
by Mortimer on Mar 15, 2010 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
lucky bugger
i got one on friday
the few, the proud, the blazers
by HD on Mar 15, 2010 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions
i had one on friday too but i dropped the class b/c i was doing so terrible. getting home early is just a bonus.
lessssss go #52
New thing called slacking
Maybe you have heard of it?
by southern oregon on Mar 15, 2010 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
that;s because you have that big asian brain
you cant understand that pain of being a dumb white cracker like dougall and I
Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.
I am pretty dumb
ask Mortimer how he internet scammed me
Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.
Yeah we need to crack that puzzle
You have trouble with logins and passwords I guess… it’s hacker stuff I know, but we can get through it.
#52
I just watched Hackers and I still dont get it. I think I was distracted by all the mom jeans.
Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.
You need to have a camera spin around you as you try it
And be sure to have crap techno playing, and sound effects as you “hack in”.
#52
seriously being white sucks
(waits for other races to leave)
im just joking fellow whiteys I know it’s awesome
the few, the proud, the blazers
by HD on Mar 15, 2010 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
He should count his freckles
Then go out in the sun for 5 minutes, and count his freckles again.
Then, the difference (say, 20 new freckles) should get added to any test score.
#52
it is a pretty sweet ticket if you are a male as well
It really is exactly like Mad Men, which I have never seen.
Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.
i wonder what she’d think of the fact that i own a t shirt that is a little different but says the same thing:
She won't see it
She’ll be in too much of a hurry ripping it off your ripped chest so she can get into that man meat underneath.
#52
i think the proper term is
vodka colored
the few, the proud, the blazers
by HD on Mar 15, 2010 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I dropped a few classes but it was more of an
I could care less way than this is to hard
by southern oregon on Mar 15, 2010 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions
spend all of ur classes playing
games on ur ipod or surfing the internet on ur comp. not paying attention in school is easier than ever in the generation
the few, the proud, the blazers
by HD on Mar 15, 2010 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
i can play video games, don’t go to classes, have a rash, have the teachers making racist remarks to me, smoke ten joints a day playing my guitar, and still pass any class
shoot, senior year in undergrad, didn’t buy a book until the day before finals, skimmed it, then ace the bases
fiftytwo
that’s basically impossible in any class with a lab. half of your grade is based on attendance in said labs
not if your so gawddamn smart that the teachers are afraid of being wrong in front of you so they ask you not to attend lab and just give you the A
fiftytwo
naw but really i can never sit still. i see all the rest of the kids in class looking straight ahead staying in the same position but i’m always shifting around and can’t get comfortable.
lessssss go #52
it’s tough having such a small oden that you always got search for it to make sure you still got one
fiftytwo
your mom goes to college
lessssss go #52
by dougall5505 on Mar 15, 2010 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
your moms so short she jumped in a puddle and drowned
lessssss go #52
by dougall5505 on Mar 15, 2010 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions
your moms so short she plays wallball on a curb
lessssss go #52
by dougall5505 on Mar 15, 2010 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
yo so ugly that when you were born, your mama said, “What a red treasure!” And your dad said, “Let’s go bury it!”
fiftytwo
lol.
the only reason u smoke weed is so you can feel higher.
lessssss go #52
by dougall5505 on Mar 15, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
you so ugly when ur mom went to confessional, and ask what to do about her ugly red headed new born, the pastor said, “make him join my BEdge site to limit his ugliness in public”
fiftytwo
did you ever win a oscar for your roll in honey i shrunk the kids?
lessssss go #52
by dougall5505 on Mar 15, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
here’s what you do:
step 1: find a couple attractive coeds who are in the class with you
step 2: sit behind them
step 3: ???
step 4: PROFIT
step 2: sit next to them
duh
lessssss go #52
by dougall5505 on Mar 15, 2010 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Cloudy likes to peer at beautiful ladies whilst hidden in the shadows
Being right next to one throws him off his game!
#52
Bob Hurley is an interesting guy. It's amazing he did what he has done at St. Anthony's.
No mistakes in the tango, Donna. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
I'm not sure Donald Sterling is a human being. He had to have been manufactured by someone, possibly David Stern, so that one team could solely just make profit for the NBA while doing nothing good for themselves. -- Aykis 16
Agree, it's very good
don’t let the fact Woj wrote it ruin it for you junkers
Free AK1984.
