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deeorumpshaker

00domenica 10 giugno 2012 21:37

The Original Nicky Anosike Thread In The WNBA Fan Voice Forum

deeorumpshaker

00domenica 10 giugno 2012 22:02

Nicky Anosike Thread -- 2008

easy56
Posted: 4 years ago • Jul 16, 2008 - 10:19PM #6571
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Damn that crossover was nasty...real nasty i tell ya! Better than the one CP3 did at SAC (the 1st game).
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flyguy1183___
Posted: 4 years ago • Jul 16, 2008 - 10:02PM #6572
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Listen, your girl has the best hands of any post in the league by far. Probably better than any post who ever played. If she can be consistent on offense, (she doesn't even have to be a star... 12-15 every night and 8-12 boards) and pick up her shooting percentages as she progresses (.430 isn't so impressive for a post), she's going to have a long career in this league. I just don't think she's an Olympian, OR a Vice Presidential Candidate. Not right now anyway. :-D
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 4 years ago • Jul 16, 2008 - 9:54PM #6573
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Thank you, smarties(rule!!!) and bobbitt#1fan. You guys just made my day? I just love to hear MiniGood things about my favorite MiniLynx... Nicky Anosike. You must visit more often. (lol)
And by the way... you guys both pulled out some tough wins this week. The Shock knocked off a fiesty Chi-town this afternoon and L.A. knocked meat out of San Antonio and broke their streak Monday night -- the entire wild, wild West salutes you, L.A. (lol)
Y'all better be taking good care of my other four baby champions out there -- Alexis (with the Shock), Shannon, Sidney and CandyP (with the Sparks). L.A.'s purple and gold and Detroit's red, white and blue are nice colors, but the Lady Vols' orange and white never fades away.
And bobbitt#1fan, you tell CoachCoop that Shannon not only earned the starting point guard spot this past Monday, she has earned it... period. She had seven assists... She would have had double-digit assists if he had kept her in throughout the entire game. And did you see her break BeckyHam's ankles on that nasty crossover? Mercy! Uh... y'all wouldn't want to trade her, would you? Just kidding... just kidding... (lol) Would you? (lol)

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smarties(rule!!!)
Posted: 4 years ago • Jul 16, 2008 - 8:04PM #6574
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nicky is doing very well, her stats are pretty solid, but one thing she does that doesnt necessarily show up on the stat sheet is her one on one and team defense!!!!!! she is great in this area
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bobbitt#1fan
Posted: 4 years ago • Jul 16, 2008 - 7:12PM #6575
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Nicky is gud i love the way she handle the basketball she is one of the great rookies!
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 4 years ago • Jul 16, 2008 - 6:57PM #6576
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I'm SO proud of Nicky Anosike!
The 16th WNBA draft pick out of Tennessee is #1 in the league in steals and is ranked third (behind CandyP, the #1 pick, and C-Wig, the #3 pick) among the top rookies in the WNBA. FAN(that's me)TASTIC!
The MiniLynx have received MiniHappy returns on their second round pick. Big Nick... the Big Nasty is 9th in offensive rebounding (lucky 13th in overall rebounding), 10th in blocked shots, 43rd in scoring (averaging 9.2 points) and 44th in freethrow percentage (72%). Nicky also racked up her second double-double in regular season play in the MiniLynx last outing against Houston.
Not bad for a second round pick, huh?
Her scouting report should read:
Quick to the pass and will rob your @--.
Will D-up on you and block your shot, too.
Holds the key to the backdoor and will run the floor.
Gets the hardest defensive chores and sweeps the boards.
And if her baby-J is falling right, you're in for a long, long night.
Every day, she comes to play... #21, Nicky An-No-Cee-Kay (Anosike)! (lol)
Let the MiniFaithful say, "Amen"... (before I rhyme again. lol)
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hoopsqueen
Posted: 4 years ago • May 29, 2008 - 7:51PM #6577
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The Dream made a huge mistake passing up Nicky Anosike for Tamera Young of James Madison. What a no brainer. I cried out in disbelief when they passed on her! We could use her pts right now... we could be 2-2 instead of 0-4!
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msminga
Posted: 4 years ago • May 29, 2008 - 6:38PM #6578
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oh yeah! for sure Nicky can ball with the best of them. no doubt. she just didn't have the spot light on her at Tennessee, because of all the attention Candace Parker (CP3) was getting. now Nicky and Charde both are doing sum great things in Minnesota. All they needed was a chance to shine.
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jessica2013
Posted: 4 years ago • May 29, 2008 - 4:44PM #6579
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Big Nick is doing amazing, and she was very underated at Tennessee, but now people will know about her since she's doing so well in the W.
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buckwild06
Posted: 4 years ago • May 29, 2008 - 3:45PM #6580
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I LOVE Nicky Anosike, she took a lot of flack from WCBB fans while at Tennessee but I continued to stand up for her. I feels good to see her doing well in the WNBA, my Liberty didn't select her like I had hoped but at least she went to another team that I like.

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00domenica 10 giugno 2012 22:10

Nicky Anosike Thread -- 2008

Christen3vols
Posted: 4 years ago • Sep 08, 2008 - 7:06PM #6561
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Nicky Anosike is one of my favorite players
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andrewalan
Posted: 4 years ago • Sep 08, 2008 - 7:05PM #6562
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I was kind of of hoping they'd get the 4th spot. But they just couldn't get past Seattle. Nicole's numbers are down a lot this year. Is Anna or Candice their shooting guard? I can't see Candice coming off the bench. That doesn't make any sense. They might get lucky with a draft pick who will get them to the playoffs.
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flyguy1183___
Posted: 4 years ago • Sep 08, 2008 - 5:08PM #6563
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Also, Indiana clinched the 4th spot just like I said they would.
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 4 years ago • Sep 08, 2008 - 2:55PM #6564
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Yeah... fluguy, I just looked up the records of the last four teams in the West. Only Phoenix can knock out Sacramento. And guess who I'm pulling for... (lol)

Our offense -- like I feared during the break -- just didn't survive the break. C-Wig struggled... and even Seimone Augustus sputtereed from time to time.

But that's the breaks... (lol)

Well, anyway, good luck with your New York Liberty.
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flyguy1183___
Posted: 4 years ago • Sep 08, 2008 - 2:14PM #6565
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Sacramento owns the tiebreak. The Lynx are mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. Thank God that's over.
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 4 years ago • Sep 08, 2008 - 1:45PM #6566
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The Big Nasty... Big Nick... Nicky Anosike... my Nicky Anosike notched her fifth double-double against Sacramento last night -- 10 points, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks, 3 assists and 2 steals -- her second double-double in as many games.

The Big Nasty is working hard to get her MiniLynx into the playoffs... Now, if only the MiniLynx could win their last three games.... to get into the postseason.
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cash
Posted: 4 years ago • Sep 04, 2008 - 9:46AM #6567
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I wished the game had been televised. I would have liked to see big Nick grab all those rebounds (and miss her free throws)!!!! As it was I had to yell at my computer. Big Nick is on MY All-Rookie team along with Wiggs and Charde. GO LYNX!!
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queens2183
Posted: 4 years ago • Sep 04, 2008 - 8:13AM #6568
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Well i definitely have Nicky on my All-Rookie Team. She has been everything that she was for TN and more and i for one am not at all surprised. Nicky has always struggled with confidence and it's good to see that she has seemingly overcome that obstacle. Hopefully the Lynx will get back on track and fix whatever the problem seems to be. I believe they can so don't lose hope, deeo.
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 4 years ago • Sep 04, 2008 - 4:10AM #6569
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Nicky Anosike hauled down 15 boards and scored 14 points in the MiniLynx 96-103 loss to the Phoenix Mercury tonight for her fourth double-double.

That's my Nicky... the Big Nasty... Meooow!

If the Big Nick is not on your 2008 WNBA All-Rookie Team, you MUST have Cat-aracts.

Prior to her latest performance, the Big Nasty was still leading the WNBA in steals -- as a center, 10th in total blocks, 12th in blocks per game, 11th in total rebounds and 14th in rebounds per game.

Big Nick... the Big Nasty... Nicky Anosike... the Cat's meow!

Meooow!
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 4 years ago • Jul 26, 2008 - 11:00PM #6570
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ELEVEN... E-LEV-EN... Did you hear me? I don't think y'all heard me... ELEVEN steals in two games! That's my Big Nick... the Big Nasty... my Nicky Anosike! If you can't say her name... Hum it!

Nicky Anosike got ELEVEN steals in two games -- five against Indiana and six against San Antonio. How about that?... Nicky's wanted in two different states for Grand Theft Auto(matic)... That's a federal offense, isn't it?! --- Oh my goodness, my Nicky's a felon! (lol)

Nicky Anosike is off of the charts, baby! She's the Big Nick... so, so nasty and oh, so good! Mercy! Excuse me while I do my happy dance.

And did I mention that the Big Nasty leads the WNBA in steals?... or that she racked up her third double-double of the regular season against Indiana Thursday? That's my Nicky! You just gotta love this kid... you just gotta!
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00domenica 10 giugno 2012 22:21

Nicky Anosike Thread -- 2008

deeorumpshaker
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 14, 2008 - 5:09PM #6551
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Excuse me... There's nothing new here... I'm just doing a little housekeeping...

I just wanted to put these posts by smarties(rule!!!), cash, queens2183 and myself in my Nicky Anosike diary. They're great tributes to the Big Nasty.

smarties(rule!!!) -- obviously nicky is ur favorite player, and i respect that, but just wondering why you like to watch her play? i like her to, i just want to know why, cuz she isnt the most exciting player to watch

deeo'rumpshaker -- (lol)
Jeepers, smarties(rule!!!), you made me go all the way back to the post-game ceremonies following the Lady Vols' NCAA Champsionship in April of this year and the WNBA draft the following day.

For the second year in a row, Nicky Anosike had raised her game to another level -- 6 steals, rebounds, etc. -- to help the Lady Vols win another NCCA Championship.

All of the TV sports commentators (Carolyn Peck, Kara Lawson, etc.) stated how she was the difference -- again -- in the game for Tennessee... but still yet... no post-game accolades awaited the Lady Vols' center and team co-captain.

She only guarded every position on the court (racking up 6 steals)... suffocated Candice Wiggins who had averaged some 40 points in her last two games... picked up her own personal scoring to compensate for an injured Candace Parker... grabbed a bunch of rebounds... and held her team together on the biggest stage under some pretty dire circumstances.

Then during the post-championship press conference... Nicky sits idly by while all questions and attention are directed to Candace Parker... seated to her left.

And when she finally got a question from a reporter, she replied, "I wasn't going to leave here without it [the championship]."

Nicky had responded earlier during the tournament -- when asked about being tired -- that she didn't have a right to be tired.

Nicky said if her mother can work, go to school and support eight kids by herself every day, she (Nicky) didn't have a right to talk about being tired.

The day after the NCAA championship, Nicky's mother and siblings were seated at a table in front of the 2008 WNBA Draft stage.

And throughout the first round... they listened... and they listened... for a name that was never called.

At that very moment, I became enraged...

Every perennial starter on the back-to-back championship Lady Vols team was selected ahead of Nicky... even on into the second round of the draft.

Here's a kid who had risen up out of the projects on New York City's Staten Island... to excel in both academics and basketball at St. Peter's school for girls... to become a McDonald's High School All-American... to become a collegiate All-American and a four-year starting center for one of the premier programs in women's collegiate basketball... to become the anchor and co-captain of the Tennessee Lady Vols' back-to-back NCAA Championship teams... and to become a triple scholar graduating -- on the dean's list -- with three majors at the University of Tennessee.

Nicky Anosike is a great kid who had sacrificed her own numbers to do and be whatever her team needed to win...

She had gone above and beyond for her team to win... but SHE had lost in the end.

I felt that she had been snubbed enough!

So, from then on, I committed my voice to singing her praises.

If I were still a photojournalist or sportswriter, hers would be the first story I'd tell.

The entire world should know the fabric and character of the person we call Nicky Anosike... and just how truly fabulous this young lady is.

Not even her own monster wingspan can encompass the breadth of her character.

She's just good people...

And good people like Nicky shouldn't always finish last, smarties(rule!!!).

Now, what was the question again? (lol)

cash -- Here!! Here, deeo'!!!! You're right on about Nicky. I don't know her personally and all I have to go on is what others say about her but she has worked SO HARD while others get the credit. And I even think that was okay with her. She doesn't seem to know what to do with the spotlight. She has gotten better every year I've watched her play and I have been even more impressed by her scholastic achievements. Hard work impresses the heck out of me. Her teammates say that she has been the mothering type. In the NCAA finals earlier this year when her teammate Vicki Baugh was injured and had to be helped off the court, and the Lady Vols came back onto the court to resume play, the camera caught Nicky wiping the tears off her face. I believe she has a heart bigger than the size of Texas. And I choked up when they told the story of her mother being a single mother raising 8 children and she (Nicky) had NO RIGHT to be tired. No, Nicky is not graceful on the court at times, and she has struggled with penalties and not finding her shots, but I am one of her biggest fans too.

queens2183 -- But back to Nicky, Nicky was the heart and soul of the LV team; she was the team mom and always said what everyone needed to hear and not necessarily what they wanted to hear. The one thing about her is she had the respect of every single player on that team and played hard no matter what. Nicky has had struggles with confidence but when she's on a mission, nothing can get in her way and everyone has seen that. The 07 and 08 LVs were teams that were about winning by bonding together and putting egos aside for the betterment of the team and all the players on those 2 teams bought into that. It wasn't about spotlight or stars for the team (even when the media tried to make it that way), it was about winning and hanging banners (sounds like the Shock). They knew they couldn't win without each other and looked at doing whatever was necessary for the team to win whether that was scoring, rebounding, playing D, hustling, or just giving energy and playin' hard. It also helped that the coaches kept the playing field even as far as discipline; no one was above the rules no matter their importance to the team and they were all held to the same standards (credit Pat Summitt).
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 12, 2008 - 9:08AM #6552
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Hey, coolmama1, I'm hoping Elizur Ramla's games featuring Nicky Anosike are on the web, too.

Thanks to cash, you can at least keep up with Nicky on the Israeli website: safsal.co.il.

Hey, cash, I'm thinking the same thing you're thinking about Nicky working on her offensive arsenal over there. All the results and reports sound really great.

But I gotta tell you, big money, I'm really worried about Nicky and I hope she is bari veshalem (safe and sound).

I saw on the news that there's been two days of rioting in Israel... Some young guys disrespected the Yom Kippur holiday and some other Israelis took it up.

Jeepers... and it's supposed to be a holy holiday... a day of atonement. What a way to celebrate it.

Meshuga (crazy)!
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coolmama1
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 12, 2008 - 3:14AM #6553
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> Deeo', I saw that article last night. That is so
> great that the Israeli teams have no answer right now
> for Nicky. I hope she will gain a lot more
> confidence playing this winter and totally dominate
> the W next season. Did you read her and Tan White's
> bios? Funny. It said that Nicky was a bit limited
> on offense. She has been one of their leading
> scorers, so far. Maybe they will begin showing the
> boxscore and play-by-plays when they begin their
> regular season.
>
> I have just e-mailed safsal to see if they have
> anything like the webcasts that the W has. I would
> like to see some of their games if possible. I'll
> let you know if they do.

I would love 2 follow our girls over sea's, please do let's us know
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cash
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 11, 2008 - 8:40PM #6554
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Deeo', I saw that article last night. That is so great that the Israeli teams have no answer right now for Nicky. I hope she will gain a lot more confidence playing this winter and totally dominate the W next season. Did you read her and Tan White's bios? Funny. It said that Nicky was a bit limited on offense. She has been one of their leading scorers, so far. Maybe they will begin showing the boxscore and play-by-plays when they begin their regular season.

I have just e-mailed safsal to see if they have anything like the webcasts that the W has. I would like to see some of their games if possible. I'll let you know if they do.
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 11, 2008 - 2:20AM #6555
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All of the Jewish holidays have had a grand effect on my Nicky Anosike in Israel.

First there was the Jewish New Year, Rosh HaShana (Sept. 30th-Oct.1st)...

Following which, Nicky scored 18 and 17 points in her first two pre-season games with Elizur Ramla.

Then there was the day of atonement holiday, Yom Kippur (Oct. 9th)...

And the Big Nasty scored 21 points against Raanana Hertzeliya in another pre-season victory for Ramla last night, 89-63:

...It started with their defense as their aggressiveness level moved up a notch, and on offense Nicky Anosike and Katia Abramzon were doing most of the damage. Pierkarska was having a hard time with the faster pace and Charde Houston was struggling against Anosike's defense as Raanana Hertzeliya's offense was stuck... Raanana Hertzeliya was still soft in the 2nd half as Ramla dominated in every aspect, White and Parau hit threes and Anosike kept collecting points to push the lead further... --- Lior Klinger, Safsal

I might add that Charde Houston went on to score 18 points in a losing effort -- 13 of those points coming in the second half.

Those are my kitty-cats! Meow... I mean... shkoyack (way to go)!

Now, let's see... The Jewish holiday of Devine judgments, Sukkot starts Oct. 13th...

I can't wait to see if Nicky brings down the sukkah... I mean... house.

Oh, well... chalomot tovim (smooches)...
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expect.great.
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 10, 2008 - 7:10AM #6556
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oh ok.. thanks..
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cash
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 09, 2008 - 9:54PM #6557
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expect.great--An article that I read at StarTribune.com stated that "Wiggins will take classes at Stanford this fall. She needs a few more credits to graduate. But, in January, she plans to go overseas, too. She is not sure where yet." The article went on to state that before playing again, she might need surgery on her right knee to repair a torn lateral miniscus. That particular surgery (according to the team's physician) said that the recovery time for that procedure would only be a couple of weeks.
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expect.great.
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 09, 2008 - 6:50PM #6558
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anyone know if c.wiggins is playing in israel too???
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 08, 2008 - 7:24PM #6559
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My Nicky... the Big Nasty... Nicky Anosike has taken her show on the road... to Israel. And she's JAMMING, baaaaby!

In her first preseason game for Elizur Ramla, Nicky led her team to victory with 18 points (11-13 from the freethrow line) and 7 rebounds in a squeaker against Elizur Holon, 67-66, in Natanya, Israel, Monday night.

Shkoyach! (Way to go!)

Fellow American Tan White, scored 14 points and notched the game-winning assist to seal the win for Ramla in the semi-final round of this pre-season Israeli tournament.

Both Nicky Anosike and Tan White again led Ramla to victory in the tournament finals last night with 17 points apiece.

That's my Nicky... Kol HaKavod! (All right!)

I can't wait for the regular season to start against Maccabi Ashdod on Oct. 19, 2008.

Oh, well... Chalomot Tovim (smooches)...

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Posted: 4 years ago • Sep 09, 2008 - 7:50AM #6560
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> I was kind of of hoping they'd get the 4th spot. But
> they just couldn't get past Seattle. Nicole's numbers
> are down a lot this year. Is Anna or Candice their
> shooting guard? I can't see Candice coming off the
> bench. That doesn't make any sense. They might get
> lucky with a draft pick who will get them to the
> playoffs.

Wiggins comes off the bench because they overpaid and overpromised Anna DeForge.
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00domenica 10 giugno 2012 22:31

Nicky Anosike Thread -- 2008

cash
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 18, 2008 - 4:18PM #6541
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Expect.great-don't tell me you play bball!!! High school, college, pros?
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cash
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 18, 2008 - 4:15PM #6542
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How about that!!! We knew there was something special about this young lady. Thanks for the information, I had not checked out the North American section, I always look around in the European section. I don't think she will be able to make the dinner either, gee I hope that don't affect her chances, it would be bad to have a dinner and the honoree is not there.
Maybe they'll air her game instead. lol

It's a deal, you get the steak and I'll swing a hammer. Now where did I put the thing....... I tried to vote for Big Nick but the box where you vote repeats each name 4 times and there is no place to submit your vote. I don't know if my vote took or not.

Were you the one to e-mail Safsal and suggest the Nicky blog? If so, then they got right on it. Read safsal's "about us", it's pretty interesting.
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expect.great.
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 18, 2008 - 11:44AM #6543
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deeo, I've been around... lol

cash, I haven't yet, but I'm going to start.. It's going to be hard since my season is about to start, but I'm still going to try.
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 18, 2008 - 3:34AM #6544
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Expect.great, where have you been, my friend? I've missed you.

Cash... Big Money... check this out!

www.usbasket.com/NCAA1/basketball.asp?NewsID=142644&...

Nicky Anosike is up for the NCAA 2008 Woman of the Year Award to be presented Sunday, Oct. 19th in Indy and aired on ESPN2 at 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 5.

It looks like one of us is going to have to go to Indy and eat that big fat steak dinner for her and bang some nails for Habitat for Humanity... 'cause Nicky's going to be too busy banging heads in her season-opener in Israel on Sunday. Let's see... eeny meany miney mo... How about I take the steak and you take the hammer? (lol)

Nicky's up against a lacrosse player, a soccer player, two swimmers, two volleyball players and two track athletes.

I've got my fingers crossed for her to win... She's been our Woman of the Year all yearlong.

But cash, on the real, I'm reeeaally digging the Safsal website. Thanks. Why can't the WNBA be this accommodating to its fans? It just makes you feel welcomed and appreciated when you've been accommodated.

And you guys... don't forget to vote for Nicky as the projected MVP of the Israeli league on the Israeli league page of the eurobasket.com website.

Now, cash, I'm off to try to figure out a little Hebrew on the sport5.co.il website... Pray for me, Money. (lol)

Peyton Manning and Brett Favre will be on their own this Sunday... 'cause there's no way I'm missing Nicky's game at 12:20 (noonish) -- even if I have to turn one of my satellite dishes toward Israel...

Uh, cash... which way is Israel? (lol)
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coolmama1
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 18, 2008 - 12:51AM #6545
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thanks 4 the info i wrote all the website down so i can go 2 all of them
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cash
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 17, 2008 - 10:01PM #6546
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Expect.great-Seimone is playing in Turkey. Are you following any players overseas?

Deeo', they must be reading your post here because they did NOT have anywhere to leave a comment last night. :-) Thanks for the update on Nicky's blog. I told her that she needed to check out your tribute to her here.

Okay, I'll put all of the "links to the Lynx" under general WNBA discussions.

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expect.great.
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 17, 2008 - 9:52PM #6547
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I though Seimone played for Israel too??
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 17, 2008 - 8:25PM #6548
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Hey, cash... moneeeey! Every time I get news from you about Nicky Anosike, it's like Christmas!

Imagine my Nicky... blogging in Israel.

The Big Nasty blew up her kitchen. Now, that's cooking! (lol)

But Cash, you still need to post the information on how to catch the webcasts of the Israeli games for the fans of the other American players over there... Ebony Hoffman, Keisha Brown, Charde Houson, Tan White and the rest.

Everyone should have this information, so please post it. And be sure to drop coolmama1 a line, too. She was interested in Israeli webcasts, as well.)

I'm about to go and check out the other websites you mentioned, and I'll get back with you later.

Again, thanks for investigating, cash. You're money, honey!

Hey, cash, now we can leave comments on Nicky's blog!

I mean... I'm REALLY liking this Israeli league website... fan-friendly and accommodating.

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cash
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 16, 2008 - 11:12PM #6549
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Deeo' I heard from safsal yesterday. I was going to post the information I got to another topic but I'll just post it here. You may have gotten all of this info from Lior but for anyone else who is interested in following Nicky, Charde Houston, and now Navonda Moore in Israel, here are some links. Links for the Lynx, catchy isn't it?

First, www.safsal.co.il. Safsal will have boxscores but they will be posted an hour or two after the game (which is soon enough for me).

Another website she gave me that might have actual live play by play is www.cadursal.co.il click ENG for english.

As for webcasts, Ramla is on TV on 10/19/08 at 6:20 p.m. and they are about 7 hours ? ahead of the U. S. Try sport5.co.il and hopefully the link to the game will be their cover story because this website is NOT in english. If it's not the cover story, try clicking on the menu at the top (the one with Flix) open the drop down menu on the 4th link from the right and click the 2nd item there, that's the women's basketball page. If I spend much time in this website I'm going to have to buy a book on Hebrew.

She mentioned that about Nicky's blog. I just read it and she's already causing an explosion in Israel. LOL

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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 16, 2008 - 8:01PM #6550
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Hot diggity-dog!

I'm already liking the Israeli league (and the www.safsal.co.il website) better than the WNBA.

They just posted a Nicky Anosike Blog on the Israeli website www.safsal.co.il.

Anosike fans have got to check it out.

That's my Nicky...

Big Nick's Elizur Ramla team plays its season-opener Sunday, Oct. 19th.

While there is no comment section on Nicky's blog site, I guess we can e-mail our best wishes and support to Nicky (care of) Israeli women's league sportswriter Lior Klinger at lior@safsal.co.il or by pressing the "contact us" button (safsal@safsal.co.il).

Hey, cash... money, where you at?

Hot dang! There's an actual human at the Israeli league's website who actually READS and responds to the fans' requests.

