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| Topic Started: Apr 17 2008, 04:20 PM (184 Views) | |
| pennylane | Apr 17 2008, 04:20 PM Post #1 |
I want a best friend like Charlie <3
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We all know Jake loves him some Knicks, but sadly, they lost last night. BUT, my team won!  Although I have to say that I haven't watched one of their games in a while because I've been busy and they're(Pacers) not that good this year. Just like Notre Dame. That's my fave college team, and we suck balls since Brady(Quinn) left. At least he's happy playing for the Browns. I think I should just start being a Knicks fan since the Pacers suck more  Sorry if no one else watches sports and you're lost! But yeah...I want to use this smiley:  Yay I'm happy! It doesn't take a lot to make me happy though. Lol. Edited by pennylane, Apr 17 2008, 04:23 PM.
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  by Twin <3 I came here to make you dance tonight. I don't care about my guilty pleasure for you. Shut up! Cuz we won't stop! We're getting down till the sun's comin up! | |
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| RogerD | Apr 17 2008, 07:49 PM Post #2 |
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I am a 76ers fan. Hate the Sorry Jake.
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| Noah_Nukefan | Apr 17 2008, 09:51 PM Post #3 |
EXTREME Jake/Noah fan!!!!
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I don't watch sports at all, but I have caught myself stopping on an NBA to see if it is the Knicks playing or not  Do you see Jake? You are driving me to watch sports!!! And that is no small feat!
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Manny In the words of penny: "WWJD? What Would Jake Do?" my new personal motto!    Avi and banners by me Most of the pics that I post are thanks to superherofan and safari! | |
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| pennylane | Apr 17 2008, 10:11 PM Post #4 |
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I want a best friend like Charlie <3
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Lol. Twin your not a sports person? I watch every now and then. If someone asked me to go to a game I'd go, but I'm not always thinking 'oh! I should go to a game!' you know? But yeah, I like watching bball more than football becuase I played for a while so I know what's going on. It's fun to go to the games and know what's happening so I can yell at the ref's if need be
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by Twin <3 I came here to make you dance tonight. I don't care about my guilty pleasure for you. Shut up! Cuz we won't stop! We're getting down till the sun's comin up! | |
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| Dizzy | Apr 17 2008, 11:05 PM Post #5 |
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I was really into basketball when I was in high school (Da Bulls!) but lost interest in the NBA around my Junior year of college. My cousin was playing for the University of Illinois when I started college so I followed his team (and my own school's) until I graduated. Since then, basketball hasn't really caught my attention. I find myself wondering if I should give the NBA another go and if I could get back into it like I was in high school. I will occasionally read articles I come across about the Knicks. Maybe I should start there.  Go
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| atwtfan | Apr 18 2008, 11:31 AM Post #6 |
Jake loves me! *thud*
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I wonder how Jake feels about Isaiah Thomas? Does he like him or hate him??
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| Noah_Nukefan | Apr 18 2008, 01:18 PM Post #7 |
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EXTREME Jake/Noah fan!!!!
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Nope, I am not a sports person at all. I did play football in highschool so I do enjoy watching that more than basketball. Games are more enjoyable in person than they are on televsion. If my family forces me to watch sports I usually get bored out of my mind and fall asleep or I listen to my I-pod
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Manny In the words of penny: "WWJD? What Would Jake Do?" my new personal motto! Avi and banners by me Most of the pics that I post are thanks to superherofan and safari! | |
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| Noah_Nukefan | Apr 18 2008, 01:19 PM Post #8 |
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EXTREME Jake/Noah fan!!!!
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I've wondered the same thing! I know that there are several Knicks fans that HATE him, but there are those that support him too. I wonder what Jake thinks? Someone should ask him at the luncheon or as part of the Ask the Actor |
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Manny In the words of penny: "WWJD? What Would Jake Do?" my new personal motto! Avi and banners by me Most of the pics that I post are thanks to superherofan and safari! | |
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| pennylane | Apr 18 2008, 05:22 PM Post #9 |
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I want a best friend like Charlie <3
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Niiiiiiiice. I'll yell at the T.V. sometimes if there's a truely terrible call. I usually don't though. My parents and family are horrible! They're SO loud sometimes! It's crazy! And the cussing...oh my gosh! The f bomb has been known to come out of both of my parent's mouths!
