Let The Dog Days Begin..........

[THE HCP]

The next 6 weeks will suck ass my friends. Guys will show up the first week of September, but this is def the beginning of the worst time of year. Just hopped on here and there are 10 people on here and only 3 members. The MVPs of the forum......BrianFromTheMiddleEast, PapaG and myself!

At least it's only 40 days til the Ducks kick off!

 

[MickZagger]

The good thing is they sell astroglide in 5lb buckets these days.

 

[KingSpeed]

I like the break. Cuz once it starts up again, it runs my life.

 

[NOVoodoo]

I'm looking for some sort of basketball fix right now, and the closest thing I can find is the FIBA Americans Championships start in late August and run til mid-September.

USA is exempt from competing, but there should still be a lot of NBA players in it. I looked for rosters, and although I couldn't find any, I know that Venezuela's probably going to have Greivis Vasquez playing, as the host country. Canada, Brazil, and Argentina could fill their rosters full of NBA/NCAA/Euroleague talent, and the Dominican Republic could bring in guys like Horford, Villanueva, Garcia, and the 2015 lotto prospect Karl Towns.

Traditionally, the winner of the tournament gets an automatic bid into the next Olympics, so I wouldn't be surprised if guys like Horford, Splitter, Huertas, Barbosa, and Thompson participated. I guess the question is whether or not the old guys from Argentina will participate (Ginobili, Scola, Delfino, Nocioni, etc.).

I'd at least watch the final four of that tournament.

 

[BrianFromWA]

The next 6 weeks will suck ass my friends. Guys will show up the first week of September, but this is def the beginning of the worst time of year. Just hopped on here and there are 10 people on here and only 3 members. The MVPs of the forum......BrianFromTheMiddleEast, PapaG and myself!

At least it's only 40 days til the Ducks kick off!

To be fair, I'm only here because Julius and I are covering Sly's shifts while he's serving Denny's double-secret probation.

 

[jlprk]

The next 6 weeks will suck ass my friends.

You can make fast money...with this Mexican mower!

http://mashable.com/2013/07/22/honda-mean-mower/

 

[crandc]

The A's are in first place. What more could I ask for?

 

[illmatic99]

USAB camp updates should start coming from today. Scrimmage amongst the teams on the 25th (not sure if this is televised). I'm hoping Dame makes some noise here. Have you guys noticed how every player that competes in these sessions comes out beasting the season after? KLove/Kyrie/Holiday/Curry etc.

Also, Eurobasket starts up in < 2 months. Nic is playing this year. We get at most like a month off. Could use it tbh.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Also, Eurobasket starts up in < 2 months. Nic is playing this year. We get at most like a month off. Could use it tbh.

Here's the website. Starts September 4th. Which means there will be warmup games in August. Kostas Papanikolaou better not play well.

As far as I know, Claver, Batum and Freeland will all be playing, as well as ex-Blazers Khryapa, Monia, Rudy & Sergio and never-weres like KP and Petteri Koponen (Finland having made it for the first time). It's in Slovenia, and they'll have a formidable front line of Vucevic and Pekovic.

 

[BrianFromWA]

you mean, Kostas Papanikolou that signed a 4 year deal with Barcelona? Yeah, I'd much rather have him as the MVP of the Spanish League than Robinson putting in 20 minutes of good work a night for us for the next 3 years minimum

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Still hoping that a big trade goes down for the Blazers during the dog days.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

you mean, Kostas Papanikolou that signed a 4 year deal with Barcelona?

That's the one. I bet the Bulls are kicking themselves for selecting Mirotic who is still under contract with Real Madrid, when they could've had some immediate help, like we got with our pick of Nolan Smith.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Still hoping that a big trade goes down for the Blazers during the dog days.

So is Denny, I bet.

