Elvis Grizzly Sighting

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  FINAL GAME OF 2005 12/31/05

   HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

Domo Arigato Mr. Nugato

Ray Allen sans the tights, went off against Denver. Notice the wry confident smile on Ray's face and the look of bewilderment on the defenders face. Sweet. When your in the zone what mo can you do? Party on Ray!

  Cap the end of the mini road trip with a W in Denver. Denver was outmanned. Due to injury. We haven't outmanned many this season. Our All Stars played like it. The man...Ray...39 pts. Rashard poured in 27. But to even it out, Seattle played without Rid and Danny Fortson.

  I love Earl Boykins, cause you gotta root for the 5'5" NBA guy. He made an amazing shot. Chased down an inbounds pass that was going out of bounds and heaved it, in the air, and out of bounds, and over a 6'9" Rashard, and behind  the backboard high arch SWISH! And as the ball passed through the net the red lights went on and the buzzer sounded to end the 2nd quarter. Dramatic sh*t for the home team to end the 1st half and a 61-58 lead. Should have been a momentum builder. Melo and Boykins tore it up in the 1st half and went away for the 2nd.I don't know why you say goodbye I say hello. Rashard lays in 2 of his 27. Note Melo with his trademark "Xanadu" headband. Thats right Melo, You have to believe you are magic and get physical wit yo bad ole self!

    I'll take any road W, or any W for that matter. Its back to Seattle now for a New Year's Eve tiff with the Griz. Remember when the Grizzlies were in Vancouver. No, not Vancouver, WA, Vancouver BC silly. One of the supposed selling points of that franchise to Vancouver was to develop this supposed "I-5" rivalry between Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland. Never happened. Take it from an American who lived basically on the border between Canada and the US in Blaine, WA. Canadians don't give a crap about basketball. I always thought the whole Raptors thing as "cartoonish". Everytime I see the purple uni's all I can think about is Barney! The NBA finals could be on and on Canadian TV theywould have a curling match on. Which is basically lawn bowling on ice. I lived 34 miles from Vancouver and never caught the Griz, not worth watching and I disdain lazy ball Raheem and he was they're marquee player. But everytime I think of the Grizzlies now its funny, Grizzlies in Memphis? Thats as likely as a Yeti in Manhattan! The coolest name for a Memphis pro sports franchise ever? And should be the hoops team name too is the Memphis Showboats of the defunct USFL. Where the great Reggie White got his start. Bring on the Griz, we will be ready.

Wanna Buy a Nug?

 I kinda like the Nuggets. Cuz I got a soft spot for all old ABA teams that merged with the NBA way back when. Plus old Sonic ties. George Karl led the Sonics squad to the championship round in 1995. Where we joined the ranks of the pummeled by one of the great Chicago Jordan led teams. How come Luc Longley never gets any props from those teams? Maybe cuz he sucked. Another Aussie in the NBA I loved in college but never made it in the NBA, Andrew Gaze. Back to the task at hand.

  Not brushed up on the Nuggets but from what I have read they are banged up a bit.

Marcus Camby suffered a fractured finger at Golden State.

  Kenyon is out and Camby. Maybe Boykins at center? Denver is beginning a 6 game homestand and will be up. Seattle is on the down elevator. We will see if we can deal and steal a W.

  George Karl, coach of the Nuggets, back in his playing days in the old ABA. Nice hair dude. Pass that bong over here. Make me one of those sprout and avocado sandwiches too George, I'm hungry!

A Garnett Can Be A Daimond

 Fun with food. Sonic food art. Bohemian Like We. Hopefully like the old Soungarden adage, we won't be "feeling Minnesota" after this one. Road trip to the cold. From Minnehahah to the Rockies, where we will meet the Nuggets, who are underachieving as well. Unless this is just the new Sonic identity, the .500 plateau, or sub. Tonight its the Wolves and we always seem to play them well. Think we have taken 3 straight from them. Then we fly back to SEA for 1 game w/the Griz and then its on the road for 5. Its not getting easier. Rid is not making the trip, Luke has a chest contusion. Flip Murray rose against Boston w/Luke out last game, but has 2 dislocated fingers I think himself.

 

  Is Wally Sczerbiak Ricky Nelson's long lost son? Could Ozzie be Wally's Grandpa? This picture says yes. Could he have missed his oppurtunity to don the peroxide wig and sing the hit "After the Rain" with the Nelson twins? The Nelsen triplets. This story Iam going to sell to the Weekly World News. They already bought my "Baby Born with Wooden Leg" story so there is hope this story has "legs".   But the best story I ever broke? This:                                               

 
 Now, was I talking about the T Wolves or what? Back to tonights game in the land of a 1000 frozen lakes:

  We got crushed 108-95...Nugs next in Mile High.

