Game Thread #35: vs Clippers
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 12:30 AM CST
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PrintLos Angeles Clippers at San Antonio Spurs, Jan 8, 2009 7:30 PM CST
The Clips roster has just about every type of player I don't like.
- Selfish Chucker - Baron.
- Selfish Chucker/Stoner - Ricky Davis.
- Selfish Chucker/Lazy - Zach Randolph.
- All stat guy who gets more cred than he deserves - Marcus Camby.
- Arrogant coach who hasn't done anything - Mike Dunleavy.
It's time to fight the forces of evil and save the world. Who are you kicking ass as tonight?
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Breakdown
Keys To The Game
Some other readingNot an easy year to be a Clippers fan. Sign Baron, Yay! Lose Brand, Boo! Lose Magette, Boo! No wait, Yay! Trade for Camby giving up nothing, Yay! Start the season terrible with a string of home losses. Baron and Dunleavy fight. Trade for Zach Randolph. Kaman hurt. Camby hurt. Randolph hurt. Baron hurt. Ricky Davis busted for substance abuse. Check out Clips Nation for some masochistic reading. Other things of possible interestLet's get a girl count. Lurkers included. Anthony Tolliver has been cut. Who will be active in his place? Ian or The JV? Recap: LatinD is on the recap. |
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Spectre- 89
Yay, LD’s on the recap. I hear he’s money; somebody wise once said that.
I’d go with Pop as M here. He’s crabby, short-tempered, task-oriented, and the only one that Bond has any distinguishable affinity for. Dunleavy’s harder, but I’d go with the Chevy Caprice in License to Kill. You can’t even consider him an actual human character any more than an actual NBA coach. Old, washed up, not even remotely appealing in any way, and purely and absolutely worthless.
i’m still trying to figure out the SiMA wool chafing comment on the philly thread. perhaps it had something to do with wearing a fanny pack?
Oh, I totally took it as the lonely sheepherder out with his flock….
I am happy. I am proud. - Manu Ginobili
Yeah, that’s how it was intended. Not sure how bones took it any other way, but that’s why I love him. It’s in reference to texas a&m.
by SgtinManusArmy on Jan 8, 2009 6:04 PM CST up reply actions
I just saw the new Bond movie...
yeah, I know I’m like, two months late to the Bond party, but I was bored, and in my fledgling single state, I don’t hit the movies as often as I’ve been known to. Since I’m tired and don’t want to write an entire essay, I just wanted to ask if anyone felt like the movie just treaded water for two hours? I mean, the movie wasn’t bad, but it also wasn’t really an actual movie per se. It was more along the lines of several isolated action sequences that were edited together and had only marginal segue in the down time between them. There was no plot, but that’s pretty much par for the course in Bond movies. They’re generally so incomprehensible that I would defy anyone on this site to tell me, without cheating, what each of the last five bond movies were about..,,
Also, how in the HELL does James Bond not have a VD? I mean, COME ON… the guy will literally bang anything that moves, and I have a sneaky suspicion that at least three of the women he’s been with have been women of seedy merit… Does MI6 give 00 agents some kind of Syphilis annihilating inoculation before they send them off on some completely asinine errand that just happens to be holding the fate of the whole world as a bargaining chip?
On a side note, Goldeneye on the N64 was pretty much the coolest game ever. A lot of people nowadays like Halo, but since I’ve sold out by buying in, I say they’re all posers and that Goldeneye will forever be the true champion of multiplayer first person shooters…
On a completely unrelated side note, I actually write about the Clippers as a job on the side. To put into terms of how little the public at large cares about them, I will reveal that I actually still collect a paycheck, and have not written about the Clippers since the pre-season. I’ve pretty much just been logging in and spewing at the mouth about whatever gets me off at the moment, and that is apparently preferable to any new Clipper info.
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
…You write about the Clippers? Want to do the recap? Because I’m winging it. :)
The latest Bond movie was a sequel to the last one, a true sequel. The justification for Bond’s revenge is in Eva Green’s death. And let me tell you, whoever kills Eva Green deserves to die. Immediately. And killed by a NINJA ASSASSIN – holycrapthat’sgonnabeawesomeRAAAAAINNNNNN.
goldeneye?
best multiplayer fps ever? wow. sorry, no console fps can ever claim that title. first person shooters on consoles are nerfed from the beginning because of having the wrong control system.
by sleep research facility on Jan 8, 2009 8:27 AM CST up reply actions
I never had the $$ to drop on a computer from the future that can play PC Games like theyre meant to be played...
that said, I will admit to liking Duke Nukem 3D quite a bit. Still, there’s something to be said for having your opponents sitting right next to you. Makes the whole thing more sociable and fun. Besides, if they start doing better than you, you can just turn their chair over with them in it.
Nothing beats putting proximity mines on ammo and body armor… Just how bad do you want those bullets????
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 1:07 PM CST up reply actions
I thought QoS started out strong, that it was going to pick up where Casino Royale left off, and then it completely lost me when Bond went to Haiti and Bolivia. It’s like the storywriters were throwing darts at a map so they could find exotic places to shoot the movie, even though we all know spycraft belongs in Europe. And it really wasn’t that sinister of a plot to me. The villain just wanted a monopoly to get richer. Really? This needed a super MI-6 agent, and not the WTO or the UN?
…the guy will literally bang anything that moves,…
Agreed. Bond banged Grace Jones. I mean, who does that sort of thing? I swear Grace Jones extended her career as Wesley Snipes.
by Jason Roberts on Jan 8, 2009 12:23 PM CST up reply actions
Pull up to the bumper baby. In your long black limousine.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 12:31 PM CST up reply actions
+1 about the plot.
But I wasn’t really there for the plot. Just being honest…
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
by surfergirlsa on Jan 8, 2009 12:38 PM CST up reply actions
I think we can all admit Daniel Craig is a bad-ass but the movie just didn’t do it for me. I thought both Craig and Mathieu Almaric (the villain) were woefully underused. Plus, the bond girl was attractive but there was way too much backstory on her and only one scene of connection between her and Bond. Meh.
Too many ideas and too much backstory but I’m not giving up on the Daniel Craig franchise just yet.
Allez Spurs!
Well, actually, they were hoarding that quantum shit. We’ll have to wait for the next movie to find out how sinister doing that is.
What took me out of the story is when they showed those poor, widdle, ignorant Bolivian aborigines. They can’t tell why the water’s not pouring out of their faucet! It was nearly as bad as when Will Smith and the other dude drove their Hummer through a lot of exploding, drug-labs huts in friggin’ Cuba. Drug lords in Cuba? Really? Not to mention that they killed a lot of evil Cubans.
Meh. I hate it when movies are so blatant in pushing their political agendas. And it bugs me especially because I’d liked Bad Boys 2 a lot up to that point.
That part made me laugh harder than life. I loved it, because after all….. south of United States we are all drug dealers. Right now im cleaning my AK-47…
"It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what."
“I hate it when movies are so blatant in pushing their political agendas.”
Yeah, I know that feeling.
by SgtinManusArmy on Jan 8, 2009 6:06 PM CST up reply actions
I’m with you on Goldeneye. That was an awesome game. I used to torment my college roommates in multiplayer by running right up to them and karate chopping them to death (since you couldn’t shoot someone who was right next to you).
I haven’t seen Quantum of Solace yet—it’s tough to make it to movies with a three year old. But…
1. Casino Royale: I don’t really remember what this was about. There was a French guy, right? And Bond had to play poker to bankrupt a corrupt businessman so they could get leverage on him? And his main squeeze was really a bad guy, but then he finds out that she was really a good guy after all, because her brother was being held hostage?
2. Die Another Day: A North Korean general fakes his death and comes back as Sir Richard Branson in order to put magic diamonds in a satellite that will blow up South Korea. Also, Halle Berry wears a bikini, and James Bond has an invisible car.
3. Tomorrow Never Dies: Rupert Murdoch tries to provoke a war between China and the UK to sell more newspapers using a stealth submarine. Michelle Yeoh does some cool kung-fu fighting.
4. The World is Not Enough: A terrorist who once kidnapped Princess Sophie has shrapnel in his body and can no longer feel pain. Princess Sophie is secretly in league with the terrorist, and they conspire to kill M as revenge for not acting appropriately to rescue Princess Sophie. A nuclear bomb in an oil pipeline figures in somehow as well, as a fairly obvious metaphor for the shrapnel that will kill the terrorist.
5. Tomorrow Never Dies: Ummm… Charlie Sheen’s nutty ex wife Christmas Jones is a nuclear scientist… damn, you got me, I can’t remember this one at all.
I know the plot of Goldeneye backwards and forwards, so I won’t go into it here. So, SD, what grade do you give me?
Catch the Spurs Spirit! It's a Fast-breakin' Fiesta!
Die Another Day was the worst one. At one point Bond was surfing a tidal wave in the Arctic on his car’s door and propelled by a parachute, all the time dodging icebergs the size of houses.
:: losing my dinner ::
That’s the same dude who played in the musical Mamma Mia, LD. Go watch that movie and tell me you still respect him as Bond. I dare you. It’s impossible. (I only saw the first 20 minutes of it because I couldn’t take it…)
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
Here’s the problem. You tried to watch a musical. WTF? You got what you deserved, it’s not his fault.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 6:42 PM CST up reply actions
Newsies was a good musical...
…Chicago made me want to take my own life
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 6:44 PM CST up reply actions
Wait.
How is it MY fault that Pierce played in a musical? I only watched part of it over Christmas because my mom thought we’d both enjoy it. We turned it off and watched Die Hard instead. True story.
There have been a SMALL handful of good musicals.
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
Die Hard is the best Christmas movie ever...
" I have a machine gun… Ho Ho Ho…"
Suck it, Frank Capra!
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 6:47 PM CST up reply actions
Very SMALL. So small, in fact, that you shouldn’t go into a musical thinking it will be good or that you would respect anybody in it.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 6:50 PM CST up reply actions
I’m not arguing with you that most musicals SUCK. And I’ll leave it at that, cause I’m a lover not a fighter.
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
would you consider old school Disney movies to be musicals?
cuz if you do, the Jungle Book is the shit… Hot Maklakadody
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 6:53 PM CST up reply actions
Fox and The Hound was like, the saddest fucking movie ever...
I still couldn’t shake the vibe that that kind of segregation was like, one hair away from ethnic cleansing…
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 6:58 PM CST up reply actions
Bambi wasn't that sad...
peoples’ moms die all the time… Bambi’s mom getting shot could be the equivalent argument of what happens when people live in a bad neighborhood
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 7:04 PM CST up reply actions
That isn’t an argument for not being sad.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:05 PM CST up reply actions
would you rather have your mom get shot,
or be told you couldnt ever see your best friend because of his “ethnicity”…
The shooting is an isolated incident, while that kind of segregation is indicative of a much deeper prejudiced fear.
