Junk Drawer 5/16/10 - Calling out all the Occupants of Interplanetary Craft
by tominhawaii on Mar 16, 2010 4:58 AM PDT
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Aloha Mates,
This was originally a reply to a comment in a fanshot. Ha, just kidding.
It was just time for a new Junk Drawer and I found some cool links that might be fun for us to look through.
The Official 2009-10 Prediction Thread
I predicted 56 wins and this:
Lose game 7 at home
Because the Blazers don’t have a PG to guard Paul.
60 wins: What Will It Take?
I said this:
I think Miller replacing Sergio is probably worth two more wins.
Little did I know, Miller would cause 20 losses.
Hurryup09 is a freaking profit:
Only problem: inevitably, some things will go WORSE than last season, e.g., injuries. Maybe chemistry issues will finally raise their ugly head. Maybe Roy’s last minute magic will wane a bit.
On a side note, my wife and are are thinking of making a sex tape but we wanted to get in shape first. I'm taking steroids and diet pills while chasing them down with 200 proof Mexican vodka, and I'm cutting out carbs, fats, calories, proteins, fiber, fruits and vegetables. My wife is using 3 Minute Legs and the Shakeweight.
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A sex tape is often now a calculated career move.
I had 56 mins as well. I had LMA 20-10 and Oden playing well after the break. :(
I also had Andre clicking well from the start. Lets not go there.
I am perpendicularly pissed off right now!!!!!!
Typos are only awesome if they can be taken way worse than intended.
A sex tape is often now a calculated career move.
I had 56 mins as well.
Wearing the black band for Jarrett Jack, Ime Udoka, Fred Jones, Sergio Rodriguez, Channing Frye, Luke Schenscher, Shavlik Randolph, James Jones, Josh McRoberts, Steven Hill, Jarron Collins, Michael Ruffin, Steve Blake and Travis Outlaw. Sacrificed to the unmerciful god of progress.
:(
56 minutes would beat my personal best by about 45.
I am perpendicularly pissed off right now!!!!!!
Did you transpose your 4 and your 5?
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 16, 2010 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
What's up friend?
I got Dave’s post and 2 fanposts to read and then I’m caught up for the day. I think I’ll fill out my 2010 Census thing today.
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
Yeah I have to do that as well. I got halfway through it and set it aside. For a month.
I am perpendicularly pissed off right now!!!!!!
I'd pay my bills but I screwed up my password and need to call them in the morning to reset it
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
i knew i slept well last night but not that well….
i’m glad i still have a job. i didn’t miss the end of Lost did I?
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 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
It turns that god and satan are playing chess, and the Lost characters are just the pieces.
I get the paper, so I don't care!
thanks for spoiling it for me, Ash….
thanks a lot.
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 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
worst part is i don’t even feel rested :(
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 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
sean may isn’t very fast
i’m interpreting this as a pore choice on yer behalf
by EvilKaramazov on Mar 16, 2010 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Heineken is okay
The worst is Milwaukee’s Best.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Natty Light would like a word with you
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
and you call yourself a hipster…
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
that’s not what I read in EK’s diary
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
i’m surprised you can read words written in tears and blood w/out being violently ill.
by EvilKaramazov on Mar 16, 2010 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
practice makes perfect
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
we’re sleeping at your house next time.
by EvilKaramazov on Mar 16, 2010 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I have a large freezer
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
i feel confident in being able to raise the temperature of your skin to melt ice cubes.
by EvilKaramazov on Mar 16, 2010 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Pistols at dawn it is
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Not if they're sex pistols!
Batumshakalaka!
by We-B-Dunkin on Mar 16, 2010 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
I shouldn't complain but sometimes I still do.
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Mar 16, 2010 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Jorge: wants to be hardcore but his mom won't let him
I shouldn't complain but sometimes I still do.
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Mar 16, 2010 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions
i’m surprised he can read the words at all
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 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
But Natty Light has double the alcohol
Making it better.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
That is an unfortunate statement underneath that pic that EK posted
I was blinded to that by sick alley-oops and facials
not to mention Greg crotchifyin’ suckas
by Tyler Durrden on Mar 16, 2010 11:26 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
You know it
I was blinded to that by sick alley-oops and facials
not to mention Greg crotchifyin’ suckas
by Tyler Durrden on Mar 16, 2010 11:57 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
oh, man i waiting forever to pun on johnathan switf—sean may not fast but switf, ie, a gulliver’s travels pun about the lilaputians…. my fervor to pun is gone now, in those fleeting moments.
by EvilKaramazov on Mar 16, 2010 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Thats a seemingly modest proposal
Glad I could help
I was blinded to that by sick alley-oops and facials
not to mention Greg crotchifyin’ suckas
by Tyler Durrden on Mar 16, 2010 12:25 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Hi
Roybot: "Then he said "My girlfriend is from LA." to which I replied "Well then you need to find a new girlfriend."’
talofa lava
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 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I predicted beards.
The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers
Since I like to call attention to myself:
Since it’s official: 53 wins
I think if everything works right, we could win 60, but that’s a lot of things to work right. Oden needs to be Oden for 30+ minutes a game. Miller needs to fit right away. Blazers need to avoid injuries. We need to win the games that we’re supposed to win. We need to win out on the road.
I don’t think all of these things come together this year. But enough of them do for us to reach 53 wins, which puts us into a good playoff position. Sure, that’s not as good as last year. But last year so many things came together that might not happen as well this year (like catching so many teams on back-to-backs). It’s not that we’ll be worse than last year (we wont), but that things will just work out this way.
μὴ φοβοῦ, μόνον πίστευε.
Blazersedge.com || New to Blazers’ Edge?
by T Darkstar on Sep 1, 2009 11:43 AM EDT
We only have to go 12-1 to make my prediction. Which is too bad, because we’re going 13-0 the rest of the way. I hate being wrong.
Wearing the black band for Jarrett Jack, Ime Udoka, Fred Jones, Sergio Rodriguez, Channing Frye, Luke Schenscher, Shavlik Randolph, James Jones, Josh McRoberts, Steven Hill, Jarron Collins, Michael Ruffin, Steve Blake and Travis Outlaw. Sacrificed to the unmerciful god of progress.
pessimist
Awesomeness (ô'səm-nes)
1. n. Something that inspires awe
2. n. Nicolas Batum
by thomasikehara on Mar 16, 2010 8:13 AM PDT up reply actions
just a word of advice, Tom....
i think vodka has a high sugar content or something. but i’m not really sure. i can’t remember. but you might want to discontinue to the use of vodka for getting in “look good for my sex tape” shape. cause i don’t want to be distracted by your love handles when i’m watching this sex tape.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
just so you know:
Alcohol (as in Vodka) contains almost twice the calories of carbs or protein, so in theory, it’s not good for weight control.
just looking our for you, buddy.
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 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions
in light of this, tom, i think you should take up farming cows or chickens, feed them booze, drink their blood, eat their flesh, for power.
by EvilKaramazov on Mar 16, 2010 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
this does seem to be the most reasonable course of action. all the protein will help with the steroids too i think.
(i was wrong about the sugar content of vodka also….seems as though it contains no sugar whatsoever…just carbs.)
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 8:28 AM PDT up reply actions
we may overstated the blazers win total
but we really overstated the lakers and spurs win totals
Awesomeness (ô'səm-nes)
1. n. Something that inspires awe
2. n. Nicolas Batum
everyone seriously undervalued how awesome nic was back then
Awesomeness (ô'səm-nes)
1. n. Something that inspires awe
2. n. Nicolas Batum
more onion
Awesomeness (ô'səm-nes)
1. n. Something that inspires awe
2. n. Nicolas Batum
by thomasikehara on Mar 16, 2010 8:32 AM PDT up reply actions
lol… 32 points and taught everyone a lesson about friendship.
by EvilKaramazov on Mar 16, 2010 8:33 AM PDT up reply actions
batum>pooch>wall
Awesomeness (ô'səm-nes)
1. n. Something that inspires awe
2. n. Nicolas Batum
by thomasikehara on Mar 16, 2010 8:35 AM PDT up reply actions
i liked Rex’s shoes.
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 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions
that’s funny.
it’s almost like that meteor that Roybot keeps wishing for
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 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions
i like this one
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 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions
that guy’s delivery was fantastic
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 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
this is one of my personal favorites:
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/vh1_reality_show_bus_crashes_in
it’s nsfw though
i heard that “coital boogeyman” is Mortimer’s nickname also
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 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
what the heck kind of crazy sport is that!?
btw…i hit the game winner last night in my player mode. it made me stand up out of my chair. i resisted popping my shirt like it was a jersey.
i’m still starting too, which is nice. and yes, i’m raising my speed and quickness with my points.
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 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I hit the championship winning buzzer beater
In LeBron’s face my rookie year.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
you win, skywaker9……
sigh
you 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 16, 2010 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
To be fair I kind of set it up
I didn’t play the best D on the previous possession and let Mo Williams score on me to tie it.
We were up 3-0, I figured what the heck?
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
hahaha
on our previous possession, i missed the go ahead shot but made sure it was a 2 for 1 situation. we actually played good defense and they missed, we got the rebound with 10 seconds or so. i ended up shooting an elbow jumper after a pass (from AI!) as time expired.
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 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
The game is scary accurate though
We were in Cleveland so there was a general crowd roar and then after I hit the shot, silence. Not booing, silence.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
that's awesome.
i hit mine at home. i almost uploaded the video to 2ksports so i could post it here. i’m surprised people here haven’t done that more. Mort would but then we’d all find out he’s been lying about this player.
that game is crazy addicting. i wanna play it right now.
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 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
How does the uploading work?
Can I edit anything? My guy uses my real name.
I’d take a pick of my “games played” and my ratings if you like. I’ve only done 108 games, I think. Maybe if I PROVE how amazing I am, you’ll do what I say, dammit.
Besides my duel with Arenas in that one 2nd round game, I haven’t had much excitement in the playoffs because I totally blow everyone out.
Oooh, last night I played, and I’m used to the crowd chanting MVP! MVP! MVP! for me when I’m at the line, but I helped Oden score 38 points and late in the game when he was at the line, the crowd did the MVP chant for him.
My PER is 73, his PER is 32. Lebron has a PER of 33, so he’s 2nd in PER.
#52
what’s funny is that PER actually underrates you because it assumes you that get assisted at the team rate, which is probably really high due to… you. So your passing hurts your PER!
his APER is probably 80+
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Heehee
It’s a vicious cycle!
The first few games was rough, as I wasn’t playing naturally… I was trying to force assists into Oden and not going for the right play.
Now me and Oden got a good flow, and I get him a few dunks in the 1st quarter while doing it the right way.
My rookie year, I didn’t give a crap if David Lee scored 20 or 2, so I’d pass it to whoever had the best shot. And at first, I’d only be passing to Oden (but in my defense, I don’t care about Rudy Gay or Spencer Hawes or Brandon Bass, so why would I pass to them?),
I play like an alternate universe Sergio. I have NO jumper whatsoever, and I either finish the play or get the assist.
#52
I am a natural at basketball video games
I am really good at it. I get a ton of points, shoot 70% (all on dunks and layups though), a lot of assists, a GRIP of steals (I am averaging 12 steals a game right now, early in my 2nd season)…
I am a 6’3" PG for the Knicks.
I know, make the difficulty level tougher, but it’s only got 1 setting in My Player mode, and I ALWAYS dominate basketball video games even at the hardest settings.
#52
how do you find out what your PER is?
i haven’t found that stat yet as i’ve looked around.
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 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Go to NBA.com
And then its under “Metric Stats”.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
i see…i wonder what my PER will be!
i’m guessing around 25
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 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, NBA.com area
Go to “stats”, then “metric stats”. Look at your team’s player’s PERs, or the league leaders.
#52
Oden seems pre-programmed to get the MVP chant
When shooting FTs in my experience.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
nice.
i didn’t even notice the upload thing till last night when i was watching replays of my game-winner. but in the replay thing if i pressed L3 (on ps3) it would allow me to upload or save or whatever. i’m not sure about editing though. i was you, Leslie, I wouldn’t want my real name to be known either.
oh….oops..
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 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
this is a good one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ7J7UjsRqg&feature=related
Awesomeness (ô'səm-nes)
1. n. Something that inspires awe
2. n. Nicolas Batum
by thomasikehara on Mar 16, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
here is another one
Awesomeness (ô'səm-nes)
1. n. Something that inspires awe
2. n. Nicolas Batum
by thomasikehara on Mar 16, 2010 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Check this out
ESPN says
Rumors: Blazers to enter market for Bosh
It’s an Insider link to this:
Blazers should pursue Bosh
Any way Bosh could be a Blazer?
I’m pretty sure it’s just a link to this fanpost: http://www.blazersedge.com/2010/3/16/1375537/chris-bosh-talks-about-playing-for
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
pretty much
the only way it happens is a sign and trade with lamarcus+filler, and I don’t think Totonto is in the market for another perimeter big
Awesomeness (ô'səm-nes)
1. n. Something that inspires awe
2. n. Nicolas Batum
by thomasikehara on Mar 16, 2010 8:31 AM PDT up reply actions
What nonsense.
Everyone knows KP is going to trade Miller and a bundle of muddy sticks for CP3.
I am perpendicularly pissed off right now!!!!!!
Not gonna happen
Toronto dang well knows that they suck without Bosh and given the giant turd that is Hedo’s contract they really need to resign him since Hedo keeps them from rebuilding.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
It ain't up to Toronto!
I don’t think we’re gonna get Bosh, but Toronto doesn’t have much of a choice. If Bosh thinks they won’t be able to make a winner, as he seems pretty fed up with sucking, he’d leave… I imagine.
#52
If KP could find a way to get Bosh for Aldridge and filler, Bryan Colangelo would be deported from Canada.
Yes! Yes! In the face!
Would it be any worse than what the Leafs themselves have done
To that once proud franchise?
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Not in the least. But at least they're moving in the right direction now.
Brian Burke and Ron Wilson are a very good GM/Coach combination. I’m still skeptical about the trade of their first round pick for Kessel, but the draft is pretty weak this year anyway. That, and the Leafs tend to screw up draft picks anyway. They needed to tank like they are now a few years ago.
Yes! Yes! In the face!
I feel sorry for their fans
At the same time its great and sad that a team like that sells out no matter how good or bad they are.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Pssh.....Those people in the expensive seats may as well be Laker fans.
They have this club at the ACC called the “Platinum Lounge” that they can go to. People are always so busy mingling and having a good time there, they can’t be bothered to show up for the start of the next period. It’s similar to the problem the Ducks have with getting fans back for the start of the 3rd quarter at Autzen.
But yes, everyone else is great. Me and my friends went to see them play the Canucks in Vancouver a few years back. I assumed I’d be one of the very few wearing a Leafs tuque. But there were almost as many Leafs fans as there were Canucks fans in that building. That didn’t stop them from berating me as we left the arena after the 5-1 drubbing by Vancouver.
My favorite Leafs fan story is from a few years ago when they were playing particularly awful one game. After yet another goal, someone threw a crutch on the ice from the end behind the Leafs goal. The guy had a cast on his leg and still had one crutch in his hand. As he was being escorted out by security, he was reported as saying “You guys need this more than I do!”
Yes! Yes! In the face!
Hee hee, sound like Red Sox fans
You can count on seeing Boston fans at everything single MLB game, whether or not the Red Sox are actually playing. If they are, watch out. I went to one in Baltimore a few years back and there were far more Baltimore than Boston fans.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
nope.
LA+Rudy+filler maybe.
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 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't get Portland's fascination with Rudy Fernandez.
What can he do besides hit the three at 39%? He doesn’t rebound and doesn’t play defense.
you are not alone.
it has been a long time since Portland had a “flashy” player. i think that is part of 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 16, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah perhaps. but this team is the flashiest team the Blazers have had (that I can remember) since the 90s.
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 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Brandon Roy is the exact opposite of ....
…flashy
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 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
That is perfect
I was gonna include that …but didn’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 16, 2010 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I actually was about to argue with you.
And then I thought more about it and realize this hidden point. Brandon, even if he’s winning the game with less than a second left from 30feet out being covered from all angles, is not flashy. He’s exciting down the stretch… but never flashy.
#10 & #52
Exactly
Flashy=Style …Rudy had that in spades
Roy is a very exciting player …especially in the 4th quarter. But he does it without forcing it…without knocking your socks off….and at the end of the 3rd quarter you see him with 17, 5 and 5 and wonder when the hell he did that…then he goes out and adds another 10 pts or so in 4th. Blammo.
This is one reason he hasn’t hit the national attention the way other guys have …luckily the coaches are aware …those 3 AllStar nod look really gaudy on his resume and that generates some buzz with casual fans
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 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Media attention is key though even if the public doesn't always pick up on it.
Like you can tell that Batum has a good chance of being a All-defensive player in the coming years not just because we see how much impact he can have defensively but because even the national media are pointing it out. Coaches know he will be on their top wing now.
And I remember the same thing with Roy. Despite very little attention, his name became associated with clutch play and being a great player. Coaches talked about adjusting and accounting for him.. as much as they could. He would still have to win a championship to even break into the conversation for being voted for an all-star game, but you could see the progression of how he was considered by the coaches and the media analysts as a top tier player who now will always get a fair consideration for an all-star bid if he’s been healthy and the blazers are contending.
But yeah, it’s strange because Brandon can do some pretty explosive things that just blow you away, but the whole package is just so self-contained and under control that he doesn’t come out as flashy or stylish.
#10 & #52
I totally agree regarding media attention being key
That is why those national games (as much as we hate some of the guys calling the games) are so important. They build reputations. If there such a thing as Bedge facts …..there are ESPN facts too and they 10 times more powerful and national in scope
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 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Hence why Travis Outlaw will always be a little Bo.