 

 I score in bunches and give up even more on Dee, do you know who Iam?

The Green & the Green

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  A matchup tonight of soon to be also rans and has beens? Slowly I lose faith but I enjoy the game and my team so on we go. I have got to give us a C- so far. Defense on this team was always lacking, but obvious w/out Jerome James, who at least was tall, don't really know if he was a dee king.

 Oh Luke were are you? I read Luke dominated a mismatch with his defensive assignment for this game last game in Boston. Scoring 15 pts and dishing out 13 assists. Do this regularly Rid and we will all love you more. We need to beat the teams we should at home, and we should beat Boston. Should is a far cry from the end result the way the Sonics play this year.

 The Celtics are 2-8 away from whatever they call where they play now. Its always "the Gahden" to me when it comes to the Celtics I hate corporate takeover of stadiums, although it puts alot of money into someones coif. I'm waiting for the "Little Debbie Zebra Cake/Chia Pet Arena". Hey! Isn't that already a low rent college bowl game? Ex Blazer and Hornet Dan Dickau starts for the Celts. Maybe he will fit in here. I always liked him. Kinda like Napolean Dynamite of the NBA. Can get it going on outside. Always like Ex Zags in the NBA. Scratch him though, he is injured I have just learned, bummer.

  Paul Pierce is having a good season. Him and Allen may trade baskets all night. Lets get a streak going. We have one in us I just know it. I don't think we have won more than two in a row at anytime so far in this short season where were at in the schedule. Its lookin' .500, just being honest. Some win streaks could change this opinion. Go get em!

 We ended up winning this game 118-111, Pierce had 43 for Boston but we overcame. Road Trip.

LIGHT A CUBAN

DALLAS: 101

SEA: 98  talk to ya later. Chargers/KC rules my world to the eve.

By The Time I Get To Phoenix

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Reggie Evans (pictured here) shot 70% and we still lost by 28! In the individual stat world Ray Allen passed Glen Rice on the all time 3 pt. list, he made four. We lost by 28. Its obvious at this point we can't hang with the best in the west          I wonder who would have thought that two of the better guards in the NBA would be from, respectivlely, Victoria, BC, Canada, and Blaine, WA. Two little towns that seemed unlikely places for NBA guards to "get game". And very close in proxiimity to each other. Always blew my mind. Congrats to MVP Nash and someday (?) MVP Ridnour, you make NWest B ball look good. Everytime I think we are awakening from our mediocre doldrums, we stay in the mediocre doldrums. Could it be true we are not that good? My verdict is still not in. Need to gather a little more evidence. I know this team has a 10-0 run in it, just you watch. Next up; Mavs

Help Mr. Wizard!

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 Plead not guilty in the morning, score 30 at night. Yep its "Rashard "role model" Lewis. Its late and I must sleep. It snowed in Portland, Oregon where I live yesterday, that never happens.

TOO MUCH RASHARD

 This was shaping up as a blowout but Portland made a nice run in the 4th and made it look respectable on paper, but it was never in doubt. You have to play all 4 quarters but this was almost over after one.

  In a losing cause replacement guard for Sebastian Telfair Steve Blake played solid, as I kinda predicted. 19 pts & 13 assists. Blake arguably played the best game a Blazer guard has had all year. Ray Allen had 24 pts for Seattle also. At one point in the 1st half the Sonics were up by 33. As Mr. Burns from the Simpsons would say, "Eggx- cell-ent!" It seemed for awhile whatever we threw up went down. Was waiting for Luke R to hold one for Ray and they would kick one through ala Harlem Globetrotters style but Portland slowly began to chip away at the stone. We ran out of steam and let em back in during the 4th, but we smoked the Blazers. Like beating Portland is like climbing Everest or something. More like scaling Bandini Mtn.

  We are on a modest one game win streak and play the Wizards Monday, make that a 2 game winning streak. We owe them big time for a large beat down suffered in they're house earlier in the season. Look out Wiz.

IN THE PINK

No, its not Andre 3000 from Outkast. Its "Superfly" Darius Miles, who had surgery today and will not be playing against the Sonics tonight in Portland. And all done up in his pink brim he seems to be saying,"I'll take the 3rd bong from the left". Or maybe, "no, no twinkies...chocodiles baybee!" Just heard Jeff Blake will be starting in place of a banged up (thumb) Telfair, he has been shooting well. He should rise for he is fighting for minutes. Who is gonna cover Ray? Your guess is as good as mine. Were gonna win this...and we should.

