The Goat Pen

Nobody cries when fatty dies...

No one feels sorry for the New Orleans Pelicans. They were gifted the first pick to get ANthony Davis because the NBA owned them at the time and wanted a buyer for the team, cheating the Bobcats out of that pick. They're an illegitimate franchise to begin with.

sardis wrote: ↑Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:50 am No one feels sorry for the New Orleans Pelicans. They were gifted the first pick to get ANthony Davis because the NBA owned them at the time and wanted a buyer for the team, cheating the Bobcats out of that pick. They're an illegitimate franchise to begin with.

For once you're completely spot on about something. Wow.

[Kyrie Irving will not play or practice with the Brooklyn Nets until he is eligible to become a full participant under local COVID-19 vaccination requirements, general manager Sean Marks said Tuesday.

"Kyrie has made a personal choice, and we respect his individual right to choose. Currently the choice restricts his ability to be a full-time member of the team, and we will not permit any member of our team to participate with part-time availability. It is imperative that we continue to build chemistry as a team and remain true to our long-established values of togetherness and sacrifice," Marks said in a statement.

"Our championship goals for the season have not changed, and to achieve these goals each member of our organization must pull in the same direction. We are excited for the start of the season and look forward to a successful campaign that will make the borough of Brooklyn proud."

New York City's COVID-19 vaccine mandate requires a person to have proof of at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot to enter indoor gyms -- including Barclays Center, the home of the Nets, and Madison Square Garden, the home of the Knicks.

The Nets are prevented by law from revealing whether Irving has been vaccinated, but the team's statement is a strong indication he has not met New York's vaccination requirement.

Addressing the media Tuesday, Marks said that while "everyone" was consulted, this decision came down to two people: him and owner Joe Tsai.

Marks also said the only salary Irving will forfeit will be for home games due to New York City's vaccine mandate.

Irving wasn't even eligible to practice with the Nets in New York until Friday, when the city told the team that its training facility was considered a private venue.

Irving then joined the team at an outdoor practice Saturday and worked out with the team Sunday, but he didn't play in Brooklyn's exhibition game at Philadelphia on Monday.

NBA players are not required to be vaccinated, but unvaccinated players face more testing and restrictions on their ability to be around their teammates. The league had said that players wouldn't be paid for games they miss because they are ineligible to play.

Irving hasn't said he isn't vaccinated, asking for privacy when he spoke via Zoom during the team's media day on Sept. 27. Teammates have said they are supportive of his personal choice.

On Tuesday, asked by the media if Irving wasn't vaccinated, Marks said: "If he was vaccinated, we wouldn't be having this discussion. I think that's pretty clear.]

Yo Kyrie. KD has a few years left of top notch title winning basketball. He came to play with your ass for some reason. What in the name of Jesus are you doing right now?

Kid changed his mind. Bummer. There go my free tix.

Liberty? sardis will be pleased...

Nah, the Bob Jones crowd actually hated Falwell. Too hollywood.

hedge wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 9:58 am Liberty? sardis will be pleased...

Those Bob Jones fuckers hated Billy Graham. So, I can only imagine how much hatred they have for that dead carnival barker Falwell and his associates.

I play golf with a guy who owned a large car dealership in Lynchburg, sold it and retired early. My golfing buddy had some interactions with Falwell Sr. over the years and has said that the Falwell Sr. came across as a genuinely nice person who always remembered details about the person and his family. In addition, my golfing buddy had a neighbor who was a prominent homosexual activist who had moved to Lynchburg specifically to protest Falwell / Liberty, and due to repeated interactions at protests / events, Falwell Sr. and the gay man struck up a close, genuine friendship. IMO, such anecdotes are further evidence that Falwell Sr. and his ilk are nothing but an "act" seeking financial gain by preying upon the limited intellect and fragility of their supporters...not unlike Trump.

sardis wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 10:24 am Nah, the Bob Jones crowd actually hated Falwell. Too hollywood.

Jealous...

Falwell and Larry Flynt ended up being friends (kinda). I doubt they were the closest of friends, but they both grew up as dirt poor white trash and ended up becoming very wealthy providing competing commodities to the unwarshed masses, so in a sense they had a symbiotic relationship. They spoke the same language. Plus they made money going on tour together and good-naturedly "debating" each other, which I'm sure pleased both of them (the making money part)...

DS is gonna make an excellent grandpa. His kids might detest his stories over and over but grandkids never do.

Too bad he wont live that long

hedge wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 12:49 pm Falwell and Larry Flynt ended up being friends (kinda). I doubt they were the closest of friends, but they both grew up as dirt poor white trash and ended up becoming very wealthy providing competing commodities to the unwarshed masses, so in a sense they had a symbiotic relationship. They spoke the same language. Plus they made money going on tour together and good-naturedly "debating" each other, which I'm sure pleased both of them (the making money part)...

This was a scene in that 1987 Tom Hanks/Dan Ackroid movie Dragnet, when the Priest met the "Bait" magazine publisher on the park bench.

Judging from your posts, that movie was your last encounter with popular culture...

aTm wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 4:56 pm Too bad he wont live that long

A

Dude lives in a fantasy world made up of video clips.

aTm wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 4:56 pm Too bad he wont live that long

Touche, but after seeing what my dad went through, I don't think I want to live too long.

My daughter is the only reason I care about living much past my forties.

Zion Willamson out with indefinitely with a foot injury

His belt is about a foot too long , that's his damn foot injry