Okay who put the rattlesnake in our locker room?

[tlongII]

http://forwardcenter.net/trail-blazers-greeted-by-rattlesnake-in-san-antonio-locker-room/

http://instagram.com/p/nwOSxRnfSA/embed/#

Really guys? Come on now.

[Mugen]

Bend over, I'll show ya a rattlesnake.

[The Reckoning]

welcome to Tejas

[DesignatedT]

It's Texas. Man the fuck up you Oregon pussies.

[weeks]

"sounds like an ABA story"
slick burn stotts

[tlongII]

That's some serious bullshit there. I guess we're going to have to stick a cougar in your shower when you get up here.

[weeks]

That's some serious bullshit there. I guess we're going to have to stick a cougar in your shower when you get up here.:lol:lol

do it. that would be fucking awesome.
nba history man.

[DPG21920]

That's some serious bullshit there. I guess we're going to have to stick a cougar in your shower when you get up here.

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=232692&page=4

I want you to read this, Tlong.

[urunobili]

wow Danny's rattlesnake escaped from its pit? wtf?

[tlongII]

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=232692&page=4

I want you to read this, Tlong.

Whaaaat??

[DPG21920]

Whaaaat??

It's ST showing you love when your own fans spit on you. You are a ST'er.

[SnakeBoy]

lol it's just a ratsnake.

[tlongII]

It's ST showing you love when your own fans spit on you. You are a ST'er.

Dude, I'm a Blazer fan. That's the only thing that matters to me.

[tlongII]

lol it's just a ratsnake.

Well you're a snake boy. Duh.

[tlongII]

It's a rattlesnake.

[DPG21920]

Dude, I'm a Blazer fan. That's the only thing that matters to me.

Don't fight it. You can be a Blazer fan. You are a ST'er. Leave those losers on the other board.

[SnakeBoy]

It's a rattlesnake.

It's a ratsnake in the pics. Don't question the motherfukin snakeboy about snakes.

[tlongII]

It's a ratsnake in the pics. Don't question the motherfukin snakeboy about snakes.

Nah dude. That's a small rattlesnake. You can tell by the head where you see it is wide because of the venom glands. Viper.

[ElNono]

You don't wanna know what we put on your Gatorade...

[tlongII]

http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2014/story/_/id/10904374/portland-trail-blazers-find-rattlesnake-visitors-locker-room


SAN ANTONIO -- The Portland Trail Blazers found a poisonous surprise when they arrived in visitors' locker room at the AT&T Center before Thursday's Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals.

Reserve forward Thomas Robinson found a rattlesnake in his locker a couple of hours before tip-off against the San Antonio Spurs, spotting it when he placed his shoes in the cubby.

"I was scared," said Robinson, who added that he'd only seen snakes on Discovery Channel before. "I ain't gonna lie, I was scared."

Robinson reacted by screaming and leaping "about five feet high and 20 feet back."

Robinson wasn't the only player to admit he was spooked:

Reserve guard Will Barton, Robinson's neighbor in the locker room, claims he kept calm while hopping up on his chair. There was all kinds of commotion until "our brave trainers," as Robinson referred to them, corralled the beast.

Estimates of the rattlesnake's size ranged from 18 inches to four feet. It was believed to be a baby.

"Big enough," Barton said.

The rattlesnake was black and white, the Spurs' colors, as Robinson noted. Rumor has it that Spurs shooting guard Danny Green collects snakes.

"That's the No. 1 suspect right there," Barton said, laughing.

This isn't the first incident with critters at the Spurs' arena, which hosts a huge rodeo each year. There have been several bat sightings during games at the AT&T Center, most infamously when Spurs sixth man Manu Ginobili swatted one out of the air with his bare hand while on the court on Halloween in 2009, when the bat caused play to be stopped and players to scatter.

Ginobili got a thunderous cheer from the crowd when he carried the bat off the court, but it wasn't such a humorous situation when he had to get rabies shots later.

The Blazers managed to emerge from the rattlesnake sighting unharmed.

"It's bizarre to have a venomous snake in your locker room," Portland coach Terry Stotts said. "I don't know if it's happened before. That sounds like an ABA story."

[heyheymymy]

welcome to texas i saw one that got hit on the road the other day. they're everywhere

[hsxvvd]

I only hope it was deliberate.... old school playoff home court advantage.

[BillMc]

That's not a rattlesnake. It's harmless.

[tlongII]

I only hope it was deliberate.... old school playoff home court advantage.

I have no doubt it was. Probably a maintenance worker.

[Thebesteva]

welcome to texas i saw one that got hit on the road the other day. they're everywhere

We have them in So. Cal but theyre few and hidden in the hills. Pretty awesome animals.

[Uriel]

This story is hilarious, tbh. 7-ft grown men shrieking like little girls at the sight of a baby snake. :lol

[ThomasamohT]

Heres some real pansies:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjKE0n8NdRU#t=24

[mVp]

This has to become a thing tbh... snakes in the visitors locker room every home game from now on.

[pgardn]

We have not had rain in forever.

Predators follow other things coming in seeking moisture.
Its not a rattlesnake either. Wonder who reported that...

