Beckley Mason of ESPN.com on OKC and markets: “Seems like this is a good time to reflect on the fact that Durant, he of “small market” stardom, is the basis of a movie at all and that the movie is named for a team in Oklahoma City. That team just extended Serge Ibaka and sounds ready to dive into the luxury tax to keep James Harden, another young star. Hardly sounds like the behavior of a small market franchise to me.”
Matt Moore of CBSSports.com on KD’s talk on the Lakers: “Durant’s right that there are a multitude of ways for the Lakers to not be as good as they are “on paper.” Injuries, chemistry, Mike Brown’s approach, Kobe’s mentality, all of these things play a part. But the paper does matter, because the paper is determined by results. And the results say that the league is in trouble when the Lakers take the court. Of course, if we’re talking about not being able to get past a team, it could very well be the Lakers singing that tune at year’s end. Which is why this will be so much fun to watch.”
KD and Russell Westbrook are on a short list of players that could spend their whole careers with one team.
Boring pictures of Russell Westbrook at a music festival.
Lakers Nation on KD’s comments: “The Thunder also have a plethora of talent on the roster with Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden leading the way. In addition, Oklahoma City has Serge Ibaka, a player that can cause the Lakers a lot of problems due to his athleticism. At this point, it looks like a Lakers-Thunder Western Conference Finals is all but guaranteed. No disrespect to the other teams in the conference, but Los Angeles and Oklahoma City are clearly the two best teams in the conference.”
Sekou Smith of NBA.com: “With Durant, Russell Westbrook and Harden all returning to the locker room with gold medals (Ibaka earned a silver with Spain in London) to go along with their experience from The Finals, The Thunder will begin this new season in the same place they finished the last one: right behind the Heat in the championship pecking order. Even with all of their superstar additions, we’re not ready to vault the Lakers past this Thunder crew.”
Tom Ziller of SB Nation ranking the top 50 free agents of next summer as Daequan Cook comes in 47th: “The Thunder’s designated shooter will wrap up his second contract in 2013, hitting free agency as James Harden and Eric Maynor do. Because of those two other names, expecting Cook to be a priority is dicey. But other teams see the value of a one-trick pony when that trick is shooting threes. However, Cook’s just a career 36.5 percent shooter from deep; he was incredible in 2011-12 (42 percent) but reverted to mediocre at 34 percent last season. That’s not Kyle Korver shooting. That’s, like, Damon Jones shooting. He needs a bounceback season to earn another multi-year deal.”
Pau Gasol wants Serge Ibaka to stay with Spain: “We were very talented and we were very deep. There’s so many other great players,” Gasol said. “Some days you’ll play a little more. Some days you’ll play better. Some days you won’t. But at the end of the day, what matters is the team success. He’s only 22 or 23. He has many years ahead of him. It’s good he has a desire and hunger. But he needs to understand the facts and circumstances of the moment and the needs long-term.”
KD tells the official site he’s going to mentor Perry Jones: “Perry and I got close over the last few months after we drafted him,” Durant said. “I was happy that he reached a goal, a dream that he had been wanting for a long time…We have a good relationship and I’m looking forward to taking him under my wing and also learning a lot with him as well. I’m just trying to help him become the best and I’m sure he’s going to try to help me become the best as well. It’s going to be a fun relationship.”
Two Hundred Ninety-Fifth!
Bolts! http://www.dailythunder.com/2012/08/wednesday-bolts-8-29-12/
(first poster exam redo!)
@ThunderBelize I would Sullinger you with the new style but not enough people would see it.
You got lucky. Very lucky.
http://www.dailythunder.com/2012/08/wednesday-bolts-8-29-12/
Not enough talk about pie in here. Personally, I like it.
@Barry Amenema It's useful in detailing the ratio of the radius of a circle to its area.
@ou_sas sure, sure...but do you LIKE it?
@Barry Amenema You could say that I've been known to partake in a slice or two, from time to time.
@Barry Amenema @ou_sas Kendrick Jr. does
Lot of gay talk in here. No homo
@OkcBaby i don't think you're doing that right.
@thunder_fan_in_korea @OkcBaby Other people aren't doing it right either to be honest.
