Starting 5–Featuring PMS
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TheBaron: So before Brandon Roy pulled off the greatest play of his career so far, the plan for the Blazers was patience and 2009.
29Slim: All that cap room we’re going to have in ‘09?
B: Yessir. But now, has anything changed? Oden changes a lot of stuff, as does getting out of the losing-season streak. Has it made the Blazers’ needs more urgent? Can we wait ’til ‘09?
S: Yeah, that’s fun and all, but a better question is, who was Kevin Pritchard targeting for ‘09?
B: Okay, we’ll go on your tangent, jerk. KP did say there was one specific person they had their eyes on. Here’s the list of ‘09 free agents, for whom we could overpay.
S: So when KP said that, the positions of desperate need were PG, SF and, maybe, Center.
B: Center’s locked up, SF is less of a question of if and more of a question of who now with JJones, Super Trout and Martell. PG is still a serious need.
S: Will it be after next year?
B: For discussion’s sake, let’s assume that KP does nothing with the PG position in the offseason.
S: But he will.
B: Of course he will. He’s a dealer. But still.
S: Okay, I say Brevin Knight.
B: How much of an improvement over Steve Blake is he?
S: None.
B: Are you drinking?
S: I’m not really into this discussion right now.
B: Wow. Blatant disregard for my item.
S: So it’s agreed–moving on then!
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S: Seeing as it’s the talk of the sports world right now, thanks to Boston’s Jekyll-Hyde act, maybe we should discuss home-court advantage.
B: HP had a great bit on playoff rules, and discussed it a bit. Good points. I even commented.
S: Your comment is great. The intelligence that spews from your mouth is astounding.
B: Deadspin brought it up too, but didn’t really discuss answers as to why.
S: So let’s do.
B: There are a bunch of theories. Emotional lift from fans make you play harder, emotional lift from fans cause you to be the agressor and agressors get calls, refs don’t want to cause a ruckus with the home crowd, etc.
S: I blame it on the refs.
B: You didn’t read HP’s rule #2.
S: Yes I did. He’s just wrong. Refs suck.
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B: This’ll bring back some painful memories for you.
S: Talk about Jekyll and Hyde. Oh, and I watched the play in question, and he did foul Howard.
B: Yes he did.
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B: I mentioned Ironman’s Rotten Tomatoes approval rating the other day. So who is the NBA’s Ironman?
S: Wait, jerk! I have a whole post about it!
B: Oh.
S: I’ve been working on it for hours!
B: I’m really sorry.
S: Right.
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B: To make it up to you, can Brandon Roy be the NBA’s Spider-Man?
S: Dude, shut up! I’m working on a whole superheroes of the NBA post too! That’ll be in a few days. Jeez, you’re a jerk today.
B: You always get like this around the playoffs.