Huffington Post: LeBron Makes Nicolas Batum Fall Down With Amazing Crossover

[Spud147]

I've never had a problem with businesses trying to maximize profits. I simply think that government's role is to define the boundaries that companies can go to in that pursuit. I believe in both capitalism and socialism, and every democratic nation is a mixture of both. The debate always has been, and always should be, how much of each should be in the mix.

And I don't think Batum flopped. I think when you play defense that tight on a guy, you run the risk of occasionally overcommitting and looking silly. It's an occupational hazard of good defense. Ewing was a great defender and endured endless mocking for his famous "posterization" moments...because he actually challenged dunks whereas many lesser defenders conceded them.

Regarding economic opinions - I think I should always make the most money of everyone. Just my opinion.

Regarding Nic flopping - when I saw the video it looked like he was anticipating LeBron driving on him and started to run backwards and then tried to recover when he realized he was going to shoot. It almost looks like he tripped on the heal of his own shoe and fell with a lot of backward momentum... that's why he slid so far. The slide doesn't look like a fake flop to me at all. Usually the floppers fall right straight down on the ground so they don't hurt themselves (this is why Vlade was able to do this successfully as a chain smoking 70 year old center without fear of arthritis). If he really did intend to flop someone needs to pull him aside and tell him he doesn't need to be so enthusiastic about it... he's going to break his arse if he keeps doing that.

 

[Minstrel]

Regarding economic opinions - I think I should always make the most money of everyone. Just my opinion.

I think that economic theory is called onanism.

 

[Spud147]

I think that economic theory is called onanism.

No it's called Spudonanism because I don't think anyone deserves onanism besides me. Or maybe that's called a Spudictatorship.

 

[barfo]

No it's called Spudonanism because I don't think anyone deserves onanism besides me. Or maybe that's called a Spudictatorship.

No one but you deserves to have their dead husband's brother refuse to impregnate them? That is an unusual economic theory, I think.

barfo

 

[julius]

If I want to find out what a bunch of uninformed newbs think about the NBA, I'll go watch ESPN.

 

[jlprk]

What's wrong with us right here? Did we hurt your feelings?

 

[julius]

What's wrong with us right here? Did we hurt your feelings?

huh?

Instead of going to huffington post, I said i'd go to another website/source that has no idea about basketball other then what they're told.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

If I want to find out what a bunch of uninformed newbs think about the NBA, I'll go watch ESPN.

huh?

Instead of going to huffington post, I said i'd go to another website/source that has no idea about basketball other then what they're told.

I have a news tab set up for the Portland Trail Blazers in Google News so today when I was looking for Blazer articles it popped up. I wouldn't normally go to Huffington Post for sports but I saw the article in the Google News search results so I decided to post it.

 

[jlprk]

What's wrong with all of us uninformed newbs right here?

(If you have to explain it, don't bother...)

 

[Spud147]

No one but you deserves to have their dead husband's brother refuse to impregnate them? That is an unusual economic theory, I think.

barfo

I don't know if that's a compliment or an insult. I'm leaning toward insult but I'm not 100% on that. The one thing I am 100% on is that if I was smarter I'd be able to figure it out.

 

[barfo]

I don't know if that's a compliment or an insult. I'm leaning toward insult but I'm not 100% on that. The one thing I am 100% on is that if I was smarter I'd be able to figure it out.

Definitely neither compliment nor insult, just a question. I'm a curious cat.

barfo

 

[barfo]

Regarding economic opinions - I think I should always make the most money of everyone. Just my opinion.

I think that economic theory is called onanism.

It occurs to me that this not-very-well known song is rather apt here:

You can’t be happy while some one else has a fistful
They glow from tv screens healthy strong and fiscal
And everybody slaps their back while you’re alone with a wristful
Jerking to the rhythm of success

barfo

 

[Minstrel]

No one but you deserves to have their dead husband's brother refuse to impregnate them? That is an unusual economic theory, I think.

barfo

Man, I was just saying that Spud's economic desires sounded masturbatory. I don't know what you're on about but it sounds dirty.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I don't know if that's a compliment or an insult. I'm leaning toward insult but I'm not 100% on that. The one thing I am 100% on is that if I was smarter I'd be able to figure it out.

Genesis 38. Onan was Judah's second son. His brother Er died before siring an heir, so Judah instructed Onan to provide an heir for him. Onan lay with Er's widow, but "pulled out" before completing his responsibility. God struck him dead for his selfishness.

I know that nobody really wanted to know, but I couldn't help myself.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Man, I was just saying that Spud's economic desires sounded masturbatory. I don't know what you're on about but it sounds dirty.

Onan's sin, biblically speaking, wasn't in masturbation but in not performing the duties he was supposed to do (impregnating the widowed wife, so that the dead guy's family would continue) because he wanted his kids to be his heirs, not his brother's.

EDIT: didn't see Platypus's take.

 

[Minstrel]

Onan's sin, biblically speaking, wasn't in masturbation but in not performing the duties he was supposed to do (impregnating the widowed wife, so that the dead guy's family would continue) because he wanted his kids to be his heirs, not his brother's.

EDIT: didn't see Platypus's take.

Yeah, I wasn't aware of the Biblical reference, of Onan.

 

[barfo]

Man, I was just saying that Spud's economic desires sounded masturbatory. I don't know what you're on about but it sounds dirty.

Well, what puzzled me is that you were telling Spud that her economic desires were not just masturbatory, but specifically male masturbatory. Hard for Spud to spill her seed on the ground by jerking to the rhythm of success, I'd think?

barfo

 

[Minstrel]

Well, what puzzled me is that you were telling Spud that her economic desires were not just masturbatory, but specifically male masturbatory. Hard for Spud to spill her seed on the ground by jerking to the rhythm of success, I'd think?

I think you're over-complicating it.

And, if we don't use the Bible version of Onan, but the more general cultural version of the word "onanism," does it still connote specifically male masturbation? I didn't think so. When I wikipedia'd "onanism" it redirected me to the general masturbation entry.

And wikipedia is a pretty well-established authority on what people believe is true.

 

[barfo]

I think you're over-complicating it.

And, if we don't use the Bible version of Onan, but the more general cultural version of the word "onanism," does it still connote specifically male masturbation? I didn't think so. When I wikipedia'd "onanism" it redirected me to the general masturbation entry.

And wikipedia is a pretty well-established authority on what people believe is true.

Probably so. It's just that I'm such a big bible scholar, I go directly for the vaguely biblical interpretation.

barfo

 

[BrianFromWA]

^^Seminary show off. Pun intended.

 

[Minstrel]

Probably so. It's just that I'm such a big bible scholar, I go directly for the vaguely biblical interpretation.

Makes sense. You are a liberal which, in the oldest sense of the word, means a student of the Bible.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Makes sense. You are a liberal witch.

Fixed!

 

[Minstrel]

Fixed!

Repped. Nicely done.

 

[barfo]

I am not a witch.


I am a warlock with tigerblood. Winning!

barfo

 

[BBert]

Genesis 38. Onan was Judah's second son. His brother Er died before siring an heir, so Judah instructed Onan to provide an heir for him. Onan lay with Er's widow, but "pulled out" before completing his responsibility. God struck him dead for his selfishness.

I know that nobody really wanted to know, but I couldn't help myself.

Cool story. It reminds me of the movie "The Year One." I love satire, especially about crazy or corrupt people inventing religious doctrine.