alfdogg 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2008 Oh, give me a fucking break. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smues Report post Posted August 26, 2008 Oh, give me a fucking break. Oh fuck a bunch of that. I'm very happy Team U.S.A. got the gold, but the Dream Team they are not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LivingLegendGaryColeman 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2008 Suns traded DJ Strawberry to Houston for Sean Singletary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2008 Kevin Duckworhth dead at 44. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LivingLegendGaryColeman 0 Report post Posted August 27, 2008 Kevin Duckworhth dead at 44. I was shocked to see that, and then when I went to read another article on it, I saw Wayman Tisdale had part of his leg amputated today. Bad day for 80s/90s NBA players. As someone who had all the cards and knew weird things about just about every player from that era, between these and Vincent Askew getting arrested for "To Catch a Predator" like acts the past few weeks have been strange. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alfdogg 0 Report post Posted August 27, 2008 Monta Ellis will be out at least three months after ankle surgery. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Just John 0 Report post Posted August 27, 2008 As if the Warriors season wasn't dead already. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RepoMan 0 Report post Posted August 27, 2008 Oh, give me a fucking break. Did Melo think his medal was made of chocolate? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brett Favre 0 Report post Posted August 29, 2008 Knicks trade Fred Weis for Patrick Ewing Jr. Yeah. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naiwf 0 Report post Posted August 29, 2008 Knicks trade Fred Weis for Patrick Ewing Jr. Yeah. That trade will be worth it just to hear the PA guy call out Paaaaaa-trick Ew-ing one more time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steviekick 0 Report post Posted August 29, 2008 Did Weis ever suit up for the Knicks? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brett Favre 0 Report post Posted August 29, 2008 Nope. Funny that the guy that was supposed to replace Ewing ends up getting traded for Ewing's son. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Damaramu 0 Report post Posted August 31, 2008 Howard Shultz dropped his lawsuit. The Sonics are now completely OKC's. The new name and colors will be officially announced Wednesday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted August 31, 2008 Knicks trade Fred Weis for Patrick Ewing Jr. That's awesome. Why would the Rockets ever agree to that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Just John 0 Report post Posted August 31, 2008 Rockets get a trade exception worth like 5 mil or something, plus they had a logjam at PF anyway (Scola, Landry, Dorsey). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
milliondollarchamp 0 Report post Posted September 2, 2008 Donyell Marshall and the 76ers agreed to a one-year contract. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IllustriousOne 0 Report post Posted September 2, 2008 Looking forward to the Heat season this year, I think. Wade played fantastic basketball at the Olympics, and with the additions of like, Chalmers and Beasely, there's so much potential there. Cleveland might be entertaining to watch as well. We'll see. October can't come soon enough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alfdogg 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2008 Sources: Chalmers, Arthur caught with marijuana at rookie camp March Madness heroes Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur were thrown out of the NBA's rookie transition program on Wednesday morning after being caught in their hotel room with marijuana, according to several sources. "They were sent home for violating program rules," NBA spokesman Brian McIntyre said. Sources said Chalmers and Arthur, who starred on the Kansas Jayhawks' 2008 NCAA championship team, were also fined $20,000 apiece and will start the regular season on the suspended list. But McIntyre would not confirm that. "We're still looking into it," McIntyre said. "Once we have all the details, appropriate sanctions will be taken." The players were caught by NBA security at the Doral Arrowwood resort in Rye Brook, N.Y., where 69 of the league's rookies arrived last night for the four-day seminar in which coaches, referees and former players speak about adapting to the league. Chalmers, who sank the game-tying, buzzer-beating 3-pointer that forced overtime in Kansas' 75-68 championship victory over Memphis, was drafted 34th by Minnesota. He was quickly traded to Miami, where he is expected to vie for the starting point guard position after playing well during summer league. Chalmers played three seasons for the Jayhawks. Arthur, also an early-entry candidate who played two years at Kansas, was a sympathetic figure on draft night. Roundly believed to have lottery-type talent, Arthur sank to the 27th spot after erroneous rumors of a health problem circulated throughout the league. Then, after being selected by New Orleans, the 6-foot-9 forward was traded to Portland, then Houston, before finally settling in Memphis. Per league policy, Chalmers and Arthur will have to attend the program again next season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naiwf 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2008 What is it about weed that causes pro athletes to fuck up their careers over it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest דניא Report post Posted September 3, 2008 EPIC FAIL I'm sorry, Pacific Northwest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maztinho 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2008 God they went with like the worst option. OKC BARONS MOFOS BARONS!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest דניא Report post Posted September 3, 2008 "Well, here it is. A basketball team." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheech Tremendous 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2008 The name is bad, the colors are generic and the logo looks like it fell out of the WNBA. Bad job all around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Just John 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2008 Glad I'm not the only one not digging the OKC team's look. I mean, if you're going to do "Thunder," shouldn't the logo/uni's be black/grey/white with silver alternates or something? At least do blue/grey/black and rip off the old WCW Thunder logo. >>>> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steviekick 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2008 I know what you mean, but too many teams have a blue/grey combo as part of their color scheme. That said, you are completely write that WCW Thunder completely owns this mess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MFer 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2008 Glad I'm not the only one not digging the OKC team's look. I mean, if you're going to do "Thunder," shouldn't the logo/uni's be black/grey/white with silver alternates or something? At least do blue/grey/black and rip off the old WCW Thunder logo. >>>> I would imagine that the "few" are people that actually like this shit. There's probably D-League teams with better names, logos, and uniforms than this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest דניא Report post Posted September 3, 2008 I mean, if you're going to do "Thunder," shouldn't the logo/uni's be black/grey/white with silver alternates or something? The Spurs would object. This is like a generic Madden create-a-team logo, but it's real. I wish only failure on the erstwhile Supersonics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Just John 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2008 I guess if you wanted to incorporate blue, it would be hard to not look like the Magic, but you could still do black/silver without looking like the Spurs. Just go for a more "Raiders" look and downplay the white. And if you make sure the font's different, and there wouldn't even be any confusion for the white home jerseys. I'm of the mindset that a team's logo and/or colors should somehow reflect their name and/or city. OKC has failed in every possible way here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest דניא Report post Posted September 3, 2008 Teams that are old or in huge cities are pretty much grandfathered in and don't have to do anything fancy, like the Lakers, Pistons, and Knicks. Teams in smaller towns or newer teams should reflect the name or city. The Jazz did a really good job of making themselves look like a Salt Lake City-based team in the mid-'90s before they pissed it away to just wear navy blue. The Supersonics wore green for Seattle being the Emerald City (I think) and used to hve either the skyline or the Space Needle as a logo. This Thunder thing? What is this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maztinho 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2008 It took me years to get over being pissed at the Jazz' Mountain logo. Color me old school, I loved the Music Note J. Technically they have purple as the shadow, sorta. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