"The two women were of a certain age and were clearly drunk... The only thing that I can get out of this is Why, since all these things happen to me, they couldn’t be two young girls and pretty? :-)" - Rudy Fernandez
by blazeraddict on Mar 15, 2010 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
so is your main man, the Baron
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Steve to Travis for a highlight reel beauty
by southern oregon on Mar 15, 2010 9:24 PM PDT reply actions
And just when GS is getting back in it
Curry called for a bad foul (he didn’t touch Fisher).
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Gasol is smokin’ in the 3rd.
The short one says to the tall one, "If I were you, I'd be tall."
The tall one replies, "No, if you were me, I'd be short."
He learned that you can take the GS post players.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
By the standards of this game
That should be a flagrant on Pau.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
he's trying to singlehandedly keep Travis' Diener out of the FBB playoffs
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
FBB playoffs?
No mistakes in the tango, Donna. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
I'm not sure Donald Sterling is a human being. He had to have been manufactured by someone, possibly David Stern, so that one team could solely just make profit for the NBA while doing nothing good for themselves. -- Aykis 16
my fantasy basketball team is "on the bubble" for the playoffs
I need a good week, and Monta’s already killing my percentages. Not good.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Ah okay. I thought it had something to do with former Blazers. LOL
No mistakes in the tango, Donna. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
I'm not sure Donald Sterling is a human being. He had to have been manufactured by someone, possibly David Stern, so that one team could solely just make profit for the NBA while doing nothing good for themselves. -- Aykis 16
Clippers are painful to watch
Chris Kaman can’t be an all-star if he lets this team play like this
fiftytwo
He's a good, not great center
I don’t think he has the personality or game that can keep a team like the Clippers in line. He’s just good.
Lotsa allstars like that, I’d say.
#52
Nene and Marc were more deserving
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
I was surprised he got in
With how bad his team was, and him not really being all THAT good, just “good”.
#52
He was putting up big numbers,thats all that some people see
by southern oregon on Mar 15, 2010 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, but it was Stern's choice, right?
Doesn’t he pick the replacements for whoever is injured?
#52
I just hooped with this guy at the rec center he has crazy hops. you have to watch this highlight reel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LGtwzomrHU
on a fastbreak i was the only one back. he threw it over my head, i got out of the way, he caught the ball off the backboard and threw it down hard. he has a jumper too.
lessssss go #52
DANGIT MONTA MAKE A FREAKING SHOT
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
If you had dropped Monta
And replaced him with Oden, Oden would be helping your team more right now.
#52
10 dimes and 4 steals at least
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
you can worry about the division
I’m just worried about getting into the big dance. Then Joakim Noah can ride in and take me to the promised land.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Curry = ROTY
Free AK1984.
"The two women were of a certain age and were clearly drunk... The only thing that I can get out of this is Why, since all these things happen to me, they couldn’t be two young girls and pretty? :-)" - Rudy Fernandez
no
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Tyreke is a lot more deserving
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Curry would be average on a decent team
Golden State makes Anthony Tolliver and Reggie Williams look like real NBA players
fiftytwo
or it’s from 1985
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Monta scores!!! now 3-20 from the field!!
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
I have a 2 game lead on Norsk and Roybot
and I need to stay ahead of at least 1 of them.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
4-21!!
The short one says to the tall one, "If I were you, I'd be tall."
The tall one replies, "No, if you were me, I'd be short."
Monta hits his last 3 shots!!!!
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
I smell 9th seed for you!!!
I got lucky and get TiH for this playoff clinching week.
My other team got the #1 seed by half a game, and the playoffs have started this week. I got a bye.
#52
my other team starts next week and I've already clinched the 1 seed
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Here is something for you guys to make fun of
I am about to use my self massager
enjoy
Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.
twss?
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions
this is probably the coolest thing ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0O9NVCVMwo lost fans stand up!
lessssss go #52
GS still in it!
The short one says to the tall one, "If I were you, I'd be tall."
The tall one replies, "No, if you were me, I'd be short."
oh
my
god
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 10:13 PM PDT reply actions
Kobe should be fined for attacking that chair
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
at least he knows better than to hit Phils special chair
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 15, 2010 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Ohhhh man Lakers douche on camera
I got the local Lakers feed, they’re showing fans file out of the arena, some douchey dude with a flat billed baseball hat has a t-shirt that says GOT RINGS? on the front, and then on the back it says WE DO and it lists the Lakers titles.
