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J.A. Adande really put it best after the United States ripped off a big run to eliminate Australia.
“Two most explosive of the Olympics: Usain Bolt and Team USA hoops squad.”
Against Nigeria, it was Carmelo Anthony. Against Argentina, it was Kevin Durant. Against Australia in the quaretrfinals, it was Kobe Bryant.
A 20-4 Team USA run is on the table at all time. A six-point game could be turned to a 26-point one in a matter of minutes. Eventually, with all that talent on the floor, one of those guys is going to feel it. Somebody is going to get hot.
It wasn’t Durant this time around, but he played another pretty steady scoring game finishing with 14 points and five rebounds. He hit 4-of-9 from 3 and had one pretty nice dunk.
One thing that’s becoming incredibly apparent though is that Durant is essentially a spot-up shooter for the most part. A lot of the players on this team are that too, but we’re not being treated to the well-rounded offensive arsenal that KD possesses. He’s not going to the post, he’s not putting the ball on the floor much, he’s not getting the ball in isolation at the top of the key. That’s the nature of the team though with all the talent. KD knows it. He’s having to play different. He has to pick spots, has to find his moments to assert himself. This one against Australia wasn’t one of those.
One thing Durant did do: Australia started the second half on an 11-0 run and cut Team USA’s lead to three and Coach K was preparing to call a timeout. Instead, KD drilled a corner 3 to re-establish a little control of the game, the timeout got waived off and eventually the U.S. rolled on to a blowout.
The other two Thunderers didn’t have much an impact on the game as James Harden scored seven points in garbage time and Russell Westbrook picked up six on only three shots. Harden did finish two very nice dunks though, which was fun.
Next up for the U.S. is a rematch against Argentina in the semifinals.
http://www.dailythunder.com/2012/08/thursday-bolts-8-9-12/
Anyone see El Mexi recently?
@Tronchaser
Comments . . . day before yesterday I think
http://www.claybennett.com/images/archivetoons/welfare_reform.jpg I came across this cartoon on Clay Bennett's website. I don't know what to feel about him now
@DennisBerry not the same Clay Bennett:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Bennett (editorial cartoonist)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayton_Bennett (Chairman of Thunder ownership group)
@DennisBerry different clay bennett
@DennisBerry some of those are great tho
@persiansooner13 Oh, I knew Clay and his wife had a paper so I assumed that was him
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWPfR9T-43I
pause at 2:05. W. T. F.
@persiansooner13 16,19, and 7? Where's that Perkins?
@DennisBerry @persiansooner13 Pre-injury!
Everyone better be drunk.
@DennisBerry you applying the peer pressure to me?
someone tell berry tramel that Australia, and ONLY australia, are called the boomers
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@MisterJohnsonOKC @Thunder S I respect Tramel. He's actually a really solid sports writer, but his nicknames are THE WORST. I wish he'd quit...
TC, how's DFW?
@Tronchaser
Hot! Burned the crap out of my feet at the pool . . . Other than that, having fun--only accosted by a scary person one time.
WARNING TO BMUELLE21: DO NOT READ ANYTHING DIRECTED TOWARD YOU FROM EL PREZ TONIGHT.
too late . . .
@ThunderChick2010 i'm pretty sure you have to like that last post i made talking about passing out cards like in vegas haha
@ThunderChick2010 i was a middle school boy, what else do you expect lol
@bmuelle21
This is like waiting for the other shoe to drop. I know El Prez is typing a lengthy and scathing justification for his business proposition in light of my warning to you.
@bmuelle21
Bmuelle21, smut dealer.
@ThunderChick2010 well they kept handing them to me so I kept grabbing them and putting them in my pockets...i probably had a complete set!
@bmuelle21
Yeah . . . you see a lot of male kids stopping often to "tie their shoes." One of them was probably you! :)
@ThunderChick2010 when i was in middle school i "snuck" a ton of those back home with me and was the most popular kid in school the next couple of days lol
@bmuelle21
The card people . . . they're everywhere out there.
@ThunderChick2010 lol you know I would of probably missed his post...but thanks to you I looked for it as soon as you posted this
Tulsa Shock center, Elizabeth Cambage, is throwing mad salt, cock blocking Kobe's game at the olympics. She is right though, but I wonder if she isn't just mad she won't taste (figuratively, maybe literally, don't know what she's into) the Black Mamba.
http://niketalk.com/content/type/61/id/40365/width/500/height/1000
@DennisBerry In other news why do all laker greats have nicknames that are very clear euphemisms for their junk.