Brandon Roy has shown some great stuff on National TV. I think the general basketball fanbase in the east coast still doesn’t see a lot of it because of the time difference, but the more the analysts say things the more it becomes true.
Their facts are powerful enough to augment the reality.
#10 & #52
If Roy starts going stuff in the Playoffs (he hasn't hurt himself yet)
it will cement his status as an all NBA guy….and be remembered forever as a clutch dominant performer
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 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
he has a 7.2% TRB at the guard position, that isn’t bad at all.
He’s a nice player who moves without the ball well, plays the passing lanes, comes up with very important offensive rebounds at good times, and is a tremendous shooter. A very nice role player.
by Cablinasian on Mar 16, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
his ability to move without the ball is absolutely an important skill set, and one that is generally overlooked.
by Cablinasian on Mar 16, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
for comparison’s sake, Bryant/Wade are at 7.6 and Roy is at 7.5. Rudy’s actually a nice rebounder for the position.
by Cablinasian on Mar 16, 2010 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
League average TRB for SG is 6.9%
League average AR for SG is 16.39; Rudy’s at 17.38.
So he’s a league average passer and rebounder for his position who is a decent but not spectacular 3p shooter and who plays no defense. Sure, he fits a role that’s needed on a lot of teams, but it’s a very rare skill set.
“decent not spectacular 3p shooter.”
See, Rudy takes his threes coming off of picks, running like mad all over the court. The degree of difficulty compared to Batum, who shoots 47%, is night and day. Is J.R. Smith an average three point shooter? No, he just takes more and far more difficult threes.
by Cablinasian on Mar 16, 2010 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Ok, thanks.
You guys obviously have watched him a ton more than I have, and that observation actually helps a lot.
Well, you are absolutely correct in noting that the average Blazer fan in attendance at the Rose Garden overrates him drastically.
by Cablinasian on Mar 16, 2010 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
My sports dollar is an entertainment dollar. All things being equal, give me a guy
who generates some excitement. he may be average on, well, average. But when he is lighting it up, it’s fun to watch.
hmm….
my sports (Blazer) dollars are entertainment and investment dollars. i’m investing in my future euphoria when i’m there as they win the title. so i want to see the players play that will take me 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 16, 2010 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
he said, all things being equal. He’d rather have a flashy average player than a boring average player.
by Cablinasian on Mar 16, 2010 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
fine, cabby, fine. you just enjoy contradicting me don’t you?
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 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
you will wilt under the intensity of my stare
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 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
it takes, diff’rent strokes
it takes, diff’rent strokes to move the world!
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 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
twss
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
women… am I right?
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
the teams have it. Remember when Battier refused to play help defense in Game 4 of last year’s playoffs? We basically got to go 4-on-4 on offense, because Houston decided that leaving Rudy open was not gonna happen.
by Cablinasian on Mar 16, 2010 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Not if it’s this or let Bosh walk for the Raps… Sign and trades rarely involve equal value
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Perhaps you're right.
I imagine there would be quite a market available to the Raps if they were openly shopping the S&T to the league, but maybe I’m wrong.
there will be a market, but not many teams will be offering talented players in exchange
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
I am a huge Bosh fan, but he is moving like 2009 Darius Miles right now, and that’s gotta concern whoever ends up with him.
by Cablinasian on Mar 16, 2010 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
You would be stupid not to
I was blinded to that by sick alley-oops and facials
not to mention Greg crotchifyin’ suckas
by Tyler Durrden on Mar 16, 2010 11:29 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
you'd have to make that trade
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
I agree
it would be a shame to give up Batum, but I take Bosh’s proven talent over potential every day of the week.
"In Batum's case he must realize he is very likely the first Blazer to successfully fight over a pick all season..."
-Ben
i think we would be insane to give up LMA + Batum for Bosh.
Even if Batum doesn’t fulfill his potential, his perimeter defense and his current offensive game is a great compliment to a championship team.
i agree with Norsk, i don’t trust Bosh to stay healthy.
however, LMA+Rudy, then i’ll sign up for it.
fiftytwo
by broyposse on Mar 16, 2010 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
you're assuming we're a championship team with Aldridge
I think we overpaid. If he’s our 2nd option it’s not going to happen. Oden has an uncertain future. We need a big capable of being a legit 2nd option and even a 1st option if Roy is having an off night.
If you aren’t trusting Bosh to stay healthy, then you must doubt 90% of the league. I don’t consider missing 15 games to be an injury risk especially compared to the injuries we’ve sustained.
"In Batum's case he must realize he is very likely the first Blazer to successfully fight over a pick all season..."
-Ben
yeah of course on the overpaid aspect and the assumption. KP was about to give Hedo $50m.
i’m assuming we can be a championship team with Oden/Roy/LMA/Batum. I think KP is assuming that too or was assuming that.
Bosh would definitely put us over the top if he replaced LMA. i’m also saying we can be a championship team with Oden/Roy/Batum as our core…
of course all of that hinges on health and luck esp with GO..
at the end of the day, but yeah, i have to agree now that a healthy Oden/Bosh/Roy combo would be pretty magnificent.
i’m basically saying it is crazy because you don’t need to package batum to get that from Toronto because LMA/Rudy or LMA/Bayless > Lee package that is floating around.
as for health concerns, i’m leaning towards Dr. Norsk’s assessment on Bosh’s knees.
fiftytwo
I don't get trading the only guy under 6 10 who plays defense
The Blazers would never get out of the 2nd round without Batum
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
our bad defense is first and foremost a coaching issue
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
You just want a scapegoat
Even if it’s coaching, it’s only 50% of the problem. Miller isn’t any better than Blake at defense and Black wasn’t good, just adequate. Roy says he cares about D but we know the truth. LA cares, just isn’t a banger, Oden cares, Bayless only cares about himself.
It’s way deeper than just the coach.
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
its at least 50%.
The tools are there for Roy and LA to play much better defense. A good defensive coach make that happen. Simply getting Dante in the rotation over Howard would make a big difference. Scott Skiles would have our defense whipped into shape within a few months.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
yeah, i can see that.
Ray Allen and Paul Pierce didn’t know how to play defense until TT was on board…but then again, they had an amazing defender on the perimeter in Rondo and an interior defender in KG
fiftytwo
How much of Boston's success was due to KG being a dick?
His teammates aren’t scared of him anymore.
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
And if Skiles was the coach
In 4 or 5 months the team would rebel against him and he’d be fired. He only teaches defense to young guys who are still scared of the coaches yelling.
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
its why I wouldn't hire Skiles
but I would higher a top defensive assistant like TT or Budenholzer, or failing that, I could settle for JVG.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
i have no idea
I just trust AK, plus I assume Pop’s top assistant knows his D.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
we're a lot closer with Bosh
but the reality is that we still need a healthy Oden and a better coach, particularly on defense.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
What's the point in being closer if you don't reach it
Both Bosh and LA are 2nd fiddles. Neither guy is going to get the Blazers over the hump without help. I agree that Bosh is better than LA but he’s not worth Batum. Throw anyone but Roy and Batum in the trade and I’m cool.
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
suggesting that Bosh and LA are on the same tier is ridiculous.
Its comparable to the difference between Roy and Kevin Martin.
Getting Bosh would put us right there in the mix.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
I didn't say same tier
They are both Pippens to a Jordan. Give Bosh and A++ and LA a D- if you want, but they are still both Robins and not Batmans. Robin sucks on his own.
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
Nightwing?
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
boom
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Bosh can be the #1 guy on a good playoff team, just not a title team
if he’s not a #1, neither is Roy.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Roy is more of a #1 than Bosh will ever be
No F-wording way Toronto sucks as bad as they do with Nate as the coach. Fricken Blazers Edge has wanted half that roster at one time or another.
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
they are a .500 team, they'd maybe be a couple games better with Nate. maybe.
That roster is awful. Bosh has to do yeoman’s work to make them a .500 team. Trade Roy for Bosh and they are worse if anything. I don’t even want to think about how bad they’d be on D.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
This.
Swap Bosh for Roy and you’d have to be delusional to think the Raptors would be better or that the Blazers would be worse.
yeah, Bosh is having a better season, and its really not even close.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
I said this season was not even close
As far as moving forward, that’s a debate worth having and you could clearly make the argument for Roy.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
I did, and I stand by it
That’s definitely arguable though.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
I’m sure injuries, style of play, pace, best player on a bad team all have nothing to do with that
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, that's an easy one.
Between Brandon’s slow start and hammy injury. The bigger question is, how will next year look?
they'll be comparable.
Roy might be better, as he was last year. Or he might not.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Could say the same about Bosh compared to this year
Considering his stats go up and down every other season.
I expect Bosh to drop back down to his career norms next year.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Why isn't toronto better?
They play in the east for crying out loud. Bosh is better than Roy, better than LMA plus Batum. Why does his team suck?
have you looked at that roster? they make us look amazing on defense.
Hedo and Bargs are horrible.
and they are .500, not exactly a bottom feeder.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
No reason to believe Brandon won't jump back up next year
He’ll likely be more ready at training camp. The only fear is further hammy problems right now.
and if so, Roy will be better on offense
and while neither will be great on D, Roy will be worse.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
I don't expect to see Roy on the All-defensive team.
But I suspect his defense will improve year after year, as he sees how important it is to succeed in the postseason.
If we're going to speculate,
I’d say that Bosh giving 100% on the defensive end is a much much more effective and valuable defender than a max-effort Brandon Roy.
That also is related to position.
A defensive minded big man is always more valuable than a defensive minded guard, all other things being equal. And it’s more pronounced when the big man is better at defense than the guard.
Even with the defensive differences, I just can’t convince myself that Bosh is better to have than Roy. You can cover for a guard’s defensive liability better than with a big man.
Well, what if Brandron Roy grew longer arms
And had thigh muscle transplants from Greg Oden. What then…
I mean, since we’re having a speculative discussion.
Bosh is basically a cancer by saying he’s not staying in Toronto…so if he said that here with the Blazers, i’m sure the other players would half-ass it too.
so no, we would be worse with Bosh
fiftytwo
When did he say that?
Link, please. It’s been insinuated a lot but I’ve never seen a quote attributed to Bosh that said anything more committal than “I’m focused on this season”
that’s basically saying he’s not committed to Toronto
he’s not good enough to do that…only Lebron!
fiftytwo
If we know he won't stay
The players certainly know, and Bosh making it pretty much known (without a DIRECT quote) that he isn’t likely gonna stay will just make his teammates not care also… since he’s the star.
It’s a tough situation, I ain’t necessarily blasting Bosh for not caring as much. The Raptors are poorly put together.
#52
i don’t think he means 2nd tier, just that they can’t be the “man” on the team and make them successful…
fiftytwo
If everyone's healthy,
I like your chances better with Roy/Oden/Bosh than with Roy/Oden/LMA/Batum. Talent consolidation has real value.
true.colors
Cyndy Lauper will appear at Spirit Mountain with LeAnn Rhymes this month…
what happen to LeAnn Rhymes? she use to be a mega country star and now plays at casinos at still a young age
fiftytwo
Why you talkin about country music?
I’m going to have to check your ninja card for that one.
I shouldn't complain but sometimes I still do.
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Mar 16, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, this is what I think as well
The Blazers have a better shot with Roy/Oden/Bosh than with Roy/Oden/Aldridge/Batum
of course, if we can do the deal without giving up Batum….
"In Batum's case he must realize he is very likely the first Blazer to successfully fight over a pick all season..."
-Ben
i’m surprised he’s not doing a warm-up tournament first.
if he comes back and wins the Masters that’d really be something.
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 8:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Media access is tightly controlled at Augusta
I was blinded to that by sick alley-oops and facials
not to mention Greg crotchifyin’ suckas
by Tyler Durrden on Mar 16, 2010 12:27 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I either want him to win or to finish last
I can’t decide
Awesomeness (ô'səm-nes)
1. n. Something that inspires awe
2. n. Nicolas Batum
by thomasikehara on Mar 16, 2010 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Golf...
still boring. Even with a billionaire philander at center stage.
I am perpendicularly pissed off right now!!!!!!
Great quote from my local news
Newslady: And Tiger will be on the prowl at this year’s Masters.
Newsman: Just to clarify, this is regarding golf.
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
I said it down below
Mostly in the sense that I made fun of how big a deal it is.
Makes sense he’d come back at Augusta given that the Lords of Augusta are good at keeping “undesirables” out.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Tiger just needs to get out
He’s got to make it so that photos of him aren’t worth anything to the paparazzi.
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
i don't want to see this picture so i click these words
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
wth
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
WOOOOOOOOO HOOOOO!
The Oregon athletic department hits a new record this year for length of time without a criminal incident (a new one):
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
So did everyone hear?
TIGER IS RETURNING AT THE MASTERS! Its the greatest sports story in the history of history! According to ESPN it is.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
it is going to be one of the top 2 sports stories of the year so far when it happens. depending on what some might say about the Olympics. I think it will be the #1 sports story of the year so far. especially if he does really well.
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 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions
At least its more of a story than MJ's final comeback
Because Tiger is still good.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
UCLA dodges a felony
http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/ncb/news/story?id=4998856
A felony assault charge has been dropped against UCLA forward Nikola Dragovic, who was accused of assaulting a man after a concert in Hollywood.
The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said Monday that they had insufficient evidence to pursue the case. A charge against Dragovic’s friend, Aleksandar Stanisic, was also dropped Monday.
Authorities say Stanisic argued with another man and his girlfriend during a concert. Dragovic, a 22-year-old forward from Serbia, was accused of rushing the man and slamming him into a glass case, which shattered.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Does anyone know where I can find 200 proof mexican vodka in Portland.
………I’m doing a science project………
Yes! Yes! In the face!
Just find a liquor store
Buy some ever-clear since 200 proof, after all=100% alcohol.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
But that's not mexican vodka.
I’d never get into the major peer-reviewed journals if I mess with the parameters of the experiment now.
Perhaps I should start over with swedish tequila?
Yes! Yes! In the face!
I endorse Russian Whiskey
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Why does it have to be Mexican
Does it burn differently or something?
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Why don't you make a rudimentary still and refine some Portland 88?
I was blinded to that by sick alley-oops and facials
not to mention Greg crotchifyin’ suckas
by Tyler Durrden on Mar 16, 2010 12:19 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
holy smokes!
i gotta get me some HBO…..
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
i looked it up. the only reason i’d watch it (if i had HBO) is because i trust David Simon after The Wire. but it didn’t look all that intriguing to me. This Boardwalk Empire thing looks like it could be the balls though.
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 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Steve Buscemi FTW!
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 16, 2010 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Having HBO is nice
Among other things, all their shows are available in Comcast’s “On Demand” if you miss the original airing.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
i used to have HBO but not anymore. i’ve thought about getting it several times but the extra 15 bucks a month always stops me. but they’ve got some good stuff on now: The Pacific, this Boardwalk Empire show, Treme, the Ricky Gervais Show.
i’m not even sure if FIOS runs HBO in HD or not….
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 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I pay for it
Comcast offered me a good deal with the Sports Package and HBO (and since I wanted NBA TV and NFL Network…)
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I heard you on Courtside last night
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 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
really? what was i saying?
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 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
You name is Bob and you refer to Batum as Boom-Boom
You also claim to have invented that nickname…which we all know is false. I am disappointed with you on that point, but am glad you finally see the light on the nickname and proudly proclaimed it on the radio (and TV)
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 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
hahaha
this would probably be even funnier if i had seen or listened to Courtside last night
“boom boom” is a dumb nickname for anyone over the age of 5.
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 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I took a shot
The only thing sillier than me being proud of thinking up that nickname …is someone calling into a radio show claiming to think it up. However I do think it is interesting that it is somehow filtering it’s way out into the real world though (if Courtside and Mike Barrett is part of the real world). That would never have happened before the advent of the internet
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 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
I know
Barrett had a funny look on his face
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 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah, but he’s in jail now…
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
do really think you invented that? i’m not saying you didn’t and i guess the JD is the first place i heard it.
it just sounds childish and not cool to me. Delorean isn’t any better, i know. but i think it’s more fun to include Back to the Future whenever possible.
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 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions
I feel like it would be silly if Nic hit a big three in teh NBA Finals in LeBron’s face and we all yelled BOOM BOOM
by Cablinasian on Mar 16, 2010 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
yes, exactly.
wouldn’t it be more fun to yell “What did we all tell you!!!??? 88 MILES PER HOUR!!!”
.
.
.
ok, maybe not.
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 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I know I did
It was during the summer of his rookie year and we had a discussion thread about nicknames for all the new Blazers….I think “Rex” came out that same thread. Btw I mostly liked the way it sounded when you say it with his last name …plus I kinda like the 1-2 punch connotation
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 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
ok, cool.
alliteration makes anything sound cool. but sometimes, you have to look past the alliteration….
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 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
isn’t Kyle Singler destined to get drafted by Indiana way too early?
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 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah they are around today…
DS got a comment deleted already.
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 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
his world trade federation comment? i hate global economies too, sometimes.
by EvilKaramazov on Mar 16, 2010 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
did the JD cross a few too many lines lately?
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
perhaps....
i haven’t really read but skimmed the last two
even if they are inside jokes between brp and he, they may have been a little to much, for even the jd?
it is a possibility
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
skimming through last night it seemed as though some things might have crossed a line. all in good fun between friends, but still….an outsider reading it might have been offended.
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 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
You shall rise above the oppression wrought upon your people
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
did someone make a “math sucks” joke?
i must have missed that one.
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 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
It was offensive to me
I was fine with the wrestler pictures but when we started getting into all the Asian crap that was too much for me. And I ain’t Asian.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
i would agree. i wasn’t personally offended but there were some things in there that were in poor taste.
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 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I can’t imagine DS or BRP doing ANYTHING in poor taste…
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
hehe
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 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
hehe
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 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
my word make precision slices
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
my bad
i was just making fun of Dougall…and the redheads had to go ugly and make fun of all Asians even though i’m only part Asian
fiftytwo
What you did was fine
He was the one that crossed the line honestly.
