Monroe: Ex-Spur Brent Barry ponders options, including the Spurs

[Dex]

I could see him in bed.


And once again, it all comes back around to the man love.

Sorry, you made that one too easy.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Just send em now :lol
:lol but :depressed

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

And once again, it all comes back around to the man love.

Sorry, you made that one too easy.
:lmao

[duncan228]

:lmao Dex!

[T Park]

*flips to ESPNEWS*

"nothing"

*flips back to skinemax*

[T Park]

And once again, it all comes back around to the man love.

Sorry, you made that one too easy.


Yeah I've thrown up some 80 mile an hour non moving fastballs right down the pipe tonight.

[Mister Sinister]

Hmm...MvC 2, or .hack Mutation....how best to amuse my nerdy self?

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Hmm...MvC 2, or .hack Mutation....how best to amuse my nerdy self?
Project 64 with a controller. :smokin

[T Park]

Wow, Maria Maria, Santana and the project G&B

Haven't heard that song in a loooonnnngggg time.

[T Park]

Wow Toni Braxton is hot.

I can see why the three Js were broken up now....

[Mister Sinister]

Project 64 with a controller. :smokin
No need. I have the real thing. I got my 64 for X-mas at the age of about 9 or 10, haven't ever considered getting rid of it.

[T Park]

Hey you got FireFox Shagia?

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

No need. I have the real thing. I got my 64 for X-mas at the age of about 9 or 10, haven't ever considered getting rid of it.
I have mine still too but I don't know what the fuck I did with the controller.

[Holt's Cat]

It's Brent fucking Barry people.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Mkay well I'm gonna hit the hay. See you guys tomorrow.

[Mister Sinister]

Hey you got FireFox Shagia?
Yar. But I'm using IE at the moment. Why do you ask?

[duncan228]

It's Brent fucking Barry people.

Yes, and we obviously have nothing better to do tonight.

Or, like me, we're avoiding what we should be doing by hanging out here. :)

[romad_20]

The midnight fire. :lol

[Dex]

It's Brent fucking Barry people.

Is Brent Barry the Key to Winning the West?
By Jason Kelly
02.27.2008 - Updated on 02.27.2008

Shocking, isn’t it, that the question is being asked. Shortly (perhaps by the time this piece hits the Web), he will have made up his mind. The Phoenix Suns need another sharp-shooter to help Shaq’s spacing, the Spurs would like him back, and the other contenders would welcome his presence as well.

The Denver Nuggets, at 33-23, sit in Ninth in the West, which would be good enough for a four-seed in the East.

Why delay the inevitable? Let’s change the “Western” Conference and the “Eastern” Conference into the Premier League and the First League – keeping the D-League as the farm division. It would be just like European soccer where the top two teams from the First League get bumped into the Premier League and the bottom two teams in the Premier League get relegated. That way, next year, Boston and Detroit would be in the “West” and Memphis and Minnesota would go “East.”

Things are not going to change anytime soon. Ben Wallace roaming around the Midwest is not going to change the fate of any team or teams. Sam Cassell backing up the point guard he tried to decapitate a few weeks ago is not a huge improvement. The only thing of value that the Bulls obtained is the intellectual property rights to another website for its newest guard. The Heat are going nowhere even faster with Shawn Marion lamenting, “I’m crying inside right now, because I feel like we’re playing so hard and we still couldn’t come up with a win.”

Moving Brent Barry around in the East would not be considered a monumental deal, but here, in the West, the playoffs may depend on it.

There would have to be some adjustments in my new league system (e.g., in England even the lowly teams are given a shot at the big boys in a tournament at the end of the year), and some adjustments would need to be made. However, why do we keep going down this road? Occasionally, an Eastern team does something in the Finals, but we can get all the same competition and output following this system.

Drastic changes need to be made simply because of the reality that Brent Barry has become such a hot commodity.

http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-articles/is-brent-barry-the-key-to-winning-the-west-ar47444.html

I believe everything I read on the internet.

[T Park]

Yes, and we obviously have nothing better to do tonight.

Or, like me, we're avoiding what we should be doing by hanging out here. :)


yeah i've got nothin to do either :lol

[Mister Sinister]

Yes, and we obviously have nothing better to do tonight.