Jesus, you would think a bat got into the ATT center or something.

[Russ]

Portland needs guys like this . . .


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ2QFmJ7h0A
















But they got guys like this . . .











http://www.heyterry.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/barney-fife.jpg

:flag::flag::flag::flag:

[Spur|n|Austin]

I knew a black guy in HS that was also petrified of snakes.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-frc/t51.2885-15/10296925_1398926793725146_1878607358_n.jpg

That is not a wedge shaped head nor are those patterns consistent with our local pit vipers. Looks like a rat snake to me.

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

It's Texas. Man the fuck up you Oregon pussies.
HEY! I live in Oregon, lol. We actually have rattle snakes in Eastern Oregon. But besides that, we got nothing scary or dangerous outside of spiders, mainly the hobo spider.

[xtremesteven33]

I cant help but to think this was done on purpose somehow. WTF...really?

[anakha]

Snake for MVP.

[SnakeBoy]

Thanks

[DMC]

Patty "Riki Tikki Tavi" Mills could have caught that fucker

[The Reckoning]

That's some serious bullshit there. I guess we're going to have to stick a cougar in your shower when you get up here.


that's what your s/o is for

[BanditHiro]

http://www.dannygreenbasketball.com/images//snakes/9lJh41u68MypDnE9nxSHYPocx58KDzrBrOCzuYhEjJw.jpeg

[superbigtime]

This has to become a thing tbh... snakes in the visitors locker room every home game from now on.

lol! New rule...

[Spurs da champs]

http://scontent-b.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-frc/t51.2885-15/10296925_1398926793725146_1878607358_n.jpg

That is not a wedge shaped head nor are those patterns consistent with our local pit vipers. Looks like a rat snake to me.
Not to mention rattlesnakes tend to be stockier than that. It's also constricting the the hook, rattlesnakes do not constrict.

[The Reckoning]

they've already came out and said it wasn't venomous

[PÒÓCH]

http://cdn1-www.wrestlezone.com/assets/uploads/2009/11/file_187255_7_jake-the-snake-roberts.jpg

[hsxvvd]

This story is hilarious, tbh. 7-ft grown men shrieking like little girls at the sight of a baby snake. :lol

I had a 40cm baby red belly black snake in my kids pool last summer. I ran like bitch too... but I eventually came back with a shovel and took care of it. I was told afterwards that the venom in baby snakes can be worse.... also I'm in Australia where snakes mean business.

[TampaDude]

http://cdn1-www.wrestlezone.com/assets/uploads/2009/11/file_187255_7_jake-the-snake-roberts.jpg

http://renegadecinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/url21.jpeg

[sventhedog]

whoever is struggling the most in a spurs uniform.

[travis2]

I had a 40cm baby red belly black snake in my kids pool last summer. I ran like bitch too... but I eventually came back with a shovel and took care of it. I was told afterwards that the venom in baby snakes can be worse.... also I'm in Australia where snakes mean business.

They say the same thing about baby snakes here. It's not the venom that's worse...it's the fact that juvenile snakes haven't learned how to control how much venom they release, so every strike empties the magazine. Adult snakes release what they (think they) need.

[travis2]

Not a snake expert, but another possibility is a bullsnake. In these parts, bullsnakes can get very big, and while non-venomous, are known for having a bad attitude, to include rearing up and hissing...

[SpurAddict561]

whoever is struggling the most in a spurs uniform.

That crazy Bonner...

[scramby eggs]

Humberto is real scared of doz things

[ManuTastic]

Must have been planted. I grew up in TX for 20+ yrs and never saw a snake indoors. Glad it wasn't a rattler or there would need to be a serious investigation, especially if it struck. Even so it's pretty lame to do that. Grow the fuck up.

[Dex]

Most likely an AT&T Center staffer and Spurs fan, tbh.

It would be fucked up if it was a poisonous snake, but since it wasn't....I think it's pretty damned hilarious.

[PÒÓCH]

http://www.imagesu.net/data/media/763/black_snake_moan_05.jpg

[PÒÓCH]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jABXEd1NOck

[DJR210]

That's some serious bullshit there. I guess we're going to have to stick a cougar in your shower when you get up here.

:lol or a Sasquatch.

[dg7md]

"We get in the lockerroom n its a damn snake, yea a snake in the lockerroom," Blazers sixth man Mo Williams wrote in the caption of his Instagram post. "Man we was scared as hell.".

:lol at Mo Williams' grammar.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/there-was-a-rattlesnake-in-the-portland-trail-blazers-locker-room-before-game-2-vs--the-spurs--photo-000444963.html

[phyzik]

People are reading to much into this.... Buildings settle, causing cracks in the foundation... there is loads of plumbing.... The place is not monitored 24/7 with security camera's that cover every inch of the place....

Most likely it got in either through some plumbing or some cracks in the foundation.... It's "family" may hav been living there for YEARS off of rats (it IS a Rat Snake after all).

It is funny that it happened and it is fun to speculate that some person planted this snake to "rattle" the Blazers but it is extremely unlikely. You would think if someone planted this snake in the Blazers locker room they would pick someone more prominent than fucking Thomas Robinson's locker.