Knicks Morning News (2024.03.07)

Evan Mobley with a gruesome ankle sprain, apparently he went up for a dunk, and landed on his own foot!

The sky is green.

The sky is green.

The sky is green.

The sky is green.

Now, Bill Parcells once famously said the sky is blue but what he really meant is that you have to apply context and reason and when you apply context and reason, the sky is green.

And when we insist that the sky is green, we’re not “fighting” with anyone. We’re just expressing our opinion. Feel free to disagree.

You boys enjoy.

Hang in, geo.

The sky is green.

The sky is green.

The sky is green.

The sky is green.

Now, Bill Parcells once famously said the sky is blue but what he really meant is that you have to apply context and reason and when you apply context and reason, the sky is green.

And when we insist that the sky is green, we’re not “fighting” with anyone. We’re just expressing our opinion. Feel free to disagree.

Abraham Lincoln is factually one of the greatest mass murderers in American history. That is an inarguable fact…. now apply context….

Your witness….

I don’t think that Lincoln is ahead of Trump. Remember that small COVID incident where he had great influence in killing millions of Americans? (And now we’re likely about to re-elect him to do it some more, albeit in some other nefarious way.)

Nets say Ben Simmons is out for the rest of the season while they explore more options for his back injury. Yeesh.

Towns out with a torn meniscus, that is a bummer for the league

damn, Simmons should just retire and do something he enjoys

Woj claims Minnesota isn’t sure if he’ll have to miss a lot of time. But that still stinks for both the league and for fans of that franchise, who have never had a team this good before, even in the Garnett years.

It sucks, but at least they have Naz Reid, who is pretty good.

Once bright side, it’s nice we had our injuries before the trade deadline.

Alan, that’s not true. The Timberwolves were 58-24 in 2003-2004, which is a better record than they have right now. That was a team featuring the aforementioned Garnett, along with Sam Cassell and Latrell Sprewell.

I don’t think that Lincoln is ahead of Trump. Remember that small COVID incident where he had great influence in killing millions of Americans? (And now we’re likely about to re-elect him to do it some more, albeit in some other nefarious way.)

I didn’t come here to discuss politics as there are many more appropriate venues for that.

I alluded to politics (Lincoln) to illustrate a fact can be a certifiable fact and give an unclear picture, but often we get a better picture of the truth by viewing that fact in context. I don’t know why anyone would argue with that.

That indeed is once bright side, ess-dog.

Thank goodness Doggie is here to clarify those confusing, confounding typos in a peer-reviewed blog

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/bismack-biyombo-collapses-on-nba-court-mid-game/ar-BB1juCtr?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=d9963a40aa27454e9f8a9ca774d80482&ei=17

Anyone else see this? It seems rather underplayed. It isn’t normal for a fit healthy young human to suddenly pass out at a basketball game.

Cdiggy, I know you’re super-busy, but I hope you get to pause during the day to make fun of your boss and bask in the sunshine:

From the 1:52 mark of the first quarter to the 6:56 mark of the third, the Lakers were outscored 71-31.

It’s “Doogie,” rama, not “Doggie.” But I also know that you already know that. It’s right there at the top of each one of my posts. 🙂

Mike Tyson is coming out of retirement at 58 to fight Jake Paul.

If he can do that at 58, maybe that opens up the pool of backup PGs we can consider. 😉

BrunsonPeroneusLongus cutting a path through rhetorical underbrush using nuance as a machete.

but often we get a better picture of the truth by viewing that fact in context. I don’t know why anyone would argue with that.

And sometimes we get a worse picture of the truth because our sources of that “supposed truth” are corrupt, incompetent or politically motivated. There’s even some of that in basketball.

Thank goodness Doggie is here to clarify those confusing, confounding typos in a peer-reviewed blog

I think you mean “Doogie,” rama: the resident poster with crippling OCD/Autism who comes here to masturbate in the corner. Just let him do his thing.

I don’t have either OCD or autism, but I do know people that do have it, and it’s not something that is funny in any way, shape, or form, and the people who suffer from it do not deserve any derision or judgment from the likes of an illiterate a-hole like you.

And I don’t know anything about masturbating in a corner other than that it sounds pretty danged uncomfortable. :-S

I mean, injuries are just a way of life in the NBA, but damned if this season just feels particularly snake-bitten in terms of teams having their title chances ripped away by injuries (Memphis, Philly and now probably Minny).

