Game Thread: Get the man some baby powder
by Stop-n-Pop
on Dec 17, 2008 6:00 PM CST
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Cleveland @ Minnesota
The Cleveland LeBrons are coming to town!!! The Cleveland LeBrons are coming to town. Will Minny fans be treated to the Nike Baby Powder Special? Why is this faux-iconic image being shoved down basketball fans' throats? Doesn't anyone remember a certain number 21 and the powder splash? When will we here in Minnesota make it back above 10 degrees?
Sorry, I can't really think of anything better to say about tonight's game. I suspect it will be ugly. The LeBrons are really, really, really good. Here is what I would like to see out of the Wolves: 98-100 pace factor, 28 FTA, +4 OReb, TO parity, and 45% shooting. These aren't out-of-the-world goals. I would like to see some plays run for K-Love that put him on the high post or pair him for a pick and pop with either Randy Foye or Kevin Ollie. I don't want to see Brian Cardinal. I want to see some 4 out/1 in sets. I want Mike Miller to force a three.
For the LeBrons' perspective on tonight's festivities, please check out our sister site, Fear the Sword.
Tonight's game thread side-topic is bad TV series. My two nominees are Fish Police and Manimal. What say you?
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Cavemen
That Show that was just released this past year Just Blew bad
by Tony_O on
Dec 17, 2008 6:12 PM CST
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Is that with the Geico commercial guys?
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by Stop-n-Pop on
Dec 17, 2008 6:46 PM CST
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I remember now...
…they had one of their actors come on the View and he made fun of the host who said she didn’t believe in evolution:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx9vW6lHDqY
That was pretty funny. “There are tons of cavemen walking around on this flat earth.”
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by Stop-n-Pop on
Dec 17, 2008 6:48 PM CST
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Big Al....
…with the missed travel call of the year on the jumper.
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by Stop-n-Pop on
Dec 17, 2008 7:15 PM CST
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I wonder if Jim Stack bought LeBron some flowers before the game...
…maybe sent him a Clueless DVD.
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by Stop-n-Pop on
Dec 17, 2008 7:16 PM CST
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When did Petersen discover pts/poss
It’s kind of creepy.
by McCleak on
Dec 17, 2008 7:23 PM CST
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I like it...
….OE and DE too. Although they did follow it up with some nonsense about McHale’s genius.
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by Stop-n-Pop on
Dec 17, 2008 7:28 PM CST
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I love pts/poss
It’s just not something I expect to hear come out of Petersen’s mouth.
by McCleak on
Dec 17, 2008 7:32 PM CST
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Big Al...
…needs to call out picks. Love got blown up on a pick that Al didn’t call.
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by Stop-n-Pop on
Dec 17, 2008 7:29 PM CST
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What the hell is Kevin Ollie doing in the game.....
by Tony_O on
Dec 17, 2008 7:30 PM CST
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playing well tonight..
…but it is sad that he’s the best 1 on this team
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by Stop-n-Pop on
Dec 17, 2008 7:32 PM CST
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This is going to be one of those games...
…where you suddenly look up and they’re 15 points behind. Cleveland is just that efficient.
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by Stop-n-Pop on
Dec 17, 2008 7:42 PM CST
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Ok...
…I lied. They’re only up by 13 out of nowhere.
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by Stop-n-Pop on
Dec 17, 2008 7:53 PM CST
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J-Pete...
…breaks out the eFG!!! First points/pos, now eFG.
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by Stop-n-Pop on
Dec 17, 2008 7:44 PM CST
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Love the pick and rolls tonight
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by Stop-n-Pop on
Dec 17, 2008 7:45 PM CST
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Well we are still in it.....and it looks like the cavs are playing full bore....
not taking into effect that illgauskus and boobie Gibson are out…
I Said Boobie HAHAHAHAH (Beavis and Butthead)
by Tony_O on
Dec 17, 2008 7:55 PM CST
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J-Pete...