Drive Down the 5

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I'll Take Some Cheese To Go Along With My Whine

Rocket to Russia

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 Another chance at home redemption. Can we break out of this funk and win a few in a row maybe? Will post blog, listening to the game on fuzzy radio 2 nite.

  Rick Barry was a Rocket too? Why the hell not? He played for every other ABA-NBA team. Rick was good and even shot his free throws underhanded and made about 90% of them I believe. But he is a bitch ass whiner. In Ricks honor I dedicate tonight's game to whining, and hopefully Houston will be the WHINE-ER! If not, Ithe Sonics have given me much to whine about and I'm getting better at it. GO SONICS! Beat houston and let me diss in peace...back it up!

Baron Buzzer Beater 0.4 Trey!

  Check Ray's tights in this photo, nice. Dunleavy's red shoes be rawkin' too.

  The morning rumor mill, even heard this on Jim Rome, is Flip Murray and Vlade to Indiana for the Artest of dysfunction. Hate to say, I'd take it. We would become a formidable team this year. We'll see.

  We were beat inside of a second by a Baron 3, brutal. Before I go, a college shout out to 2 of the best teams playing college ball, WA & Gonzaga, look out if their on your schedule. GO SONICS!

Old Pacific Rivals

Old skool and original "Mr. Sonic" Lenny Wilkens takes it to the hole, storming past Nate Thurmond in an early 70's matchup.

  Back to the grindstone against an old familiar, and vastly improved Warrior team. We were at .500 so now were not. Hopefully this is not a milestone we will be playing for throughout the season.

  I was a Warrior fan as a child and teen. Remember the 1974-75 Championship team well. Besides Rick Barry, name one Warrior from that team. I moved from Cali to Seattle in like 1973 so the Green grew on me. Not a Warrior hater though. And love those old skool home "the City" jersey's, my fave besides Sonics early 70's yellows. Basketball vanity, you gotta love it. And dress codes. If through the evolution of the basketball short has lengnth grown longer each year? It seems so. By this logic, reverse it and what were they wearing in the 40's, speedos? I like the Jon Stockton "Richard Simmon's Dolphins" shorts look. OUCH.

Jason Richardson is throwing down at a 22.9 ppg

  The Warriors counter our Ray Allen with Jason Richardson and Baron Davis, throw in a dash of Dunleavy and there you have it. Its a home game so use that advantage...the road looms. Let's start a little ole win streak heah! GO SONICS!!!

KING CROWNING

Pint Size Kings & Rahim

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 So Sac town, what did I say about your Rahim acquisition in my earliest blogs? Rahim would be a let down. How you like me now? Not that my Sonics are setting the world on fire but the Kings are in a serious valley We have reached .500, where do the Sonics choose to go from here? Hopeful ascension to upper playoff tier would be nice. Hell, contention for a playoff spot would be cool at this point.

  I'm not knocking Rahim. Its like an 8 year career without one playoff game under his belt! He has a bad luck streak I guess...not. He just kinda sucks. Wherever he goes. Vancouver, Atlanta, Portland...and on to Sacramento...what a resume. Well, I hate the Kings except when they play the Lakers. GO SONICS!!!

Salt Lick City Jazz

  Seems we whupped em good. Jazz are sliding, we are .500, nuff said. Seems Danny Fortson freaked and was semi forcibly removed from the game in the 4th. Everytime I see Kirilinko I think he is gonna blurt out, "I must break you". And the Sonics say ala Rocky Balboa, "Go For It!" Good job Seattle, a road win is a W 1/4!

  The Jazz guy who always freaked me out was Mark Eaton, like a cross between Abe Lincoln and Andre the Giant. He played like Fred Flinstone but I always thought he was good nonetheless. The Pistol played for the Jazz. To this day one of the most breath taking high lights I have ever seen was Pistol Pete in lime green Atlanta uni's of old racing on a breakaway with a defender in his mug, stride for stride. Pete looks him in the eye, and fakes a behind the back pass one handed and palms the ball, defender stops in his jock and Pete takes it to the hole for a soft lay in...too much...class n style.

  GO SONICS!

KNICKED AT HOME

 We got beat in the throwback unis at home. I'm sleepy. Too bad.

3 IN A ROW

  The baddest man in tails usually flails. But on this night he provided some lift for the suddenly sound Sonics. I must admit, my 1st priority was the Charger/Raider game but it was a nice set up at Claudia's (my Charger haunt here in Portland, OR) Sports Bar. The Bolts on the high def big screen and to my right, two 27" LCD's with, on the top TV the Sonics game and below the Blazers game. Too much to follow.

