Tuesday Arrau Turtles
by Seth on Feb 21, 2012 7:32 PM EST
in Mamphibitiles
Email
Print
Photo: Whaldener Endo
Good evening, inner tubes. I've been gatherin' links all day and have arranged them for you after the jump. Look at them with your eyes, click on them with your fingers, and then look at whatever follows with your eyes again. Got it?
Jump.
- Turtles, aside from the snapping ones, are pretty chill. Arrau turtles seem especially chill.
- Here are this week's Knicks Power Rankings that I made.
- Jim TrueHoop Cavan's piece about the Knicks on the (almost) eve of Jeremy Lin is goooooood. To read and enjoy. Not for, like, advice about breastfeeding. Not good for that purpose.
- A lot of people have been all like "you know, it's the Knicks' defense that's really gotten them places this season and might suffer with a fuller roster". Tommy Beer fleshes that out.
- At Grantland, Charles Pierce on how this Jeremy Lin thing has gotten waaaay too big waaaay too fast and, like, can't we just shut up and enjoy it?
- And on that note, all the hype has made it way too easy for folks to hate Lin. I can see how easy it'd be to get cynical for a non-Knicks fan.
- It's a little frightening and I can't say I'm quite ready to accept it, but Jamie O'Grady compares a worn-down Amar'e Stoudemire to another Knick who succeeded with his most athletic days behind him. Again, I'm not there yet, but it's interesting and worth recognizing that even a considerably more earthbound Amar'e could be quite effective.
- Sebastian Pruiti's Rookie Rankings showcase Iman Shumpert's excellent, aggressive on-ball defense.
- Alan Hahn is incredibly talented at just settling everything and reasonably establishing the situation at hand. He'll talk some sense into you about the current state of the Knicks.
- Tales of photographing fans of the Knicks (and Rangers) last season.
- The Knicks came up several times in SI's midseason awards. Zach Lowe, for instance, picked Tyson Chandler as the Defensive Player of the Half Year. My man!
- Thoughts on a potential 7SOL-y lineup with Carmelo Anthony at the four.
- For some reason, this doesn't include Lee Nailon OR Mike Sweetney. Massive oversights.
And those are the things! Feel free to make this a thread for the Tuesday evening non-Knicks games if you so please. I love you all very much and you all look very sporting in whatever outfits you're wearing. I mean it!
40 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
From the Pruiti article:
Most impressive, however, is the fact that Shumpert forces turnovers 25.5 percent of the time when he guards isolation plays. Shumpert’s success comes from his quickness, long arms, active hands, and aggressive mind-set.
25.5% of the time he guards the iso, he forces a turnover? That’s pretty amazing, even though I expect him to steal the ball every time someone iso’s him.
"Why does green mean that's the color green? Why can't you say another word for green being green? Know what i'm saying?" - Stephon
by ny knickerbocker on Feb 21, 2012 9:31 PM EST reply actions
Larry Johnson
We can only hope he ages like he did. Dude was badass.
Just got NBA 2k12. Where the heck is Jerome Jordan? I can not be expected to take the Knicks to the championship without him
I waited to start a season because of all the moves.
I have to keep starting over.
Linning and Winning!
The rosters are complete w/ the latest update (including JR) but no Jordan. I found him as a player dna download which I guess is good enough since, like, he’s Jerome Jordan
i just started a season over for 2k12
i didn’t tweak anything for Lin. but for the roster i traded TD (yea i know) and bully for Marco Belinelli and the hornets 1st rounder, the traded Belinelli away for James Johnson of Toronto (just to have 2 SF on the roster). Played the Heat for the first game and Lin put up a triple double 23/13ast/11 boards and 4 steals. So DONT TWEAK A THING!!!
psn tag
@bsems
I’m trying to get involved with whatever p&t has to offer in 2k12. I used to be pretty good, but that was a few years ago.
"they try to do what he do, and been where he's been, but they get folded in two.....he's the dude"
by semsemma on Feb 22, 2012 2:54 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
xbox?
I will go to my grave believing that if the Knicks had picked up Earl Barron before the 2011 Playoffs, we would not have been swept by the Celtics.
lmao it just hit me i use that name for everything
by blackhova on Feb 22, 2012 11:35 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
haha it isn't, sucks when i started my online association
i didn’t pick him, i mean it was b4 the explosion of linsanity but still i can’t complain my knicks team through the (fantasy draft) has a lineup of
Holiday
J Rich
Melo
Ibaka
Chandler
Bench
Harrington
Toney Allen
Shump
Birdman
Mason jr
Gibson
Nocioni
Right now im 49-7 in my season can’t complain at all and holiday is only a 79 in the game and he is a beast at pg
its too late in the online season to join i think
we only have 28 games left till the playoffs and the knicks being the number 1 seed (if only this could be true in real life also) I think from a post above mine something about PS3 i have xbox 360, but you join an online association league theres a million of them both public and private, and start a fresh season, and you can have a fresh draft or start with the current rosters as is.
Oh word?
