Comments on: What To Expect With Gasol Back http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2009/11/18/what-to-expect-with-gasol-back/ A Lakers Blog. Thoughts, reflections, and the odd rant on the Los Angeles Lakers and the NBA (even the Clippers). Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:18:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ms http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2009/11/18/what-to-expect-with-gasol-back/comment-page-2/#comment-635704 Ms Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:23:37 +0000 http://www.forumblueandgold.com/?p=2069#comment-635704 @ 52 - Oh WHAT THE ***** EVER!! Kurt, you were absolutely in line with that comment to Jay T. Nothing against J at all, it's just that what you said was 100% innocuous! Everybody is so ***ing sensitive. The only way to take offense to that is to add your own angry/snarky/sarcastic inflection, which says much more about the readers who thought you were too harsh than it does you. Personally, I read it as a friendly "FYI" to Jay, like, "hey, this is kinda what we do here, just so you know." To recap, Kurt, you were fine in your comment and anyone who thought otherwise must live their life with kid gloves. @ 52 – Oh WHAT THE ***** EVER!! Kurt, you were absolutely in line with that comment to Jay T. Nothing against J at all, it’s just that what you said was 100% innocuous! Everybody is so ***ing sensitive. The only way to take offense to that is to add your own angry/snarky/sarcastic inflection, which says much more about the readers who thought you were too harsh than it does you. Personally, I read it as a friendly “FYI” to Jay, like, “hey, this is kinda what we do here, just so you know.” To recap, Kurt, you were fine in your comment and anyone who thought otherwise must live their life with kid gloves.

]]> By: j.d. Hastings http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2009/11/18/what-to-expect-with-gasol-back/comment-page-1/#comment-635678 j.d. Hastings Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:44:30 +0000 http://www.forumblueandgold.com/?p=2069#comment-635678 Anti-intellectualism infects the Laker Boards! The whole incident just reminds me how great this site is and how lucky we are to have a smart island in the ocean of knuckle-headedness that sports commentary (and fandom) often is. I love the K Brothers' blog and all, but their comments section is just a wasteland. I don't even bother reading it, while here you might get the equivalent of 5 or 6 posts worth of analysis when reading the comments. I don't mind Jay T's antipathy. Anti-intellectualism infects the Laker Boards!

The whole incident just reminds me how great this site is and how lucky we are to have a smart island in the ocean of knuckle-headedness that sports commentary (and fandom) often is.

I love the K Brothers’ blog and all, but their comments section is just a wasteland. I don’t even bother reading it, while here you might get the equivalent of 5 or 6 posts worth of analysis when reading the comments. I don’t mind Jay T’s antipathy.

]]> By: Joel http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2009/11/18/what-to-expect-with-gasol-back/comment-page-1/#comment-635674 Joel Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:28:14 +0000 http://www.forumblueandgold.com/?p=2069#comment-635674 Ohh nevermind Kurt...I see the bulls preview. Ohh nevermind Kurt…I see the bulls preview.

]]> By: Joel http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2009/11/18/what-to-expect-with-gasol-back/comment-page-1/#comment-635673 Joel Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:27:24 +0000 http://www.forumblueandgold.com/?p=2069#comment-635673 I'm with Kurt on post 52 and 10. Thats the best thing about this site is the analysis that we wont find anywhere else without talking to phil jackson or the coaches. I don't expect to speak to phil any time soon. So this sight is really all we laker fans have if we want to read something more than the garbage ESPN puts out. Sorry Kurt, I know this sight is affiliated with espn and truehoop. But hey for every 10 articles, 2 or 3 are worth reading. Most of their stuff is written to simply get comments and stir up controversy(ahem...the B.S. report and where will lebron play next year). So keep it going Kurt. But where's the Bull's preview? I’m with Kurt on post 52 and 10. Thats the best thing about this site is the analysis that we wont find anywhere else without talking to phil jackson or the coaches. I don’t expect to speak to phil any time soon. So this sight is really all we laker fans have if we want to read something more than the garbage ESPN puts out. Sorry Kurt, I know this sight is affiliated with espn and truehoop. But hey for every 10 articles, 2 or 3 are worth reading. Most of their stuff is written to simply get comments and stir up controversy(ahem…the B.S. report and where will lebron play next year).