Or, like me, we're avoiding what we should be doing by hanging out here. :)
I *should* be going to bed, since I have to be at work at noon, and I'm tired. But screw that noise, this is more fun.

[Trainwreck2100]

It's Brent fucking Barry people.

This is what happens when the Spurs have 3 days off

[Mister Sinister]

Double posting is always *fun*
God doesn't love me.

[anakha]

This is starting to approach Quattro-like proportions.

[Mister Sinister]

This is starting to approach Quattro-like proportions.
Your face is starting to approach Quattro-like proportions!

[Dex]

This is all Brent Barry's fault.

[anakha]

Your face is starting to approach Quattro-like proportions!

You really are bored, aren't you? :lol

[Mister Sinister]

You really are bored, aren't you? :lol
:lol Nooooo, what *ever* gave you *that* idea?

[Que Gee]

Still nothing eh?

[T Park]

Hell of a story about Pete Maravich....

[anakha]

:lol Nooooo, what *ever* gave you *that* idea?

Just a hunch. :p:

[Mister Sinister]

Hell of a story about Pete Maravich....
I think I share a birthday with Maravich. Not sure, though. Anyone know his birth date?

[picnroll]

Still nothing eh?
Did Brent watch the Suns - Hornets' game? Does he realize Shaq no longer commands double teams and doesn't open shooters up?

[Mister Sinister]

Just a hunch. :p:
Your mom's a hunch!

...

I'll stop now.

[Trainwreck2100]

Just a hunch. :p:

Power rangers rule

[Mister Sinister]

Power rangers rule
I've been watching season one of the original today. Fuck yeah, Tommy!

[T Park]

I wonder if you can get a pistol pete Jazz jersey...

[Que Gee]

Did Brent watch the Suns - Hornets' game? Does he realize Shaq no longer commands double teams and doesn't open shooters up?

ya but did you see the Celts game?!

:lol

[T Park]

Brent Barry, although not as good, kinda reminds you of Pete Marvich.

The game, the showboating at times, ball handling, good shooting.

Funny.

[duncan228]

Still nothing eh?

You don't seem surprised? :)

[ChuckD]

Still nothing eh?
You're asking us?

[T Park]

Que Gee knows something the bastard :lol

[picnroll]

ya but did you see the Celts game?!

:lol
No. I can't keep up with all of Brent's choices. :lol

[CubanMustGo]

I wonder if you can get a pistol pete Jazz jersey...

http://www.onlinesports.com/images/mn-jaz77h-7.jpg

http://www.onlinesports.com/pages/I,NV-MN-KSJZ77H07.html

yah I'm bored too

[EDIT - helps to read]

[Que Gee]

I have been out of the loop for most of the day actually. Kinda checking in here and there...but I thought it would have been done by now.

[ChuckD]

I wonder if you can get a pistol pete Jazz jersey...
Have you checked with Mitchell and Ness?

[anakha]

Power rangers rule

They're the characters from my favorite TV show from when I was a kid:

http://www.supersentai.com/database/1984_bioman/index.html

Nostalgia trips rule. :spin

[duncan228]

I've been watching season one of the original today. Fuck yeah, Tommy!

Tommy was always my favorite.
Green and white.

[T Park]

Awesome.

Either the ugly blue and neon green jersey, or the NO Jazz jersey would be awesome.

Interesting story..

[Mister Sinister]

They're the characters from my favorite TV show from when I was a kid:

http://www.supersentai.com/database/1984_bioman/index.html

Nostalgia trips rule. :spin
Activate nostalgia bombs!

[T Park]

Have you checked with Mitchell and Ness?

Nah too lazy./

[El_Mago]

Brent's father just made a statement.

He said he hopes his son picks Phoenix because for once in his career, Phoenix has a system that can display his son's true talents.

However, he said that ultimately, the choice comes down to his wife Erin.

[duncan228]

...but I thought it would have been done by now.

Thought what would have been done by now? :)

(Messing with you, I know you can't say anything until it's out.)

[Mister Sinister]

Brent's father just made a statement.

He said he hopes his son picks Phoenix because for once in his career, Phoenix has a system that can display his son's true talents.

However, he said that ultimately, the choice comes down to his wife Erin.
Welcome to...uhhh....a while ago.....ish....

