NBA All-Star Game Open Thread
February 14, 2010East All-Stars 141, West All-Stars 139: Yep, They Played.
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Where every role is an adventure: “People often come up to me and say: “You don’t really have a Cleveland Browns bowling ball.” Well, I guess it depends on how you define “often.” It has happened at least twice.
The thing is, I’m never sure why anyone would think that I would LIE about having a Cleveland Browns bowling ball. I mean, hey, I might lie and say that I used to date Wynona Ryder. I might lie and say that I briefly played slot receiver for the New York Giants. I might lie and say that I was once in a band with Eric Clapton. But I’m not sure there is much to be gained by lying about my Cleveland Browns bowling ball. No percentage in it. If anything, I should probably lie and say I don’t have one.” [Joe Posnanski/JoeBlog]
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A little All-Star SWOT Analysis of the Cavaliers [Biff/Cleveland Frowns]
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Shaq owns Dwight Howard, Nickname: “It’s unclear if DC Comics will have to step into this dispute. But, for now, it’s between Shaquille O’Neal and Dwight Howard. Howard, the Orlando star center, has been calling himself Superman for years. But O’Neal, the Cleveland center who has used that moniker during his illustrious 18-year career, suddenly has decided now to file a copyright infringement case. OK, so Shaq didn’t go that far. But O’Neal, who long ago got a tattoo of the Superman logo on his bicep, did say Thursday he believes he’s the real superhero with that name.” [Chris Tomasson/NBA FanHouse]
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Is there another “vital” member of the Browns getting a contract soon? [The OBR]
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And finally, “What I found especially surprising was, that Texas joining the Big Ten isn’t even a new idea. Back in the 90’s when Texas was still part of the old SWC, they looked into joining the PAC 10 and the Big Ten. Nothing materialized on either end and the SWC and Big 8 turned over and formed the Big XII. Which is a good point to bring up, its not like Texas has been a part of its current conference for ever.” [Thunder Treats]
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15 Comments
by the way….saw some phoenix fans saying they don’t want JJ/Z for Amare. They think the Cavs would need to throw in Moon and pick for it to work. what are they smoking? this deal is about MONEY. idiots.
They also think Minnesota is going to trade them Al Jefferson, Sessions, and Blount for Amare. Or they think Golden State can’t wait to ship out Curry, Randolph, and Claxton.
I only bring this up because i know we all are homers in a way. but do our fans seem this out of touch with reality?
You have to understand that PHX are dealing with the fact that their team is terrible and only getting worse
@ saggy – yes, a lot of our fans are this out of touch with reality.
@ saggy – We have as many out of touch fans as anybody else. I cannot think of any fans more virtuous than any other. About the only real generalization I could make is the sense of entitlement coming out of fans from New York and Boston. They are, as a rule, insufferable.
Mark, don’t forget football fans from Pittsburgh. But only when the steelers are good.
This is the bowling geek in me talking since I’m an active regional bowler and have been for a number of years but I WANT that Browns bowling ball!
@5KMD – Yeah, we can all find groups of fans we cannot stand with some justification. The same can be said of us I suppose. I guess what I mean about New Yorkers is their sense of entitlement is astounding. Winning or losing they consider themselves to be the center of the sports universe. The most obvious and egregious example of this is with LeBron. Knicks fans really do think he will end up in New York simply because it is New York. The fact that the Knicks suck? Irrelevent. This attitude is incomprehensible to me or, I would imagine, any other Clevelander.
For all of the solid discussions we can have on thiq hear blog, there are dozens of “fans” that call radio stations and litter message boards with nonsensical trade ideas and completely irrational thought.
Thankfully, we have been able to avoid this here for the most part.
Troy Smith sums up how out of touch some Cleveland fans are.
First of all, I’m out of touch with reality.
I think we could trade Z for Jason Maxiell, Rip, and Tayshaun
The do a sign and trade with Walls to the Ball and get Al Jefferson and Johnny Flynn.
Then trade Andy for Kobe and Phil Jackson. Jackpot.
In all reality,
I believe Shaq has a big Superman ‘S’ on his gate to one of his houses. Take that Dwight ‘little man’ Howard
I think Boston fans may be even worse than New York. Their attitude since their sorry teams started winning the past decade is bad enough but their nonsense about curses made them unbearable. So I guess the Celtics championships and Pats dominance wasn’t enough until the lame Red Sox won.
@9 Troy Smith as in the person posting here? If so, AMEN and thank you.
@10 MattyFos I get the feeling your a Pistons fan since almost every trade scenario you’ve mentioned always seems to include a Detroit player, yes?
@12
*narrows eyes wondering if this post is sarcastic or not*
Boogey- Yes, I have rooted for the Pistons for some years now (Detroit is my second home). As always, Cleveland comes first in head to head games, but Detroit is my second team. Love Ben Wallace, Prince, Rip, Chauncey, used to love Sheed (kinda hate him now).
@12…Yes..all the Cleveland fans (and there are a lot on this site) that want Troy Smith starting for the Browns next year sum up how out of touch some Cleveland fans are…I am not in the Troy Smith fan club as you can tell…