#52
Lakers road fans are all like that
So bad.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
woo
denver lost, only 5 games behind them
Awesomeness (ô'səm-nes)
1. n. Something that inspires awe
2. n. Nicolas Batum
more importantly, it helps Dallas finish 2nd
we need to finish 7th and have Dallas be 2nd.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
yeah
that too
Awesomeness (ô'səm-nes)
1. n. Something that inspires awe
2. n. Nicolas Batum
by thomasikehara on Mar 15, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
wouldn't mind playing OKC
Awesomeness (ô'səm-nes)
1. n. Something that inspires awe
2. n. Nicolas Batum
by thomasikehara on Mar 15, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
they would beat us, and we won't play them.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
i have a hard time believing that OKC will win a playoff series this year
they will have the “deer in the headlight” mentality.
they will loose in the first round
Awesomeness (ô'səm-nes)
1. n. Something that inspires awe
2. n. Nicolas Batum
by thomasikehara on Mar 15, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
experience in the playoffs is extremely overrated as has been repeatedly shown by Hollinger et. al.
The are likely to lose, not because of experience, but because the team they play will be very good. They could possibly beat Dallas or Utah though.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
if playoff experience is overrated, he come we were so different between games 1 & 2 last year
Awesomeness (ô'səm-nes)
1. n. Something that inspires awe
2. n. Nicolas Batum
by thomasikehara on Mar 15, 2010 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
who knows, maybe they got scared
it doesn’t usually happen, but maybe it happened to our guys.
Sure didn’t happen to NO 2 years ago, or to Atlanta when they took Boston to 7, and I could list about 65 gazillion other examples.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Their really bad offense won't hurt our poor defense
And we got the matchups in our favor, except for PG.
Batum was made to guard Durant. If Roy is healthy they can’t stop him. LMA has had big games against them before and will again.
Over 7 games, no way we lose. NO. WAY. We got ‘em matched up and their strength (defense) won’t stop our strength, offense, and our weakness (defense) won’t get abused by their weakness (offense)!
#52
If Oden is healthy especially.
Right now they don’t gotta worry about it, but if healthy, they got Ibaka and that’s it for size in the middle.
#52
Not as dreamy as Dallas, but pretty dreamy.
Please no Utah or Denver……not until they have no choice.
Yes! Yes! In the face!
yes we would
they are the better team right now, period. I don’t want to make Timmay mad by arguing this tonight, however.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Jake, they do not match up with us, at all. That’s one of the few guys that LMA would immediately laugh at and demolish. It’s a team that relies upon forcing turnovers to create offense, and we don’t turn it over. It’s a team that relies on a scorer who we have a nice matchup for, and the scorer has struggled in pressure moments thus far.
Their point differential, with key members of their team having missed 4 games, is .4 better than us. I am astounded by the greatness.
Not to turn this into debate 125A.
by Cablinasian on Mar 15, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
if we beat Phoenix at Phoenix it will happen. Saying it’s not happening is silly. We’re only two losses behind them, and we’ve clinched the tiebreaker.
by Cablinasian on Mar 15, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
We win Sunday at their place
It becomes possible.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
its possible, but I still think we are more likely to finish 8th than 6th
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
wrong
he would look like the pasty face tea bag
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
hes a wrestler
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
excellent.
"What people need to know is that those pictures were taken a year and a half ago, and I've grown since then." - Greg Oden
by dario argento on Mar 15, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
o noes its on!!!!! bring out the big guns DS
lessssss go #52
by dougall5505 on Mar 15, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
You take this BRP? Kinky.
"What people need to know is that those pictures were taken a year and a half ago, and I've grown since then." - Greg Oden
by dario argento on Mar 15, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
This has gone WAY beyond funny folks
Creepy, flag.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
it must be nice to pay $25 for your children’s size shoes.
lessssss go #52
by dougall5505 on Mar 15, 2010 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder how much he pays his barber
Awesomeness (ô'səm-nes)
1. n. Something that inspires awe
2. n. Nicolas Batum
by thomasikehara on Mar 15, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
lol
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Its times like this
I’m glad no one here knows what I actually look like.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
that Darren Collison guy is pretty good
Awesomeness (ô'səm-nes)
1. n. Something that inspires awe
2. n. Nicolas Batum
He is
He also thinks he is the fastest guy in the NBA,I would rather see a foot race to decide that at the allstar game than the stupid HORSE thing
by southern oregon on Mar 15, 2010 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
they do stuff like that during their ‘practices’
i remember brandon screwed up somebody’s attempt to break some sort of free throw world record
So in a flat out foot race,not dribbling, who do you think is the fastest guy in the league?
by southern oregon on Mar 15, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
batum
Awesomeness (ô'səm-nes)
1. n. Something that inspires awe
2. n. Nicolas Batum
by thomasikehara on Mar 15, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
He's no Travis Diener.
