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Asphodel
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re: Soccer coach claims cancer link with Field Turf
Posted by Asphodel on 2/17/16 at 7:09 am to Jim Rockford
Other athletes like football players are constantly getting tackled on field turf, and they aren't getting cancer, so it can't be the rubber pellets.
Maybe it's those big goalie gloves?
Maybe it's those big goalie gloves?
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re: NBA Trade Deadline Thread
Posted by Asphodel on 2/16/16 at 4:01 pm to Klark Kent
If history is any indication, Houston is going to make a trade that nobody saw coming. Rarely has the media called a Houston trade before it happens. There's always speculation, and the actual trade is something nobody speculated on.
So I would take all of these "reports" about where Dwight Howard is going with a grain of salt.
So I would take all of these "reports" about where Dwight Howard is going with a grain of salt.
quote:The real catch is probably Dragic.
Sure, so get draft picks. If they were a legit contender this season, maybe.
What's the point of getting Whiteside? A 1st round draft pick is better value than Whiteside at this point for HOU.
The Rockets wanted Dragic and tried to get him in free agency but he went to Miami.
re: Flash Forward
Posted by Asphodel on 2/15/16 at 2:33 pm to TigerFan4040
They are making all of the right moves and hitting homerun after homerun. Hopefully it translates to wins on the field.
re: Rumor: Dwight to South Beach?
Posted by Asphodel on 2/15/16 at 1:30 pm to Boomshockalocka
Sources say they are discussing a 3-team deal with Hou, Mia, and Atl.
Dwight to ATL
Horford and Teague to MIA
Dragic, Whiteside, and Anderson to HOU
ATL also wants Winslow. Miami doesn't want to trade him.
Dwight to ATL
Horford and Teague to MIA
Dragic, Whiteside, and Anderson to HOU
ATL also wants Winslow. Miami doesn't want to trade him.
re: Rumor: Dwight to South Beach?
Posted by Asphodel on 2/15/16 at 12:10 pm to goldenbadger08
I don't think you'll find any Rockets fans acting like this is the same Dwight from even just a couple years ago.
His athleticism is gone now. He is still athletic, but doesn't have his super-human athleticism anymore that deterred players from challenging him inside and he can't alter shots like he used to.
His time as an elite player is over.
His athleticism is gone now. He is still athletic, but doesn't have his super-human athleticism anymore that deterred players from challenging him inside and he can't alter shots like he used to.
His time as an elite player is over.
quote:I don't think you realize that the reason they changed the defensive rules in the early '00's was because the late 90's it was nothing but isolation basketball. No ball movement, and the game was slow.
Too many marginal teams, way too many marginal players, matador D, other than a couple, not great coaching. It's my perception, right or wrong, that today's game is all about ME, ME, ME.
Now, the games are fast-paced with a lot of ball movement.
Defense is actually good now and teams give effort throughout the whole game and not just the 4th quarter.
Your gripes were kind of true at one time... but not anymore. Seriously, if you still think the NBA is how you say it is, your perception is way off and you're missing out big time.
re: Isn't it a Technical to hang on the rim?
Posted by Asphodel on 2/14/16 at 9:06 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
It is legal if the referee feels it is necessary to prevent injury to the dunker of the defender.
If a player hangs on it just to hang on it then it's illegal and it's enforced.
If a player hangs on it just to hang on it then it's illegal and it's enforced.
re: Who are some of the more meathead athletes of all time?
Posted by Asphodel on 2/14/16 at 2:28 pm to Paul Allen
Brian Cushing also.
re: Who are some of the more meathead athletes of all time?
Posted by Asphodel on 2/14/16 at 2:26 pm to ellunchboxo
quote:Was coming to say this.
Lenny Dykstra
Billy Beane said he was really dumb and overly-confident. Classic meathead in every way.
"While playing in Double-A in 1984 he befriended fellow outfielder and teammate Billy Beane, who later said that Dykstra was "perfectly designed, emotionally" to play baseball and that he had "no concept of failure." According to Beane, his first comments on seeing Hall of Fame pitcher Steve Carlton warming up were, "shite, I'll stick him."[1]"
quote:I told you why. Shaun King doesn't like how the white quarterback (Manning) is being praised while the black quarterback (Newton) is being hated on a bit for his behavior after the Super Bowl.
Why is all this shite being brought up now?
He's bringing up an old story to try to take some shine away from Peyton because he's white and he's liked.
That's the motivation.
Once you realize that Shaun King looks at everything through the lens of race, his motivations for everything he writes falls right into place.
"Scoring 14 goals with 3 goal limit per player"
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re: Report: Peyton Manning attempted to discredit sex assault accuser
Posted by Asphodel on 2/13/16 at 1:32 pm to saintsfan22
Actually, I didn't even read the article when I made my first post. But after skimming the article just now, Shaun King pretty much admits exactly what I said. I can read him like a book. He's a race-baiting hack. Here's an excerpt from the article:
There it is right there.
