Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA 2m2 minutes agoBrooks will immediately become a top candidate for the openings in Orlando and Denver, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 17:33 (nine years ago) link
woj predicts brooks will not be taking his talented glasses to south beach
― Giant Purple Wakerobin (Aimless), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 17:40 (nine years ago) link
immediately that kevin ollie dude is releasing statements like "i have no plans to pursue other opportunities"
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 17:51 (nine years ago) link
brooks iz gone
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, April 22, 2015 1:30 PM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
god is great
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 17:57 (nine years ago) link
Man if Scott brooks falls ass backwards into that Orlando situation- that's like another five years with a super young squad with some talent, plenty of time for him to learn how to draw up more than two plays per year
Otoh that's probably the worst thing Orlando could do as far as actually getting better unless they just want to make that jump to 35ish wins first before presumably moving on to someone else
― juice college (agent hibachi), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 17:59 (nine years ago) link
I imagine durant is still sitting in that aisle seat in the thunders arena in that same hoodie from the last week of the season, finally took out his phone and just texted Presti the words "it's time"
― juice college (agent hibachi), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:01 (nine years ago) link
if the thunder hire an actually good coach they will be very interesting next year as far as being a contender w a mvp on an expiring deal
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:03 (nine years ago) link
also how will russ adjust after his season of ham
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:04 (nine years ago) link
if all the noise about thibs's job security isn't crying wolf & he actually gets canned, i wonder if sam presti gives him a call
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:19 (nine years ago) link
― lag∞n, Wednesday, April 22, 2015 1:57 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark
When my officemate told me I literally stood up in my office and shouted "PRAISE TEH LORD"
― 龜, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:23 (nine years ago) link
no more glasses
― #wegonnabechampionship (Spottie), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:25 (nine years ago) link
Why do you guys want Oklahoma City to be good. Fuck that shithole.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:27 (nine years ago) link
i dont! i hate that team
― #wegonnabechampionship (Spottie), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:27 (nine years ago) link
The players or the ownership scum?
― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:29 (nine years ago) link
― 龜, Wednesday, April 22, 2015 2:23 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
B-)
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:31 (nine years ago) link
its not that i want okc to be good i just cant deal w brooks
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:32 (nine years ago) link
tho tbh i wld like to see what that roster cld do with a good coach, i deserve it, also what if they won a ring then durant left anyway lol wld be p cool
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:33 (nine years ago) link
i mean my estimation of them has fallen critically since waiters and kanter were added & i can't say i ever actively rooted for them, ownership obvs bastards, if KD and russ leave obvs would not even bother to watch for objective player appreciation reasons
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:33 (nine years ago) link
durant is boring tho remember
― #wegonnabechampionship (Spottie), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:34 (nine years ago) link
what who said that
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:35 (nine years ago) link
we all agreed
― #wegonnabechampionship (Spottie), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:37 (nine years ago) link
nuh uh
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:37 (nine years ago) link
KD isn't the least bit boring that's crazy talk
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:38 (nine years ago) link
someone who finds excellence boring when it is predictably consistent?
― Giant Purple Wakerobin (Aimless), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:39 (nine years ago) link
I'm trying to find the exchange we had. basically started with someone confessing they respect durant and all but don't find him compelling to watch. there were a handful of OTMs iirc
― #wegonnabechampionship (Spottie), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:43 (nine years ago) link
monsterous each one
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:44 (nine years ago) link
coulda sworn you started it haha
― #wegonnabechampionship (Spottie), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:45 (nine years ago) link
:|
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:46 (nine years ago) link
waiting for the other shoelace to drop: 2013-2014 NBA regular season thread (part 2)
guess there wasn't that many otm's but still jordan otm
― #wegonnabechampionship (Spottie), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:52 (nine years ago) link
yeah... contested jumpers are the least fun thing to watch in basketball
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 22 April 2015 19:04 (nine years ago) link
i don't think it would be crazy for brooks to get a job like orlando and denver. the thunder maxed out with him but he might be able to help a real bad squad like that.