"What people need to know is that those pictures were taken a year and a half ago, and I've grown since then." - Greg Oden
by dario argento on Mar 15, 2010 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Sup Junkers? Can't sleep.
Start a new zaching schedule tomorrow at work. 12 hour shift starting at 5am. Ugh. FML.
"What people need to know is that those pictures were taken a year and a half ago, and I've grown since then." - Greg Oden
That's a great pic. Where do you find these gems?
"What people need to know is that those pictures were taken a year and a half ago, and I've grown since then." - Greg Oden
by dario argento on Mar 15, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
you guys are brutal.
"What people need to know is that those pictures were taken a year and a half ago, and I've grown since then." - Greg Oden
by dario argento on Mar 15, 2010 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
ive got the finisher ready
BAM
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
that's amazing.
"What people need to know is that those pictures were taken a year and a half ago, and I've grown since then." - Greg Oden
by dario argento on Mar 15, 2010 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
brp's real job
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn you beat me to it!!!
"What people need to know is that those pictures were taken a year and a half ago, and I've grown since then." - Greg Oden
by dario argento on Mar 15, 2010 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Ha!
"What people need to know is that those pictures were taken a year and a half ago, and I've grown since then." - Greg Oden
by dario argento on Mar 15, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
awesome fail. check it out.
"What people need to know is that those pictures were taken a year and a half ago, and I've grown since then." - Greg Oden
"What people need to know is that those pictures were taken a year and a half ago, and I've grown since then." - Greg Oden
I know me either. I wish I could get that stoked about ANYTHING, let alone a water balloon.
"What people need to know is that those pictures were taken a year and a half ago, and I've grown since then." - Greg Oden
by dario argento on Mar 15, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah it's great. I have it bookmarked on my phone, so when I need to lighten up I look at it.
"What people need to know is that those pictures were taken a year and a half ago, and I've grown since then." - Greg Oden
by dario argento on Mar 15, 2010 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
So I keep hearing from NBA reporters how Monty Williams won't be tge next coach of Oregon because he's more likely
Going to get a head coaching job in the NBA. It’s got me thinking, if that’s true then why not pull a move a la bellotti/Kelly and replace Nate with Monty in the offseason? Nate is on a year to year contract no? We could get him before anyone else, so why not? Anyways it’s something to think about…
I was blinded to that by sick alley-oops and facials
not to mention Greg crotchifyin’ suckas
by Tyler Durrden on Mar 15, 2010 10:55 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
If people got problems with the coaching staff
I don’t think hiring someone on Nate’s staff is the answer.
#52
Of course, that's what they said about Mike Schuler's staff.
(I’m not sure how good Monty would be, for the record)
How close was Adelman to Schuler though?
Nate and Monty and Dean are pretty close… with Dean and Monty being big Outlaw fans, zone fans… shoot, Monty think Deron is the best PG. He’s spent most of his coaching career learning from Nate.
He might be an awesome head coach but I don’t think we’ve seen anything that suggests it. Only those who know him could reasonably predict something like how he’d coach. I think his name only comes up because we know him (not blastin’ anyone, jus’ keepin’ it real).
#52
I also don't know if Monty would be a good fit.
If KP said Monty was our guy, I’d keep an open mind about him. Even with the comments you mentioned, I think he’s really an unknown quantity.
now, he did come from the Spurs. So maybe he would try to implement a motion offense and actually be pretty cool.
by Cablinasian on Mar 15, 2010 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I would trust KP on it too
Because he would know those assistants a LOT better than I do.
I just don’t see Monty thinking “Man, Nate is going about this ALL WRONG”.
#52
I know Dean wouldn't think that, but I'm not sure about Monty.
I don’t feel like I know Monty that well.