[Que Gee]

Thought what would have been done by now? :)

(Messing with you, I know you can't say anything until it's out.)

No, I honestly have no idea.

[Dex]

Oh my god, time is repeating itself.

[El_Mago]

Sorry, have not been here all day.

Did not feel like checking all 22 pages.

I think Barry leaves by the way.

[duncan228]

Welcome to...uhhh....a while ago.....ish....

:lol

Page 11 of this thread.
A few other places on the board too I think.

[SA Gunslinger]

No news yet?

[Radiosparks]

Tick..tick..tick..tick..

[duncan228]

No, I honestly have no idea.

I believe you.
You've proven yourself to be accurate in what you say.

[anakha]

Activate nostalgia bombs!

zWequCdVhzI

Brings back memories... :spin

[Mister Sinister]

zWequCdVhzI

Brings back memories... :spin
I love the sentai genre, but....Honestly, Gundam's more my thing. :lol I'm such an old-school nerd...but Gundam is older than I am.

[Trainwreck2100]

Activate nostalgia bombs!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QmcKGcKW76M

[duncan228]

Did not feel like checking all 22 pages.

If you've got the time you should.
It's been a fun, if strange, night.
Lots of laughs while killing the time.

[Mister Sinister]

I am the alpha and omega...the beginning and the end....I am that which was, that which is, and that which is yet to come...and ye shall know my name is Megatron when I lay my vengeance upon thee!

[SA Gunslinger]

So I take it, nothing was mentioned on the local sports broadcast?

[Trainwreck2100]

I am the alpha and omega...the beginning and the end....I am that which was, that which is, and that which is yet to come...and ye shall know my name is Megatron when I lay my vengeance upon thee!

Well "Megatron" even stevens kicked your ass

[Trainwreck2100]

So I take it, nothing was mentioned on the local sports broadcast?

if it was this thread would have exploded

[Mister Sinister]

Well "Megatron" even stevens kicked your ass
Hey, hey, hey! Watch the blasphemy!

[SA Gunslinger]

if it was this thread would have exploded

Did they mention anything?

[Trainwreck2100]

Did they mention anything?

IDK did the thread explode?

[Mister Sinister]

IDK did the thread explode?
http://jooyeol.files.wordpress.com/2006/05/explosion.jpg

[T Park]

Nothing is happening today obviously.

[Dex]

I should see if Barry is listed in the phone book.

[tinysands]

Open Letter to Brent Barry

Brent,

I understand this must be a tough time for you. The San Antonio Spurs traded you to Seattle to retool in their quest for a repeat and fifth NBA title. It's gotta hurt. Not only did they feel they could get there without you, now they are dangling money to come back as if nothing happened. A couple girls used me the same way but that's a painful story for another day.

Don't look back Brent. There's a great story in the Bible about Sodom and Gomorra. The lone instruction given to Lot's family was don't look back. His woman took a long gander and turned to salt. The Spurs' championship chances will soon be destroyed like fire raining down from the heavens. Why not rain down a few threes and snuff out your old team in Phoenix? Don't let your game dry up and turn to salt on their bench.

Brent, Phoenix is about rebirth. Veteran players strive in our system and in our community. Our medical staff has helped Grant Hill turn his career around. His bionic ankle is no longer a burden. Shaquille O'Neal is already showing signs and he's hungry for a fifth ring. We know you still have some flash left in your game. Dude, you won the Slam Dunk title. I know you would love to get back out on the wing and take a dish from Nash for a dunk. It's in you Brent, let the monkey out.

You're an open court player Brent. You're a Pac-10 guy. You have a chance to be part of something special in Phoenix- our first championship. Your championship experience combined with Shaq's four rings will energize this team and your skills will fit right in. The Spurs don't value you. They were willing to trade you two years ago for JR Smith. Dude... JR Smith can't even get off the bench in Denver.

It's time Brent. Call up Steve Kerr and sign on the dotted line. Your future is in Phoenix. A third ring is your destiny.

Sincerely,
Hersey
The Rising Suns

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/azsportshub/~3/242497927/

:rollin

[Crookshanks]

I heard a quote from Sean Elliott on the radio this afternoon. He was speaking at some meeting and he said that Brent will be coming back to the Spurs. He said Brent and Erin love San Antonio and are so active in the community. He also said that he and all the team were completely shocked when they heard he had been traded.

