GameThread: vs. Washington
by wyn on Mar 9, 2009 7:00 PM CDT
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Washington Wizards at Minnesota Timberwolves, Mar 9, 2009 7:00 PM CDT
Tonight marks a week filled with opportunity for the struggling Timberwolves. Hosting the Wizards at 7 is the first contest in a 4-game homestand. Not only are the Wolves playing at home (which, no matter how empty the Target Center can be, beats playing on the road) against Washington, Memphis, New York and Charlotte. Every one of those teams is below .500, and while the Bobcats are playing very well lately, winning 3 of 4 is not a stretch.
But lets not get too far ahead of ourselves. The Wizards are having rough year with injuries galore, but there have been some bright spots. Two that have caught my eye are JaVale McGee and Andray Blatche. Feast your eyes on a pair of 7-footers:
Wow.
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At this pace....
Miller may get double digit shot attempts……oooooohhhh, easy now Mike. You may look selfish.
by Rascal Flatts on Mar 9, 2009 7:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
that wouldn't be basketball
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 7:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Foye attacking the paint
One thing I’ve noticed with Foye is a steady increase in FTA since last season. He needs to keep doing this and figuring out ways to draw fouls, even if they are the jump-into-the-defender cheap variety. It will really help offset his roller coaster jumpshot in terms of scoring efficiency.
by Rascal Flatts on Mar 9, 2009 7:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Forgot there was a game tonight
Losing to Washington on our home court would be kind of like a major benchmark for bad, wouldn’t it?
by TMiss on Mar 9, 2009 7:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I will say
that it’s nice to see a young, athletic pg on the floor when the starters are sitting down. Even if we don’t keep Brown, he looks better out there to me than Ollie.
by TMiss on Mar 9, 2009 7:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
oh yeah?
are they one of the more popular teams? I did not know that
by plinytheelder on Mar 9, 2009 8:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Compared to us?
I’d hate to know what Channel 45’s audience is when they locally b’cast Wolves games.
by TMiss on Mar 9, 2009 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
canus posters + canus lurkers + 3 = channel 45… coming at you in HD… but still bars on the left and right… which isn’t annoying at all.
by Pants_ on Mar 9, 2009 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate when people call the NBA "the association"
f***ing Canadian sports dudes do that all the time. Then they say things like “he’s got 2 free shots coming up”
by plinytheelder on Mar 9, 2009 8:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Atleast at the NBA level there isn’t as much “He’s just a great bAAASKETball player” (describing a guy who doesn’t fit a certain position and is good in college but you know won’t make it in the NBA)
by Pants_ on Mar 9, 2009 8:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Crowded in here
I should have brought a deck of cards and we could have played cribbage.
by TMiss on Mar 9, 2009 8:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
yep
…and it’s blacked out on league pass
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i'm listening to it but watching chicago miami
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i got to watch sactown beat denver last night..
….shaddy and Bobby Jackson helped out big time
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh that's good to hear
so McCants is playing well for them? Maybe he really did need a change of scenery
by plinytheelder on Mar 9, 2009 8:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
not really..
…but he had a few nice plays in the 4th….francisco garcia was huge for them last night.
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
really?
does that happen often? (I dont’ know anything about league pass)…seems like a ripoff after you’ve paid your $
by plinytheelder on Mar 9, 2009 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
they still haven't officially responded..
….to one of my 5 on-line complaints/requests….i’ve called the league office and they’ve completely washed their hands of it. it’s turner sports’ baby now. last year, the league owned it and gave me a free pass because i wrote about the team. this year, i paid and i don’t get shit.
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 8:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah I was very happy you ranted on this right away this year because I was about to get it myself.
by Pants_ on Mar 9, 2009 8:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's a fantastic...
….product when it works. I have 3 games up on my screen now and it’s very good quality. The kiddies are in bed and i have a screen full of NBA action. Next year I almost have my wife talked into getting Direct TV.
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 8:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah...
I got a big screen midseason. I’m planning on cable for the 2009-2010 season. It is hard to watch on a computer screen when you could have it on 42 inches.
by Pants_ on Mar 9, 2009 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's the route..
….we’re going. the tv we had now is getting a little old and it craps out. i got it on the day of the 41-0 vikings game. i was in the military at the time and we were going to have a few friends from minnesota over to watch the game. 45 minutes before it started, my oldest daughter (3 at the time) squirted a water gun into the back of the tv. It was fried. I made a mad dash to the best buy just off 78th in omahaand i got back to hook up the tv to see the vikes down 14-0.
i’m kind of hoping my youngest (4 now) decides to do the same thing so i can just go out and get a new one.