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 7:07 PM CST up reply actions
True, but having your mom shot is much sadder because it is much more personal. The segregation is a problem with somebody else.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:08 PM CST up reply actions
it's a sociopolitical commentary...
they have to PUT SOMETHING into those “kids” movies to pique the adults’ interests
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 7:09 PM CST up reply actions
I'm pretty demented...
apologies in advance
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 7:08 PM CST up reply actions
unless one "Matthew Powell" is in the house...
absentee zing!
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 7:10 PM CST up reply actions
So true! Although I’m starting to wonder if this Matthew Powell exists. He’s like a phantom or something…
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
If you really use all your senses and pay very close attention you will feel his presence.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:12 PM CST up reply actions
what is with you and ninjas today?
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 7:15 PM CST up reply actions
I hate you.. I HATE YOU…. I H A T E Y O U for making me see that link
Rain is the guy I would love to see him die just NOW.
My buddy who lives in my apartment loves Rain music (and im starting to think he also loves the guy), and I fucking Hate him. He is like Usher but 10 times shittier….
LatinD -1000 points
(still you have like 10000000 Awesome points)
"It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what."
it's probably just a fabrcation...
an apparition created by ATS in order to launch added scorn onto all us filthy PtRers
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 7:12 PM CST up reply actions
see...
ATS was the first person to rush to the defense of the existence of MP…
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 7:12 PM CST up reply actions
yup...
it’s just so he can proliferate his own image and ideologies under the guise of some site admin…
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 7:14 PM CST up reply actions
I’m not sure that I even believe in the existence of Powell.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:14 PM CST up reply actions
it's like Skynet...
Matthew Powell is just serving as a figurehead until he becomes self aware and kills the earth
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 7:15 PM CST up reply actions
too late. we already have the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:17 PM CST up reply actions
it'd probably be weird and stupid
like scientology…
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 7:17 PM CST up reply actions
You know, Powell hasn’t been the same since that trip to Italy.
I am happy. I am proud. - Manu Ginobili
and Stampler has mysteriously disappeared
under the guise of “a new job”… ATS probably murdered him while posing as Powell, then hacked the SB Nation servers to obtain Stamp’s password in order to occasionally post as him, perpetuating the belief that everything is OK… I’m onto you, AusTech Morrissey…
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 7:20 PM CST up reply actions
Bambi’s not sad, though. He has tragedy in his life, but then he emerges triumphant, and lives happily ever after, leaving you feeling good about yourself.
Catch the Spurs Spirit! It's a Fast-breakin' Fiesta!
what about Copper and Tod not ever being able to be friends???
that is some sad shit!
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 7:22 PM CST up reply actions
How could they not be musicals? The characters break into choreographed song and dance… just because it’s animated doesn’t mean it’s not a musical.
And, for that matter, how about Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the original, with Gene Wilder). That was a musical that kicked ass.
Catch the Spurs Spirit! It's a Fast-breakin' Fiesta!
Willy Wonka was just some crazy rich child rapist
who used his elaborate candy mill to get into kids’ chocolate factories…
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 7:01 PM CST up reply actions
but totally true...
the world is an inappropriate place, my friend…
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 7:02 PM CST up reply actions
That is totally true. I hate that movie. Always did, and the remake didn’t make me hate it any less.
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
that movie sucked...
The Tim Burton remake almost sent me spiraling into a blood drunk rage
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 7:05 PM CST up reply actions
he's my favorite director
but he slummed it bad with that movie…
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 7:10 PM CST up reply actions
Has to be old though. Before Little Mermaid for sure. Because I watched that too many times and it isn’t the shit.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 6:56 PM CST up reply actions
Little Mermaid is like a porno...
there are so many dick shots in that movie it’s not even funny
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 6:58 PM CST up reply actions
It was the pleat of the pants.
The preacher just needed to go to the pants store. He’s probably on his way there right now.
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
I lived with my 1 year old niece and her single mom for a year and a half. I used to get home from work and the bar at 3:00 in the morning with a hefty buzz and wake up to a kid bouncing up and down on my chest at 9:00 every morning. Any wonder why I don’t have kids?
I watched a lot of Disney and Barney.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:01 PM CST up reply actions
+1
That’s right—I remember reading that back in high school and thinking WTF?
Catch the Spurs Spirit! It's a Fast-breakin' Fiesta!
ATS doesn't like anybody but himself...
he’s like a sports blog Morrissey… :)
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 6:48 PM CST up reply actions
ATS is human, and he needs to be loved...
juuuuust liiiike everybody else does…
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 6:50 PM CST up reply actions
I’m trying, I really am. But some people are just unlovable. It’s science.
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
Im into science and shit...
phospholipids, and protein folding…
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 6:52 PM CST up reply actions
hahahahahaha....
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 6:49 PM CST up reply actions
Goldeneye wins anyways....
…because it had an awesome game to accompany its badassness… even though the game came out like, a year and a half later…
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 6:43 PM CST up reply actions
I give you an A+
because even though you didn’t actually know the real plot in terms of being able to right a coherent plot synopsis, you made me laugh by phrasing your statements as questions, and by using Tomorrow Never Dies twice….
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 6:41 PM CST up reply actions
Hmmm...
I want Pop to be Charlie. Not for this thread, in real life. I want him to be represented by a little retro speaker on the bench that the guys can huddle around. And every day must begin with Pop saying to the Big Three: “Good morning, Angels.”
“Good morning, Charlie.”
And can Mike Dunleavy be the creepy poker-playing guy from Casino Royale? See, he thinks he’s a badass, but he’s basically a perennial loser who’s not really all that important – he’s the villain for today, nothing more. The only problem with this is that I am NOT prepared for a weirdly homoerotic / sadomasochistic scene involving Mike Dunleavy whipping a naked Tim Duncan in the testicles.
Pity the whip.
I’m with you, ATS. As long as the Big Three are playing tough tonight, we should dominate, no doubt in my mind.
Here’s a little gem from Clip’s nation (ATS gave the link above). It’s sad; like they’ve already given up.
Pick your cliche. The wheels are coming off. The ship is sinking. The car has gone into the ditch. However you choose to describe it, it ain’t good for the Clippers right now. The team is 1-8, and were it not for the Thunder (the ultimate rebuilding team whose three leading scorers are two second year players and a rookie) they’d have the worst record in the NBA.
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
what are you doing up so early? i figured you to be out partying in the streets after harvard’s big hoop victory last night…..it is harvard, right?
Yep, I do go to Harvard. But my running partner got back in town yesterday, so we were up bright and early to do 6 miles. She’s a Nazi…
I don’t require much sleep, though, so even after some [mild] partying I usually get up early. Call it a sickness.
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
i barely drive 6 miles to work before 9am….and when i read the term “running partner,” i think of the guy i usually go bar hopping with on free nights. dont get me wrong, i’m all for exercize and all that, just not at those hours. props to you.
Lol, I have those kinds of partners too, believe me! I’m all for exercise-runs followed later in the day by beer-runs. :)
I don’t want to be one of those girls who blows up in her mid-20’s. I have pics of “over-sized” people on my fridge as extra motivation to keep running. Sick, but true.
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
And, yeah, just a quick little shout-out to us for completely upsetting Boston College last night…
GO CRIMSON!
That’s all. I’m really not a huge fan of the Harvard sports yet—I’m a little stuck in my undergrad days still. But I’m slowly making the transition…
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
by surfergirlsa on Jan 8, 2009 11:43 AM CST up reply actions
I don’t want to be a party-pooper, since we have a good thing going on here (I’m easily pleased) and you did manage to stay up-to-date with the spy conversation… But isn’t Baron out? I think Collins is playing PG for them.
Right now, this is the Clippers’ entire bench, unless they signed someone in a hurry and I didn’t hear about it (likely): Steve Novak, DeAndre Jordan and Cheikh Samb. …Who?
If we lose tonight we should commit seppuku. I’ll be their second.
By the way, “Control vs Kaos” was priceless.
Baron was out against the Mavs with a bruised tail bone. I put him in anyway because nobody knows who Mardy Collins is.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 8:26 AM CST up reply actions
hey, i know who mardy collins is. he a mediocre shooting, mediorcre ball handler who played his college ball at temple just a few years back. glad he’s not with us……but i suppose the same can be said for tolli-dog all the sudden. i was hoping that meant yawn mahinmi was ready to step in, but coach get off my lawn appeared to squealch my hopes on that one too.
LAC 79
SA 92
Fred Jones
They signed Fred Jones this morning. I’m pretty sure he’ll be a difference maker.
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
One good thing about tonight’s game: a distinct possibility of significant minutes for Albatross, KT, and Oberto (if he’s finally healthy). Still no The JV, please. I’m afraid Bud Collins would crush his soul and destroy his savvy.
I have to say, I’ll miss BD’s beard if he does not play tonight. It’s really an amazing thing. Much more interesting than Baron himself.
As for Yawn, I have a sneaking suspicion that Pop is going CIA on us again. Shock, I know. I just have this feeling he’s setting us all up, reading our blogs, and then, suddenly, when we least expect it – cue the Undertaker music – Ian shows up active for a game, we get a blowout win and Ian gets unleashed for 10 minutes at the end.
"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." – Aldous Huxley
thanks to the new rules about postings, you had keep the list of descriptions for the fairer sex right where its at.
Vs.
All I know is that Daniel Craig would kick Pierce Brosnan’s ass all day long….it would be like if the Daniel Craig were the Spurs and Brosnan were the hapless Clippers. Although Brosnan would probably be cheeky.
Clips fan here...
SA just barely got by last game…Clippers’ tendency this year is to start out slow, solid middle qrts, but can’t finish…but giving all the injuries, we won’t be able to keep with the spurs…should be a walkthrough for the Spurs…
"Duck, Crab. Crab, Duck"
Roger Sterling - Mad Men
Please give me some insight on your team, Lawler. I have to write the recap and I only recognize two of the starters… I don’t want to look unprofessional, after all.
By the way, welcome.
I think it is best served if you go to our SB blog run by ClipperSteve...
here is the link to the game preview thread…
http://www.clipsnation.com/2009/1/8/713639/clippers-san-antonio-game
or try ESPN’s own Kevin Arnovitz blog also…great analysis there too…
"Duck, Crab. Crab, Duck"
Roger Sterling - Mad Men
alright spurs, i’m gonna be spending this lovely summers day (max 36 degrees C, or about 97 F) cruising the swan river drinking beer on my 3rd last day of holidays, so i expect to come back to a win, ya hear me?
by sleep research facility on Jan 8, 2009 4:56 PM CST reply actions
I saw a few “party” boat on the Swan River on the way home today (about 5.30pm)
You must have been on one of them.
