Weaver95: the other problem was that the Dwarves simply ignored Saurons corruption. the Seven did bad things to the dwarf lords, of that there was no doubt...but they were stubborn as, well...dwarves. that's why Sauron eventually decided he was going to have to kill all dwarves everywhere.

As Gandalf said, "it only made their lust for riches greater and their mines deeper."

Or something like that. Basically, they were still corrupted, but not in any way that was useful to Sauron.

Ha. I get it. Eleven. Elven. It's one letter different. Ha!

CatfoodSpork: Ha. I get it. Eleven. Elven. It's one letter different. Ha!

Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
Eleven Rings for Phil Jackson upon his basketball throne.
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

Bobby Hansen?

Judging by the book title alone, Phil Jackson has atrocious telephone etiquette.

The ones he won without riding the talents of a superstar like Jordan or Kobe.

heard on sports talk yesterday that the Dolans are quietly waiting for the "right" moment to lop off D'Antoni's head and offer the job to Phillip. apparently Amare is being shopped, Carmelo is sucking ass, and it is only a matter of time until Captain Ahab D'Antoni is made to walk the plank, setting the stage for Philip to return to the city he loves and always wanted to coach in.


D'Antoni's greatest weakness was his hubris; he lost sight of the larger goal -- to win, period -- and fell in love with the idea of winning with his "system". The Suns only asked him to at least try to give a little more attention to defense; his response was to force his release. he went to the Knicks, who essentially tanked two years on the hope thy could make a run at LeBron. That didn't pay off. Now, they have a black hole (carmelo) and a guy whose strength was never making his own shot (Amare) but relied on others. the pieces don't fit.

But D'Antoni can't see that. And he'll get fired, setting the stage for Philip.

CatfoodSpork: Ha. I get it. Eleven. Elven. It's one letter different. Ha!

skinink: The ones he won without riding the talents of a superstar like Jordan or Kobe.

If you add in circa 2000-02 Shaq, the book would be Zero Rings.

rickythepenguin: heard on sports talk yesterday that the Dolans are quietly waiting for the "right" moment to lop off D'Antoni's head and offer the job to Phillip. apparently Amare is being shopped, Carmelo is sucking ass, and it is only a matter of time until Captain Ahab D'Antoni is made to walk the plank, setting the stage for Philip to return to the city he loves and always wanted to coach in.


D'Antoni's greatest weakness was his hubris; he lost sight of the larger goal -- to win, period -- and fell in love with the idea of winning with his "system". The Suns only asked him to at least try to give a little more attention to defense; his response was to force his release. he went to the Knicks, who essentially tanked two years on the hope thy could make a run at LeBron. That didn't pay off. Now, they have a black hole (carmelo) and a guy whose strength was never making his own shot (Amare) but relied on others. the pieces don't fit.

But D'Antoni can't see that. And he'll get fired, setting the stage for Philip.

They've been trying to get Jackson since he left the Bulls. Of course they used to say every year from 1988 that the Mets wanted Bobby Valentine and they finally pulled the trigger in 96, so anything's possible.

Ten for each finger, one for his penis. His tiny white penis.

jbull217: Ten for each finger, one for his penis. His tiny white penis.

Someone appears to have some first-hand knowledge going on.

hbk72777: Of course they used to say every year from 1988 that the Mets wanted Bobby Valentine and they finally pulled the trigger in 96,

that is also the year of when, when Bobby V was coaching the Norfolk Tides (at the time, they were the Mets AAA affiliate, now they are with Texas Rangers or some shiat, Nationals, I don't know) and i took my wif eto a game. we were sitting about 4-5 rows behind the Tides dugout.

After every inning, Bobby farking Valentine would come out and scout the talent. he saw my wife and it was blatant as shiat he was starting at her.

so yeah. i got that going for me, which is nice. Bobby farking Valentine wanted to bone my wife.

The one where he didn't have to have Reasonable Creative Control written into his contract to win the title, ala Hulk Hogan in WCW.

rickythepenguin: hbk72777: Of course they used to say every year from 1988 that the Mets wanted Bobby Valentine and they finally pulled the trigger in 96,

that is also the year of when, when Bobby V was coaching the Norfolk Tides (at the time, they were the Mets AAA affiliate, now they are with Texas Rangers or some shiat, Nationals, I don't know) and i took my wif eto a game. we were sitting about 4-5 rows behind the Tides dugout.

After every inning, Bobby farking Valentine would come out and scout the talent. he saw my wife and it was blatant as shiat he was starting at her.

so yeah. i got that going for me, which is nice. Bobby farking Valentine wanted to bone my wife.

While you're on baseball, do you know if Miggy has any more years of arbitration after this? He and the tatman signed one year deals and I'm thinkin he may walk after this year. Any clue?

rickythepenguin: hbk72777: Of course they used to say every year from 1988 that the Mets wanted Bobby Valentine and they finally pulled the trigger in 96,

that is also the year of when, when Bobby V was coaching the Norfolk Tides (at the time, they were the Mets AAA affiliate, now they are with Texas Rangers or some shiat, Nationals, I don't know) and i took my wif eto a game. we were sitting about 4-5 rows behind the Tides dugout.

After every inning, Bobby farking Valentine would come out and scout the talent. he saw my wife and it was blatant as shiat he was starting at her.

so yeah. i got that going for me, which is nice. Bobby farking Valentine wanted to bone my wife.