Ace of the Pace

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          We are clawing toward respectability, slowly but surely. The Artest makes his appearence in Seattle. He plays with non stop intensity, 24/7, like him or not, he rawks. This is a true test as the victory over the Cavaliers may be a little less in stature because they are on the fade, big time. But a good victory nonetheless. This is a true test and lets use the home court to our full advantage

  I kinda like the Pacers. I remember them as a kid in the ABA. Wrote a fan letter in 1974 to them proclaiming my admiration of George McGinnis. Recieved a REAL, not photo copied autograph of George, on a game program w/him on the cover! And a note from coach Bob Leonard saying thank you, and it was real! Ah, those were the days. See what you get when you send an NBA team a letter now...glad I caught the end of the old skool more fan friendly, less corporate pro sports world. I actually warmed up w/the San Diego Conquistadors of the ABA in 1975. Caught a stray ball from a warm up shot and retrieved it and Gene Moore the foul king motioned to me for a pass to him under the basket...then he kicked it back to me and I heaved about a 15 footer off the front of the rim. I did a round in the "layup line", remember that old skoolers? Hit that. Swished a free throw! Low 5's on that baybee. Old ABA teams bring me back to nostalgia, I was an ABA freak. Gotta take care of some business, be back later...GO SONICS!!!

KING of QUEENS

We beat Cleveland, yeah! But who isn't on this road trip!

CAVS IN THE KEY

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  Need to kick it up a notch to hang with this crew. Cleveland has shown they have what it takes to compete near the elite level. We are an inconsistent bunch for sure. This will show if we have some mettle. I hate playing to .500 but it is what I'm reduced to untill we can find some fluidity. But what is coming to Puget Sound is a tsunami of talent that goes much deeper than King LeBron. Below is a pic where I think he is looking around and seeing how many planets are orbiting him or if a trench coated Matrix dude will go streaking by. A league all his own and there is no cryin' in basketball, deal with him.

  Lets see what Ray can do and if Rid is gonna get in the groove and dish assists and penetrate and dish. Rashard weapon 2 must produce. Petro, parle vous swat tay?

                                

Win The Expected

 Iam sitting back drinking a cold Bobcat Beer. Very cold. Charlotte's finest yeast and barley and best grains avaliable. So its really bad, kinda like Norm's favorite beer, Meister Brau. We beat Charlotte and we should have. Was not on the radio for this one but heard we let them get back into a big lead we had built up. I found I can get KJR 950 Sonic flagship station here in Portland so I will be listening to games and watching a select few at my Charger bar Claudia's once the Bolt football season is over, hopefully early Feb! I will be attending the game here in Portland 12/16 yahoo. The Blazers are better, as good as we are in record. McMillan rawks dudes, you'll see here in Portland. I love th I-5 rivalry and I'm green in the Rose City baybee! Crack another Bobcat. 

In Charlotte's Web?

  Told ya the blogging could get spotty on occassion. But I must pre game blog for a game that in the past would usually be a walkover. The legacy that is the Bobcats comes to the Key Wed. night. In our current state we can not afford to take ANY team lightly. The Cats seem to match up well w/the Sonics. They are in Sacramento tonight and we'll see how they perform there.

 Seems Cat forward Gerald Wallace just earned Eastern Conference Player of the Week honors, a 1st for any Bobcat player and that includes Okafor. So Wallace seems to be becoming a force to be reckoned with. Emeka O is always trouble and Matt Carroll is a scrapper who ain't pretty but does the job. I actually read his blog on the Bobcats website...a decent read. Its our stellar 5-8 record against Charlotte's almost identical 5-9 before tonights game against SAC.

 My beloved Emerald City ballers (not bawler's, contrary to my last blog) are mentioned in the same breath and same caliber of play as the expansion Bobcats. Depressing, but the cliched "the season is still young" works for me right now. We got some streaks in us. I have an opinion of Weiss' coaching savvy and it is not a good one. McMillan was a motivator and the current Sonic team is in a bit of dissarray I feel.

  We were 0 and 3 last week and we have had a nice little break so lets crush the Cats. Attack the homestand and savor each expected victory. Hang with the tough teams and steal a few in the process. I haven't lowered my expectations of what I think this team is capable of. We are better than we are playing. Was it coaching magic last year and we really do suck? Possible but I don't think so. Cleveland looms but in our house, lets beat them also and be right back in the hunt.

 I'm a Seattle homer who is a little deflated. Plus I hate losing to the Lakers, more than anything. We will comeback, much stronger than the Limp Bizkit reunion. Oh, you didn't hear? Niether did I. And you can take that cookie and stick it...! I'm a little angry too, can you tell? Make it right this week at home Seattle, for my sanity's sake!

HORNETS NEST

We Suck, OK?

