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Morning shootaround - Aug. 27, 2008

Aug. 27, 2008
by: Scott
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Marty Burns thanks the Raptors lack depth and have "hit the ceiling" in terms of their ability to improve themselves going forward.

Cuzoogle picks up where we left off on Friday's commenter draft and suggests seven worthy intro songs. Option seven is my favorite (Rage is my favorite band, after all) but since they've already used that, I would be stoked for either of the first two. Incidentally, I expect Cuzoogle to link back to this post with their next post, which I will subsequently link to. This will likely cause the Internet to implode.

Blazer's Edge thinks that Greg Oden gives Portland's starting lineup the edge over the Lakers. I know I just slurped the Blazers last night, but it's a little ridiculous to say that Aldridge is better than Gasol (he isn't right now, that's for sure), and as for saying that Oden is better than Bynum... shouldn't we see him play a game first? I mean, Bynum is really fucking good. He had a PER of 22.6 last year at the age of 20. Oden is 20 right now and I will be surprised if he fares that well in his rookie season. I'm not saying Oden doesn't have the potential to be the better of the two, but this is some Grade A Homerism in effect here.

Sixersoul is still nursing a grudge over Andre Iguodala's low player ranking on AOL Fanhouse's Top 50 list. I'm on his side that Iggy should be above Josh Howard and Gerald Wallace.

True Hoop points out that, on a per capita basis, Lithuania might be the best basketball country in the world.

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich was so happy to have Manu Ginobili back in San Antonio, he could have kissed him. In fact, he did. Seriously.

Late addition to the links! Starbury just dropped $45 million on a private jet. Stephon is clearly unfamiliar with the expression: "If it flies, floats or fucks, you're better off renting it."

 

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