Bobby V is gay

velvet_fog: skinink: The ones he won without riding the talents of a superstar like Jordan or Kobe.

If you add in circa 2000-02 Shaq, the book would be Zero Rings.

Came here to say exactly this and it's been taken care of, goodnight now

skinink: The ones he won without riding the talents of a superstar like Jordan or Kobe.

Funny how Jordan never won a title until Phil was the Bulls' head coach...

skinink: The ones he won without riding the talents of a superstar like Jordan or Kobe.

Save for Larry Brown & the '04 Pistons, name a coach in the last 30 years to win a title w/o at least 1 legit superstar player.

The first one is always special. The 1970 New York Knicks. Phil Jackson, #18

bighasbeen: And the Shaq/Kobe/Del Harris Lakers never made it past the WCF.

And that.

Chupacabra Sandwich: neuroflare: While you're on baseball, do you know if Miggy has any more years of arbitration after this? He and the tatman signed one year deals and I'm thinkin he may walk after this year. Any clue?

I was wondering that too.

I wish Colangelo still ran Phoenix.

Checked dbacks.com and he can walk away after this season. That would be devastating to the team. I can't name any catching prospects on the team at all.

One does not simply walk into Borders.

GimpyNip: While all of you LOTR dorks are jerking off in here can you answer me a question: will there be a 3 hour version of all 3 movies combined? They should make that, like how they make retrospectives of dynasty's, like the Bulls. So you don't have to watch 82 games in a row. Peter Jackson should make a LOTR cliff notes highlight reel with a narrator.

Actually, if you've seen the extended versions, the theatrical cuts were the highlight reel. They were missing:


The "one does not siply rock into mordor" scene, which deprived us of more Boromir, Farmair and Walter Bish...err, Denethor.


Saruman's death, where he throws fireballs from the top of the tower, gets stabbed by wormtoungue and winds up imapled on a spike.


The witch king drinking Gandalf's milkshake

the amazingly awesome mouth of Sauron


And a couple hours' worth of other scenes. I know it's hard to beleive, but getting longer actually made the movies better.

GimpyNip: I meant as a companion piece for people who have already seen the movies. Not necessarily as a stand alone introduction.

You could always play the commentary tracks on the dvd for narration (they're pretty good, the hobbits are funny) and just skip all the scenes between highlights. But to get back on topic...

bighasbeen: WhyteRaven74: skinink: The ones he won without riding the talents of a superstar like Jordan or Kobe.

Funny how Jordan never won a title until Phil was the Bulls' head coach...

Shaq got his ass handed to him when he was in Orlando by Hakeem too.

To be fair, that had less to do with Shaq being poorly coached and more to do with Hakeem being a better player.

bukketmaster: GimpyNip: I meant as a companion piece for people who have already seen the movies. Not necessarily as a stand alone introduction.

You could always play the commentary tracks on the dvd for narration (they're pretty good, the hobbits are funny) and just skip all the scenes between highlights. But to get back on topic...

bighasbeen: WhyteRaven74: skinink: The ones he won without riding the talents of a superstar like Jordan or Kobe.

Funny how Jordan never won a title until Phil was the Bulls' head coach...

Shaq got his ass handed to him when he was in Orlando by Hakeem too.

To be fair, that had less to do with Shaq being poorly coached and more to do with Hakeem being a better player.

Yeah! Hakeem was unstoppable that year! He managed to beat quite a few of the top big guys en route to the championship:

1st round: Karl Malone
Semis: Charles Barkley
WCF: David Robinson
Finals: Shaq

Dreamshake (new window)

varmitydog: The first one is always special. The 1970 New York Knicks. Phil Jackson, #18

Not so special for Phil. He was injured that entire year.

neuroflare: do you know if Miggy has any more years of arbitration after this? He and the tatman signed one year deals and I'm thinkin he may walk after this year. Any clue?


i have no idea.....i'm not really following MLB right now but i'm aware that Multiple Miggsy and Tatman signed, as you said....

no idea. as fun as last year was, the Giatns will have Posey back and the Dodgers, for all their turmoil, can't be counted out.

Have great memories going with my dad to see them play this year when I was 15.



/the Grant Park championship rallies were also awesome, all six of them in the 90s =-)

Amurica...Fark Ya!: Have great memories going with my dad to see them play this year when I was 15.

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/the Grant Park championship rallies were also awesome, all six of them in the 90s =-)

I was gonna say fark you but then I saw it was in '96 and not '93.
So don't fark yourself.

bukketmaster: GimpyNip: I meant as a companion piece for people who have already seen the movies. Not necessarily as a stand alone introduction.

You could always play the commentary tracks on the dvd for narration (they're pretty good, the hobbits are funny) and just skip all the scenes between highlights. But to get back on topic...

bighasbeen: WhyteRaven74: skinink: The ones he won without riding the talents of a superstar like Jordan or Kobe.

Funny how Jordan never won a title until Phil was the Bulls' head coach...

Shaq got his ass handed to him when he was in Orlando by Hakeem too.

To be fair, that had less to do with Shaq being poorly coached and more to do with Hakeem being a better player.

At the time. I know The Dream was a more talented player but Shaq was young at that point. I would have no problem having Shaq over Hakeem in their primes.