LAKERS LOOM ON TURKEY DAY

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYBODY! The Sonics will make the Lakers look like the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving. Hopefully, I boast with mild confidence at best we will beat them in "The Clip Joint"

Jazz Plays the Sonics

 I'm in the thick of Thanksgiving guests and working my stand and had that week of downtime so the blogs have been laggin' I know. And I have to cook Thanksgiving dinner too on my day off. I will try to do better. I'll be back full blogs in a few days when everyone clears out. 

 I thought we were righting the ship and gonna clear the .500 mark against Utah at home but no such luck. Hear we also made a furiuous rally in the 4th quarter coming back from 16 down but this rally ultimately came up short. Questionable foul against Nick Collison near the end puts Utah on the line and pretty much ends the threat.

 Weiss is juggling combinations of players to try and come up w/the right chemistry and its only working part of the time. Let's get it right for Thanksgiving. I hate the Lakers and their on the court off the court antics and stupid ass drama like some valley girl cast member on the OC. Kobe is a great player yes, offensively. He is offensive on defense and in personality. Arrogant. How's it feel in LaLa land w/out Shaq? About 10 games under .500 eh Kobe? Like Smush though. Always like the underdog I do. Hope you guys serve up a big turkey to the Sonics from your house (and the Clippers house, and they are better than you) on Thanksgiving. Staples Center is still a hard place for the Sonics to win, hopefully not this Thursday. Lets get to .500 and go from there.

KING BEAT DOWN

KING ON A STRING

    I like to consider the Sac Kings as rivals. The Kings of Sac might be getting up off the floor, just like the Sonics seem to be doing. Consecutive victories over Boston (on road) and Chicago are promising after getting punished 3 games in a row by more than 20, and one by 39 or so, brutal. On the road but no excuse. Soon. The Lakers. We will hopefully prove Ice Cube back in the day, when he didn't have to use his AK, drunk as hay ull but no throwin up he said, "the Lakers beat the Supersonics". Not to be Ice Cube cuz we 3 kings be stealin' the gold!

  Sacramento 1st. Haven't become to acquainted w/their team but know its Miller, Bibby, Pedjdra, and ouch...Shareef. Good player but loser wherever he goes. He won't keep them out of the post season either. Saw him here in Portland. I know something you will learn Kings fan. He is the ultimate underwhelming point scorer of all time. Never a clutch basket in the bunch. Keep your eye open, tell me if I'm right later in the season. But unless he's playing us I wish him well.

  Our next 2 games, although not to be taken lightly, should be in the W column. After the dreaded Lakers its 2 at home. NO/Okla and Charlotte. Should wins for sure. Blogs will get better...oh yeah.

BULL EMIA

CELTIC SHA LOCKING

DRAG NETS

  Due to technical (AOL's fault) have not been able to blog for a week. Seems to be fixed so I will catch up this evening. We got a big win in Boston to cap the road trip...hoo ray. I will get you the past scores I missed and a pre game blog for the upcoming game later this evening.  My site quit working after the Jersey game so do the math. Be back full force.

We Know How To Rap

  Ok, again there is a little hope in for the Emerald City's NBA team. But this will be no glowing review or basking in victory blog entry. Because we almost gave it away to a very poor team, albiet on the road. This road trip was a barometer of where we stand early in the season. And right now we stand less than mediocre.

  Do they give game balls in the NBA? If they do mine would go not to Rashard Lewis, who had a whopping 41 pts but to Nic Collison who had a career high 20 pts and 12 rebounds, and two critical baskets in OT to help lift the Sonics to a 126-121 victory.

  The funny is we had a 10 pt lead with 2 1/2 minutes left and lost it, which isn't a good thing. The Raps buried successive treys and were shooting free throws and had to intentionally miss one for a chance. They did, and they got the rebound and the 1st put back failed but they collared another rebound and Chris Bosh (sounds like a NASCAR driver, eh?) nailed a short bank shot to tie it and send it to OT. So the Sonics kinda did what my beloved Charger football team has been doing all season. Never putting it away and then allowing the opponents to somehow get back in it. Usually through a bizarre scenarios of bad luck and bad team play at crucial moments. Hopefully we will improve and Jesus will don a green Starter Sonic hat and give us some help!

  One last point and this is a good sign. We were 41 of 49 from the line. That means we are takin' it to the hole, getting fouled and converting the shots into alot of points and that helps. Free throws are gifts. Uncontested set shots that count. As long as you don't Shaq'em they are muy beneficial. And 40 points is alot from the foul line. I like that stat and hope that trend continues.

