Kenneth

[ziggy]

Just read your posts in the Kerry thread, and all I can say is it good to have you back man.  Ol Saint Ziggy needs someone to poke him off his perch once in a while.  WoW does a pretty good job, but you were always the best.

[kenneth]

Just read your posts in the Kerry thread, and all I can say is it good to have you back man.  Ol Saint Ziggy needs someone to poke him off his perch once in a while.  WoW does a pretty good job, but you were always the best.

Dang I forgot about the saint ziggy name  :lol:  Your name use to be Blazerbofo??

Do you know what happened to Blazermania? the way the Blazers were letting him down, I was expecting him to start screaming and never stop.

[ziggy]

Dang I forgot about the saint ziggy name  Your name use to be Blazerbofo??

Do you know what happened to Blazermania? the way the Blazers were letting him down, I was expecting him to start screaming and never stop.

Yes I was blazersboffo for a few months when I first started posting on msnbc.  After about 4 months I switched to ziggy.
I haven't heard from blazermania for a long time.  He lived in Phoenix, and he offered to get me Fiesta Bowl tickets when the Ducks beat Colorado, but I couldn't make it.  I tried to get a hold of him about a year ago.  I was going to Phoenix for spring training, and then my wife and son got very ill and we couldn't go so I was going to send him my tickets to the games.

I am sure he is writhing in agony, but not matter how bad things went he could always dish it out, so I am sure he is fine.

[Joe Vancil]

I tried to contact Blazermania a few months ago, and didn't get a response.  I hope the guy is doing okay.  He was a good friend, and a nice guy.

I tried his web site, but I couldn't get through to it.

 

[ziggy]

So Joe is your visit here a permanent thing our just a hit and run?

[Joe Vancil]

I think my visits *ANYWHERE* are hit-and-run, anymore.  I've had my workload at the office increased a great deal, and as a result, no time to talk.

FanHome is increasingly demanding at a time when I have less time;  I don't see myself doing the moderator thing there much longer.  Pretty much, if I have time to do anything right now, I spend it on the fantasy league.  Why?  I have the most fun there.

Evenings are being taken up by my increased participation in games at the Tribune.  Plus, I'm doing more out-of-town things recently - like my upcoming ski trip.  (By the way, if anyone who is playing him next week offers me a sufficient bribe, I can make sure that Skander has some mysterious trouble signing into the fantasy league...)

To be honest, it's harder to get excited about basketball now that I don't have a team I'm actively cheering for.  All the teams I WOULD have selected did one thing or the other that I really hated, and couldn't bring myself to cheer for them.  Kind of funny, if you think about it.  The one team that made all and only positive strides (in my opinion) in the off-season was the Lakers, and I can't bring myself to cheer for them, since they're the favorites.

So, for right now, I'd say that everything is hit-and-run.  The future?  We'll see.  I just don't feel like making promises right now.

 

[Ted]

Joe,
Two quick questions for you.

1. Where are you going skiing?

2. What did the Jazz do that you didn't like? I personally like this team much better than last year. Last season was like six months of waiting for a loved one to die because you just knew Stock had to be done, and who the heck cared what Malone did. This new team is fun to watch and plays ball the way it should be played. You no likey that?

P.S. I will admit some of the games are pretty ugly.

[Joe Vancil]

Ted,

     I'm going to Keystone, Colorado.  If you're nearby, LET ME KNOW!  (And if anyone is along the way - like in Denver - let me know!)  I've been there once before, and enjoyed it immensely, so I'm going back.  I'll be staying at River Run.

     As for the Jazz - what did they do that I didn't like?  They drafted Pavlovic - another small forward, when we're a team deep at small forward.  They didn't address their shooting guard deficiency.  They didn't draft to replace Malone.  They didn't do everything they could to KEEP Malone in the first place.  They didn't keep Massenburg.  They've accumulated center after center after center, and we're still stuck with DeShawn Stevenson at 2-guard.  And Ostertag has finally turned into too much of a whining baby when he doesn't get a call.

     Granted, it's not as bad as Miami, or New Orleans, or Dallas, but it's still bad.

     Kind of funny, but right now, Skander's a bigger Jazz fan than I am.  Given that he detests Miami, that'll probably end up being my next team.

     I got on board with Utah because I liked Tom Chambers, and Jeff Hornacek, and Jay Humphries, and John Stockton.  I loved Carr, Eisley, Keefe, Ostertag, Vaughn, and Anderson;  I actually liked Bryon Russell before he decided he was a shooter, too.  But we didn't build off of that;  OLDEN POLYNICE?  THURL BAILEY?  DAVID BENOIT?  JOHN STARKS?  SCOTT PADGETT?  But I stuck around.  I was screaming for us to take Trenton Hassell.  We took DeShawn Stevenson.  I was screaming for us to take Carlos Boozer.  We took Ryan Humphries, and traded him and Jamal Sampson for Curtis Borchardt.  Sorry, but this isn't the Utah team I came on board for.

     Matt Harpring might be my favorite player in the league.  But not like Stockton was.  Utah's moved on, and in a way, I guess I did too.  I still like the Jazz - I adore Sloan and his style, and I like a lot of Jazz players.  But they're not my "favorite team" the way they were.


                                                           Joe
 

[Randy]

The one team that made all and only positive strides (in my opinion) in the off-season was the Lakers, and I can't bring myself to cheer for them, since they're the favorites.

Are you including the TWolves in that quote as well?  I don't think that SacTown and/or SA got better during the offseason (no matter how much squawking their fans do) but I do think the TWolves added considerable talent to their roster -- Cassell and Spree make this team a LOT better and I think it's up to the Candiman so slow Shaq down a bit.  I still don't think Wally world is going to be a positive return but I think it was better that he was hurt and that this team showed that they really don't need him.

[Joe Vancil]

Randy,

Yes, I'm including Minnesota.  Would you rather have Rasho Nesterovic, or Michael Olowakandi?  Nesterovic isn't great, but he's not a complete stiff, either.  Minnesota got better - but Nesterovic for Olowakandi I thought *STUNK*.

Not to mention, I didn't like the Cassell move, either.  To this point, obviously, I'm wrong to think that way, but I still say that Cassell is a ticking time-bomb waiting to go off, just like he has been everywhere else.

 

[jn]

Rasho is durable, Kandi breaks down more than a Yugo.    

[spursfan101]

T-Wolves are the most improved team this year...PERIOD.  They added quality players, LA bought on more talent, but Malone and the Glove are beyond their glory years.