Scouts rave about his speed. I love his hands. He mixes it up well around the rim and looks like...

Scouts rave about his speed. I love his hands. He mixes it up well around the rim and looks like he'll be an effective player out on the floor. The best rookie power forward of the summer.

ESPN's David Thorpe on Jason Thompson

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Summer league

Let’s all buy Thompson jerseys! Then we can start a streetgang against GSW fans in their Marco Belinelli jerseys.

Never forget: I am a complete idiot

by Exhibit G on Jul 23, 2008 9:44 AM PDT 0 recs

I can snap my fingers loudly, am I in the gang?

Hot dogs, get your hot dogs.

by jjham15 on Jul 23, 2008 10:05 AM PDT up 0 recs

Yes, a JT jersey and some snapping ability are the only criteria for membership

Never forget: I am a complete idiot

by Exhibit G on Jul 23, 2008 11:40 AM PDT up 0 recs

classical dance training optional

by beevenator on Jul 23, 2008 1:33 PM PDT up 0 recs

1st Practice

Everyone meet at the Hooters by the Natomas Theater tomorrow night for our first rehersal.

Never forget: I am a complete idiot

by Exhibit G on Jul 23, 2008 3:19 PM PDT up 0 recs

oooh oooh

I have the leotard… but I need ballet shoes – anyone got an extra pair in a size 12?

Mikki Moore in the skills challenge! - LPA

by iashwash on Jul 23, 2008 3:48 PM PDT up 0 recs

I just threw up in my mouth

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by LeaguePassAddict on Jul 23, 2008 4:14 PM PDT up 0 recs

I mean, I know borrowing shoes creeps people out,

but really… I thought a girl’d understand.

Mikki Moore in the skills challenge! - LPA

by iashwash on Jul 23, 2008 7:03 PM PDT up 0 recs

Um...

It was the leotard.

I’m just sayin’.

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by LeaguePassAddict on Jul 23, 2008 7:20 PM PDT up 0 recs

I told him

to go with the Tu-tu, but nooOOoo!

Ball movement ... is like jogging for most people: They do it occasionally, and it makes them happy. Then they go back to not doing it. - Henry Abbott

by Kfan in Korea on Jul 23, 2008 7:32 PM PDT up 0 recs

The tutu would make his hips look big.

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by LeaguePassAddict on Jul 23, 2008 8:08 PM PDT up 0 recs

you do understand!

Mikki Moore in the skills challenge! - LPA

by iashwash on Jul 23, 2008 9:48 PM PDT up 0 recs

I read that

And JT got bumped from 14th to 15th. As far as I’m concerned the less respect JT gets is the less chance his ego gets a chance to be built up before he’s earned it.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on

by pookeyguru on Jul 23, 2008 9:49 AM PDT 0 recs

If he comes into camp and dominates, he should win the starting PF job and play along side Brad. I don’t buy the Hawes-Thompson bench combo, I’d rather see a Miller/Thompson and Hawes/Moore look. I also like Thompson’s athleticism and size next to Miller because I think he can give weak side/help D to a guy who is often over matched. And Hawes looks like a shot blocker which certainly could help out Moore.

Hot dogs, get your hot dogs.

by jjham15 on Jul 23, 2008 10:11 AM PDT up 0 recs

2 sides to every argument

2 sides to every story. You know that, so do I. I don’t care if this guy breaks into a sweat and wets the bed every morning. No matter what, whether he starts low and ends up high, starts high goes low and returns, the end result will be just that. The end result is all about the waiting game, and little else. The roller coaster should be fun to ride regardless though.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on

by pookeyguru on Jul 23, 2008 10:25 AM PDT up 0 recs

Just so long as he keeps the wetting to the bed

I hate it when they have to stop the game because some rookie peed on the floor. Waiting for those guys with the mops to wipe it all up is annoying. And you just know that Dick Bavetta is going to slip in it and fracture his hip.

"Being loquacious and being right aren't necessarily always the same."
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by SavageBeast on Jul 23, 2008 11:04 AM PDT up 1 recs

That breaks my heart too

Dick Bavetta breaking his hip I mean.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on

by pookeyguru on Jul 23, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up 0 recs

I agree

I think the shooting vs athleticism (may) work better in those combos as well.

eternal skeptical optimist

by lietothegirls on Jul 23, 2008 11:38 PM PDT up 0 recs

You will come to learn

that JT does not have an ego problem, He is a very humble young man. He will work hard to get ready for the season and will fill what ever role the staff asks him to fill.

by Beagle12 on Jul 23, 2008 2:27 PM PDT up 0 recs

Come to learn?

The guy can play humble on camera because that’s what we get to see. I don’t doubt he works hard. But he’s a NBA player, and those guys have ego’s larger than Michael Jordan’s entourage.