Hmmmm.... Now, that's an interesting concept. (lol)

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dukeblue2005
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 19, 2008 - 10:01PM #6531
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deeo, all I can say is Anosike is one tough cookie. That Ashdod was only able to manage a 12-point win over Ramla with her out of much of the game says a lot about Ashdod.

BTW, I wouldn't be surprised if this was food poisoning.
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expect.great.
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 19, 2008 - 9:26PM #6532
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Charde, 39 points, 10 boards???
Reminds me of her HS days!!!
Everyone use to come watch her play. It's funny they actually loss to the Paris twins in the State Championship Game!!

cash, I plan on it, I should have a lot better season than last year. I let the coaches get to me, and now I've learned to deal with them, and play my game! I'm going to work really hard, I do have 3 seasons left in HS. Lol.

deeo, thanks, I don't want to let you down, I will do great things!!
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Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 19, 2008 - 9:12PM #6533
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Oh my gosh, the girl gonna kill herself with her cooking! She done made herself sick. All joking aside, to be in a foreign country and sick, been there done that, and it isn't fun.

In just her 12:12 minutes of play, she had 8 points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal and 2 blocks. Go Nicky!! Get well soon! They kept it close through the whole game, it was tied with 5:26 to go in the game. There was 16 lead changes and 11 times the game was tied. But with Nicky in the game, it would have been a totally different game.

Congrats to Charde Houston on her impressive performance today a double-double, 39 points and 10 rebounds in 29 minutes of play.

Deeo' the comment about the pocketbook....LOL
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Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 19, 2008 - 9:01PM #6534
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Jeepers, blue... my Nicky was one sick little puppy!

How in the world was she able to score 8 points, block 2 shots, grab 2 rebounds and swipe a steal with that kind of fever? Why wasn't she taken to the hospital?

If this turns out to be food-poisoning, blue... after the explosion in Nicky's kitchen the other day, I'm going to have just two words for Big Nick... "Hot Pockets!"

I just pray that Nicky is okay and that Ramla makes sure that she gets the medical attention she needs.

Thanks for the update, blue... I was just about to start blowing up some e-mails and hogging some blogging.
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Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 19, 2008 - 8:06PM #6535
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She had a 40 degree Celsius temperature, so "ill" means "sick". If I'm doing the math correctly, that's a temperature of 104. That's only two degrees away from hyperpyrexia.
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 19, 2008 - 6:18PM #6536
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Yeah, cash, Nicky Anosike was sick... "ill" according to Lior her team didn't stand a chance without her.

When I read that, I was fixin' to grab my pocketbook and go over there and find out what was going on with my Nicky.

I sent an e-mail to Lior to find out what "ill" means... illness or injury.

I did see the video recap of her game. She's in the highlights for the short time she played. She looked real thin in the face. She was scoring at least two baskets in the video. They zoomed in on her and mentioned her name.

Her team, Ramla, was wearing the black uniforms trimmed in white. Nicky's jersey number is #5.

Go to Sport5... to the women's section like you explained. Her team's highlights is the TV screen with the stocky coach and the score in the headline, 74-82.
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cash
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 19, 2008 - 4:59PM #6537
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Deeo', I don't know about you but I could NOT find the game on sport5, dang it. They have a brief recap of it however. I had to chase all over to try and find a boxscore and come to find out Nicky just played a little over 12 minutes. Hmmm.....
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 18, 2008 - 10:11PM #6538
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Hey, cash... if I know expect.great like I think I do... we better get our autographs now. (lol)

She's a keeper, Big Money. Good luck, sweet potato... and I DO expect great things from you... this season and always.

But cash, I have to tip my hat to you on your overseas website post. It is extremely informative. Thanks for following through with that project.

As soon as you gave me the information back in September, I have been visiting the website and sending e-mails -- mostly requesting information about Nicky Anosike... like a nervous mother and an antsy fan.

The difference -- having never really followed women's professional basketball prior to Nicky's entry into the WNBA -- is that there are actual basketball FANS manning the website at Safsal in Israel.

I read their bios and b-a-c-k-g-r-o-u-n-d information when I first hit the site. They love basketball and they started their website in addition to working their regular jobs.

I believe that the folks at Safsal are fan-friendly because they are fans... and not just faces and titles.

It's sad that Nicky Anosike fans had to wait five months and follow her half a world away before we could have the pleasure of hearing from her.

I asked the WNBA for a Nicky blog before the season even started... and a time or two after it started. And I'm still waiting for an answer.

Heck, I'm still waiting for an answer as to why I can't get a Nicky Anosike WNBA jersey from the NBA Store in an ADULT size... a size other than "small." Their response? They'll contact me when more sizes are added to their inventory.

Now, you know it's a dang shame, cash, when not even Nicky can buy her own jersey from the NBA Store in her own size.

A size "small?" I'd have to hire a mini-me to run around with me and wear my Nicky jersey. (lol)

Just venting... Thanks for the shoulder, soulja.

It's just that the Israeli's basketball website is showing me what the WNBA folks could be like... accommodating and responsive to its fans.

And I appreciate being appreciated. Don't you?
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cash
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 18, 2008 - 5:42PM #6539
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I don't mean to take away from Nicky's diary, but expect.great are you going to play college ball? Then pro? Are you working hard enough to get there? Will we be posting about expect.great in fan voice in a few years? I hope you have a goal and that you're committed enough to get it!!!!
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expect.great.
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 18, 2008 - 4:57PM #6540
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cash, lol, I play HS ball...
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 24, 2008 - 9:00AM #6521
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Yeah, blue... Charde Houston did not do as well in her EuroCup game as she did in the Israeli league season-opener... but it looks like she was the only one playing defense... 8 boards and 2 steals in three quarters. In fact, her 8 boards was a team high.

You know the Israeli reporter for Safsal.co.il, Lior Klinger, reported during the pre-season that Raanana Hertzeliya (Charde's team) would have to put up a lot of points because their defense was pretty poor. I guess she knew what she was talking about.

All and all, this Israeli league will be great for Charde, because she is being pushed out front to drive the team.

Right now, Charde only knows one gear -- lightning fast... speed of sound fast. (lol) Her consistency will come when she finds all of her other gears. And she will...

And cash... Nicky picked up those last three fouls so quickly that I know it had to frustrate her.

The Big Nasty had played practically the entire first half with two fouls before she fouled out in the third quarter... three quick fouls came in the third quarter. Go fish...

That's when her coach got that technical foul called on him. Three of his starting five were saddled with four fouls or disqualified. The Bulgarians didn't have ANYONE with over two fouls at that point.

I can't blame Coach Eli for using some of that barnyard Yiddish to express his dismay with the FIBA officiating. [I wonder if that's among my Hebrew translation phrases... (lol)]

Two or three of Nicky's fouls were offensive...

But Big Nick's a smart cookie... She'll figure it out. She's just going to have to pick up on how the FIBA referees call charges or moving picks and make the necessary adjustments for FIBA games.

Coming off of her illness Sunday, I was more concerned about Nicky's game fitness. But she held up pretty well... 10 points, 7 rebounds, 2 steals and a block.

But thank goodness Tan White had a blistering game... 32 points and 5 assists. She was smmmo-king!

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Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 23, 2008 - 2:20PM #6522
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Houston's team is getting tossed...at home...against one of the worst teams in the French league.

Oh yeah, she fouled out sometime in the third quarter with 12 points and 7 rebounds. This comes after her scoring 39 points against some poor sap in the Israeli league. Gotta love consistency.
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Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 23, 2008 - 12:29PM #6523
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Deeo', I logged onto FIBA Europe at 11:24 CST and the game is at half time. Where it shows Group C and the scores the word LIVE! is in red. It doesn't show video, but it does show play by play.

Well, I got to see how she did for 1 quarter. She fouled out early in the 4th. 10 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist. The coach for Ramla got a Tech in the 3rd.

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Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 23, 2008 - 12:24PM #6524
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Dang! Good hooking up, though.

Check out Nicky's boxscore against Dunav Econt Rousse at FIBAeurope.com and click the desired game in the upper righthand corner.

It's 41-43 -- Elizur Ramla -- at the half. Excellent display. It shows huge scoreboard... every player's stats and play-by-play. [It's 12:24 p.m. EDT.]
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Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 23, 2008 - 10:58AM #6525
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No, the game is not on sport5. Lior said that there was no need for registration to sport5, she said there was a soccer game on and all she had to do was click on the photo to view the game. She is going to have someone to check on the next broadcast of a women's game to see if it is done the same way. I tried clicking on a photo of a soccer game yesterday and I was denied access. It must be that we are in the U S. :_| Hopefully someone can help us. Monday is the next televised game and it will be Ramat Hasharon at 5:00 p.m. Israeli time. (Charde Houston's team). She said that she didn't know when Ramla's next televised game was, she thought that maybe the one on 11-10-08.
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Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 22, 2008 - 1:15PM #6526
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Cash... you're like Christmas, Big Money!

Nicky Anosike's game on Oct. 23rd... is that being covered by Sport5, too?

This game against Dunav Econt Rousse will be played in Bulgaria. The rest of Nicky's FIBA EuroCup games are:

Rivasecopolis (Madris, Spain) -- Oct. 30th (Israel) & Nov. 19th (Spain)
ZKKcrvena Zvezda (Belgrade, Serbia) -- Nov. 6th (Serbia) & Nov. 27th (Israel)
Dunav Econt Rousse (Rousse, Bulgaria) -- Nov. 13th (Israel)

I hope Safsal gets back with you. I just want you to know that I'm hustling,too.

I've got the Israeli Consulate trying to get us a contact for Sport5 who will walk us through logging in for the webcast. I just e-mailed them this morning. I'll fill you in on the info when I get a reply.

And you know Big Nick is going to be ready to play. She was probably taking in her fluids rehydrating and getting her appetite back Tuesday. So, today she's feeling 100%... I hope.

I just hope we can get this webcast stuff figured out by then. You know, Sunday I tried to login on the "Web2" logo, but beyond guessing where my name and e-mail address went... I was like a deer stuck in the headlines... ouch!

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cash
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 21, 2008 - 1:40PM #6527
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Those were really good photos. They got a lot of close shots of Nicky, the blocked shot was my fav.

I have an e-mail sent to safsal checking on sport5. I sent it to Lior's e-mail address first, but it was returned to me today, so I sent it back to the safsal address. Maybe I'll hear soon.

In case you didn't know, Ramla has a game this week, the 23rd, they begin their Eurocup league playing Dunav Econt Rousse. Hopefully Nicky will be able to play.
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Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 20, 2008 - 11:15PM #6528
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Hey, cash... here's a sack full of Nicky Anosike photos from her Israeli season-opener taken by Motti Klinger with Safsal.

-- sorry, cash, the addresses have i-m-a-g-e in them and I can't get 'em through the language filter on this blog --

Here... you hold the sack... in case they're looking for me. (lol)

I just love Safsal... They manage to throw a dog a bone every day or so. I mean... every single day I look forward to checking them out... and they haven't disappointed me yet.

But just in case Motti comes looking for these photos... you haven't seen me, Big Money. (lol)

P.S. -- But you can see the photos for yourself in Safsal's photo gallery for Elizur Ramla.

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Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 20, 2008 - 5:42AM #6529
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Just winding down from my daily grind and what do I spy on the internet?
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/20/sports/BKW-NCAA-Sportsw...

My Nicky Anosike is the NCAA 2008 Woman of the Year!!

Yeah, baaaby!

Watch out... I got to do my happy dance... uhhuh... uhhuh uhhuh uhhuh...

As my mama'nem say, "Ain't God good?"

How can Nicky's day begin so badly with a 104-degree temperature and a loss in Israel to a team she would have trounced (had she been able to compete)... and end so well with Nicky being named the NCAA 2008 Woman of the Year?

Geez, guys... I am so happy for her... and oh so very proud of her.

Her mom, Ms. Ngozi Anosike, was in Indianapolis, Ind., (along with Coach Pat Summitt) to receive the award for Nicky. But Ms. Ngozi could have very easily received a similar award for herself.

While most parents feel a sense of accomplishment when their kids manage to pick their socks up out of the floor or clean their rooms from time to time... can you imagine what Ms. Ngozi must feel to see her daughter perform on such a grand stage, scaling every obstacle and meeting every challenge in her path with such dignity, grace and success?

All I can say is, "Thank you Ms. Ngozi Anosike for sharing your Nkolika with the rest of us."

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Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 19, 2008 - 11:57PM #6530
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Sorry for lagging behind... I'm putting in the daily grind until about 4 a.m.

You're right, blue... my Nicky is sumthin'else... very determined... gritty and very special.

It just hurts my feelings to imagine how discomforted she must have been as sick as she was... and probably still is.

Expect.great... you skiddaddle off to bed and have a great day at school... if that's possible. (lol)

Cash... Big Money... you know we're going to have to do some research on how to sign-up and log-in for Sport5's webcast before Oct. 27th.

Smooches everyone... and goodnight.
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00domenica 10 giugno 2012 23:03

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cash
Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 30, 2008 - 8:18PM #6511
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I picked up the game about half way through the first, just as Nicky had gotten her 2nd foul. I thought--oh no, here we go again, foul trouble. Not today though, she had to sit a little while in the 3rd but came right back in the 4th and finished the game. Did you see the pictures of the game? It looked like Nicky was really working hard.

It was a nail biter at the end. To give up a lead like that!:_|
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Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 30, 2008 - 7:51PM #6512
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Uhhuh...
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Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 30, 2008 - 4:06PM #6513
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I feel like bustin' loose... bustin' loose...
(lol)
And that's exactly what Big Nick... the Big Nasty... Nicky Anosike did against the Spaniards Rivasecopolis, 74-72, in FIBA EuroCup play today in Israel. Arriba! Arriba! OlÃ©!

Ha cha cha cha cha!

Nicky's day went alittle something like this:

22 points (to lead all scorers)
13 rebounds (to lead all rebounders -- 8 offensive and 5 defensive)
3 steals (to lead all pickpockets)

Big Nick's team (Elizur Ramla) was up by 17 points in the third quarter when she picked up her fourth foul and had to leave the game. By the time Nicky re-entered the game in the fourth quarter, her team's lead had dwindled to five points. And even though Ramla trailed Rivasecopolis midway through the final quarter, Nicky's team dug in to eke out their second win in FIBA EuroCup play.

Like my sista-nem say, "I wuzn't no more good" when I spied the final boxscore for Nicky.

She not only dictated... she dominated... and obliterated! And I 'preciate it! (lol)

Yes... that's my Nicky! Uhhuh... uhhuh uhhuh uhhuh!
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Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 29, 2008 - 9:04PM #6514
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Hey, cash, Nicky Anosike is going to have her hands full tomorrow (Oct. 30th) with the big Hungarian that Rivasecopolis (out of Madrid, Spain) has in the center slot.

She's about 6'4" and looks very thick. She shoots close to 60% and gets most of her rebounds off of the offensive boards. All of Rivasecopolis' starting bigs average around six assists per game... which means they're probably running most of their offense through their bigs.

Nicky is going to have to play smart and stay out of foul trouble... and realize that the post player she's playing is looking to pass the ball (to start their offense) more than she's looking to shoot it.

I've been looking for Nicky to have a breakout game... although 17 rebounds in her last game was not too shabby. (lol) I hope this EuroCup game will yield her first double-double.

C'mon, Big Nick... dictate and dominate!
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Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 28, 2008 - 4:31PM #6515
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I agree that Nicky is going to have to take it to 'em. Let's just hope that Nicky and Tan were having an off day. Goodness, they should have plenty of time to rest, their games are so far apart, even playing in the Eurocup.

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Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 28, 2008 - 6:16AM #6516
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CAAASH!... Big Money!... Big Nick... the Big Nasty... Nicky Anosike hauled down 17 rebounds for Elizur Ramla against Elizur Holon Monday in Israel.

Wait a minute...

Let the church say, "Amen." And let it say "Amen" again.

Nicky only scored 6 points and shot 30% (3-9), but she made up for it by inhaling rebounds like a vacuum cleaner... 15 defensive and 2 offensive.

It helped -- a lot -- that Holon was shooting an anemic 35% from the field (27-76).

But no one on either team came close to Nicky's rebounds tally.

One thing that sticks out... to me... is that Nicky is not going to the freethrow line... which means she's settling for jumpers.

Big Nick is going to have to fake the jumper and take it to the hoop from time to time... and possibly draw some fouls. This will put her defenders on their heels and give her more open looks at her jumper.

But Nicky will have to play under control when she goes to the hoop... and avoid the charge.

I think that the centers in the Israeli league are less aggressive in the lane and Nicky would be well-rewarded if she faked the jumper or pass... and drove the lane.

And what happened to Tan White in this game? She went from 32 points Thursday to 7 points Monday. They must have really D-ed up on her after her performance in Bulgaria.

But Nicky's frontcourt mate, the Ukrainian Olena Ogorodnikova, is for real. She's averaging about 21 points per game and shooting around 60% from 2-point and 3-point range. She was definitely a good get for Ramla.

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Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 26, 2008 - 10:42AM #6517
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No, Lior didn't say anything about 2 separate websites. All Lior said was that she clicked on a soccer picture and she got the soccer game. She said that she was never home during a women's basketball broadcast, but she thought that it worked the same, click on the picture and you will get the game. (I might have confused you when I added the comment that we probably couldn't get broadcasts because we were in the U S). I have tried at different times of the day clicking on pictures, words in red of other cover stories UNDER the pictures and I still cannot get any game, soccer nor basketball. And unless a story has the little camera icon on it, I don't have access to it. Bummer.

I'll see if she can give me an e-mail address for sport5.
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Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 26, 2008 - 7:19AM #6518
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Cash, I don't understand the Sport5 thing... Is Lior Klinger saying that there are two separate websites for Sport5... one for foreigners and one for Israelis?

She was saying all she had to do was tap the screen featuring the game and the game would come on. But there was no screen with Ramla's game on it until after the game was over.

Is she looking on the homepage or did she select one of the buttons across the top of the screen?

Can she give you an email address for Sport5?

I think that there's a double-double in the brew for Nicky Anosike tomorrow.

Are you feeling me on that one, Big Money?

And blue, who are Ayana Walker and Edwina Brown?

They seem to be the glue that holds the Elizur Holon team together... the team that Nicky will be facing tomorrow.

Ayana -- at 6'3" -- scored 17 points in their season-opener, but she shot under 30%. Edwina scored 15 points with 4 assists.
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Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 24, 2008 - 2:49PM #6519
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If Houston is her team's best defender, they'll lose a lot more games than people expect. She is an absolute garbage defender, mostly because she is undersized.
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Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 24, 2008 - 1:22PM #6520
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I wondered if that was why he got the Technical because of the quick calls on Nicky.
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cash
Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 07, 2008 - 3:58PM #6501
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I see what you mean on the Lynx Around The World link (which I didn't know even existed until you pointed it out, thank you very much). Whoever put these players on there should know that Harrower and Ress were not Lynx players this season, and surely they wouldn't put future players on the list. And I see that they put a link to Nicky's blog there too. Apparently I haven't checked the Lynx website in a while.

You know, the Lynx could have had a better record even though they were a young team, with better coaching. There is a lot of talent on that team and I just don't think Z knew what to do with that talent and how to get the best out of each player. I would be amazed watching/listening to a game, how a player that was scoring would find themselves on the bench in the next moment. Little things like that just made me scratch my head and wonder what was going on? I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens this season.....

Deeo' they may get you up there to straighten things out. You up for it?
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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 06, 2008 - 11:15PM #6502
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And not only that, cash, what's up with these two new players on the Lynx Around the World link on the MiniLynx website. Who are they? Who did we get rid of?

Speak to me, Big Money!

And dang... I was so hoping that the Plank would eventually slide into Coach Z's spot if he doesn't deliver the goods this coming year...

Hopefully, Coach Z's off-season gig with the Minnesota Timberwolves will keep his mind engaged with basketball and different coaching situations. He made some real dunderhead mistakes mid-season with the MiniLynx... mistakes that caused an avalanche... and an eventual meltdown... so, much so that the MiniLynx could never really recover.

My question now is... why didn't Angela Taylor think enough of the MiniLynx team and their fans to make this move in Minnesota... while both she and the Plank were with Minnesota... while the MiniLynx were crashing and burning under Coach Z?

What I think about Taylor now... just nauseates me.

While I'm happy for the Washington Mystics and wish them all the best... I can't help but think how Taylor really screwed the Minnesota Lynx...

And she didn't even leave a tip! Meow...

Pardon my kitty claws, cash... but Sheila C. had better watch that alley-cat. She just ain't right.

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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 06, 2008 - 10:33PM #6503
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I caught the game at the half. I had to scroll back through the play by play to see what kind of game Nicky was having today and wow, not even 30 seconds into the game Nicky was picking up her 1st foul, then 2 more in the 1st. I just laughed and said here we go again! You're right, she got it together in the 2nd half. It was an exciting game, right down to the end.

I'm sure you've seen the news where Julie Plank is the Mystics head coach.

And coach Zierden is the radio analyst for the Gophers men's basketball team.

What is going on with the Lynx?

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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 06, 2008 - 9:46PM #6504
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Cash, Nicky Anosike is playing great... behind the eight ball!

Early foul trouble is plaguing Big Nick in FIBA EuropeCup play... forcing her to play from behind the eight ball.

Twenty-three seconds into the game against Serbia's ZKK Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade, Nicky picked up her first foul... six minutes later... her third.

Nicky spent the rest of the first quarter and the majority of the second quarter on the bench... ending the half with 4 points and 6 rebounds... and her team Elitzur Ramla trailing by 5 points.

Pretty bleak, huh?

Well... let's just say that the Big Nasty showed up in the second half to save the day... 23 points (to lead all scorers), 16 rebounds (to lead all rebounders), two steals, one block, 47.6% from the field, 100% from the charity stripe, zero fouls in the second half... and... oh, yeah... Ramla wins the game, 65-62.

Not bad, huh?
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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 03, 2008 - 7:58PM #6505
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Naw, cash... my mama-nem didn't teach me that one. My mama-nem just taught me to believe in God... and took me to Sunday School every Sunday when I was a kid to learn the scriptures.

And today... voila!... I know God... personally. (lol)

But cash, you're right... I'm still enjoying Halloween with these kids -- as I do every year -- and all of their little excited faces.

But my face got pretty excited when I saw the boxscore for Nicky Anosike today. While I hate that she didn't get to play the entire game... especially since she was not in foul trouble... I really like the way the Big Nasty played.
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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 03, 2008 - 6:03PM #6506
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Deeo', thanks for sharing your post of Trick or Treating with us, it really blessed my heart. Too often we let opportunities go by where we can do things for others, reach out to others with even the simplest gesture like a piece of candy. I'm sure that YOU received far more than those kids did. After all, scripture tells us that it is more blessed to give than to receive. Did your mama'nem teach you that one?

Nicky had a good game today, didn't she?
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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 03, 2008 - 2:04PM #6507
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Cash... you were right about Hapoel Tel Aviv, Big Money.

Nicky Anosike and her Israeli team were beating Tel Aviv quite handily throughout most of the game... only to win 82-73.

Nicky's stats look great for just playing 28 minutes (with only two fouls)... 16 points (to lead her team in scoring), 8 rebounds (to lead her team in rebounding), 2 blocks, 2 assists, 1 steal, 54% from the field and 100% from the freethrow line.

Then it was garbage time. I believe Nicky's team (Elizur Ramla) led by 25 points at one point... and I guess Coach sat his starters and played his bench for the last quarter.

Yep... Nicky's looking good, cash.

I have to go vote... early, of course. Catch you later.

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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 01, 2008 - 9:04PM #6508
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Cash... Big Money... how was your Halloween?

Speaking of Nicky Anosike's last post on "The Power of Giving," I was thinking about Nicky on Halloween when we closed the bar portion of our restaurant so that we could transform the entire sidewalk alongside the front of our building into a safe Trick or Treat zone.

You see, both of our nightspots are a stone's throw away from an inner city housing project. And Nicky's right... there's not too many people trying to reach out to the kids who live there. And because they're in an urban area, the kids in these projects have to walk a mile-and-a-half to two miles... just to Trick or Treat in the neighboring subdivision.

Imagine that, cash... something as simple as Trick or Treating is even a struggle for the kids living in these inner city housing projects.

So for the past 15 years, this is what our family and patrons look forward to doing... to bring the childhood pleasure of Trick or Treating to these kids in their own neighborhood.

We spatter about 20 or more tables along the sidewalk as though they were houses. And we require each social group and patron who has hosted raffles and birthday parties in either of our clubs during the year... to decorate a table and hand out candy and treats to the kids from 6-8 p.m. And of course, we speaker-up the sidewalk to play Michael Jackson's Thriller and a few other Halloween and boogie favorites. (lol)

And... oh, cash... to see all the little faces light up when they run from table to table yelling "Trick or Treat" is the real gift.

The Power of Giving is awesome, Big Money.

I've even had some fellas who conduct some pretty unsavory business around the projects breakdown into tears with testimonials of how no one ever did anything like this for them when they were kids... in those same projects.

One fella -- the most notorious of them all -- said he had never ever been Trick or Treating in his life. So, I wiped the tears from his face... gave him a pumpkin to collect candy in... grabbed his hand... led him from table to table... and told him to yell "Trick or Treat" as loud as he could at each stop. And through many outbursts of tears... and chuckles, he did just that.