I think he seems like a player development coach
Not an X’s and O’s dude. I don’t think we’ve heard much from him on that end… more a guy who the players like, get along with him, and he can help develop ’em.
#52
I bet he would be an improvement
Dean D would be torture. It would be zone 24/7.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
I could see giving Monty a look,Dean no way
by southern oregon on Mar 15, 2010 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Dean will follow Nate to his next job.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
because he came from the Spurs
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Portland Trail Blazers announced today that Monty Williams has been named to the team’s assistant coaching staff. Williams joins new Trail Blazers Head Coach Nate McMillan after serving last year as a coaching staff intern under Gregg Popovich for the San Antonio Spurs.
Those interns must get the full low-down on all the Spurs do.
#52
Now don't get me wrong
Monty might be an awesome coach. I think he seems like a great guy and I like the development we’ve gotten from our wings.
But I don’t think we, the regular fan who follows everything, has seen anything to suggest he’d be a better or DIFFERENT head coach.
#52
Fo sho.
I’m all for an upgrade at coach. The question is, who is a clear upgrade?
"What people need to know is that those pictures were taken a year and a half ago, and I've grown since then." - Greg Oden
by dario argento on Mar 15, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
oh absolutely not
I’m just guessing he’d be better, but I have no idea. Pure speculation.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Yeah I'm in agreement here
But Monty could be to KP as KP was to Paul Allen. We won’t know until a coaching change is necessary.
Before he became GM though
We had a pretty good idea about KP… his comments when he coached the team, the reports of him being in charge of the 2006 draft, his constant interviews… lots more to be able to judge him with.
Monty gets a lot of support from fans because we know who he is, and he looks like a coach, and we don’t know enough about him to know one thing or another.
Like I said, he might be awesome, but I’d only predict it once I know what he thinks about something other than developing wings.
#52
Yep. It could simply be that KP is more tight-lipped about coaching.
So we’re pretty much in the dark.
I think we'd rather he be tight lipped about it, as well
No one wants negative comments being leaked to the media by KP, usurping the coach’s authority during games.
#52
we have no basis for knowing how good KP is at evaluating coaches
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Not specifically, no
But we know he does his homework on everything, and has been an extremely good judge of talent in every other way.
He would know what our weaknesses are, what a potential coach’s strengths are, down to the last stat.
#52
Even Hedo, talent wise, wouldn't have been a mistake for us
Hedo has been bad for the Raptors as a quasi-focal point, but as a secondary ballhandler for us he’d prolly work out nice— especially with Oden.
His contract woulda’ been awful though.
#52
Hedo would have been an enormous mistake.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
did you listen to the Wingcast in which Pelton and Ben detailed just how much stock we have in analytics?
by Cablinasian on Mar 15, 2010 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I know I didn't
I like the Wingcast but haven’t listened to it in a while.
So tell us Cabby, how much stock do we have in analytics?
#52
Ben cracked that our roster at Sloan was larger than our active basketball roster many nights this season.
Apparently, KP is the golden child of Sloan… one of the very few elite GMs who crosses over the lines of former-player/jock and stat-nerd.
by Cablinasian on Mar 15, 2010 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
It does seem rare
To find a former player who understands and loves stat stuff.
Out of dudes we know who are really into new-wave advanced stats, are there any other former players?
#52
Ainge.
From what Pelton and Ben say, we take analytics into account in pretty much every decision we make. Especially in the draft.
by Cablinasian on Mar 15, 2010 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
The combo of stats backing up a gut with good intuition
Is what everyone should want.
Eyes that can see, and the ability to understand and accept what the numbers say.
#52
If he's still around.
I have a feeling Monty will move on soon, with or without portland.
"What people need to know is that those pictures were taken a year and a half ago, and I've grown since then." - Greg Oden
by dario argento on Mar 15, 2010 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
That's a good bet.
I’d be surprised if Monty isn’t a head coach somewhere within the next two years.
I think one thing we could say about Monty though is he doesn't seem like the kind of guy to step out of place,
so it would be difficult to make any kind of judgment about his style given his reluctance to disrupt Nates system. It’s not like Monty was coaching when Nate couldn’t walk, he was just acting as a liaison.