Let's hope Sean is right!

[Behrooz24]

http://i29.tinypic.com/2rbzh8n.gif

[Mister Sinister]

Sinister HAET what you did there.

[phyzik]

OK, WTF Brent... I just spent about 3 hours running up a tab at the local bar expecting to hear good/bad news and you dont even deliver?

Got Damn this is like watching "Heroes" and right when it starts to get good they tell you to wait for next weeks episode.... :flipoff :lol

[whottt]

Ok I'm back...


First of all...I'd like to say why in the hell anyone would pay money to see Michael Buble is beyond me...talk about suck. Hot women were paying money to see him no less...really hot women.



Now...


To Chump:

It seems you have stepped out of your natural element of cap psychology and into the realm of basketball instinct...I have watched you flail in this arnea many times...spin though you do. We both know this is where you start attributing your own inability to comprehend to me, and it goes down hill from there...

So let's just leave it at...you don't understand...you seem to think you're quite clever for you inability to understand, in fact you seem to be quite pleased with your own inability to understand.

I am happy for you :tu Enjoy it.


To FWDT:

If I'm ever guilty, you'll be the first one I call :tu



To Marcus Bryant:

You hate white basketball players. Old news...anything else? Just put it in your sig rather than attempting creative ways of saying this...because you fail there.

It's your issue...stop making it mine.


Oh yeah...you've discovered Steve Kerr sucked...unfortunately you have his Bulls career to deal with...


To timvp:

Pathetic...don't hold me accountable for the fact that you didn't challenge me on this 5 years ago...I said it when it happened. You should have stepped up and challenged me then...

The fact you think you have somehow come up with some great debate tactic by asking for proof of some obscure commercial break from 5 years after the fact, is lame.

I may not remember the exact details that lead to Duncan calling for Kerr...I don't have a photographic memory to recall commercial breaks and FTA from games 5 years ago...but I do know Duncan called for Kerr. Perhaps it was earlier in that game...perhaps it was in the previous game(which really makes no sense) but I know it happened.




You want to believe it didn't because Kerr made more 3pt in 2 minutes of play than AJ did in a 19 year career, and Duncan liked Kerr...unlike AJ, and Kerr called AJ out and punked him, and unlike AJ, the Spurs actually wanted Kerr to stay...by all means do so. Won't make you right.

You know when you brought up the Moore jersey retirment thing a few weeks ago...notice how I didn't argue that or try to spin it...even though I had mentioned no date...that's simple really, because I knew I wasn't certain of the date, and I knew I had a shitty memory for those types of details...did I argue it? No I didn't. And I never do when I'm not certain. I do know on this...and you can be certain I am right....even if I can't provide the exact moment.



As for your incredibly lame point that Steve Kerr did squat because the Spurs had a lead...I find this humorous considering you have been on Devin Brown's jock for 3 years because he hit a bunch of threes in games we were being blown out by 40 in a playoff series we got our ass kicked in.


Exactly what would you have preferred Kerr did in the minutes Pop gave him? Shoot %1000?


How many threes would you have liked him to make?

Would you have liked for him to have inserted himself into those games at better moments, and you feel he sucks because he didn't? Are you really that silly?



Typical of your Pop's minutes rationing = a player sucks...weakest part of your analytical ability. Way weakest part. Gets you owned frequently too..


And you don't value the three....I get that...but I'm just going to ask you...if it's so easy to do...how come AJ never did it?

I won't even try to comprehend how you view the series we usually lost when we didn't have it(3 shooting)...by all means take it for granted...hate Tim Duncan all you want.

What AJ did is a whole lot like what you rip Barry for doing by the way...because I guarantee you he passed up more open 3threes that Barry ever has.

Hesitant indeed...

[whottt]

And stop hating on Barry's dad for doing what's in the best interest of his son...even though Rick Barry is a known Spur hater...in this case he's looking out for his son.


And Brent isn't the Barry brother that really dislikes Rick BTW....at least not now he isn't.



PS: Next time you want to challenge a claim I am making...try to not wait for 5 years before asking for proof, and then claiming scoreboard because it isn't around...:tu

That's not great arguing...that's the definition of WEAK!