Out of respect for what he experienced that night... that particular fella no longer haunts these housing projects... And every year he returns to the projects to sponsor a free Thanksgiving buffet dinner for the children and their relatives. He also sponsors free back-to-school haircuts and school supplies for these same kids every fall.

Now... that's the Power of Giving... It's contagious.

You cannot even imagine how proud I am of Nicky Anosike. At her young age, she actually understands this.

She's so much more than an athlete... she's an ambassador for the millions of kids who yet live in housing projects throughout our country... and she's an extraordinary humanitarian.

I don't really think people quite understand how extremely narrow the crack is that kids like Nicky Anosike have to pass through to escape the projects.

And that's why I will not only pull for Nicky to make it in the WNBA... but I will push and shove for her to receive the respect and recognition that she deserves along the way.

Gee, cash... I don't know whether I'm getting emotional... or whether I'm just wormy from all of the candy I ate last night... (lol)

Gotta run... See you later, alligator.

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Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 31, 2008 - 11:48AM #6509
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I'm glad she got her a double-double. She did good. They'll be playing Monday, against a team that hasn't won a game yet. Maybe Nicky will have an easier game than yesterday's and won't have to work so hard. I'm looking for another double-double.

I'm also looking for another blog from her.
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Posted: 4 years ago • Oct 30, 2008 - 10:35PM #6510
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Hey, cash... I was about to go over there and whip somebody's rusty dusty when I saw the photos of Nicky Anosike from the game today at FIBAeurope.com. (lol)

Them Spaniards were beating up on my Nicky... Did you see the expressions on Big Nick's face when she was trying to get her shots off? She was getting mugged!

Where were the refs?

But... hey, Big Money... didn't our Nicky look good today?
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 12, 2008 - 5:31AM #6491
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Ummm... free room and board sounds real tempting right about now, cash.

My daily grind is really grinding my... uh... you know. (lol)

Nicky Anosike is looking great in Israel (12 points and 8 rebounds in her last win)... but even better in FIBA play.

You know, I asked FIBA why they don't post Nicky's photo with her stats when she leads the stats boards. They told me that the ballclub has to supply the photos of the players. I forwarded their response to SafSal to see if they could assist FIBA in getting a photo of Nicky to post with her stats.

I hope Safsal comes through. She deserves the recognition the way she's been playing.

Also, Lior Klinger told me that they don't sell player jerseys in Israel. Bummer! I wanted to buy myself an Elitzur Ramla Nicky Anosike jersey for Christmas.

Lior said the only way you can get Nicky's jersey is off of her back. And she said that the players usually give their jerseys to the fans at the end of the season.

And I wouldn't dare interfere with that tradition, Big Money... but it's real tempting... real tempting. (lol)

And cash, I like to have passed out from shock when I saw the feature story on Nicky on the MiniLynx website:
www.wnba.com/lynx/news/2008_season_rewind_nicky_anosike_2...

Now, they give her her props... go figure. Meooow!
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cash
Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 08, 2008 - 7:45PM #6492
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I'm not sure deeo' but just think about it.......free room and board, free food, it could just be worth it!!!;-)
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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 08, 2008 - 3:45PM #6493
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Ooooweee... You can count me in, cash! But how much jail time will we get? (lol)
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cash
Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 08, 2008 - 9:05AM #6494
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"Also, if you want to view that Israeli website - trying using a program that conceals your location (do a google search, there are plenty out there). I often use one of those programs (I can't recall the exact name sorry) when I view videos that are restricted to non-US residents.

P.S. I'm following the Euro games via that link that isn't in English but sometimes, they broadcast the games on the Spartak website and they have an English commentator."

This is from the topic "overseas websites" that I posted for links overseas. Jiasyd is from Australia and has to use this program sometime to view videos that are restricted to non-US residents. I can barely point and click, and I am VERY unfamiliar with things like this. I just typed in programs that conceal my location on the google search, there's over a million. The way I understand it, if we use one of these programs we should be able to view sport5 or any foreign webcast restricted to the US because they won't know that we are in the US.

What do you all think?
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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 07, 2008 - 10:43PM #6495
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Please explain, puddintane... (lol)
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cash
Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 07, 2008 - 10:22PM #6496
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I hear ya, deeo'. I hear ya.

By the way, did you read what jiasyd wrote in overseas websites about concealing your location if we're trying to view the Israeli website? I did a google search but didn't go any farther.
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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 07, 2008 - 9:54PM #6497
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Age ain't nuthin' but a number, Big Money... In my case... a real big number. (lol)

I just get tired, cash, of people who are locked into jobs who don't have a clue as to how to do the job... people too dang ignorant to buy a vowel to get a clue... and people who lack the passion to go above and beyond to get the job done.

In order to run the front office of any ballclub you must first be a FAN of the sport.

Next, you must have an eye for talent, be resourceful enough to find that talent and savvy enough to lure that talent over to your ballclub.

Then you would have to be crafty enough to bring together the staff to create a working environment that will both motivate and generate a highly-competitive team.

And finally, you would have to tap into your own fanaticism to reach out to the fans and engage them to participate in the team's success.

Now... is that asking too much?

So, yes... the Mystics can have Angie Taylor... she's a snake that bears watching.

But contrary to what blue says in her post, all that the Washington Mystics needed was direction... and they'll get that from the Plank.

The Mystics will easily make the playoffs in the East... and the MiniLynx will be right there to greet them in the West.
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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 07, 2008 - 8:45PM #6498
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Thanks dukeblue, I didn't know about the rights to those 2 players. I saw where Ress played for them in '07 but Harrower hasn't played for the Lynx since the '03 season. What gives with rights to a player THAT long, who was smoking what?

Deeo' you got my vote to get the job done. Clean house, clean their clocks, just clean SOMETHING, for heavens sake. You do have a way with words, I'd sure hate to be in your way in that front office, and I don't think you would need 10 working days to get it all done either! You need some backup? I got to google this and see how long it would take me to get there.....

Oh no! That song keeps going through my head.
What's new puddycat....Whoa..whoa..whoa...........
I have watched him perform that on TV, that's telling my age isn't it?
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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 07, 2008 - 8:05PM #6499
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Cash, that Lynx Around the World link was just put up on the Lynx website this past weekend. So, you didn't miss much.

Maybe it took them this long to put it together, but it should have been posted a month ago... when fans like you and I were scampering to find these foreign links on our own... Heck... they may have even piggy-backed your information to come up with some of their links.

But you're still my hero, Big Money!

If it had not been for you linking me up to Nicky Anosike's Israeli contract and the Israeli website during the WNBA playoffs -- which my MiniLynx were not in, I would have completely turned off the WNBA FanVoice and plugged-in exclusively to my NBA Fantasy league... and waited patiently for the NCAA to begin.

So, hey... thanks again... my friend.

But check out my fantasy team, cash, from Wednesday night:
Tony Parker, 55 pts
LeBron James, 41 pts
Carmelo Anthony, 28 pts
Greg Oden, Manu Ginobili, Jamal Crawford, Udonis Haslem, Shaquille O'Neal, Rajon Rondo, Lamar Odom, Lou Williams, Matt Barnes and Al Horford. Not bad, huh?

And cash, you know better than to get me started about the MiniLynx needing a coaching overhaul. their assistant coaches had a far better grasp of the situation than their head coach... and the players responded to them better.

There was some kind of squabble in the front office that resulted in Coach Z missing that roadtrip to Texas before the Olympic break... leaving the two assistants in charge of the team... namely the Plank. And the Plank spanked the No.1 team in the WNBA... on the road.

Then Coach Z miraculously recovered from his sudden illness to rejoin the team... before he lost his dang job... yessirree!

That's what makes me ill about Angie Taylor... She could have cared enough in Minnesota -- while all the players and fans were painfully agonizing over the inept coaching -- to unplug Coach Z and plug-in the Plank.

Naw... She didn't want to tip her hand. She was saving the Plank to inflate her resumÃ© and cement her own personal aspirations.

For her to leave the MiniLynx was okay... real okay... but for her to deplete the MiniLynx's most productive resources on her way out of the door is repulsive.

Yeah... give me ten working days in the MiniLynx front office... and the Detroit Shock can bend over and kiss their rusty buckets goodbye... because the MiniLynx would RULE the WNBA for the next five or six years!

I'd make all of the rats and alley-cats in the MiniLynx front office who are just collecting a paycheck jump ship (or get pushed... overboard).

I'd demote Coach Z to scout...

I'd promote Jennifer Gillom (someone who really cares about the players and the direction of the ballclub -- and who can spot great basketball talent when she sees it) to general manager...

And I'd recruit a young aggressive coach from the college ranks like Jeff Walz at Louisville, assistants Vic Schaefer or Kelly Bond out of Texas A&M or Rick Insell down at Middle Tennessee... to craft the awesome talent on the MiniLynx roster into a BEAST!

I'd double the pay of my primetime players to solidify their loyalties and commitments to the MiniLynx...

I'd nab Tom Jones for a modified "What's New Puddycat" marketing blitz that would have every first-grader, truck driver, waitress, Minnesota gopher and hockey mom singing the MiniLynx's new theme song... and lining up to buy season tickets.

I'd also nab you, cash, to widen my fanbase to overseas markets where fans have fell in love with our players... through webcasts and foreign fanclubs.

After I got through licking my chops... anyone left standing in the MiniLynx organization will have earned their spot... and them bad-S puddycats would be ready to lock and load... to dictate and obliterate!

What you get me started for... Big Money?

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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 07, 2008 - 5:42PM #6500
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The Lynx still hold the rights to Harrower and Ress, but neither is going to be with the team in the foreseeable future (i.e. EVER again). Harrower made a huge fuss about preferring the European style of basketball over the WNBA because she doesn't like being in a league where she can't defend anyone. Ress is a European, and they'll be busy next summer trying to qualify for the 2010 World Championships.

As for the Lynx, well, Julie Plank (and Angela Taylor) left to take a job with the MYSTICS. The MYSTICS!!!!!!!!!! If that isn't an indication of where this Lynx franchise is headed, then I don't know what is.

You have two legit superstars, some nice young players, and then total garbage. That amounts to years of missing the playoffs. I don't know how many times I have to say this, but Lindsey Harding is not a starting PG in the WNBA. Starting a back-up at best PG and having no true starting center in the Western Conference is a sure recipe for disaster--and we haven't even begun to factor in Zierden's incompetence.
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cash
Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 14, 2008 - 1:00AM #6481
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Deeo', I was at that website too. Spanish is a little easier to recognize than Hebrew. I saw on the left side of the website programacion and clicked on Telemadrid. It looked like the program line up for the day, you look at it and tell me what you think. I have just e-mailed telemadrid.es to see if they can help us view the game, maybe I'll hear back from them today or tomorrow.

So you have nephews that play college ball. I don't watch much men's basketball, I watch all the women's college basketball that I can. But if I see Western Kentucky or Kentucky Univ as I scroll through the program listings, I'll be sure to watch them and see how they are doing. I have to fight for a television around here between my husband and son, but most of the time one of them is a good sport and lets me have the remote, then they have to show me how to work the thing...(lol) We're going to go watch Auburn play tonight, game opener, at Alabama A&M. Then I've got to watch the Lady Vols on Saturday.

Nicky was awesome in Thursday's game. She scored 19 (I believe) 1st half points. Another double-double, she almost had as many assists as Tan did.

You're right about the blog. I've been pondering on it.....

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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 13, 2008 - 11:42PM #6482
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Cash.. Big Money... they looking for me! (lol)

I googled telemadrid like you said and downloaded "Livestation" at www.telemadrid.es -- but I didn't try to watch anything yet.

I was interrupted by my mother dragging some bragging University of North Carolina basketball fans over to me insisting that I tell them who her two nephews are -- A.J. Slaughter, #4 and team captain for Western Kentucky University and Jodie Meeks, #23 and shooting guard for the University of Kentucky.

You see... now is the time to brag about Jodie and A.J. while they're shooting lights out during exhibition play (27 points here... 30 points there)... 'Cause when they start throwing up bricks during the regular season, we're both gonna be as quiet as two pimps in church... A-a-a-men! (lol)

Anywho... try that download, cash, and tell me what you think.

And did you see Nicky Anosike's stats today... 27 points (to lead all scorers), 11 rebounds (to lead all rebounders) and 4 assists?

Nicky was really on her game...her little baby j's in the lane were falling. Heck... midway through the third quarter, Nicky was still shooting 77%. She finished the game shooting 64% from the field and 90% from the line.

We just gotta see her next FIBA game on Wednesday... She's dictating and dominating, Big Money!

By the way... both of us have been real quiet about Nicky's latest blog.

I know it hit alittle too close to home for me... It's taken these few days for me to digest it. But we have to show our support, cash.

What people don't realize is that cancer does not just impact the lives of its victims and their families, but it impacts the lives of their friends and co-workers, as well.

A dear friend of mine has breast cancer and underwent chemo in June 2008. Because her husband is deceased, I was the first one she told. What do you say?

Because she didn't want to frighten her adult daughters, I was the one whose advice she sought to decide whether to remove her breast or try surgery and chemo. How do you respond?

When the chemo stole her appetite, robbed her of her hair, zapped her energy, blistered her armpits and darkened her complexion, I was the one she wanted to show the damage to. How do you reassure?

You just do, cash. You just pray... a lot... for the strength and courage not to let your friend down... to be that crazy, fun-loving friend on the other end of the phone who can salvage humor even in this... and to be the optimist to assure her that she can beat it.

And all the while... you're suffocating in your own guilt... for being relatively healthy... and feeling relieved that cancer didn't choose you.

Although my mama-nem used to say, "All sickness ain't death," cancer is a bad, bad boy. It stills my voice... and steals my joy.

Jeepers... do I owe you anything for this session, doc? (lol)

Seriously, cash, we can't be the Nicky fans that we are and not holla' on her latest blog. C'mon, Big Money, I need you on this one. What do you say?
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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 13, 2008 - 12:17PM #6483
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LOL deeo' your posts are so funny.

Eurobasket.com are the ones that where it shows the authors for each country (for Israel-Gil Goshen) it also advertises for anyone to "join us, we are looking for someone to help us cover Israeli women basketball". I don't think that website is staffed very well, so they won't update it or correct info often, if at all. I noticed that Ogorodnikova wasn't listed but I think the picture they have for Agabnikva is Ogorodnikova. The only one that is listed that is not on the team is Szott.

I like the FIBA's scoreboard too. It is constantly receiving data and updating the play by play, but I haven't checked the shot chart yet, I'll do that today when they play Dunav. That would drive me crazy when play by play would freeze up in the WNBA. It was really bad toward the end of the season.

As for watching the game on 11-19, I typed in the tv station-telemadrid spain-on google and it had several websites, now trying to pick one that will televise it and figuring out how to view it, I'll work on that. See if you can figure it out too deeo'.
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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 12, 2008 - 9:54PM #6484
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> Hey, blue... do you know what we have to do to hide our location to view this game... like our Aussie friend alluded to?

Seriously? That sucks. It's probably like that for most of the European leagues. You don't have to do that to see the games in Russia I don't think.
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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 12, 2008 - 9:41PM #6485
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Hey, cash... We must have been posting at the same time.

But you're right... I have been quite busy with the daily grind... property taxes on several properties... liquor license renewals... winterizings for homes, businesses and automobiles... Yeah... three hots and a cot (even in jail) sounds real inviting right about now. (lol)

Did you read in my last post how eurobasket.com mixed Ramla's roster and Nicky's stats?

But check this out:
www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.gameID_6485-C-10-5.compID_Rn2Om4j3HOcXtTFwJWFsh3.season_2009.roundID_6482.team...
Ramla's rematch with Spain will be televised. Oh, cash, we just gotta see this one.

Hey, blue... do you know what we have to do to hide our location to view this game... like our Aussie friend alluded to?

And cash... you know you read my mind about going over to the Holyland to get Nicky's jersey... uhhuh... knocking folks down to get to it.

Naw, cash, I'm just gonna take an aspirin and lay down to forget about it... for right now.

But if I find out that Greyhound is running a fare-saver to Tel Aviv... watch out, Big Money! (lol)
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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 12, 2008 - 8:22PM #6486
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Deeo', they're using Tan's old head shots from last year. There aren't head shots for most of the players on the team.

Apparently, it's an Israeli issue (an issue with new EuroCup players who play for Israeli teams). Houston doesn't have a head shot, either.

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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 12, 2008 - 8:09PM #6487
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Oh okay...I see what you're talking about, cash. Yeah, it would probably look better if they could show a pic of her when she's the top performer for her team.

I, too, think she's capable of ripping down 26 rebounds. She might. The high for EuroCup in 2009 is 23 rebounds, and that was achieved today.
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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 12, 2008 - 8:06PM #6488
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Not exactly, blue.

When you watch the FIBA EuroCup games live at fibaeurope.com, they will post the final game stats with headshots of the leaders in each category.

On past occasions when Nicky Anosike led in scoring, rebounds and steals, they merely posted her full name atop the stats... while leaders in other categories (like her teammate Tan White) had their headshots posted.

And they presently only post Nicky's full name on her player's profile page while others have headshots included with their stats.

And since the only two photos they have of Nicky in their photo gallery look as though she's being brutally mugged, it is my hope that Safsal assists the FIBA website in getting the photos they need for the Elitzur Ramla ballclub.

I know it's asking a lot of Safsal to do this -- since all of these foreign basketball websites take tremendous pride in their coverage of these games and these athletes... and since their staffs endure great personal sacrafice to keep their websites current.

But I do believe that Safsal will facilitate this request because they have great pride in their Israeli teams... and they're great fans of the sport and the players they cover.

And thanks to the information you gave cash over two months ago, I also check out eurobasket.com.

Unfortunately, however, eurobasket.com has placed three players on Nicky's team roster that don't belong there and has omitted one of their leading scorers (Olena Ogorodnikova).

To even compound the problem, they have placed one of the errant players' name (Ana Agabnikva) in the leaders' stats where Nicky's name should be (rebounds and steals) for Ramla in Israeli league play. Imagine that.

While I can understand the huge amount of information they deal with on a daily basis -- for both men and women, sometimes the recipients of their hard work -- the fans -- need to lend a helping hand by pointing out errors and omissions we come across.

Blue... I don't know if you've checked out an actual FIBA game in progress... but jeepers... they have an outstanding realtime scoreboard!

The WNBA needs to scrap it's game graphics and scoreboards and implement one like FIBA's. It's simply awesome!

Everything is right there in front of you... a huge scoreboard (that doesn't lag behind the play-by-play or freeze up for long periods of time)... running play-by-play with different colors for each team... team fouls and individual personal foul tallies all lit up... players' names that light up when they're in the game...

Then you can switch over to the shot chart and highlight an individual player's shots to see how they played on offense.

Each shot spot you place your arrow on tells you the exact time in the game the shot was taken... It just really places the fan at the game.

The WNBA needs the software for this scoreboard... no... the WNBA fans need for the WNBA to get the software for this scoreboard. It'll make having your favorite WNBA team's games being nationally-televised only three or four times in a season a little easier to bear. Meooow!
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cash
Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 12, 2008 - 7:48PM #6489
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Hey dukeblue, I believe what deeo' is talking about is each individual game--ex. Ramla vs. ZKK Crvena, click on the score of the game and it will bring you into boxscores and play by plays and show you the top performers for that game. Only Nicky's name is there. But now she COULD drag down 26 rebounds and be the top scorer in tomorrows game and have her picture on the Eurocup home page........I have faith in my girl.

Deeo' that was a well written article on Nicky, I wonder why they picked her first (they should have saved the BEST for last). Goodness you have been busy e-mailing, your daily grind is not grinding you down too badly. I think you seriously need to think about going to Israel and getting that shirt off her back at the end of the season, you are a fan too, aren't you? It will be a one of a kind shirt.

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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 12, 2008 - 4:28PM #6490
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Deeo', Nicky isn't in the Top 5 of any of the three major EuroCup stat categories (points, total rebounds, assists), and even still they only show the picture of the top player in each of those categories (if a picture has been submitted by the club team).

www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.compID_Rn2Om4j3HOcXtTFwJWF...

So unless she's THE top scorer for tomorrow's games OR she gathers 26 rebounds in tomorrow's game, FIBA won't need her profile picture.
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00lunedì 11 giugno 2012 11:06

Nicky Anosike Thread -- 2008

cash
Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 18, 2008 - 11:04PM #6471
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:^O:^O:^O--You are too funny.

Have you noticed that we are the only dummies still trying to watch a game? No one else is posting on how to watch their favorite players overseas. Maybe we should take our cues from them and just give up and call it a day and say see ya when the WNBA cranks back up. Or, I know, they've all figured it out and aren't telling us. They just shake their heads at our latest attempts.

What about individual teams keeping scores and stats in a game. Do they do that these days? Surely someone has a good record of the game. Maybe safsal will post something eventually.

Good luck watching the game tomorrow.

Well, I don't know if they have internet in the pokey but they better have toilet paper! (lol) And since we will be able to run for public office I say......

DEEO' for President!
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 18, 2008 - 9:00PM #6472
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Cash... the truth -- in all seriousness -- is that we both now have FBI files because of all of our overseas internet activities... and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security policies.

Scary isn't it?

The WNBA could eliminate all of this mess...

In fact, it could have been avoided had the WNBA had the wisdom and foresight to accommodate its fans.

Oh, well... maybe we can contact the FBI... and they can figure out how to get the game tomorrow... and Nicky Anosike's stats from yesterday. Oh, fellas... do you read me? Can you hook us up, g... I mean, g-man? (lol)

Boy, cash, if I get a response back from the FBI... I'll pee my pants, Big Money. (lol) (lol) (lol)

O' say can you se-e-e-e-e... by the dawn's early li-i-i-ight...

Apple pie, anyone? (lol)

So, cash... it WAS true what I said about the scorekeeper going home in the middle of the game... "Zell, my 8-year-old nephew... he'll finish the game. He's a very bright kid... He can count all the way to 100, you know..." And of course... the game goes to 109! (lol)

Some may say that it was just a lucky guess, but I must set the record straight... I'm gifted. (lol)

Woooo... I'm sorry about my little hissy-fit earlier today. But I hate to be conquered... by anything! And this has truly conquered me.

You know, cash... now that we have an FBI record, we can both run for public office. (lol)

And just in case we don't have internet in the pokey, maybe we can pray for jail cells right next to each other so that we can write notes back and forth... on toilet paper. (lol)

Hey... wait a minute... we might need that toilet paper. (lol)

Let's just pray for internet in the pokey, Big Money... yeah, internet in the pokey. (lol)

Jeepers... my backwards behind didn't read your update until after I posted. (lol) Whippeee! We'll see the game tomorrow! Cash, you're just like Christmas, Big Money... just like Christmas!

Oh... and... uh er... as for everythingelse I said in this post... never mind... all, except the toilet paper part. I meant that. Pleeease let there be internet in the pokey. (lol)

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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 18, 2008 - 2:16PM #6473
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I agree with you 100% deeo'. The WNBA would certainly keep people's interest if they would work with overseas websites and link it all together, somehow. I have just about given up trying to watch Ramla play. It's very frustrating for an average Joe (like me) to try and figure out how to tune in.

***Deeo' I updated my post about how to view the Spanish game. I did hear from someone but I'll not post all that information again.***

I e-mailed Cadursal about not having the stats for the Ramla game and I got an e-mail back that said "Hello, Who are you please? Nir" Sounds pretty scary, huh? By the time these overseas games are finished everyone will know my e-mail address and they will come looking for me. Do they have internet in the hoosegow?

Update on the stats on the Ramla--Maccabi Tel Kabir game. Nir e-mailed back and said that there was a problem with the stats at that game and they wouldn't load wrong data. He also said that he doesn't know the real stats from there. That's all I know, he didn't say that he would find out the stats and post them later. I don't guess we'll ever know. Que sera, sera........

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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 18, 2008 - 11:01AM #6474
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You've read my mind, cash... What the heck is up with the stats for Nicky Anosike's game.

I know that her team won by 46 points (109-63)... But what happened? Did the scorekeeper just quit keeping score and leave the arena after it became apparent it was gonna be a blowout?

I went to the website for the Spaniards. It's a nice, active site... like Elitzur Ramla's site should be. But when I pushed all of the buttons, they were just video highlights of their games and activities.

I hope you get an answer to your e-mail from them before the game tomorrow. But I wouldn't give up hope that we can possibly access this broadcast by pressing the buttons on the fibaeurope.com site on gameday.

And the tension and frustration mounts...

You know -- dangit -- if this IS the WNBA's winter league (like they claim it is), the WNBA should be facilitating our online access to televised games overseas. I hate for people to take credit for zit who don't do zit. This is a lot of what's wrong with the WNBA... it doesn't look out for its fans!

YOU initiated the overseas website information to enable WNBA fans on this blog to continue to follow their favorite WNBA players overseas. Then... dah... the WNBA comes up with a site to provide the fans with links... what?... two months later?

Now, here's the webcast issue...