Did you see all the toilet rolls in the water?? (crazy teenages!!!)
toilet rolls? nah, didn’t see them.
by 5:30 we were way up past the garret road bridge. the river was pretty empty during the middle of the day…
by sleep research facility on Jan 10, 2009 12:31 AM CST up reply actions
I posted yesterday’s practice as a FanShot. It starts with some half court shooting.
Today’s starts with Manu shooting 3’s. You guys should check them out.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 5:08 PM CST reply actions
ive been out of the loop since the holidays....has Mahinmis gangrenous ankle gotten better?
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
He hasn’t played yet. As of yseterday, Pop says he won’t be playing soon.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 5:12 PM CST up reply actions
geeze a lou
what the hells is wrong with this kid
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
They’re calling you out for your hack preview in Clips Nation.
You should’ve sticked to music nicknames, ATS. Spy nicknames aren’t serious.
They called me a hack! I’d almost be offended if it wasn’t completely true.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 5:59 PM CST up reply actions
Hey guys, I’ve been following these gamethreads for the past couple of weeks but thanks to the time difference between Egypt and the States, I haven’t managed to join in, and when I finally get a few days off, we’re playing the Clippers…just my luck
Welcome, heshamkm
It could be an interesting game. About 99% of our games this season have been close (real stat), and the Clippers come from giving a hard time to the Mavs and losing by one to the Pistons.
Stick around.
Thanks
Yeah, we’re having an “interesting” season so far, but even if the game isn’t that interesting, at least I get to talk to some Spurs fans…I think I just may be the only Spur fan over here in this part of the world. The comments here have been the highlight of most of my workdays
Welcome!
I’m planning on spending next Summer (2010) in Egypt if it works out! Maybe we can catch a Spurs game together. :)
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
Hope it works out, Egypt is a real fun place to visit. And it would be great to able to watch a game with someone…staying up late to watch games alone is no fun.
Hello Heshamkm!
I think you’re the first poster from Egypt… way, cool!
Don’t worry about the game… you know the Spurs will make it a tight one. big sigh.
I am happy. I am proud. - Manu Ginobili
Now we have people on both sides of the Sinai. Heshamkm in Egypt and PollackJ in Palestine.
Hesahkm, what’s your timezone situation in relation to GMT?
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 6:05 PM CST up reply actions
He's not the first one.
As im here quite longer than him :D
Im here in Cairo Egypt for 5 years now after spending 7 years in Riyadh KSA.
I found the place good for foreigner than saudi arabia and decided to stay here.
Another Spurs fan in Cairo :D, cool! And are you sure our paths havent crossed, cause I’ve been here for a bit over 5 years myself and before that I was also in KSA, some time in Jeddah and some time in Riyadh.
Where are you in Egypt? I live in Palestine (though I’m in the states for the holidays and some extra time) I didn’t know there were any other Spurs fans so close to me.
I'm comfortable winning -- Emmanuel Ginobili
How far by camel IS Egypt from Palestine?
by SgtinManusArmy on Jan 9, 2009 1:15 AM CST up reply actions
Seriously, this clippers squad deserves a Basketbawful full entry. They are starting Mardy Collins and Skinner!! And their bench…. it wouldnt surprise me if Dunleavy sees some minutes on the court….
Still, I see this game decided in the 4th quarter because that Eric Gordon can score a lot (stat curse, yay!!!) and our guards are having problems defending.
"It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what."
No, it’s like 47 now. Ya’ll are freakin taking over. Apparently banning the outrageously offensive cheerleader pics brought you all out.
by SgtinManusArmy on Jan 8, 2009 6:15 PM CST up reply actions
Quit complaining, Sima. You know you like us being here.
I’m storming your castle on my steed.
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
Yeah... another girl!
Don’t mind Sima… he’s just the resident grouch. Kinda like Oscar from Sesame Street, but less lovable.
Welcome to the party… Cat!
I am happy. I am proud. - Manu Ginobili
but SiMA did proclaim his love for me ealier in this post. tell surfergirl to get off her horse, he’ all mine now!!!!
YES. I’ve been cravin’ some buckeye love.
by SgtinManusArmy on Jan 9, 2009 10:44 AM CST up reply actions
Fine.
If that’s the way you wanna roll…
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
by surfergirlsa on Jan 9, 2009 11:00 AM CST up reply actions
You’re still in the pole position, don’t worry.
by SgtinManusArmy on Jan 9, 2009 11:25 AM CST up reply actions
What’s that even mean? Is that supposed to make me feel better??!
I’M IN A GLASS CASE OF EMOTION!!!!!!!!!!
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
by surfergirlsa on Jan 9, 2009 11:28 AM CST up reply actions
What’s up peeps. I’m back and my girl is back in Chicago, and the only thing I have to console me is a female Betta I’m drip acclimating right now. And of course, Spurs-Clippers, nothing like watching the Clippers to lift one’s spirits.
Hey!!!! How’s tricks?
I assume you caught my reference to you in the previous game thread.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 6:20 PM CST up reply actions
Welcome back, fishboy.
We’ve missed you. Actually that’s a lie, I haven’t missed you because I haven’t been around much anyway, but now that I know you’ve been gone I’m starting to miss you. It’s just so great to have you back, I can’t even talk straight thinking about it. I’ve missed your musk.
by SgtinManusArmy on Jan 8, 2009 6:27 PM CST up reply actions
Is that musk anything like Sex Panther?
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 6:28 PM CST up reply actions
ATS in the mix!!!
It stings the nostrils.
by SgtinManusArmy on Jan 8, 2009 6:30 PM CST up reply actions
That’s because is smells like Bigfoot’s dick.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 6:32 PM CST up reply actions
Desire smells like that to some people.
by SgtinManusArmy on Jan 8, 2009 6:33 PM CST up reply actions
I thought these were the giant catfish from the Mekong or something like that in Cambodia/Laos area.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 6:57 PM CST up reply actions
The Mekong Giant Catfish is the biggest freshwater fish in the world, that puppy up there is an Arapaima, pretty big, but not this big.
Farewell and adieu young Spanish ladies…
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:04 PM CST up reply actions
You’re going down in that. With that shark. Heheheheheheheh!
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:20 PM CST up reply actions
Is that
a shark? A whale? Motherflower that is one giant fish!
"Well if I am truly crazy, don't you know I like my life that way"
These look like a tuna they would use for the big bulk cans at your local Sam’s or Costco.
"Well if I am truly crazy, don't you know I like my life that way"
hey, i just got a betta over Christmas – don’t know crap about fish though. what’s this drip acclimation thing you speak of?
Fish are used to the water in the store, not the water in your house. In order to “acclimate” them, you can float the bag on your tank for half an hour to equalize the temperature, and then add about a cup of water every 15 minutes for an hour. That will let the fish get used to your water slowly, and not be shocked and stressed by it.
Drip acclimation is the same thing, except you run a drip line, just a house from your tank to the bag, and you tie some knots so the water flow is reduced to dripping.
Acclimation is REALLY REALLY important, you’ll see once you do one of those two, you’ll get a lot fewer fish deaths.
Fish Acclimation
okay, well, thanks for the info, although i guess it might be a bit too late for that now. but i’ll definitely remember that for future reference. it’s been about 3 weeks, and my fish hasn’t died, and i didn’t acclimate it to it’s tank (and i use tank loosely, because it’s not really a tank). i’m assuming that it’s gonna be alright. are there any special tips for caring for it other than the obvious?
Don’t buy betta food, they’ll just rip you off and give you a tiny amount. Regular fish food is fine. Other than that, just keep on top of you water changes and you’ll be fine.
Hey ATS, my TV says the game is on KXAN (the NBC affiliate tonight). Hot diggity, tomasito dropping the Spurs on TV in Austin knowledge.
Catch the Spurs Spirit! It's a Fast-breakin' Fiesta!
Damn, I’d be a lot happier about it if my sick wife wasn’t camped out in front of it.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 6:28 PM CST up reply actions
why is your wife always sick???
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 6:55 PM CST up reply actions
+1
There does seem to be a lot of illness in the ATS household.
Catch the Spurs Spirit! It's a Fast-breakin' Fiesta!
At least she doesn’t make me watch RV when she is sick.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 6:58 PM CST up reply actions
Don’t know. Stomach flu hit her last night.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 6:58 PM CST up reply actions
yup...
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 6:59 PM CST up reply actions
A starter link
http://albaaa.altervista.org/watch.php?id=104
probably not going yet, but it is something.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:13 PM CST reply actions
So
Did you guys check out the practice report videos?
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:21 PM CST reply actions
Yeah
I love Pop’s disdain of reports, it was hilarious when he shot down the reporter for asking a silly question
I liked Manu draining two half court shots in a row then hitting something like 8 straight 3’s.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:27 PM CST up reply actions
I think as a community we may have hit an all-time low. It is 10 minutes to tip and we closing in on 250 comments.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:24 PM CST reply actions
it's not my fault I'm so damn likable...
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 7:27 PM CST up reply actions
So, are you saying that the estrogen levels are rising exponentially?
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:28 PM CST up reply actions
Scrappy's breasts...
any takers as to how big they’ll get by the end of the season???
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 7:30 PM CST up reply actions
Hey!
I think bella and I bring a lot to this place! You know you all love us…. at least I hope.
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
Indeed. I love the activity. It’s not as fun when it’s just SRF, Hipuks and me laughing at each other, like in December.
We’ll see if they are still around during the summer league games. That’s the test right there.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:32 PM CST up reply actions
Those are dog days. The Spurs played 8 games in 9 days including 6 straight.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:36 PM CST up reply actions
I remember those days…We had to hike 50 miles to post a comment, and the farms weren’t producing at all…Those were tough times. These youngsters don’t know how good they have it.
Apparently everything is fair game as long as you don’t use the C,B or P word. Did I miss one?
I am happy. I am proud. - Manu Ginobili
Can we say cocksucker? Because that’s is such a great word. Oh wait no, is that making fun of gays? Because I never thought of it that way, just as an insult. Probably not…Anyway, delete at will Powell.
C’mon. I could probably go for an hour. They are damn near limitless.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 8:21 PM CST up reply actions
+1
you read my mind, bella
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
by surfergirlsa on Jan 9, 2009 11:12 AM CST up reply actions
My wife is the one with the potty mouth. She’s a true vulgarian. I’m just creatively crass.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 2:21 PM CST up reply actions
Your wife sounds like my kind of Woman.
