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MT_Swoopes
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 Posted: 04/16/05 1:20 pm ::: Seattle Got A Bunch of Steals |
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| Blackmon was sitting there by herself. That is embarrasing.
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Keegan
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| Posted: 04/16/05 1:21 pm ::: |
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| Nice backup to LJ. |
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| Posted: 04/16/05 1:24 pm ::: Re: Seattle Got A Bunch of Steals |
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| MT_Swoopes wrote: |
| Blackmon was sitting there by herself. That is embarrasing. |
at least she wasn't crying like Rashard Lewis in 1998 (who also was picked by Seattle)
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sambista
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| Posted: 04/16/05 1:28 pm ::: |
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| at least she wasn't stewing like tasha pointer, which pretty much torpedoed her right then and there.
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| Posted: 04/16/05 1:35 pm ::: |
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| sebibb wrote: |
| at least she wasn't stewing like tasha pointer, which pretty much torpedoed her right then and there. |
The worst reaction I saw was Lindsay Yamasaki in 2002. Invited to the show because they thought she'd be a low 1st rounder ~16 and she slipped to the low 2nd round ~38 I think. After her name was called, she raised both her hands as if to say 'Finally!'
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| Posted: 04/16/05 1:36 pm ::: Re: Seattle Got A Bunch of Steals |
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| Futurama wrote: |
at least she wasn't crying like Rashard Lewis in 1998 (who also was picked by Seattle) |
Lewis was barely 18 at the time. Things have worked out OK for him in the meantime, right?
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Admiral_Needa
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| Posted: 04/16/05 1:38 pm ::: Re: Seattle Got A Bunch of Steals |
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| Futurama wrote: |
at least she wasn't crying like Rashard Lewis in 1998 (who also was picked by Seattle) |
Lewis was barely 18 at the time. Things have worked out OK for him in the meantime, right? |
Yeah, well Seattle is famous for making people depressed.... They wrote songs about it all throughout the 90's
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| Posted: 04/16/05 2:25 pm ::: |
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Many surgeons will tell you that heroin is a fine drug, and that they're sorry they can't use it with their patients. Most legal narcotics used for pain management are analogs of heroin, but not as effective.
Of course, it could have been the chronic pain of Courtney, not his gut.
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| Posted: 04/16/05 4:59 pm ::: |
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I think it's sort of sweet that Rashard was crying. He was from Houston, and the Rockets had promised to use one of their 1st round picks on him that year (they had two) and then they went back on their word. If they hadn't promise him, there's talk he would have not been in the draft at all, and played a year in college. Living in Seattle, though, I'm glad he did. He's a very fun player to watch, and a really nice guy.
As for the draft, I could only be happier if the Storm could have gotten Haynie with their first pick. Realistically, I know this team needed a perimeter defender, with Lennox, Bird, and Bibby all being more effective on the offensive end of the floor. It was just for ridiculous superficial reasons that I wanted Haynie. I'm at least glad she's on a team that I get to see play many, many times. Last year the Storm and the Monarchs hooked up 8 times, including pre and post season. Wright was exactly the pick I wanted for them. And as for Battle and Blackmon, oh man, that worked out perfect! I'm a big Uconn fan, and was really hoping AB would still be on the board, and that they'd take her. She can play everything from the 1 to the 3, and is plenty happy coming off the bench. She's from a winning team, and knows how to play with Sue Bird. Someone on the Boneyard said that Birdy was text messaging Coach Donovan throughout the draft, and giving her Battle's phone number. I think that's adorable. And Blackmon, I'm not sure how much of a chance she has at making the team, with all the forwards we have in camp and the starting 4 spot locked up, but she's the other player I thought needed to be in this training camp. How this draft worked out exactly as I want it to I'll never know... now it's just a matter of getting AD to get over her fear of rookies and sign a couple of these picks!
If Adia makes the team over Battle, or if Greco makes the team over Wright, I'm gonna have a serious problem with Coach.
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| If Adia makes the team over Battle, or if Greco makes the team over Wright, I'm gonna have a serious problem with Coach. |
From what I gathered from the Seattle Times article, the Storm have a lot of cap room now. I suppose they could keep both Battle and Adia. Adia especially, since she is the PR front player.
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), and I'm more than sure being Courtney didn't help, lol...
Buy low, right? I knew she was going to be a star on and off the court... And I got to see Lauren with red hair too lol.