Team USA/Olympics - Detroit Pistons Fan Community

**max** · #1 (**permalink**) 07-25-2008, 08:52 PM

Thought we could get a general thread going on the Olympics.

Team USA is playing team Cananda right now in the preliminaries on ESPN and I did not even realize it about until flipping around on the tv.

roscoe36 · #2 (**permalink**) 07-25-2008, 11:23 PM

Max, you should flip around on the floor, preferably away from any furniture so you don't hurt yourself. As my grandmother would say, "if you flip on the TV, sooner or later someone is going to lose an eye".

**max** · #3 (**permalink**) 07-26-2008, 12:09 AM

You think he is kidding but I actually was flipping around on th tv. A new exercise plan in my workout.

**lurker** · #4 (**permalink**) 07-26-2008, 12:28 AM

I don't want to make too much of a single exhibition game, but a quick check of the boxscore brings Pistons fans some great news. Tay came off the bench to outscore the starting PG. He shot 50% from the field, had as many blocks as fouls, and his assist/turnover ratio was so huge it's undefined. His trade value just went up!

TaShawn · #5 (**permalink**) 07-26-2008, 01:08 AM

Man, can Michael Redd shoot.

TaShawn · #6 (**permalink**) 08-01-2008, 12:10 PM

NBA.com : USA Basketball 2008

Lots of names ending in "s" on the Lithuanian team.

Kleiza is the anomaly.

ggazoo69 · #7 (**permalink**) 08-01-2008, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by lurker

I don't want to make too much of a single exhibition game, but a quick check of the boxscore brings Pistons fans some great news. Tay came off the bench to outscore the starting PG. He shot 50% from the field, had as many blocks as fouls, and his assist/turnover ratio was so huge it's undefined. His trade value just went up!

Gotta keep Tay.

basketbills · #8 (**permalink**) 08-01-2008, 05:00 PM

The U.S. Olympic Team is an abomination.

roscoe36 · #9 (**permalink**) 08-01-2008, 05:05 PM

An abomination like Alia Atreides or like Jabba the Hut?

**lurker** · #10 (**permalink**) 08-01-2008, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by roscoe36

An abomination like Alia Atreides or like Jabba the Hut?

Abomination (Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Quote:

The term in English signifies that which is exceptionally loathsome, hateful, wicked, or vile. In Biblical terms to'ba does not carry the same sense of exceptionalism as the English term. It simply signifies that which is forbidden or unclean according to the religion.

Linguistically it is therefore close in meaning to the Polynesian term taboo or tapu, signifying that which is forbidden, should be left alone and not touched, or (for some items) brings death by the act of touching.