…taking the Hoopus line tonight: “Defense has been a problem but not as much as the offense.” J-Pete, if you read us, we want to hear the phrase “stampeding rhinoceri” during the next broadcast. :)
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by Stop-n-Pop on
Dec 17, 2008 7:57 PM CST
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Wouldn’t that just make our week :D
Beater of the early Thabeet drum
by Wim (Belgium) on
Dec 18, 2008 2:47 AM CST
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Did Big Al...
…just make an interior pass?
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by Stop-n-Pop on
Dec 17, 2008 7:58 PM CST
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to the man with the hot hand?
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by Stop-n-Pop on
Dec 17, 2008 7:59 PM CST
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Amizingly only down by 6 going to end the 1st half
time to switch to the Wild-Calgary game on FSN North untill the end of the 2nd period there..
by Tony_O on
Dec 17, 2008 8:00 PM CST
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it was amazing
seeing that feature on Foye at the half…just seeing how much fun he seemed to be having in those highlights. Now it’s like he’s waiting for the games to be over.
by plinytheelder on
Dec 17, 2008 8:18 PM CST
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Again, Stick beats me to the punch.
Punk.. ;-)
Look here junior, don't you be so happy.
And for Heaven's sake, don't you be so sad.
by E-6 on
Dec 17, 2008 8:27 PM CST
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Eh...
I’ll sleep in.
Look here junior, don't you be so happy.
And for Heaven's sake, don't you be so sad.
by E-6 on
Dec 17, 2008 8:33 PM CST
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That was a terrible show
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by Stop-n-Pop on
Dec 17, 2008 9:01 PM CST
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bad TV series...
That would be the Woof broadcasts for the last several years—though this season is shaping up to be Cop Rock bad.
Look here junior, don't you be so happy.
And for Heaven's sake, don't you be so sad.
by E-6 on
Dec 17, 2008 8:25 PM CST
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Don Overbeck
The Cop Rock of Marketing Campaigns.
by SBG on
Dec 17, 2008 8:28 PM CST
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So it's the starting 5 and Ollie?
Am I the only one who thinks the minutes feel like they’re being decided by a coach who’s trying to save his job? If so, it’s better than those Hail Mary lineups Wittman was trying.
by McCleak on
Dec 17, 2008 8:31 PM CST
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By the Way
Jordan did the powder thing before either of these guys.
by SBG on
Dec 17, 2008 8:32 PM CST
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Bad TV Shows: Wolf Lake
Once described as “the Sopranos, but with werewolves” to give you an example of how horrifically misconceived this show was. I saw about half of an episode; it seemed to be built around how much shirt Lou Diamond Phillips it could show off.
Actually, “the Sopranos, but with zombies” might be a good description of this team.
by McCleak on
Dec 17, 2008 8:37 PM CST
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bad tv commercials- farmersonly.com
if you are watching the cleveland broadcast, you may have noticed hilarious commercials for farmersonly.com, an online dating service for country folk. if you arent watching the cleveland broadcast on league pass, you can check out their website to see the commercials.
by eshold on
Dec 17, 2008 8:39 PM CST
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"this is all we do, and we do it well"
by plinytheelder on
Dec 17, 2008 8:41 PM CST
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Is Sam Watterson available?
Look here junior, don't you be so happy.
And for Heaven's sake, don't you be so sad.
by E-6 on
Dec 17, 2008 8:47 PM CST
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Losing. This is all we do, and we do it well.
Ladies and germs, your Good Ship Timberpup…
Look here junior, don't you be so happy.