  Tuesday night its Joisy and the Kidd. And supposed MJ incarnate Vince Carter, who is good but far from. Lets show some heart and cajones and beat the Nets. I took a trek to where the Nets play the season the Sonics made it to the championship and lost badly 94-95 I believe. A friend and I went, we were both from the NWest and the game was sparsely attended. Hada blast despite our whuppin' by an inferior team. But sh*t happens.

  Joisy is NOT the cultural capital of the world. You can pass by a barber shop in Trenton (if you haven't already been shot multiple times) and the sign in the window says: Style Cut: $20  Buzz Cut: $10.00  Mullet:  $30.00 . Yes, the mullet lives in NJ. And a majority of the women still wear spandex and have hair that would do a Winger video proud. I have seen some of these women light up a cigarette and explode on the spot from Aqua Net residual fume age! The art galleries are full of Nagels. Is Target an art gallery? It is in Jersey! But enough of dissing Jersey. Its a basketball game and the 50 people who show up will hopefully see the Sonics prevail with a little breathing room.

I Will Not Dignify That Question With A Response

This posting will be in black. Cuz we are up shit creek without a paddle. Never would I give up on a season this early...but I'm ready. Losing by 41 on the road or anywhere is totally unacceptable. The Wizards are a decent team, but far from elite. Although my perception is fu*ked up anyway cuz I thought we were at least decent. I slammed the Clippers and the Wizards...who don't have bloggers yet on this site, but should. I may be the big loser, jokes on me. I can handle being 1-4 in an 82 game season, but not losing 3 straight, 2 by over 20 pts and one by 41. Isn't that some kind of algebra? Both the Wiz and the Clips may lose 3 in a row this season, and maybe even 1 or 2 by 15, but 41?!

  I will avoid all questions like White House Press Secratary McClellan, cuz this is an ongoing investagation. If we get beat by 20 by the Raptors then I will get the towel ready. But I ain't gonna throw it in the ring. Nor will I knot it and hang myself. I will use it to escape from this loser prison. Problem is, I've got one shitty white Motel 6 towel and I'm on the 33rd floor. I'm gonna break everything or die during my escape!

  No figures or point totals need be published. A loss by 41 explains itself. Bobby Weiss get it done. You were always the bald guy in the spokes of my bike tires going clickety clack in the early 70's while the cool cards sat in my shoebox. But I was an ABA kid...the Doctor and exciting basketball. When you couldn't dunk in college...how lame is that?

 When a young Bill Walton told me as a 10 yr old to f*ck off when I asked him for an autograph at a bike race at a phone booth and he was alone, no one was around and I told my mom, it was priceless. She walked up to that 20 yr old ass with a margarita in hand (it was the 70's mind you) and cursed his ass out. He still didn't sign. He fully looked scared though. Later, big red went down in the middle of the pack and got run over numerous times. Karma is a bitch. I still look for him since I'm in Portland and old coots claim to know him cuz I want to remind him. I now feel like the the asian dude also involved in the crash, he was bleeding everywhere and his head smacked the curb. He was left to bleed while everyone attended to Walton. I'll never forget it. The Sonics are the dude smacked to the curb, and nobody cares. I hope he went on to major success and tells the story of his brush with greatness on the curb. We better not get kicked to it again like this game.  Gonna check the Blazers score now...least they have won a couple and tried! Told ya this was gonna be wierd!

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A Very Cavalier Attitude

  Another extremely lackluster effort on the part of the Sonics. And a bad sign that things are not all good in the green house. Radmanovic is bitching to the press that coach Weiss dosen't play him enough. Well Rad you'll get your time now...cause Rashard Lewis went out with a shoulder injury, in the 1st quarter, the same one he hurt last year. So now our #2 scorer and the only other guy on the team who can take over a game on rare occassions is out for who knows how long. Whenever players start complaining this early, its never a good thing. I know coach Weiss is laid back and this team may need some discipline. No panic button pushing yet, but suffering two HUGE blowouts in a row shows lack of motivation and heart on the part of the team. Ray Allen had virtually no support in his 25 point effort tonight.

  To start Cleveland killed us at the free throw line, sinking an amazing 28 of 28 before they missed one. I could stop here and say there is the scoring disparity right there, but there is so much more to whine about. King LeBron had 31, and flip those numbers and you have Larry Hughes total of 13. LeBron even took a seat on the bench for almost the last 9 minutes of the 4th quarter and we still didn't make up any points. Heard LeBron took an alley oop pass from Donyell Marshall twisting in the air and one hand tomahawk jammed it in spectacular fashion while Luke Ridnour wished he had a steel umbrella to take cover under it went through the hoop with such force! I'm a Seattle fan, but f*ckin' LeBron is da man. Every time he goes up for a shot I think of golf fans before every shot in a tournament shouting, "You da man!" What's he gonna do next? Its usually good.