Gosh I miss the days where I learned shit on this blog about statistics and math. Arguing about which all in one metrics are best was so much better than this dreck.

Where have you gone, PT Milo? Our Knicks blog turns its lonely eyes to you.

It’s ironic that the guy who spouts more “the sky is green”drivel than anyone here insists that everyone else is colorblind. No offense to the colorblind.

This place HAS somewhat descended into petty squabbles of late about everything from spelling (really?) to Thibs, some of it interesting but much of it beating of drums with blinders on, if I can mix my auditory with visual. I guess that’s always been the case here, but it feels more one-dimensional than usual.

I’m going into the game tomorrow with super-low expectations. First objective is to watch Deuce and enjoy any continued signs of growth. Second is to see if any of our mid-sized gunners break out of their short- or long-term slumps. Finally, must decide which of Thib’s minutes distributions is the most onerous to complain about.

I’d really like a win, but those almost feel like gifts right now.

Any new word on our injured guys?

Alan, that’s not true. The Timberwolves were 58-24 in 2003-2004, which is a better record than they have right now. That was a team featuring the aforementioned Garnett, along with Sam Cassell and Latrell Sprewell.

Perfect example of ..”often we get a better picture of the truth by viewing that fact in context.” Yes, better record, but both no.1 seeds, Cassell and Latrell were 35 and 34, KG in his prime as the best player on either team, but no budding star in Ant-man. Not sure which team I would prefer.

I’m on the spectrum but I’m rather more tolerant of typos than Doogie. On the other hand, I’m 31 and so grew up on the internet, where typos are endemic. My neuroses are more sensory and social than typographical.

Also: total bummer regarding Towns. I was rooting for Minnesota to get to at least the WCF–which now seems unlikely.

Yes. My son is 31 and also grew up on the Internet, but (independently of me) still hates all of the typographical errors that he sees. On here, it’s the *purposeful* misspellings of player names that are particularly galling. I can’t imagine someone who wants to act even dumber than they already might be.

Doogie, people aren’t acting dumb, they are telling you to fuck off. That you are the least bit annoyed by that is troubling, since you purposely try to bring it on. You have been told to shut the fuck up about your corrections a zillion times, yet you just keep on keeping on. So just own the way that people react to it and stop trying to put it on them.

Chris Haynes article on KD has this headline:

KD 1-on-1: What Keeps Him Going at 35, Ignoring Haters and More

there is absolutely no player in the NBA worse at ignoring the haters than Durant, he should start posting here

It’s not just the corrections, it’s the condescending smarm that comes with them that makes Dookie a first tier Knickerblogger troll.

By example, my post (this one) is guilty of the exact problem in that —

The more we argue about THE WAY we argue (or spell?!), the less oxygen/space/patience/love there is for the argument itself.

As Dua Lipa says to Polonius, “More matter with less art.” (And that means me, too.)

Eager for your report, Raven. Tell Thibs to run more offense through iHart.

First objective is to watch Deuce and enjoy any continued signs of growth.

I still believe this Brunson injury is the result of a monkey’s paw wish you made for Deuce to not lose playing time after the Shake acquisition.

I actually view the correcting differently. First, while part of the purposeful mis-spellings are ‘fuck you’s, especially lately because it’s all become excessive, the thing that seems inexplicable to Doogie but completely understandable to the rest of the world is that mis-spellings can be funny. Childish, sure, like a fart joke, but fart jokes are almost always funny regardless.

That’s partly the reason for the unfortunate spectrum accusations, because if Doogie’s not actually fucking with us (which if he is, kudos I guess), then there’s a gaping hole in his understanding of some basic cultural truths.

One of the three objectives of this site is humor. Doesn’t have to be your humor, but spending your time trying to convince people that what they find funny isn’t, is a serious losing proposition. Because, well, you’re just wrong. They DO find it funny. And that’s okay. And nobody gets hurt by a mis-spelling.

An occasional spelling correction is fine, especially as we can all imagine it’s being partly ironic and tongue-in-cheek. Even if it’s not.

Misspelling player names is fun. Mitchspelling too.

EDIT: Lord Raven got there first!

Hubert, if only I had that kind of power. A lot of things would be different (and one of them would be Brunson wouldn’t be injured…).