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 8:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's a complete rip off
don’t buy it on line until they get rid of the blackout rule….they literally steal your money
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 8:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
they steal from the middle class and give it to the French
by Pants_ on Mar 9, 2009 8:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hey...
…we’re all socialists now. ;)
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 8:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
would it work if you were further away?
I remember a post where you said you were in a “dead zone,” couldn’t get Mpls tv channels but too close for league pass. Man, that’s maddening
by plinytheelder on Mar 9, 2009 8:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes....
…20 miles further.
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 8:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think my favourite
was that dude who started responding to you in all caps, I CAN’T HELP YOU or something like that, good lord
by plinytheelder on Mar 9, 2009 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah...
…that belongs in the Customer Service Hall of Fame
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i asked...
..if it would help the team if i moved to omaha.
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 8:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hope this doesn't mean
they’re tightening up in an effort to keep the playoffs tightly under wrap.
I’ve never seen a league that hated its fans like this one. I feel like a little kid watching the Twins through a knothole and then getting rousted by ballpark security.
by TMiss on Mar 9, 2009 8:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i hope not...
…they have been running some in game content for the TNT game of the week on nba.com….you can watch the game from like 4 different camera angles. It’s actually kind of cool. They put 2 cameras on the 2 best players and you can follow them around the court. That being said, I suspect a large chunk of the playoffs will not be on league pass.
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
they don't have the playoffs on league pass?
by plinytheelder on Mar 9, 2009 8:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i don't think they will this season
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 8:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's insane -
you pay for league pass and they only give you the reg. season?
by plinytheelder on Mar 9, 2009 8:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's a terrible way to sell a product..
…completely tied into the cable system. one of the big problems with going broadband is that some of these companies are going to have a hard time giving up their cable tv part of the empire.
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 8:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ah so that's the rationale
they don’t want to take $ away from the cable channels. This is why we need socialism. ;)
by plinytheelder on Mar 9, 2009 8:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
SnP correct me here but…
If the game is on tv where you “live” broadcast or nationally on cable then it is blackedout in the regular season. It would stand to reason that almost every game is national in the playoffs, so every game is blacked out.
by Pants_ on Mar 9, 2009 8:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's probably right...
…i’ll get on the customer service chat line and find out. i really haven’t thought much about the playoffs. to be honest, with the wolves out, i don’t watch until the conference finals.
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 8:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Telfair
Cardinal
Love
Gomes
Miller
1 Guard and 4 Forwards
by Pants_ on Mar 9, 2009 8:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh my..
….Derrick Rose just killed Chris Quinn on a cross over. Amazing.
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 8:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Sheesh
This place has livened up now that the Wolves aren’t being streamed. Mmmmm……
by Rascal Flatts on Mar 9, 2009 8:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
speaking of gab..
…did anyone else see d-wade finally get tossed for arguing a non-call?
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 8:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
really?
wow, they tossed Wade…bet that ref is going to get a talking-to from Stern heh
by plinytheelder on Mar 9, 2009 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It looks like Washington will pull one game closer to the Wolves. Come on back Gilbert.
by Pants_ on Mar 9, 2009 8:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
sacramento and okc won this week too
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 8:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
man this sounds ugly
what’s with all the 3-pt plays
by plinytheelder on Mar 9, 2009 8:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
holy crap is that Glen Taylor in this ad?
WHOA!!! if you lose your job you get your money back? never heard of that before.
by plinytheelder on Mar 9, 2009 9:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
it's the hyundai plan
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 9:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
maybe he can put a thing..
….in the plan about an on-line offering. That should be allowed on a team-by-team basis.
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 9:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
well at least it’s not his knee it sounds like
by plinytheelder on Mar 9, 2009 9:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
shit
right leg
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 9:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
please be just an ankle
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 9:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
helped off..
….it sounds like
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 9:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
sounds like
Foye went up to get a lob and came down bad on his ankle
by plinytheelder on Mar 9, 2009 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i spoke too soon..
….about wade and the heat. the refs are now doing everything in their power to win the game for the heat.
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 9:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
OK...
…with Foye out, I will shoot this kitten if Mike Miller doesn’t take at least 15 shots per game. It’s called blackmail Mike. It was invented a long f’ing time ago. Perhaps you’ve heard of it.
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 9:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
well guess this one's over
night all, it’s been a pleasure
by plinytheelder on Mar 9, 2009 9:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
ditto...
…adios.
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 9:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
wait
don’t we get to see the kitten get it?
by TMiss on Mar 9, 2009 9:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
i'll feed it to my sister's
pit bull/boxer.
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 9:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
we'll also find a turtle..
…to do this to his shoes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDiR7UxI8Ow&eurl=http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/page/2&feature=player_embedded
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by Stop-n-Pop on Mar 9, 2009 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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