Yours was funny, except for the crazy naked guy picture.
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that’s a good one.
“Cartman…you are a manipulative bastard.”
“maybe…but i’m not gonna die!”
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 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Gingers are to the JD as Steve Blake is to Bedge
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
i think you guys brought it upon yourself by declaring the “Gingererios” or whateve superior group you were naming your clan
fiftytwo
hahaha
it’s kinda ridiculous. the one that i never got was about how redheads don’t appear in pictures. i don’t get what vampires and redheads have in common.
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 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm not hating on them
Just pointing out that Gingers can be more easily creepy looking.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
so im the only one who is actually just joking?
the ‘dont have feelings’ comment was just a jab at skywaker saying that only the asian pictures crossed the line
Once again
I am so happy our PR staff are much better than this.
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this means, by extension, cloudy hates the Irish as a whole right?
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
and it was awesome!
i watched it a while back too and thoroughly enjoyed 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 16, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
you were like Doc Brown last 4th of July.
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 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Must not break anti-swearing rule
Anger building ##%#%#%#%%#%#% THUNDER!
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i love you guys
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
good point. at least asians get laid (although it’s mainly so you’ll do that girl’s calculus homework)
some of them are good with computers…
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Its more that
Pictures of creepy wrestlers are not offensive at least.
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didnt even notice
stupid mods
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
FLAG
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
idc ark
idc
let them see it. they need to stop being so butt hurt about stuff.
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by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
that was a poor choice of words
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
hahahaha
oh DS…..
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 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
i wonder how much it would take to get banned?
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
i think you must have towed that line a time or two.
an funny word would do it for you i think. but don’t get banned. just wouldn’t be the same without you.
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 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah ya'll would have to find someone new to hate on
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
or someone new to laugh at when they continually put their virtual foot in their virtual mouth.
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 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah that too
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
your logic is correct
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
gol darn group projects in college suck.
powerpoint is lame.
formatting is lame.
i just feel like being negative.
Agreed
Does this one include a group paper? Those are the worst, especially if you got someone that can’t write and doesn’t know it.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
well it's a business type capstone, why i chose this i don't know, and i regret
so I’M out of my element, but it sucks when you just start getting sick of some of your group. Last night i was waiting on a slide from another person, and i just got so pissed because she was supposed just fix one thing, but took 2 hours, by that time i had already ate, and went to bed soon thereafter because i had another final super early this morning, so it’s my bad for not getting the finished slides (which i had to redo and keep resendiing to them because they kept fixing stuff and sending me new drafts) to our group leader last night (arbitrary deadline, as our presentation isn’t until thurs.)
and when i finally got slides, which were late three times or so, they were created in office 2000 so i couldn’t just drag them to move other slides where they need to go between them, and there were still spelling errors, and other ugly crap.
at this point i’ve done what i can do on the draft and the rest of it is out of my hands.
i was more referring to
the fact that i’m so green that i haven’t worked for dumb face jerkwads before in “the real world”
actually come to think of it
i’ve only had a couple jerkwad bosses, so i’ve been relatively lucky i guess
Or they don't do what they say they will
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this went on sale today.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
have you seen them all? I haven’t gotten around to watching the other two (old boy is all i’ve witnessed)
by EvilKaramazov on Mar 16, 2010 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
no, i haven’t. both are on my queue but quite a ways down. I’ve heard good things about both though. and Oldboy was really really great….so great it would convince me to buy the other two sight unseen.
have you seen Thirst? Park Chan-Wook’s vampire movie.
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 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
no. but i did watch the 36th camber of shaolin last night. very cool.
by EvilKaramazov on Mar 16, 2010 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
i don’t know what that is. a kung-fu movie, i’m guessing.
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 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
haha…i just looked it up on netflix….that actually sounds pretty cool.
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 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
I've only seen Old Boy as well
Isn’t it technically the middle movie in that trilogy?
I got all 3 on my “watch instantly” list.
#52
yeah, Oldboy is the middle one.
the only thing holding me back from buying that set is wondering if it will ever be 30 bucks. but $45 for an 8 disc/3 movie set isn’t bad at all.
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 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
god i loved oldboy
didn’t know it was part of a trilogy, netflix here i come
the few, the proud, the blazers
by HD on Mar 16, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
mmmmmmmmm new bowling ball just ordered
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by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 11:41 AM PDT reply actions
you forgot to get the one w/ a rose inside it.
by EvilKaramazov on Mar 16, 2010 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
is yours really gonna say “Reign of Fire”?
can you order one with a Blazer logo?
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 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
reminds me of harry porter
& looks like a planet
loveisrespect
by portlandgiirl91 on Mar 16, 2010 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Cornell Basketball on the front page of Yahoo Sports
Quote:
The secret to the Cornell basketball team’s transformation from Ivy League also-ran to trendy NCAA tournament upset pick is an aging 14-bedroom, four-bathroom house near campus affectionately known as “The Dog Pound.”
Thirteen players and a team manager live in that house, which hosts everything from LOST viewing parties, to ping-pong tournaments, to fiercely competitive games of Super Smash Bros on Nintendo 64.
Although the fridge is typically stocked with expired milk and the couches are often strewn with empty pizza boxes, Cornell players insist the team chemistry they’ve built living together makes the chaos worthwhile. The Big Red won its third consecutive Ivy League championship earlier this month, earning a No. 12 seed in the NCAA tournament and a first-round date with fifth-seeded Temple on Friday in Jacksonville.
“I definitely think (living together) helps,” senior Louis Dale told the Cornell Daily Sun. “Us being close friends allows us to make sure that basketball is always fun for us. But at the same time we know that we have to take care of business and work hard and all that sort of thing. It helps a lot with chemistry on the court.”
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
this is the most overrated/overdiscussed team in college basketball right now
I love it though.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
How many of the back office guys at these sports companies
Probably went to Cornell? Think about it.
Besides the NCAA likes to push the free teams in the tourney each year that are actually full of student athletes.
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shouldn’t it be called “The Bear Den” or something?
and…..N64? i guess the NCAA doesn’t have to worry about violations for that program.
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 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Blazer fans are still arguing that Bosh is LMA’s ceiling and/or there’s only a small difference between the two. I have failed.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
http://www.blazersedge.com/2010/3/16/1375537/chris-bosh-talks-about-playing-for
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
oh, that’s just a passing comment.
Being worried about Bosh’s knees definitely is a real concern. Oden’s injuries are scary enough. Degenerative knees, though? That’s a whole new realm of scary.
by Cablinasian on Mar 16, 2010 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
What is the deal with his knees?
You and Norsk seem worried about Bosh’s knees here and in the past. Has he had worrisome injuries there? I ain’t followed it lots.
#52
he just seems to be moving worse each time I see him, and the braces he is wearing are insane. It could be completely confirmation bias.
I want all of our players to wear huge braces
I wear braces on my knees in 2K10, just in case, and I’ve never had knee problems.
#52
Does anyone's My Player ever get injured?
For that matter, I’ve yet to have a player on the team I’m playing in get seriously hurt.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Okay
I’ve only had players get ’Hurt", which means they play with a lower rating, but never injured.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Brandon Bass is out for a few months in my game
Plus, I remember my rookie season, Gerald Wallace had a season ending injury. I saw the headline.
My Player has never been hurt yet.
#52
Granted my "Durability" rating
Which prevents against injuries, is like 95. So that helps.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Mine was only what you start out as for all of my first season.
If no one we know has had their player hurt, than I am suspicious.
#52
As a PG I don't put myself in a situation where I woudl get hurt
But still.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I drive and get fouled all the time
I don’t lead the league in FTs or anything, but there seems to be plenty of chances for me to get hurt. I’ve hurt a few players doing a hard foul.
#52
He has sprained his right knee heavily in Feb 2009. Already once was placed on IL with a "sore right knee" in 2008.
It’s just a general hunch, also going from the bigger and bigger sleeves and braces he wears. You generally don’t start wearing something protective on a joint if you never felt pain there. It doesn’t have to be something major, maybe it’s just the general “tendinitis” label which can mean anything from some ligament pain to something degenerative. But before giving him a $70+ million deal, that’s definitely something I would check out intensively to not see him go into a microfracture procedure after a year or two.
Oh, he also sprained his right knee in 2004 and missed most of January. In 2008 he missed most of February.
Look where the brace is 1, 2. That’s the kind of thing Duncan and Garnett are wearing, only they are more than one contract older.
I would love to be able to get Bosh
And of course I’d give up LA to get him.
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It’s not an argument you will ever win on a Blazer Blog
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Several years ago
I thought that was his ceiling also. But after the claims every year by LMA that he has it figured out, and after seeing him improve his game somewhat in the middle of each season, only to regress at the beginning of the succeeding season, I have finally reached the conclusion that LMA is a nice player that can average about 18 and 8….which is not shabby, but he’s no world beater and he will never be the #1 option on a really good team.
He has a ceiling and he’s pretty close to it, IMO.
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 16, 2010 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
He could be used better in a different system.
But I agree that he’s close to his ceiling as well.
#10 & #52
he has, in all likelihood, reached his ceiling
He’s playing at a level lower than year 2.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
What I was saying over there was that the difference between them didn't justify throwing in two or three rotation
players and paying another max salary.
Allen will probably go over the salary cap and luxury tax even, but he’s not going to blow the roof off it. There is still Oden to sign, another center to sign and a serious back up 4.
You’ll get more bang for the buck there. You do a sign and trade for Bosh, you still have to do all those things PLUS backfill the holes in the roster you created making the trade.
you are talking about a superstar. a player on Brandon Roy's tier.
Getting another player like that’s not worth giving away LMA plus rotation players? Really?
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Also, vets will come out of the woodshed to fill our holes in the roster for a chance to play with Roy, Oden, and Bosh.
Even in Portland.
#10 & #52
With....
Skittles and cookies, like Durant gets in OKC.
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 16, 2010 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Or, see what the Celtics have been doing to keep their team floating.
After trading everything for a couple of superstars.
#10 & #52
Oh, sorry, I don't actually agree with this approach.
I was really just arguing from the point of view that you can do what the Celtics did a couple years ago or what the Heat did just before that. You can trade a lot for an impact player and fill your gaps with the Vet Mins you can add to your roster to fill in spaces. It got each of them one championship, and I am almost ready to put money on the Celtics not getting another one out of those three. I hear the window closing fast out there.
I could give up a lot for Bosh because we have the depth of talent to allow for a 3 for 1 trade if it included the right people. The other difference is that Bosh is a lot younger than KG or Allen, so we are adding a piece that could be with us for a long time.
But I wouldn’t just want to sell the future and put all the eggs into a basket with unknown knee concerns. I’d consider the LA to Bosh risk worth it, but I would carefully consider what I would be willing to toss on top of that.
#10 & #52
Right, it's not about Bosh being better than LMA, he clearly is. it's about whether the
added costs in personnel, salary and the backfilling make it worth it.
Yeah, and it really could.
Throwing one guy on the outskirts anyway (Marty, Bayless, Rudy) ontop of LA would be fair but it’s dangerous to allow yourself to give up too much young cheap talent that is still finding it’s place in the NBA.
#10 & #52
I think Dave's post today is terrible.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
I agree
It reads like he was drunk and/or stoned.
I hate people that just start babbling about things like “desire”.
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meh… he has to fill 4 non game days of content or the masses will be angry
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
He can do better than that
I’ll agree that at least its a change from “Shake Charts” and “Ben’s latest way to prove KD is the greatest awesomest player ever.”
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
well, this is Day one… let’s give him time to return to game shape
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
both points are just so bad
Vonn got a lot of coverage. Guess what? She’s a 3 time overall world cup champion. That kind of explains it.
Sweden won because of “it.” You saw it in their eyes. Wow. How about Canada just missed. How about that?
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Yup
And if you’re going to complain about coverage relative to results, I give you Ohno, who has won exactly one non-controversial gold in his career. Not saying he’s not a good athlete but he ain’t Blair or Heiden.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
in Ohno’s defense, there aren’t many non-controversial wins to be had in short track
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Still
He only finished first in a final once.
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BUT HE’S AMERICAN… what are you, some kind of Commie?
.
.
NBC is the Sux
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Internet feeds FTW
I didn’t even try to not find out results.
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But, as myu daughter and wife continually remind me.....
“He is hotter than the surface of the sun!”
- direct quote from daughter
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 16, 2010 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, yeah
And he is real talented but his results aren’t THAT great.
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yeah, second best in the world is for LOSERS
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
if you’re not first you’re last!
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Got me on that
But to say that he’s the greatest Winter Olympian ever because he’s won more total medals is wrong. Golds matter in that sort of calculation.
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how many Golds did Bonnie Blair have? cause she was #1 in medals till Ohno
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
then she’s better than Ohno
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
yep
and Eric Heiden is still better than both. Won 5 golds in 1 Olympics— every individual distance from 500 m to 10,000 m. That’s like winning the 100 m dash and then a middle distance race in track. Unheard of.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
It will never be done again
Period.
Just like no one will ever equal Phelps.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
That truly
was the most awe inspiring Olympic performance.
I rate Heiden above Phelps (despite fewer medals) because so many of Phelps races are similar. Now if Phelps was winning the long distance races as well…..
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 16, 2010 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Hard to compare
For one, Phelps didn’t win it alone, he had team relays, speed skating didn’t until 2006.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
okay, as a swimmer, those events are nothing like each other. Winning the IM, freestyle, and butterfly is absolutely insane.
by Cablinasian on Mar 16, 2010 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I mis-stated what I meant...
You’re right…..it is very tough.
I was thinking of distances….the different between Phelps longest individual race (400M) and shortest individual race (100M). It’s a 4X difference. Heiden had a short race of 500M and a long race of 10,000M, a difference of 20X.
That’s what i was getting at. I’m not denigrating Phelps….he was (and is) amazing….and he’s done it over 2 Olympics, with possibly a 3rd coming up.
Heiden simply won every race his sport had, along with the 20X difference in lengths. He won the sprints and the distance races….no one else has ever done that.
Another thing that greatly impresses me about him is that he then took up cycling and became the US road champion, and was instrumental in the formation of the first US pro cycling team (Motorola), racing the the Tour d’ France.
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 16, 2010 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
You guys don't get it
There is a reason that athletes with less athleticism beat athletes more athletic than them. There is a reason that MJ was great for so long. Desire is about the same as competitiveness, it trumps a lot of stuff.
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
You have to be joking
Andre Miller is the little guy who understands who he can beat up and who he cannot. He goes so far as to go around beating up those guys smaller than him and being a jerk a-word bully, but he also know who he cannot beat up.
In real life, that sucks, because some little guy is going around beating up guys smaller than him for no reason other than that Miller can do it. That is also Miller’s game. He is more than happy to beat up on someone smaller than him, and he cowers away like a moist succulent lamb against a superior opponent.
Fundamentally, that is the reason I hate Miller. I was a tiny kid in grade school, and it pissed me off when kids that should be getting their butts kicked by other kids, decided to pick on me. Miller is a second tier bully.
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
I'd like to make up an excuse and I can't
I’d like to attribute it to huffing paint, except I stopped huffing about a week ago.
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
the thing to do when you’re a tiny kid and get picked on by other tiny but slightly larger than you kids is to lock the anger and hurt up deep inside and let it fester until you become a socially defunct person whose greatest social circle is people on a sports blog….
oh….i’ve said to 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 16, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
watch out
the mods might get you
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
The only thing I hate more than the Mods and Andre Miller is Cancer
Cancer trumps all hate.
CANCER CAN GO @#$#$# ITSELF THEN BECOME A GRIZZLIES FAN FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
give me a good movie i can watch on my computer
from netflix
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 12:00 PM PDT reply actions
no
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
it’s on watch now, under documentaries, i believe.
by EvilKaramazov on Mar 16, 2010 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
48 Hrs
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 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I want something i can get through in a few hours
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
MST3k episodes are available.
That might be a bit old for you, but never too late to try it out.
Pan’s Labyrinth is available. So is Blade Runner. Beetlejuice is there. The original (classic) WarGames.
Memento is available. That’s just about two hours on the nose.
they are gonna release Toy Story 1 and 2 on DVD again in May. 2 disc special editions i think. I can finally buy them. my Pixar collection is woefully lacking. i only have The Incredibles.
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 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
i was wrong. i guess they are single disc editions . so they’re probably the same as what you already have.
they are going to release 2 disc editions, but they are the dvd/blu ray combo packs and are $25 as opposed to just the dvd for $17.
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 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
my cousin got it on Blu Ray so i watched it. it looked really good. that was a good movie. i still think Toy Story 1 and 2 are the best Pixar though. along with Incredibles.
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 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
thanks for linking to an old post of mine, tom
maybe I should change the title to “barely making the post season: what it will take”
"In Batum's case he must realize he is very likely the first Blazer to successfully fight over a pick all season..."
-Ben
one of the best in-game dunks ive ever seen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjqtJptW0Bk
reminiscent of VC.
Those blocks to spark that break were great also.
VC’s Olympic dunk was over a 7footer if I recall, but it is still a damn impressive dunk. And in the Big West. Who knew?
#10 & #52
drafted by the Knicks IIRC
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Oregon will hold a news conference to announce what direction
They’re taking with the basketball program at 3:30 PM today.
Gee I wonder what’ll happen then!
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
OSU fans will talk poo about it
There will be a post on Building the Damn about it, and my Beaver fan friend will send me a snarky text message.
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
why doesn’t he just use his Shark Repellent Bat Spray?
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 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
cause he has a mother zaching light saber, that’s why
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Is that Robin
stuck between the sharks teeth?