I was blinded to that by sick alley-oops and facials
not to mention Greg crotchifyin’ suckas
by Tyler Durrden on Mar 16, 2010 5:56 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I like Nate a lot actually
I just think he’s better off coaching a rebuilding project rather than a contender.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Monty can't coach D and everyone knows that's Portland's problem
Oh and their point guard is a problem too
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
your US Winter Olympian update for today (though this is a few days late)
http://www.universalsports.com/news/article/newsid=457546.html
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
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Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I was hoping you were around haha
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
whats new?
:)
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
it’s been five or six cudi songs over and over and over all year. Same playlist.
On a related note, I hate those six songs.
by Cablinasian on Mar 15, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
hmm
day n nite
soundtrack 2 my life
up up and away
pursuit of happiness
i can’t think of two more songs though
thats cudi zone
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
the same six songs. over and over. I heard the “you can have whatever you like” song once. Once.
by Cablinasian on Mar 15, 2010 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
b.o.b > cudi
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
that im hard?
im really hard, like a rock
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
No, I meant you're right.
b.o.b > cudi.
Your hardness is something i have no knowledge of.
Yes! Yes! In the face!
i only know that one b.o.b. song
frankly im not interested in making myself listen to any more b.o.b. songs .. if i hear a good song at a party/on pandora then let it be.. if not oh well
this is true
i like cudi but b.o.b is verrry talented
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
hahaha. if you weren’t gone i would start a photoshop war.
lessssss go #52
by dougall5505 on Mar 15, 2010 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
So with no games for 4 days
We degenerate into a bunch of borderline racist picture posting/name calling? God, what is it like in this place say about August?
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Which part
The passed out drunk part or the floor covered in vomit part?
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Ah
Especially women who are either out of your league or are way below your league because no other type would be hanging out in a dive bar at 3 AM.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Bam.
"What people need to know is that those pictures were taken a year and a half ago, and I've grown since then." - Greg Oden
Look, get the Yeti off my screen now!
Free AK1984.
"The two women were of a certain age and were clearly drunk... The only thing that I can get out of this is Why, since all these things happen to me, they couldn’t be two young girls and pretty? :-)" - Rudy Fernandez
by blazeraddict on Mar 15, 2010 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
g'nite!
"What people need to know is that those pictures were taken a year and a half ago, and I've grown since then." - Greg Oden
by dario argento on Mar 15, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
lol the ginger kids south park episode is on
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Goodnight everyone. Sorry for the mooseknuckle pic, but I felt it needed to be done.
"What people need to know is that those pictures were taken a year and a half ago, and I've grown since then." - Greg Oden
you killed the jd
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions
so i got the 2 weeks of netflix free trial
so im finally gonna watch the big lebowski
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 15, 2010 11:46 PM PDT reply actions
finally
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 7:53 AM PDT up reply actions
New Junk
http://www.blazersedge.com/2010/3/15/1375140/oden-drawer-3-15
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Is it junk?
It’s got the date labeled wrong and I dunno if I see anything “junk” related.
Unless 64-18 wants it to be a junk drawer, I think we should make a different fanpost the new JD. Don’t wanna overrun the poor guy’s thread.
#52
I'm going to lean in and give you a kiss on the lips, Dougall
And you’ll close your eyes and purse your lips, awaiting the kiss, and I’ll GRAB SOME SCISSORS AND CUT OFF YOUR LIPS. YOU’LL START SCREAMING AND I’LL SHOVE YOUR LIPS DOWN YOUR STUPID THROAT. Because you SMELL.
#52
Of all the strange places to be BEdging.
All night in a homeless shelter takes the cake for me. Even over BEdging while driving.
#10 & #52
I don't think I could feel Mort's quake.
I remember being on a computer during an earthquake in 1994 that was centered in Northridge (near LA) that we felt down in San Diego. I might have been doing something similar to BEdging even, but it wasn’t BEdging.
#10 & #52
My window rattled and my bed was all a' shakin'
I dunno where to look for instant info about a earthquake, since my googling of “los angeles earthquake” doesn’t give me anything this recent.
#52
I didn't even think of Twitter!
Hmm… ok, so that’s what a 4.5 feels like. I thought it was a 3 or 4 but wasn’t sure how far away it was. It was kinda neat.
Thanks Medmelon!
#52
Looks like God is trying to kill you
Can’t say I blame him after what you wrote in your last fanpost.
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
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Andre Miller is an Anachronism
new junk
http://www.blazersedge.com/2010/3/16/1375357/mortimer-licks-toads
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
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