Archive for the ‘Greg Oden’ Category

The Hangover 2: With Greg Oden

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

The Hangover is the new gold-standard for bachelor party movies, improving upon the template laid out in the '80s by... Bachelor Party. One of the most hilarious parts of the film is the cameo by Mike Tyson, which leads me to the purpose of writing this blog entry, for at my ...

They Do Play In the West, But We Likea the Blazers

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

How about an early primer as NBA training camps begin to open? Yes? No? Oh well, we're going to do it anyway. For this one we will head out to the great Northwest, one of our favorite areas of the country. Besides, that is the best place for NBA basketball. Who ...

Simmons Loves Durant A Little Too Much

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Bill Simmons and Chad Ford did an interactive mock draft yesterday, in which they alternated selections, with Simmons taking the odd picks and Ford taking the evens. Therefore, Simmons had the top pick and predictably he made himself look like an idiot. Bill has been slobbering all over Kevin Durant's ...

Oden And Conley As Good As Gone?

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

In his blog Tuesday, Chad Ford says that a prominent NBA player agent told him he had enough contact with Mike Conley's father, Mike Conley Sr., to be 99 percent sure that both Greg Oden and Conley Jr. were headed for the NBA after this season."I think Oden really wants ...

Around The Horn

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

Some of the stories that caught our eye today: The Padres hired Bud Black to replace departed traitor-errrr manager Bruce Bochy. Two-thirds of us here knew the Padres hire would be underwhelming no matter what. But to be fair, Black is the least-underwhelming choice. We were fully prepared to be Pirates ...