They are pausing themselves when they are meant to be adding no homo. At least he recognizes the practice. (I'm looking at you DennisBerry)
http://www.givemefootball.com/premier-league/premier-league-team-of-the-week-august-18-19
Michu hates the longhorns too. Already my favorite futballer.
@cleandoe @Jax Raging Bile Duct Good job, good effort, ou_sas.
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@ou_sas @Jax Raging Bile Duct http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/5/57944/2060593-851ac22e_d61912a9_cant-tell-if-serious.jpeg
And no.
@cleandoe @Jax Raging Bile Duct No homo?
Did I do that right?
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@Jax Raging Bile Duct @ou_sas I wanted to say you were compensating your lack of being in Wales and having sheep to having carpet. But nvm. There must be a lot of greats in the middle...
@cleandoe @ou_sas Actually no, not even a stitch of it. Why?
@Jax Raging Bile Duct @ou_sas In your house, do you have carpet?
@ou_sas @cleandoe I suppose I have come by my green thumb honestly then. My garden agrees. But for the record, I don't even have a dog or a cat, let alone sheep.
@Jax Raging Bile Duct I'd go to the hotel where they filmed the old TV series "The Prisoner". Then I'd tell people that I've been to the hotel where they filmed the old TV series "The Prisoner".
@cleandoe @Jax Raging Bile Duct >:|
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@Jax Raging Bile Duct @cleandoe There's actually probably more interesting castles in Wales than in England due to the works of Edward I in subduing it. There's a number of Welsh local teams to support, though only very rarely do they make it to the top flight of the Premiership. Most likely, they're cheering against England though. (I was in Wales during the last world cup and ended up at a local pub with my cousins for the game. Good stuff, though you had to be careful about advertising you were supporting England; there were more of them than there were of us.
The largest city in Wales is Cardiff, which, if you're a Doctor Who fan, is where the Doctor Who museum currently is. (I saw it when it was housed in London, and it wasn't bad, as far as everything goes).
A lot of Wales is going to be the same rural landscape as England, except that their signs have two languages on them instead of one. If you're a fan of railways, I'd suggest Llangollen as a day trip.
Wales is only 170 miles, North to South, so it's not very big (something that the whole of Europe falls under). As @cleandoe says, probably not worth basing your whole holiday there, unless you like camping, and have already been to the UK 3-4 times before.
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@Jax Raging Bile Duct @ou_sas Meh.
If you were going o England you should probably stop by on a detour. But not base your whole holiday on there. I never really liked Wales - been there twrice on school trips as a kid. Too outdoorsy for a city kid like myself. But if your into nature and all that, gohead.
Swansea are from Wales and they play in the PL. They did well last season and have started this season on a blinder. They are your best bet. Look out for Michu - what a bargain! I wish I put him on my fantasy team but I just said he'll be decent but not worth it. Rogers, it looks like they are doing fine without you. They same can't be said vice-versa, ey @ou_sas ?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/swansea-city
@cleandoe @ou_sas **Is there anything there worth visiting if I were to have the chance to see it on a holiday at some point?
@cleandoe @ou_sas WAY off topic from where you two Englandish types are carrying on, but I learned within the last few months that my genealogy can be traced directly back to Wales, through my father's side, still having the same last name as my great great (I don't know how many greats) grandfather.
In my inquiries of other Internet people from that part of the world I've learned that Wales mostly consists of sheep farmers. I was hoping there might be something else. What futball team do people from Wales support? Do people from Wales do anything other than farm sheep? Is there anything there worth visiting if I were to have the chance to see it one a holiday at some point?
@ou_sas @ThunderChick2010 @thunder_fan_in_korea @OkcBaby Just about.
But they all needed 2 jobs. Bet Sir Bobby wishes he played now with all his talent
@cleandoe @ThunderChick2010 @thunder_fan_in_korea @OkcBaby I did! That would have been back in the L/S/D days (Pounds, Shillings, Pence), though. So it might have stretched a bit further.
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@ou_sas @ThunderChick2010 @thunder_fan_in_korea @OkcBaby
Good good. Didn't you laugh when they said maximum wage is £15 p/week. Back then you were sacrificing yourself to be a WAG.
Makes for those "Back in my day" stories
@cleandoe @ThunderChick2010 @thunder_fan_in_korea @OkcBaby Managed to catch them in Much Ado about Nothing. It ran last summer, I think. Very, very funny stuff.