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 16, 2010 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
ugh…..
what a country……
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 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
that is gross
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 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
They served it at the Grinnell dining hall
Its very common in the Midwest
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
You can find most of this stuff
At the Oregon State Fair any year.
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I've had a bunch of these and like many of them
esp Bacon and Mac n Cheese
"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy
by Honka Playboy on Mar 16, 2010 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Now I'm hungry.
Wearing the black band for Jarrett Jack, Ime Udoka, Fred Jones, Sergio Rodriguez, Channing Frye, Luke Schenscher, Shavlik Randolph, James Jones, Josh McRoberts, Steven Hill, Jarron Collins, Michael Ruffin, Steve Blake and Travis Outlaw. Sacrificed to the unmerciful god of progress.
Change! Let's Go!!
To the NBA . Suns and Blazers ….a triple overtime ……
You guys stink!!
Change!
Roybot: "Then he said "My girlfriend is from LA." to which I replied "Well then you need to find a new girlfriend."’
I need some backup in the Howard/Dante thread
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
my feeble gray matter does not understand that chart.
and i like Juwan Howard.
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 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I just don’t like absolute statements
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
i’m not fan of those either. generally speaking
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 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
basically, the 1 year adj. plus/minus column
indicates that when Dante is in, we do well and when Howard is in, we get owned.
it is a small sample size though.
I can live with 10 mpg of Howard at C, but that’s it. He should never, ever, ever play PF minutes over Dante.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
what about if Dante has fouled out?
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
this is why i don’t like absolute statements
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
i said Howard should never play PF minutes ahead of Dante
if Dante’s fouled out, then Howard wouldn’t be playing ahead of him. Obviously, in an emergency, we might have to use Howard.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
my point was the second comment… for every absolute statement, there is a scenario that pokes a hole in it
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
small sample size
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by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
dear Jake
i will fight your crazy statistics with statistics that people understand
Juwan Howard
PPG RPG BPG FG% FT%
5.9 4.9 0.1 .518 .759
Dante Cunningham
PPG RPG BPG FG% FT%
4.0 2.5 0.4 .495 .644
Juwan is better at PPG/RPG/FG%/FT%
Dante is better at BGP
therefore Howard > Cunningham
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by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
i’m gonna need to see a total minutes number please…..
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
mpg should give you what you’re looking for
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
for the season
Juwan
22.8
Dante
11.6
22.8 > 11.6
juwan > dante
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by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
i think i’m gonna have to go with DS on this one, Jake. his stats just make too much sense.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
who is Ronald Fisher?
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
do the other things involve him being dead?
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
That's one of them.
It’d be pretty unreasonable of me to have a living statistician [SMH] them from beyond the grave.
#10 & #52
no wonder i’ve never heard of him
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
no wonder i’ve never heard of him.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
or maybe you need to get out more
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
you aren’t wrong about your original statement either. i do need to get out more.
that’s part of the reason i have season tickets.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
cant dispute my facts!
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by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
i will fight your crazy statistics with statistics that people understand
I think “advanced” stats are very distilled by the time they reach HoopData or BBR. People refuse to learn them because IT’S MATH, but they aren’t any harder to look at than PPG or RBG. Heck, MORTIMER is cool with stats and gets the advanced ones.
MORTIMER. lol.
well, when you put it that way, i’m just ashamed of myself that i don’t take the time to understand them.
i mean, if Mortimer can do it….anyone can.
MORTIMER. lol.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t argue with the math part, but my position is that there is more to the story than what is currently being measured. Box scores are incomplete.
I get the paper, so I don't care!
being incomplete doesn’t make them invalid. Nothing can tell the entire story of what goes on in basketball. Yet by cobbling together a bunch of pretty solid metrics, we can get a good idea of what is going on.
saying that stats are only worthwhile if absolute kinda misses the point.
I like how you use stats. I see explanations and qualifying statements along with yours. However there are people that like to manipulate others with numbers, and they rarely tell the whole story with their numbers or words (or even symbols – i might even accept pictures and video).
So, I think it would be good to consider that there is more to winning than what shows in a box score. I think it would be good to start counting more so called intangibles that do lead to winning. I mean – who can argue with wanting more numbers to look at? See – more math!
I get the paper, so I don't care!
there is absolutely more to winning than what is in the box score. Heck, a lot of our advanced stats are aimed at figuring out which box score stats don’t lead to winning – thus the focus on scoring efficiency rather than raw output.
Stats are best described as “getting us to ask the right questions.” We need to analyze them and properly put them in the correct context for them.
yeah, the whole point of advanced stats is to do better than what the box score can do.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
why doesn’t someone just start counting some of the other things that lead to wins?
I get the paper, so I don't care!
people do
its just not all available to the general public.
NBA teams have stats for defensive stops, deflections, etc.
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Free AK1984
with the near demise of newspapers (limited space), I think it is time to start bringing it to the public, since there is unlimited space on the web.
Also, if I am a intangibles kind of player looking to renew my contract, I am begging my agent to do everything he can to get those kind of stats out there.
I get the paper, so I don't care!
I am positive
If LMA led the league in stripping the ball from bigs driving the lane and it led to a change of possession that most of the time led to us scoring on the other end, it was in his agent’s argument for his contract.
#52
I think they are underestimating the internet though. Those stats should be out there, online.
I get the paper, so I don't care!
Yeah it's expensive work generating those stats
Perfectly reasonable to request a hefty fee to access them.
All ya gotta do is add a couple of columns to the game’s stat keeper’s sheet.
Perhaps I am oversimplifying a bit, but it can’t be that hard.
I get the paper, so I don't care!
the statkeeper can’t keep track of whether Roy went left or right, which player rotated correctly, etc.
why not, is he lazy?
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I know that is what I argued for in the past, but right now it is still not practical. that’s prolly too much detail, but I think a lot of the hustle type plays could be added easily.
diving, preventing a fast break, missed shots against, etc.
Also, someone could also add weights to current stats, like “blocking a shot clock beating attempt”
I get the paper, so I don't care!
It's much harder than that
They’re not just analyzing existing stats. They’re manually reviewing every game for very obscure data. That requires manpower, computation, data storage, and intense basketball knowledge. Plus a little imagination to figure out every stat they can.
Legend has it they walk into every contract negotiation
With a gigantic binder full of color charts of every single statistic that shows what their player brings to the team.
I heard Bill Duffy just burned a DVD of Roy’s buzzer beater against Houston in the Roy negotiations.
That was the first time...
that we saw that Brandon’s “There is NO WAY I’ll let this team lose” attitude can work against a strong playoff team. In his very first postseason.
carrying the team to respectability?
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
haha…
it was either Roy or KP.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
heehee
i wonder if Brandon’s agent would point to the Blazers bottom line and then say “you’re welcome”
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I really do imagine it was a very easy negotiation when it comes to numbers
I think it was all about years and options, and dealing with the expected CBA changes.
I can’t imagine KP saying “Clearly Brandon doesn’t deserve the max!”
i agree with you.
i kinda doubt LA’s was all the difficult also. Oden, however, will be another story. Batum might be tougher too….
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Oden's will be the toughest by far, IMO
I’d be surprised if we negotiate another deal with Rudy. He’ll either be traded or he’ll walk.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
It's 15 months away for Rudy and Batum
And it’ll be under a new CBA. (Could be a lot longer than 15 months depending on the CBA negotiations, of course).
Oden’s will be easier than LMA’s. I think LMA was hard because inferior players got overpaid right before his deal.
Exactly...
and ahead of schedule to boot.
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 16, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
The big thing is measuring those things
the things that are in the box score are the easiest to measure (although there is some debate over what is an assist). Getting a standardized measurement for deflections, close outs, etc. is hard to do.
Also because there are so many private companies that are selling this data to teams, I don’t think they would be happy if it were freely available.
math takes work
looking at PPG is much easier than this
http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/4/7/0/4706604464b973bebda830a8dd22fca8.png
(I cant post it as a picture cause it is too long)
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by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
as I said, it’s distilled when you get to BBR or HD, right? Do they really post that formula on BBR whenever they want to post a PER? No, of course not.
stop trying to confuse me with your big words and abbreviations i dont understand
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by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
when used in succession they make my brain blow up
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by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I BLAME PREZ
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I BLAME PREZ
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is that what we were doing? i thought we were starting to draft a treatment for “Mortimer: Yeah, We Couldn’t Believe it Either.” a tv movie to be run on the Lifetime network.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
you have great taste in comic strips though!j
and, really, what else matters?
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm reading my Complete TINTIN collection now
I’m glad I read them as a kid, because they’re cool, but YEESH Tintin solves almost nothing himself. He is one lucky mofo, what with being thrown into a factory’s gears the same second the workers go on strike so he isn’t killed, or the wrong poison being put in a needle so he doesn’t go mad…
I like how Herge, the writer, preaches anti-racism and understanding of all people… Africans, Chinese, Indians, etc, but not Japanese. Those dudes are dicks.
IN HIS DEFENSE Japan was pretty lame back when these were written and set.
#52
oh man i haven’t read Tin Tin since 4th or 5th grade or something. i used to love those. they are making a movie sometime soon i think. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are in it maybe?
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Simon Pegg is Tintin, yeah!
Spielburg has owned and lost and re-bought the rights to Tintin over and over for, like, 30 years.
I loved Tintin growing up, and they sell the complete collection now which is purty sweet EXCEPT two complaints thus far… the size is smaller than they were intended to be shown, and in (I believe) the BLUE LOTUS book, there is an explanation in the front saying it was set in 1936 when Japan wa doing something or other in China and that was when this book was set and blah blah… and there is no such explanation in this complete collection.
#52
dang that box set is 'spensive.
if it is the complete series it looks as though there are 21 total books? seems you could buy the 7 volumes of 3 each and save 5 bucks plus get the books in original size.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Hmm, so it's 95 bucks now, eh?
I got this one, prolly the one you saw: Tintin on Amazon.
It wasn’t that much over Christmas… it was another Christmas present. I got the Far Side and Calvin collections over a few X-Mas’s.
I also got some classic POPEYE’s, which I’ve mentioned before here are some of the best comics ever.
#52
yep, that was the collection. i covet your C&H and Far Side collections.
classic Popeye would be interesting. i pretty much only know the cartoon. is the strip much different?
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
It's pretty different
Popeye is always beating up cops and wins tons of money in boxing matches each week, and then blows it on craps or gives it to a poor lady raising a bunch of kids and her husband beats her. He beats up the mean guy and then buys the lady a house.
That happens a few times.
It’s just more modern and surreal than most would expect since it was from the 30s, and the cartoons are dumb.
It’s kinda violent, but it’s cool. It’s funny. It’s, like, recognizable from the cartoons, but not really. Plus the artist who did it died young, so it’s peak didn’t last a long time.
#52
he almost sounds like an anti-hero. it makes his whole, “i am what i am and that’s all that i am” line a little bit stronger. does he even eat spinach in the comic strip?
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
He eats spinach later on
But not for years. And it was because EC Segar (the artist) knew he was popular with kids so he wanted to make Popeye eat spinach so kids would.
He was always like a super hero, anti-hero. Didn’t like authority, being told what to do, was super generous… a man of the people during the depression.
Also, the sunday panels, had another comic below it that was real good… about a guy who lives with a crazy scientist who always invents crap, and the guy’s wife is a fat Olive Oil who always tries to hit him with a rolling pin.
#52
he was like Robin Hood!
your description of the other comic rings a bell. i can’t remember what it was called. if i ever knew and i’m not playing mind tricks no my mind.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
SAPPO is what it was called
I had to look in one of my collections through.
Also, Wimpy was real funny in the Popeye comics. He’s a real jerk who is always trying to get people to fight (he’ll say “you are going to let him talk to you like that? You and him should fight” and stuff) and he’s always scamming people.
#52
hahaha
he was the hamburger guy in the cartoon right? this makes that funnier.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
i'll have to google these or something.
i can’t hardly read that.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
It's not a real funny one or anything
I just googled SAPPO COMIC to show you an example of it, to see if you recognized it.
I recognized it from “history of comics” type books I’ve read over my lifetime, but never saw a collection of it by itself.
#52
i didn't recognize it.
and i agree….it’s not very funny.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Popeye and Sappo
Are great classic comics that have a mix of post-modern ahead-of-their-time humor, and olde tymey 1930s humor that isn’t funny now.
They ain’t Perry Bible Fellowship, that packs in lots of laughs in a modern way, but they’re real good and influential.
#52
i saw a Popeye also. and that was good. but the Sappo’s I saw didn’t seem very funny. maybe i just missed the point though.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
That ain't a EC Segar Popeye
To me, that’s the only REAL Popeye… the guy who created it.
As for Sappo, yeah, there’s a reason it isn’t well known as Popeye. The characters and stories aren’t as memorable. But I like it in a historical sense, and it has some inventive stuff in it.
#52
i see.
well, that one that wasn’t a Segar was still funny.
didn’t know you were such a comics aficionado. in light of that….was Cathy as horrible as it seemed? and what about For Better or Worse?
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Cathy is awful
I mean, she was on The Tonight Show with Carson and stuff when I was a kid… but she filled a niche that was ignored— adult female themed daily comics.
For Better or Worse isn’t that good, and it isn’t breaking new ground by havign characters age in real-time (Gasoline Alley had done that for decades), but it was only done by one person (I like that) and is rare for this day and age.
I was sad when the dog died :-(
#52
i always kinda liked Curtis.
Safe Havens was ok. that was weird for me cause i used to read the comics all the time when i was a kid, then i didn’t read them for the longest time and picked up the paper and looked at Safe Havens and they were like going to college and dating and stuff. i was all, “whaaaaat happened?” weird seeing them grown up.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I haaaaaaaaate Curtis
I could be wrong, but I think Safe Havens sorta cheated and had them age 10 years in one big jump, and has since kept them at their current age.
One other comic did that… FUNKY WINKERBEAN, that’s the name.
#52
i don’t know why i liked Curtis. i just enjoyed keeping up with it for a while. watching him flirt with Michelle and all that. the story line where the wife and Barry get mugged while she is pregnant was sad and good. plus, she kicked a guy in the nuts.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't appreciate when a light-hearted comic goes seies for more impact
I think it’s a cheap way to create an impact, like with Remember Me.
This also applies to one of my favorite animated shows: Futurama, which had an absolutely devastating ending to one of their episodes.
i liked that about Futurama. which episode do you mean? was it the one where Fry rearranged the stars for Leela? i thought that was really good. upping the seriousness level brings the whole show up a notch. Like the episode with Bender floating in space. I thought that was amazing.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Nahh, not that one.
They did a few episodes with serious endings that worked truly well. Like when Fry is mad that his brother did all the stuff he wanted to do. Or the episode with the message in the stars.
I’m speaking of Jurassic Bark, and the famous dog ending. Some people think it’s amazing due to the impact of the scene. I found it cheap and unnecessary for a light hearted cartoon.
i don’t quite remember Jurassic Bark. i’ll have to watch it again. i have all 4 seasons on DVD.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't expect a happy ending.
It’s basically the biggest downer in American cartoons.
But also be aware that they’ll ret-con the ending later, in the first movie, Bender’s Big Score.
oh if they ret-con it that sucks. i hate when stuff makes themselves have a “do-over” Lost is on this very shaky ground right now but holding it together.
that’s why i hated the last Matrix movie too. It was all one big do-over so nothing meant anything at all. stupid.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Keep in mind that it wasn't ret-conned until after the series ended.
They also noted that from the moment they wrote the scene, they had planned to ret-con it. But the series was canceled, and it stood as-is for a number of years.
If you’re an animal person, the ending is undeniably heartbreaking.
hm....
not i’m curious enough to watch it right after i get home from work.
i’m not an animal lover, per se. but i dont’ support animal cruelty or anything. i’m whatever the middle ground is.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
It doesn't depict intentional animal cruelty
But does show one of the most depressing things you’ll see an animal go through.
The scene is completely unexpected until it appears. Then you’re just staring at the screen in disbelief that they ended the episode like that.
Oh and the Bender episode
is “Godfellas”. One of the high points in animation history.
“You were doing very well, until everyone died.”
“You can’t count on God for jack! He pretty much told me so Himself!”
cracked me up.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Mort - without the japanese, we wouldn't have ninjas
Think about it, dude. Michael Dudikoff would be NOTHING!
I get the paper, so I don't care!
I am a man of the world
Japanese sucked for a while, a while back, but now they are cute and cuddly and while it took an American Ninja to make Ninjas all they could be, I appreciate the hard work they put into setting us up for success.
#52
Yup
After the random guy with dreadlocks in a Blazers shirt gets blocked by the Nets mascot.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
so we get rejectd by a nets mascot and the lakers get some crappy food from chuck
great! thanks for representin’ TB!
That's what the national media thinks of us after all
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interesting op ed piece out of nytimes regarding israel and american relations
this is probably one of the strongest worded pieces i’ve read in a while.
how much can the words bench?
#10, #52
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
a 5th in each hand
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
CSKA just took the lead over Sevilla in the other match
1-2 to CSKA on the road.
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wow
I would not have expected that. That’s a warning shot for teams hoping to turn it around with bigtime home legs—Madrid already got burned trying to do that.
Under normal circumstances, I’d pick Barca to crush Stuttgart tomorrow, but with the Lyon and CSKA games going the way they have, Barca should be a little worried.
And level now, 2-2
All even since both sides have 1 home and one away goal.
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that is serious pins and needles
Sevilla has to be freaking nervous. One bad moment will put them out.
I decided on being a Chelsea fan a while ago. I like soccer, but I don’t know much about recent results or the overseas leagues in general. I just picked Chelsea ’cause it was in FIFA 08.
I picked Chelsea years ago
Because it was the first neighborhood I ever stayed in London and I loved it.
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it is also the name of one of my better friends, so it was a natural fit. I dunno if they are the Lakers of Europe or anything though. I’d hate htat.