Actually the “very thankful to have you” post was a play on your “I could probably go for an hour”
:-)
I am happy. I am proud. - Manu Ginobili
See, I don’t even have a dirty enough mind to have caught that. Hipuks, however, would have been all over it.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 3:13 PM CST up reply actions
Little known fact, this is how the Roman Empire felt, everyone was busy posting shit about Gladiators and no one was looking over the barbarians.
Geez, 240 posts and THE GAME HASN’T EVEN STARTED YET!!!
(we must be playing the Clippers so really, really side-tracked)
Lets hope the team doesn’t take them lightly.
Anyway, busy at work today but will be checking out the score when I can.
Have a good game guys!!!!
I’m not taking it lightly…I just made my pre-game fruit smoothy. It hasn’t let me down yet. This thing is good mojo, and it tastes good.
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
what do you put in it?
apparently, my mojo this season is to be out skating when the game is on…
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 7:29 PM CST up reply actions
Tau won again today. They beat Lottomattica Roma in OT.
Tiago had a 17 and 6 with 4 blocks.
Brandon Jennings, the high school kid who went overseas instead of to college, had his best game in Europe with 13 pts, 3 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals.
Rakocevic, though, put up 31 and 11 for Tau.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:32 PM CST reply actions
The whole reason to not let them come out straight out of high school to the NBA is so they would finish school, and learn the fundamentals. You think high school players are gonna start going to Europe now since they can’t go straight to the NBA? If that happens, the game could get a lot more Europeans, as in bigs who don’t like to play physical.
It had nothing to do with finishing school, I can tell you that.
It will probably HELP the level of basketball if they do go to Europe. They can practice and work on their fundamentals a lot more in Europe. NCAA hoops has a limit to the number of hours the guys can play and practice. European teams practice A LOT. Way more than the NBA because they only play twice a week.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:38 PM CST up reply actions
If the top players go there and it makes them better, then yeah, they’ll come back because the big money is here.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:41 PM CST up reply actions
SGSA's mojo recipe
1.5 cups of equal parts strawberries, cherries, blueberries and raspberries
0.5 cup vanilla yogurt
0.5 cup apple juice
.25 cup Naked pom. juice
Put it all in the blender, mix it up and enjoy. But if you try it and it wrecks my mojo, I. WILL. FIGHT. YOU.
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
bring it on...
I’m the resident PtR fighter… I’ve already challenged other members to knife fights, and have no problem stepping up to whatever you can dish out…
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 7:34 PM CST up reply actions
You don’t want to mess with this. I know secret ninja moves from the government.
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
I keep it street..
Street Fighter, that is! You don’t watch out, you’ll get Hadokened right in the face!
Shoryuken!
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 7:39 PM CST up reply actions
You better shut up. Or I’m gonna punch you in the babymaker. That’s right, a straight shot to the ovary.
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
I,
am not one of the aforementioned women in here, Ron…
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 7:43 PM CST up reply actions
feisty one we've got here...
I’m your huckleberry
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 7:44 PM CST up reply actions
Two older brothers and a younger one will do that to a girl. :)
MAD props for the Tombstone line.
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
I'm a fan of the westerns...
I gotta run though… enjoy the game
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
by Justin Biehle on Jan 8, 2009 7:45 PM CST up reply actions
http://albaaa.altervista.org/watch.php?id=104
this one is running right now.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:36 PM CST reply actions
he traveled on the catch. I’ll take theno call.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:43 PM CST up reply actions
alright guys...
skate mission… will be around later… have fun
"I like to use my pump fake to make them come hard, that's when I use my penetration." -Manu Ginobili
Wow. These announcers are serious homers. I might like them.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:44 PM CST reply actions
For the mad baller...
…you know who you are. When you get back from getting that penicillin shot.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:48 PM CST reply actions
I think that is a typical tv timeout with the just under 6:00 in the first.
I agree. Weird vibe. We aren’t really putting in much effort on defense and we are settling for jumpers.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:52 PM CST up reply actions
What is up with the “crab dribble”? The guy took 4 steps.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:53 PM CST up reply actions
hi guys! just tuned in. wow this is fun haha lots of comments already! let’s have a good game :)
by silverandblack_davis on Jan 8, 2009 7:54 PM CST reply actions
They are throwing the zone at us and Tim isn’t making the short shots.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:54 PM CST reply actions
I don’t know much about basketball, but isn’t zone defense a terrible idea against one of the best three point shooting teams?
It’s hard to penetrate against the zone without having ball movement. You have to have passes into the middle of the zone.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:59 PM CST up reply actions
geez the clips are scoring at will… b-diddy is cancer indeed!
by silverandblack_davis on Jan 8, 2009 7:57 PM CST reply actions
They have made a lot of layups tonight.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 7:58 PM CST reply actions
while the spurs have missed a ton of jumpers
by silverandblack_davis on Jan 8, 2009 8:02 PM CST up reply actions
Maybe on the arm. He didn’t complain though.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 8:01 PM CST up reply actions
Damn. Manu made that shot 10 times in a row yesterday.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 8:01 PM CST reply actions
Holy crap we are missing a lot of open shots. Of course, they are all jumpers.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 8:03 PM CST reply actions
If we lose this game I will WALK to work tomorrow!
"Well if I am truly crazy, don't you know I like my life that way"
What's up with Aggies in the NBA?
You know, the Aggies are not really representing in the NBA — Antoine Wright, Acie Law IV, DeAndre Jordan. I forgot about Jordan even though at the beginning of last yr’s college season., he was a projected top 10.
The Clips announcer just called Manu the most complete player in the Western Conf not named Kobe.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 8:08 PM CST reply actions
Man, this is feeling a lot like all of our other games against not good teams. Stupid turnovers. Cold shooting by us. Hot shooting by them.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 8:12 PM CST reply actions
Is Tim drunk tonight? I think I could play this well.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 8:15 PM CST reply actions
It’s always gonna go in if Hill makes the pass. Now THAT is basketball analysis right there.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 8:16 PM CST reply actions
I kid you not, I have a goatee, and it grows red hairs in between the black hairs. Everyone think I dye it, like I would individually dye the hairs. It’s the weirdest shit.
do you have some bonner genes in you? that might explain the red hairs…
by silverandblack_davis on Jan 8, 2009 8:22 PM CST up reply actions
that was a pretty crappy pass by Manu there.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 8:25 PM CST up reply actions
Holy crap. Here are the stats at 41-37 them.
They are shooting 54. We are shooting 38. They are out-rebounding us 22-11.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 8:26 PM CST reply actions
Hipuks, znimrod has a fish question for you way back up in the thread.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 8:27 PM CST reply actions
fuck Manu you sorry piece of shit. Quit trying to do something special and just make the routine play.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 8:28 PM CST reply actions
He’s smart man that sorry piece of shit is.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 8:30 PM CST up reply actions
we can’t play much worse in the 2nd half now, can we?
by silverandblack_davis on Jan 8, 2009 8:31 PM CST reply actions
the yahoo sports ticker credited tim with an offensive rebound off a udoka miss…
by silverandblack_davis on Jan 8, 2009 8:33 PM CST up reply actions
He should be. He’s playing like ass.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 8:33 PM CST up reply actions
Get out of here. He had two bad passes and a missed layup. He played well.
And I prefer Gino taking that shot to Udoka just about 10000000 times more.
Manu played like crap. He isn’t making good decisions with the ball. it’s a miracle he only has two turnovers. Tony played circles around him. How’s that?
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 8:36 PM CST up reply actions
You’re crazy, ATS. Manu’s the only one that seemed to figure that you needed to pass the ball quickly to the free player if you want to beat the zone.
He knows it, but his passes were too often sloppy. And he passed when he shouldn’t have.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 8:39 PM CST up reply actions
Don't blame the smoothie!!!
It’s that I left….I guess they need me here tonight
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
Yeah, Manu has been trying to compensate for the drop in estrogen.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 8:38 PM CST up reply actions
Maybe the smoothie is too fruity, that’s why the Spurs are playing like crap. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
"Well if I am truly crazy, don't you know I like my life that way"
When we win because I’m back, you both owe me an apology. And the mojo smoothie
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
My apologies SGSA
You brought the mojo wit’cha and the Spurs a “W”. I’ll make you a smoothie from “scratch”.
"Well if I am truly crazy, don't you know I like my life that way"
:)
Thanks, SCS. I’ll collect next time I’m in Vegas.
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
by surfergirlsa on Jan 8, 2009 10:05 PM CST up reply actions
How is that by the numbers btw…did we shoot more? THey have more rebounds and better shooting percentage
3 more points from the line. 2 more from 3-pt. 5 less TO.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 8:37 PM CST up reply actions
you know your team’s defense sucks if… mardy collins has already tripled his scoring average —-in the first f-ing half!!!
by silverandblack_davis on Jan 8, 2009 8:36 PM CST reply actions
It’s a Pop strategy. He wants Mardy to have a good game and watch the Clippers guarantee his contracts. He’s doing it for laughs.
by Jason Roberts on Jan 8, 2009 8:39 PM CST up reply actions
So I finally get to follow a Spurs game live and this is what I get? Not to mention my internet connection is crap and I’ve had to resort to to the Yahoo ticker…
who was that bagging on the Aggies?
Antoine Wright is leading the Mavs in scoring so far tonight.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 8:41 PM CST reply actions
Alright, since I’m not in a good mood and this game is shit. Here you go.
This fish has dropsy, which is a symptom rather than a disease. It’s a build up of fluid which is why the scales stick out like that. Most fish can’t really recover from dropsy. I haven’t had that, but I did have one fish that had pretty horrible body sores. So there, that’s my feeling about this game.
Poor little guy. This makes me feel like I do when I see a dog with 3 legs.
by Jason Roberts on Jan 8, 2009 8:48 PM CST up reply actions
Pfff, sonogram? Yeah right, and we have electricity too…and hot water…
You Americans think the whole world is the same.
Well, duh, this would have to be a pre electricity sonogram. That’s why it looks like a painting. Because it IS a painting.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:00 PM CST up reply actions
hmmmm...
I was worried about Bonner coming into this game… did he play in the first half
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
That's not a good start to the second half for my guys...
It was fun while it lasted
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
Not to worry. We won’t keep it going. We haven’t all year.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 8:52 PM CST up reply actions
Crazy match up zone...
I’m not thinking the Spurs are the team to play the junk D against.
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
When Manu gets in he’ll start turning it over! Right LatinD?