I just heard the news 🎉🎉🎉
feel like this offseason will bring many blessings
― Clay, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 21:03 (nine years ago) link
― #wegonnabechampionship (Spottie), Wednesday, April 22, 2015 2:43 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark
I've had this opinion about Lebron before but it was 1) during first cleveland stint and 2) before he became grotesquely juiced
― 龜, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 21:54 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Cesbd3G.jpg
ILH after hearing Scottie gone
― 龜, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 21:56 (nine years ago) link
― 龜, Wednesday, April 22, 2015 5:54 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
tbf that stand around and watch bron cleve offense was p dire
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 21:56 (nine years ago) link
😎https://twitter.com/ethanjskolnick/status/591010170932744192
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 23:02 (nine years ago) link
People are really taking this Brad Stevens = God thing too far.
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 23:05 (nine years ago) link
not seriously enough tbh
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 23:12 (nine years ago) link
tnt pregame every single guy felt the need to say that scotty got screwed over. i realize they're peers, potential coworkers, etc, but still funny to watch.
― circles, Thursday, 23 April 2015 01:36 (nine years ago) link
listened to pti out of habit today and Wilbon was irate that someone as fine and good as Brooks could be fired ever
do these ppl even watch basketball
― Clay, Thursday, 23 April 2015 01:39 (nine years ago) link
how dare a team that got a once in a generation windfall of talent try a different coach before all those players get the hell out of dodge.
― circles, Thursday, 23 April 2015 01:48 (nine years ago) link
Otm
― #wegonnabechampionship (Spottie), Thursday, 23 April 2015 02:11 (nine years ago) link
barkley was outraged also though we know the answer to 'do these ppl even watch basketball' there. i still kinda watch pti out of habit but kornheiser's general disinterest and wilbon's increasingly ott crankdom has made it not much better than around the horn for me now (presumably, i sure as fuck don't watch around the horn). speaking of horrible espn there's some ad w/ cowherd on the podcasts that starts w/ cowherd saying 'you guys know i don't wear underwear' and then i blocked out the rest so if you listen to any espn podcasts maybe just ffwd thru the first 30 seconds or so.
i was wondering if brooks to orlando rumors would heat up, i get the logic in a 'he developed okc, got them to the doorstep but couldn't get them all the way there' plus the 'he only lost his job cuz of bad luck' thing that some apparently believe. i'd been assuming that donovan was going to take that orlando job but maybe he burnt that bridge when he flaked out of that job a few years ago? anyhow for all the 'okc can't fire brooks cuz his stars love him' talk the reaction from the durant and westbrook camps today didn't suggest they were shocked or outraged.
― balls, Thursday, 23 April 2015 03:49 (nine years ago) link
http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/sports/2015-04-23/336cc860-e9e4-11e4-a900-555e662700c2_Oh-man-all-I-have-is-peace-Image-via-birdzilla-ro-on-Instagram-.jpg
birdman got some new tats
― Clay, Friday, 24 April 2015 04:05 (nine years ago) link
listened to pti out of habit today and Wilbon was irate that someone as fine and good as Brooks could be fired everdo these ppl even watch basketball
Sportswriters' default narrative is that coaches don't deserve to be fired and it's the fault of those overpaid, spoiled athletes who just don't have the kind of can-do spirit of a Johnny Unitas or a Whitey Corngood.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 24 April 2015 04:23 (nine years ago) link
yikes birdman war is bad actually
― lag∞n, Friday, 24 April 2015 05:53 (nine years ago) link
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/12753788/nba-oklahoma-city-fired-scott-brooks
does david thorpe work for the thunder? why is he using the first person here
― k3vin k., Friday, 24 April 2015 16:17 (nine years ago) link
In the latest installment of the NBA Front Office series, Tom Penn (playing the role of general manager), David Thorpe (senior consultant), Chad Ford (assistant GM), Amin Elhassan (scouting director) and Kevin Pelton (analytics director) discuss the state of the Oklahoma City Thunder following the firing of Scott Brooks. Was the move justified? Who's next for the Thunder?