Determined fans that we are, we're practically running cable wire from here to Europe just so we can see our favorite WNBA player... And what is the WNBA doing to facilitate THEIR WNBA fans in their efforts to view THEIR WNBA players overseas? Not jack!

Any WNBA executive with an ounce of business savvy or (God forbid) commonsense would certainly realize the benefits of keeping the WNBA fans pumped up and connected to their league and their website during their eight-monthlong offseason. It's a good thing... right?!

By providing the WNBA fans with overseas links, I know that the WNBA has increased its website hits -- during what is normally a dead period.

And by providing the setup through which WNBA fans can access overseas game broadcasts, I know that the WNBA would increase its website hits even more.

By doing something so fundamental as facilitating its fans... the WNBA could not only retain interest in the league during its offseason, but it could actually widen its fanbase. Go figure...

Well, Big Money... this has been my scathing public service announcement for the day... brought to you courtesy of the Frustrated Fans of the WNBA... incorporated. Meow! (lol)
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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 17, 2008 - 11:24PM #6475
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I'm still waiting for the stats for today's games, couldn't even see the play by play with Cadursal. The score is posted, Ramla won 109-63. All the other teams have their stats posted, just not Ramla.
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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 17, 2008 - 2:23PM #6476
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Ok, try this. In FIBA, go look at team Rivasecopolis, on the left under administration, they have a web address, go into their team site and in the middle is a red box "entra a verlo en directo"--(comes to you live)--see what you think. This may be it, looks like tv to me. Now if only we can view it. I have e-mailed "contacto" the team-basketrivasecopolis-to see if anyone there can help us. Maybe someone can understand English.

Update--I got a reply to my e-mail, yea!!!! Victor Daniel Sanchez told me that we DO go into entra a verlo en directo and that the game will be broadcast in Telemadrid/LaOtra, the local TV in Madrid. He said that they were having connection problems with Rivas Ecopolis TV but they were trying to get it online and that the transmission will be better than LaOtra. He said that if it is colored then it is online (right now it is gray). Check it out, LaOtra actually works!!

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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 16, 2008 - 9:14PM #6477
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Hey, cash... the federalis are probably looking for both of us.

But you know what? You just may have stumbled onto the answer to our problem. The button for the televised game on the fibaeurope.com site just may activate the broadcast.

What I know for sure is that the button says "telemadrid" (the station)... and the screen says "rivas-vaciamadrid" (the location)... and the team's name is "rivasecopolis" (the name of a city and the opponent)... and... and... and Diana Ross is not the lead singer for the Taco Supremes. Arriba! Arriba! (lol)

I missed the Tennessee Lady Vols' banner-raising ceremony and their game against San Francisco yesterday. But I kinda got to see it on this link:
all-access.cbssports.com/player.html?code=tennw&med...
The video is not looped properly with the sound. So, you'll hear the audio first... then you'll see the video. It beats a blank... not by much,,, but it beats not seeing it at all. (lol)

In my ventures on the internet early this morning when I turned in from my daily grind, I found a nice website: womensbasketball-in-france.com. I also stumbled across madridman.com (an American in Madrid)... absolutely no help to us at all.

Our Nicky Anosike plays tomorrow... I hope she brings it, Big Money!

Well, I have to run... My daily grind is calling for another human sacrifice. (lol)
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cash
Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 15, 2008 - 12:02PM #6478
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Dukeblue, Nicky is rising in the Eurocup charts. She is coming in at #5 in both leading scorers and leading rebounders. If she has another game like Thursday's they'll be needing her picture at FIBA pretty soon. I still have faith in my girl.
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cash
Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 15, 2008 - 11:55AM #6479
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No luck on the live programming deeo', I tried livestation too, but that isn't what we're looking for either, I don't believe. I have been in and out of so many Spanish tv websites, they'll come looking for me soon for questioning to see what I'm up to.....:O.......I know nothing!!

Still haven't heard from telemadrid.es yet, maybe someone can help us find a station that is broadcasting the game. And maybe one of these days they will put a little icon beside these games and you just click on it to watch the game, wouldn't that would be lovely?

All those photos in FIBA Euroleague and Eurocup are criminal. If I were the photographer I would NOT want my name associated with any of them. I realize that these women play hard and they actually sweat, but please, take a few good pictures without their mouths wide open. At least Eurobasket.com shows pictures of the beautiful side of basketball. (but it's not of the players unfortunately) What? Can basketball players not have a beautiful side too? I've seen some good pictures throughout the year in the WNBA. It can be done!

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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 14, 2008 - 8:06PM #6480
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Thanks, cash... I couldn't have done it without you... maybe. (lol)

But I do think that by the time I got through spilling my guts... it was next week already. (lol)

Honestly, Big Money... do I talk that much? (lol)

I'm sorry... but I just had to dislodge that big lump out of my throat... before it asphyxiated me..........

"And the Oscar for the best performance in a real life drama on a basketball blog goes to..." (lol)

Hey, cash... I've been watching Israeli news highlights -- in English I might add -- on that livestation download. The Israelis are real pensive about Barack Obama's loyalty to the Israel state in the Middle East. But they don't have to worry about American-Israeli relations as long as Nick Anosike is there... You and I have got their back... at least until the end of the season.

But I can't seem to figure out how to access live programming on the telemadrid site.

How are you faring?

Fibaeurope.com had two independent sentences on Nicky's game yesterday. Two! One of them was about Nicky. It's nice to see Nicky hogging 50% of the coverage.

Now, if they can only get their photographers to post photos in their photo gallery that don't make the women players look like they're giving childbirth. (lol)

Every time I see their gallery photos of Nicky getting brutalized... it makes me feel like somebody needs to go to jail or at least fill out a police report... for assault with intent to bruise or something...

That IS a charge... isn't it, cash?

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00lunedì 11 giugno 2012 11:16

Nicky Anosike Thread -- 2008

cash
Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 25, 2008 - 5:54AM #6461
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I'm not sure what happened in the game. I followed the play by play on cadursal yesterday and it was not a pretty game for either team really, there were lots of turnovers, fouls, and missed shots. (White and Parau fouled out--3 of Parau's fouls came in the first qtr). I don't know if Nicky was getting touches and they were denying her a shot or what. It looks like she shot the ball in the first half only 6 times (made her one and only bucket in the 1st few minutes) and only had 3 rebounds the first half and had to sit about 5 minutes. That's not like her normal game. And really not much went their way the 2nd half, they tried to make a run, but it was too little, too late. Just not much (if any) of an ophendsiv (offensive) flow the whole game. Did you read the article on safsal "Red knockout"? It must have been a noisy game.

(I couldn't tell if mj 23 was trying to tell her she had no offense, or that he meant no offense by what he wrote. lol)
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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 24, 2008 - 5:37PM #6462
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Thanks, cash. What happened in Nicky's game today?

I didn't like the anonymous paragraph-long recap I saw on Safsal... and I didn't like the stats I saw on the game either.

Now, cash, I don't know if it's just me -- because I have been in kind of a blue funk ever since I turned in from my daily grind and read mj23's trash on Nicky's blog early Monday morning -- but see if you're feeling me, Big Money.

It looked like they were playing keep-away with Nicky in the first half of the Rivas game... and I hinted at it (check out my post following that game).

Then a couple of days later, mj23 posts that mess about Nicky hogging the ball -- which if he/she had posted it in his/her native language, we wouldn't have paid it any mind... and imagined it to be a compliment.

Then there's the anonymous Safsal headline and coverage of today's game against Ramat Hasharon that wreaks of smack.

And finally the stats... a gabillion guards played for Ramla, but yet there were NO ASSISTS listed alongside their names in the stats that followed the game recap... NONE!

In fact, Nicky led the team with 3 assists and tacked on 5 steals to boot. But she only got EIGHT touches (1-7 from two and a miss from three)... Heck, she got more quality touches on the freethrowline then she got in their offense. (lol)

Olena Ogorodnikova, however, led the team in points and rebounds... and turnovers (5)... with ONE assist.

Then there's the misspelling of the word "offense" in mj23's post -- "ophends" -- that just seems to dangle in my mind. Which languages have the "ph" sound for "f"... Hebrew, Spanish, American or Russian? Was this a clever miscue or a telltale clue?

Now, you do the math, Big Money... and tell me what YOU come up with. (lol)

I warned you that I was in one of those funks... a deep, dark blue one. (lol)

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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 24, 2008 - 8:20AM #6463
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Deeo', dang that mj 23 like to have made me go over there and stomp a mudhole in him. X-( Just kidding, everyone is entitled to an opinion, his just didn't line up with MY opinion.

The game today is on sport 5, but do you think I'm even going to try tuning in? Well yeah!! And get all frustrated when I can't get the game. Have you checked out Ramla's website? They've finally updated it. www.elizur-ramla.co.il/
I had to use my google translator to translate the pages--- www.google.ca/language_tools?hl=en
Quite a handy dandy thing to have.

About the stats on the game against Tel Kabir....Those will probably remain a mystery forever. I started to e-mail safsal and see if they could possibly get them and post them, but I didn't want to be a pest. How can you post lead scorers, rebounders, assisters ;), and efficiency leaders like cadursal, if you don't have complete stats?

One more thing, have you seen this video of 2008 Woman of the Year? I stumbled across it while trying to find the latest college rankings. web1.ncaa.org/web_video/newmedia/Niki2.html
And don't forget to mark your calendar, the award ceremony will be televised, Dec 5 on ESPN2 around 2:30 or 3:30, I believe.
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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 23, 2008 - 6:24PM #6464
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What brought Minnesota down after that 5-0 start was point guard play. Quinn did not impress despite her minutes and, in her defense, wasn't directed much at all by the coaching staff. She lacked confidence and game against good teams. The staff tried to put Wiggins there, which led to her being worn down as the season progressed, allowed her to shoot stupid shots, and culminated in her practically killing herself half the time. Maybe it's a good thing she is unable to play until January because her body simply couldn't handle more basketball. Then, everyone pointed to Harding as "the savior" and "the missing piece" even though she'd done nothing to gain that kind of respect. When she was rushed back...er...made her return, she stunk. Surprise, surprise.

So there you have it. The Lynx are bottom feeders for a reason. Minnesota lacks a true center and a good enough PG who can get everyone involved. Most importantly, they lack a coach with any good sense. If the team doesn't find suitable upgrades at the PG, C, and head coaching positions, the team won't win 12 games in 2009.
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 22, 2008 - 4:27AM #6465
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Hey, cash, did you see Nicky's latest blog?

And thanks again for getting the hookup for her game Wednesday. It was just great to see her play.

Big Money, I just can't get excited about anything the Lynx front office does right now. They've already demonstrated to me that they could care less about the future and direction of the team. It depresses me... because I feel that the players deserve better.

The best chance for the Lynx players when they return next year will be to just bust out of the gate all crazy like they did this year... like a pack of wild horses. And hopefully, they'll bounce Coach Don Zierden's bumbling behind right out of the saddle... and stampede their way into the WNBA playoffs... unbridled... on their own.

Anywho... our Nicky has a tough game Monday against Electra Ramat Hasharon.

So, c'mon, Big Nick, raise cane... and let it rain!

And are they ever going to release the stats on Nicky's game against Maccabi Tel Kabir last week? What's up? I've looked everywhere... twice!

As for my mom... her parents actually went back to farming tobacco and making molasses. That's what they were doing before they moved to town and took on jobs in the doctor's home. I imagine my grandparents thought that their new life was a step up... but I guess they later realized that it was really a step back... back into an era that they didn't want to return to. Their return to the farm not only liberated their young daughter (my mom)... it liberated them financially. And when they divorced many years later, my grandmother moved to Nashville and opened a hair salon, while my grandfather moved to Columbia, became a preacher and opened a drycleaners. Now, you see who I inherited my great hair and bright halo from, Big Money. (lol) (lol)

You know, cash, it's funny -- almost psychic -- that you mentioned French and my mom in the same breath. Her family name is Demonbreun... of French descent.

You've been holding out on me, Big Money. You've got the gift and you just gotta use it. (lol)
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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 21, 2008 - 10:45PM #6466
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I didn't even think to double click the picture, I was looking for a button to press, but it was all good, I put the Eurocup stat board in the b-a-c-k-g-r-o-u-n-d, and watched the game and looked at the stats, pretty good stuff. The level of play is not quite as intense as the WNBA, but still I enjoyed the game and got to see how they played. Even women's college hoops are hard to get used to after watching the WNBA.

Did you see Taylor's replacement?
www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3742005
Probably not a bad choice for her replacement, but I really hope that they haven't made a mistake on the coaching staff. You really need a winning team to keep fan's interest and you need fans' fan-nies in the seats to help pay the bills.

Your mom's story is incredible. How in the world did your grandparents decide to become tobacco farmers, how did they make that transition from cook/chauffeur to tobacco farmers? Your mom seems to have what the French would call a "joie de vivre".
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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 19, 2008 - 11:24PM #6467
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Man... cash... don't get me started, Big Money!

It's gonna take me a minute to be able to even talk about the MiniLynx hiring Jimmy-I-Don't-Have-Any-Dang-Experience-And-I-Wasn't-Even-That-Good-When-I-Was-Playing-That's-Why-I'm-Doing-Play-By-Play-For-One-Of-The-Weakest-Teams-In-The-NBA-But-Heck-If-They're-Dumb-Enough-To-Hire-Me-I'll-Take-It-Petersen... Yeah... right, he's a real BIG name in the business! (lol)

All Petersen is... is job security for Coach Don Zierden... He poses NO threat of replacing Zierden... because he doesn't know a dang thang!

The success that the MiniLynx had this past season had nothing to do with Zierden... it was as a result of the players' own raw and unique talents... and renegade determination and desire to win.

Nicky Anosike, Charde Houston, Candice Wiggins and Seimone Augustus were like a team of runaway horses trampling every opponent in their path (to a 5-0 start)... while Zierden bounced about atop the stagecoach (like Barney Fife) trying to gain control of his talented fillies... only to slow them down to a pace HE could handle... breaking their spirit and walking them across the finishline... yet again.

Petersen's hiring is a slap in the face to Seimone, Candice, Charde and my Nicky... players who had high hopes of serious changes taking place inside the MiniLynx organization that would leave no doubt in their minds that their team would finally be headed in the right direction.

At any rate, these young ladies didn't expect for Zierden to lean over to Petersen during a station break and say, "You got a clipboard? You want to be my assistant coach... in your spare time?"

The guy who hired Petersen, Roger Griffith, needs to resign and get a paper route somewhere... and Petersen and Zierden should join him, shortly.

Who ever heard of a parttime assistant coach?

If the Minnesota organization isn't going to take its women's team seriously, it needs to let its peak performers opt-out of their contracts to signup with better teams that have serious front offices backing them.

What's next? Are the Lynx's two TV-sports-commentating coaches gonna start calling for "commercial breaks"... instead of timeouts?

Who is lazy-S Roger Griffith going to hire to replace Angela Taylor in the MiniLynx front office... Joe the Plumber?

Now, it's all too apparent -- CRYSTAL CLEAR -- why both the men's and women's teams under this Minnesota organization are perennial losers in both the NBA and the WNBA (even with superstars like Seimone Augustus and Kevin Garnett on their rosters)... pitiful leadership, woefully incompetent coaching and atrocious business decisions!

Enough said about this... mess!

Let me go on to the good stuff... Nicky Anosike!

Cash, I cannot begin to thank you for making my day today... by finding out how to access the live broadcast of Nicky's game in Spain. So, I'll begin with a simple THANK YOU!

The screen -- you had to double-click on it to enlarge it to full screen. But I viewed it on both small screen (to view the graphics) and large screen (to view the game)... because the smaller screen was more focused and less distorted. So, if you watched the smaller screen, you watched the better quality picture, cash.

It's a different game over there, but Big Nick looks good to me... 17 points (on 63.6% shooting from the field and 75% from the line), 12 rebounds, 5 steals, 1 block and 1 assist.

In the first half, Nicky didn't get the touches she needed to make an early impact on the game... 4 points and 5 rebounds. The guards weren't trying to find her inside... even though she was setting picks and working hard to get open.

But in the second half, it seemed like Nicky was demanding the ball... and she was getting it... and she was knocking down her shots.

Elitzur Ramla has some great slashers to the basket... but they just weren't finishing their shots at the rim. Coach Eli has got to break them of the habit of just hurling their shots toward the rim once they make it through the lane... and make them practice going UP (vertically) strong to attack the rim and finish their shots. They need to finish their shots.

That's what impressed me about the Big Nasty. She was going up strong on her shots and finishing. And her set-shots from 15 feet out looked fantastic.

Nicky just looked fit and quick and aggressive (offensively and defensively) and had the positive energy flowing -- even when things weren't going her way.

As for my mom... yep, Big Money, she'll take boring out of your day... every day.

Each day for her is the most fun she ever had. Now in her 70s, she's making up for her childhood in Brentwood, Tennessee, where she was born to a cook and a chauffeur for a well-to-do doctor -- who didn't want any children on his place. So, when her mom became pregnant, she concealed her pregnancy. My mom was secretly delivered by a midwife (no record of her birth) and kept out of sight of the doctor -- until he discovered her crawling about the cook's kitchen one day. He allowed my grandparents to keep her there... but she was not allowed to play and run about. So, she was dressed up every day and seated in a wooden chair at a table in the cook's kitchen... where she stayed from the early morning 'til well after supper. At the age of four, her mother lied about her age and enrolled her in the first grade. When my mom discovered that there were other little people like her... there was no going back to the kitchen table. Her parents quit their jobs and became very successful tobacco farmers. And every day since then, my mom -- who had been an only lonely child -- has been making up for lost time.

She retired from the Board of Education after 20 years and bought two bars in a package deal -- right across the street from each other. It's her playground. She's so successful because she doesn't just peddle southern cuisine and distilled spirits... she peddles fun. And the fellas LOVE to pull against any team she's pulling for so that she can do her signature "We're clooosed" routine.

One of the fellas gave her a gift-wrapped brick today and told her that it was one of the 15 shots that her nephew, Jodie Meeks, missed last night against the Tarheels... Then he took off running once she realized what it was. (lol)

Yep, every day and everybody gets a turn around here... (lol)

See how you get me started, cash?

However... getting to see Nicky play today was like sprinkling sugar atop a bitter dose of medicine (the Petersen hiring).

Thanks for the sugar, suga! (lol)

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cash
Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 19, 2008 - 7:18PM #6468
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I think that they hired Petersen so that Zierden would have an analyst right beside him then maybe he would know what was happening on the floor.

Did you see this article? www.twincities.com/ci_11014136?nclick_check=1
Gillom wanted to coach perimeter players? And Petersen's keeping his day job as tv analyst and will juggle the positions when they overlap? Hmmm.........

I can't believe it, but I was able to view the game today, the screen was about the size of a small post it note, but by golly, I perservered!!!!!! Nicky played practically the whole game. Wow, I've never worked so hard in all my life running that cable wire from here to Spain.

Hope you got your mom settled down, she sounds like a hoot.
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 19, 2008 - 2:11AM #6469
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Oh, my goodness, cash... the MiniLynx just hired a replacement for assistant coach Julie Plank... a play-by-play announcer... with no coaching experience...

Just shoot me, Big Money... just shoot me!

And this guy -- Jim Petersen -- is supposed to work with their "world class" post players to improve their games?

Why in the world would the MiniLynx front office replace a backcourt coach with a frontcourt coach... especially when they already have someone to work with their bigs?

And what in the heck can this... guy... show the MiniLynx's post players when he only averaged 6 points and 4 rebounds when he played in the NBA for eight years... what?... some 14 years ago?

We already have a dang WNBA Hall of Fame post player in Jennifer Gillom... who actually PLAYED in the 213 games she averaged 13 points and 4 rebounds in.

MiniLynx Chief Operating Officer Roger Griffith needs to be kicked dead in his gazoo... for such an ignorant selection!

Jeepers, cash... really... Nicky needs another team. Seriously... Sacramento and Phoenix are just one post player away from a WNBA Championship run.

What a bonehead move! All because Roger is too dang lazy to get up off of his duff to go out and find a REAL coach to put on the MiniLynx coaching staff.

It's almost as if the MiniLynx front office doesn't want the team to get better.

Who are they going to hire to replace the GM... Jay Leno? "I hear he's on TV, awso."

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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 19, 2008 - 12:56AM #6470
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Yeah, cash... You know that if I run for president... it would be of the WNBA! And you'd be my VP.

Yeah... and we could put Alaska's Gov. Sarah Palin in charge of... of... of the "winter league"... "Yes, and I can see Russia... and Diana Turawski from my house, awso!" (lol)

And we could put Barack Obama in charge of communications. We could use his ears to improve the reception of overseas broadcasts. (lol)

And John McCain could head up the complaint department and find out who is behind Nicky's stats disappearing from the game yesterday... "You'll know their names, and I'll make them famous!" (lol)

And Hillary Clinton... we could put her in charge of building maintenance... especially since she put them 18,000,000 cracks in the dang ceiling. (lol)

And don't forget Joe Biden. We'd have to create a department for him to be in charge of... like the Department of Lying or something. (lol)

Yeah... I'd give 'em all jobs, Big Money.

Woooo... I've gotta run. My mother is throwing everyone out of our bar across the street... because the Tarheels just beat the cowboy-diggety-dog out of Kentucky (and her nephew Jodie Meeks).

The guys are doubled over with laughter as she's pitching their Tarheel caps and jackets out of the door saying, "Y'all think I'm gonna sit here and let y'all soak up my heat... drink up all of my ice cold beer... and brag about whipping my kinfolk, too?! Heck, naw... Get out! We're clooosed!"

Yep... that's what you call good ol' southern hospitality around these parts... (lol)

Now, you see why I said that we had to get our bragging in early? Jodie scored 39 points the other night... Tonight he scored 19 points... on 5-20 shooting from the field. Ouch!

We're in for a long cold season, Big Money. Pray for us... pleeease. (lol)

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00lunedì 11 giugno 2012 11:24

Nicky Anosike Thread -- 2008

flyguy1183___
Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 04, 2008 - 8:43PM #6451
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> You want Matee Ajavon? An undersized combo guard who
> can't shoot or pass? What's the use in having a
> player like that? Name recognition? Her game is
> GARBAGE. She came off the bench in Houston yet she
> attempted the second-most shots on the team (and only
> scored single digit ppg average). Why? Because
> she's a gawd awful undersized ball hog with no brains
> in her head.
>
> But, by all means, suggest ways for the Lynx to get
> worse. Seems like that's all they've been doing this
> offseason.
>
> Mistie is likely going to be the Lynx pick. She's
> capable of being a rebounding specialist (something
> the Lynx could use), and at least she won't be taking
> shots away from Augustus and Wiggins (y'all already
> have Harding in that role).

This is your best post of all time. I'm full of compliments today. Listen, Matee Ajavon is so athletic it's not even calculable. But she's dumb as a rock and THE definition of a chucker. Anyway, the Mystakes are likely to take her. Mistie Williams is solid and any team would be lucky to have her. Teams could also be looking at Shannon Johnson, but the Lynx need a post. Why in the name of all that makes sense would you NOT want Mistie Williams? And truth be told, nobody who takes Lyttle is dumb. She's far and away the prize of this thing.

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Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 04, 2008 - 7:42PM #6452
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You want Matee Ajavon? An undersized combo guard who can't shoot or pass? What's the use in having a player like that? Name recognition? Her game is GARBAGE. She came off the bench in Houston yet she attempted the second-most shots on the team (and only scored single digit ppg average). Why? Because she's a gawd awful undersized ball hog with no brains in her head.

But, by all means, suggest ways for the Lynx to get worse. Seems like that's all they've been doing this offseason.

Mistie is likely going to be the Lynx pick. She's capable of being a rebounding specialist (something the Lynx could use), and at least she won't be taking shots away from Augustus and Wiggins (y'all already have Harding in that role).
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Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 04, 2008 - 7:23PM #6453
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Man... cash, if Minnesota takes Mistie Williams in the Houston dispersal draft... I'll just PUKE! And how was your day, dearie? (lol) (lol)

In answer to your question, cash, I want Matee Ajavon. So, I'm praying that Atlanta, Chicago and Washington are as dumb as SPIT and select Tamecka Dixon, Sancho Lyttle and Mistie... so Matee will be around for the fourth pick. Then... I'd have to pray that the Minnesota representative is Jennifer Gillom -- someone with enough sense to select her. (lol)

I've got my mo-jo work-ing...

You saw the Christmas photos? They are much clearer when you pop open that Christmas ticket link. They should post those pictures in a story so that we can e-mail them to ourselves... and make Christmas tree ornaments out of them. Heck... I have three Christmas trees to decorate. Surely I could decorate one of them with a Nicky Anosike theme... and what better star to put on top than Nicky. (lol)

Did you take in Nicky's game today? Why is she being taken out the game so much... especially when she's not in foul trouble? I don't get it... 11 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 7 touches.

Is she nursing an injury?

They have four more games before their Christian break (Dec. 15th to Jan. 22nd).