So keep it going Kurt. But where’s the Bull’s preview?

]]> By: harold http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2009/11/18/what-to-expect-with-gasol-back/comment-page-1/#comment-635658 harold Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:01:13 +0000 http://www.forumblueandgold.com/?p=2069#comment-635658 eyegore, it's not really LeBron hate, per se, but more like LeBron-fawning-media-snicker. I enjoy watching LeBron as much as Cleveland fans, except I really don't enjoy the media anointing him King when he's crownless. and Kurt, regarding #10, I'm sure there are lots of comments that I don't see that gets deleted, and perhaps a lot of email too, but it does seem you are a bit edgy regarding some comments that are not really dealing with the NATURE of the site but more about the TONE. I thought #9 was actually along the lines of what you usually preach about not taking early games seriously and not really along the lines of mentioning trades etc that I would expect to be edited and frowned upon... eyegore, it’s not really LeBron hate, per se, but more like LeBron-fawning-media-snicker. I enjoy watching LeBron as much as Cleveland fans, except I really don’t enjoy the media anointing him King when he’s crownless.

and Kurt, regarding #10, I’m sure there are lots of comments that I don’t see that gets deleted, and perhaps a lot of email too, but it does seem you are a bit edgy regarding some comments that are not really dealing with the NATURE of the site but more about the TONE. I thought #9 was actually along the lines of what you usually preach about not taking early games seriously and not really along the lines of mentioning trades etc that I would expect to be edited and frowned upon…

]]> By: Kurt http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2009/11/18/what-to-expect-with-gasol-back/comment-page-1/#comment-635654 Kurt Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:40:38 +0000 http://www.forumblueandgold.com/?p=2069#comment-635654 Mamula: Phil has already said Pau is starting, Odom will come off the bench. However, Gasol's minutes should be down a little to start as he plays his way into condition. On a completely different topic: A few people have suggested to me my comment at #10 was out of line. I will simply say that the version of comment #9 you see is the edited one without several insults. His problems appears to be not with the content of the post but the style, the level of analysis. To me, that is a large part of what this site is. The Lakers communities on the Web are numerous and varied, this one has its niche and style. Not every one is for everybody. This is not a topic I see up for discussion. Mamula: Phil has already said Pau is starting, Odom will come off the bench. However, Gasol’s minutes should be down a little to start as he plays his way into condition.

On a completely different topic: A few people have suggested to me my comment at #10 was out of line. I will simply say that the version of comment #9 you see is the edited one without several insults. His problems appears to be not with the content of the post but the style, the level of analysis. To me, that is a large part of what this site is. The Lakers communities on the Web are numerous and varied, this one has its niche and style. Not every one is for everybody. This is not a topic I see up for discussion.

]]> By: Mamula http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2009/11/18/what-to-expect-with-gasol-back/comment-page-1/#comment-635647 Mamula Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:18:55 +0000 http://www.forumblueandgold.com/?p=2069#comment-635647 Kurt, What is the probability that Phil will keep the current 5 and bring Pau into shape slowly off the bench? Kurt,

What is the probability that Phil will keep the current 5 and bring Pau into shape slowly off the bench?

]]> By: Mimsy http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2009/11/18/what-to-expect-with-gasol-back/comment-page-1/#comment-635644 Mimsy Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:08:38 +0000 http://www.forumblueandgold.com/?p=2069#comment-635644 Well... it worked for Bjorn Borg, didn't it? :) Well… it worked for Bjorn Borg, didn’t it? :)

]]> By: Kurt http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2009/11/18/what-to-expect-with-gasol-back/comment-page-1/#comment-635642 Kurt Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:57:23 +0000 http://www.forumblueandgold.com/?p=2069#comment-635642 By the way, Mimsy, Derrick Rose said he is not cutting his hair until he gets his game back on track. By the way, Mimsy, Derrick Rose said he is not cutting his hair until he gets his game back on track.

]]> By: Mimsy http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2009/11/18/what-to-expect-with-gasol-back/comment-page-1/#comment-635641 Mimsy Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:57:19 +0000 http://www.forumblueandgold.com/?p=2069#comment-635641 Thank you Kurt. :) You're right that explaining Sasha requires an entirely new paradigm. Thank you Kurt. :)

You’re right that explaining Sasha requires an entirely new paradigm.

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