Man U is
Chelsea is kind of like the Blazers. They didn’t win a title forever til they were bought by a really really rich guy.
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I think Chelsea is more like the Mavs
Abromovich compares more closely to Mark Cuban than any other NBA owner.
I don't know if ManU is really the Lakers of Europe
there seem to be a couple of contenders: ManU, Real Madrid, Barcelona, AC Milan.
Man U is universally hated throughout Europe
Barca is more like the Packers, most folks grudgingly like them is my impression.
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Real for sure
People are all laughing at Real’s struggles this year.
And AC Milan is hated thanks to their jackass owner, Berlusconi.
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i think each country can have it's own
I would actually say Real is kind of like the Knicks: forced into a bunch of crummy and expensive personnel moves because of popular opinion. And everybody is laughing at them.
i think it was because they couldn’t meet each other’s emotional needs.
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by DrivetheLane on Mar 16, 2010 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
They both have been studs in the same role: the “free role” where you can kind of drift around the field at make it hard for you to mark. Of course, when they both play together, it just means you have no tactical discipline. And they don’t have any defensive minded players in their midfield, so when they get attacked, the other team just gets right through to their defense.
Better coaching more like
And a defensive scheme.
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yeah
they could play like the Manchester United system, where you run three or four attacking midfielders and no strikers, just kind of rotate the attacking duties. But you’d also have to get them to buy in defensively. Those guys have huge egos and have never tracked back in their lives, so you’d need a really strong coach.
They also don’t have anybody who can slow the game down or get any team play going. Their whole system is just going one on one.
And D is all about covering the gaps
Instinctively.
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That was a horrible call
That has to be a penalty for Chelsea.
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What do Champs league refs have against Drogba?
That was a takedown in the box.
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From BBC
“No wonder Serie A teams are known for their rock-solid defences. Apparently in Italy, you’re allowed to just wrestle players to the ground if they get in a good position!”
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haha
It’s an atrocity the way fouls that would be clearly given in the center circle are just not given in the box.
Look I get that you don't want to call cheap fouls
Given that a penalty is most of the time an immediate goal, but still.
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the most typical one is this, though
the attacking player is under the cross ready to head it on goal. The defender just shoulder barges him out of the way. That’s a foul—it has to be a penalty, and it’s NEVER given. How often to you get a penalty for a denied header in the box?
BBC also says
“A scrappy first half draws to a close with jeers from a frustrated Stamford Bridge crowd. Chelsea have been unable to get at Julio Cesar thanks to some real bodies-on-the-line stuff from Inter’s defenders. The atmosphere was frantic as the interval approached. The tension will be turned up even further the longer this stays goalless. Chelsea assistant boss Ray Wilkins was very irate as the players left the pitch.”
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ok off to class
be back to see what the result is. It’s just going to get tenser and tenser the longer it stays like that./
CSKA GOAL, 2-3 CKSA on aggregate plus away goals edge.
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Inter goal
Frak, bound to come sooner or later. Bad D.
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wow
Surprised by that result. I think you guys miss Essien—he is such a dynamic player that can change the tone of a game.
Still, I would have expected Lampard + Drogba to overwhelm them through the middle.
Certainly the most wide open Champions League in years. You’d have to consider Barcelona and Manchester United favorites though.
here ya go:
Back to the Future (1985)
Six DeLoreans were used to film the Marty McFly trilogy, and the locations of four are known. Two are tram-tour heroes at Universal Studios; one is fastened to the ceiling of a Planet Hollywood in Honolulu. The fourth was rotting in a studio back lot until an anonymous collector in San Jose, California, picked it up at auction. The gull-winged sportster is now being restored to reverse the effects of time.
i’ve seen one of them at Universal Studios. it was cool.
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 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
The gull-winged sportster is now being restored to reverse the effects of time
88 mph outta do it
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Boom-Boom
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 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
anyone gonna buy god of war 3 today? i played the demo; i’m gonna buy it, but probably not until april…
sorry if i offended anyone even tho i don’t get how making fun of asians is different than making fun of gingers. all you get is a half apology.
lessssss go #52
Did you get flagged?
Last night seemed like it was mutual, friendly banter – I do not approve of any blowback either you or BRP got for that. Well, except for BRP’s pictures of semi-nude gingers, that was nasty…
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 16, 2010 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
cause Gingers should know better than to try to make jokes…
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j/k
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
has anyone done anything negative to you solely because of your gingeriness?
I get the paper, so I don't care!
hey, at least I don’t discriminate… everyone and everything is fair game as far as I’m concerned until someone tells me otherwise.
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better to ask forgiveness than permission
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
better to ask forgiveness than permission
really? if you think you might have to do either one maybe it’s better to just not do or say anything at all.
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 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
{insert comment about DTL’s loved ones here}
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
point being that I don’t think I often offend, but when I do, I apologize… but I’m not going to ask Dougall if I can make fun of him before I make fun of him
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions
To paraphrase SNL from this past weekend
“Tiger Woods announced his return to golf. Also returning to golf? VIEWERS.”
by Timmay! on Mar 16, 2010 2:01 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
And people wonder why Nike didn't dump Woods
They think long-term.
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People will totally move on past this, guaranteed
As long as he’s still awesome at golf, his career will last a looooooong time more.
#52
People who buy sports products
Could care less about Woods’s extracurriculars.
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i was thinking recently how soon some of those sponsors might try and get Tiger back after he starts winning again. it was stupid to dump him. his personal transgressions will be all but forgotten as soon as he wins another major. then it’s all back to the “how soon does he get 19 majors?” talk.
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 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
The right company could probably get him relatively cheap right now.
I get the paper, so I don't care!
Tigerade… Is it in you?
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm watching the episode now
I liked the “house alarm men-will-murder-you sketch”, but I don’t think it’s smart to follow it up with ANOTHER “men want to murder women” sketch, where Jude Law is a murderous Spaniard.
#52
I enjoyed the fake commercial, because I watch those commercials and say "Really? All men are evil?"
So points to SNL on that one.
I enjoyed PJ, the “Really?” segment during Weekend Update, and the Twilight Zone segment on the plane. It was an ok episode.
Anything with Jerry Seinfeld usually works
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Inter keeps missing golden chances to get what would likely be a clinching goal
Their players are screaming at each other.
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Random question
If we’d had this team from the start of the season:
Miller/Roy/Batum/LMA/Camby with Bayless/Rudy/Howard off the bench, and spot minutes for Martell and Dante.
Assume Brandon and Nate were on board with this lineup, no Greg or Joel, and Steve and Travis left in a preseason trade for Camby. No major injuries through the season, only minor stuff.
What would be our seed and expectations heading to the playoff? Better, worse than now?
better record by a couple games, somewhat higher expectations, still no better than the 5 seed
Roy could have done his thing instead of having to deal with that pesky problem of having Oden on the team. Batum would have netted us a couple games if healthy all year.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
I agree, think we’d be a 5 seed looking at snagging the 4 seed at the end of the season
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
healthy Brandon would mean a lot heading into the playoffs
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
our record would be up there with Denver and Utah. We forget that we’ve lost to some pretty bad teams not having a center… Washington? Blech.
we have 28 losses. with a healthy Roy, there’s no way we lose to Utah up 25, at Washington… we have a far better chance in the second LA game.
It might have affected the Memphis games too.
Also possible we lose one of the SA games or Dallas/Phx games. Just because of the lack of extra adrenaline of the rest of the team, and the other team not taking Portland for granted.
I also think we’d be in the 4-5 seed range minimum, and would be challenging for home court. With us rounding into shape, I’m very curious how well we’ll play some good teams.
Which Roy are you getting?
I.E. how ‘minor’ are Roy’s injuries and is he playing at full effectiveness? I’d have to think you’d be a couple games better and in the 3-5 scrum.
Well, and no Oden
Who was crazy on defense and rebounding when healthy, though Camby covers rebounding.
It’s reasonable to assume this team as described would probably win 53-55 games, yes?
PTI arguing about whether Bosh is a number one player.
And if the current Raptor team is a reflection of him.
They’re having a hard time seeing him as numero uno.
if he's not a numero uno, neither is Brandon Roy.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
I think Roy is clearly better
Roy is able to will a team to victory… Bosh doesn’t.
Bosh would be an AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME co-star though.
#52
so Bosh is who you want shooting the ball with the game on the line?
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
in that situation, I'd rather Roy for sure.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
nope, and he’s not the player that’ll lead a team to a championship either, he’ll need a #1 beside his beastly defense
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star =/= #1
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I think of a '#1'
as a player that you can build a championship team around. In that sense, I think Howard certainly fits.
Howard requires a Roy… just as Roy requires a Howard
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
but Howard is a better player.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
defensively yes, offensively no… but you’re comparing a SG to a C, that’s what you’d expect
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't disagree with that at all.
Which is why I don’t really like distinguishing #1s from #2s and so on. On the other hand, I think there is real merit in discussing a player’s overall value.
Chris Bosh is a better basketball player than Brandon Roy.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
I appreciate the discussion of a different player....
but man, you’re just itching for an argument today. :)
Gun to my head and I die in a pick up game between those two
I’d pick Roy to keep me alive.
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
and I'd take Bosh.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
And you'd lose
Not to pull out the “watch the games” argument, but man you GOTTA watch Raptor games. Bosh isn’t better than a healthy Roy.
#52
this year's Bosh is
what he’s done with that awful roster is pretty remarkable.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
I think they have the Weak East to thank for their .500 record as well
The Raptors got talent… Bargs, Hedo, Calderon, Jack, Bosh… they got talent for the East, even though the team really sucks and is tough to watch in their suckitude. Colangelo has done a bad job.
But Bosh isn’t a “won’t let us lose” type of player. If he passed as well as Gasol, I’d say Bosh is the best PF, and Bosh is just itching to have a real “won’t let us lose” type of player to be next to. I dunno if he wants that though.
#52
does he strike you as being a bit like Marion?
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Marion fled a great situation because he didn’t feel he got enough praise. Bosh has been killing himself for seven seasons on a terrible Toronto team. I don’t see the comparison.
I meant that Marion wanted to be the “man”… I don’t know if Bosh would accept being #2 or not
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I dunno about that
I think Bosh is smarter and cares about winning.
But also wanting to be option 1A might be a desire of his also… but leaving Toronto for less money would support the “wants to win” argument. I just don’t know how he’d feel about being a 2nd option behind, say, a Roy guy.
#52
Jack isn't THAT bad on defense
But yes, they are HORRIBLE defensively, and Bosh is a part of that as well. He doesn’t challenge shots, similar to LMA, doesn’t intimidate anyone coming down the lane.
#52
BUT HE HAS DREADS
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Very likely that, in the West, they'd be looking up at the Hornets
But I don’t know how bad their record is against the West to be positive.
Bargs and Hedo are awful, awful defenders
That whole team is a joke on defense and while Bosh isn’t great, he’s not nearly as much at fault as most of his teammates.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
as the leader on the court, isn’t he more at fault?
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
no.
He at least makes an effort, unlike Hedo.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
I do think he makes some effort
He’s not LMA level bad.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
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I think he's almost the same as LMA-level-bad
His better offense (much better) and rebounding makes him a better player, but re-watch the game against them from Sunday… him and LMA are two peas in the same pod of not challenging the enemy coming down the lane or switching over to help.
#52
it’s interesting how you infer effort out of Bosh, but likewise do not infer that same effort out of LMA… even though the result (poor defense) is the same
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I do not consider Bosh to be nearly as poor an interior defender as LMA
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
familiarity does breed contempt. You probably would get annoyed with Bosh after a while on the defensive end.
I mean, he’s obviously better than LMA, that’s not a discussion.
i agree with this.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
is this just an opinion, or is there something to back it up, cause what I’ve seen, I agree with Mort that they are very similar defensively
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve watched halves of about 20 Raptor game this year, and I think Bosh is a better defender than LMA in terms of effort, but not too far away.
He moves quicker than LMA
But he also does the “I give up, I’ll let him score and won’t challenge the shot” thing LMA does that frustrates us.
#52
mostly going on stats like block rate and defensive rebound rate
confirmation bias against LMA might be part of this.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Funnily enough
Until this season, LMA had the same or better block rate than Bosh has had during his career.
Again, not to say LMA is equal to Bosh overall, but defensively I don’t think they’re very different and our improvement would be on offense if we had Bosh.
Both CAN be good defenders, when focused. LMA has been great when focused on defense. They both coast and aren’t held accountable by themselves or their teammates.
#52
Its true that LMA was not always this bad on defense.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
It'd be interesting to watch the 07-08 and 06-07 playoffs
to scout Bosh’s defense in games that matter.
same with LMA. I liked his defense quite a bit in last year’s playoffs.
I think the thing is, a lot of offensive focal points slack off in the regular season.
you hold Roy accountable for not leading by defensive example, why is Bosh exempt from it?
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Bosh is not exempt. I do not consider him a good defender.
He’s just less at fault because, unlike Roy, he makes an effort. Also, there is less defensive talent around him.
In both cases, coaching’s a significant part of the issue.
I’m not sure you appreciate enough just how bad Hedo, Bargs and Calderon have been defensively this year.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
really bad… but for the purposes of this discussion, I would argue mostly irrelevant as an interior defender who puts forth great effort can make up for the failings of his teammates more than a perimeter defender can… therefore Bosh putting forth effort would yield a better result than Roy putting forth effort in terms of team defensive stats
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I used to be guilty of that.
2 years ago I loved the guy.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
That changes with the wind.
I think small groups of loud people BE get misinterpreted as “the mood of the site” a little too often too.
Raptors fans had such high expectations going into this season
At least we can point at injuries. For Raptors fans, it’s just been a terrible season.
Hedo and Bargs signings were horrendous.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Ninjas always win
I shouldn't complain but sometimes I still do.
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Mar 16, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
That's how I see it too
Bosh is a GREAT power forward. Maybe the best, if not for Pau Gasol.
But he’s not a strong defender (LMA esque) and you can’t play through him for good offense at the end of games. He’s a great scorer and rebounder, and is clearly better than LMA. No debate there. But he isn’t as good at scoring or facilitating as a healthy Roy is.
#52
Barry Melrose is hilarious on ESPN
For his “analysis” of every recent NHL hit, it usually boils down to “Meh, the guy getting hit should have manned up. Let them play.”
i couldn’t believe it when i saw some NHL analyst types saying that cross checking a guy’s head was ok. that blew my mind. i get that it’s a rough sport….but checking a guy in the head? that is not ok.
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 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
The general level of ignoring Miller's lameness is annoying on Blazersedge
At the least, he is a jerk and everyone give him a pass for being better than Blake.
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
Seriously
If I gotta fly to Portland and pretend to be homeless, to prove how much I hate Miller, I’ll do it. I know I won’t have to ban myself because that chump is gonna pull the worst FAIL ever in the American Universe ever, to the extreme, at an insane level, you have got to know what I am saying. He’ll fail in the playoffs, I $#$%#$%$% D guarantee it.
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
I don’t really like Miller’s attitude, I like the way he drives to score, but I miss three pointers.
I think it is interesting how your flaming hatred and attacks have served to fuel some people’s blind love for him. The extremism is leading to it. They are developing a unquestioned patriotism towards Miller.
It reminds of of the grifter genre of stories where there is a grifter that comes into town and wows everyone, but one misfit kid spots him do something nefarious. That one kid tries his shout the news from the mountaintops, but it only causes more love for the grifter. Eventually the grifter will make his devious move, and the townsfolk will lament ignoring the kid.
I get the paper, so I don't care!
Nice plot summary
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 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Since the purge of Miles and Randolph
Who is the most jail blazery Blazer since?
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
that all depends on our speculations on the fidelity of the players to their wives/girlfriends.
none of them are jail blazery at all.
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 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Kenny Perry had a great response to the Tiger Woods question
Basically saying “Of course I want him out here, golf is better when he’s here. I want to shake his hand, welcome him back, then I want to beat him.”
awesome.
congratulations. wheels are in motion! things are happening!
pretty soon you’ll be a rich famous artist and be too good for use.
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 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
negative on the latter: there is no money to be had.
This means I need to double my efforts, have stuff ready to go by saturday…
by EvilKaramazov on Mar 16, 2010 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
saturday?
but that is still in March. don’t these people know you are a tough to deal with eccentric? make them wait!
let me know where the gallery is. i might try to make it down if you’re cool with 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 16, 2010 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
i need to drop it off, so the gallery has time to set up.
by EvilKaramazov on Mar 16, 2010 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
swizzle… where at? and are they opne first thursday?
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, it will be down in the Everett Street Lofts on the corner of Broadway and Flanders, I believe. It’s The Tribute Gallery.
by EvilKaramazov on Mar 16, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
oh…that’s where it is. haha well, then, let me know when your stuff will be 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 16, 2010 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, i’ll let y’all know what be shakin. You can see me be a crazy person.
by EvilKaramazov on Mar 16, 2010 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
cool. sounds good.
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 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
cool, I may have to come check it out
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I should have z-ed
I’m in like 3 conversations and only half way through this mother.
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
i always z through, make comments as i’m going, then keep z’ing until i’m done and return to the conversations if they keep going.
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 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
z
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
this should be a facebook comment
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 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Mobile commenting available! Keep the conversation going.
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Holy crap my apartment is getting hot
Glad I got to keep BOTH portable AC units. Looks like it’s time to bust m’em out!
#52
I don't drink sweet tea
But it just brews whatever ya put in it… if ya added sugar, I’m sure it’d be sweet tea.
Actually, I’ve added Splenda to it, and it flavors the tea like you’d expect.
#52
I work out tonight
Doing my friend’s government agent physical test… pull ups till failure, push ups till failure, sit ups till failure, then 2 miles of running/walking. Repeat 3 times.
#52
don’t worry, Mort.
3 pull ups 10 pushups and 20 sit ups won’t take 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 16, 2010 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
It really only takes about an hour to do
But you are dead afterwards.
