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[scamboogah]

ROY sleeper candidate?

Marc Gasol had 27 points, 16 rebounds and 3 blocks tonight against the Warriors. That gives him averages of 13, 10.3 and 1.8 after four games. Who the fuck did the Lakers trade his rights away for?

The Gasol that doesn't look like Jack Black.

[isoS]

Don't worry, if Marc turns out to be an All-Star the Lakers can always give Memphis Luke Walton and a chicken wing to get him back.

[matt in the east]

Unless there's a third, even weirder looking Gasol brother.

[Adult Ed]

ROY sleeper candidate?

Marc Gasol had 27 points, 16 rebounds and 3 blocks tonight against the Warriors. That gives him averages of 13, 10.3 and 1.8 after four games. Who the fuck did the Lakers trade his rights away for?

I was impressed with Marc G. during the Olympics. I'm pretty sure the Lakers would do that deal again, though.

[isoS]

The only good that would've come from Marc Gasol being on the Lakers is being able to witness the "Clash of the Sasquatches" every time they played the Clippers and Chris Kaman.

[bao]

I was impressed with Marc G. during the Olympics. I'm pretty sure the Lakers would do that deal again, though.

Yeah, Marc Gasol looked really good in the olympics. I would not be at all surprised if he makes a run a ROY. However, if people are slightly concerned about Pao Gasol and Bynum sharing paint, imagine how badly they would be shitting with the Spanish Lerch (Largo) trying to split the key with Bynum.

[matt in the east]

The only good that would've come from Marc Gasol being on the Lakers is being able to witness the "Clash of the Sasquatches" every time they played the Clippers and Chris Kaman.

and if houston came into town i think my mind would explode seeing scola in the mix.

ooga booga.

[yumitree]

are we merging this thread with the politics one now that kj is the new mayor of sacramento?

[TomHicks]

Wow. What a joke. His knees are shot. He can probably only govern off the bench now.

[scamboogah]

So, last night, Carmelo Anthony's goal was to score 44 points against the Warriors to pay tribute to Obama being elected as the 44th President. (Seems like an appropriate tribute to such a uniting figure to announce pre-game that you're not going to pass the ball and run up your own stats...)

What he wound up scoring was 28, and by doing so inadvertently paid tribute to Woodrow Wilson (America's 28th President).

Here's some of Woodrow's Wikipedia page;

"While president of Princeton University, Wilson discouraged blacks from even applying for admission. Princeton would not admit its first black student until the 1940s.

As President, Wilson allowed many of his cabinet officials to establish official segregation in most federal government offices, in some departments for the first time since 1863. "His administration imposed full racial segregation in Washington and hounded from office considerable numbers of black federal employees."Wilson and his cabinet members fired many black Republican office holders in political appointee positions, but also appointed a few black Democrats to such posts. W. E. B. Du Bois, a leader of the NAACP, campaigned for Wilson and in 1918 was offered an Army commission in charge of dealing with race relations. (DuBois accepted, but he failed his Army physical and did not serve.) When a delegation of blacks protested the discriminatory actions, Wilson told them that "segregation is not a humiliation but a benefit, and ought to be so regarded by you gentlemen." In 1914, he told the New York Times, "If the colored people made a mistake in voting for me, they ought to correct it."

Good Going Carmelo.

[isoS]

So, last night, Carmelo Anthony's goal was to score 44 points against the Warriors to pay tribute to Obama being elected as the 44th President. (Seems like an appropriate tribute to such a uniting figure to announce pre-game that you're not going to pass the ball and run up your own stats...)

What he wound up scoring was 28, and by doing so inadvertently paid tribute to Woodrow Wilson (America's 28th President).

There is nothing about this that isn't hilarious.

[Having Fun!]

Well if Chauncy Billups passed his dang physical maybe he could of done it.

[Adult Ed]

As President, Wilson allowed many of his cabinet officials to establish official segregation in most federal government offices, in some departments for the first time since 1863.

This practice became known as "American exceptionalism."

[aenemaTron]

Kobe Bryant Scores 25 in Holy Shit

[TomHicks]

The Suns played without Shaquille O'Neal, who got the night off as part of a plan to rest him periodically throughout the season. O'Neal is expected back in the lineup Saturday at Milwaukee.

He played in 5 games before his first break. All the dieting and yoga are paying off.

[scamboogah]

How about that smothering Allen Iverson defense?

Only gave up 38 from Devon Harris...

[Shane]

Yeah, it's strange how Iverson seems to have a good game on paper (24 points on 6-12 shooting, and 6 assists) and they still lose. Typical Iverson team.

Also, just because he gets steals doesn't mean he's good defensively, I always hated that argument. (this is in response to no one)

[isoS]

And you know what was going through Iverson's head after that loss: "Looks like I gotta score more."

Maybe I don't know the "new Nets" well enough, but I feel pretty safe in saying that an Eastern Conference champion contender shouldn't lose to NJ.

Meanwhile, who would've predicted that the Hawks would be undefeated and the Spurs would be 1-4 to start the season? It really is a new day in America.

[TomHicks]

Some generic statement about how awesome the Lakers looked that is really meant for Matt but you all can enjoy it, too.

Parker will be back in 4 weeks; I don't know when Manu is coming back. It could be good in terms of playing time for the other guys, but can the Spurs make a trade? I don't know who they could trade.

Lakers and Hornets on Wednesday. I loves me some CP3.

[Trial]

it's not fair, you only won because your stars are good at sports