I think it is safe to assume, on average, we all would love to see JT morph into that Karl Malone superstar so we can give a resounding “Fuck you” to the universe who smited us in the first place on draft day.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on

by pookeyguru on Jul 23, 2008 2:33 PM PDT up 0 recs

And a mea culpa to GP

for all our initial reaactions of WTF?

"Being loquacious and being right aren't necessarily always the same."
GP, the man, the myth, the legend, puts the smackdown on Reggie

by SavageBeast on Jul 23, 2008 2:49 PM PDT up 0 recs

Mine was based off

Who is that guy? Once I got to learn about who he was it was far less un-settling. (I would have been dismayed if it had been Roy Hibbert though.)

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on

by pookeyguru on Jul 23, 2008 5:58 PM PDT up 0 recs

Yeah, yeah

But the time the season starts you’ll be telling us you predicted it all along. “Best rookie PF in the draft, I told my girlfriend. Mark my words. The second coming of the mailman.”

I’m just sayin

"Being loquacious and being right aren't necessarily always the same."
GP, the man, the myth, the legend, puts the smackdown on Reggie

by SavageBeast on Jul 23, 2008 7:37 PM PDT up 0 recs

actually

we can probably look up his reaction. that’s the great thing about the internet and stored web pages. draft day thread, with all his comments, and he can’t delete them!

Mikki Moore in the skills challenge! - LPA

by iashwash on Jul 23, 2008 8:35 PM PDT up 0 recs

Actually what I said was

What the Fuck? Oh my lordy lord lord. Pretty much everyone had the “WTF” or “Who the fuck is this” type of reaction. Truthfully, considering we just had lost out on Bayless at the time, I was please it wasn’t Roy Hibbert. When someone asks me 10 years from now that’s what I’m going to say.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on

by pookeyguru on Jul 23, 2008 8:53 PM PDT up 0 recs

Reading thru the 2nd & 3rd thead of draft night

I did wonder why we didn’t trade down, but looking back, it’s probable that Petrie will always have felt that trading down wasn’t an option with Golden State looming at 14th overall and poised to take him.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on

by pookeyguru on Jul 23, 2008 9:01 PM PDT up 0 recs

yeah

That was my instant reaction… all I could think was “fine Petrie.. .you want him? take him, but for the love of god trade down the pick and take Hibbert too.”

Mikki Moore in the skills challenge! - LPA

by iashwash on Jul 23, 2008 9:23 PM PDT up 0 recs

correction:

my instant reaction was: “who the fuck?”

as evidenced in above thread.

Mikki Moore in the skills challenge! - LPA

by iashwash on Jul 23, 2008 9:23 PM PDT up 0 recs

I was the 1st person to go on record

and say that I liked the pick, but I’m sure that was just the Fat Tire talking.

And I will add that the jury is still out, since I didn’t say “I’ll be the 1st to go on record and say that I like this pick…for summer league.”

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by section214 on Jul 23, 2008 9:31 PM PDT up 0 recs

IW how did you know I posted anything on the 3QC?

Did I post a link over here or something? (I must have and forgot I did.)

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on

by pookeyguru on Jul 23, 2008 9:45 PM PDT up 0 recs

I think so

or you posted to another post, and I was tiddlign around, saw the proposed trade to Philly, then looked around some more.

Mikki Moore in the skills challenge! - LPA

by iashwash on Jul 23, 2008 9:49 PM PDT up 0 recs

either that or I'm stalking you.

online. which is weird. which makes it more stalkerish.

Mikki Moore in the skills challenge! - LPA

by iashwash on Jul 23, 2008 9:50 PM PDT up 0 recs

Stalking me is boring

I spend too much on here. Try stalking Halle Berry Neve Campbell Carmen Electra Jessica Biel Jessica Alba or whomever else you have in mind. That’s what I’d do.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on

by pookeyguru on Jul 23, 2008 9:52 PM PDT up 0 recs

oh really?

I think you just incriminated yourself. And, as mentioned in another thread, you can’t delete it.

Mikki Moore in the skills challenge! - LPA

by iashwash on Jul 23, 2008 10:09 PM PDT up 0 recs

also

That’s what she said, of those first three sentences.

Mikki Moore in the skills challenge! - LPA

by iashwash on Jul 23, 2008 2:15 PM PDT 1 recs

The best rookie power forward of the summer

Never forget: I am a complete idiot

by Exhibit G on Jul 23, 2008 3:20 PM PDT up 0 recs

?

Scouts rave about his speed (? he gets it done quick?).
I love his hands.
He mixes it up well (??? maybe we should wanr 3-Will) around the rim (?) and looks like he’ll be an effective player out on the floor.

Mikki Moore in the skills challenge! - LPA

by iashwash on Jul 23, 2008 3:50 PM PDT up 0 recs