2K bumped him up from 69? Need to update rosters
by Dirtybirdz04 on Feb 22, 2012 1:08 AM EST up reply actions
I posted the link to the Grantland article in the previous blog post
just sayin….
by 9th Wonder Buckshot on Feb 21, 2012 10:53 PM EST reply actions
it's a really good article...
i just assume everyone here hates anything related to Bill Simmons which is the complete inverse to the rest of the population it seems…
by 9th Wonder Buckshot on Feb 21, 2012 10:55 PM EST up reply actions
I like the sports guy
Here’s a link to this weeks mailbag devoted entirely to Jeremy Lin. Also, Simmons loves Carmelo and sounds like he is becoming a Knick fan.
Fire D'Umbphoney
Melo broke Anthony Morrow's mouth in with an elbow
http://www.nj.com/nets/index.ssf/2012/02/nets_anthony_morrow_has_four_t.html
I will go to my grave believing that if the Knicks had picked up Earl Barron before the 2011 Playoffs, we would not have been swept by the Celtics.
That's fine with me
I was getting frustrated as SHIT watching that game, and I wasn’t the one getting the crap whacked out of me with no help from the refs. Part of me wouldn’t have minded a brawl at all. Jared would have been a sight to see.
I dream of Eddy Curry feeding me fish sticks.
Look at it Dave. Look at it.
Frank Williams
is the guy I keep hoping will pop up for an amazing comeback like 8 years after he left the Knicks. He was rocking the Garden, a legend in the making no doubt before Stephon took his time, and would’ve been perfect for a 7SOL team.
Sometimes it makes me sad, though, Frank Williams being gone. I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged, that’s all. Their feathers are just too bright… and when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up on a team run by Don Chaney, Lenny Wilkens, and Isiah Thomas does rejoice… but still, the Garden is that much more drab and empty that they’re gone.
I guess I just miss my point guard.
by twincitiesknick on Feb 22, 2012 9:54 AM EST reply actions
That bird might literally be caged right now.
Hm.
Unfortunate word choice in my case then.
A quick Wiki search just showed me that this is not the only time Frank’s seen trouble:
“On June 10, 2009, Williams and his younger brother, Aaron, were arrested on drug charges at his Peoria, Illinois home after agents seized 78 grams of marijuana, a digital scale and a .40 caliber handgun. "
The true cost of the Isiah Thomas era cannot just be measured in losses on the court.
by twincitiesknick on Feb 22, 2012 10:16 AM EST up reply actions
the reason why D-will went OFF on monday:
Wikipedia, on his personal page, states:
“On February 4, Williams helped launch the career of a bench player-turned star Jeremy Lin, who outplayed the All-Star guard,”
Ouch. I lol’d.
by The Talented Mr. Dickey on Feb 22, 2012 10:43 AM EST via mobile reply actions
That Wikipedia edit was added today, so that's not why he went off
It’s also been reversed because there is no reliable and verifiable source provided. :-)
__________________________________________________
"He who gets the best players usually wins" - Bobby Bowden
ahh Wikipedia editors
Not in this case, but they are hilarious in their rigidity and need for citation.
I dream of Eddy Curry feeding me fish sticks.
Look at it Dave. Look at it.
Without the citations, it just becomes a rumor mill
__________________________________________________
"He who gets the best players usually wins" - Bobby Bowden
I don't remember any of the "egregiously yet hilariously being a stickler for citations" right this minute, but the stories of the in-fighting and the multiple edit fights they'd have over an entry just made me shake my head and laugh.
These people are basically who are shaping the go-to place on the internet for knowledge, and some of the pettiness and bickering I’ve heard about is unbelievable. And hilarious.
I dream of Eddy Curry feeding me fish sticks.
Look at it Dave. Look at it.
I do some editing there, and the edit wars do get ridiculous, but they are rare
Because it is the go-to place on the Internet, I want topics that I am interested in presented appropriately, and usefully.
__________________________________________________
"He who gets the best players usually wins" - Bobby Bowden
I guess I've only heard the rare instances where it gets mad pissy then. Dammit Russ there goes my fantasy hilarity.
I dream of Eddy Curry feeding me fish sticks.
Look at it Dave. Look at it.
The Jeremy Lin page has been a battle ground
It’s currently semi-protected so that anonymous IP users and unconfirmed accounts can’t edit it. That makes the article more stable so that you don’t have anonymous editors changing his ethnicity every five minutes.
Like all Wikipedia articles, there is a talk page to discuss it. It’s not like a forum where people talk about how awesome is, but about how the article should evolve. If you have time to kill, you can check that out at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Jeremy_Lin
__________________________________________________
"He who gets the best players usually wins" - Bobby Bowden
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
NBA Playoffs Content Module
Related FanPosts on Posting and Toasting
Related FanShots on Posting and Toasting
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recommended FanPosts
Recent FanPosts
In Association With
Ball Don't Lie - NBA - Yahoo! Sport
- David West hilariously denies each and every one of his young fans a high-five (VIDEO)
- Behind the Box Score, where the Miami Heat are moving on to the conference finals
- Kevin Durant is tired of hearing about the Spurs
- The 10-man rotation, starring your Indiana Pacers
- Blake Griffin highlights, ‘NBA Jam’-style (VIDEO)