  So V Rad, did you like dee ing up on LeBron after replacing Rashard? 21 pts he smoked you for...in the 1st half! You can shoot Rad, but your dee sucks like a black hole whether your guarding da King or not!

  So its a travel day tomorrow and then its off to the bad Washington, not the beautiful one in the great NWest. We play the Wizards and we best regroup and get on it. We can totally win the next 2 games, the Wiz and the lowly Jurassic Park named Raptors, stupidest Barney logo insignificant team in the league. When will they go the way of the old Vancouver Grizzlies and move to a place where someone cares. The funny is the road purple they wear, just like Barney, he is so fierce. People are into the Maple Leafs there, not the Raptors. Before I rip on the Raptors too much I should wait till we play them but I don't care. If we lose to them, even this early, we gots problems boyeeeeee! So the road trip has started out horrendously but can be salvaged. Lets take the Wizards wand and instead of casting a stupid ass spell, lets beat them over the head with it and then shove it...I'll stop there, anger management bro...chill.

 

 

A Bear Beat Down

  Didn't get to watch the game but heard some updates on the radio and it seemed we were on our way to a very competitive game against the Grizzlies. I heard 34-34 middle of the 2nd quarter was the score. I was selling falafels at my stand with no access to the net so the Walkman on the sports station had to suffice. Living in Portland, OR I have to listen to 45 mins per hr of Blazers news, then its all about T.O. Every 1/2 hr they will shoot the NBA scores to ya. As I packed up my cart and closed and went to get some produce I was thinking to myself...hey were hangin' tough, on the road, we'll get this.

  So I get home an hr later and sweet dial up connection f*cked me again! Some girl I know got taken away by the men in white coats, I'm not kidding. She had left me a message about it so I call her at the mental hospital and as she is talking to me someone pulled the phone out of the wall! I called right back and the front desk person said call back in 20 mins. I barely know her, she is a sweetie and hot but has that "people are watching me cause I overheard a conversation I wasn't supposed to and I may be killed by the IRA cuz this priest was selling guns" thing going on. Know what I mean Vern? I thought it was strange but she seemed composed. Still don't know the story, kept trying to call her and gave up. And you thought this was just gonna be a hoops blog, huh?

  My pc could be compared to the appliances on the Flinstones, ancient. I hope to be into a new pc soon but I'm stuck with dial up...I refuse to deal with Comcast, thieving bastards. So I get on the net, finally. And check the score. The game is over and we got spanked by 25! Ouch! Not a great start to a 6 game road trip.

  It looks like Shane Battier took Ray Allen to the woodshed. And Pau Gasol (is that a spanish suntan lotion?) had 23 and also tore up the Sonics. From reading the recap and the box score we went into a coma in the 2nd half. The individual point totals for the Sonics aren't even worth mentioning. We shot 33% for the game. Totally like non awesome,dude. We never scored less than 73 points in a game all of last season when we won the Northwest Division. David "Skywalker" Thompson back in the day in the old ABA once scored 73 in a game. One man with more points in a game than 12 on this Sonics team. Not happy about the loss but the season is young and trends will develop and we'll see what kind of team we have. If we suck at mid season who knows, maybe I will start hearing voices in my head and I'll get rolled away on a Hannibal Lector dolly to the funny farm! Just as long as I get to keep the mask he wore, that thing rawked!

  Tomorrow I say bring on LeBron and the Cavs. Tough game but I got faith in the green. C'mon Luke, I'm counting on ya to get in the mix. Pip Pip Cheerio...and all that rot.

Hitting the Road

  Ray Allen was the man. And the go to man in OT with 11 pts ending w/spectacular totals, 32 pts and 11 rebounds. Rashard threw in 19 of his own to help the cause. Ridnour and Collison, the "draft" boys had 10 apiece in a solid outing for the Sonics.  The Wolves felt the sting for sure.

  Here is the killer stat of the game. And hitting at this pct. consistently will win a lot of games, close or not. The Sonics hit , get this...33 out of 36 free throws on the night. Thats as good as it gets. Bobby Weiss also picked up his 1st real victory as head coach of Seattle. Kudos to Bob...back at .500 already.

  Now we hit the road. The Griz, Cavs, and Wiz next, all in their houses. 3 games in 4 days. All the way back east. Tough road ahead, but if we return from 6 away at .500 or better, thats an accomplishment. Hopefully it will be done. Develop who you are early then play in that mode like last year. Are we true contenders, this trip will shed some light on how this season develops. 11/8@Memphis, 11/9@Cleveland, 11/11@Washington...11/11 is a really bad beer that is usually in the 40oz container, ghetto store beer...ever had it? Nasty. Oh, uh, I've never had it. Pass the PBR, official beer (I'm not kidding) of Portland, OR!