As for A.J. Slaughter and Jodie Meeks, they're my second cousins. A.J.'s mom Bonita is my first cousin. Her father (Robert) and my father are brothers. Jodie's mom Margaret ("Shane") is also my first cousin. Her mother (Polly) is my father's sister. My mom is an only child... so the both of them are her grandnephews by marriage to my father. I hope I haven't confused you more... (lol)

We'll celebrate my mom's birthday Saturday. Everyone is running me crazy about little surprises they have in store for her... Jeepers, I started this post three hours ago and I'm only just now able to close it.

Patrons are giving me gifts to hide from her, and I'm sneaking in banners and equipment. And my mom is snooping about being very inquisitive... Everyone is driving me nuts! But don't worry about me, Big Money... save yourseeeelf. (lol)

Ba-dee-ba-dee-ba-dee... that's all folks!(lol)
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Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 04, 2008 - 3:19AM #6454
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Hey, willaw. I'm not exactly sure which team Candice will be playing for but if it is in Valencia, then it could be Ros Casares, they are in Valencia. Their roster includes Delisha Milton-Jones, Erika De Souza, & Roneeka Hodges. A pretty good team having won 9 out of 10 games in their league and 6 for 8 in Euroleague play. (I believe). The Minnesota Lynx home page should be doing her profile next so maybe they will tell us where she is playing in the winter league.
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willaw2004
Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 04, 2008 - 2:30AM #6455
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Hey does anyone know what team Candice Wiggins is playing for in Valencia, Spain? I would like to try to catch some of her games when she starts playing in January.
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Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 03, 2008 - 8:52PM #6456
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When I read mj23's second post I thought, with fans like Ramla's who needs enemies, yelling "disgrace" chants and then to trash one of their players on their blog. Mj23 needs to watch some WNBA games, then go back and watch his/her country's games, then they will see that there is NO comparison. Mj23 will realize that maybe he is watching the real thing when he gets to see Nicky play.

About the draft...I think that Matee and Sancho will be chosen first, leaving Shannon and Tamecka (and whoever else). Both are veteran players, TD has been in the pros for 11 years and SJ for 9. I remember that SJ had a good game against the Lynx in Target Center. TD missed 9 games this season for whatever reason, and who knows how many years these 2 have left in them. Also, who knows what the powers that be--in the front office--will do. I am leaning more toward TD, how about you? You didn't post who you would pick?

I haven't got to watch either of your cousins yet (for some reason I thought that they were your nephews). It sounds like they have got it happening though. Congratulations, and I hope no more bricks come your mama's way in the form of gifts, she just may hurt somebody the next time!! lol And I really hate to hear that about your Aunt Bonita having leukemia, I am SO sorry.

I finally found the Christmas photos you mentioned, those were cute!! Safsal has some good photos of Ramla's games, and Nicky blogged again, a little brief, but she is keeping in touch.

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Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 03, 2008 - 1:25AM #6457
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Ooooooh, cash... it's colder than a mosquito's tweeter here... brrrrr! I don't think I'm ready for winter.

I missed you, Big Money. Welcome back.

Man, what is with this mj23 person? First he/she trashes Nicky Anosike... and now me. Boy, he's just cruising for a bruising, Big Money. (lol)

I invited him to join us here.

He's probably some real important person in Israel. Yeah... he probably works at the bakery... putting diapers on flies so they won't poop on the pies. (lol) Just kidding... just kidding...

Seriously, cash, I hope mj23 joins us here so that we can enlighten him not only about Nicky... but about basketball, too.

I take great "ophends" when ANYONE outside of the U. S. of A. claims to know more about basketball than WE do. How ridiculous can they be?

Mj23 has only to look up into the rafters of any of the Israeli gymnasiums and count how many World or Olympic Championship basketball banners are hanging there (NONE) to realize just how little he knows about great basketball... He hasn't really been exposed to great basketball. Or else his moniker would not be in honor of an American player like Michael Jordan (mj23)... It would be in honor of a great Israeli player... perhaps Gil Mossinson, #10... (gm10).

Now, if mj23 were to peer into the rafters of America's basketball gymnasiums, he'd see too many World and Olympic Championship banners to count... Americans know great basketball, because we're exposed to great basketball... great basketball players... great basketball coaches... and great basketball coverage.

We may not have invented basketball, but we certainly brought the game to town. (lol)

Now, let's get down to business, cash. Who do you think we're going to get from Houston in the fourth draft spot?

Will Matee Ajavon still be there, you think? Tamecka Dixon shot lights out against the Lynx in Houston. And both Sancho Lyttle and Shannon Johnson are looking good in Europe. Who do you like?

And cash, how do we go about getting some copies of the Lynx Christmas photos... especially the one of Nicky wearing the Santa cap and toting the Santa bag? I hope they use these photos in a news story so we can e-mail them to ourselves.

And what in the world happened to the LIVE feed on endursal.co.il for Nicky's game Monday?

They lost the feed for about the first seven minutes of the third quarter and again with the score bunched up late in the fourth quarter at 68-66.

You should have seen me flicking from website to website trying to find out how the game ended...

And you know that the FBI's on me... for my international internet activity. (lol) The FBI sure earned their money that day, Big Money. (lol)

Did you get to see my cousin A.J. Slaughter at Western Kentucky pull off the big upset against #3-ranked Louisville Sunday... 25 points and 9 rebounds?

You know A.J. was born and raised in Louisville and wanted to attend the University of Louisville.

Shortly after the game, his mother, Bonita (who, despite being gravely ill with Leukemia, attends most of his games), called me on my cellphone from the arena yelling in exhilaration, "Dee, did you see the game? Louisville didn't want him. (Rick) Pitino didn't want my baby. They didn't want A.J. Now, what do they have to say? Thank you, Jesus!"

Jesus said unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? (Matthew 21:42)

Yep... Bonita... thank you, Jesus.

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Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 01, 2008 - 6:55PM #6458
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Wow, I have had withdrawals, my computer has been down! You've been working hard I see Deeo. Thanks for the rankings and the Eurocup playoff information. Nicky had a good game last Thursday and today. The team that they played today is LaToya Pringle's team and they were undefeated, but Ramla took care of that little problem by defeating them 70-66. By the way Deeo', our friend mj23 is on Nicky's blog again, addressing YOU! I would have taken care of him but you are so much better at expressing things than I am, so go take care of him. He claims to be a fan of Ramla's, go figure.

I know what you mean about the pictures that we are to vote on. The whole thing is a sham. Why is Swoopes photo (Advice from a Legend) in the LA Sparks selections and all that. Most of the teams' selections were not very good.
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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 28, 2008 - 11:44PM #6459
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Nicky Anosike had a monster game in Elitzer Ramla's 76-54 win against Belgrade, Serbia, in EuroCup play on Thanksgiving Day... 20 points (47% from the field and 86% from the charity stripe), 16 rebounds, 6 steals, 4 assists and 1 block.

What a difference a day makes... Just three days after only their second loss this season during which the Ramla fans chanted "disgrace," Nicky led her Ramla team to a 6th seed in the 1/16th-finals of the EuroCup Playoffs.

Nicky finished the Preliminary Round of the EuroCup ranked 8th overall in scoring (out of well over 500 players) with a 19.8 average (Charde Houston was 3rd with 21.5 and Seimone Augustus was 15th with 17.8).

Nicky ranked 2nd in rebounds in EuroCup play with 12.5 rebounds per game (Charde 15th with 9.5)....... 8th in steals (3.0 per game)....... 3rd in 2-point field goals attempted per game (15; Charde was 1st with 16.3 and Seimone was 15th with 12.0)....... tied for 5th in 2-point field goals made (7.7; Charde was tied for 3rd with 7.8)....... 6th in freethrow percentage (87.1%)....... 13th in freethrows attempted (5.2; Charde was 2nd with 7.0)....... 9th in freethrows made (4.5; Charde was 3rd with 5.3)

Nicky was also 1st in double-doubles in EuroCup play with 5 (out of six games; Charde was 15th with 3).

The first two-game series in the EuroCup Playoffs will take place on Dec. 11th and Dec. 18th (*Dec. 17th):

1 vs 32 -- Dynamo M (Russia) vs. Solna Vikings (Sweden - A. Franklin, Monarchs)
2 vs 31 -- Galatasaray (Turkey - T. McWilliams, Shock; S. Augustus, Lynx) vs Mun. Targoviste (Romania)
3 vs 30 -- Szeviep (Hungary) vs Panionios GSS (Greece - S. Sam, Shock)
4 vs 29 -- Tarbes GB (France - T. Wright, Storm) vs Baschet ICIM (Romania)
5 vs 28 -- Ibiza-PDV (Spain - S. Lyttle & S. Johnson, Comets) vs Extrugasa (Spain - T. Young, Dream)
6 vs 27 -- Elitzer Ramla (Israel - Nicky Anosike, Lynx; T. White, Fever) vs Olivais Coimbra (Portugal)
7 vs 26 -- Chevakata (Russia - N. Sanford, Mystics; L. Moore, Liberty) vs Univ. BC Neuchatel (Switz.)
8 vs 25 -- Dexia W Namur (Belgium) vs Kara Trutnov (Czech Republic)
9 vs 24 -- ZKK Hemofarm Vrsac (Serbia) vs Spartak MR Noginsk (Russia - C. Miller, Mystics)
10 vs 23 -- Lavezzini Basket (Italy) vs Gospic (Croatia)
11 vs 22 -- Athinaikos BC (Greece - K. Geralds, Storm) vs SK Cesis (Latvia)
12 vs 21 -- *CB Feve San Jose (Spain - E. Murphy, Shock) vs Botas Spor (Turkey - S. Bobbitt, Sparks)
13 vs 20 -- Cras Basket Taranto (Italy) vs CSS-LMK SF Gheorghe (Romania - S. Zoll, Lynx)
14 vs 19 -- *Dynamo Kursk (Russia) vs USO Mondeville (France)
15 vs 18 -- Rivasecopolis (Spain - C. Joens, Sky) vs KV Imperial AEL (Cyprus - S. Ely, Storm)
16 vs 17 -- Ravenna Esperides (Greece) vs Challes-Les-Eaux Basket (France)

EuroCup Brackets:
www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jIH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.pageID_7RdmngKhIUEwWJ0Hxzqqf1.compID_Rn2Om4jeHOcXtTFwJWFsh3.season_2009.roundID_6...

Nicky's first game in the EuroCup Playoffs pops-off in Portugal on Dec. 11th at 8:30 p.m. (Portugal time) against Olivais Coimbra.

Their leading scorer, 6'1" American Ambrosia Anderson, is also the #1 scorer in EuroCup play, averaging 24.3 points per game. She also averages 9.5 rebounds per game and shoots 47% from three.

The combined offensive threat of Nicky, Tan White and Olena Ogorodnikova should be enough firepower to offset Ambrosia... I hope. (lol) And Annemarie Parau was awesome in Ramla's last EuroCup game, dishing out 10 assists.

Their second game will be in Israel on Dec. 18th at 8:30 p.m. (Israel time). Two wins would advance Ramla into the next round. Otherwise, its combined scores from both games would have to best Olivais' combined scores in order to advance... and a tic-tac-paddy-wac give a dog a bone... (lol)

I think I've got it!

Cash, this is like a March Madness in December... I'm loving it, Big Money!

********************** updated post **********************

What the hey... ?! What's up with the Minnesota Lynx photo selections for the Photo of the Year contest?

Cash, you can't convince me that -- after 30-something games, the triple-rookie craze (Nicky, Charde and Candice) in Minnesota and all of the 1970s promotional photos -- the photos that the Minnesota Lynx front office submitted were the best they had available.

The only reason why the photo of Candice Wiggins is receiving the most votes is because it's the only one close up... and in focus.

Jeepers... the Minnesota Lynx front office put a lot of effort into this one. Their effort really blows... I mean... shows. Meoooow!

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Posted: 4 years ago • Nov 25, 2008 - 4:12PM #6460
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I see what you mean, cash... The Ramla fans in Israel sound like real matzo balls. (lol)

They trashed their own team... (lol)

And on top of all of that, Safsal's reporter openly accused the timekeeper of killing the clock so that Ramla could catch up... Now, that's my kind of arena. (lol)

Dang... as Ramla fans in America, we have some catching up to do to fit in with our Israeli compatriots. I know... maybe we can hack into the boxscore for the game and give Nicky a double-double. That's the spirit... 39 points and 27 rebounds. (lol)

But I tell you what, Big Money, Nicky don't like losing... and she definitely don't like being disrespected... by her own crowd. That never ever happened at Tennessee... no matter who the Lady Vols lost to... and no matter how much they were losing by.

The Ramla faithful had better brace themselves... for the emergence of Nicky's alterego, Sasha... Sasha Fierce... the Great Big Nasty! (lol)

I don't know about the other ladies on the team, but I'd bet from this point forward... Sasha, the Great Big Nasty, is going to play like she's got a chip on her shoulder. And Ramla won't lose too many more games... not to appease the fans, but to appease Sasha.

Yea... I'd say... the Ramla fans have just pooped...and stepped back in it. And it's about to get real funky! (lol)
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Nicky Anosike Thread -- 2008

deeorumpshaker
Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 05, 2008 - 10:38AM #6441
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(lol)
What if Minnesota threw in a third round draft pick and Anna DeForge to make it a four-player deal for one player?

You mean to tell me that... if the Lynx would give up Anna DeForge, Nicole Ohlde, Vanessa Hayden-Johnson and Kristen Rasmussen AND a third round draft pick for either Ann Wauters, Rebekkah Brunson or Janel McCarville... you wouldn't bite off on that deal, fly?
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Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 05, 2008 - 7:13AM #6442
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> You know, fly, that's what's wrong with the Lynx
> organization... they hold on to their players for all
> of the wrong reasons.
>
> For the life of me, I do not get why they value
> Nicole Ohlde like they do... other than the fact that
> she's a real nice lady. Kristen Rasmussen... a real
> nice lady. Vanessa Hayden-Johnson... a real fun
> person to be around.
>
> What the hey...?
>
> They're each holding onto their jobs with their
> smiles and personalities... none of them are
> delivering the goods on the court. How do you run a
> ballclub like that?
>
> Instead of Minnesota adding more junk to the
> garage... why not clean out the entire garage... and
> get rid of all of the junk that -- for whatever
> reason -- just doesn't work... and have their own
> yard sale?
>
> That's the ticket! The Lynx need to take all of
> their scraps and bundle them up for a nice trade...
> to acquire someone like Ann Wauters, Rebekkah Brunson
> or Minnesota's own Janel McCarville.

Nobody's going to trade you a superstar for a pile of garbage. No matter how shiny it is.
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Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 05, 2008 - 2:00AM #6443
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You know, fly, that's what's wrong with the Lynx organization... they hold on to their players for all of the wrong reasons.

For the life of me, I do not get why they value Nicole Ohlde like they do... other than the fact that she's a real nice lady. Kristen Rasmussen... a real nice lady. Vanessa Hayden-Johnson... a real fun person to be around.

What the hey...?

They're each holding onto their jobs with their smiles and personalities... none of them are delivering the goods on the court. How do you run a ballclub like that?

Instead of Minnesota adding more junk to the garage... why not clean out the entire garage... and get rid of all of the junk that -- for whatever reason -- just doesn't work... and have their own yard sale?

That's the ticket! The Lynx need to take all of their scraps and bundle them up for a nice trade... to acquire someone like Ann Wauters, Rebekkah Brunson or Minnesota's own Janel McCarville.

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Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 05, 2008 - 1:02AM #6444
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> C'mon, fly, how do you figure that Mistie Williams is
> going to bolster the Lynx frontcourt?
>
> She only averages 2.4 rebounds and a little less than
> 4 points per game. She'd just be another Nicole
> Ohlde or Kristen Rasmussen or Vanessa
> Hayden-Johnson... a pizza... a piece of this and a
> piece of that... never a complete package.

Mistie Williams is quicker, smarter and younger than any of them. Kristen Rasmussen is just as terrible as I told you she was. Williams is an upgrade at the 4, however slight, an upgrade no less.

> Naw, fly, getting Mistie would be like buying
> somethingelse at a yard sale that doesn't work all
> that well... something that you just wind up stowing
> in the garage..

At least when you put Williams in the garage, you can take Rasmussen to the junk yard.

> Your Liberty pick eighth... Who do you expect to get
> in that slot?

If there's a player available, it won't be much. Possibly the rights to some foreign player like Renae Camino. Maybe a Sequoia Holmes. I don't expect the player from the dispersal draft to actually make the Liberty roster. Probably won't even come to camp.
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Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 05, 2008 - 12:19AM #6445
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C'mon, fly, how do you figure that Mistie Williams is going to bolster the Lynx frontcourt?

She only averages 2.4 rebounds and a little less than 4 points per game. She'd just be another Nicole Ohlde or Kristen Rasmussen or Vanessa Hayden-Johnson... a pizza... a piece of this and a piece of that... never a complete package.

Naw, fly, getting Mistie would be like buying somethingelse at a yard sale that doesn't work all that well... something that you just wind up stowing in the garage..

Your Liberty pick eighth... Who do you expect to get in that slot?
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Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 04, 2008 - 11:16PM #6446
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> (lol) Hey, fly... Brussel sprouts? (lol)
>
> Okay, okay... but why don't you guys like Matee?
> She's getting a lot of attentionae overseas.
>
> I have to admit that you're right about one thing...
> Coach Don Zierden is not the coach that Coach Vivian
> Stringer is... Coach Stringer managed to harness
> Matee's assets to her team's benefit at Rutgers.
>
> But Mistie Williams? I just can't grasp the idea of
> Chubby's little teeny ballereenie in a Lynx uniform.
> I just can't... Stop it! You're scaring me! (lol)

1) You're a maniac.

2) Rutgers was a different situation. The competition isn't as good in college and everybody had a role. Matee was the scorer until Piph came along. They were better when they had one ball and one scorer. What do you need Ajavon in Minnesota for? To be 8th off the bench? To shoot 33% (19% from beyond the arc)? That's what you think you need in Minnesota, a bad shooter who doesn't play defense? Hell, sign me up. I'll take a paycheck. You need Mistie Williams' height and her brain. You need Matee Ajavon's plane ticket to say "IAD."
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Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 04, 2008 - 10:37PM #6447
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(lol) Hey, fly... Brussel sprouts? (lol)

Okay, okay... but why don't you guys like Matee? She's getting a lot of attentionae overseas.

I have to admit that you're right about one thing... Coach Don Zierden is not the coach that Coach Vivian Stringer is... Coach Stringer managed to harness Matee's assets to her team's benefit at Rutgers.

But Mistie Williams? I just can't grasp the idea of Chubby's little teeny ballereenie in a Lynx uniform. I just can't... Stop it! You're scaring me! (lol)

************************ updated post ************************

Hey, cash, we must have been posting at the same time.

I read the play-by-play on cadursal.co.il, but it didn't come on until noon or 1 p.m. ET. But it concerned me that Nicky was not in as much as she normally is. I wonder if she's nursing an injury.

So, A.J. has rhythm, huh? He's dancing with the stars, huh? I imagine that it's gonna take WKU fans quite a while to come down off their upset win over #3 Louisville. That's just one of those moments you just savor.

And my mom... I'll be sure to pass you birthday wishes on to her... with her snooping behind. (lol)

Later, Big Money!

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Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 04, 2008 - 10:24PM #6448
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Well yeah, Matee would be a pretty good addition, but I wasn't even getting my hopes up with that!! I didn't get the play by play on the game today, it must not be working, I tried several times to pull it up but all I could see was the score. It was tied several times and a very close game until the last and Ramla managed to pull it out.

You have confused me with all of you kinfolk, (I think I've got it figured out) but I had to tell you that I heard A J Slaughter's name mentioned on TV tonight. I am watching Western Kentucky put a whooping on Kentucky (women's) and the TV announcers were talking about A J Slaughter. One said that "A J Slaughter thinks I have rhythm" and the other said "Well, he would know". I'm thinking, I have got to tell deeo' that A J is "bona-fide"---a celebrity at WKU. LOL

I hope your mom has a wonderful birthday.
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Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 04, 2008 - 9:43PM #6449
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Yeah, Dee. Zierden will have complete control over Ajavon's chucking habit, won't he? If the Lynx are (un)lucky enough to get Ajavon, you might as well put the gun in your collective mouths out there. You have Noelle Quinn at the spot you want Ajavon to be given. If Harding gets hurt again, you want Quinn running that offense. Not Ajavon. I've been watching her shoot and shoot and shoot (and not pass) since Shabazz High in Newark. What is currently a team full of very talented, very SMART, unselfish players needs another very talented, very smart, unselfish player at the only position they don't have covered- the four. Mistie Williams is your girl, like it or not. I'm force-feeding her to you. Like a brussels sprout. For your own good. So you can grow up to be big and strong.

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Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 04, 2008 - 9:22PM #6450
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(lol) (lol)
So, blue... I take it that you won't be inviting Matee Ajavon over to your house for supper anytime soon, huh? (lol)

Matee ran buck-wild at Houston because she could. The Comets didn't care where they got their scoring... just so long as they got it.

What Matee brings to any team is her ability to break you down off of the dribble, penetrate and create her own offense. That's the same thing that Seimone Augustus does... Cappie Pondexter... Tameka Catchings... Candace Parker... and even Betty Lennox.

These are the types of players a team can rely on when their offensive sets aren't working. You spread the floor and turn a player like Matee aloose to create offense.

Right now, it's Seimone -- alone -- who has to pull a rabbit out of her caboose whenever the Lynx offense stalls.

With two one-on-one players like Seimone and Matee, the Lynx can navigate through patches when their offensive sets just aren't working.

As for Miss Tippy-Toe, Mistie Williams, why don't you take her... in Sacramento?

You have no bigs... They all decided to use your season to get surgeries done. You could use Mistie... and Chubby Checker, too.

But for me and my 50 cents... I want Matee Ajavon... or Sancho Lyttle.

As for Lindsey Harding... blue, you need to just get over it, child.

Yes, she was two freethrows away from the NCAA finals. And yes, she missed both of them. But believe me, blue, it could not have hurt YOU more than it hurt her.

Get off of her back!

She was a fabulous player at Duke... invincible... fearless... uncontainable. Had she not had the year that she did, Duke would not have even been in the Final Four that year. She was the only component on that team who worked the floor. Duke had a slow-footed center, a set-shooter and Lindsey... penetrating, dishing and scooping. She did everything for Duke.

And when Lindsey is Lindsey, she is simply awesome -- offensively and defensively!

So, lay down your shovel, blue... and stop trying to bury her with YOUR anger, YOUR frustration and YOUR bitterness. Get over it! She has enough of her own!

Lindsey Harding is a fine ballplayer and a fierce competitor.

She certainly has my admiration for the way she picked herself up after the entire world reverberated the lowest point in her career.

And she definitely has my sympathy for having to be constantly reminded of and denigrated for that unfortunate moment in her career by Dukies like you.

LET IT GO!

I'm sorry, blue... but I've ignored your negative barbs about Lindsey long enough. She does not deserve them.

Spew your venom on someone who is deserving of it... but leave Lindsey alone.

You want to rock to something... rock to that.

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Nicky Anosike Thread -- 2008

deeorumpshaker
Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 09, 2008 - 3:09AM #6431
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Hey, cash... I survived my mother's birthday celebration... just barely. (lol)

But I slept right through Nicky's game. I'm glad her team won... but you seemed to be totally frustrated with the play-by-play... so much so that I'm not even going to check it out.

I think what has happened is that the FIBAeurope.com scoreboard has spoiled the heck out of us. (lol)

That's what I want for Christmas from the WNBA this year... the FIBAeurope.com play-by-play scoreboard... that and a Nicky Anosike replica jersey in an adult size... a Nicky Anosike blog on the WNBA website... more televised games of Nicky and the Minnesota Lynx this coming season... better officiating in WNBA games... a revamped impartial U.S.A. Olympic Team selection committee (to include some non-WNBA influences) to go along with their new training site... national open tryouts (starting now) for the 2012 London Olympics... less of Adam Hirshfield infiltrating the fans' blog... a WNBA e-mail address that actually responds to fans' requests and complaints... WNBA hookups for webcasts of overseas game... the immediate termination or demotion of the person who came up with the "Expect Great" WNBA marketing slogan... an increase in the salary-cap (doubling it) for WNBA players... and... and... world peace. (lol)

Yeah, Big Money... we just have to keep in mind that many of the people behind these overseas websites are volunteers with good intentions...

Now... with that said... I'd be the first one to admit, cash, that that don't mean a dang thing when you're trying to watch the darn game. (lol)

I just hope Nicky appreciates what we have to go through just to love and adore her. (lol) (lol)

And I was very pleased when you reported that Coach Eli rested Nicky in the fourth quarter. How did she do in the other three quarters? How many touches did she get?

The next 10 days are going to be pretty busy for Nicky... dealing with practices, travelling to Portugal and playing in the first round of the EuroCup playoffs. That was very smart of Coach Eli to rest her... and the rest of the starters.

Cash, I slept right through the Houston dispersal draft, too.

Who in the heck is Roneeka Hodges?

Do the Lynx really need ANOTHER indistinctive guard?

The Minnesota front office should have a reality show entitled "The Drips"... featuring Joe the Plumber... and some of your favorite drips.

Why didn't they just pass... like seven other teams did?