He thinks there is a racial double standard when talking about Peyton Manning and Cam Newton, and he is giddy about showing that white people do bad things too. That's his whole agenda.
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On the morning after Super Bowl 50, I posted a picture on my Facebook page of Cam Newton smiling and embracing Peyton Manning after the game and simply asked why that warm photo wasn't being talked about instead of Cam being frustrated at the post-game press conference. It has since been shared more than 234,000 times and seen by more than 20 million people. It now has nearly 6,000 comments, but on that morning, just one leaped out at me, which mentioned something to the effect of "Peyton sexually assaulted a girl in college."
Now, I get a lot of crap posted on my Facebook page, but I decided, on a whim, to Google "Peyton Manning sexual assault University of Tennessee." That's how I discovered the two old USA Today articles about the case. Later that day, when I wrote an article on the racial double standards in the media between Peyton Manning and Cam Newton, I decided to mention the sexual assault case, and how the allegations had somehow slid right off of Peyton like virtually every other mistake he has ever made in his career.
There it is right there.
He thinks there is a racial double standard when talking about Peyton Manning and Cam Newton, and he is giddy about showing that white people do bad things too. That's his whole agenda.
re: Report: Peyton Manning attempted to discredit sex assault accuser
Posted by Asphodel on 2/13/16 at 1:22 pm to Jim Rockford
I know he didn't. But this story is 20 years old and has been brought up time and time again. Why would he be bringing it up again now?
re: Report: Peyton Manning attempted to discredit sex assault accuser
Posted by Asphodel on 2/13/16 at 1:19 pm to Jim Rockford
The writer of this article, Shaun King, is a white guy who was pretending to be a black guy and was one of the leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement.
He was accused of accepting funding from regular people for a variety of BLM-related projects, but never following through and keeping the money. He caught a ton of heat from his supporters for that. That, plus him lying about being black, led to the other leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement to kick him out of the group.
One of Shaun King's favorite things to do is to smear white people with pretty solid reputations, like Peyton Manning, because he thinks it makes black people look better if white people are engaging in bad behavior too.
He's a hack.
I have no doubt that he's trying to smear Peyton Manning because he took shine away from Cam Newton. Cam was painted as somewhat of a villain after the Super Bowl, and Peyton has been glorified and is expected to ride out into the sunset. It's Shaun King's way of trying to take some shine away from Peyton Manning by re-visiting a controversy from 20 years ago.
I'm not saying Peyton didn't do what it says he did. I'm just saying this is very old news and Shaun King is rehashing it because he has an agenda.
He was accused of accepting funding from regular people for a variety of BLM-related projects, but never following through and keeping the money. He caught a ton of heat from his supporters for that. That, plus him lying about being black, led to the other leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement to kick him out of the group.
One of Shaun King's favorite things to do is to smear white people with pretty solid reputations, like Peyton Manning, because he thinks it makes black people look better if white people are engaging in bad behavior too.
He's a hack.
I have no doubt that he's trying to smear Peyton Manning because he took shine away from Cam Newton. Cam was painted as somewhat of a villain after the Super Bowl, and Peyton has been glorified and is expected to ride out into the sunset. It's Shaun King's way of trying to take some shine away from Peyton Manning by re-visiting a controversy from 20 years ago.
I'm not saying Peyton didn't do what it says he did. I'm just saying this is very old news and Shaun King is rehashing it because he has an agenda.
re: Holy Ish Tyrus Thomas back
Posted by Asphodel on 2/13/16 at 1:04 pm to NamariTiger
Y'all remember Stromile Swift throwing down a sick dunk on Tyrus Thomas?
re: Where's the Hit Club located in Baton Rouge?
Posted by Asphodel on 2/13/16 at 12:43 pm to lsufan112001
For some reason they don't list an address number.
Telesmar Ave., Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809
Edit:
Telesmar Ave., Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809
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re: Question about USC Basketball and Andy Enfield
Posted by Asphodel on 2/12/16 at 6:13 pm to Sevendust912
His wife is super hot.
quote:The fastest white boy alive.
Sammy Martin
re: JJ Watt Has His Own Beer
Posted by Asphodel on 2/12/16 at 4:48 pm to TigerBait225
99 bottles of beer on the wall...
re: Do the Rockets need to blow it up?
Posted by Asphodel on 2/12/16 at 8:30 am to TheBuescherMan
quote:He still plays defense. That guy is just a Rockets hater and/or Dwight/Harden hater.
I haven't really followed Dwight since he destroyed Orlando, does he not play defense any more? He was far and away the best defensive player in the league when he was with us. He single-handily kept us in the Top 5 in total defense for years with a supporting cast littered with below-average defenders.
He's not dominant like he was in Orlando, but he is still a solid defender. He's still a great rebounder.
re: Jemele Hill on his and hers....
Posted by Asphodel on 2/11/16 at 2:18 pm to LukeSidewalker
I'd do her.
Can anyone think of a team that would take on Dwight's expiring $24 million dollar contract?
