SPURS- 104
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.

The New Generic Clippers – All of the Basketball, With None of the Brand

I got a giggle out of this.

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.

Nice. Especially your Austin Powers pick.

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.

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.

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.

This game’s a blowout. Chalk up another ‘W’ after New Orleans got murdered in Utah last nigth.

Girl, Female, Woman… whatever.

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.

11.30 pm? too late for me
SA 99
LAC 88

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…

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?

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.

http://www.nba.com/spurs/gameday/090108.html

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.

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

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.

long-time lurker here…

Lots of new people lately. What’s going on? Must be ATS’s song nicknames… they’re hypnotic.

It could be your latest previews LD…

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.