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 8:53 PM CST up reply actions
What is this shit? I go to the trouble of doing it the right way and you come up with this weak stuff?
Sorry
FinnnnnnnnnnnnnnDogggggggggggggggg!!!
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 8:54 PM CST up reply actions
What is the proper capitalization of FinDog?
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
FinnnnnnnnnnnnnnDogggggggggggggggg!!!
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 8:55 PM CST up reply actions
Nick Fazekas
WAY more awkward. Not in the league now, but should be.
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
I would pay money to watch that
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
How a whole thread went by with the presence of our new friends/visitors and no one questioned them about the shame of having Douchebag Simmons at their homegames is beyond me.
I firmly believe that once he abandons LA to hire on full-time as KG’s manservant the Clipps’ woes will be over.
by SgtinManusArmy on Jan 9, 2009 1:06 AM CST up reply actions
See, we can’t keep a good thing going. Miss a chippy. TO. Give up a layup and a dunk.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 8:57 PM CST reply actions
Thank you
I didn’t think the Clippers were going to score in the second half. but occasionally they can make layups and dunks.
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
I was taking my cue from you Hipuks… asking questions, answering them.
I am happy. I am proud. - Manu Ginobili
… and Yes you are.
What’s your top fashion tip for this season?
I am happy. I am proud. - Manu Ginobili
Bottomless pants are looking hot right now. For the daring, is the fashion look of the season. If you’re not as daring, switch grass scarves are all the rage in Europe.
I’m going out on a limb and calling Bellasa a cashmere girl.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 6:59 PM CST up reply actions
Don’t lie to me. You know you would totally chill in cashmere every day if you could.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 7:06 PM CST up reply actions
+1!
Except for when it’s cold in Boston…Then I like the jeans and a sweater, cashmere is like wearing a cloud all day. Soooo nice
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
See what I’m saying. If you could, you’d cashmere it up. All. The. Time.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 7:08 PM CST up reply actions
No I wouldn’t. I do it when I have to to keep from getting hypothermia.
What’s with you and cashmere?
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
Just saying that it’s like a a cloud. It’s nice. It’s comfortable. It makes you feel good.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 7:12 PM CST up reply actions
No denying it’s nice. As you’ll recall, I’m the one who said it feels like wearing a cloud, which I’d imagine to be a soft, comforting feeling. I’m just saying I wouldn’t want to wear it all the time, and when I can, I wear more casual stuff. Like chaps…
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
What’s more casual than a cloud? Or cashmere chaps?
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 7:29 PM CST up reply actions
Good point. I really just like the expression. I think it means wearing chaps and nothing else.
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
Is there any other way to wear chaps? I mean, that’s how I wear them.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 7:06 PM CST up reply actions
His chaps pale in comparison to his “ass-less fanny pack” though.
:: shuddering ::
by SgtinManusArmy on Jan 9, 2009 7:17 PM CST up reply actions
Totally true. The assless fanny pack is off the charts hot. It’s what I bust out when I have to fight off the fembots.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 7:18 PM CST up reply actions
Yikes
I need you Sima. I’m a mess without you. I miss you so damn much. I miss your scent; I miss your musk. When this all gets sorted out, I think you and me should get an apartment together.
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
That’s what I look like in my chaps. So does ATS, but with a little bit shorter hair, and some more belly on him.
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
except my chaps are cashmere.
I look more like the current Britney. With hair.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 8:13 PM CST up reply actions
There’s a reverse correlation between her good looks and the quality of her movies. She’s like the female Dane Cook of movies.
If Tim could rebound, he’d get a triple double.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:04 PM CST reply actions
that was a fantastic ass move right there.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:06 PM CST up reply actions
I think you know.
Actually, a block would have been ok but a travel would have lit my fuse.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:08 PM CST up reply actions
Finley must have stumbled upon the fountain of youth at the half…he’s not only leading us in scoring but in rebounding too
JonesDoggg!!!
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
is that right?
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
LD
How are you able to comment in both threads simultaneously and also watch the game? Are you also watching porn?
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
He doesn’t watch porn. He MAKES porn.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:09 PM CST up reply actions
I think you said you had to go to the Mother-in-laws for the holiday and ATS kinda ran with it…. and I guess so did I.
I am happy. I am proud. - Manu Ginobili
Yeah, dude. You said your girlfriend was sleeping next to you and that you were going to your mother-in-law’s.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:35 PM CST up reply actions
New website idea, meet fellow sport fans, through a detailed 500 questions form. After meeting you can go on a date to a sports bar.
Like Match.com, but with a focus on couples that like the same team.
I think it’s a moneymaker.
Hey LD, if you make friends with the Clipper boys, they might be willing to let you show the famous cheerleading photo.
They probably don’t have a Matthew Powell overlord.
I am happy. I am proud. - Manu Ginobili
I guess that would be me...
I’m the overlord. But I’m no Matthew Powell. Then again, who is?
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
Our defense after the first 3 minutes has been pretty damn lousy this quarter.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:09 PM CST reply actions
Hipuks said it
it’s been a pickup game for 8 minutes
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
Eric Gordon is pretty good
you guys will admit that, yes?
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
He can shoot. I haven’t seen him do much else.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:11 PM CST up reply actions
Yep, crazy. No wonder your English is so good.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:15 PM CST up reply actions
Hill OWNED the fast break. Manu got the assist but those are HIll’s points.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:16 PM CST reply actions
Jason Hart
is just terrible
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
Yeah, we watched plenty of him a couple years back.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:17 PM CST up reply actions
that's right
so you know. just terrible.
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
He pulled his head out. It’s about time.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:17 PM CST up reply actions
Hey, Manu looks like he’s mad I called him out.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:16 PM CST reply actions
I freaking HATE my computer…or these links. But y’all don’t seem to have a problem watching, so it much just be my computer.
Anyhow, if you could give me score updates every so often, that’d be great.
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
http://albaaa.altervista.org/watch.php?id=104 try this link
We are up 13. Here’s a score card.
http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=290108024&refresh=30
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:18 PM CST up reply actions
Spurs up 13
7-0 run to start the 4th
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
What did I tell you about Manu… he just needed time to warm up.
I am happy. I am proud. - Manu Ginobili
start of second half quarters
10-0 in the 3rd. 7-0 so far in the fourth. I don’t think you’ll have to do much more.
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
We have no such confidence. You haven’t watched enough Spurs this year.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:18 PM CST up reply actions
Sorry I couldn’t make it out tonight. My gators are playing.
Superman wears Manu Ginobili pajamas to bed.
The boys were worried about you… you should check in more often.
I am happy. I am proud. - Manu Ginobili
I know, I’m terrible. Once football season ends, I’m living on this site.
Superman wears Manu Ginobili pajamas to bed.
That one just got cut and pasted into my file of “PtR Greatest Quotes.” I added it into the subfile of “PtR’s Greatest Promises/Teases.”
by SgtinManusArmy on Jan 9, 2009 1:03 AM CST up reply actions
I had no idea that "it" could last for over four hours!!
Thanks for caring.
Superman wears Manu Ginobili pajamas to bed.
WTF?
Hill doesn’t have a block in the box score. That’s bogus.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 10:28 PM CST up reply actions
scrub time
for the clippers, it starts from the opening tip, when Mardy Collins and Brian Skinner take the floor.
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
Skinner’s goatee looks like it was dunked in a bowl of soup he was eating.
"Well if I am truly crazy, don't you know I like my life that way"
the two tone king tut
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
who’s the albatross?
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
Hill. He’s got long arms like albatross wings.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:26 PM CST up reply actions
ah
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
Wow. Hill just pulled up with the jumper. Pop would have kicked his ass if he missed it.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:23 PM CST reply actions
these guys don't know who milph is
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
Clipper announcers
Ralph Lawler on play by play, Mike Smith… last season they were discussing on Brevin Knight’s first name was an amalgam of his mom and dad (Brianna and Kevin, or some such). They then coined Milph for themselves (Mike plus Ralph). given that Smith is a Mormon, I was doubting he understood the implications, but perhaps.
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
i know...time for them to learn what they are missing
"Duck, Crab. Crab, Duck"
Roger Sterling - Mad Men
IT has to be a link to CLEAN non-sexist content.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:28 PM CST up reply actions
BREAKING NEWS
Having two big men playing at the same time is good for rebounds and interior defense.
wow.. i just went out for a meeting and we are killin’! woohoo!
by silverandblack_davis on Jan 8, 2009 9:27 PM CST reply actions
CS-i was gonna nominate Mason as AllStar for one game!
"Duck, Crab. Crab, Duck"
Roger Sterling - Mad Men
too easy
he beat us last time
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
So, not to be a dick. But how do you guys deal with it? You know, all the losing. Humor? Cynicism? Not giving a fuck? On crappy games I usually have a mixture of humor and anger.
micro level or macro level?
are you asking about this game, or my life? we probably don’t have that much time.
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
you get used to it...sort of like you guys getting used to duncan's whinning
"Duck, Crab. Crab, Duck"
Roger Sterling - Mad Men
You just ignore it and pretend it doesn’t happen. That’s such a high level sense of denial I’m going to have to think about that.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:38 PM CST up reply actions
that first part is a question, I forgot the ‘?’
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:38 PM CST up reply actions
I hope EJ doesn't regress once kaman and bd come back
"Duck, Crab. Crab, Duck"
Roger Sterling - Mad Men
R-Mase is gonna bury them vaunted clipperz. by the way, does Timmeh have a streak of double-digit scoring games? because it’s going to be broken today i think…
by silverandblack_davis on Jan 8, 2009 9:31 PM CST reply actions
56
Duncan had a streak of 56 games of 10 or more points dating back to March 6 of last season, a win over the Pacers when he scored 6. I’m a bit of a stat-freak in case you didn’t notice…
excellent. we need a stat freak because we don’t believe in stats.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:36 PM CST up reply actions
So the crab dribble and the hippety-hop are travels.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:31 PM CST reply actions
That’s hilarious, cause myself and 6 other friends made a pact this week to grow hideous mountain man beards. It’ll be my first, since I usually just sport the Rainbow bright goatee like Hipuks. I’m pretty sure that it will be sparce and indecent, and similar to a mange riden dog. In about 6 months, when it’s visible, I’ll let you know.
by SgtinManusArmy on Jan 9, 2009 12:52 AM CST up reply actions
HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!! WHAT A CIRCUS SHOT BY CUBITS!!!
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:34 PM CST reply actions
The JV ang G-Hill playing together might just be the awesomest backcourt in the history of blowout games. yeah, you heard me right.
by silverandblack_davis on Jan 8, 2009 9:36 PM CST reply actions
Lawler's Law: The first team to 100 points wins the game. In games involving the Clippers since 1978, Lawler's law has been true 91.5% of the time.