Or better yet... why didn't they just hire Houston's coach Karleen Thompson as an assistant coach... a former guard with some actual coaching experience? Imagine that!

Roneeka Hodges... hmmm... I gotta go back to bed on that one. (lol)

Pleasant dreams, Big Money, from my Roxie the porkie to your Roxie the Yorkie. (lol)

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Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 08, 2008 - 3:43PM #6432
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I looked at the play by play of the game today, or tried to.......somebody over there don't know what they are doing. At one point, around half time, the scoreboard didn't match the play by play and it remained that way until the end of the game. Rebounds weren't recorded (you would have a missed shot, but no rebound recorded). At the end of the 1st qtr and 2nd qtr. there are things going on with NO TIME left on the clock. You just have to see for yourself. The coach sat all his starters down in the 4th.

Well, what do you think of the Lynx choice from the Comets?
She is not who you were wanting........Roneeka Hodges.

Oh, and you are welcome for the 2008 Woman of the Year video link.
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Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 07, 2008 - 2:23AM #6433
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Oh, cash... thank you... thank you... thank you... Your link was the broadcast of the award show for Nicky Anosike. It was beautiful... touching...

I was so anxious to see it that I popped up my laptop and watched it while everyone else was watching the Oscar De La Hoya fight. They're hollering and screaming... I'm crying and sighing... (lol)

Everyone thought that I was crying because Oscar got the gitty-up-deputy-dog beat out of him... so they were consoling me. (lol) (lol)

Yeah... poor Oscar...

And Big Money, I was reading what you were saying about Nicky not liking the way she played during the game she lost.

I think a lot of times Nicky plays the scapegoat to absorb blame that doesn't belong to her... protecting her teammates. She's a team player... but her TEAM isn't giving her the touches that she needs to make an impact on the game. If Nicky can carry them in Europe... she can carry them in Israel... if they give her the dang ball.

A.J. Slaughter's mom Bonita (with family in-tow) came to wish my mom a Happy Birthday today... A.J. is in New Orleans. She and Anthony (A.J.'s dad) wanted to ask my advice regarding people trying to contact A.J. to invite him to CP3's point guard camp this summer and other things. I told her to steer any and all offers and invitations to A.J.'s coach.

Isn't it funny how this kid gets a little attention... and now there's a pile-on effect. They're not used to all of these strangers calling their home... It makes them nervous. I told them -- rule of thumb -- when in doubt... don't! Refer all calls to his coach.

There should be NCAA seminars or something for these parents to attend... to bone-up on things like this.

My other cousin, Jodie Meeks, didn't play well at all today... Kentucky lost to #22 Miami. His coach, Billy Gillespie, needs to sit his drunken behind down somewhere... at least until he dries out.

And cash... it really is eerie that we both have pooches named Roxie. My Roxie is a rottweiler mix.

You see, I used to have two grey-eyed pitbulls (Sebastian and Bandit)... but they were so friendly that someone jumped my fence and stole them... full grown pitbulls. I swore that I would never have another pure-bred dog... and go through all of that again.

So, I rescued Roxie and Quentin (a Labrador-mix). Within the first few weeks they lept my fence... chasing a squirrel. They got locked up. I went to bail them out of the dog pound and spotted Pappino (a Chihuahua-mix) on death row. I just couldn't bear the thought of them killing his little behind... So, I paid to take him home with me. And I've been paying ever since. I mean, NOW, I see why he was on death row... with no chance for parole... bad-S Pappino. (lol)

Pappino actually thinks he's a gangster... He bites at you when you wake him up... growls at you when you walk by while he's eating... raises cane when you change the station on TV... And now that Roxie and Quentin are too fat to jump the fence... even they beg me to keep Pappino in the house. They don't want to be bothered with him. (lol) I can't even take him out of town with me... because I think he may be wanted in two or three other states. (lol) He cracks me up... he's just mean for no reason... except when I take him to the dog-wash or the vet. Then he wants to be held... I'm his best friend then. (lol)

Now... fly, do you see why I'd trade Pappino in a heartbeat (if I thought I wouldn't be sued, that is)? (lol) (lol)

Goodnight you guys... and smooches to your pooches.
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Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 06, 2008 - 3:16PM #6434
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> Dangit, cash... I missed Nicky Anosike's NCAA Woman
> of the Year Award show today on ESPN2!
>
> Tell me what I missed. What did she say? I hope I
> can catch it online somewhere. I really hate that I
> missed it... especially after you reminded me...
> twice! Fridays are so hectic for me. I was running
> all over town dealing with vendors.
>
> Zit... zit zit zit zit ZIT!
>
> About the game Thursday... I don't know, cash... call
> it intuition, but Nicky's game just didn't feel right
> to me.
>
> First of all, she only got seven touches(2-7). All
> of her freethrows (7-8) came from rebound fouls...
> not off of shot attempts. And if you count the 2
> assists she had... she got a total of 9 touches... in
> 38+ minutes of play.
>
> Then she was taken out of the game for 1:18 minutes
> in the second quarter while they were down by four
> points.
>
> And -- get this -- she was taken out for 8
> seconds with 5:23 minutes left in the game and
> her team behind 51-50... 8 seconds!

Maybe her coach had to tell her something. Or she had to cough up a hairball, I don't know

> I don't get it... It seems that every time she plays
> in the Israel league games, she gets fewer and fewer
> touches. Now, Big Money... I don't know if that's by
> coincidence or design.
>
> This is not the first time I've mentioned this to
> you. In EuroCup games away from Israel, it's a
> t-total different scenario.
>
> Tell me, cash... am I just being paranoid? Have I
> turned into a Soccer mom? Help me, Big Money... Call
> the doctor! (lol)
>
> And fly, my little Pappino is a genuine MUTT...
> pure-bred. (lol) (lol)

A pure-bred mutt? Listen, I've got some ocean front property to sell you in Nebraska.

> I rescued him from the animal shelter for $143.
> You'd think since they were going to put him down
> n anyway, they'd GIVE him away to a good home... but
> no-o-o-o-o-o-o.
>
> I have two other dogs that I rescued from a rescue
> organization... for FREE! They're Quentin and
> Roxie... friendly, fat and grateful. (lol) They're
> outdoor dogs... but Pappino's little behind walks
> around the house like he's running thangs. Sometimes
> he forgets that I'm the one who rescued HIM. (lol)
>
> Yep... I'd trade Pappino's little behind in a
> heartbeat, fly... in a heartbeat! (lol) (lol)

What kind of a human being would trade their pet? Poor Pappino always has to worry about becoming a hat with you, doesn't he?
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Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 06, 2008 - 9:23AM #6435
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No, you're not being paranoid about the play being different in Israel vs. Eurocup. I have noticed it too and I really don't have an answer. Maybe in Israel they have 2 bodies on her, defending her, and lately it has been opening up for Ogorodnikova, who has been having some good games. The coach may have her setting more picks. I did see one photo where she was doing that. That would explain why she's not available for more rebounds. She mentioned in her blog that she didn't like the way she played in the Ramat Hasharon game, so I'm also wondering what's going on. Lack of confidence, fatigue, home sickness? A combination of all three?

I have found a whole page of information on the 2008 Woman of the Year, I haven't looked at it yet, but I believe it has the video of the program. Enjoy! Nicky's mom was great! www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?ContentID=899

Uh....and deeo'.....we've got a little Yorkie named Roxie. Yikes!
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Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 06, 2008 - 1:02AM #6436
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Dangit, cash... I missed Nicky Anosike's NCAA Woman of the Year Award show today on ESPN2!

Tell me what I missed. What did she say? I hope I can catch it online somewhere. I really hate that I missed it... especially after you reminded me... twice! Fridays are so hectic for me. I was running all over town dealing with vendors.

Zit... zit zit zit zit ZIT!

About the game Thursday... I don't know, cash... call it intuition, but Nicky's game just didn't feel right to me.

First of all, she only got seven touches(2-7). All of her freethrows (7-8) came from rebound fouls... not off of shot attempts. And if you count the 2 assists she had... she got a total of 9 touches... in 38+ minutes of play.

Then she was taken out of the game for 1:18 minutes in the second quarter while they were down by four points.

And -- get this -- she was taken out for 8 seconds with 5:23 minutes left in the game and her team behind 51-50... 8 seconds!

I don't get it... It seems that every time she plays in the Israel league games, she gets fewer and fewer touches. Now, Big Money... I don't know if that's by coincidence or design.

This is not the first time I've mentioned this to you. In EuroCup games away from Israel, it's a t-total different scenario.

Tell me, cash... am I just being paranoid? Have I turned into a Soccer mom? Help me, Big Money... Call the doctor! (lol)

And fly, my little Pappino is a genuine MUTT... pure-bred. (lol) (lol)

I rescued him from the animal shelter for $143. You'd think since they were going to put him down anyway, they'd GIVE him away to a good home... but no-o-o-o-o-o-o.

I have two other dogs that I rescued from a rescue organization... for FREE! They're Quentin and Roxie... friendly, fat and grateful. (lol) They're outdoor dogs... but Pappino's little behind walks around the house like he's running thangs. Sometimes he forgets that I'm the one who rescued HIM. (lol)

Yep... I'd trade Pappino's little behind in a heartbeat, fly... in a heartbeat! (lol) (lol)
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Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 05, 2008 - 4:23PM #6437
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> (lol)
> Well, let's sweeten up the pot a little bit, fly.
> What if I threw in your four Snickers bars and a bag
> g of PEANUT M&Ms, four players (Anna DeForge, Vanessa
> Hayden-Johnson, Nicole Ohlde and Kristen Rasmussen),
> a two-for-one Papa John's Pizza coupon AND my trusty
> dog Pappino? (lol) (lol)
>
> Now, tell me that you could turn this deal down.
> (lol)

I can't believe you'd trade your dog. What breed is this Pappino? ;-)

> In all honesty -- aside from disliking Rasmussen -- I
> think what bothers you most about this deal, fly, is
> the idea of Janel McCarville leaving New York. I'd
> love for Minnesota to have her, but Janel will never
> leave New York.
>
> Besides, a third round draft pick is certainly not
> the blow-off that you say it is.
>
> Charde Houston, Crystal Kelly and A'Quonesia Franklin
> all came out of the third round of the draft. Heck,
> even your Cathrine Kraayeveld was a third round
> pick... along with Jia Perkins and Cathy Joens.

You just proved my point. None of those players except Perkins is worth anything.

> So, don't poo-poo the third round pick. Just admit
> that you wouldn't give up McCarville for love, money
> or a Snickers bar. (lol)

I'm not sentimental. I'd trade McCarville and a draft pick to get Wauters back guaranteed or a player like Young, Dupree, Fowles or Parker. I'd trade her up, but I wouldn't trade her down. My team is too close to a championship.

> Hey, cash... Big Money, Nicky has a game in Israel
> Monday night... then she's got to hop over to
> Portugal for the first round of the EuroCup 1/16th
> Finals on Thursday.
>
> I have two words for her... REST and HYDRATE.
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Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 05, 2008 - 3:28PM #6438
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Deeo', you were worried about Nicky being taken out of the game, but she played 38:34 hardly sitting at all. What she didn't do was get involved in the game, for whatever reason.
In the first qtr. she had ONE rebound, shot once and made it, and made 2 free throws. The rest of the game wasn't much better.

And don't forget this: www.wnba.com/lynx/news/anosike_to_appear_on_ESPN2_2009.html

Hopefully she will have a better week next week.
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Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 05, 2008 - 3:03PM #6439
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(lol)
Well, let's sweeten up the pot a little bit, fly. What if I threw in your four Snickers bars and a bag of PEANUT M&Ms, four players (Anna DeForge, Vanessa Hayden-Johnson, Nicole Ohlde and Kristen Rasmussen), a two-for-one Papa John's Pizza coupon AND my trusty dog Pappino? (lol) (lol)

Now, tell me that you could turn this deal down. (lol)

In all honesty -- aside from disliking Rasmussen -- I think what bothers you most about this deal, fly, is the idea of Janel McCarville leaving New York. I'd love for Minnesota to have her, but Janel will never leave New York.

Besides, a third round draft pick is certainly not the blow-off that you say it is.

Charde Houston, Crystal Kelly and A'Quonesia Franklin all came out of the third round of the draft. Heck, even your Cathrine Kraayeveld was a third round pick... along with Jia Perkins and Cathy Joens.

So, don't poo-poo the third round pick. Just admit that you wouldn't give up McCarville for love, money or a Snickers bar. (lol)

Hey, cash... Big Money, Nicky has a game in Israel Monday night... then she's got to hop over to Portugal for the first round of the EuroCup 1/16th Finals on Thursday.

I have two words for her... REST and HYDRATE.
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Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 05, 2008 - 2:00PM #6440
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> (lol)
> What if Minnesota threw in a third round draft pick
> and Anna DeForge to make it a four-player deal for
> one player?

Oh boy, a third round draft pick. The opportunity to bring a player into camp who wouldn't make the team.

> You mean to tell me that... if the Lynx would give up
> Anna DeForge, Nicole Ohlde, Vanessa Hayden-Johnson
> and Kristen Rasmussen AND a third round draft pick
> for either Ann Wauters, Rebekkah Brunson or Janel
> McCarville... you wouldn't bite off on that deal, fly?

No, that's stupid. Those players suck and a 3rd round pick is worthless. This isn't the NFL. Would you trade a diamond ring for four Snickers bars and a bag of M&Ms? It's a good thing you're not a GM. Honestly, you're terrible at this.
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00lunedì 11 giugno 2012 11:52

Nicky Anosike Thread -- 2008

cash
Posted: 3 years ago • Dec 18, 2008 - 8:44PM #6421
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I think that the safsal website had the 18th posted for Ramla's Eurocup game, but I checked FIBA and it said the 17th, so I caught the last half of the game yesterday. And deeo', the Israeli cup playoffs DO start next week. I thought that I read an article that asked the question "Who plays on Christmas Day?" Check this out:

www.safsal.co.il/eleague.aspx?id=32

They had already played the 1/8 earlier in the season to see which 2 teams would make it to the 1/4 cup with the top 6 teams automatically making the 1/4. Apparently, there will be a single game elimination. 2 teams were supposed to play on the 21st, 2 on the 22nd, the semis on the 23rd and the finals on the 25th, but the schedule shows all 4 games to be played on the 21st, so I don't know if all of the dates have changed now. The next round games and schedules weren't posted until today or yesterday because I kept checking to see if they really were going to have to play next week. Hopefully, they can play hard one more week and win the cup, then the break will be that much sweeter.

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Posted: 3 years ago • Dec 18, 2008 - 9:49AM #6422
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Hey, cash... queens asked about ya on Nicky's blog post here.

How in the world did I mix up the dates for Nicky's game yesterday? Thanks for giving me the recap.

Katia Levitsky really got in there and rebounded for Ramla. That was nice to hear. Olena Orogodnikova snatched 12 boards to go along with Nicky's 16. All of the bigs did a great job on the boards.

And Nicky took over as the No. 1 rebounder in the EuroCup Playoffs averaging 13.3 rebounds per game. That's my Nicky!

But I'm glad she gets to shut it down for alittle while. She's alittle battle-weary and she needs to rest... hit the pool after about a week and do some laps (swimming or walking)... then hit the gym hard after two weeks to jog and build her game fitness back up.

The same goes for Tan White... 8 turnovers is crazy. She needs to shut it down for a minute, too.

But where in the heck did they get this Dec. 21st game against Charde Houston's team from?

It's not on their schedule on Safsal.

Will this be their last game before the Christmas break?

Orli Klinger reported on Safsal that Coach Eli was talking about giving Ramla ONE day off.

A win against Charde's team will keep Ramla in a three-way tie for first place. Charde's team currently holds a share of a four-way tie for first.

Nicky's going to have to get ready for 6'5" Kelly Schumacher to lean on her all day. Katia Abramzon will also be playing against Nicky and her former teammates. I hope Nicky can pull it out.

Then... maybe her Christmas break can start.

Nicky has Katie Geralds and LaToya Davis in the next round of the EuroCup Playoffs next year. All Gerald is doing is hurling threes... no rebounds... no assists... just threes. Coach Eli needs to put a big guard on her -- because she's not a good ballhandler -- and make her pass the ball or shoot off of the dribble. If you let her set and shoot on you... she'll kill ya. She's also slow-footed and foul-prone... make her play defense... and she'll soon find her way to the bench. I think Nicky has the advantage over Davis inside. But she needs to get some REAL rest between now and then.

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Posted: 3 years ago • Dec 17, 2008 - 10:56PM #6423
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Rain, rain, go away.............The weather is SO depressing. Overcast, drizzle, rain. At least we aren't having icy rain like you guys.

On to brighter things, I guess you have already checked it out. Ramla won their game today and are on to the next round. Nicky had 12 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists, a block and only 1 turnover today. The new players played with them today and did pretty good, as well as Parau, who didn't do much. And Abramzon didn't play. It was too close of a game though.

I hope they all have a restful break. Speaking of rest, it is time for a long winter's nap. Peace........................
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Posted: 3 years ago • Dec 15, 2008 - 10:41PM #6424
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Cash... Big Money... I just peeped Nicky Anosike's stats for the game today against Sherrill Baker and Ashdod... 15 points... 13 rebounds... 1 assist and 1 steal.

I tell ya, cash... Nicky's spoiling me with all of these double-doubles. I used to hope for a double-double for her... now, I expect it.

And I really like the photo of Nicky driving to the basket on the cadursal website. She has great form... dribbling low... under control... shoulders squared toward the basket... defender on her back... feet balanced beneath her to go straight up and strong to the rim. Count the bucket, Big Money... plus one!

Eventhough she had an off day shooting from the field (3-8), I like her shot selections... She took only one shot a foot or so outside of the lane... all of the rest were shot right in her office... inside the lane.

But I think Big Nick is alittle jet-lagged and/or basketball-weary... Her turnovers have been up in the last two games (4 in Portugal and 3 today in Israel)... uncharacteristic of her. And when Nicky misses three freethrows in a game and her field goal percentage dips to 36%... that indicates to me that she's alittle weary -- both mentally and physically.

The monthlong Christmas break coming up after Nicky's EuroCup playoff game Dec. 18th is just what the doctor ordered... to rest her legs... to allow some of her bumps and bruises to heal up... and to clear her head so that she can regain her focus when she returns to the court after the New Year.

And cash... did you see the article by Orli Klinger today on Safsal? Excellent sportswriting... objective and informative. She could write in America. I was happy to see that Orli can be just as professional as Lior Klinger when it comes to reporting the facts... and allowing the readers to form their own opinions.

I do see where Ramla traded Katia Abramzon (a hard worker) for Katia Levitsky, who (according to her player profile) is too soft... REAL weak on the boards... but shoots 50% from three. She gives Ramla more size inside at 6'3" to go along with Nicky... but Katia L. had better learn to get her behind into the lane and rebound... and not just stand outside the lane and watch everyoneelse battle for rebounds.

Rebounding is all about desire. The fact that Katia L. is so tall and only averages 3 or 4 rebounds per game is a key indicator that she is a bit lazy and lacks the fire and desire to get into the lane and wrestle for rebounds. I have no doubt that Nicky can motivate her to hit the boards... just like she did at Tennessee with Candace Parker on the way to their 2006-7 NCAA Championship.

But I wonder if Abramzon is going to continue to play for Ramla in the EuroCup playoffs... like Annemarie Parau.

This may be a customary thing in Israel for teams to shakeup their rosters before the Christmas break. But to do it while your team is in a five-way tie for first place in the league... and while your team is undefeated and ranked 6th in the EuroCup playoffs... is a bit goofy to me. I just hope it doesn't upset the team's morale... or rhythm.

Well, foreigner... (lol) that just about does it for me. Icy rain is falling here... and I'm bracing for the hawk. How's the weather in your neck of the woods, Big Money?
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Posted: 3 years ago • Dec 14, 2008 - 6:56PM #6425
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I think Orli and Lior are twins, hopefully not an alterego. I also had noticed that some articles are a little more questionable than others. I thought that they were trying to be "cute" or "eye-catching" or maybe even "attention grabbing" and they didn't have a good command of the English language and it would come out a little tasteless. But now I'm not so sure. The 2nd game against Ashdod is tomorrow, it will be televised, and there is an article on safsal (written by Orli) that is supposed to be about who is playing whom tomorrow, but in Ramla's case, it's about how Ashdod can beat Ramla. It also says that Abramzon is gone and is replaced by Katia Levitzky from Raanana Hertzeliya. The reason that they lost the first game to Ashdod is because Nicky was sick that game. I hope they put a whoopin' on Ashdod this time, so there will be no doubt who Ramla is and what they are about, and break out of the 5 way tie for 1st.

Also, if you are not an Israelite, you are a foreigner. Why do they do that?
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Posted: 3 years ago • Dec 13, 2008 - 8:37AM #6426
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First of all, cash... who in the heck is Orli Klinger?

I know who Lior Klinger is... at least I think I do. But who is Orli... her alterego?

On the Safsal "About Us" page, the same photo and bio information appears for both Lior and Orli. So... are they the same person?

It just seems that everytime there's decent coverage of a game... it's Lior who wrote it. But when there are articles with a gossipy, smart-alecky or edgy tone, the byline is either Safsal (anonymous) or Orli.

So, what's up with that?

If you're gonna write something that's edgy... you should at least have the guts to put your name on it.

I think that it is tasteless the way they ragged Annemarie Parau out in their article. The game I saw her play in in Madrid revealed a real tough, fearless competitor who played all out. What does her quiet demeanor have to do with her performance on the court?

I'm real disappointed in Elitzur Ramla's decision to get rid of Annemarie Parau and in how Safsal chose to cover the story.

And the "Letter to Tomorrow's Foreigners" is written in first-person as though the Israeli league is some kind of prestigious mecca of basketball. Pleeeeaase. If the author of this article were truly honest with potential incoming foreign ballplayers, it would tell them how the league loses control of games and strange things happen with boxscores and game clocks... or how they may play complete games and never get credit for their stats... or how they could be booed by their own crowd and called a "disgrace" if they lose... or how their team may fire them -- for no reason -- despite the fact that their team is winning and that they are performing well.

In fact, the article should have been entitled "Foreign Ballplayers Beware: Proceed with Caution."

Israel has the potential to host a decent league... if it could manage to eliminate the baloney and focus on basketball. But their concept of basketball is so distorted, it opens the door up to nonsense like... mj23... mystery stats... and anonymous sports commentary.

My heart goes out to Annemarie and I wish her well... especially as she continues to play with Nicky in the EuroCup. And I know that Nicky will do everything in her power to make her feel a part of the team... under such strained circumstances. Perhaps... in the end, Annemarie will realize that not having to play in Ramla may have been the best thing that could have happened to her. Why play where you're not appreciated?

Ramla is no "pressure cooker." It's more like an old beat-up pot on the stove... burning up from a lack of substance or content. It spews out a lot of smoke as it burns... but in the end, it just stinks.

Cash, Nicky has one more Israeli league game and one more EuroCup playoff game before her Christmas break from Dec. 19, 2008, through Jan. 21, 2009. I wonder if Nicky will come back to the states during her break. Whatever she does... I pray that she is cautious and safe.

And cash, be sure to vote for Nicky's blog on the Minnesota website.

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Posted: 3 years ago • Dec 12, 2008 - 11:20PM #6427
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Evening deeo'. Yes, I got to catch the game right before the half and I was thrilled to see Nicky shooting 6 for 8 at the half and an overall 7 for 14. I didn't even think about Ambrosia Anderson being on the team until I read your post, but she was certainly contained in their game Thursday. (Until Thursday's game, she was THE leading scorer in Eurocup play--now she's second). And I'm sure you're right about Nicky getting the pleasure of guarding her. DNA...LOL. [On a side note, I was browsing on the Lynx website and in the drop down box under LYNX, I clicked on transactions and it showed that the Lynx signed Ambrosia on April 17, 2006 and released her on May 10, 2006. I'm sure that I don't understand all the wheeling and dealing that goes on with all these players, but she looks pretty solid to me]. I hope they really have a good game against Olivais on their home court, THEN it looks like they will be facing Katie Gearlds team from Greece in the next round. (Team 6 vs. 11).

As for Ramla letting Parau go, I am really surprised. I noticed that she didn't get many minutes in Thursday's game, but I didn't really think anything about it. Of course, after reading your post, I had to go to Safsal and read all of the new articles. Did you read the one on "Letter To Tomorrow's Foreigner"? It says that they will be moving Tan to PG. What did it mean by the three American lineup, moving Tan to PG, leaving Nicky in and adding Barnes is STILL a 3 American lineup, and what did it mean about Parau and Ramla's pressure cooker? She couldn't handle the pressure? You think it's THAT rough? Like you said, I hope they stay focused and keep playing hard.

Are they playing the week of Christmas? Like in the Israeli cup? In Safsal, under the drop down box LEAGUES, then Israeli cup, I was reading an article a while back that asked the question, who plays on Christmas day? But it doesn't have any next round games listed.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Dec 12, 2008 - 8:07PM #6428
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Hey, cash... did you see Nicky Anosike's numbers in the first game of the EuroCup playoffs in Portugal? Fifteen rebounds... 17 points... 2 assists... 1 block... 50% from the field and 100% from the line!