Which team would be a prime candidate? Considering Dwight isn't worth that $24 million, he will only be a rental for the rest of the season, and the team would have to give up significant assets to match salaries, then which team would do that?
I can't think of any solutions.
Which team would be a prime candidate? Considering Dwight isn't worth that $24 million, he will only be a rental for the rest of the season, and the team would have to give up significant assets to match salaries, then which team would do that?
I can't think of any solutions.
re: Pre-WOJ Bomb?: Rockets have now started shopping Dwight
Posted by Asphodel on 2/11/16 at 2:10 pm to CorporateTiger
quote:I agree. I don't know why anyone would blame Morey.
They made it to the WCF last year after being gutted by injuries. If GS wasn't a ridiculously dominant team they may have beaten the (also injury ravaged) Cavs for a NBA title.
Morley pulled that off without lucking into a franchise player in a draft. He essentially created a contender out of nothing, which I don't think any other contender besides maybe San Antonio can claim. It is probably time to try something new, but Morey deserves credit not scorn for these past few years.
He built a WCF team last year and essentially they brought the same team back this season. It's not his fault that the players haven't lived up to their end of the bargain. They've already proven last year that they can win with this group of players.
So it's not Morey's fault that they aren't winning this year.
re: Pre-WOJ Bomb?: Rockets have now started shopping Dwight
Posted by Asphodel on 2/11/16 at 2:08 pm to RTR America
quote:Well obviously. I mean, if the team was doing great then they wouldn't want to mess with the chemistry by trading him.
And that the team is a dumpster fire
But because they obviously need to make some changes, it makes it an easy decision to try to shed his $24 million dollar contract and try to get something for him before he becomes a free agent at the end of the season.
quote:What do you mean it didn't work out? They became much better with him... they just weren't good enough.
I am shocked his stint in Houston didn't work out.
He's being shopped because he's getting older, has had injuries, and he will be a free agent at the end of the season.
re: Do the Rockets need to blow it up?
Posted by Asphodel on 2/11/16 at 1:54 pm to SwaggerCopter
No, they work hard. The problem is that nobody is on the same page.
They look lost. Dwight is getting older and he's always got injuries. He needs to be traded.
Corey Brewer has looked horrible. He should probably be traded too.
Terrence Jones has sucked.
Lawson has been a non-factor.
They just look like they aren't on the same page, which may look like they aren't giving effort. They do try, they just aren't clicking... hence Jason Terry's comment about no chemistry.
They look lost. Dwight is getting older and he's always got injuries. He needs to be traded.
Corey Brewer has looked horrible. He should probably be traded too.
Terrence Jones has sucked.
Lawson has been a non-factor.
They just look like they aren't on the same page, which may look like they aren't giving effort. They do try, they just aren't clicking... hence Jason Terry's comment about no chemistry.
re: Hope Solo says she's considering skipping the Olympics
Posted by Asphodel on 2/11/16 at 11:53 am to Jim Rockford
re: Listen to the german call of Von Millers first strip sack
Posted by Asphodel on 2/8/16 at 4:38 pm to WestCoastAg
I wish American announcers had that kind of passion and excitement when calling a game.
The only one that does is Gus Johnson.
The only one that does is Gus Johnson.
re: Anyone else tired of the swag/dab, etc era in the NFL?
Posted by Asphodel on 2/8/16 at 1:38 pm to TbirdSpur2010
All of these dumbass dances come from gay-arse rap songs.
I'm going to explain this perfectly.
First, the tip of the ball did hit the ground in plain view, but the ball is allowed to touch the ground if the player's hand is underneath the ball and the ball doesn't move. The ball did not move until the defensive player's helmet hit the ball. The movement wasn't caused from the tip of the ball hitting the ground. It was caused from the helmet of the defensive player. So it was PROBABLY a catch.
HOWEVER,
The referees could not see the ball every second. There were spots where the cameras could not see the ball and there was no visual evidence that the ball did NOT hit the ground. It was ruled incomplete on the field, so the referees would have needed video evidence that the ball never hit the ground. Because the cameras couldn't see the ball at all times, there is no indisputable proof that the ball did not hit the ground.
Therefore, the ruling has to stand even though we all pretty much know he really did catch the ball.
First, the tip of the ball did hit the ground in plain view, but the ball is allowed to touch the ground if the player's hand is underneath the ball and the ball doesn't move. The ball did not move until the defensive player's helmet hit the ball. The movement wasn't caused from the tip of the ball hitting the ground. It was caused from the helmet of the defensive player. So it was PROBABLY a catch.
HOWEVER,
The referees could not see the ball every second. There were spots where the cameras could not see the ball and there was no visual evidence that the ball did NOT hit the ground. It was ruled incomplete on the field, so the referees would have needed video evidence that the ball never hit the ground. Because the cameras couldn't see the ball at all times, there is no indisputable proof that the ball did not hit the ground.
Therefore, the ruling has to stand even though we all pretty much know he really did catch the ball.
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