One big piece of excitement, such as it is, is that it might be the Milt Shake game. I’ve been impressed with the short interviews so far, he seems like a smart and likeable guy.

Misspelling Alec Burks’ name (a very easy name to spell, by the way) on purpose when one knows how it is correctly spelled is, in fact, the definition of “acting dumb.” 🙂

And I don’t like fart jokes, either. I’m not 12 years old. Come to think of it, I didn’t think fart jokes were funny when I *was* 12 years old.

Z–man, I’m most definitely not “trying to bring it on.” If it disappeared today and never re-appeared, I would be quite happy about it!

Fwiw, we spell Burks’s name with more accuracy than he shoots a basketball

This isn’t a comment about the ongoing discussion, Burks just sucks at basketball

Misspelling player names is fun.

so is farting

like a fart joke, but fart jokes are almost always funny regardless.

when you think about it…i don’t know if there are really “fart jokes”…the action of doing it is funny and normally the “joke” is around the story of the situation in which it was let loose…but George Carlin certainly made jokes about it…and those we’re funny….like “two people in an elevator…someone farts…everybody knows who did it”….

Fwiw, we spell Burks’s name with more accuracy than he shoots a basketball

LOL

Also, the KAT news sucks for the sport and this feels like the hospice care announcement of Ben Simmons’ career.

It’s not just the corrections, it’s the condescending smarm that comes with them that makes Dookie a first tier Knickerblogger troll.

Honestly I find it all the same in principle.

Doogie’s pastime is finding a word that is misspelled.

Others pastime is to search for a single sentence they can find the slightest fault with, then they isolate that sentence from the main argument to make an unnecessary correction while completely losing track of the actual point. An argument for the sake of an argument.

It’s the same level of pedantry, IMO. I wouldn’t call it trolling, though. I believe it does come from a sincere desire to connect and communicate, it’s just done unskillfully.

Misspelling Alec Burks’ name (a very easy name to spell, by the way) on purpose when one knows how it is correctly spelled is, in fact, the definition of “acting dumb.” 🙂

And I don’t like fart jokes, either. I’m not 12 years old. Come to think of it, I didn’t think fart jokes were funny when I *was* 12 years old.

Jesus fucking christ I’m really wondering why I bother with this site anymore.

The only thing that will be fun to watch tomorrow is Brunson back playing and the Knicks win.

Hubert, I certainly don’t *look* for words or names that are misspelled—they just happen to be there. Again, if I actually *did* search for misspellings and ultimately found none, I would be very, very happy about that.

I suspect this is as suspect as any of Strat’s use of horse-racing experience to make a basketball point, but it sure seems like the science of load management is NOT leading to a decrease in star basketball players going down with injuries.

Probably just a biased take based on it being such a prevalent situation with our team at the moment. But still.

I’ll say it super slow this time, Doogie.

Stop
trying
to
convince
us
that
something
we
find
funny
isn’t.

I believe it does come from a sincere desire to connect and communicate, it’s just done unskillfully.

Nah, I disagree. Internet Grammar Police do what they do because it makes them feel intellectually and culturally superior to others. It’s all about signaling how smart the Grammar Policeman is, and especially how much smarter they are than others. It’s performative in nature.

Hey Max, yesterday i went to see my team play basketball against some turkish team, and it was enjoyable. Being used to the NBA i thought it’d be a more “painful” experience. Eheh. But moving on, that’s not what i was trying to tell you… we won by 10 and if we manage to survive the game in Turkey, we’ll get to FIBA Europe Cup’s semifinals to play against… drumroll… VARESE! 😉

I started texting with proper grammar due to talking to a girl who was a language arts teacher so I tried to impress her by making it seem like I was kinda smart.

JK47, you are wrong. I don’t feel anything at all when I think about you. Which is never. LOL

there is absolutely no player in the NBA worse at ignoring the haters than Durant, he should start posting here

Barely noon and already a post of the day winner

The best approach to Droopie is to totally ignore him. He can’t force you to care that you made a minor typo on a message board about the New York Knicks. It’s definitely annoying he clogs up the threads with this garbage, which is objectively way more grating than misspellings of Aron Brocks’ name, so just let him to whine into the void.