 

[blazedanugz]

might be a good thing, I can only take so much Meyers bashing and LMA trade scenarios

 

[HailBlazers]

might be a good thing, I can only take so much Meyers bashing and LMA trade scenarios

lol, riight

 

[THE HCP]

@briancmahoney: NBA TV to broadcast from USA Basketball minicamp Tues at 3 pm EDT and televise intrasquad exhibition Thursday night at 9.


Sent from HCPs Baller-Ass iPhone 5...FAMS!

 

[illmatic99]

Here's the website. Starts September 4th. Which means there will be warmup games in August. Kostas Papanikolaou better not play well.

As far as I know, Claver, Batum and Freeland will all be playing, as well as ex-Blazers Khryapa, Monia, Rudy & Sergio and never-weres like KP and Petteri Koponen (Finland having made it for the first time). It's in Slovenia, and they'll have a formidable front line of Vucevic and Pekovic.

Ya don't really care about any of those guys except for Nic.

 

[THE HCP]

I do get sick of those 10..... Would you trade so-in-so for so-in-so threads that pop up EVERY day!


Sent from HCPs Baller-Ass iPhone 5...FAMS!

 

[ABM]

For me, it's more like the dodge days. <sigh>

 

[BlazerBeav]

Who's thinking basketball this time of year? We have football coming! Kickoff in Corvallis in 40 days!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Ya don't really care about any of those guys except for Nic.

Hey, think of it as like Summer League. Only with a fair number of actually good NBA players.
Tony Parker
Marc Gasol
Pekovic
Rubio
(maybe) Luol Deng
(maybe) Kirilenko

And the youngsters
Valanciunas
Dennis Schroeder
Karasev
Fournier

And many more!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Who's thinking basketball this time of year? We have football coming! Kickoff in Corvallis in 40 days!

"Football" you say? That's that bizarre hybrid of sumo and chess played in fancy dress, where there's 3 seconds of action surrounded by twenty minutes of ad breaks, right? Never understood why they called it football.

 

[Charcoal Filtered]

Hall of Fame game is less than two weeks away for NFL and the Timbers/Thorns are still playing.

Besides, this has been a beautiful summer. Too much to do outside to worry about watching TV.

 

[crandc]

A's down 3-0, scored a run in the 6th, run in the 7th, two runs in the 8th, win game, still in first place by three games. I'm a happy cat.

 

[Draco]

Well the Blazers haven't played a meaningful game in over 4 months so we've got through most the waiting.

 

[THE HCP]

I can't believe we haven't had measurable rain in over a month and why does crandc always have pictures like that as here avatar. Why always fight the fight? There has to be more to you than just your sexuality. It doesn't always have to be about lesbian or gay rights does it. I'm not offended by your pics, just a tad annoyed. move on and live your life as a woman, not a gay woman.

 

[THE HCP]

Wow, where did that come from?

 

[jlprk]

Your wife must be posting from her phone.

Other posters have political signatures, like ABM. I don't mind her avatar. I'll still tell her off when she blindly hates men, but I don't mind her balancing the board with alternative dirty pictures.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Turns out neither Deng nor Freeland will be playing for GB. That sucks. (Even sadder: the reason Freeland isn't playing is because he's concentrating on his career with Portland, when we're all trying to work out ways to end it.)

However Freeland, as widely anticipated, is to focus on preparing for his next campaign with the Portland Trailblazers.
“It’s a tough decision for me, because I have been with GB for everything up to this moment,” the forward said. “I remain fully committed and very motivated to continue to be a part of the National Team and continue to help build the programme in an effort to take it as far as we possibly can.
“At this time, it’s crucial that I remain with my NBA work, as it is a pretty pivotal part of my career.”

I've always thought that Ben Gordon should play. He's eligible because he was born in London, and he keeps flirting with the team but never showing up. I think it would do his image good, and I think his game is ideal for the international game. Maybe he believes he's a star and doesn't need the exposure, but if so, he's sadly mistaken.

 

[maxiep]

Who's thinking basketball this time of year? Kickoff in Corvallis in 40 days!

Cow tipping season is that soon?