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Re: Misc
« Reply #75 on: June 18, 2010, 11:27:54 PM »
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Things sound like bees. I am willing to bet that now a big deal has been made, those things are going to start showing up at events here in the US.
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Re: Misc
« Reply #76 on: July 12, 2010, 07:33:12 AM »
OK, the drunken circus surrounding LeBron James has been amusingly out of control, and occasionally annoyingly stupid, but it turns out to be Jesse Jackson who takes it too far.

Jesse, I'm afraid you clearly do not understand sports.  There's a whole lot of racism in sports, but that ain't what's going on in Cleveland right now.  They worshipped this kid.  They tried to give him anything he asked for, no matter how bad an idea it was, and they hired people whose whole job was to hire people to hire other people to kiss his ass.  They begged him to let them to give him over $120 million.  That is not a master-slave relationship.

Everybody in Cleveland knew he might leave.  When it took so many years for management to even make a stab at putting a championship team around him, a whole lot of people in Cleveland knew James was probably going to leave.  What really cheesed everybody off was how he did it.  When he said he was going to be on TV for an hour to deliver his decision, 90% of analysts and fans thought that meant he was going to re-commit to Cleveland.  Instead, he not only blew them off thoughtlessly; he took out an hour on national TV to talk about himself and how happy he was to blow Cleveland off and how he was going to have fun in Miami.  It was insanely badly done.

It's been said before, but it's like getting to use the Jumbotron at the Super Bowl to ask your girlfriend to marry you . . . except instead you use it as a surprise to break up with her and tell her you're marrying her friend instead. 
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Re: Misc
« Reply #77 on: July 12, 2010, 10:02:23 AM »
Jackson saw an open shot to take to remain relevant - and he took it. Guy is a bigger attention whore than someone else (whom I will not name because I want them to go away) that's been blissfully out of the news for a while.
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Re: Misc
« Reply #78 on: July 12, 2010, 10:53:46 AM »
I suppose, but it was not a smooth way to enter the conversation.  You can't start with godwin.
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Re: Misc
« Reply #79 on: July 12, 2010, 10:58:49 AM »
Jesse is loud, crazy, and not particularly smart. I'd be surprised if he didn't start with Godwin.  :lol:
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Re: Misc
« Reply #80 on: August 05, 2010, 12:24:39 PM »
A couple of years ago, lots of Celtics' fans desperately wanted the team to trade for Jermaine O'Neal, a center with definite skills but a real tendency to get injured and a huge price tag.  I wasn't enthusiastic, and fortunately they passed.  He got paid over $20 million a year.

This summer, he signed a two-year deal with Boston for $6 million a year.  Quite a price cut.  And he's actually healthy at the moment.

Now Boston signed Shaq for two years, which is even more amusing.  The Celtics' starting center is out for at least half the season, and they need a few gigantic guys to play short stints in rotation -- and now they have both O'Neals.

A lot of people complained that Shaq's too old, etc, and he's too old to start, play 35 minutes, and expect 25 points out of, yes.  But fifteen minutes a night, ten points, a bunch of rebounds, and a couple of blocks, sure.  And at this point he could be a local hero if he just fouls LeBron five times in one game.  A lot of people say, hey, Cleveland tried that last year, and it didn't exactly work!

Yeah, but last year he was a starter in Cleveland for $21 million freaking dollars.  Boston signed him as a special role player for $1.4 million.  Again, kind of a price cut.

Personally, I think it's pretty funny.  Danny Ainge, the GM in Boston, is kind of a peculiar guy, but I know most of the other GMs hate the shit out of him.

First game of the season is the C's vs the Nazgul in Miami.  That ought to be entertaining . . . .
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Re: Misc
« Reply #81 on: August 05, 2010, 12:36:06 PM »
Most of the other GMs? Whoa, man, get real. Pretty much everyone in the world outside of Boston and Provo detests Danny Ainge.
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Re: Misc
« Reply #82 on: August 05, 2010, 12:37:02 PM »
And he's kind of a nutbar.  But the Mormon ladies love him!
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Re: Misc
« Reply #83 on: August 11, 2010, 09:12:07 PM »
From Sports Illustrated online:

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This week, the Mariners fired Don Wakamatsu, the first Japanese-American manager in baseball history, on Japanese Heritage Night at their ballpark.

Apparently this rather awkward timing occurred because the head office doesn't communicate with the guys at the ballpark.  I can understand that that happens BUT if you're going to operate that way, you also need someone 'on the ground' who does know what's going on down there and who has the authority to keep things graceful.
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Re: Misc
« Reply #84 on: August 19, 2010, 04:27:56 PM »
Funny stuff about the NBA rookie photo shoot.  No, really.

The Celtics, in fine tradition, drafted a big goofy white guy, although most analysts seem to agree he was the right guy to take with the pick the C's had.  I've only heard good things about his game, and apparently he's one of the nicest guys ever, etc.  But he sure does take goofy pictures.  Holy hell.

Luke Harangody.  About halfway down the page.  He looks too polite for pro sports, like that big goofy white kid in Major League who looks kind of like Mike Nelson.
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Re: Misc
« Reply #85 on: October 07, 2010, 11:50:02 PM »
The NBA said they were going to crack down on technical fouls this year, but I didn't think this was what they meant.

NB:  It says they were both ejected.  Careful with the spelling, there.
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Re: Misc
« Reply #86 on: October 18, 2010, 02:45:31 PM »
Wilson Chandler showing how he uses his mad kung fu skills to fight off three defenders.  :lol:



If you look closely enough, you'll even see a basketball.
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Re: Misc
« Reply #87 on: November 02, 2010, 05:24:24 PM »
Apparently the Celtics just sent a guy to the D-league (the minors, basically), and his name is Magnum Rolle.


edit:  He's 6'11", which just makes it even funnier.  God, I hope he turns out to be a superstar.
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Re: Misc
« Reply #88 on: November 04, 2010, 05:51:08 PM »
I think the Minnesota Timberwolves might be the whitest team in the NBA this year, and I'm among the very last of fans to think that that matters, but frankly they have a lot of huge white guys who look more than a little goofy.  Kevin Love, their star, is 6'10" and looks like the giant son of the Burl Ives snowman from the Rudolph claymation Xmas musical.

Then there's the infamous Darko Milicic and these two other guys, all of whom are around 7' and aren't sure how to pose for the camera:



I think this is the perfect year for the team to switch to some kind of Timberwolf Viking theme.  I realize there weren't many Vikings in Eastern Europe, but close enough.
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Re: Misc
« Reply #89 on: November 04, 2010, 05:55:41 PM »
The guy on the right - what's with his posture and the height of his shorts?  He looks like an old man.
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