And for Heaven's sake, don't you be so sad.
by E-6 on
Dec 17, 2008 8:46 PM CST
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KG Ties David Robinson in points scored
The Big Ticket throws in 10 in the fourth in ATL. C’s win by 3. 16 straight.
by SBG on
Dec 17, 2008 8:48 PM CST
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The Wolves are flirting with the 40% eFG Mendoza line
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by Stop-n-Pop on
Dec 17, 2008 9:02 PM CST
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.200
in baseball. Hitting below .200 is the Mendoza line, named for some banjo hitter from yesteryear.
by SBG on
Dec 17, 2008 9:04 PM CST
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The idea in baseball
is that at that point you can’t use the guy, no matter how great he is at everything else.
by McCleak on
Dec 17, 2008 9:06 PM CST
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Unless you're Nick Punto...
…then you get $4 mil/year ;)
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by Stop-n-Pop on
Dec 17, 2008 9:07 PM CST
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Although...
…I don’t think Nicky Punto reached the Mendoza Line 2 years ago.
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by Stop-n-Pop on
Dec 17, 2008 9:08 PM CST
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He was actually under it for most of the season
but pulled it in the last month. He ended up with the lowest BA for someone who qualified for the title in something like 60 years.
by McCleak on
Dec 17, 2008 9:10 PM CST
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Worse than last year?
The scoring margin isn’t as bad, but my level of depression is right down there.
by SBG on
Dec 17, 2008 9:03 PM CST
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Yes...
…I think they are worse. They’re headed in all the wrong directions too. I’m sure the scoring margin will catch up to them.
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by Stop-n-Pop on
Dec 17, 2008 9:05 PM CST
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Offensively...
…they’re a mess. I think you could find some college teams with better guard play.
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by Stop-n-Pop on
Dec 17, 2008 9:06 PM CST
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At the rate we're going we'll have the pick of the college guards
by McCleak on
Dec 17, 2008 9:06 PM CST
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No...
…this is the year they get the #1 pick and Blake Griffin. ;)
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by Stop-n-Pop on
Dec 17, 2008 9:07 PM CST
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Because what this team needs is more power fowards
I can’t decide we’re the Northern Clippers or the Northern Hawks right now
by McCleak on
Dec 17, 2008 9:08 PM CST
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Davidson?
Liberty?
Look here junior, don't you be so happy.
And for Heaven's sake, don't you be so sad.
by E-6 on
Dec 17, 2008 9:07 PM CST
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Jennings...
…is starting to look good. He’s getting a year of professional training. They run a lot of pick and rolls and he’s taking his lumps against big guys in the lane. He wouldn’t get that type of experience in college.
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by Stop-n-Pop on
Dec 17, 2008 9:08 PM CST
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South Dakota State University?
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by Stop-n-Pop on
Dec 17, 2008 9:09 PM CST
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We should just draft some guards
Like Mayo and Chalmers, or something. Oy.
by SBG on
Dec 17, 2008 9:21 PM CST
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It’s almost like you’re cutting and pasting this comment header…
by jianfu on
Dec 17, 2008 9:13 PM CST
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Wolves = 41.5 eFG
Dangerously close to the Mendoza Line. We’ll have to come up with a new name for the b-ball line for bad shooting.
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by Stop-n-Pop on
Dec 17, 2008 9:10 PM CST
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The Rogers Line?
After Guy Rogers, Chamberlain’s very going PG who couldn’t shoot very well?
by McCleak on
Dec 17, 2008 9:17 PM CST
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It was right in front of our noses this whole time:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/breweco01.html
Career eFG: .391
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by Stop-n-Pop on
Dec 17, 2008 11:39 PM CST
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Not super fair
until he got hurt, Cory Brewer had shown significant inmporvement over last year. Im not saying he ever be more then a defensive role player, but he was shooting much better this year. he had a 60 point improvment on efg, 3 point improv in per and his OR improv by 10 points, all without sacrificing any D.
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by the Real Thor on
Dec 18, 2008 8:00 AM CST
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I'm not going to use it...
…on account of the injury and that he’s one of my favorite players. He does fit the bill though.
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by Stop-n-Pop on
Dec 18, 2008 8:20 AM CST
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