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The NBA: Where ruining days happens.
May 08, 2009 by
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Stopped by Ball Don’t Lie just to surf the internet while getting my Honey Bunches of Oats on. One of my regular morning stops around the net. First post says “NBA Commercials never cease to amaze me”. Neat! says I. Without reading a single word of text above the...
The PG Dilemma (continued)
May 07, 2009 by
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This is in response to the comments from the initial post below. Shout out to everyone who got in on that discussion. As Coup would say…mad respect, bird. I’m just going to bullet some of the overall thoughts I gathered.
First off, the discussion opened my eyes to a couple...
Someone thinks Travis Outlaw has D…
May 06, 2009 by
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The NBA announced their All-Defensive first and second teams today. Complete breakdown here. No Blazer made either team but three received votes. Joel Pryzbilla got 7 votes including a first team vote and would have made the cut if a third-team existed. Sadly it does not. Brandon Roy...
The PG Dilemma
May 06, 2009 by
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Oh, the great PG Dilemma. If I had an STD for everytime someone talked about Portland’s need for a PG I’d probably be dead by now. With Steve Blake’s underwhelming play during Portland’s first-round exit, the spotlight has been pointed directly at the PG position...
LeBron wins the MVP
May 04, 2009 by
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Surprised? Shouldn’t be. He’s had it in the bag for awhile now. Didn’t see any mention of who got the other votes, but I’d imagine they were divided between Kobe and Wade.
Top 8 Annoying Players Left in the NBA Playoffs
May 04, 2009 by
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As we continue into the second round of the playoffs a few things happen. Fanbases see their dreams crushed. Epic games are played. Superstars prove their worth and unsung heroes come out of nowhere. The number of teams shrink from 16 to 8. The sense of urgency and intensity go up...
Predictions: The Second Round
May 03, 2009 by
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Here were my first round picks. With the exception of Portland and Miami (they are down 15 late in the second, I don’t see it happening) I was pretty spot on. 6 out of 8 isn’t so bad. I even nailed Denver winning in 5 and Cleveland winning in 4 so yay me.
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Lakers...
Who is Expendable?
May 03, 2009 by
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I’ve finally come to grips with it. The future is now. A big off-season coming up for Kevin Pritchard, Nate McMillan and co. It’s a different kind of off-season than they are used to. No longer does their need to be a concentrated effort on trying to re-build. Now we’...
Blazers 76, Rockets 92 Re-Thoughts
May 01, 2009 by
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Sleep actually took a lot of the sting out of this one. Probably one of my better decisions in a while. Looking back I probably would have sounded like a crazed 16 year old boy/girl who is in one of those ‘OMG the world is over’ type fights with their significant other and end up [...]
Adding insults to injury…
May 01, 2009 by
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The first insult was with 1:30 left in the game my female roommate yelling at me that the game was over and to turn it to Grey’s Anatomy, even though we have a DVR. And then, as if losing and having to write about it wasn’t bad enough this happened. I somehow managed to organize [...]
Von Wafer out…
April 30, 2009 by
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FOX26 Houston (and now ESPN) report that Von Wafer is out of tonight’s Game 6 courtesy of back spasms caused by a bulging disc. The links are here and here.
Well. Raise your hand if you thought Von Wafer missing a game would ever be significant? All jokes aside, this...
Artest says Brandon Roy > Kobe Bryant
April 30, 2009 by
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I’m not making it up. (Credit: Lake Show Life)
I have no words. Perhaps in Ron-Ron’s world he’s trying to play mental games with both Roy and Kobe at once. Ya know, kill Roy with kindness and try and engage Kobe in a 1-on-1 battle. Then again, this is Ron Artest and...
Blazers/Rockets Pre-Thoughts
April 30, 2009 by
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“Look….if you had one shot, or one opportunity…to seize everything you ever wanted….one moment…would you capture it or just let it slip?”
It has been common knowledge since the Game 1 loss that to win the series Portland would have to pick up...
Blazers 88, Rockets 77 Re-Thoughts
April 29, 2009 by
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The main reasons why the Portland Trail Blazers season remains alive? LaMarcus Aldridge stepping up in a big way, Brandon Roy leaving everything he had on the floor and a 15-0 run.
Also, they finally went out and took a game in this series.
Its Aldridge who deserves a ton of credit...
Game 5 Chat
April 28, 2009 by
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We’ll be on Blazers.com again tonight, folks. I’ll be coming in pretty late, but SJ should be there the entire time. Don’t have the direct link on me, but the live chat should be in the fan page over there.
Blazers/Rockets Pre-Thoughts
April 28, 2009 by
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To quote The Rock…it doesn’t matter.
I could talk about keys to success until I got blue in the face, but guess what? It doesn’t matter. All the strategy, all the preparation, the chess matches, the little give and take…they all don’t matter. This is...
Blazers 88, Rockets 89 Re-Thoughts
April 27, 2009 by
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That one hurt just about everybody. When that final buzzer sounded, it hurt you, your heart, your girlfriend, your brother, your dog and the rose bush in the yard. It’s okay, I get it. It hurt me, too, and the only thing that made me feel better was “T.R.O.Y.” by...
Blazers.com Live!-Thoughts
April 26, 2009 by
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Okay, maybe we’re the only ones that call it Live!-Thoughts (since we’re hip to the streets and all), but SJ and I will be back over at Blazers.com at gametime tonight to join in on their live-blogging festivities. If you had trouble finding the link last time (Alex S&...
Blazers/Rockets Pre-Thoughts
April 26, 2009 by
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“What if your enemy is three inches in front of you, what do you do then? Curl into a ball? Or do you put your FIST through him? It is the wood that should fear your hand, not the other way around.” - Pai Mei, Kill Bill Vol. 2
What does me reading subtitles from Kill [...]
Blazers 83, Rockets 86 Re-Thoughts
April 25, 2009 by
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Elephant in the room before we go any further with this one. This loss isn’t all on Steve Blake’s late three-pointer so just stop it. Was it an absolutely horrible decision? Duh. Was Blake one of the reasons why Portland lost? Yes. But, to say that play is the reason...
The absence of Live!-Thoughts
April 24, 2009 by
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We won’t be doing a live blog here tonight because SJ and I will be participating in the Blazers.com live blog. So head on over there for all of your Blazers needs.
Sergio Rodriguez to the bench?
April 24, 2009 by
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It’s a possibility that Nate McMillan may move Sergio Rodriguez to the bench starting tonight in Houston (credit Quick). Nate didn’t confirm it like he did Channing’s heave-ho, but he certainly did not deny it. Sergio only played a handful of minutes in the first...
Blazers/Rockets Pre-Thoughts
April 24, 2009 by
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You know that feeling in college (or high school) when you try and start a big paper a few days ahead? Your intentions are to get a head start on it and give yourself some leeway. At the same time since there are days before its due you have the option of closing your laptop [...]
The loss of Mutombo and…
April 23, 2009 by
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(Brief note before I start this post. I was feeling really good about Houston’s lack of playoff karma until Kerry Eggers just had to bring up the fact that Portland is 1-10 in the Toyota Center. Definitely feel like I was playing pickup and said the ball was off the other team...
Houston’s home court (dis)advantage…
April 23, 2009 by
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Another agonizing day of anticipation remains ahead before the Blazers and Rockets take the court for Game 3. Thankfully this is the last time there will be a two-day gap in between games for these teams. I’m telling you, that second day in between games is just killer. The series...
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