Kobe and his Black Mamba
Earvin "magic johnson"
Shaq put "the big" before everything, the big diesel, the big aristottle ect
Jerry "the logo" west
don't worry TC I have kept the two pre-season games I promised you out of the sale! lol
@bmuelle21
You read my mind. (If you need them back, just say so! I won't unlike all your comments or anything.)
@ThunderChick2010 no they are yours! lol i'm not taking them back, you are stuck with them! lol
@ThunderChick2010 i'm just glad i gave them to somebody that will use them
@bmuelle21
Again, you're too good to us.
Sure would be nice to actually see one of these games. Maybe NBC will be kind enough to air the gold medal game?
@Tequila or Failure You can go online to watch it. It asks for a cable provider first, but then you can get a temporary viewing pass with just an email address. The trick is to disable cookies (I just use Chrome's incognito mode) and you can use multiple email addresses.
@Tequila or Failure They aired it on tv in 08, I'm sure they will this year too.
would anyone on here be possibly interested in buying two full season tickets for this year? It would be just for the REGULAR season games but we could work out a deal for and potential playoff tickets too. Like I said earlier in a previous offer I don't need to sell them right away so if the price isn't right I have no problem breaking them up game by game as the season starts.
I just thought that this would be a good opportunity for someone who wants to go to a majority of the games and not pay stub hub prices to get a good deal to get tickets all at once.
If you don't sell them for the whole season, I'll definitely be contacting you on some games. I'm not a pain in the ass to deal with as well.Those are really good seats. Good luck with the brick and mortar store in Edmond
@El Prez thanks man! and I'll let everyone know what ends up happening....if I end up not selling the full season i'll definitely contact you.
@El Prez lol this is definitely a possibility...maybe get some people passing out "cards" like they do in vegas with a picture and a phone number haha
@El Prez http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EChnZTJicw
I present to you, evidence of El Prez.
@El Prez That right there is known as a "Different breed of caaaaaaat!"
@bmuelle...you should think of expanding 59 Caps and using it as a front business for some sort of online uber, brothel-escort service for all of these NBA players, coaches, and support personnel. Don't get me wrong--the merchandising aspect is nice, but as you get older you'll know what I'm talking about. Edmond would be perfect. I firmly believe Edmond is the most sexually repressed suburb in the U.S. You'd have the NBA clientel, plus all these Edmond fucksticks driving around in their SUVs with perpetual hard dicks. Don't say no to this immediately---sleep on it for a couple of weeks.
if you would buy from me you would basically be avoiding the 10% service charge for buyers, $4.99-$11.95 per game for delivery, and at least 15% since I will cut that off since I won't have to pay seller fees.
@bmuelle21 I ask, because I'm trying to get tickets for when they come to Charlotte in March during spring break. I wanna watch them slaughter the Boobcats.
@bmuelle21 Only home games right?
@bmuelle21 Lol it's all good. I know a guy that has a box/floor seat deal, I'm gonna try and pry some tickets away from him. This had a greater chance at success though.
@Watson sorry!!! otherwise I would hook you up! I'm sure you could get cheap tickets from the Bobcats lol
@bmuelle21 :((((((((((((((
@Watson yes, only home games
@bmuelle21 aren't you still at osu? what are you doing with 2 season tickets?
@cemitten I have had them for two and a half years going on 3 and a half now, lol...I have a small online business so that's how I got them originally and now I just sell the games I can't make (primarily over christmas break) and I make enough to pay for the next years season tickets.
@Tricia_status Exactly the reason I considered it. I know from experience being a season ticket holder here in OKC, where we pay the highest markups between face value and market value due to a number of reason (the main one being the Thunder let 75% of the seats be season ticket owned so there's close to no box office availibility).
But I knew with the hype, and Dwight or no Dwight, ticket prices would be crazy (everything in NY is overpriced anyways) so the potential was there. But like I said, I just didn't feel like it.