I ain’t great at pull ups, either. And I HATE push ups.
But, you get nice and sore and get an all-round workout. The other nights, we do weights and then I get some cardio.
#52
i think the most pushups i could ever do in a row was 25. i’m super weak.
i used to be able to do a lot of situps though. and i’m light so pullups weren’t too difficult for me either.
i have horrible cardio. i’m way out of shape. i don’t think i could even run 2 miles.
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 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I used to be awesome at situps
In 5th grade, I set the school record with 81 situps in 60 seconds.
I am not that good anymore :-) smile
I am generally out of shape, and my asthma makes cardio tough… I can’t run two miles, I wouldn’t be able to breathe. But I set the incline on the treadmill as high as it’ll go and do a brisk walk. It works good.
#52
i’ve never been a good runner. the most in shape i ever was was probably high school tennis. and even then i couldn’t run very well. my heart and lung muscles just aren’t very strong or something i guess.
i should really work out more. i need to get a treadmill or something.
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 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't like going to the gym
But I know myself, and I know that I do something I don’t really wanna do (even if I know I should) if I am held accountable more.
So, I am working out with my friend who knows his stuff and used to be a trainer. And I don’t wanna schedule something with him and not show up, so it makes me show up and do the work. And then I feel good!
If I had a treadmill here, I doubt I’d use it much.
If you’re the same, get someone to help ya be accountable.
#52
yeah, that would probably help me too. don’t got anyone up there though. oh well. i just mourn for my once flat stomach and the 6 pack that used to reside there. if i suck it in, i can still see the faint outline.
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 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
or, just get Ek to paint the 6-pack back on…
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by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
hahahaha
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 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
that’s a good idea.
if i didn’t have very minimal body hair.
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 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
i’m not gonna do that online dating thing. at least not any time soon. it’s stupidly expensive. i asked my roommate about it and it was 60 a month for a month by month basis or 240 for a year. that is insane. and that’s even before you’re paying for that actual dates.
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 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Yikes, that is expensive
I guess ya don’t want true love, but that’s cool dude!
My friend who cleans up uses “OK CUPID”. I dunno how much it is though.
#52
"Insane" is a relative term
20 bucks a month is bearable if you’re otherwise sitting around the house and stink at dating, especially if you have a decent job.
They should have a college student rate. Though I assume college students already have facebook.
20 a month is reasonable.
but if i meet someone 3 months in there’s 80 bucks down the drain.
and i don’t know that i “stink” at dating. it’s just not a priority or an end all be all for me.
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 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
80 bucks is too expensive to meet your wife?!?!
I understand if it just ain’t important right now— that makes sense.
But if wantin’ the lovin’, don’t let the price be the excuse.
You know DTL better than I, though! You’ll be fine. I was jus’ jokin’ about workin’ out.
#52
i’d almost rather pay 60 for one month and do it that way. the whole internet thing just seems very limiting to me for some reason. i’ve thought about it quite a lot and it just seems off for me after approaching it from many different angles. if i can’t feel good about it, i won’t try it.
if the pioneers didn’t need online dating neither do i!
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 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm thinking I will make an account this summer
I gotta try it out.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
let me know how it goes.
maybe you will be the one to convince me.
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 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
That's exactly why they charge 60 for one month
Because a lot of people are like “I’ll meet someone in a month or two”, and that’s a whole lot of back-end work for anything less than a steep month-to-month fee.
i'd rather be set up by someone i know
than by a computer program that thinks it knows me.
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 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
i’m not a stats guy. that’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 16, 2010 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Exactly
Online dating isn’t the only way, obviously, but it’s about (like we said before) putting yourself in the right situation to meet someone.
If your friends got potential ladies, than that could work. If they know someone cool!
I would just think you’d need to go outside your immediate circle to find that person… the proverbial “you”.
#52
well in the end, i don't think there is any rhyme or reason at all to this stuff.
it can happen any number of ways. online is one way. offline is another way. being set up is one way. or maybe someone just walks in the door at that is one way. who knows. it’s all a big mystery. i can try to “increase my odds” or whatever, but if it’s not meant to happen, it won’t. and if it is, it will. that doesn’t mean i can just sit around, i know that, but i would rather do something i think is worthwhile than jump on a current craze i’m skeptical of.
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 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
"Meant to happen" is relative
The odds that it’s meant to happen will increase with the more people you meet.
Never hurts to give yourself more options.
Full disclosure: I haven’t used the services, so I can’t comment on their effectiveness.
my whole point is that in this scenario, i do not believe in “odds”. there are no odds. i do not believe joining an online dating site will increase the “odds” that i find someone i would fall in love with. it might get me dates, but that’s not really what i’m looking for.
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 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
because "like minded"
isn’t the case. that is a selling point but it is not a certainty. besides, who says the person you fall in love with has to be like minded? putting “true love” into some sort of scientific formula about “like-mindedness” is silly to me. i can’t believe that is how love really works. if it was, i’d be married right now.
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 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it just puts you in a situation to be surrounded
By others who also want a serious relationship. In regular life, that isn’t the case.
That’s what I mean by “like minded”. Finding someone similar to you isn’t the goal, it’s finding someone you are compatible with. And who is really hot.
#52
hahaha
but even on those sites, compatibility isn’t guaranteed. even if your profiles are exactly the same.
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 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I think you're mistaken on the odds thing
But that’s cool. Everyone does the dating thing in their own way.
i'm a romantic at heart.
so applying things like odds or science to love does not sit right with me. i could be wrong. but my romanticism is my last bastion against cynicism so i’m trying to preserve 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 16, 2010 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think the "science" part is the draw to it, though
The “puts you in contact with others who want a real relationship” thing is the draw.
#52
But I totally agree with Timmay
You gotta do what’s comfortable and everyone goes about it their own way.
#52
I agree with Mortimer
part of the whole thing is just giving yourself oppourtunities to meet people.
by tingeyga on Mar 16, 2010 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
i think the draw to it is the fact that they know people don’t want to be alone so they show that in a few instances some people actually found meaningful relationships and that “this can happen to you 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 16, 2010 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
You always market your product
to the people who need it the most. Marketing 101.
I also despise the eHarmony commercials.
as do i.
i’ve considered my disdain for simplistic marketing as a reason for my avoiding online dating.
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 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Could be worse.
Could be the animal abuse commercials.
I don’t believe in using that technique to request money.
those are pretty dispicable as well.
i just started that Futurama by the way….
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 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I see how it is
Timmay! says “watch Futurama” and you do it that day.
Morti, GOR and I tell you to read Dune and it takes you a month to start it.
i was finishing another book!
and also, this is a 20 minute commitment. i read another 50 pages of Dune last night and it was 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 16, 2010 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I do agree
But, the only reason I suggest it as something good to try, is because of those I personally know who have had success from it.
In fact, back during my 4 month trip around Europe, the SEXIEST, hottest couple I met on the trip, was a super hot girl and a real handsome Aussie guy who met through Match.com and were now married and moving to Australia.
Your roommate didn’t have a good time with it, and so you got his feedback to counterbalance what I’ve been told, I guess. But I only suggest it because of the people I know… never because of some horrible ad.
#52
Since everybody's experiences are going to be unique.
You can’t know what it will be like until you give it a chance. The real question is there anything to lose by trying?
#10 & #52
yes there is something to lose.
money i could spend on other stuff i know i’ll like.
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 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't buy the Oldboy Vengeance Trilogy
It’s available all the time in HD on Netflix, after all.
There’s one month, just about, right there!
#52
If anything
You simply CAN’T let the money be the reason not to do it, unless you are hurting for scratch— and it’s totally understandable if it is simply something one can’t afford. It isn’t cheap.
But if ya got disposable income, ya can’t make the price be the reason not to.
IN MY OPINION. And understand, we’re all only pressing it because we love you.
#52
you're the only one pressing 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 16, 2010 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions
HOWEVER
I do sincerely promise never to bring it up again, even in a joking manner, unless it is brought up and I am asked about it directly.
I will treat it like OKC stuff.
#52
hahaha
sounds good. mostly for the other people. i don’t mind talking about it but in here probably isn’t the best place.
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 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't _think_ people mind
But if they do I don’t wanna be too annoying to them, just annoying to you.
I’m more hurt that you don’t listen to my 2K10 advice until now, actually.
#52
I mind!!! I totally mind!!!
what are we talking about?
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 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
(it's all part of the plan)
I relent now, he lets down his guard a bit, then BLAMMO I get him to sign up within 2 months.
#52
The only reason I've been pimping the online stuff
Is because I feel like it isn’t a craze, especially because of my friends and family who are doing it and have had great results from it.
They’re all busy people who work fulltime and aren’t going to bars or parties, or don’t want to go, to meet someone. Just normal people who wan’t a girlfriend/boyfriend/husband/wife!
If it was brand new and wasn’t done by people I know n’ trust, I wouldn’t recommend it.
#52
you sound like the
unibomber of dating with your antitech manifesto.
I get the paper, so I don't care!
My girlfriend and I both attempted to join
eHarmony right after we graduated school, just because we both wanted to take the test. We were both rejected. I was probably rejected because I didn’t make enough money. She was probably rejected because she’s an athiest that doesn’t want to get married and doesn’t want kids. But who knows, maybe their computer determined that we are both sociopaths.
i've heard these stories too.
my roommate tried it and was very specific about stuff and still got “matches” that were no where close to what he was looking for. it’s just a crap shoot. same as real life.
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 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I've heard bad things about eHarmony
As far as excluding people. They got flack for not allowing gay people for a long time, or just not accepting people for whatever reason.
#52
it probably is.
but from seeing my roommate use it, it was open to pretty much all religions. but not necessarily “no religion”. of course, many people will claim a religion even if they don’t practice so you never know.
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 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
It was started by some pastor guy who used to be on right wing radio shows all the time
It had an emphasis on religious stuff.
The dude who was in the commercials, that’s the guy.
#52
To jksnake: make sure you get her advanced stats ahead of time.
the usual bust/waist/hips just doesn’t cut it anymore.
To DTL: After I dumped my first fiance, I made a list of things I had to have in a spouse, and things I couldn’t tolerate. Using that list, I was able to weed out a lot of people. For example, if hotty boom-botty was bad with money, she was out, no matter how much she pouted.
Seems to me that an online site could help weed out the prospects to make dating more reasonable.
Free prezofdeath
real original tin
making advanced stats jokes at my expense is 92’s schtick.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Oh I just meant in general. It wasn't specific to you
If you’re otherwise single for a year and have a decent job, 80 bucks is a-ok as a sunk cost. Plus, I presume the account stays active if things don’t work out.
I don't understand those.
My counter space is too valuable for an appliance that’s just as easily replaced by a pitcher.
It brews it super fast and makes good tea
Before, I would boil tea in a pot on the stove top. It’s just easier and faster.
#52
Plus, I drink a LOT of tea
It is replacing my diet soda drinking. I always feel thirsty and always want a drink of something, so I go through the tea super fast and like having something that makes it instantly.
#52
I reduced, but haven't given up.
I’ve made sure that when I have it, I have exactly what I want, and that’s it. Not just having soda to have soda.
I might still get some if I’m out with friends at Chipotle or something.
Soda is so bad and so good.
I'll have soda if it's sugar-based, not HFCS based
I like the cleaner, lighter taste. If I’m at Chipotle, I might get a diet drink, if I’m allowing myself to have caffeine at all.
And of course, there’s the exception day. When something is crazy, and I’m like “screw it, where’s the Dr. Pepper?” Happily, those are rare.
I bought the real sugar version of Pepsi over the holidays
I did like it, but it’s still too sweet for my taste buds.
I also only “really” like Splenda flavored diet soda, except for the Diet Coke With Splenda version… for whatever reason that one is gross.
I will drink other diet soda sometimes, but I tend to only buy the splenda sodas.
#52
I found regular soda too syrupy.
I also have found that sugar-based sodas have a little more variance in sweetness. I think it’s one of the problems the soda industry had with using sugar: HFCS stays fresh longer.
jones soda is good
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
I hadn't heard that
but I did just find out that at the beginning of this month that Alaska Air stopped serving Jones Soda on their flights
I'm partial to Blue Bubble Gum Soda.
Cola is also surprisingly good.
I have to stay away from Jones Soda. It’s easier the further a person is from Seattle.
I was drinking the "berry lemonade" flavor for a while.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
its not that easy to find here
they don’t sell it in my local safeway anymore.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
I hate that stuff
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 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I love hating stuff
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 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
that is too sweet for me. i had one at a blazer game a while back. it tasted good but was just way too sweet.
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 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Jones was just bought out.....
bummer.
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 16, 2010 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
They are being acquired....
for just under $10 million.
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 16, 2010 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
The cool part...
is that Reeds is already available at places like BevMo and Whole Foods. That distribution may help us folks outside of the PNW to have more Jones Soda options.
are you saying Gingers are delicious? cause that’s what i’m reading
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn't either
until I stumbled across this last week. I thought it was great when they were the soda featured at Qwest Field….although that ended last year. Being able to get green and blue sodas with Seahawks label at the stadium was pretty fun.
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 16, 2010 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
This will sound gross
But it wasn’t the caffeine I missed most (I get it from tea and from caffeine pills if need be, or Excedrin) but it was the carbonation in my mouth… I was so used to it, and my mouth didn’t feel as right without it… not as CLEAN.
I know, it sounds gross and weird. But I drank so much, I had to drink sumthin’ more natural.
#52
I love the carbonation.
For me, it was when I got done with classes or a workout. Quick blood sugar boost before having to get food.
I felt like it helped me work
And cleanses the palette with a meal and stuff.
I don’t like sugary soda; it makes me more thirsty and I HATE being thirsty.
I was basically drinking it all day… had to slow it down and the move to tea has been tough, but I’ll drink some again once I feel like I don’t want it so bad.
#52
that’s not weird. i like carbonation 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 16, 2010 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I know Norsk has some thingy that adds carbonation to his water
I wonder how expensive it is, and how it’d work with tea I make…
#52
i was just gonna ask if you ever had sparkling water. i don’t like it but you might enjoy 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 16, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
It seems like a European thing
I’ve don’t think I’ve ever met and American that liked it, but every Euro that I met looves the stuff.
I don't like how it tastes either
And I don’t suspect the carbonation to last through the brewing process, if I used it as the water for my tea I make.
#52
They're not too expensive
You can get those machines, use filtered water, and carbonate it and add syrups of your choice.
They’re not cheap, and you need to get refills of the carbonation cartridges.
ice tea is probably my 4th favorite drink.
after beer, water, and lemonade.
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 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh crap I haaaaaaaaaaaaate lemonade
Makes me SO damn thirsty and it’s sweet and blech… hate it hate it hate it. Makes me angry.
I like Pepsi One, Odwalla Green Superfood (too expensive though), and Ice tea. Then water.
#52
lemonade is like a gift from the gods. nothing better than a cold glass of lemonade in ice. mmmmmmmm
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 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah they do
They also like it sweet though… I don’t like it too sweet.
But tea and southerners goes hand in hand.
#52
sweet tea is amazing. i love 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 16, 2010 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
mmmmmm
so good. the last BBQ place i went to was Famous Daves and it was just ok. Yam Yams is my favorite but i heard it closed :(
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 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Kansas City has good BBQ too. Arthur’s, i think that’s the name, is really really good.
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 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
KC is a great city. i really enjoyed it there when i visited. being a baseball guy helped because of the baseball history there. the Negro League museum is really cool. and it’s right near the original Arthur’s BBQ place as well as the site of the old KC Monarch’s stadium (which is not an empty lot with a plague, tragically). it was like one of those bigger cities that feels like a small town.
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 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I certainly wouldn't have a problem with KC
I’m just not sure what would take me there, except a cross-country road trip or an unexpected flight stopover.
I just turned to my wife (who hadn't heard this conversation)
and asked, “What reason would we ever have to go to Kansas City?”
Her reply?
“Barbecue?”
:)
haha. there you go.
take in a Royals game if you’re a baseball fan. great stadium. very laid back. if you just want a relaxing vacation that is sort of a “home away from home” type place but you don’t have to worry about work or whatever, i would recommend KC.
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 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
KC is home to...
the Bacon Explosion
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 16, 2010 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
My favorite part of the wikipedia article:
After preparing a version of the dish, Andrew Vennari of the San Francisco Food Examiner said the dish tasted better than expected, “but I didn’t learn the true meaning of the bacon explosion until the next day.”
I love bacon
and I love BBQ…but that last line (AND the 5000 calories) may keep me from ever eating this. ;-)
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 16, 2010 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh....
you so don’t want an unexpected flight stopover there. Worst airport in the world to have to spend time at.
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 16, 2010 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Newark is pretty bad. so boring and a crappy food court.
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 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Food court...wow.
Having one is a step up from MCI (the KC airport designation).
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 16, 2010 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
That must be major airport
because getting stuck in Sitka is pretty bad, especially if they close the only place to eat in the airport.
Gates BBQ in KC
is also pretty awesome. There are tons of small independent BBQ places there as well….like the Smokestack (yummmmmmmm). But it’s all good.
I have to travel to KC several times a year for business. The main difference with KC BBQ and that in North Carolina or Tennessee is that they BBQ all kinds of meats in KC. In North Carolina, as well as in Tennessee, BBQ means pork….period. In KC, it’s pretty much any meat.
Attending pretty much any sporting event in KC is fun…..the fans take it so seriously, but are incredibly polite.
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 16, 2010 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
If you ever go to Memphis, you will probably be craving BBQ by the time you get off the plane
Why?
Because the entire airport smells like BBQ.
You can store it next to the pitcher when not in use.
I also appreciate the Alton Brown “never use unitaskers!” concept, but there are a few really useful unitaskers. I love my hot chocolate maker.