"Duck, Crab. Crab, Duck"
Roger Sterling - Mad Men
Don't the Spurs have their own announcers
Why are they using ours? Get your own!
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
ah
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
he’s not the only one. have you been to Staples center when the Spurs are playing the clippers?
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
It’s the Argentinians. They are everywhere.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:50 PM CST up reply actions
As far as this Dominican is concerned, you’re all cool. Except LatinD. He’s extra cool, because he introduced me to the world of free internet feeds of Spurs games.
Catch the Spurs Spirit! It's a Fast-breakin' Fiesta!
DOMINICAN!!! Totally didn’t know that, I don’t think. And now that I know, I must thank you enormously for your fine and hightly underrated cigars. Without your contributions to our culture, I would be miserable. God bless you.
by SgtinManusArmy on Jan 9, 2009 12:56 AM CST up reply actions
a Cheikh Samb sighting!
This is exciting!
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd
Hey Clipper Steve
Please remember to answer LD’s question about the cheerleader photos… he’ll worry about it all day.
I am happy. I am proud. - Manu Ginobili
I still feel the guilt…. If I hadn’t compared the PtR to a porn site, he might still be able to post cheerleading pictures.
I am happy. I am proud. - Manu Ginobili
doubt it. I think Powell has had a long standing rule about it.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:45 PM CST up reply actions
I’m actually drinking hot tea, right now… but yes, it’s a guilty pleasure. Ice cold, of course.
I am happy. I am proud. - Manu Ginobili
what kind of tea? loose leaf or bag?
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:55 PM CST up reply actions
Had to check if you had a line on any particularly good loose leaf teas.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:59 PM CST up reply actions
Celestial Seasonings of Boulder. Already told you this. They will ship loose leaf all-natural if requested.
I rule.
by SgtinManusArmy on Jan 9, 2009 12:59 AM CST up reply actions
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:47 PM CST up reply actions
What? Are you saying any nicknames equals hack?
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:49 PM CST up reply actions
Shit!
That was a badass post. I was jealous that I hadn’t thought of it.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 9:51 PM CST up reply actions
Not you, LatinD. I didn’t expect you to know Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, though if you did I would admire you even more.
Alright folks, it was fun hangin’ out tonight, and I’ll try to catch the Magic game, or at least the 4th qtr or something…I’ll go try to sleep before the sun comes up, g’night
OK-FL tied up… As a Texas fan, do I root for Oklahoma to represent the Big XII, or do I root for Florida because I hate Oklahoma almost as much as I hate the Lakers? ATS, please advise…
Catch the Spurs Spirit! It's a Fast-breakin' Fiesta!
My neighbor is a HUGE OU fan so I root for OU just to support him.
I go with OU to spite the Horns so it is a tough call. Go with your heart, if you have one.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 8, 2009 10:26 PM CST up reply actions
Im pissed I missed the game thread (game was on TV, and im not so 2009 like LatinD) , because the game ended at the moment Mardy grass and the skinner were starting.
One thought: is it too late to put HIll on the dunk contest?
"It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what."
Good call! I suppose it’s never too late. They keep saying that there will be one rookie this year. Remember for a few years there it was all rookies and no-namers? In the 80s and early 90s it was the actual All-Stars themselves who participated in most of the contests. Dwight Howard will defend his crown this year, I hear.
"It's not how you enter your sport, it's how you exit." - Dr. J
http://myspace.com/eme0916
Suck it LatinD
even Manu says he wasn’t playing well and turning the ball over.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 12:19 AM CST reply actions
He’s being humble, I bet. Besides, I refuse to take responsibility for any mistakes in my assessment after I called Bonnertime.
This is before you called Bonnertime. I’m taking your sentence to be meant in chronological order because it makes you take responsibility.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 8:09 AM CST up reply actions
It works for me.
You just have to admit that Manu was playing like ass. You apologist. You are to Manu like Henry Abbott to Kevin Garnett.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 8:32 AM CST up reply actions
Even the immortals play like human beings every once in a while.
Comparing LD/Manu to the Henry Abbott/Kevin Garnett love fest is apples and oranges.
KG has a personality defect and Abbott condones it for the sake of his team (and winning). Manu just had an off night.
I am happy. I am proud. - Manu Ginobili
But LatinD won’t admit that Manu is mortal, even when all evidence is against him. That’s all I’m saying.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 9:53 AM CST up reply actions
You were too harsh on Manu for a couple of mistakes. I thought he was playing okay, but had three bad plays. You’re just looking for a scapegoat, you Tony lover.
And the KG/Abbott was comparison was low. Shame on you!
Manu even said himself that he was mad because he wasn’t playing well. I’m no harsher on him than he is. I still love him. I didn’t put him in time out. I just wasn’t going to ignore his transgressions either.
That Abbott comparison was fantastic. I don’t think I could have gone any lower.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 2:35 PM CST up reply actions
From MySA
* The Spurs have been waiting for Manu Ginobili to look like his old self again. At times in the first half, he indeed did look like the old Ginobili — the one who used to frustrate Gregg Popovich by trying to do too much and turning the ball over. Mostly, Ginobili just frustrated himself. At one point, after he missed a desperation 3-point attempt at the shot-clock buzzer, Ginobili screamed at himself. Later, he could be heard muttering to himself as he walked to the bench.
What frustrated him? “My game. The turnovers I was having. Us not being able to play better. A little bit of everything. I’m not feeling right now that I am playing my best, and I’m feeling a little anxious.”
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 2:45 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah… do you remember that desperation 3-point? He had to take it because Udoka didn’t take advantage of an open look, and passed the ball. Manu’s too kind to ever call out a teammate, but that scream was from all-around frustration, as he says.
Look, ATS, I know he had a couple of bad plays, but you’re reaching when you say he was a disaster. Manu was angry at himself because:
- He botched a layup after a great steal (even though he was fouled).
- He airballed a 3 after an odd play.
- He missed another 3 when he was wide open. And you mentioned yourself he was making tons of those in practice.
- He had two bad passes, one to Tim in the low post, and the other… I don’t remember right now, but it came right after another of his steals. (Maybe I should’ve written this shit down, y’know, for the recap?)
And that’s it. Those are his negative plays in the first half. He didn’t take advantage of his quick, damn good steals, he made a couple of bad passes and he couldn’t find his 3-pt jumper.
Is that enough to lambaste him? I honestly saw a lot of positive plays from him in the first half, and the team looked more spry when he was on court. Not to mention that he was the only one that seemed to know what to do to break the zone D – Finley just shot the ball when it reached his hands, and badly at that. Tony was looking for his layups and Timmy was sucking much worse than Manu. Now, if you’d ragged on Timmy half as much as you did on Manu (considering his 3 TOs at the half, his lousy shooting which I think was 1-5 at that point, and the “boo!” interior D), I wouldn’t mind, but we weren’t in a hole because of Manu.
No matter how frustrated Manu is at himself for not being the best Spur right now.
Ok. To seriously rebut this horrific attack on my character:
1. I never used the word ‘disaster’.
2. The other turnover was a bad pass on a 2-on-1 fast break.
3. Manu himself said he wasn’t happy with the way he was playing.
4. In your Henrian effort to defend Manu, you result to attacks on Tim, FinDog, and Ime. This is a blatant attempt to deflect criticism from where it belongs.
During the season I have routinely, yes routinely, said that Tim is sucking. I have said the FinDog is sucking. But if anybody says anything about Manu then you get your panties all wadded up and blow things out of proportion. I KNOW that I curse at Tony more than Manu, but one ill word about Supermanu and the sky is falling. Calm down Henny Penny. Your hero is till the man. We all know it. But sometimes he sucks.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 6:24 PM CST up reply actions
No way José. I’ve said many times that Manu is sucking. I’m a homer, but I try to tone it down as much as possible. I just didn’t see it last night.
Remember that 5 TO game from Manu? He REEKED in that one. And I said as much. So yeah, sometimes he sucks.
To recap, he didn’t play well in the first half, but I thought he had his moments. I don’t think he played half as bad as your comments suggested, though. Now, I do have to apologize – you never used the word “disaster”, you’re right. Instead, you said:
fuck Manu you sorry piece of shit. Quit trying to do something special and just make the routine play.
After Manu’s scream I said he was angry. You replied:
He should be. He’s playing like ass.
And finally, toning it down a notch:
Manu played like crap. He isn’t making good decisions with the ball. it’s a miracle he only has two turnovers.
One couple of bad plays from Supermanu and the sky is falling. Calm down, Henny Penny. Sometimes he sucks. :)
See, exactly!
I fthere is anything Manu is routinely guilty of it is trying to do something special instead of the routine. IMO, that is what he did on defense last night. He had a couple steals that were the result of poor gambles. They paid off because our opponents weren’t very talented last night, but Manu was playing risky-gambling defense. Not solid defense. That will hurt us against a good team.
Manu agreed he was playing like ass.
He was lucky to only have two turnovers because some of this other passes against the zone were rushed and were hard for his teammate to corral.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 6:47 PM CST up reply actions
btw, are you watching any games tonight?
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 6:48 PM CST up reply actions
Hmm, dunno. I want to, but I have to write the recap and the preview for tomorrow’s game. Busy night. I won’t get anything done if I watch a game…
Anything worth watching, besides the big Eastern showdown?
The game is the day after tomorrow. Ie, Sunday.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 6:55 PM CST up reply actions
Cavs-Celtics: top two teams in the east
Hawks-Magic: 3 and 5 teams in the east
Mavs-Suns
Pistons-Nuggets
Pacers-Lakers: should be lots of points
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 6:58 PM CST up reply actions
cause if you are, the Hawks-Magic isn’t much of a game. It is 52-18 at the 8:30 mark of the second quarter. Yeah, read that one again.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 6:55 PM CST up reply actions
I missed the game :(
i fall asleep as so cold here in cairo (egypt).
By the way Good win for the Spurs, i hope Celtics win also tonight.
I really want Spurs vs celtics on the Finals than Fakers.
Wish you more wins till Finals :D
how about these cheerleaders?
It’s the Sterling Silver Dancers.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 9:55 AM CST reply actions
I’M OFFENDED!!!!
Just kidding, I’m laughing my ass off right now. That woman looks like she just won the lottery…probably never thought she’d be out on the floor at an NBA game shakin her thang…her kids probably want to die.
