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  1. Rastapopoulos

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    Jeffrey Taylor looking great for Charlotte. MKG - not so much. Still very young, though.
     
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    When do we stop giving MKG a free pass on not having an outside shot?
     
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    McLemore looking like shiet.

    Kent Bazemore looks like the best player on the floor, but still not very impressive.

    Ian Clark is good.
     
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    i seriously havent thought about mkg at all since the 2nd week of last season
     
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    Hes no H"F"B.
     
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  6. Mediocre Man

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    Are we all hoping Robinson and Leonard end up as good as Malcolm Thomas?
     
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    NOVoodoo Kickin it in 2525

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    You got a clip of him saying, "Dennis Schroeder?" Don't feel like putting together a linguistic puzzle to learn a back-up pg's last name... I was good with Schr-awe-der, until learning what a "[FONT=&quot]ö[/FONT]" sounded like got involved.

    I'd wait until I hear his name from NBA announcers, but it wasn't until Pau was traded to the Lakers that they stopped calling him "Paul," so I don't have much faith in them.

    Shit, Mike Tirico and Hubie Brown were calling Mike Conley, "Mike Connolly," all playoffs, as if they'd never had to say his name before.

    EDIT: Fuck it... I'll just be proud of my ignorance and call him "Shredder," as in, "Look at Shredder shred that defense," or more realistically, "Look at Z-Bo's ninja turtle lookin ass stoppin Shredder in the paint."
     
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    "Putting together a linguistic puzzle"? Is that what learning how to say a vowel sound is for you? That's like saying holding a fork is "putting together a culinary puzzle".
     
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    I see what you mean - 22 rebounds! I looked him up: he got cut from Maccabi Tel Aviv by his own request because of diminished playing time (his coach was David Platt) and the Spurs had him and let him go, which are two red flags. Also he's about 6'7" and 220lbs, so he's undersized. So he's more "a better Thomas Robinson" right now than "the center we wish we had."
     
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    Seeing as how English has over 20 vowel sounds, I can understand the confusion.
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    I think the 'linguistic puzzle' is trying to decipher how to make the German sound from reading these descriptions. It's not going to happen. That's why, I think, NOVoodo wants to hear someone who knows how to say it, say it.

    My wife studied German so I asked her to pronounce it for me. I can barely imitate her pronunciation, let alone explain it by typing a description of it. I'd consider it kind of half-way between the 'Schrerder' and 'Schrawder' descriptions.

    Once Mike Rice pronounces his name on the air, the mystery will be solved for us non-German speakers.

    :cheers:
     
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    I had a helluva time pronouncing Schrrdrr's name. Peanuts and Silver Spoons are too ingrained in my brain I guess.
     
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    Watch the video. A child could do it.
     
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    Indeed; their minds are pliable and aren't crusted over with years of linguistic cruft.
     
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    FWIW Withey looks about as good as Meyers
     
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    Better on D and worse on O. Pretty easy to guess that going in.
     
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    #Blazers G Will Barton (right knee strain) says he's out, F Victor Claver (right thigh contusion) says he's gametime decision vs Chicago.

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    #Blazers coach David Vanterpool says he will play CJ McCollum off the ball tonight to get him more looks.
     
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    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    SEND IN THE DAME!
     
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    Does this mean we're in the market for a PG?
     
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