Now, by beating Olivais Coimbra by 17 points (77-60), Nicky's team can even lose by 16 points in their second matchup and still advance to the next round.

But I wonder, Big Money... who in the world was guarding Olivais' Ambrosia Anderson... EuroCup's leading scorer? They held her to 12 points and 5 boards... I don't know, but I bet it's got Nicky's DNA (Defense -N- Aggression) all over it. (lol)

That's my Nicky!

Five of the top 16 seeds went down in their first game... #3 Szeviep (Hungary), #7 Chevakata (Russia), #10 Lavezzini Basket (Italy), #12 CB Feve San Jose (Spain) and #15 Rivaecopolis (Spain).

Four of these top seeds are in Nicky's half of the brackets. And inasmuch as #7 Chevakata lost by 14 points, they may very well be on their way out... if they don't win the next game by 15 or more points.

Updated EuroCup Brackets:
www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jIH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.pageID_7RdmngKhIUEwWJ0Hxzqqf1.compID_Rn2Om4jeHOcXtTFwJWFsh3.season_2009.roundID_6...

And what the hey is Elitzur Ramla doing....... getting rid of their starting point guard Annamarie Parau right in the middle of EVERYTHING........ EuroCup playoffs........ a 5-way tie for first place in the Israeli league........ a winning record (14-2)?

Why would they chance upsetting their team's makeup and chemistry... when they're not losing? They're winning... for goodness sake! Why are they shaking up their roster?

They're keeping Parau for EuroCup games (probably because they can't change their roster once the playoffs start)... but what is this going to do to the team's morale, Big Money? She's the team's STARTING point guard!

Bad timing, cash... real bad timing.

Nicky's just going to have to stay focused and hold the team together and on task.

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Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 10, 2008 - 4:03PM #6429
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Boy... smokers have a lot of nerve, cash. Are you a smoker, Big Money?

I mean... it's raining here and I see this guy running along in the rain with three small kids... with no umbrella... the kids are drenched. I pull over to give them a lift. They pile in. He thanks me... and the next thing out of his mouth (as he pulls out his cigarettes) is... "Do you mind if I smoke?"

Now... mind you... my ashtray is open and filled with pocket change... a huge clue that I don't smoke. So, I tell him, "The only way you can smoke in this car, dude, is if your ess is on fire."

Then he asks me to pull over and let them out, becuase he has to have a cigarette. So, he drags those kids right back into the rain... just so he could have a smoke. There oughta be a law, Big Money. Now that I think about it... he was probably walking those kids in the rain, because he knew that he couldn't smoke on the city bus.

Now, that's just sad!

I just thank God that I don't smoke... or drink... and have a zero tolerance for drugs. I cannot even imagine being driven by any of those three things... especially if I had kids. Jeepers!

So, Minnesota got the fourth pick in the lottery... always the bridesmaid... never the bride. What's new?

But the ONLY thing that Coach Don Zierden did right last season was his three picks in the WNBA Draft (Candice Wiggins, Nicky Anosike and Charde Houston). So, I hope that he has a flashback... and gets three more quality picks.

And I have to admit, cash... Roneeka Hodges doesn't look too bad on paper. She averaged 7 points and 2 rebounds in 18 minutes per game for 15 games. She shot 37% from three (41% overall) and 100% from the line. Roneeka also averaged two assists for every turnover she had. She's not fabulous... but she's not bad.

It's a big day for my Nicky tomorrow... the first round of the EuroCup playoffs in Portugal.

C'mon Big Nick... dictate and dominate!

And yes, cash... my mom had an absolute ball for her birthday... and boy was she surprised. She taught me a long time ago that if you want to hide something from someone... hide it right under their nose. And I did. All she could say was, "You mean to tell me that this was there and that was right here the whole time?"

Yep, Little Miss Snoopy, right under your nose... (lol) (lol)

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Posted: 4 years ago • Dec 09, 2008 - 8:58AM #6430
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I like your Christmas wish list, maybe there IS a Santa Clause.

Her stats for the game (which are incomplete but are all we have to go on): 3-7 2 pt shooting, 0-1 3 pt, 7-10 FT, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 turnovers, 0 steals, 0 blocks, in 26:49 minutes of play. 13 points total. Only 5 rebounds while the little guard Parau had 9 rebounds for the game. In the play by play sometimes they would put down a generic steal but no one got credit for it. Shots were made with no rebound recorded, the ball could have gone out of bounds I suppose. At one point in the game, with 25 seconds left in the 2nd qtr, it showed that Nicky committed her 2nd foul and on the same line she had a defensive rebound. What did she do....foul herself? In an article that safsal wrote last week there were 2 games where no stats were available at all on these games, like it happened in one of Ramla's games. I just thought that stats were important or something, maybe I'm wrong.

I thought about you all, wondering if your mom was surprised, or if she snooped around and found her gifts. You can rest for another year now. Getting everything together and getting it organized just wears me out.
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Dec 30, 2008 - 12:29PM #6411
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Aw zit, cash... how did I do make that mistake? Where did you go when you hit the link I gave mj23?

Did you read RAMLA FAN on Nicky's blog?

I'm so busy getting both places ready for New Year's Eve. But I'll be peeping in on you.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Dec 28, 2008 - 6:10PM #6412
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Uh oh, I tried the web address that you game him on Nicky's blog and it doesn't work. It needs to be my.wnba.com......etc. You left out the W. But still it shows you as a guest when you get to this topic. He can read any topic as a guest, but to reply to a topic, you have to be logged in. He would first need to register, then log in each time he visits this website to post, just like we do.
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Dec 28, 2008 - 10:26AM #6413
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But cash, if mj23 hits the WNBA link that I provided him with, won't it zip him right to this page? He won't have to register... will he?
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Posted: 3 years ago • Dec 27, 2008 - 9:16AM #6414
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That is a good question. Mj's English seemed to be better on this post like he (I'm going to call mj a he) was really wanting to communicate. No misspelled words. But with the google translator tool, you can go into a website and translate the WHOLE website, just cut and paste the web address at the top and it will translate the whole page, and continue to translate each page the farther you get into the website. He can see Fan Voice and where to login. I did that with the sport5 web page to see what it said, pretty cool tool. It translated women basketball players into actresses. lol. So you lose a little in the translation, but you can still understand it. Mj might be able to understand the English written word but not be able to write it. I was like that with French in school, I could read most of it but not write it in the correct way.

You may want to tell him IF he IS interested in joining us, to blog back on Nicky's blog and we can help him get hooked up, logged in here, and on his way to destroying more egos. lol. He might really appreciate being turned onto REAL basketball.
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Dec 27, 2008 - 3:44AM #6415
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You know, cash, maybe mj23 does need a little help translating the NBA Access form so that he can join our blog.

I know how lost I felt when I tried to fill out the Sport5 TV access form... typing from right to left... all in Hebrew. Even on Nicky's blog, the Hebrew translator drops the word "from" out of everyone's comments... so you end up sounding ignorant sometimes.

So, how can we help him?
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Posted: 3 years ago • Dec 26, 2008 - 8:43PM #6416
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Merry Christmas to you too, deeo'. I read mj23's post and was in a blue funk....like you were when mj23 first showed up on Nicky's blog, but then I decided that probably the best thing to do would be to ignore him/her. I really hope that mj23 can read your reply, I almost posted it in Hebrew using the google translator tool, but sometimes a little of the meaning gets lost in the translation. Maybe mj can figure out how to log in here and join us.

I cannot believe mj wrote that Nicky was a loser and not a team player. That was totally uncalled for. Even if he/she was upset over the loss, Nicky wasn't the whole team nor was she in any way to be blamed for their loss as you pointed out.

I believe some credit for the loss goes to their former teammate, Katia Abramzon. I believe she had something to prove to her former team. I mean 16 points and 8 rebounds makes a statement, don't you think? And Kelly Schumacher adding her 20 really hurt. If you looked at the stats for their next game against Ramat Hasharon, Katia only scored 6 points and Kelly had 4. A totally different game for both girls.

Anyway, you set mj23 straight this time, but I believe that he/she will probably show up again on the blog, they just seem like that type to keep on and on and on.............
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Posted: 3 years ago • Dec 26, 2008 - 5:20PM #6417
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Merry Christmas, cash... And welcome to the WNBA fans' blog, mj23.

In case you missed it, cash, I invited mj23 to continue his conversation about Nicky Anosike on this blog... rather than to continue to haunt her blog.

To bring you up to snuff, Big Money, here's what was posted on Nicky's blog prior to Christmas:

mj23 hÄ±
12/22/2008
hÄ± there.rumpshaker i know that u Ä±n love with nÄ±cky and u must talk good for her whÄ±ch Ä±s normal for one fan .but thÄ±s tÄ±me your nÄ±cky dÄ±dnt send her team not even Ä±n semÄ± fÄ±nal of the cup!and last year ramla won the cup and tÄ±tle!you saÄ±d that big players take responsÄ±bÄ±lÄ±ty and u was talkÄ±ng somethÄ±ng about mÄ±chael jordan probably u make bÄ±g mÄ±stakes when u compare players Ä± stÄ±ll thÄ±nk that she Ä±s not a team player and she cant play agaÄ±nst good defens specÄ±aly agaÄ±nst kely shumacher and she Ä±s older 11 years than nÄ±cky but she put her Ä±n small pocket enjoy for holÄ±days next tÄ±me thÄ±nk good before u talk beacuse she Ä±s not some bÄ±g and specÄ±al she Ä±s a LOSER.by the way Ä±m not mÄ±chael jordan my name start wÄ±th M my surname wÄ±th J and Ä± am 23years old bye

Katie
12/23/2008
How many National Championships have you helped lead your team to? Nicky is an amazing player and person.

deeo''rumpshaker
12/23/2008
Please pardon me, Nicky and Nicky supporters, as I address mj23''s childish remarks.

So, mj23, let me start by wishing you a Merry Christmas, my Israeli friend... peace on earth and good will to all people... especially you.

It''s baffling to me how you claim to be an Elitzur Ramla fan, mj23... especially when you seize every opportunity (win or lose) to attack Nicky Anosike... one of Ramla''s most key players.

You''re obviously upset that Ramla lost in the opening round of the Israeli Cup playoffs Dec. 21, 2008, 77-70... in a game where Nicky was "responsible" for over 1/3 (ONE THIRD) of Ramla''s 70 points... through scoring (13 points) and assists that led to scoring (5 passes that resulted in 12 points). Actually, mj23... when you throw in 7 rebounds, a block and a steal... Nicky had a pretty good game against a player who is much taller and much more experienced than she is.

But in the end, Ramla lost... They will not repeat as the Israeli Cup champions this year.

It doesn''t matter that Nicky and Tan White sacrificed celebrating their Christmas holidays (one of OUR holy days) with their families in the states... and played their hearts out through injuries and fatigue... only to have their own personal disappointment be compounded by ridicule from a small handful of ungrateful, bitter fans like you... fans too foolish to realize that Ramla''s loss could not have possibly hurt them more than it hurt the Ramla players -- like Nicky -- who had to walk off of that court without their title... in defeat.

When all is said and done, Ramla still lost.

As for your particular misery over their loss, mj23, I say... Yippee! Ha-cha-cha-cha-cha! Arribe, Arribe, OlÃ©! Shkoyach! Mazel Tov! Seasons Greetings! ...from Nicky Anosike fans all over America!

There are MANY reasons why Ramla lost in the Israeli Cup playoffs... but NONE of them are Nicky Anosike.

Maybe one of the reasons why Ramla lost was because Ramla disrupted their team''s chemistry and ripped it apart when they got rid of TWO of their starting five A WEEK BEFORE THE ISRAELI CUP... despite being in a five-way tie for first place (8-2) in Israel and being undefeated (8-0) in FIBA EuroCup play.

Maybe another reason why Ramla lost is that one of the starters that Ramla traded just a week prior to the playoffs was Katia Abramzon -- the starting forward on the team that defeated Ramla in the Israeli Cup. Surely you remember Abramzon, mj23... she was the forward who shot 71% from the field (50% from behind the three-point arc) for 16 points, grabbed 8 rebounds (5 of which were offensive rebounds) and swiped 2 steals to knock her former Ramla teammates out of the Israeli Cup. Now, mj23, can YOU explain to me why Ramla traded Abramzon?

Maybe a good reason why Ramla lost is because they got rid of their starting point guard a week before the Israeli Cup... and didn''t get one to replace her. Remember Annemarie Parau, mj23, and her 6 assists per game?
Maybe... just maybe one of the reasons why Ramla lost was because the Israeli league insisted on having their Israeli Cup Championship IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON... instead of at the end of the season... like the rest of the free world. Ramla (Israel''s LONE hope for a EuroCup title) was forced to defend their Israeli Cup title when they should have been on break resting and nursing their injuries... like teams in all of the other 46 countries competing in EuroCup.

No other team in Israel has had to endure the grueling schedule that Ramla has endured this season. Ramla''s players had to recover from -- in the three days before the Israeli Cup -- playing TWO schedules (the Israeli league and FIBA EuroCup) simultaneously... traveling back and forth between Israel, Spain, Serbia, Bulgaria and Portugal in six short weeks. To ask Ramla to defend their Israeli Cup title... under these circumstances... while the rest of the European leagues (and EuroCup) suspended their basketball schedules for a monthlong holiday break (to rest their players)... is not a fair situation for Ramla''s players to be thrust into.

And now that Ramla has lost its Israeli Cup title in the middle of the season... why should the players bother playing the rest of their Israeli league schedule when play resumes in January 2009? Why don''t the Ramla players just pack-it-in and focus solely on their undefeated run in the EuroCup Playoffs? It sounds good to me. Besides... they could never please fans like you, anyway. So, why bother?

But maybe the BIGGEST reason why Ramla lost their Israeli Cup title this year, mj23, is a simple one. It just wasn''t their turn. Zot Omeret (in other words)... that''s the way God planned it... and that''s the way it will be. So, get over it, precious! Kacha hachayim (that''s the way it goes)!

And while Ramla and Nicky may have lost a basketball game... they certainly are not "LOSERS."

"LOSERS" are people like you, mj23, who can''t seem to muster the decency to respect others... the humility to accept defeat... nor the maturity to pick up the pieces and move on.

It''s quite unfortunate that you continue to use Nicky''s blog to spew your hateful venom at her... a person who has done absolutely nothing to deserve such tasteless attacks by you. This is a blog for Nicky Anosike fans... among whom you do not number yourself. This is not the appropriate place for you and I to lock horns.

Again, I invite you to join me on the WNBA website my.nba.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1800001671 -- an open forum -- where your comments will be entertained by myself and other basketball fans.

Mah yesh (what''s the matter), mj23... No Chutzpah (no guts)?! In America, we have a saying: No Guts, No Glory! And there''s certainly no honor in being cowardly. So, join me on the WNBA website, mj23. I look forward to educating you about the game of basketball... a subject that you seem to have a very limited grasp of.

By the way, mj23... if "mj" are your initials and 23 is your age, next year will your moniker be mj24? (lol) Five years ago, was it mj18? (lol)

Peace on earth, mj23... and good wishes to you and yours for a Happy Hanukkah!

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Posted: 3 years ago • Dec 21, 2008 - 10:09PM #6418
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I forgot that today was game day for Ramla, until it was all over, then I saw the score and was really disappointed. I knew it was going to be a tough game with Charde Houston scoring like she has been. But Charde didn't even play today. Kelly Schumacher had a really good game today, as did Temeka Johnson.

Nicky and Levitzky were the leaders in assists, both with 5. Well, at least they should be home by Christmas.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Dec 21, 2008 - 8:25PM #6419
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Katia Abramzon (6'0") scored 16 points and grabbed 8 boards against Nicky Anosike and her old Ramla teammates to knock Ramla out of the Israeli Cup Playoffs today, 77-70.

Now, tell me again... Why did Ramla trade Abramzon last week?

Ramla got 6'3" Katia Levitsky in the trade for Abramzon. Levitsky scored 6 points, dished out 5 assists and grabbed 2 boards in Ramla's losing efforts.

Big Nick scored 13 points and nabbed 7 boards for Ramla.

Now, if Nicky hurries... she can catch the next thing smoking out of Israel... to make it home in time for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Kwanzaa and Hanukkah, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Now, that's what I call a jolly triple-double.

Jin-gle Bells... Jin-gle Bells... Jin-gle all the waaay... (home to the U.S.A.).
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Posted: 3 years ago • Dec 19, 2008 - 6:13AM #6420
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Oh, my word... cash, these kids won't be home for Christmas...
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 16, 2009 - 8:50PM #6401
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(lol)
Lior, please accept my apologies for what I agree was not a favorable snipe at your Israeli basketball league.

However, it was not intended to offend you or Safsal (as I was unaware that you were visiting our blog), but it was an insensitive attempt to vent my frustrations regarding being censored on this blog and regarding events that occurred in your Israeli league that made no sense to me... based on the information that your website provided.

Our discussions here tend to be vigorous... and I -- in particular -- tend to be passionate about my opinions and beliefs... as I am sure you are, too.

For instance, in America, our sportsnews sources would have reported on major sponsors withdrawing their support from a team as a news story... especially if it drastically changed the team.

Without this information, it makes no sense that the team would first (on Jan. 4th) drop their second leading scorer in both EuroCup and league play... and then turn around (on Jan. 12th) and drop their leading scorer and rebounder in EuroCup play and their leading rebounder and third leading scorer in league play. And all of this happened after the team got rid of their starting point guard and starting small forward one week prior to your Israeli Cup last month -- despite the team being undefeated in EuroCup play and in a five-way tie for first place in your Israeli league at the time.

That's four of your starting five gone -- poof -- just like that!

In America, successful teams tend to hold on to their leading scorers and rebounders throughout the season. We have a saying... If it's not broken; don't fix it!

As for what is customary for European basketball leagues... this is my first experience with following women's basketball beyond our NCAA Championships... due to Nicky Anosike's emergence into the WNBA and into your Israeli league.

It has been quite a humbling experience... due to language barriers, blocked access to webcasts of games, foreign concepts and approaches to one of our nation's favorite pastimes (basketball), and foreign fans' reactions to our favorite players.

But without Safsal to link me to your Israeli league, it would have been next to impossible for me to follow Nicky's play there.

So, for your website, I am grateful. And for this interaction with you, I am appreciative... of your point of view and your time.

Shalom.

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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 16, 2009 - 2:34PM #6402
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Every league in Europe has a Cup tournament and a Championship. Every league's Championship is held at the end of the season. That is common knowledge for anyone following European basketball. As for the holding the cup in December - we wrote it shouldn't be on Christmas, not that is can't be in December. Holding the cup in December has its pros and cons. I don't know what 40 leagues in Europe do, I only care about a few.

I really don't know what you mean about last season. Last season ended with ramla winning game 4 of the finals series. The cup was weeks before that. Here's the championship game recap.... www.safsal.co.il/earticle.aspx?id=11875
You are confused if you thought the cup is the championship. Safsal obviously covered the cup in March, and then the playoffs and finals in April.

Thanks for the compliments to our site. It sure is a lot better to read than your previous post which stated our leauge belonged in a padded cell. That post was very offensive.

Final line here on Nicky - the financial crisis caused two of Ramla's biggest sponsors to stop supporting the team. Ramla let her go. Simple as that, and it happened in other Eurpean teams as well.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 16, 2009 - 1:23PM #6403
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Let's see, Lior... was it... uh... you and your website (Safsal) that strongly protested the Israeli league holding your Israeli Cup through Christmas instead of at the end of the season? I believe it was. So, if I'm misinformed, Lior... that's thanks in large part -- to you.

Is there a league championship?

The Israeli Cup championship was the last thing your website reported on from the prior season... as if it were your league championship. And that was the first article I read on Safsal when I first visited your website back in September 2008.

I saw no mention of a league championship winner... just an Israeli Cup championship winner... Elitzur Ramla.

So, if the Cup is not your league championship... when is your league championship?

Finally, I've always found Safsal to be an informative, proficient, reliable, fan-friendly, up-to-date website to keep me abreast of the women's Israeli league and Nicky Anosike.

What I know about your league, I learned from YOU and Safsal.

It's quite unfortunate -- at this late date -- to find out that I have not been informed as well as I thought I had been.

At any rate... while I have you on the hook... if holding the Israeli Cup during Christmas was such a common practice overseas... why did your website speak out against it... and devote such a lengthy article regarding it?

You only named three or four countries out of over 40 in FIBA EuroCup that hold tournaments through Christmas. Hmm... that seems to support your website's stance against the idea.

In closing, Lior, I would like to thank you, Orli and Safsal for accommodating our many requests and queries in a timely manner throughout the first half of your season... and for keeping us informed (or misinformed, as you may believe). It has truly been a pleasure to enter your domain... and quite an adventure to experience your Israeli basketball.

Shalom.

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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 16, 2009 - 11:02AM #6404
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deeo'rumpshaker, quick advise - stop talking about things you clearly know nothing about.
The Cup is NOT the championship. It is a tournament compeletly unrleated to the championship. Many countries hold it in December, such as Spain, Slovaika and more, Turkey hold it at the start of the season. Saving money has nothing to do with it.
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 16, 2009 - 10:11AM #6405
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Jeepers, cash... it's 2ÂºF here... b-r-r-r. Is Jack Frost nipping at your nose, too?

What I had alluded to in my post (before it was mysteriously yanked out of this thread by the censors) is that it was nuts how the Israeli basketball league moved their league championship from the end of the season to the middle of the season. (And I mentioned a few other reasons why Is-__-el belonged in a padded cell. And the rest is history. lol)

But now that I think about it... the Israelis may have moved their championship to save money.

Instead of paying the Americans for the entire season, they could use the Americans for half of a season... to qualify for EuroCup... and then dump them to finish out the season with Israeli players and foreign journeymen.

Look at the money they saved by moving their Israeli Cup Championship to mid-season.

They were only drawing 100 or so spectators per game (280 for the league championship game). So, how much money were they really making off of the league?

Whatever...

I posted Nicky's and Tan White's availability on FIBAeurope.com and eurobasket.com. Maybe some other team in EuroCup will pick them up. Who knows?
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cash
Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 15, 2009 - 10:46PM #6406
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No, I didn't get to read your post before it disappeared into thin air. I can't see a thing wrong with anything you just posted. I really am shocked though that they let Big Nick go, especially since she was doing so well in the EuroCup. I wonder if all of this took place before the break, at least that way she could tie up any loose ends while she was still there, apartment etc. But MAINLY, I wonder about her jersey................lol

When I read the article about Tan being let go they put a quote from Eli Rabi that said "I still believe in our team, we'll have to make the right changes", then Safsal put the tag on at the end of that statement--more changes are possible. I thought that letting Nicky go might be what they were referring to, just had a feeling. I hope she gets to play somewhere if she is interested, if not, then I'll see her when the W starts back.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 15, 2009 - 6:46PM #6407
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Oh, my goodness, cash... I hope you read my post before it got removed by THE MEN IN BLACK. (lol)

There were no obscenities in it... just facts about the Israeli women's basketball league... and their fans.

Maybe that was obscene enough. (lol)

There was no hatred or anti-Semitism in my post... just honest commentary about the Israeli basketball league and their fans.

What's with the WNBA censorship going overboard? This is still America... isn't it? Home of the free?

I tell you what, Big Money, I agree with you now. Maybe it is a good thing that Nicky doesn't have to go back over there. There's too much going on... even to the point of politicizing the censorship of an American sports blog. Jeepers!

All I was saying was... It's just a shame that Nicky is leading over 500 players in EuroCup play in rebounding (13.3 rebounds per game) and double-doubles (7 double-doubles out of 8 games)... is 8-0 in EuroCup play... is 12th in scoring (18.5 points per game) and freethrow percentage (81.8%)... and she is not going to get the opportunity to continue to play in EuroCup play.

That's typically what happens to Nicky Anosike. She' gets the short end of the stick. And that's not right... and it just ain't fair!

Now, censor that, Will Smith! (lol)
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cash
Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 14, 2009 - 9:26PM #6408
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Well, well, well......Ramla let Tan White go back on Jan 4. Now I read where Nicky won't be back either, blaming it on financial difficulties. This came out on Jan 12th. I've been looking at different places to see if anyone has picked either player up, but I haven't seen anything yet. Personally, I'm glad they won't be over there because of the situation with Gaza. Who knows, both may take the next few months off and just enjoy their time off before the W starts.
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 02, 2009 - 3:12PM #6409
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Happy New Year, cash! May God continue to bless you and yours in all seasons that are to come.

I corrected the link on Nicky's blog. You'll have to help me keep an eye out for any assistance mj23 or RAMLA FAN may need... so that we can navigate them through the access process.

Keep me posted. I'll be extraordinarily busy through the presidential inauguration... with our Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration and our Barack Obama Inauguration viewing party.

Oh... and there's only one thing worse than decorating and stocking up for New Year's Eve... and that's cleaning up on New Year's Day. (lol) What a mess!

I even had confetti in my underwear. Now... how did that get there? (lol)
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cash
Posted: 3 years ago • Dec 31, 2008 - 10:09PM #6410
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Happy New Year!!!!!!