lol weird
― lag∞n, Friday, 24 April 2015 16:19 (nine years ago) link
oh lol
― k3vin k., Friday, 24 April 2015 16:28 (nine years ago) link
i think he's the only one who took that literally tho haha
― k3vin k., Friday, 24 April 2015 16:29 (nine years ago) link
i also have weak baby ankles so
― all my friends are vampires (art), Friday, 23 October 2015 16:51 (eight years ago) link
yeah man, hight tops with double ankle braces for me now.
― Spottie, Friday, 23 October 2015 16:52 (eight years ago) link
I'd reup the league if six people besides myself and spottie register interest in fantasy and could do a draft this weekend?― (extremely nerds voice) (Clay), Thursday, October 22, 2015 6:51 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinkwhat time would this draft be were it to occur
― (extremely nerds voice) (Clay), Thursday, October 22, 2015 6:51 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
what time would this draft be were it to occur
uh hm idk sometime Sunday evening? sportsfolk are home watching football yeah? So like 8pm pacific Sunday? Idk I kinda think this won't happen but if anyone wants to do fantasy hoops this year email me at cwsmith at gmail dot com and I'll try to throw it together real quick
― (extremely nerds voice) (Clay), Friday, 23 October 2015 16:53 (eight years ago) link
low top bball shoes just seem like russian roulette w/ ankle injury
maybe theres no basis for this but idk im suspcious
― all my friends are vampires (art), Friday, October 23, 2015 12:51 PM (27 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
high tops might actually encourage ankle injury like theyre way too flexible to offer actual support but they can provide a fulcrum where the upper bends to smash yr ankle
― lag∞n, Friday, 23 October 2015 16:54 (eight years ago) link
rather 8 eastern, sometimes I do math backwards xp to me
― (extremely nerds voice) (Clay), Friday, 23 October 2015 16:55 (eight years ago) link
ball barefoot imo
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 23 October 2015 16:56 (eight years ago) link
I remembering reading that high tops lead to more knee problems.
― :wq (Leee), Friday, 23 October 2015 17:03 (eight years ago) link
feel like shoes w think soles cld be an injury vector too
― lag∞n, Friday, 23 October 2015 17:05 (eight years ago) link
man just wasn't meant to ball
― all my friends are vampires (art), Friday, 23 October 2015 17:06 (eight years ago) link
we've jumped too close to the hoop on joints made of glass
― all my friends are vampires (art), Friday, 23 October 2015 17:08 (eight years ago) link
yeah i shoot for lo profile xxp
― Spottie, Friday, 23 October 2015 17:09 (eight years ago) link
i can run faster in low shoes so i wear low shoes
― micah, Friday, 23 October 2015 22:15 (eight years ago) link
uhhhhhhh, b-bball!!!!!
― moullet, Saturday, 24 October 2015 15:44 (eight years ago) link
oden injured
― balls, Sunday, 25 October 2015 02:57 (eight years ago) link
oden's in china rn, isn't he?
― Aimless, Sunday, 25 October 2015 02:58 (eight years ago) link
balls has no source, hes just making a statistically sound prediction of oden's current health status
― zoso def (m bison), Sunday, 25 October 2015 18:06 (eight years ago) link
RIP Flip Saunders
― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 25 October 2015 18:06 (eight years ago) link
:-(
― brimstead, Sunday, 25 October 2015 18:12 (eight years ago) link
aw man RIP
― k3vin k., Sunday, 25 October 2015 18:31 (eight years ago) link
In tears just heard.I can't think of another coach or executive that seemed like a more genuine guy.Little story: he's had a weekly call in withour local sports talk station called Flip's Friday Funkadelic, I guess he was a huge fan of classic r&b and funk.
Anyway they broadcast from the State Fair every year and he would always make a point of winning a stuffed animal at the basketball shooting carnival game and bringing it for the host's daughter. I guess he was still such a good shot they'd only let him play once.