Buy american
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 17, 2010 7:23 AM PDT up reply actions
gimme Winthrop in a nailbiter over Arkansas Pine Bluff tonight
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Why so long
is his office the size of dougal’s kitchen and it is going to take him 3 months to clean it out?
it’s his Birthday
#10, #52
Something witty will go here soon
by The Arkitect on Mar 16, 2010 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
live video http://www.goducks.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=500?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=500
lessssss go #52
indeed. this might be the 3D Imax movie that will be worth paying to see. i saw that trailer in a 3D Imax and it was really cool.
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 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
that list is a fail because Chuck isn’t #1. also….Danny Bodaduce?
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 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
what about blake griffin
i like white’s style
loveisrespect
by portlandgiirl91 on Mar 16, 2010 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't know what kind of athlete he was
but Malcolm X had red hair.
I get the paper, so I don't care!
back in vancouver i think
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 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
i'm here mate
missed me?
loveisrespect
by portlandgiirl91 on Mar 16, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
who's pumped for the play-in game?
this guy.
Firmly in favor of making a coaching change at the end of the season.
Free AK1984
Is a sex tape a good career move?
I don’t know. Does your bugs bunny tatoo come into play?
“Shh, I’m hunting wabbits.”
you're always selling high on Howard
"In Batum's case he must realize he is very likely the first Blazer to successfully fight over a pick all season..."
-Ben
he doesn’t really get that many minutes with brandon back.
but his shooting off the bench lately seems pretty good.
his defense is still very hand oriented instead of foot oriented, but he seems to be thinking about getting in position to draw charges, and being successful sometimes.
can you back any of those casual observations with stats? or am i way off?
His feet have been super fast
Really good at staying in front of people, though I remember he got over zealous on one play against Calderon and Calderon went right by him. But that’s been the exception.
I love Rice’s stat saying Bayless has led the league in 3 point percentage for the month of March.
#52
lol
so true, it’s his wiry self, he’d get injured every other game if he did, and i think he knows it…
that's why they are a great combo
they can both shoot, and create (bayless better at getting to the bucket before passing, rudy better at just tricky angles and creative passing)
but they can both potentially lob alley oops to each other, which is cool.
Still, neither is that great brining the ball up the floor and initiating the offense.
They're a fun duo who can break a team's back together.
Few 2nd units got guys as talented as Bayless and Rudy.
#52
oh. Rice said he was 67% from the month of March, and he only missed one agin Toronto. So I assumed 4-6.
I love how Rice is just waiting, PRAYING that Roy gets a 2nd chance point
So he can say “and that’s why Brandon Roy is 2nd in the ENTIRE NBA for 2nd chance points amongst guards!”.
#52
No....He wants to say....
….""and that’s why Brandon Roy is 2nd in the ENTIRE NBA for 2nd chance points amongst 2 guards!".
woweee….lookit all them 2’s
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 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions
you got that straight
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 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Ya gotta understand
I got a horse in this race… I want my vision to come true.
When Jake is ready, I’ll tell him my vision for him.
#52
it would be cool if your vision came true. you better go find out when you first made that prediction so that we know when the deadline is.
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 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I can't say there is an exact timeline to it
Just a feeling. It popped in the head, it will come true. I’m jus’ tryin’ to help it along!
#52
If all else fails
Do what Timmay did to meet his wife— troll Farscape forums and tell them their show isn’t as good as Stargate.
#52
by Mortimer on Mar 16, 2010 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yahoo's got an article up about Brandon
"I’ve gone so long in my life not being that way. Now, I got to turn more aggressive, more mean. I’ve never been one to be a [expletive]. But sometimes on the court, you have to be a [expletive]."
GET MEAN, BRANDON
The change in mentality, to me, came when he tried to dunk it hard and was fouled. Then it was like, oooh… Roy doesn’t wanna lose.
#52
Wow.
"Every day, I got to prepare and it’s not just a switch," Roy said. "Kobe was saying that. We were about to play in the All-Star game, and he said, ‘Let’s go hard.’ I said, ‘Why do you want to play so hard in the All-Star game?’ He said, ‘It’s not a switch. You have to do it every day.’
#10 & #52
It reportedly was huge for LBJ
Rumor is that Brandon is still planning to get involved with the 2012 Olympics if he can.
Part of me agrees with this...
but the other part is worried about the extra wear and tear on Roy that would bring.
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 16, 2010 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
hes not exactly the most durable guy......
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
I think he got taught a really hard lesson. I don’t think he’s cool to be my buddy, or that I want his jersey, I just respect his game.
Andre Miller is an Anachronism
I am coming to respect his game too.
And respecting that he is becoming a more mature person willing to recognize the rest of the world.
#10 & #52
i know!
im reading that and im telling myself “i hate this guy, i hate this guy” but his compliments for our man made me kind of not hate him
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions
The thing is.
I cannot figure any reason why he would make this remark unless he meant it.
"He (Brandon) and I were talking over All-Star break, and I told him I don’t know of any player outside of myself that has no weaknesses besides him."
That’s huge.
#10 & #52
seriously
i was like whatttttttttt?
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
OK....now you sound like
Randy Jackson on American Idol. You’re creeping me out!
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 16, 2010 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions
On offense, what weakness does he have?
He can hit from anywhere on the court and get to the rim against almost any defender. He can hit in the clutch.
He can make the pass, as well.
What holes does he have as a scorer? None.
To me, his biggest hole we’ve seen on offense, was his ability to incorporate an Oden type player (like, say, Greg Oden) into the offense and missing him when wide open repeatedly. But that can be fixed with time— it’s a big change for everyone.
That, plus his lack of defensive intensity throughout a regular season. Otherwise… not much wrong with him, at all.
#52
"He's just like me!
Devilishly handsome and charming!".
It’s the sneaky way to look nice by complimenting someone else all while giving yourself a big compliment too.
#52
Yes, but when did Kobe seem to care about looking nice before?
Also, isn’t D-Wade, Joe Johnson, Melo, Dirk, LJ, etc. looking at this and thinking ‘hey what about me?’
#10 & #52
I'm not saying he's wrong
I just think it’s funny, even if unintentional, because it’s a sly way to boast while being nice as well.
#52
Yes, I would think about that also.
If Kobe said this before every game about the other team’s best player.
#10 & #52
Perhaps
but when was the last time Dirk dunked on somebodies face? LeBron’s mid-range game needs work.
It's true.
I sometimes wonder if I’m being a homer, but I think Kobe is exactly right that Brandon is most of the most versatile and effective offensive weapons in the NBA right now.
Just still surprised that he would call attention to Brandon like that.
#10 & #52
carmelo would like a word with you...
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions
melo has a legit post game
brandon does not
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
exactly!
melo’s built to be a better low post scorer but i think of roy as a decent post presence..
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Roy is a very fluid post player. Just because Melo is more physically dominating doesn’t mean Roy isn’t very skillful.
I think Melo and Lebron and Wade, whoever
Are better scorers than Roy.
But if we’re saying Roy doesn’t really have any offensive weaknesses, I’d have to agree. Better shooter and post player than Lebron, better passer than Melo, etc.
#52
Kobe is a hypocrite!!!!
Roy said. "Kobe was saying that. We were about to play in the All-Star game, and he said, ‘Let’s go hard.’ I said, ‘Why do you want to play so hard in the All-Star game?’ He said, ‘It’s not a switch. You have to do it every day.’
"I can flip the switch and go from scorer to playmaker," Bryant said. "I’m sure he can flip the switch to go from playmaker to scorer. He has all of the skills to do it.
Dude ….is it a switch or not???
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 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah....is it one of those modern paddle switches ???
or the old fashioned toggle type switch??? or better yet…..a bare bulb with a chain?
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 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah....the switched outlet
the bane of tech support….am I right Timmay???
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 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow...great article.
Love the K*be comments.
K*be, head cheerleader of the BRoy fan club.
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Mar 16, 2010 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
brandon owns him every time they step on the court together
he has to say that stuff
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
just listened to the masoli 911 call and i now i know he didn't do it
because the guy said they were both wearing blue jeans. every time i see a football player on campus they are wearing sweats or shorts but not jeans. i would have believed it if one of them was wearing jeans but the odds of seeing two football players wearing jeans are very low.
the few, the proud, the blazers
wow...
yeah, Timmay, that was sad.
but not cruel. just sad in that ironic sort of way, which is what makes it kind of funny. i think the problem is that they let it go past funny to sad then to funny again but then just long enough to be sad again. and the last shot of the dog lying his head down is the dagger. they should have just done one cycle and it might have been funnier.
i don’t mind the ending though.
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
That was the only ending I felt was over-the-top
I don’t think the ending is necessary (or proper) when you’re normally a light-hearted show. It’s like you build a trust with the viewer that this is a show you can enjoy, and they break it with that scene.
Imagine if you were watching it live, with no knowledge or warning that ending was coming up.
As you can tell, it’s far worse than the episode with Fry’s brother, or the written in the stars episode.
And I say all this as a huge Futurama fan.
We have every episode available inside the network here. Except one.
it was probably their most downer ending, i would agree.
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 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions
The ending is decidedly easier to swallow when you know it's coming.
(and yes, I know what the next reply will be)
won’t get that reply from me.
i’d forgotten what the ending was. i thought they were gonna find the dog frozen and unfreeze it and then it would either die or get calcified again.
this ending is tragic though not without real life application.
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 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions
That's the response for fans of the ending
“It’s much more like real life”
But of course, most folks aren’t watching a cartoon comedy about a guy unfrozen in the year 3000 to see real life.
(For the record, I think Jake thinks it’s one of their best endings I believe. When he gets here, he’ll likely comment).
The whole thing is indeed ret-conned in Bender’s Big Score. It was never their intent for that to be the dog’s fate, so they ret-conned it the first chance they got.
i think i’ve seen that movie but can’t remember 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 16, 2010 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions
The movies are only ok. I like movies 1 and 3 the most.
If you plan to see it, the order of the four movies is…
1. Bender’s Big Score (not bad, tons of time travel). The dog storyline is retconned here.
2. The Beast with a Billion Backs (ugh)
3. Bender’s Game (some people hate it, I enjoyed it)
4. Into the Wild Green Yonder (meh)
But all 4 movies sold really well on DVD, and the series returns in June for a long-awaited new season.
They resolved a big storyline at the end of the last movie, since it was expected to be the end of the series. I’m not sure how they’ll revert that for the new season, but it’s likely necessary.
i’ve seen 1 and 2. 2 was more memorable but not very. haven’t seen 3 or 4.
i knew it was coming back. didn’t know it was in June though. that’s cool.
did Fry and Leela finally get together!?
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 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions
If you plan to see the last two movies before the show starts up, it's better to watch it first
But yep they address the Fry and Leela stuff, but kind of in a weird way. There’s no movie really dedicated to them.
hmm...
i’ll have to netflix them i guess.
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 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
i wish Miami wasn't getting blown out by the Spurs right now
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious [stuff].
Why must teams tank when they face the Spurs recently?
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
The Heat are bad. The Raptors are bad.
One guy will probably stay and get reinforcements. The other will go to Chicago.
And George Hill is suddenly a superstar
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
There is a lot to be said about just needing an oppourtunity to show that you can play
I think that explains a lot of what seems to happen in terms of the strength of draft classes, every 10 years or so there is an especially deep draft (1984, 1996, 2003). I think that it happens to also closely coincide with older stars starting to fade away, thus giving oppourtunities to play that other draft classes didn’t have.
It also is that the Spurs have a talent
For pulling guards out of nowhere that are good.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I find you all incredibly annoying today.
Did I just type that out loud? Nevermind
I was blinded to that by sick alley-oops and facials
not to mention Greg crotchifyin’ suckas
by Tyler Durrden on Mar 16, 2010 5:42 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I know adjusting in our league won't do you any good
just give up now and go easy on yourself
"In Batum's case he must realize he is very likely the first Blazer to successfully fight over a pick all season..."
-Ben
Which one?
In the Yahoo league I picked up Ronnie Brewer who guys forgot about over the weekend. He’s playing again today. Muahahahaha.
i didn’t think he’d be back. they said hamstring tear at first. sometimes yahoo’s info sucks a fat one.
i wouldn’t have dropped him if i knew he was only gonna be gone a 5 weeks. he was important for my team 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 16, 2010 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions
GO PINE BLUFF!
My main pool counts the play-in game (the one I run) and I picked Pine-Bluff.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
shiftA
have these made it in the JD yet?
I have to assume that no dukie is represented because none o fthem can dunk? ;)
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
TOO MANY PICUTRES!
Collapsing.
But Zoubek can dunk for Duke, not a star though.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
yeah it was kinda a lot.. i collapsed it too..
odd choices by SI.. cuse, osu, kentucky, kansas, nova, and zags…hmm
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
who cares?
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions
shuddup tyry..
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
make me
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions
INTERNET FIGHT!
i got 3-1 for G-Love!
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 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions
i think i'd get accused of harming innocent animals ;)
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
shut up
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
make me
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Bit of breaking news, we now go live to glove being a 00000. glove.
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
yes, tyry..
seems as tho we have a high chance of dirty socks getting their clocks cleaned.. back to you.
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
whatever dude.
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
you started it..
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions
what are you, 5?
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions
whatever dude.
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions
you must be if you're just going to mimic me
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions
ooooor.. you aren't worth the effort to fight with...
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions
thanks bro
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions
anytime lil sis :P
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
this was all very disappointing.
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 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions
shut the hell up dude
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions
you expected something else?
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions
ooooooo
girl no you di’int!
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 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
right?? and their poses looked totally posed!!
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I believe what they did
Take a bunch of photos with that posed “dunk” look, took the one of the body they liked and merged it with the one with the face they liked and the end result is really bad looking.
Bad photoshop, 4 times over, in a huge publication.
#52
Heehee
I didn’t notice hairy pits or anything wherever I went, I jus’ teasin’.
It was a great advancement for Europe overall, I believe.
You can’t say America ain’t done any good for the world.
#52
King Camp Gilette!
Well that and Philips and Braun and hair removal wax/creme and … Sometimes you have to do it, though doing it all the time is a pain for the ladies. By the way, she is from “where you’re from”. Immigration!
mmmm hi :)
i like smooooth ;)
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions
The Syracuse kid looks like the love child of Hasheem Thabeet and Nate Robinson
With the arms of Durant
Anyone else planning to ignore the draft until a week or less before?
Considering there’s no sign KP is planning to make any major draft moves this year to get another young talent?
yep.
i’ve already assumed that KP is gonna stash another Euro. not excited about the draft at all.
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 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll definitely watch the lottery, since where Wall and Turner land, other guards could become available
As for our positioning, yeah I’m not terribly focused on that this year. I predict a combo guard and a PF.
Yep, I'll watch the lottery, and will enjoy watching trades and positioning the week of the draft
But that’s really it. I tend to get to know the players as draft date approaches.
Is it spicy?
What sort of… “meat”…?
I like all meats as long as it ain’t spicy, and I only like soft wraps… hate hard tortilla shells.
#52
interesting thing..
i don’t think there are any chipoltes in syracuse..
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions
think they got them in buffalo too..
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions
i don't think it's as intense as Ithaca or Cambridge even..
but yeah.. we have a couple of chains but they have a hard time getting setting up shop around here.
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Cab and I like different stuff
Their tacos (soft or crisp), burritos, or burrito bowls (which is exactly as it sounds, just no tortilla and you use a fork) are great. I haven’t tried their fajitas. They have hidden options as well.
They have a mild tomato pico de gallo that’s very good. I prefer their medium and hot salsa, the wife likes the corn salsa. If you get chips (they’re tasty, salty and awful for you!) you should tell them it’s your first time there, and you’d like to try a few different salsas. Most Chipotle branches will hook you up.
Cab likes barbacoa as you know. The wife prefers carnitas (pulled pork) but likes them all. I prefer chicken. Honestly, they’re all good.
I'll prolly get a big ol' burrito without beans (don't care for beans)
And some soft tacos and pig out.
And if it ain’t a grip of da bomb, i’m comin’ for you guys.
#52
They'll customize whatever you want
If you don’t want beans, but do want extra rice of meat, you should let them know. They’ll normally take care of you.
Yessssssssssssssssssss
I dunno if it’s a chain, but I’ve been addicted to these HUGE friggin’ “california burritos” from a place called Taco Plus.
They but in sooooo much carne asada, and it’s good meat, and the guac is good, and sour cream and cheese and good pico…. MMMMMMMMMM I WANT ONE NOW.
#52
I'm really curious what you'll think of Chipotle now.
They have a big burrito. It’s similar in size to Taco Del Mar, but I suspect that won’t help.
I always get Black beens in mines
Doesn’t matter what meat……and no way I could eat the burrito and the tacos ….I would explode
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 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I rarely eat chips
I ain’t a fan of “crunch”.
Even if they’re free… but if they’re as good as ya say, I’ll try ‘em. I don’t HATE ’em, I just rather have some more tacos.
#52
Actually ...if you are good looking enough they will give them to you for free
Sorry Timmay
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 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I've never seen a quick-serve mexican restaurant with free chips
Unless they’re cheap ones. Chipotle does fresh chips every morning and it shows.
They’re also using the highest quality ingredients around. They source their ingredients closely.
We used to go to Baja Fresh
But we haven’t been there in years… the ones around here just aren’t impressive.
The ones here are decent at least.
I liked Rubios a lot. I think they also have free chips, but it’s been awhile.
#10 & #52
La Salsa has free chips, too
I can’t remember which is better out of Baja Fresh and La Salsa, but one is better than the other but neither better than what I get at Taco Plus.
#52
I can't comment on Taco Plus
though it does look like a place I’d try out.
Btw if you feel like you didn’t get enough of something at Chipotle (salsa, cheese, whatever), just ask for a little more. They’ll take care of you.