And with that...I've done all the Kerr defending I want to at this time. Just try to keep your facts straight in the future...

[ata]

http://i29.tinypic.com/2rbzh8n.gif
LOL, great job!

[ChumpDumper]

To Chump:

It seems you have stepped out of your natural element of cap psychology and into the realm of basketball instinct...I have watched you flail in this arnea many times...spin though you do. We both know this is where you start attributing your own inability to comprehend to me, and it goes down hill from there...

So let's just leave it at...you don't understand...you seem to think you're quite clever for you inability to understand, in fact you seem to be quite pleased with your own inability to understand.

I am happy for you :tu Enjoy it.I think many people are trying to get their minds around your contention that Kerr's 2 free throws in four seconds of play at the very end of a game made everyone shoot better from the free throw line before he played in that game.

But you don't want to explain yourself. It's magic. Shamanism. We can all enjoy that. :tu

[whottt]

I think many people are trying to get their minds around your contention that Kerr's 2 free throws in four seconds of play at the very end of a game made everyone shoot better from the free throw line before he played in that game.

But you don't want to explain yourself. It's magic. Shamanism. We can all enjoy that. :tu

Simple sports psychology dude...when a team repeatedly fails in certain aspect of the game it becomes a confidence issue as much as anything else...whether it be FT's, or making baskets, or the way a team blows leads and loses games...and sometimes you just need a guy to stop the bleeding, a security blanket. A guy whose strength is everyone else weaknesses...like oh say...hitting 3 point shots or FT's. Sets the entire teams mind at ease.

You don't understand that aspect of the game...you never have, and it's been the source of a million and one arguments between us...

I could explain it till I'm blue in the face...you still wouldn't understand.


That team was a shitty FT shooting team, they were prone to offensive stagnation and lost games frequently due to both reasons...


Try harder...

[ChumpDumper]

I understand the concept. My question is how does it work backwards through the very fabric of time as you claim it did in this particular game.

Please explain.

[whottt]

I understand the concept. My question is how does it work backwards through the very fabric of time as you claim it did in this particular game.

Obviously...you don't understand the concept...otherwise you'd know that my reasoning behind Kerr's insertion into the game is sound...as Steve Kerr was put in the game for the very reasons I cited earlier, whether Duncan called for it or not......

[ChumpDumper]

I do understand the concept. Please tell me how it made the team shoot better from the line before he was inserted into the game with 14 seconds left in the fourth quarter.

[whottt]

I do understand the concept. Please tell me how it made the team shoot better from the line before he was inserted into the game with 14 seconds left in the fourth quarter.

Simple...if he hadn't been in there and they missed those FT's...they'd have shot worse.




Anything else?

[ChumpDumper]

:lmao

Shamanism!

[whottt]

Ok...but I'm sure Pop prefers to be called a Serbian Shaman.

[ChumpDumper]

Hey, if all you are talking about is the last 16 seconds of every game just say so. The Spurs shot very well from the line the previous 47:44 -- well enough that Kerr's divine perfection wasn't actually necessary.

But yeah, point taken -- they won that game because Kerr his those free throws that didn't need to be hit. His work had already been done before he stepped on the court.

[whottt]

Hey, if all you are talking about is the last 16 seconds of every game just say so. The Spurs shot very well from the line the previous 47:44 -- well enough that Kerr's divine perfection wasn't actually necessary.


Then why was he put in the game?

[ChumpDumper]

To make the Spurs shoot better from the line the 47:44 before he was put in, of course.

[whottt]

To make the Spurs shoot better from the line the 47:44 before he was put in, of course.

K.

[Spurs_Stink]

The Spurs Can Go Fuck Themselves !!!!!

Go Suns !!!!

Knock Out These Stupid Fucks !!!!

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

How lovely.

[Spurs_Stink]

Fuck you mister 3 eyed fish mother fucker. your idea of lovely is tim duncans cock sliding down the back of your throat.

SPURS SUCK
SPURS SUCK
SPURS SUCK

GO SUNS !!!!
GO SHAQ !!!!

FUCK THESE STEERS AND QUEERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Fuck you mister 3 eyed fish mother fucker. your idea of lovely is tim duncans cock sliding down the back of your throat.
If that were true, then I'd have to wait 4th in line behind Amare, Shaq, and Nash.