Leave the gun; take the Ginobili.
by surfergirlsa on Jan 9, 2009 11:40 AM CST up reply actions
Well, you could say that about the dunking cheerleaders too. I was just hoping you wouldn’t think it was getting too close to porn.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 2:36 PM CST up reply actions
are those approved cheerleader photos?!?!?!?!?!?!?
and holyfuckingshit! this thread is over the 900 post mark. seems our lady friends should get some credit for taking this thing to a whole…notha….level.
Thank you
On bahalf of bella and I (I hope we’re at the level in our friendship where we can speak for each other occasionally, b), we couldn’t have done it without all of you Spurring us on (pun intended).
:)
::raising my glass:: here’s to many more 900+ threads and Spurs victories!
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by surfergirlsa on Jan 9, 2009 11:43 AM CST up reply actions
But of course you can speak for me.
Thanks for joining… you’re like the UN, you’ve brought us all together.
Everyone gather around and sing… Kumbaya!
I am happy. I am proud. - Manu Ginobili
Thanks bella! I’m happy to finally have a place where I belong…Where everybody knows my name….my nickname, but still…
(I really don’t like the UN, though. Maybe let’s come up with a better comparison.)
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Well then let’s just hope the mojo is still with the smoothy come Magic time. This is a new thing I’m trying, but it’s worked 3 out of the 3 times I’ve done it. Combined with my lucky shirt…
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Stop kidding yourself. You’re on the right track and doing good things, but you have to earn the mojo. Longevity and repeated proof dictates the mojo. Keep making the smoothies….. and we’ll see. Just be careful because I can tell you from previous experience, if you assign juju qualities to something you enjoy and the tide turns, you may be called upon to permanently give up smoothies.
by SgtinManusArmy on Jan 9, 2009 12:13 PM CST up reply actions
That was kinda harsh, Sima. I’m not sure how I feel about that coming from you.
No, I’m kidding. You’re probably right and it was premature of me to assign mojo. I’m just trying too hard to impress all of you super-uber-fans and I need to quit. I’ll quietly keep making the smoothies and see what happens.
But for the Spurs, I’d give up smoothies. Not beer, though. You’ll never hear me assign any mojo to Sam.
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by surfergirlsa on Jan 9, 2009 12:17 PM CST up reply actions
Unfortunately he’s totally right about the mojo… we’ll have to keep a close eye on the smoothie. Don’t even let Sima tell you about the Rod mojo (did I get his name right?)
I am happy. I am proud. - Manu Ginobili
What were you called upon to give up, BTW?
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by surfergirlsa on Jan 9, 2009 12:21 PM CST up reply actions
I wish you weren’t such a liar!
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by surfergirlsa on Jan 9, 2009 12:29 PM CST up reply actions
True dat. I used to be “Le Pal” of Tony, but I gave that up when I made the decision this year to hate him.
by SgtinManusArmy on Jan 9, 2009 12:31 PM CST up reply actions
weee wee
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by surfergirlsa on Jan 9, 2009 12:38 PM CST up reply actions
And WTF!?
I’ve been meaning to talk to you about this. WHY THE HELL ARE YOU HATING ON TP!?
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He had 15 shots last night and 4 assists. That’s what kills me. He’s perfect for the Spurs, but I only love his game when he’s making that acrobatic running layup where he drives to the hoop diagonally. He gets assists, but usually the ones where he passes the ball to a three point shooter, or Timmy down low.
Other than that, he’s a great player. We’re lucky to have him.
Many friends, I kid you not. Even just recently confirmed that my buddy Rob is never again allowed to come by when the SPURS are on. Some others are not even allowed in my life at all during the season. You do what you have to do, and who needs friends when I have so many championship rings to hang out with?
In addition- any pre-game playoff meal that is not pizza, the hope of wearing anything other than the 25 year old black SPURS shirt during televised playoff games, and the dream of a functional relationship with a beautiful woman (trust me, when they see my SPURS obsession it’s just not happening). The SPURS have become my Lent.
by SgtinManusArmy on Jan 9, 2009 12:30 PM CST up reply actions
::speechless::
I don’t even know what to say. You inspire me and incite pity at the same time. I’ll be your friend, Sima.
And as far as beautiful women go, well, maybe you just haven’t found the right one yet. There’s got to be someone out there who won’t run away when she finds out about your Spurs obsession, or you being gay for Manu. If not, then maybe you should just hook up with one of the guys on PTR.
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by surfergirlsa on Jan 9, 2009 12:35 PM CST up reply actions
Hey!
Nice to meet you. :) I was just thinking that I needed to introduce myself. I’m new to PTR, but old to loving the Spurs. You can call me sgsa.
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by surfergirlsa on Jan 9, 2009 12:39 PM CST up reply actions
Well I saw you staring over this direction so I figured I’d break the ice. Where are you from?
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;)
I live in Boston/Cambridge right now, in grad school. But I’m from all over the US. Grew up moving a lot. How about you?
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by surfergirlsa on Jan 9, 2009 12:50 PM CST up reply actions
Dallas. I was born in SA and moved when I was 7. But the city nor the Spurs ever left me. Tell me something interesting about yourself.
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Where do I start??
Just kidding. I always hate those kinds of questions. But I’ll try to think of something….
Oh, ok, I spent the past 4 summers living with my aunt in Hawaii, teaching surf lessons. I don’t know if that qualifies as interesting, but it was AWESOME.
Your turn.
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by surfergirlsa on Jan 9, 2009 12:58 PM CST up reply actions
Surfing lessons? You spend all day at the beach? Get a real job!!!!!!!
(And no, I’m not bitter about the long hours at the office, bent over a computer.)
Dude. You don’t work at the office. You hang out on here Mr Alt Tab.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 2:05 PM CST up reply actions
My turn? Geeze you’re so bossy. Let’s keep this on you for now. Harvard…. what’s that like?
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Ooh, we’ve got a charmer here!
Harvard…how to describe it…Well, the campus is beautiful, I love living in Boston, some of the people here are brilliant…some not so much. A lot of liberals, vegans, and prettyboys. I’m teaching my first class this coming semester (it’s part of how I earn money now and pay for school), which is exciting. Although 85% of my incoming students are sophomore males that have come to me for tutoring, lol. So that oughtta be fun. ;) But, one veeerrry important thing: the beer in Boston is HEAVEN.
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I’m going to have to take your word on that. And thats pretty impressive because I don’t trust women that I’ve just met. I’ve never been to Boston. If I make it up there, will you show me around?
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I’d love to! It’s a really great city. Have you been before?
Now tell me about you: what do you do in Dallas? Besides date beautiful Mavs fans. that is. :)
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There you go again, so demanding. I bet you’re used to guys letting you have your way. Do you have a facebook account? I’ll let you be my first friend from Harvard.
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Having my way, hehehe
You’ll “let” me, huh? Lol, I actually don’t have one. Call me “1999”, but when I did have one I never maintained it, so I ended up deleting. Aside from this website, and helping a couple of my friends out creating their blogs, I stay as far away from technology as possibly.
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Ha ha well it’s good to see you know how to use a computer and the internet. Wouldn’t want that Harvard education to go to waste. ;)
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It’s more to my dad’s chagrin that I don’t get into computer stuff. Harvard doesn’t give a rat’s ass, as long as they get their money, and I do some favors for them (of the tutoring and teaching sort, ATS…NOT the inappropriate kind!)
can we still be friends, CMoney?
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I’m not sure yet… let’s take this slow and see where it goes from here.
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Hard to get….isn’t that what I’m supposed to be playing??
Lol, sounds good CM
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You’re a whore. I’m done with you now. And with my BROTHER no less. For shame, for shame.
by SgtinManusArmy on Jan 9, 2009 7:11 PM CST up reply actions
Oh stop. You know you’re the only one for me on here. He was just being nice and getting to know me.
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I’m onto your game. My bitterness and jealousy knows no bounds. Even when you think I’m gone I’m actually there, lurking with binoculars awaiting your infidelity.
by SgtinManusArmy on Jan 9, 2009 7:13 PM CST up reply actions
oh my
Settle down, Sima. We didn’t get a chat room or anything, I swear.
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I tried to warn you...
I remember it well… something like…
Whatever you do, don’t get on Sima’s bad side.
I am happy. I am proud. - Manu Ginobili
I didn’t know I could get on his bad side by getting to know CMoney. Oops. What do you do to get back on his good side?
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I honestly don't know
It’s been so long since I’ve been on his good side…
I am happy. I am proud. - Manu Ginobili
*sigh*
Well it was nice while it lasted…Maybe a few Anchorman quotes will do the trick when he comes back.
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SiMA is like a raging river. Once you let go there is no paddling back up stream. You can never get back.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 7:31 PM CST up reply actions
Es la verdad
Well, I’m out… I gotta go see about a guy.
Yep, Good Will Hunting.
I am happy. I am proud. - Manu Ginobili
Guess what, I know that one day Sima and I are gonna live happily ever after on top of a mountain, and there’s going to be flutes playing.
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You do know that he lives on a mountain, right?
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 8:00 PM CST up reply actions
CMoney is being elusive
we know what he does.
He’s cinematographer in Dallas for a production company and this summer he directed his own short piece for a non-profit.
His stuff is really fricking cool.
He showed us this piece last year called The Traveler which is really cool.
http://www.vimeo.com/groups/3686/videos/1339165
This is his non-profit piece. Be warned, it made me cry.
http://www.vimeo.com/2205829
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 2:15 PM CST up reply actions
CMoney, don’t be so modest!!
I’m going to watch the videos. Thanks for filling me in, ATS
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You gotta be modest around these guys. I made the mistake of telling them I hung out the side of a helicopter for a shoot and they’ve run with it ever since.
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So I guess I shouldn’t tell them about my mad surfing skills?
NOT. That doesn’t even come close to hanging out of a helicopter. In fact, if I wasn’t so lazy, I’d just delete this whole comment.
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by surfergirlsa on Jan 9, 2009 3:08 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, we’ve all noticed that you are real shy.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 6:24 PM CST up reply actions
Is there a way to get to the new comments without scrolling through all the old ones? Cause it’s getting kinda hard to wade through all of this.
When I click on “new” it just takes me to the top of the page. Then I have to scroll through and find the new comments highlighted in yellow…
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the letter ‘z’ is your friend. ‘z’ for ‘zip’
read the instructions at the top where the comments start.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 2:33 PM CST up reply actions
Psst, SiMA, CMoney is all over your turf… Bet you would prefer he was still hanging from that helicopter, eh?
Promise you won’t make fun? No Indiana Jones jokes….
I’m studying Anthropology with an emphasis in Archaeology .
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That’s nice. I almost picked Anthropology/Archeology myself. It was my need for a good salary that tips the scale to Eng.