LACL: 101 SEA: 93 0W 1L

  Looks like Sam Cassell had a huge on us. Box score says 35 pts and 9 assists for "the alien", ouch. So we lost the opener ok, like baseball, there is tons more games to go. Don't like to lose to the Clips just cause of who they are and their commitment to futility. They beat us.  I was checking the score on the net and it was looking good at the end of the 3rd. Wha appen? Down for Friday nites game VS the Wolves. A test of where were at early. Not so good on stamina against the Clips. Need to improve for a W tomorrow night.

Seattle: 96 Portland: 85

 Flip drilled a 3 for dagger w/time running out, just for fun. Exciting team. Were gonna shock some people this season. Bring on the Clippers.

yawn...Sonics/Blazers pre 2night at Spokane, WA

  Sonics and Portland match up 2 nite. Maybe I'll listen to a little on radio but pre season is practice. And what does A.I. say, "were talking about practice, practice?" The real season looms...the Clips are rollin' thru it. Pre season that is. See you for real in a few days.

Better Than Expected?

  Not a huge believer in pre season records but it seems the Clippers are 5-2 and winning by some decent numbers. In the pre season. I go with past history on this one. Even with talent the Clippers never "jel". I grew up in the OC and tried to be a Clipper fan on occassion. Talk about an identidy crisis.

  The "World B. Free" years in the early 80's were cool. They still lost but World would hoist up 50 shots a game!! But players like Benoit Benjamin, Darnall Velentine, and ...Micheal Cage...the 6' 9" Little Richard! Those players killed my buzz. Although Cage became a Sonic and had a few good years here.  I was more of trying to be a Clipper fan when they were in SD. Had Walton and they still sucked.

  But have Checked the Clips roster and it is interesting. Cassell is solid. He bagged Madonna supposedly back in the day...the alien rawks!  Cuttino Mobley, scored a bunch last night in a pre against the Warriors which the Clips won handily.

  Last but not least. A Clipper movie moment. And there are not many. Correct me if I'm wrong, and it will only be cuz I don't remember the actor and its been so long. Does not Willem Dafoe in the 1985 movie "To Live & Die In LA" (awesome Wang Chung song by the way, I mean it, it opens the movie) say to another character something about Quentin Daly (ouch) scoring 19 for the Clips that night and he'd take that Daly kid over Jordan anyday? I saw it. Take it back Willem, or whoever you are!

Season Opener in One Week

  Its easy as this, November 2nd, the lowly Clips...in our house. This is where the season begins. Where will it end? Only time will tell. I'm hopeful but realistic. We have one bonafide superstar and a supporting cast of characters. Although they plug in quite nicely and you know Luke R is getting better all the time. I give a shout out to Luke, I lived in his sleepy hometown of Blaine, WA and loved it. Glad the world passes it by. And Nick's Diner rawks...get the fish sandwich. Had a b ball court right across from a beautiful 4 bedroom old skool house I lived in and played there all the time.

 

  Now I reside in Sonic enemy territory, Portland, Oregon. Although some of the intensity of the rivalry has diminished due to the Blazers on & off the court problems and crappy record. I'll still be at every game Seattle plays here. Gots no fear, its a Harlem, NYC thang baybee! Been in the endzone in Charger Blue in Oakland, dare you to try it, it was rough. Also I was at all games in Yankee Stadium when the Mariners were in the 1st ever AL Divisional Series, that got out of hand as I sat in the bleachers with Seattle cap and shirt...boo ya! I'm alive and well. Nobody much cared about the Sonics wherever I went. 1994-5 was different. Fairweathered Sonic haters. When we do well, there will always be playah haters, just the way I like it. You know your doing well when people boo you, as strange as that sounds.

  One more home game VS Minnesota, then a brutal 6 game east coast road trip. Looks like the Chargers schedule this year, nasty. But it will give the team and coach Weiss a good barometer of where we stand when we head home. We return to the Key at .500 or better I consider the trip a success. So Ray, Rashard, Rid,Vlad, Reggie and Flip, and supporting cast...play every game like the Finals. I will read up on the new players. Johan Petro is new to me but I hear he had a great preseason. I thirst for knowledge so I'll know everybody and all acquisitions we make during the season. Welcome to Sha Lock Lock Sonic Boom, named in honor of the House of Pain song, the "B" side to Jump Around. Either song could be a Sonics theme song, although its considered "Old Skool" hip hop now. Do it Sonics and GO DEEP...into the playoffs and beyond!