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by Twin <3 I came here to make you dance tonight. I don't care about my guilty pleasure for you. Shut up! Cuz we won't stop! We're getting down till the sun's comin up! | |
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| pennylane | Apr 18 2008, 07:14 PM Post #10 |
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I want a best friend like Charlie <3
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Isiah Thomas Fired NEW YORK (AP)—Isiah Thomas was fired as coach of the New York Knicks on Friday after a season of listless and dreadful basketball, a tawdry lawsuit and unending chants from fans demanding Thomas’ dismissal. Thomas, the coach for two seasons, will remain with the organization reporting directly to new president Donnie Walsh, a rapid fall for Thomas who also was team president a little more than two weeks ago. Walsh said he informed Thomas of the decision Friday. “It’s very difficult to be the coach and general manager,” he said. “Maybe it was too much.” Walsh took over Thomas’ role as team president April 2, and his first big decision was to change coaches as he begins the process of turning around a team that never won a playoff game in Thomas’ tenure. “I just believe a new voice, a new coach, is necessary to change the direction of the team,” Walsh said. “This is a coveted job. People want to coach here. The Knicks finished 23-59, matching the franchise record for losses, in their seventh straight losing season. “I can’t tell you really where we failed,” Walsh said. “The bottom line is we haven’t won, and the team didn’t look like it was motivated to try to win.” Two of those 59-loss debacles came in the last three years, when the Knicks solidified themselves as the NBA’s most dysfunctional franchise with poor play on the court and embarrassing behavior off it. This season alone, Thomas was found to have sexually harassed a former team employee, feuded with point guard Stephon Marbury and benched center Eddy Curry — the players Thomas acquired in the two biggest of a number of moves that never panned out. Walsh wants a new coach in place by the draft in June, when the Knicks will finally have their lottery pick again after handing over their last two to Chicago in the Curry trade. Walsh said he hasn’t talked to any candidates, but mentioned former Knick and current TV analyst Mark Jackson, and assistant coach Herb Williams as people who likely would be interviewed. He said he has no timetable to make his decision. “Obviously, when you’re losing, there has to be a culture change,” he said. “There’s no easy answer. … We’ve got to work 24-7 to become competitive.” And Thomas will be a part of that. His new role with the Knicks does not have a title. Without getting specific, Walsh said there were assignments he’d feel completely comfortable giving to Thomas. “I feel like some of the bigger events that happened on the way with Isiah overshadowed some of the good things” that he accomplished, Walsh said. “I will be in touch with Isiah a lot,” he said. Thomas is 187-223 as an NBA coach, leading the Indiana Pacers to the playoffs in three straight years from 2000-03. Larry Bird fired him after becoming team president, a move Walsh—who had hired Thomas as coach—was originally against but eventually went along with. Thomas was hired as the Knicks’ team president on Dec. 22, 2003, and he acquired Marbury from Phoenix weeks later. The Knicks made the playoffs that season, getting swept by New Jersey, but haven’t gone back despite their annual spot atop the league’s highest payroll list. Though the salary cap was already out of whack by the time Thomas arrived, he didn’t help matters with some questionable moves. He gave a $30 million contract in the summer of 2005 to center Jerome James, a career 4.3 points per game scorer who hasn’t been healthy or productive, and seems bothered by neither. A year later, Thomas used his mid-level exception on Jared Jeffries, who has limited offensive skills. Still, Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan remained confident in Thomas, even making him coach in June 2006 after firing Larry Brown following one season. But that came with an ultimatum, as Dolan warned Thomas to show “evident progress” in one season or be fired from both positions. The Knicks went 33-49 last season, but that was good enough for Dolan. He rewarded Thomas with a multiyear contract extension with more than a month left after New York moved into eighth place, but the Knicks collapsed under a series of injuries and missed the postseason. Things went poorly this season from the time training camp opened. The jury came back with its verdict that day, finding that Thomas and MSG sexually harassed former team executive Anucha Browne Sanders and ordering the company to pay $11.6 million in damages. Criticized by Al Sharpton and Rutgers women’s coach C. Vivian Stringer for comments he made in his taped deposition, Thomas seemed downcast during most of training camp—and never had much reason for better spirits when the season began. The Knicks started 2-1, then dropped eight in a row as the Thomas-Marbury feud sent the season spiraling out of control. Marbury responded to Thomas’ plans to bench him by skipping a game in Phoenix, and the players reportedly voted to make Marbury sit out a game when he returned. Instead, Thomas played the point guard more than 33 minutes off the bench in a game in Los Angeles against the Clippers. It soon became obvious that Thomas’ draft night acquisition of Zach Randolph had set back Curry, who lost his confidence and later his starting job. Speculation was rampant by Thanksgiving that Thomas’ job was in jeopardy, and it only heated up after the Knicks’ nationally televised 104-59 loss at Boston on Nov. 29. Chants of “Fire Isiah!” sometimes started minutes after home games, and even Dolan’s strong relationship with Thomas couldn’t convince people the coach would last. --------------- It's weird I started the thread then this happened  |
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