I think the discourse here has been a slog lately because the team has been a slog lately. We haven’t been good, but no one would be good with 3-4 starters missing so there’s not much to talk about. For the same reason we haven’t been bad in some kind of compelling or interesting way. Hopefully the discourse bounces back as our guys bounce back.

Here’s something interesting: the Mavs may well hand us a pick that allows us to draft Isaiah Collier, who was mocked at #1 overall for a decent portion of the season before tumbling due to his many, many flaws. I’d still take him in the 14-17 range in a heartbeat.

How about those Knicks huh? No game for us tonight, but we can root against the heat on TNT

I did not expect to feel badly about an injury to another team’s player, but I do – Minny has had such a hard road to relevance, it’s a bummer. Them, Denver, OKC – west playoffs were looking spicy.

Simmons and the Nets, on the other hand…

Ah for the time before the pedagogues seized language.

In other news, Katz with a piece about potentially falling into the play-in. I dunno, part of me is OK with that, even if it means facing Boston. Sure we’d probably lose, but we looked so good with OG (and Randle still playing) that it would be a great narrative if everyone could play and we shocked the world. It would feel almost as good as a championship to knock out the C’s in the first round.

Mostly I just want everyone to get healthy and then let the chips fall where they may.

Sometimes it’s spellcheck that seizes language. For example, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it was spellcheck that changed Doogie into Doggie.

The effort around here to organize “boycotts” of people, doomed to failure from the get-go yet still earnestly advocated, is pretty funny.

The thing about the cartoon of Pepe le Peu (sp.) “proving” him to be a rapist was laugh out loud funny.

Yes Cyber!

Our teams could meet in the (not first rate) FIBA Europe Cup Semifinals! 😀

Glad you enjoy the mid-level european basketball experience 😉

Nah, I disagree. Internet Grammar Police do what they do because it makes them feel intellectually and culturally superior to others. It’s all about signaling how smart the Grammar Policeman is, and especially how much smarter they are than others. It’s performative in nature.

You could be right. My sense of Doogie, though, is that he is kind and this trait of his is reflexive, like hitting him in the knee with a tomahawk hammer. Hence I’ve always found it to be an endearing quirk, like the friend I have who can’t pronounce salmon.

I mean, injuries are just a way of life in the NBA, but damned if this season just feels particularly snake-bitten in terms of teams having their title chances ripped away by injuries (Memphis, Philly and now probably Minny).

If you made a list of the teams with the most impactful injuries this year, I bet most of them to either win the title or be “over” on wins for the season. It’s going to take some good playoff handicapping for me make any money on my NBA gambling this year. Thankfully I’m ahead a little on individual games so far to cushion the blow.

—

Fred delivering:

@FredKatz

OG Anunoby is going through contact drills and is playing five-on-five now, Tom Thibodeau said. Sounds like he’s getting closer. Thibodeau said he’s now day to day, but he hasn’t been cleared to fully play yet.

How about those Knicks huh? No game for us tonight, but we can root against the heat on TNT

I hate rooting for Dallas, but I think a Dallas win over the Heat is probably pretty important for us from both directions. We don’t want Dallas to fall apart completely and suddenly find themselves in a position to drop out of the play-in. We know Cuban will tank to keep a pick, especially because the Mavs are disappointing again and panic is going to start sinking in if it looks like Doncic is not happy with the direction of the team. Cuban may want to keep that pick so he can trade it.

“I fart in your general direction” from Holy Grail was a pretty funny fart joke, particularly given the context.

like the friend I have who can’t pronounce salmon.

my grandma never could…

Was just about to post the injury update on OG, thank God he should be back any day now.

I think the discourse here has been a slog lately because the team has been a slog lately. We haven’t been good, but no one would be good with 3-4 starters missing so there’s not much to talk about. For the same reason we haven’t been bad in some kind of compelling or interesting way. Hopefully the discourse bounces back as our guys bounce back.

This has seemed to be the problem to me. We’re desperately trying to keep our heads above water while missing two of our top three players for weeks, missing our starting center for months, having his backup periodically hobbled, and missing our best player every now and then from minor injuries. Outside of ongoing episodes of NCIS: Thibs Minutes Police, there’s no one to blame and little to discuss. We could gripe more about the Detroit guys playing poorly, but if the team was at full health, Burks wouldn’t be playing and Bogey would only play when he was shooting well, or in specific matchups where his defense wouldn’t be an issue.

And when there’s so little to talk about, the debates get really granular, repetitive, and at times nasty. It sucks to watch the team at the moment, and it sucks to try talking about them.

OG Anunoby is going through contact drills and is playing five-on-five now, Tom Thibodeau said. Sounds like he’s getting closer. Thibodeau said he’s now day to day, but he hasn’t been cleared to fully play yet.

That should help on both ends of the floor.

We needed some good news.

Thank you, Hubert. You’ve got me pegged, and as one of the few people on here whose opinion I value, that kind of made my day.

on that carlin album…i believe that was his first foray into the whole fart’s are funny bit…he has all these sayings for when someone farts and you have a comeback to it…whenever my son and I wanted a laugh we would cite one of them….”if you’re sick…go to the hospital” (said in a gruff NY city/jerky boy accent”)

We know Cuban will tank to keep a pick, especially because the Mavs are disappointing again and panic is going to start sinking in if looks like Doncic is not happy with the direction of the team. He may want to trade that pick.

Will he want to tank again? Doncic was not happy with how things went at the end of last season. And if you assume, correctly, that Dallas’ number one priority is keeping that guy from developing a wandering eye, you can’t actively try to make the lottery again. I have to believe they’ll make the play-in, in which case we get the pick.

Plus, wouldn’t letting the pick transfer finally unlock their ability to trade another pick or two? I know they’ve already sent out ones in the Kyrie deal and their activities at this deadline.

When I really need a good laugh I’ll go on YouTube and search for Rodney Dangerfield appearances on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.

shoot …just getting OG in there and achiuwa out of the starting 5 will be huge…can start watching the first 8 minutes again…

Joseph Pujol (June 1, 1857 – August 8, 1945), better known by his stage name Le Pétomane (/ləˈpɛtəmeɪn/,[1] French pronunciation: [ləpetɔman]), was a French flatulist (professional fartist) and entertainer. He was famous for his remarkable control of the abdominal muscles, which enabled him to seemingly fart at will.[2] His stage name combines the French verb péter, “to fart” with the -mane, “-maniac” suffix, which translates to “fartomaniac”. The profession is referred to as “flatulist”, “farteur”, or “fartiste”.[3]

Knowing that we have an international group here, I shouldn’t say it, but I will anyway:

“Leave it to the French to find hilarity from a guy farting in a silent movie.”

The Mavs would have to tank pretty hard to fall out of the play-in, they’re like 6 up on the 11 seed.

Early Bird Writessays:
March 7, 2024 at 12:17
Fwiw, we spell Burks’s name with more accuracy than he shoots a basketball

The essence of humor, context, truth.

stage name

seems like he was more powerful in a live setting but very dependent on the acoustics of the venue…i would imagine with poor acoustics…the “fireworks” would be muffled or less impressive…

The Fartin’ Gary/Fartin’ Rudy sketch on Mr. Show is the all time pinnacle of fart humor

You know what REALLY gets my goat? When E backs me up.

Different topic. Just want to remind people that there was a stretch very early in the season when Julius was playing like shit and Jalen had yet to explode into superhero mode, where people would posit on this site that Mitch might just be our best player, and few people took outraged umbrage with that take.

(Driven by a comment by Macri today who said we’re missing our three best players and maybe our fourth best too, in Mitch, if you believe he’s our fourth best player…)

Joseph Pujol (June 1, 1857 – August 8, 1945), better known by his stage name Le Pétomane (/ləˈpɛtəmeɪn/,[1] French pronunciation: [ləpetɔman]), was a French flatulist (professional fartist) and entertainer.

Only in France could farting be a profession.

My pleasure, Doogie. But do keep in mind that Noble and JK47 are two of the most level-headed people on the board, and thus an excellent bellwether for the temperature of the room. If the two of them have had it, I think you have to begin practicing some restraint.

You know what REALLY gets my goat? When E backs me up.

Oh my god don’t get me started. And I love you, too, E. But man it sucks that we often exist in the same section of the ven diagram.

Only in France could farting be a profession.

probably unionized as well…

Will he want to tank again? Doncic was not happy with how things went at the end of last season. And if you assume, correctly, that Dallas’ number one priority is keeping that guy from developing a wandering eye, you can’t actively try to make the lottery again.

That’s the flip side.

I think if they collapse down the stretch on their own he’ll have another talk with Doncic about how they are better off in the long term if he rests his injuries the last couple of games and they get the pick now. Then he’ll decide what to do based on the reaction. That’s probably what I would do.

the Mavs may well hand us a pick that allows us to draft Isaiah Collier, who was mocked at #1 overall for a decent portion of the season before tumbling due to his many, many flaws. I’d still take him in the 14-17 range in a heartbeat.

I like Collier, too, even though I’ve seen him compared to Tyreke Evans and Emmanuel Mudiay. His profile fits our character.

Devin Carter of Providence has also piqued my interest as someone who can replace IQ.

Of course there is fear we may trade the pick but I’m optimistic (for no reason) that the impact Jacquez made for the Heat this year might influence Leon enough to use it.

Hubert, that’s Venn, not ven — and capitalized as it was named after John Venn.

And Doogie, that was meant to be ironically amusing by being both referential and self-referential (god I hate trying to explain humor).

The French gave us “hoist on his own petard,” which makes up for some of their sins, I guess

Hubert, that’s Venn, not ven — and capitalized as it was named after John Venn.

Man, I used to know that but I forgot. Age. Fuck it.

I am actually glad you corrected me, though. It’s like telling me my fly is open before I walk into a room.

It’s really hard to build a team that barely makes the play-in when you have a 10 BPM player, but Cuban outdoes himself.

This is a good one from Katz:

Tom Thibodeau: “Mitch looks good. He told me to tell everyone that.”

Man I’ll be bummed when we trade Mitch

I’ve been slowly sliding from “Let’s get Zion” to “Let’s get Luka” in the Completely Unlikely Superstar Raffle.

Part of me just wants to see Thibs’ head explode after trying to coach him to play both sides of the ball.

Luckily it’s so unlikely that I spend no time on it outside of finding even greater enjoyment from Strat’s rants about Dallas.

I suspect this is as suspect as any of Strat’s use of horse-racing experience to make a basketball point, but it sure seems like the science of load management is NOT leading to a decrease in star basketball players going down with injuries.

This.

When you look back at the history of the league, players in the 60s and 70s played an ass load of minutes and had long careers. Jabbar I think played 42 MPG his first four seasons and played 20 seasons of the highest hoops possible with few injuries throughout his career. Wilt, Russell, Hondo, Oscar, all logged big minutes over long careers. And none of these guys had the nutrition, 14 athletic trainers, ease of travel on private planes, etc.

I don’t know of any definitive studies on this sort of thing, but my intuition says over-emphasis on the weight room to eeek that last inch in vertical is the culprit, not playing basketball.

Or as Jim Kaat used to say about the absurd pitch counts in baseball, “Your arm will rust out, before it wears out!”

I will name drop, because it would be disingenuous not to in this case: among the reasons I get along so well with Sopranos creator David Chase is that we both share a deep love of fart jokes. (Of which the show has several classics, most notably, the AJ “Meeting’s over” scene.) For the record, I am 50. He is 78.

The dude who owns the diner in Jersey at which the last scene of the Sopranos was set just sold either the entire diner or “Tony’s booth,” or both. Or maybe just shut the joint down for good. (I caught the story in the Post at 6 am on my way to the sports page and didn’t catch all the details.)

ramasays:
March 7, 2024 at 13:21
The French gave us “hoist on his own petard,” which makes up for some of their sins, I guess

The word is French, but the phrase is all Hamlet.

BrunsonPeroneusLongus, another hypothesis, and there may well not be one single reason (or any reason, to be honest) is an increase in physical stress. ‘Breaking ankles’ must be incredibly stressful on joints (and I mean on the guy who broke someone else’s ankles), every euro-step I see makes my knees hurt, and bigger, higher, more constant I-am-a-man dunks are all the rage.

Having said that, it seems like most injuries come from somebody stepping on someone else’s foot, and as far as I am aware people also had feet back in the 60s and 70s.

.”if you’re sick…go to the hospital” (said in a gruff NY city/jerky boy accent”

oh man, that one has got me rolling pepper…

so much joy/pleasure in being able to ask someone what the fuck is wrong with them…

self confirmation that there are people out there more fucked up than themselves…

and, that usually does feel good…

works tough, traffic sucks, wife and kids driving me crazy – but, at least I don’t smell like ass…

E, what happened is that the ice cream parlor is remodeling. So they did an eBay auction of the booth Tony sits in for the final scene, and somebody bid $82,600 for it — an amount that should pay for a good chunk of said renovation.

I thought it might be fun, and on-brand, to have that thing in my house, but that was waaaaaaaay out of my price range. Then I reached out to Holsten’s management to ask what was happening with all the other booths, many of which look identical to that one. They said I could have one for $300, plus I’d have to haul it away myself. But my wife thinks they’re ugly, we both think they’d require industrial-strength cleaning before we’d be comfortable putting it in the house, and if it’s not the actual booth, is there really a point to it?

I don’t know of any definitive studies on this sort of thing, but my intuition says over-emphasis on the weight room to eeek that last inch in vertical is the culprit, not playing basketball.

the tough part with the whole “studies” thing is that the folks whom would initiate such study, are also the folks invested in ensuring athletes are on the court/field as much as possible…

so brunson’s long bent dick, amazing that you suddenly started posting and jumped head first in to the deep end…

initially I had thought you were simply an old poster whom re-branded themselves…

edit: I like your writing style, very easy to read…

Having said that, it seems like most injuries come from somebody stepping on someone else’s foot, and as far as I am aware people also had feet back in the 60s and 70s.

For sure ankle sprains and the such we just as common. But the catastrophic ACL type injuries, especially of the non-contact variety that we see today are much more difficult to brush off. Elgin Baylor was the only player then that I can remember having a catastrophic knee injury in those days. Willis Reed had a couple of serious injuries, but they were far less common then than now.

if it’s not the actual booth, is there really a point to it?

Yes

Though I’d rather have the back wall. Like moving a fresco from an Italian Renaissance chapel to a museum.

@Alan…i found a tshirt website and got me a Satriales Pork Store shirt…not sure if the pig on the front is similar to the sign in front of the shop…but i don’t care…i wear it proudly everywhere

@ geo…another good one from that album..re: post flatulence retort “something died inside of you man”….

the big one for me growing up – did a rat crawl up your ass and die…

man, I do miss some parts of the military, during training you could really say some funny and crazy shit to strangers…

Fart jokes are all about delivery sometimes they need to be loud, sometimes they need to be quiet, and sometimes you accidentally shit your pants

I think the discourse here has been a slog lately because the team has been a slog lately. We haven’t been good, but no one would be good with 3-4 starters missing so there’s not much to talk about.

Indeed, I would like to pile on our trade with Detroit, but my criticisms were more of the “when fully healthy it’s better to have Grimes” kind … so I still have to see if they hold up or not. For now, Bojan and Burks (I really had trouble typing this last one) have been mediocre, but definitely more available than Grimes has been.

Ben Stiller is the guest on Jalen and Josh’s podcast.

Lol I didn’t mean to go scorched earth on Douglas… in fact, I meant it when I more or less said we should let him do his thing.

I think I personally find him annoying because editing is my day job, and when I come to this site, idgaf about re-correcting autocorrect or whatnot.

But I’ll also co-sign the points about stifling spelling humor.

And no one need be ashamed of their OCD (my girlfriend), ADHD (me), or Autism (possibly also me) because pobody’s nerfect (the worst joke ever, sorry, but you get the point).

So I’ll just say — before ignoring you again — go ahead and enjoy yourself, Doog, no hard feelings. A.I. will replace us all soon anyway.

And BBA: I also still surprisingly find Rodney very funny! It’s weird how some humor ages well and some seems to die out quickly… it also depends on one’s personality, I guess, but it’s sometimes hard to predict what will last and what won’t.

For a funny moment, on my local basketball team we have an american named Anthony “Cat” Barber, but everybody calls him Cat Barber, or just Cat. He played several seasons in the G League, and briefly played for the Hawks in 2021-22.
So at yesterday’s game, the guy next to me, one of those that are vying for the coach’s job (LOL), spent the game yelling instructions to the players on the court. And i guess he doesn’t know how to pronounce “cat”, so he kept calling him “kate”. 😀
“Organize, Kate”, “Let’s settle down, Kate”, “Shoot, Kate”, and so on. Hilarious!
I have to say it took me some time to understand who he was talking about when he was cheering for this “kate”. 😀

Podcast:

“What does Josh Hart bring to the starting lineup?”

“Cardio.”

The funny thing ess-dog is that I’m 43 so when I got older and started watching stand up it was during the Def Comedy Jam era. But my dad loved Rodney so as a kid I watched Back to School and Ladybugs a bunch of times, as I got older I watched Rodney’s original stuff on YouTube and freaking loved it.

I love the current guys too like Chappelle, Kevin Hart, George Lopez, Bill Burr, Sebastian Maniscalco etc but I still love watching older stuff from legends like Rodney.

Sounds like the team isn’t sure if JB will be ready to go tomorrow but he is doing stuff at practice so should be back by at least the Sixers games. Mitch is able to run and jump so I have to think he’ll be back this year. Hopefully he’s working on his FTs

Rodney was always my favorite, but Red Buttons had his moments for me with his “never had a dinner” bit on the Dean Martin celebrity roasts. I used to lose my breath from laughing so hard.

I knew of Ralphie May when he was alive from Last Comic Standing, but I didn’t start seeing some of his material until the last year or so. He was very sharp and funny. He’s growing on me.

Rodney started showing up whenever I visited YouTube, so I checked him out and was surprised his funny he was. That isn’t what I remembered from my youth, but yeah, he was good. Mostly though I look for Mitch Hedberg I haven’t heard…which doesn’t seem to exist. I miss that guy.

Ben Stiller is the guest on Jalen and Josh’s podcast

Thanks for the heads up!

check out some of Don Rickles on Johnny…some classic shit there…

The best parts are when Carson “interviews” Rodney, it’s amazing the chemistry they had and how Carson would set up Rodney for his one liners.

I have to add that besides Back to School and Ladybugs I of course also watched Caddyshack a ton too. But as I watched it again in my older years and really got his one liners Back to School became one of my favorite comedies ever.

Half the reason I went to the University of Wisconsin was because of Back to School!

Rodney talking to Dean Martin in back to school always makes me laugh

pepper I grew up more with Leno and Letterman but as I’ve rewatched Carson’s Tonight Shows he really was incredible as the host. Also back in the day there sure wasn’t much political correctness, the stuff Johnny and his guests could get away with were hysterical but definitely wouldn’t be allowed today.

Another guest that was great on Carson was Bob Uecker, for not being a comedian he was hilarious. Mostly poking fun at himself but still pretty hysterical.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izaIpZRHcbo

I always felt like Back To School was a very formative and incredibly underrated comedy, so I’m glad it’s appreciated here lol. Re: Dangerfield movies, I remember liking Easy Money in my youth, but it has probably soured a bit since then.

Also, how am I seven years older than BBA???

“Your wife showed us her Klimt…”

“She gives great headache”

Sam Kinison is great in Back to School too in his limited role.

“I’ll tell you what then, why don’t you call me sometime when you … have no class?”

Wish we could have been blessed with a Rodney Dangerfield Leslie Nielsen buddy movie.

The board has been united and my heart is glad

Luka is really on one since the ASB

Oh look, a Heat player with a dirty hit on an opposing player in the air.

If you strapped Thibs down Clockwork Orange style and forced him to watch the Mavs playing defense I think it would kill him in like 45 minutes

Ant Edwards just singlehandedly beat the Pacers.

That Ant block was incredible considering the game situation. Wow.

If you strapped Thibs down Clockwork Orange style and forced him to watch the Mavs playing defense I think it would kill him in like 45 minutes

When you wrote this I laughed and immediately thought of Laurence Olivier repeating “Is it safe?” in Marathon Man

Jokic having more triple doubles than dunks the last two years one of the most insane NBA things I’ve ever heard

Mitch can run and jump? I somehow missed this earlier. What a good day on the injury front.

Jokic getting the ball in a bad spot with 3 seonds left and calmly kissing it off the glass with Kristaps draped all over him is incredible.

I’ve never seen Jokic show this much emotion over basketball as he did to get that tech

The Jokic-Gordon connection is on another level

So Celtics, Pacers and Heat all lose. Not a bad night!

I still don’t see a killer instinct in the Celtics. They seem to do so many dumb things in crunch time.

So Celtics, Pacers and Heat all lose. Not a bad night!

i know right, it’s like free money…

i kind of remember in the past there being some nights where we would have better standings success when we weren’t on the schedule ourselves…

that’s right team, thursday night, rest up and profit…

wow, quik had 18 assists tonight, in a loss to the suns…

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