Why would I mock anyone, anyway? I’m studying Literature for my second major… You wouldn’t believe how sissy my Eng friends think that is.
Hence the Whitman quote the other day, huh? (I think that was you.)
Yeah, I don’t really expect to make a lot of money, but I let go of thinking that would make me happy a long time ago. I want to be doing what I love, having adventure, with the option of the stability of a teaching job when someday I need to settle down.
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PS
Lit is not sissy. It’s tough trying to understand some of those demented poets and writers!
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Well, yes, that was me, but I really don’t know much about English lit. I’ve only read some of the classic authors, and even then I haven’t been able to appreciate English poetry until a couple of years ago. I study Spanish lit. Or Castillian, rather.
I also teach at my university. It’s really rewarding, and I plan to keep doing it. There’s something about passing what you’ve learned to the new generation of idiots.
I think it’s going to be so weird teaching people that are practically the same age as me. Are you much older than your students?
I don’t read English Lit much either, although I really want to try. I’ve never read Spanish lit. I bet it’s romantic. Or is that just a stereotype?
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Nah, I’m 26, they’re 23 or so. It’s a bit weird, but I wear a suit (I go to work afterwards) and they wear T-shirts, so I look about 10 years older than them.
Punk kids, they’d better get off my lawn.
Spanish lit is just as diverse as English lit. I imagine you think it’s romantic because Spanish is one of the Romance Languages, but that’s about it. There sure is romance, but just as much drama, comedy, etc. etc.
Yeah, I’m thinking I should leave my jeans, short skirts, and high heels at home when I teach. :)
You’re probably right. I’m trying to become fluent in Spanish (I have a looooooong way to go, so don’t test me ;), so maybe I’ll start reading some of your lit! Any recs for where to start?
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My feelings exactly
Huge question: How did you feel about the new Indiana Jones movie?
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Hated it with a passion. I only liked the scene at the bar where Indy starts a fight between some punks and some straight-laced college boys, and the subsequent chase scene, and the lead-lines fridge vs. atomic bomb scene. Other than that it was pure crap, and I still can’t believe that came out of Spielberg’s camera.
I blame Lucas. He’s got the anti-Midas touch: everything he touches turns to crap.
The “anti-midas touch”—so true.
Correct answer: Indiana Jones was the WORST movie of 2008, besides the 30 minutes of Mamma Mia I saw…
Mad points for LD today. First sending the GF flowers, now this…
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You know what bothers me the most? The half-decent tomatometer at RottenTomatoes. What’s wrong with critics? How did Spielberg/Lucas manage to blind them?
The whole romantic subplot was just painful. There was no chemistry left in that couple.
Im a huge indy fan….. but ALIENS?!?!?! COME ON!!!!
"It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what."
It’s not so much the aliens as how…unsubtle they were about the whole thing. “This seems to be written in a dialect that is somewhat similar to another one I know… I might be able to translate parts of it.” And then he reads it aloud! What the eff?
And all the puzzle solving was ridiculously easy. The crazy guy was nothing but a walking deus ex machina.
Bah, I’m getting mad now.
PS
At least pizza tastes good.
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by surfergirlsa on Jan 9, 2009 12:43 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah? My GF can’t tell which hoop we’re supposed to be attacking and she still watches some games with me. And lets me ditch her for important games, or comes home and cooks me something while I google for feeds.
I should send her flowers…. :)
And that is why you’re my brotha from anotha motha. Well done D.
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LD, you better actually send her the flowers. I once had a boyfriend (the aforementioned d-bag from Denver) who never once sent me flowers, although there were about 10 times he told me, “Hey baby, I thought about sending you flowers today!” as though that was going to score him points.
gag
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She sounds really sweet, LD and seems to be a keeper. You did a good thing.
I am happy. I am proud. - Manu Ginobili
if she does all that, you might have to do one better than flowers (insert me not saying what exactly that is here).
A little advice
I’m sure most of you wonderfully, smart men know this – but here goes…
Send the women you love (Wifes, Girlfriends, Moms, etc.) flowers. An extra bonus is sending her the particular blossoms that she loves… that’s extra special.
I am happy. I am proud. - Manu Ginobili
Blech!!!
IMO, flowers are only a good idea if they are for non-special occasions. Just pick some up because and do it when you are in a good spot in your relationship. Nothing says desperation like “Hey, at least I got you some fucking flowers!”
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 5:37 PM CST up reply actions
The Blech was semi-random. My wife would have killed me if I started buying her flowers anywhere before our 10th anniversary.
On the other hand, she likes random flowers if the colors are right and any bouquet I put together out of our own garden is a big hit.
And never, ever, ever buy flowers for Valentine’s Day.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 5:41 PM CST up reply actions
Sorry, I thought the non-special occasion was a given.
I’m with you on the make-up flowers… nothing worse than trying to get out of the doghouse by doing the flower thing. It’s kinda condescending.
I am happy. I am proud. - Manu Ginobili
sooooo true. When you’re in trouble, just be sweet and apologize. That’s all it takes. No Schmoozing.
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PS
Why are you on here talking to us?? You should be getting lucky right about now. Not that you give flowers for that reason….but it never hurts your chances.
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LatinD is like Manu. He doesn’t need luck. He’s that good.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 7:11 PM CST up reply actions
Really? I thought it was called sucking up.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 7:15 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, she likes jazmines and those multicolored flowers… hmm…
Such a failure. I can’t translate the first flower, “jazmin”, and don’t even remember the second one’s name in Spanish.
Hipuks, Chilai, what’s English for “jazmin”?
Wait. You guys have Wiki in Argentina but not sonograms? Awesome.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 7:57 PM CST up reply actions
must be the largest ever – largest in my time here…..which started as more than just a lurker right after little stevie nash took that dive.
I was really disappointed when he didn’t get that Oscar nomination.
I am happy. I am proud. - Manu Ginobili
We were splitting it up into two threads. I think we got up near 14-1500 for a couple games. I didn’t want to burst the bubble off all the newbies.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 6:07 PM CST up reply actions
And it was all during the game, none of these random banter/CMoney-the-silver-tongued-devil crap to add to the count.
I can't win with you guys
First you guys hate on me because I’m not around enough. Now you’re hatin on me because I had a little fun with the new girl. I swear.
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surfergirlsa -
Have to ask, what do you study/teach there? My best friend is a humanities center fellow. I think he’s teaching some Intro to Theatre this semester. I just went up to see him a few weeks back. I really liked whole Charles River location.
Allez Spurs!
It's genetic
check out the practice report video. at the very end is Manu playing against his nephew who looks like he is about 4. Manu gets scored on.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 6:07 PM CST reply actions
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by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 7:16 PM CST up reply actions
Chill Zone
It looks to me like there needs to be a new, separate post-game thread to handle all of the lively chatter on here – call it “The Chill Zone” or something.
I was thinking about that. The problem is that too much of the chatter is based off content in this thread. It’s not like we are just plowing along adding stuff at the bottom.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 7:25 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, I mean, all you have to do is hit “z” and you can see all the new comments. It’s so easy. ;)
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See, this is what happens when you try to imitate. I used single quotes. Which represent a character. You used double quotes. Which represent a string. Tsk, tsk!
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 7:28 PM CST up reply actions
So I’m watching LeBron play on the perimeter and my question is this: Why is EVERYTHING an off-balance jumper?
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 7:27 PM CST reply actions
I guess he doesn’t like LatinD talking smack on him.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 8:02 PM CST up reply actions
It's the LeBron shot chart
I can’t imagine why teams want him to shoot from the outside.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 8:07 PM CST up reply actions
So, I did the math. When LeBron isn’t shooting from inside the dunk range, he is a 34.6% shooter.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 8:12 PM CST up reply actions
I haven’t watched the Cavs at all this season. What makes them such a good team? They haven’t lost a single home game.
This is what a shooters chart looks like
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 8:19 PM CST up reply actions
that and his “crab” dribble. i always though a crab dribble was something a big tried to do after an offensive rebound. turns out, that its now a jump stop and an extra step….wonder why that wasnt legal when i played…..i mean played for real…with referees and shit.
pull that shit at the YMCA and it will result in a 15 minute argument…………
anyway, im not watching it. bucks have a rare friday night game…. not that id be watching that game anyway
i should clarify. i am watching college basketball. my alma mater is the ohio state buckeyes (short-handedly called the bucks). actually, michael redd played there. wouldnt watch the milwaukee bucks on a bet.
He does seem to have the right skills for us. Outside of being under 30.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 8:14 PM CST up reply actions
and i expected you to chime in with his current contract status….its really half the reason i made the comment
Here you go
Charlie Villaneuva $3,448,050 $4,623,835
Just a qualifying offer for next year. He could be ours.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 8:24 PM CST up reply actions
He’s at the end of his rookie contract I think and they didn’t extend him.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 8:25 PM CST up reply actions
As much I would like to see the Blazers get some success with all the young’uns, what they are doing to Miles to pretty brazen. Not that I have ever even seen Miles play, but on principle.
At the same time, they have to protect their business interests to the tune of $18 million in luxury tax payments to let teams know they better not pick him up just to screw them over. It’s not like Miles isn’t getting paid his $18 mill.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 8:22 PM CST up reply actions
That would hold water normally. But in a league where Starbury sits around and gets paid, a guy who really had an injury deserves chances to make more money before his shelf life is completely over. The thing that rubs me wrong is, where the blazer gm went around most of the summer dropping comments about how much of a damaged goods Miles is.
Sure, he should be able to make more money. But it’s not like he isn’t making a buttload anyway. I’ll trade him gigs if he wants.
I think a team absolutely should pick him up if he can play. But, to pick him up solely to screw the players is a questionable legal move, apparently.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 8:29 PM CST up reply actions
Buttload is a relative thing. To get into a league of 300 some players out of all the talent in the world is quite a bit of hard work and luck. And yer even more lucky if you get decent contracts in the next ten years. How much money is enough…..its a tough thing.
As for the intentions of an organization – there is no such thing. Its a business and unprovable pretty much.
Probably. I’ve got nothing else to do tonight.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 8:32 PM CST up reply actions
I also think I’m going to pound another bottle of wine and post at BSOTS
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 8:35 PM CST up reply actions
So hate who? Choose one. Mavs are too sucky atm to really bring about any emotion. Maybe when I see terry and josh on court
MAVS
Cuz I have to listen to this pro mavs shit all the time here in Dallas. And because they knocked us out in 06.
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Yeah, but the Suns knocked us out in…uh, nevermind.
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Jan 9, 2009 8:37 PM CST up reply actions
I’m so tired of the LeBron baby powder stunt. Overplayed.
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