Channing Frye compares Portland and Phoenix

by St. Bayno on Aug 17, 2011 11:18 AM PDT

Channing does a Q&A in Propeller magazine comparing Portland and Phoenix: http://propellermag.com/

PROPELLER: If Phoenix/Portland were an action film, what would the protagonist say before blowing the place sky-high?

CHANNING FRYE:
Phoenix: These tamales are EXTRA hot!
Portland: This DEFINITELY isn’t organic.

PROPELLER: If Phoenix/Portland were a hole on a mini-golf course, what would its features be?

CHANNING FRYE: On the Phoenix hole, you have to contend with a cactus, sheriff Joe Arpio, U of A, and a thermometer. The Portland hole makes you thread it between Portlandia, a sturgeon, a hipster, and a hippie.

There's also an interview with Jackie Stiles further down on the front page...

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Pretty funny stuff.

There’s also a nice short story about a pro ballplayer’s chaffeur.

by fitsnstarts on Aug 17, 2011 1:37 PM PDT reply actions

I miss the Buffet

Even if he wasn’t a long-term fit for the team, he’s a Portlander at heart.

"My shoulder is OK. And away we go." -- Nic Batum
"wang-dang diddly wubba SPROING wow-wow" -- Dave

by DonkeyShins on Aug 17, 2011 1:46 PM PDT reply actions

"Maybe I’m old school," Nash said, "but I signed a contract to play here and I want to honor it. I feel like I owe it to my teammates and the city and everybody to keep battling until they tell me it’s time to go." STEVE (God of Basketball) NASH

by 2NASHTY on Aug 18, 2011 1:34 AM PDT up reply actions

Well he probably has to be

I think his woman is.

by wheresBlazerBill on Aug 17, 2011 11:34 PM PDT reply actions

dead on...

The Portland hole makes you thread it between Portlandia, a sturgeon, a hipster, and a hippie.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.

by thankyouforblaze on Aug 18, 2011 3:12 AM PDT reply actions

i'm not cool enough to understand the sturgeon.

"The game was delayed for over 15 minutes with 5:07 left in the second quarter after France's Nicolas Batum, who plays for the Portland Trail Blazers, dunked and twisted the rim. Volunteers and officials scrambled to put a new rim on the basket and reattach a net."

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/olybb/news/story?id=5509394

by ratbastird on Aug 18, 2011 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions