Jason Kidd on "Fools", LMA on "Fans" RE: Brandon Roy

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    Re: Jason Terry on "Fools", LMA on "Fans" RE: Brandon Roy

    I don't think a lot of us are saying stuff like that. I take into account the fact he just had surgery. With that said, it's all the more reason why he shouldn't be playing the entire 4th quarter in the playoffs...
     
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    This. For at least a couple of decades, many athletes have been coached to provide a carefully white-washed, sterilized set of responses to interviewers.

    Obviously, not all athletes do this, but most do, IMO. I generally don't take anything an athlete says for public consumption at face value. Or a coach, or a GM, for that matter.
     
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    And that's ultimately why I got out of sports writing. It got boring. If the team wins, the players and coaches say the same exact things. If the team loses, the players and coaches say the same exact thing. Occasionally a veteran would come along who just didn't give a shit anymore and would actually say what's on their minds (Charles Oakley, Dale Davis, etc) but those guys are few and far between. Most players just give the standard, "one game at a time and god willing..." blah blah blah. It gets boring and extremely repetitive.
     
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    do you really think there is the slightest possibility that someone is posting on a Blazer message board and not watching the games? Since I disagree with you should I start throwing out insults saying you have no clue and aren't paying attention to whats happening on the floor and only to your fantasies? maybe you're just playing possum...

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    I must be losing my eyesight in my old age...

    I swear I saw PapaG rage quit from the game thread and going to "the other forum"...
     
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    I wasn't raging. It was so fucking tedious reading the same negative posts, over and over, from the same few posters, that I bailed to another forum. It makes the game not fun at all. Plus, I came back after the game to read the thread. That's when I realized that you had ejected as well.
     
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    The Professional Fan and Nik both didn't watch Game One. TPF quit watching in the first half, and Nik didn't watch at all. So ... yeah.
     
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    So, the actual participants can't be trusted, and only those with wild-eyed, speculative opinions speak the unvarnished truth.

    Interesting. That's basically a "nothing matters" argument, then. This could be fun.
     
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    Not in what they say to reporters, no. In what they actually think? Perhaps, but I'm unconvinced that we hear that too often.

    Well, unvarnished truth about what those wild-eyed speculators think, definitely!

    No, not really. It's more of an "athletes don't tend to pour their true souls out to reporters" argument. Some things matter. America matters. Birth certifications matter.
     
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    Should've kept Foye.
     
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    The game was too good. I got distracted from my regular forum duties of sparring with you. :grin:
     
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    This is a joke right?!?!
     
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    BUMP!!!
     
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    I hope you told Brandon that, KS!
     
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