But it's easy money, especially if you sell on ticketexchange, you don't have to do anything at all
@DennisBerry Heres the issue- Is it 3k i gotta put down for it? Not that I dont have, but i didnt prepare for it. I was in denial for as long as they started that Stadium. No construction ever gets done on time here. I really ...just dropped the ball on it literally.
hopefully i can get some stub hub tickets when i feel like going...but I just looked there and the prices are woah
@Tricia_status You should be able to get Nets season tickets. I don't know if they have sold out by now, but they were advertising them on commercials as recently as 2 weeks ago, and I actually considered it and reselling them but decided against it
@bmuelle21 <- i need to be you lol amazing side hustle.
@bmuelle21 Yeah I get ya. Gotta get those kids with disposable income.
@Old Man Game well idk if urban clothing is the right way to describe it either...basically a lot of stuff that I would carry in the Edmond store would be higher priced, limited edition shoes and clothing items. So you will need kids that live in families with higher incomes. As far as my online store goes i'll carry everything from limited edition stuff to standard things.
@bmuelle21 I wonder what would be a good location for something like that in Edmond? Are you thinking downtown, like 2nd to 1st and Broadway? Or maybe a bit further South, closer to the Memorial area?
@Old Man Game yep, i'm basically thinking about a "boutique" style finish line/foot locker for the brick-and-mortar store...idk if boutique is the right word, lol but I would basically carry more limited color ways in shoes/hats then those type of stores...kind of like the "urban" clothing stores you see in NYC i guess
@bmuelle21 Oh that's cool. I wondered if it might not be something like that.
@Old Man Game it helps as far as getting some of the bigger dealer accounts (nike, addidas, new era, etc). I'm going to have my primary business online even with the brick-and-motar store. I am mainly using the brick-and-motar store as a "front" to get/keep dealer accounts however 75%+ of my sales will come from my online store.
@bmuelle21 Do you need the brick and mortar store to get the dealer account or does that help you get it? If I were you I'd skip the physical location as long as possible. Too much overhead. Be amazon, not Barnes and Noble.
@Old Man Game hopefully, it really all depends on if I can get the dealer accounts - if I get those I can actually start growing - if not I will have a ton of issues as far as expanding my product offerings.
also if I do decide to go with the brick-and-mortar store thats a gamble as well, lol
@bmuelle21 Damn. Guess you got your job prospects all lined up after you get that degree. Good for you. Keep it up.
@Old Man Game good idea! that's one thing i haven't really done at all which is promoting my store...I've done over $125,000 in sales in 2-3 years without ever advertising or promoting...and that was with only one primarily dealer as well.
@bmuelle21 I'll check back then. You should do some sort of link to your store in your signature and maybe change your avatar to "59 Caps." Always be closing bro.
@Old Man Game lol nope...I will definitely carry them though when I get my dealer accounts. When I get the dealer accounts i'll have t-shirts, jackets, etc. as well
@bmuelle21 What, no Thunder hats?
@Tricia_status unfortunately not any yet...as of right now I buy over-stocked items, so I really don't have a ton off control on what teams I get...I may get some in my next order but I'm a little behind with the previous ones
@Old Man Game @Tricia_statushttp://stores.ebay.com/59Caps - its a pretty raw set-up right now, i'm in the process off redoing a lot of the listings and I have about 500+ i need to put up...I've recently started selling some sports cards too but I haven't put any knew ones up...by the end of the week I hope to have anywhere from 500-700 items up so check back
@bmuelle21 @Old Man Game I can explain this one. I refuse to buy the stuff...but I'll support @bmuelle21 . I already got a Thunder cap tho.
@bmuelle21 @Old Man Game -__- you got brooklyn Nets hats?
@bmuelle21 @Tricia_status Got a link?
@Old Man Game @Tricia_status ebay store*
@Old Man Game @Tricia_status online store: 59Caps - its an online store...I sell primarily fitted and snapback hats but I have some jerseys as well. My primary dealer is in the Philly area so i have a lot of north eastern sports teams (yankees, phillies, etc.). I am currently in talks with manufactures such as (Majestic, New Era, Mitchell & Ness, etc) to open up accounts with them to expand my product base.
@bmuelle21 @Tricia_status What's the business? Can we ask?
@Tricia_status lol I wish, no i'm thinking about opening a brick-and-mortar store in Edmond.
@bmuelle21 expand to NY. Please.
@cemitten I'm currently trying to expand my business and the easiest way to raise money would be to sell a full season, so thats why i'm selling, or attempting to, lol
@bmuelle21 whats ur email? im persiansooner13@yahoo, expect a response in 2 weeks
@persiansooner13 just sent you an email