― Comme Si, Kamasi (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 25 October 2015 18:31 (eight years ago) link
Horrible news. Good stuff ums
― Spottie, Sunday, 25 October 2015 20:21 (eight years ago) link
that was so sudden. rip flip.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 25 October 2015 21:30 (eight years ago) link
that kg is pic is heartbreaking :(
― zoso def (m bison), Monday, 26 October 2015 02:25 (eight years ago) link
lots of Flip memories today on KFAN
http://www.kfan.com/main.html
― Comme Si, Kamasi (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 26 October 2015 15:32 (eight years ago) link
http://www.kfan.com/onair/dan-barreiro-11904/an-ode-to-the-funkadelic-14064944/
this isn't the best written thing but trust me this dude is a former daily columnist at the Star Tribune and now a daily sports talk host and he is the BIGGEST curmudgeon/cynical type talk host in town and he's not like this ever:
ust the other day, I was telling somebody a story about Flip Saunders. My sister, Babbi, has coached high school basketball in the Chicago suburbs for more than 30 years. A couple years ago, she was running through a tough stretch. I happened to mention it to Flip during one of our usual stream-of-consciousness phone calls.
.........
“What’s her phone number?” he asked.
“You want to call her?”
“Sure, let me talk to her.”
He called the next day. They had a nice conversation, which made her day. That was Flip, at least with me, the rarest of sports breeds: Not so self-absorbed that he ever forgot there was an outside world, with people trying to live in it.
He rarely failed to ask: How’s that wife and daughter of yours? Enjoy Gia, he’d say, because all that stuff about them growing up fast is true. Every year when he showed up to talk to us at the State Fair, he’d first make a stop along the midway, win big at the free throw shooting contest, then present her with a giant stuffed animal.
A couple Thanksgivings ago, out of nowhere, he texted this: “Dan: Happy Thanksgiving. We have so much to be thankful for -- family, friends and health. Enjoy the day with your sisters and family. I value the friendship we have. Flip”
I come from the school of journalism that says you cannot be friends with those you attempt to cover and analyze. I’ve tried hard to stick to it, but that line became blurred with Flip, and looking back on it, I don’t think he gave me any choice. He was just too damned generous.
Read more: http://www.kfan.com/onair/dan-barreiro-11904/an-ode-to-the-funkadelic-14064944/#ixzz3pglYQlsB
― Comme Si, Kamasi (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 26 October 2015 15:37 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSNlbXIWUAEByJC.jpg
― Comme Si, Kamasi (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 26 October 2015 15:39 (eight years ago) link
http://giant.gfycat.com/ApprehensiveCooperativeKitty.gifhttps://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/57/cc/43/57cc43e333fea371d79b554117f841dd.pnghttp://sports.cbsimg.net/images/visual/whatshot/102315_Flip.jpg
― Comme Si, Kamasi (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 26 October 2015 15:42 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSMctPnVEAAkvXj.jpg
― Comme Si, Kamasi (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 26 October 2015 15:47 (eight years ago) link
:(
― Spottie, Monday, 26 October 2015 15:50 (eight years ago) link
― k3vin k., Monday, 26 October 2015 16:19 (eight years ago) link
― lag∞n, Monday, 26 October 2015 16:36 (eight years ago) link
what an A+ guy
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Monday, 26 October 2015 17:02 (eight years ago) link
Good hustle there against Dray.
― :wq (Leee), Monday, 26 October 2015 17:04 (eight years ago) link
2015-16 NBA Regular Season (part 1) — I’ve got my ring fitted for my middle finger
― Spottie, Monday, 26 October 2015 20:38 (eight years ago) link
bless this day
― Aimless, Monday, 26 October 2015 20:42 (eight years ago) link
man Tom Izzo and Jeff Van Gundy are both calling into our local station today, talk about respect in the world of b-ball
― Comme Si, Kamasi (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 26 October 2015 20:53 (eight years ago) link