And I just use copy paste. Saves plenty of time.
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@ou_sas @ThunderChick2010 @thunder_fan_in_korea @OkcBaby When game threads come around it'll be interesting to see who upholds the signature. Those 3 seconds will be the difference between 5 likes and 1 from cemitten.
What was the show? My little cousin was on an all black Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. I went down to see her and she was good. Moving on the more we hope.
@cleandoe @ThunderChick2010 @thunder_fan_in_korea @OkcBaby Dude, that looks pretty good. I'll have to see if I can netflix it or something.
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@cleandoe @ThunderChick2010 @thunder_fan_in_korea @OkcBaby Fair enough. I'm a fan of Vinnie Jones (especially in the NHS' new CPR commercials), so I enjoyed it. Since it's a football remake of "The Longest Yard" though, it's not that original. Most of the joy, for me, came from Jason Statham as Monk.
I haven't, no. I'll have to look into, especially with Tennant in it. (I actually managed to catch a West End show with him and Catherine Tate in it last time I was in London. Not bad, eh?)
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@ou_sas @ThunderChick2010 @thunder_fan_in_korea @OkcBaby http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myNAceLxHI4
@ou_sas @ThunderChick2010 @thunder_fan_in_korea @OkcBaby
Meh. It was only the League Cup
Have you seen United. It really moved me and even rival friends. That's what they told me anyway.
And it has David Tennant in it, eh?
@ou_sas @ThunderChick2010 @thunder_fan_in_korea @OkcBaby Nope.
Thought about it but some mates said it was just ok and that I might aswell wait til it came on TV. Never got round to it lol.
I never really liked Vinnie Jones either
@cleandoe @ThunderChick2010 @thunder_fan_in_korea @OkcBaby Ouch, bad timing on that one. It is a good chant though.
I managed to get "The Damned United" on Amazon instant for free a couple of months back. It might still be available, but it's a pretty good footy movie.
Actually the footy movie I need to get is Mean Machine. Seen it?
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@ou_sas @ThunderChick2010 @thunder_fan_in_korea @OkcBaby they beat us that day :(
@ou_sas @ThunderChick2010 @thunder_fan_in_korea @OkcBaby I never really thought about it until now.
It's just a classic. I'm sure you know the Park Ji chant hehe. Maybe I like it all the more because it's geared towards you lot.
One that isn't a regular that I like was we were playing Leeds a while back and we just screamed
'You're not famous anymore,
You're nooot famous any-more'
@cleandoe @ThunderChick2010 @thunder_fan_in_korea @OkcBaby Forgot the sig.
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@ou_sas @ThunderChick2010 @thunder_fan_in_korea @OkcBaby spelling mistake?
@cleandoe@ThunderChick2010@thunder_fan_in_korea@OkcBaby
Ohhhh, that reminds me of something I wanted to ask you: Favorite crowd insult from an EPL/International match.
Mine's probably from England v. Germany in 2001, at Germany, when we were up 4-1 and started singing "are you Scotland in disguise?"
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@ou_sas @ThunderChick2010 @thunder_fan_in_korea @OkcBaby
Man Utd*
@cleandoe @ThunderChick2010 @thunder_fan_in_korea @OkcBaby If I were that serious about flagging, I'd probably give you a flag for spam every time you brought up Man U. :P
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@ThunderChick2010 @thunder_fan_in_korea @OkcBaby But why is there a flag for disagreement option? :O
Also how haven't you been banned by now. Everyone flags for off-topic, right? Right?!
@cleandoe @ThunderChick2010 @thunder_fan_in_korea @OkcBaby
No flagging for disagreement, remember? (Royce says so.) Also, I have approval from Jax and ThunderBelize to keep using my smileys. So, there. :)
@cleandoe @ThunderChick2010 @thunder_fan_in_korea @OkcBaby like'd :P
@ThunderChick2010 @thunder_fan_in_korea @OkcBaby And there you go with your all-helping smiles again
@ThunderChick2010 @thunder_fan_in_korea @OkcBaby Flag'd
@cleandoe @thunder_fan_in_korea @OkcBaby
It wouldn't bother me if both phrases fell into disuse around here. And sometimes a rainbow is just a rainbow. Right, cleandoe? :)