Sometimes if you ask for a side of salsa, the person will not give you a totally full one. Ask for a second side, and no problem. They’ll usually go out of the way to do whatever you want.
Today I walked by someone who had a bowl of black beans. Period.
But now that I've said Taco Plus is so good
People will go there and be disappointed :-( I have to add I only get one thing regularly, and that is the aforementioned California Burrito.
I definitely wanna try Chipotle, add some variety to my quick Mexican food diet.
#52
I like ez spiciness, lotsa meat and cheese and yumminess
If they got lots of yumminess on hand, than I’ll be happy.
#52
Oh I don't think Chipotle can hold up to what we said either
I didn’t want to say “We stopped going to Baja Fresh because we found Chipotle”.. that’s just building it up too much.
The first time we had Chipotle food, we thought it was ok. It was the second visit when we found combinations that clicked for us.
Man, all this talk about food
Has made me so hungry. But I gotta work out soon :-(
And I already prepped my post-workout meal, and it isn’t Mexican food :-( So sad :-(
#52
The buritto is the size of my fore arm
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 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Nyuk-Nyuk
I yam what I yam
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 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions
scoff scoff scoff
Popeye doesn’t say “nyuk”, he isn’t a 3 Stooge!
He DOES say “I yam what I yam”, and he uses it to explain his bad behavior.
#52
I don't know how to spell the sound he makes
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 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Test
Never mind it just jumped back to 6:00 am,might see ya in the next JD
by southern oregon on Mar 16, 2010 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions
poor old man with the old man computer :(
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Chipotle is pretty much like Taco Del Mar. only it looks fancier inside.
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 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Much better tasting
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 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions
they are close to the same for me. i’ve had both pretty recently.
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 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Much better sourced ingredients at Chipotle, and higher quality.
I like both. I miss a nice ground beef burrito at Taco Del Mar.
i think kp will trade roy4wall
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions
nets draft wall
they have cap space
roy4wall
success!
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by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
He wouldn't.
But he’d think about it for a few minutes.
Roy is KP’s chosen horse for the race to a championship. He’s made his decision.
I also wouldn’t do it, since you could hardly bake a better all-around franchise player than Roy both on and off the court. Also nobody yet knows if Wall will continue to build on his game, how big his will to win is when facing pro defenses, etc. In terms of athletic ability, I’m incredibly high on him. I think he can be better than Rose, maybe better than Wade. That’s pretty incredible. And Turner could be a franchise player too, though maybe not the 1a player on a team. E.g. the Wolves should kill to get him.
wrong
in a sign and trade we trade andre, rudy, joel for lebron and wall
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
and bedge riots when lebron starts over batum
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by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
don't care about draft until out of playoffs..
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I always like the speculation
and it’s not just the draft it’s all the crazy trades that go with the draft. As if adding a late 1st rounder to a lopsided trade is what’ll convince the other team to let us fleece them.
If the Jazz get the first pick via NY then they obviously don’t need Wall. We do a 3 way trade to get Wall while only giving up our draft pick and Joel’s EC
"In Batum's case he must realize he is very likely the first Blazer to successfully fight over a pick all season..."
-Ben
no il let them be
one of them was at school today, macro polo, was gonna say something but i didnt wanna get jumped by the “Mini Boys”
Odenized
So I was volunteering at a homeless shelter last night.
And I found this hat on top of the free clothes bin and had to take it for you, g-love.
That’s because I love you.
#10 & #52
great.. another ass to beat when i get back to pdx :P
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it's a sign.
I’m going to have at least one bracket where Orange loses in the opening round.
#10 & #52
come a little closer and say that again, idlely ;P
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions
lemme help..
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions
seriously, though...
syracuse can’t lose the first two games.. i’m going to see them in buffalo and this is my first time seeing the orange play in the tourney live so they can’t lose so stop jinxing them!!
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
lol shuddup idle..
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions
hahahaha
im going to laugh so hard when they lose in the first round
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions
jerk..
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions
glove in a few days
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions
maybe.. maybe not..
but at least I have a pretty lady to console my sadness if it do..
:P
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions
You cut me deep bitch cut me like surgery
And i was too proud to admit that it was hurtin me
Id never do that to you at least purposely
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions
i'll never hit a girl but i'll shake the ish out of you..
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions
that is awesome!
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 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Manu lookin' good
I didnt think the Spurs would drop to 9th, but if anyone else thinks so, I think you should change your mind.
#52
Hey, if they don't resign Manu
Do they got cap space?
I guess not… Jefferson is spendy, as are Duncan and Parker.
Did Jefferson blow their chance to get cap space? If so, BUFAILORD.
#52
No cap space this year, unless Jefferson uses his ETO. Which, for $15 million, is about as likely as Eddy Curry using his. But they could use their MLE for Splitter, and they’ll have loads of cap space for 2011 ($29 million committed unless Duncan opts out) and 2012 (only Blair, and a QO for Hill).
I think he has waited long enough not to be
but could be wrong …if I am not right that is
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 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions
He didn’t sign for 3 seasons, so they now can offer him up to the full MLE on a 3-year guaranteed deal
Ahhhh, interesting.
He seems like he’d be a good role playing big man. Do you think he can be more?
If he even exists, I mean.
#52
We’ll have to see. I don’t think he’ll be a “star”. But he is big, he is mobile, he is efficient. I think he could be the center version of Luis Scola for sure. It would definitely not hurt the Spurs to have him play a bit behind/besides Duncan, and then have him locked up for when TD calls it quits.
It’s not easy with those guys until you see them play against NBA bigs. When journalists first started talking about Splitter, they also though Maciej Lampe could be really good (the Knicks especially). I think I sometimes rounded out my roster in NBA Live with him. Or this guy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damir_Markota
But Splitter is doing very well on a good team and now really has experience and not just potential.
I think Splitter will be good
he moves well and has size. That’s the key to be a good Euro big, plus the skills!
#52
Ditto.
They promoted him as an effort to keep him, less than a year ago.
I’m very curious what went down.
I'm wondering if he said something during one of his recent public appearances.
Being on camera isn’t his specialty.
Penn recently returned from a scouting trip at the Big East championships and appeared on Rip City Live, the pregame show of Comcast SportsNet, before Sunday’s game against Toronto.
Way sudden it, it seems. I can’t even think of what it’d be.
#52
Personal indiscretion/transgression?
I have to say I have no idea. He was at the side of KP and PA until the very end. This is very sudden.
Yeah it kind reeks of a corporate firing to protect itself from lawsuit.
My company does it all the time.
"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 16, 2010 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it's got to be this.
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im no bruh! :(
pump it up morty!!
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Going out in the buff?!
I don’t need to even imagine that.
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the thing on the front page said it came from Paul Allen.
so i would guess either a Vulcan thing that they told him to fire Penn or Penn was doing something illegal, like stealing or something. but who knows.
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 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup. Which is why I think he was doing something shady, or maybe a lawsuit.
"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 16, 2010 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions
good point. didn’t even think of that.
i hope he wasn’t doing anything dastardly.
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 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions
lol at Oregon Live posters
Posted by LaMichael Orenthal James
March 16, 2010, 7:00PM
Is it possible that he choked a woman then threw her down in the barkdust?
Free prezofdeath
OMG
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions
that is kinda funny. but not in a good way.
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 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions
its not funny
in any way
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions
the middle name is all that makes this funny..
besides that.. it’s very poor taste.. but orenthal makes it funny..
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Ok...I'm sorry but that's funny. Wrong? Yes.. But funny.
"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 16, 2010 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions
wtf
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions
damn
this will get deleted by the mods
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions
ill prob get banned today
and i really dont give a flying last letter of the post i made at 6:59 pm on March 16th 2010
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions
tired of life mang
tired of life
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by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions
cheer up!
it gets much worse later on! :)
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 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions
oh yay
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions
gotta take the bad with the good, dude. this is what helps me: things happen to everyone and no one goes through anything new. people have been there before and they got through it. you will to. you’re a strong, dude. you can make 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 16, 2010 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions
im assuming you used the wrong your/youre
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions
or just have a comma in a weird place
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions
comma in the wrong place. oops
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 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Has anyone even given you a warning yet?
Wait, I can check that.
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im not sure
i think prez might have when i asked to see what one looked like
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Then you're totally hosed.
Prez doesn’t give second chances.
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he owes me though
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I blame Ben.
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it's safe to say that the illustrious geoffm was not chosen for his Bedge posting prowess.
Free prezofdeath
From what I hear,
He’s a professional moderator. He gets hired by blogs overrun with trolls and cleans up the town. Except Dave doesn’t make enough to pay his bounty.
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wth
Heartbroken..... Our goats have escaped.
by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions
this isn’t cool.
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 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions
It's very strange that he was fired
Normally execs “resign”. This come across as an intentional message sent.
I think it's probably best to wait and see what the reasoning was...
Usually high-level execs don’t get fired without a valid reason. Especially one like Penn, who we promoted to keep just 10 months ago.
Probably doing coke with Horford.
"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 16, 2010 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah he is. he’s big time with that hospital i think.
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 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah that
goaltend block he had on Broy this year was incredible
I was blinded to that by sick alley-oops and facials
not to mention Greg crotchifyin’ suckas
by Tyler Durrden on Mar 16, 2010 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions
It's either personal or criminal.
Or something else.
…
That should cover my bases.
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Are you going to add his name to your sig?
"In Batum's case he must realize he is very likely the first Blazer to successfully fight over a pick all season..."
-Ben
We'll see what happens.
I’m already missing Tolliver.
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I was just thinking of his exotic animals collection today, oddly enough that thought was spurred by Mort's mentioning of Diener's porn dungeon?....
I was blinded to that by sick alley-oops and facials
not to mention Greg crotchifyin’ suckas
by Tyler Durrden on Mar 16, 2010 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions
shut up
I was blinded to that by sick alley-oops and facials
not to mention Greg crotchifyin’ suckas
by Tyler Durrden on Mar 16, 2010 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions
You're a Ruffin..
I was blinded to that by sick alley-oops and facials
not to mention Greg crotchifyin’ suckas
by Tyler Durrden on Mar 16, 2010 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I just had a twenty ounce blue moon beer with dinner and I'm stupid and hornery
YOU GET THE FIRST SHOT BUDDY!!!
I was blinded to that by sick alley-oops and facials
not to mention Greg crotchifyin’ suckas
by Tyler Durrden on Mar 16, 2010 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
blue moon is good. you get it with the orange? it makes it better!
is hornery like angry/horny? your fiance better be on the lookout
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 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I did get it with the orange and I looked at the guy and said, "What the hell is this? If I wanted a flippin fruit salad I would've gone to the freaking monkey tank up at the zoo. Here take this flacid piece of rind back to your boss and tell him
I SAID HE WAS A FRUIT!!!! GOT IT?!!?!?!?"
.
.
.
(durrden jams orange into dude’s face and gives him the chimp mouth)
I was blinded to that by sick alley-oops and facials
not to mention Greg crotchifyin’ suckas
by Tyler Durrden on Mar 16, 2010 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions
hahaha
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 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions
actually I ate the orange, but don’t tell these losers!
I was blinded to that by sick alley-oops and facials
not to mention Greg crotchifyin’ suckas
by Tyler Durrden on Mar 16, 2010 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
wait... did you just tell cabby that you were stupid and horny?
ooooh ornery :P
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Rec'd.
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Maybe he was fooling around with someone's baby mama
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 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Perhaps his executive dating system showed statistically, Penn wasn't KP's best match
If that’s the case, he needed to make a clean break and start dating. You gotta trust statistical analysis.
by Timmay! on Mar 16, 2010 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
hahahahahahahaha
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 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah I see this as bad. I have a bad feeling something nasty like a lawsuit may be going down. I hope I'm wrong.
"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 16, 2010 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions
at least pro teams never have to be disqualified from postseason play..
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I usually root for the Kings anyways, but now I have two reasons.
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Im rooting for kobe
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by Starvin' Marvin on Mar 16, 2010 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions
PA to Penn
probably not the right time to post anything of the sort here, but i’ll do it anyway.
this was the first thing that crossed my mind after reading quick’s paper: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bhNOalTr0M
NIT basketball...
lol..
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
There are some rumors he might be in the running for the Clippers GM job, though they seemed to have promoted one of their assistant GMs and former player development coach
But “fired” doesn’t sound like “we thank him for everything and wish him luck, we just couldn’t hold him anymore this time”. If that would be the case, Quick would have caused a major wording blunder imho.
plus didn’t they promote Penn so he wouldn’t get the GM job with the T’Wolves? why would they let him go now?
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 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions
he's either been dipping his pen in the company ink, or he's awoj's source all this time
I was blinded to that by sick alley-oops and facials
not to mention Greg crotchifyin’ suckas
by Tyler Durrden on Mar 16, 2010 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe he interviewed for the Clippers job without the consent of the Blazers, cloak and dagger style and got caught.
"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 16, 2010 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions
oooooo, I like this theory
"In Batum's case he must realize he is very likely the first Blazer to successfully fight over a pick all season..."
-Ben
after sleeping with Paul Allen's daughter
(does PA have a daughter?)
"In Batum's case he must realize he is very likely the first Blazer to successfully fight over a pick all season..."
-Ben
doubt it, I was thinking his sister
I was blinded to that by sick alley-oops and facials
not to mention Greg crotchifyin’ suckas
by Tyler Durrden on Mar 16, 2010 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions
No. I remember an article that pointed that fact out when his cancer came back.
"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 16, 2010 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions
but doing this never hurt phil with buss...?
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Like most executives and coaches in the league, he has an agent for things like that. And that agent is allowed to talk to anyone.
I currently rather think it has to do with spending some of Allen’s money where he didn’t have authorization for.
Taking the NCAA players out to dinner for example.
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A very sound theory... but boring. Let's get creative!
Penn was caught with Al Horford at Sassy’s doing lines of coke of strippers’ bums that was bought with PA’s money.
"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 16, 2010 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
sassy's is cool..
#21 - Get Well, AO
I fight like a girl
"Being mad ruins my day way more than it ruins the day of the person I’m mad at." -Dave Blazer's Edge
by galacticlove on Mar 16, 2010 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Was there a pic of Bo Outlaw too?
I guess that joke doesn’t work anymore with Trout gone. That kind of makes me sad.
"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 16, 2010 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Penn had been rubbing people the wrong way internally.
And there were rumors he was quietly talking to the Clippers, who recently fired their GM.
The front page is updated with links to the articles with new details.
Smells funny to be sure
There is more to the story than that.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
wooooooooo
just got hired
Awesomeness (ô'səm-nes)
1. n. Something that inspires awe
2. n. Nicolas Batum
Assistant GM of the Portland Trail Blazers?
by Norsktroll on Mar 16, 2010 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
nah, they just don't announce the firing until they're ready to hire someone new
"In Batum's case he must realize he is very likely the first Blazer to successfully fight over a pick all season..."
-Ben
The ESPN guys are comparing UNC-William and Mary to "Hoosiers"
William and Mary is a good time, it ain’t Hoosiers.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
3 point lead for the Tribe
Under 4 left.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
And I always thought NIT stood for.
Not Into This. But that wasn’t bad. Now I am going to see how Miss State dispatches Jackson State.
#10 & #52
Its the NIT
Losers bracket. About 1/10000000000000000000000th as fun as the NCAAs unless your team is in it, then its about 1/100000000th as fun.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I've watched when Oregon has been in it in the past
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Do you remember where you were when Tom Penn was fired?
Oooooph I am beat after that workout. Man. Was rough. Now eating my post-workout meal.
I see there isn’t any new word on Tom Penn… calling him a guy looking to keep climbing the ladder describes almost any successful, smart person.
#52
Quick has updated his story with a few quotes from Penn
Penn says he did not talk to another team, and that he was surprised by the firing.
I wouldn't expect that two timing back stabbing jerk to say anything else!
Ya know, I may not have ever said it here on BE, or to anyone in person, but I knew deep down that that Tom Penn guy just wasn’t to be trusted. Could just tell.
#52
Ben once confirmed his ambitious nature. Apart from that, nothing I’ve heard today is a convincing reason so far. And ambition is not a reason to get fired in a competitive “up or out” environment.
I would imagine someone ambitious and hard working and out to make a name for themself
Is great to have, so there’s gotta be a lot more there for it to be so sudden and surprising and mysterious.
#52
Yeah nothing is wrong with ambition for an NBA exec.
I don’t think the released rumors were specifically about his ambition.
Like you
I am assuming those “ambitious” lines in the recent article are said for the reader to “read between the lines”.
As to what is between those lines, I dunno. I am also assuming that “ambition” is not the reason he was fired.
#52
Yep.
People normally don’t get fired for being ambitious. They normally get fired for their actions caused by their ambition.
Then again, that’s third-hand rumors. It could be just some jealous exec making stuff up.
Like backstabbing KP somehow to try to get his job
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 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope nothing TOO shady is going on
And I gotta think that while we may not find someone as accomplished and smart at the CBA crap as Penn, we gotta be able to find someone else or a team of someone elses who can pick up where he left off. I’d hope.
#52
oh, out of everything, I feel confident that they already had a replacement selected when they fired him. We hire everyone.
The next in line is often the video coordinator. That would be Tim Grass I think. They also have a Director of Basketball Operations. Could also be Born or Buchanan, the head scouts. Kaleb Canales is only a coach I think, though he has also worked on some of the player relations stuff.
Penn was here for his CBA know-how and loophole finding I thought
Not necessarily for his basketball know-how.
Ya need a guy (or a team of guys) like him to know how to put together the deals with the complicated CBA, but it can’t be something irreplaceable, like a guy who is a great judge of talent.
The rules are set, and aren’t really open to interpretation. Just a matter of knowing all of them.
#52
Larry Miller is our representative in CBA negotiations
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