The link took me to the NBA Fan Voice (I think--because it was similar to this but blue in color, where ours is orange) and it said "Sorry, the specified topic 1800001671 was not found". So......are you going to give mj23 the correct address? AND, that if he wants to register that you will help if he needs it?

And yes, I read Ramla Fan's plea to Nicky to score more poines. I didn't understand what she was saying when she said "and this year we need the poines of the american players and just ten gide a poines." And what did you make of the ending? I don't know, a friend of mj's perhaps?
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Nicky Anosike Thread -- 2009

deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 25, 2009 - 2:15PM #6391
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Bezet! Your English sounds great to me!

We are so excited to hear from you. Tell us EVERYTHING!

We love Nicky Anosike. You could never bore us when you talk about Nicky and her new team... and country.
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Bezet
Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 25, 2009 - 1:05PM #6392
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And now some information how to understand names of polish teams (in order of the place taken now in Ekstraklasa)

Name of the team _______ City

Wisla Can Pack _______ Krakow

KSSSE AZS PWSZ _______ Gorzow Wielkopolski (or Wlkp.)

Lotos PKO BP _______ Gdynia

CCC _______ Polkowice

Energa _______ Torun

INEA AZS _______ Poznan

Utex Row _______ Rybnik

PKM Duda Super Pol _______ Leszno

Finepharm AZS KK _______ Jelenia Gora

Cukierki Odra _______ Brzeg

MUKS _______ Poznan

LKS Siemens AGD _______ Lodz

PTK Aflofarm Vicard _______ Pabianice
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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 25, 2009 - 12:38PM #6393
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There is some information (I hope useful to all of You) about Nicky’s new team.

In the season 2003/2004 AZS Gorzow took the first place in polish 1. league and entered to the highest polish women basketball league (named: ekstraklasa).

AZS Gorzow in polish women basketball ekstraklasa:
Season 2004/2005 – eighth place
Season 2005/2006 – fifth place
Season 2006/2007 – fourth place
Season 2007/2008 – third place (bronze medal – it was the first medal in the history of senior women basketball team Gorzow’s club)

The great (and very, very dificault) goal for the 2008/2009 season is to play final (that means, that ambitious goal is to be at least the second women basketball team in Poland).

In seasons: 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/2007 and 2007/2008, the final play was the matter only between two most known polish clubs:
Wisla Krakow (Cracow)
and
Lotos Gdynia.

In December 2008 our staff was looking for player matching to the specific way of play Gorzow’s team (strong defense and quick attack). Nicky seemed to be a player we need, but only the future will bring the answer, if Nicky matches to Gorzow’s way of play.

P.S.
I’m sorry because of my very poor english.

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cash
Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 25, 2009 - 11:33AM #6394
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Now how cool is that? Thank you Bezet. How in the world did you find us from Gorzow to the U S?!?!?

:^O I'm telling you deeo', eyes and ears are everywhere!! :^O

Now of course, I had to go check it out and I have found a website: www.azspwszgorzow.pl/

But Bezet, is there any more tv stations, websites, live scoreboards, anything that you can give us to maybe watch their games or follow their games live? We would appreciate anything that you can give us.

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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 25, 2009 - 11:07AM #6395
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Bezet! Kocham cie (I love you)!

Such great news waking up on Sunday morning!

You've made my day, Bezet!

Is there a website for Nicky's team or the league that she'll be in? Tell us more.

Thanks for the great news!
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Bezet
Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 25, 2009 - 8:48AM #6396
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> It has been an adventure trying to follow Nicky
> overseas hasn't it? I still haven't found any new
> information if she has joined another team, and that
> video was done around new year and the one doing the
> video said that Nicky was playing in Israel (and
> badly mispronounced Ramla, if I'm not mistaken).

Nicky has signed with the polish team named:

KSSSE AZS PWSZ Gorzow Wielkopolski
(KSSSE - short name of the main sponsor of the club; AZS PWSZ - short name of the club; Gorzow Wielkopolski - name of the city in the west part of Poland).

Nicky is coming to Gorzow on Wednesday, the 28-th January and right now she will start training and recognize teammates.

The regular season of the polish women basketball league will end in March 2009. The next play of the Gorzow's team will be on Sunday, the 8-th February

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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 24, 2009 - 11:57PM #6397
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Check this out, cash:
www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.compID_Rn2Om4j3HOcXtTFwJWFsh3.coid_99ukxnjAIOUgNmHk2wg4j2.articleMode...

They say in this article that Nicky is arguably the best player in EuroCup.

It's just a shame that Nicky won't get a chance to finish what she started.

Well, Nicky Anosike is the best in my book... all the dang time!

Oh... and Amen to your Obama-gram, cash. You sound really pumped.

You know, Big Money... despite being a sista, I was a Hillary Clinton supporter.

And I have to admit that I was more excited about Hillary taking over the State Department than I was about Barack Obama taking over the White House.

It was quite a personal accomplishment for President Obama... a black man... to become President of the United States of America. But unfortunately, many black people felt that his inauguration was the end of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream... when it was merely the realization of Barack Obama's dream.

Dr. King's dream was not the basis of a single dream... It was the basis of many dreams... your dream... my dream... anyone who has the audacity to aspire, to work hard, to leap for something that's just slightly out of their reach, to persevere... to dream.

For our King Day celebration, my brother -- an unbelievable artist -- transitioned a black and white photo of Dr. King (alone and pondering to himself) into a full color photo. It looked remarkably like a color photo of Dr.King.

The black and white photo of Dr. King symbolized the black and white struggle in America during the Civil Rights Movement... and the dream of equality being only philosophical.

The color version of the same photo symbolized the evolution of the struggle for equality in America... out of the dark into the light. It also symbolized that the future is bright for all to realize their dreams... just like Barack Obama.

So, inasmush as Pres. Obama has captured his dream... it's now your turn and mine.

I hope that he continues to inspire the people of this nation. And I hope that they realize that their part didn't end at the ballot box.

There is a tremendous amount of work to be done. And we must all pitch in and lend a hand... through public, community and civil service.

There's no pressure on Pres. Obama. He has nowhere to go but up. He can't possibly be worse than the other guy. (lol)

I believe he'll do just fine... at least, I hope so. (lol)
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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 24, 2009 - 7:11PM #6398
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It was good to hear from Lior. I'm glad she signed up, stopped in, and gave us the real scoop of what's going on over there. We never would have known otherwise. I still visit Safsal to see what's going on, several teams have made roster changes. It just amazes me that they make sweeping changes like that to a team.

It has been an adventure trying to follow Nicky overseas hasn't it? I still haven't found any new information if she has joined another team, and that video was done around new year and the one doing the video said that Nicky was playing in Israel (and badly mispronounced Ramla, if I'm not mistaken).

I remember you posting that you would be busy through the inauguration. Well, you made it through all the celebrations in one piece. Now don't think bad of me, but I don't usually get fired up about politics nor inaugurations. But this year was different, I sat there glued to the tv. Wasn't the inauguration amazing? I don't know why I was so moved by all the pomp, but I truly enjoyed the whole thing. I really felt a sense of hope as the President was giving his speech, I had to listen to it again yesterday to see if I missed anything the first time through. Our country is in such a mess, I truly want him to succeed and I hope everyone else in our nation does too. It doesn't matter what color his skin is, he is our leader, he deserves our prayers and our support. I told my husband that I would hate to be in his shoes right now with all the things he is having to deal with. Can you imagine having the weight of the country on your shoulders? It would be hard even when the country is enjoying good times, but harder still when the country is struggling through these hard times. Well, I'm done preaching, did you amen me on any of that? ;-)

I saw where Coach Yow had passed away, and I want to extend my condolences to the Yow family. She will be missed.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 24, 2009 - 11:37AM #6399
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Happy King Day, cash! I hope the Day of the Dreamer was a good one for you and yours.

We've been tremendously busy from the Thursday before Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday Holiday through Wednesday of this week... with President Barack Obama's inauguration... and the afterglow. Black folk are tired, Big Money. (lol) I mean... we really celebrated around here.

Yep, it's been a big week in the 'hood... and it seems... the world.

Thanks for the video, cash. I've been neglecting my Nicky these past few days. But I've been peeping in... here and there.

As you can see, we had company last week. (lol) (lol) (lol)

I certainly hope Lior drops by more often... great exchange.

My comments about the Israeli basketball league were insensitive... But for a team that was undefeated in EuroCup and tied for first place in their Israeli league to just get rid of four of their starting five... leading scorers and rebounders... appeared to be an act of INSANITY!

But with the information that she provided to us in this blog (about the sponsors dumping Nicky's team), it turns out that Nicky's team isn't CRAZY, after all... just unfortunate... a victim of circumstances.

Including that information when they reported the original stories would have eliminated a lot of confusion.

But Lior must understand what we do or don't know about her Israeli league is not our faults... but hers and Safsal. They're our biggest source of information.

Big Money, this has truly been a great adventure... to go through all that we have gone through... just to follow Nicky Anosike halfway around the world this past year. (lol)

We both have Homeland Security files now. The FBI knows our usernames... our identities... our addresses... our religious and political affiliations... our friends and families... and... uh... our favorite women's basketball player. (lol) Heck... the government didn't know this much about me when I was serving in the U.S. Marine Corps... over 30 years ago. (lol)

But it's a new year... hopefully, filled with new adventures.

I'm gamed, Big Money... and I know you are. (lol)

Before I go... I want to celebrate the life and legacy of Coach Kay Yow. We just got another angel, Big Money. Rest in peace, Coach.

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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 21, 2009 - 5:17PM #6400
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All things Nicky. I saw this video thought I'd post it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7yQoLEAfZ0
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00lunedì 11 giugno 2012 12:21

Nicky Anosike Thread -- 2009

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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 30, 2009 - 3:11AM #6381
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Hey, cash and Bezet... check this out www.fibaeurope.com/coid_U1rHN-zVHS-PqdWjCLKcb0.articleMode_on.container_frontp...

I gotta run again. I'm getting absolutely no work done... browsing for Nicky news.

We've got to get ready for the Super Bowl... busy... busy... busy.

And it doesn't help that we got around 6-8 inches of snow and rain and snow and rain again... Monday through Wednesday. It's a mess here... every tree is caked with ice... beautiful but dangerous. Power lines and trees are down everywhere. Trees toppling over (by their roots) from the weight of the ice. We're lucky... so far. Just waiting on the sun to pop up and melt some of this ice. How's the weather where you guys are? Better, I hope.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 29, 2009 - 5:57AM #6382
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> ......... Bezet, can fans purchase team jerseys?
deeo, I think the best you can do is to write an e-mail to the Gorzow club (write in English). I’m sure they tell you whether you can purchase team jerseys and – if YES - how to do it.

e-mail address is: azs@pwsz.pl

cash, my congratulations because of your very good understanding of a website PLKK (despite of this site is in Polish – a very difficult language).

1. Yes, you’re the right, directly under the words “transmisje live”, links to “live scoreboards” are used to be located.
Nowadays in Gdynia eight polish junior women basketball teams (more exactly: "senior junior" – that means: age less than 21 years) are fighting for championship of Poland. Therefore there is a link to on-line scoreboards of all meetings senior junior teams in Gdynia. By the way, in Gdynia in senior junior AZS Gorzow team play 3 girls who also are members of senior Gorzow team. They are: Agnieszka Kaczmarczyk (19), Justyna Maruszczak (18) and Claudia Trebicka (18).

2. Shortcut PLKK (sometimes also called FGE) IS CONCERNING polish WOMEN SENIOR BASKETBALL “EKSTRAKLASA” teams (and ONLY for theese teams).

3. Always when PLKK games are played, on www.plkk.pl under the words “transmisje live” appears a link (or several links) to on-line scoreboards of each meeting (link appears 5 – 20 minutes before start of each game). Then, you can watch a scoreboard of each game in its own window.

4. There’s no live scoreboards of practice games.

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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 28, 2009 - 9:50PM #6383
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Man, cash, if Plenette Pierson tries her dirty basketball tricks on Nicky... she just might end up with her arm in a sling... again. Remember Indiana's Ebony Hoffman in the WNBA playoffs against Detroit... the game after Plenette took a cheap shot and slugged Tamika Catchings? Ebony flipped Plenette like a dime. Sometimes, payback is oh so sweet. (lol)

I just hope that Plenette doesn't play dirty overseas.

And I hope that Nicky fits in well with her new team. I know that she can help them win a championship if they take the time to work her into their scheme and use her strengths.

Nicky knows basketball... and she's smart enough to pick up their plays in a hurry. I just hope their point guard makes sure that she gets enough touches to be a scoring threat in the lane.

I'm just too excited right now, Big Money. I'll add more later.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 28, 2009 - 8:28PM #6384
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A key to a car. I like that. Does a US driver license work in Poland? I would like to be able to see their practice game Saturday against CCC Polkowice. I read where Plenette Pierson plays for CCC and scored 31 points today. Nicky will have her hands full if she has to guard her.

Bezet, any information on how to watch games online? I see the word LIVE in red on the PLKK website. But it looks like a junior league. PZKosz--they say that they present on-line broadcasts of all meetings. Do you think this is for Nicky's team too?
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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 28, 2009 - 2:24PM #6385
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Cash, did you hear that? Our Nicky is going to be wearing the big blackjack (#21) on her back in Poland!

And she's practicing with the team already! I'm too excited... I may have to be excused, people. (lol)

Bezet, you are our Polish ESPN! I love it!

You guys are going to LOVE Nicky Anosike! And she is ready to lock and load... rock and roll... boogie, baby!

Nicky's exact quote, I bet you, was: "I'll do whatever it takes to help my team win."

That's my Nicky.

Big Money, I have to get one of her jerseys. Bezet, can fans purchase team jerseys?

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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 28, 2009 - 2:11PM #6386
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Nicky today at 01:50 PM has arrived to Germany (to Berlin) and two hours later arrived to Gorzow.

After short greeting, Nicky has got a Gorzow club’s scarf, a jersey with number 21 and a key to the car.
Nicky has said, she always plays for win and to win. Also said, she's arrived to Gorzow to help the team in a battle for championship of Poland.

Nicky has also been on the first training with her new team.

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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 26, 2009 - 12:01PM #6387
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Bezet, thank you so much for your help.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 26, 2009 - 6:45AM #6388
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At first I must tell you - I’m not a member of the Gorzow’s club authorities. Also, I’m even not a member of the Fans Club of Gorzow’s team. I’m only simple fan our basket team. So I have not special (“at first hand”) information concering AZS PWSZ Gorzow.

And now, the ANSWERS.

> But just in case... is there an English
> translation button on these websites?
As far as I know - there isn’t.

> And Bezet, how can we view Nicky's upcoming games
> over the internet?
> KSSSE AZS PWSZ - Utex Row Rybnik
> 08.02.09 g. 18:40
> TVP Sport
I don’t know. I watch games using my local cable TV only. But I’ll try to find out about possibility using Internet to watch games PLKK and how to do it.

> And how can we access and view the press conference
> on January 28, 2009, when Nicky arrives in Poland?
If the press conference will take place, I’ll show you link to listen to (to view?) it.

> Do you know what her jersey number will be?
I don’t know. I think Nicky’s jersey number is unknown so far.

> When is the first game Nicky is expected to play in
> with her new team?
I suppose it will be on Saturday the 31-st January. The club is planning to play on Saturday a control game against CCC Polkowice (place and time: Gorzow, 5:30 PM Warsaw time).

P.S.
Notice.
Par example:
New York (NY time - now): 10:30 AM
Gorzow (Warsaw time - now): 04:30 PM.

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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 25, 2009 - 6:30PM #6389
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Bezet... you are a great teacher! I have visited both websites and can pretty much figure out what's going on. But just in case... is there an English translation button on these websites?

And Bezet, how can we view Nicky's upcoming games over the internet?
KSSSE AZS PWSZ - Utex Row Rybnik
08.02.09 g. 18:40
TVP Sport

And how can we access and view the press conference on January 28, 2009, when Nicky arrives in Poland?

Do you know what her jersey number will be?

When is the first game Nicky is expected to play in with her new team?
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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 25, 2009 - 4:35PM #6390
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When we are talking about polish women basketball “ekstraklasa”, the main source of information is internet site:

www.plkk.pl

(Polska Liga Koszykowki Kobiet - that means: Polish Women Basketball League)
Shortcut: PLKK

Being on PLKK site you can reach internet sites most of polish teams playing in PLKK.

On PLKK site you can read:
- rosters of the teams (nowadays and in the past)
- schedules (nowadays and in the past)
- standings (nowadays and in the past)
- blogs (some players are blogging)

I think ... no no .... I’m sure you can read and understand site PLKK. I’ll try to help you to do it.

So, let’s start with vocabulary.

On the left site of PLKK site you can see:

Aktualnosci – News
Kluby – Clubs
Zawodniczki – Players
Terminarz i wyniki – Schedule and results
Tabela ligowa – Standings
Statystyki – Stats
Zawodniczka tygodnia – Player of the week
Archiwum – Archives

Liderki - Leaders
wiecej rankingow – more leaders

On the right site of tke PLKK site (beginning with the top) you can see:

Blogi = Blogs
Multimedia – You can listen to players
Galeria zdjec - Photos

Nastepne mecze – Next plays
Ostatnie mecze – Last plays

Tabela PLKK – Standings (to see full Standings push “pelna tabela” at the end of “Tabela PLKK”)

Good luck. If there will be any problems, ask, I’ll try to help you.
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00lunedì 11 giugno 2012 12:30

Nicky Anosike Thread -- 2009

deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 31, 2009 - 12:28AM #6371
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I... uh... uh... I mean... uh... I'm in shock, cash. Give me a minute.

The Ohlde-Pringle trade was actually a great trade. LaToya Pringle has a lot of upside to her... and her wingspan is awesome. But she doesn't take up enough room in the lane to play center. She'll most likely fill Nicole Ohlde's spot at forward.

Great trade, Roger... but you could have left Kelly Miller in the desert. She's a gunner with no really good results. She just likes to shoot... nothingelse. She's energetic and fit... and would be a nice bow on the next trade package.

The Lindsey Harding trade is a great trade for Lindsey. She deserves a team and a coach like The Plank who believes in her. She's a great talent... and will be a great floor general for the Mystics. I'm happy for Sheila Johnson. Great get!

The 9th and 15th picks in the upcoming WNBA Draft may or may not be a good exchange for the MiniLynx. It just depends on how deep this year's draft will be. I sure hope the Lynx got some cash for Lindesy, too. Draft picks are a gamble. Who's going to be around for the 9th and 15th picks?

Vanessa Hayden-Johnson must have been given a choice of which team she wanted to be traded to. She came out on the upside of that deal. I'm happy for her and her family. She will really benefit from a nurturer like Lisa Leslie. But she's going to have to really get herself in good shape in order to keep her job when Candace Parker returns.

But Christi Thomas... why did the Lynx go for her? Why didn't they sweeten the pot with Kristen Rasmussen or Roneeka Hodges or Kelly Miller and get Sidney Spencer instead?

Now, with Lindsey gone... does the Lynx front office think it can get a point guard out of the draft... someone like Maryland's Kristi Toliver?

I wouldn't bank on it. I'd sure be putting a nice little deal together to get a real heady point guard like A'Quonesia Franklin from the Monarchs. They're really guard-heavy. With someone like A'Q at the point, Coach Don Zierden can continue to doze off on the sidelines... she's capable enough to get the job done... without him.

A'Q has a great handle on the ball. She's low to the ground... very few turnovers. She's also an outside threat from behind the three-point arc. And she will be able to get the ball to Seimone Augustus, Candice Wiggins, Charde Houston and Nicky Anosike where they can do the most damage.

A'Q won't allow the offense to be stagnant. She'll keep the motion in the offense.

With Seimone, Candice, Charde and Nicky, the MiniLynx have a helluva racecar... but no driver.

A'Q would be a great driver.

Hey... what happened to Rasmussen? She doesn't appear on the WNBA players' roster anymore. Did she quit? Did the Lynx trade her?

I'm just holding my breath, Big Money. I hope that the Lynx front office makes all the right moves to get a strong supporting cast around their main actors. So far... not so bad, Roger... not so bad.

We got a little sunshine today. I'm thawing out alittle... but more snow on Monday. Pray for me... and the rest of the black eskimos in the 'hood. (lol)
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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 30, 2009 - 6:25PM #6372
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Hey deeo', have you seen all the trading that the Lynx have done today? Vanessa Hayden for Chrisi Thomas, Nicole Ohlde for LaToya Pringle and Kelly Miller? I like Pringle, I liked watching her play at North Carolina, and she's doing really well in Israel. She is a center too. It will be interesting to see how they work Pringle and Big Nick.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 30, 2009 - 3:30PM #6373
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> ............................................ Also,
> do you blog on the KSSSE website? Is that what the
> Forum KK is? I did not see anyone named Bezet while
> glancing through those. I started to register and
> write in English, do you think anyone would have
> replied?

cash, in Poland there’s a few websites of basketball fans. One of them is “Forum Koszykowki Kobiet” (Forum Women Basketball) destinated for women basketball fans.
link: kosz.webd.pl/kkforum/index.php

You can see on this site (on the left side):
Aktualnosci – News
Kibice – Fans (I think it’s rather not for fans from USA because it is a “specific” folder, rather for polish fans only)
I liga – First league
Koszykowka mlodziezowa – Youth basketball

And then:
Fora klubowe – Forums club’s (with several subforums)
Inside “Fora klubowe” is subforum destinated for fans of KSSSE AZS PWSZ Gorzow.

Notice cash, if you are on Gorzow club’s site (http://www.azspwszgorzow.pl/) and if you, being there, push “Forum KK”, you will be moved straight to subforum destinated for fans of KSSSE AZS PWSZ Gorzow (which is a part of “Forum Koszykowki Kobiet”.

cash, you’ve the right. User of “Forum Koszykowki Kobiet” with nickname “Bezet” doesn’t exist.
I don’t know if you will surely recive the answer for your post in English (placed? put? – I don’t know how to say that) on polish fans Forum, but I think it is very possible you will. Be patient and just wait.

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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 30, 2009 - 1:38PM #6374
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Hey, deeo’ and cash.

At first, there’s a link to the press conference (short version) after Nicky’s arrival to the Gorzow gym hall. Qustions to Nicky and Nicky’s answers you can hear starting with (about) 2:20 of recording.

When you’ll open that site, you should see an article: “Nicky Anosike juÅ¼ w Gorzowie”. There you can see “Multimedia” next to Nicky’s photo.
Then start to replay “Relacja dÅºwiÄ™kowa z konferencji prasowej”. If recording doesn’t start try to move on (slightly) a microphone picture (located next to “Relacja dzwiekowa ......... “) and then once again try to replay.

link:
www.gorzow24.pl/news/5724/nicky-anosike-juz-w-gorzowie.html

P.S.
I remember your questions with no (my) answers. Answers will be done soon sequentially.
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deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 30, 2009 - 1:03PM #6375
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(lol)
Bezet, my fabulous Polish is limited to my handy list of Polish Phrases that I discovered on the internet. (lol)

I am just so appreciative that you are communicating with us in English, that I want to make some attempt to oblige you in your own language.

But beyond DzieÅ„ dobry! MiÅ‚ego dnia! -- and -- Nie panikuj! Chce mi siÄ™ siusiu!... I know absolutely nothing about how to communicate in Polish. (lol) (lol) (lol)

Cash, sunny and warm? Do you have a spare room... for a frozen friend? I'm on my way! (lol)

Did you see where Tennessee Lady Vols Coach Pat Summitt got victory 999 in a squeaker against Ole Miss?

I just love that lady! Oklahoma is going to be victory 1,000!

Getting back to Nicky... when is the first game we can track on the scoreboard? What is the website for the scoreboard? And when is the first game we can view on a webcast? And what is the website for that?

And cash, you were reading my mind on the Forum link on the PLKK website. Hmmmm... (lol)
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cash
Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 30, 2009 - 11:56AM #6376
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And deeo', I saw that article on Nicky yesterday. KSSSE is also in the Eurocup but they did not make it to the final rounds. Such a shame, Nicky could have continued to dominate in the Eurocup--just on another team. I also read an article on the KSSSE team's website that said Nicky had gone through all of the formalities and was cleared to play for her new team.

The weather here is pretty for this time of year. Highs-mid 40's, lows-mid 20's. That's Fahrenheit Bezet!!! And sunny.

Also, deeo', I've been meaning to ask........Are you close enough to attend any WNBA games or are you like a gazillion miles away from a coliseum? It would take me around 3 hours to actually be able to see a game.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 30, 2009 - 9:23AM #6377
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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 30, 2009 - 6:27AM #6378
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> DzieÅ„ dobry, Bezet!
> MiÅ‚ego dnia, Bezet!

deeo, how do you know theese polish words (idioms) ! ! !
I also can see you use correctly polish "Å„" instead "n" and polish "Å‚" instead "l". I'm very impressed.
Now, I can see I'm obliged by you to improve my (poor) English. I must tell you, I'm glad to have a chance to talk to basketball fan from the other side of Atlantic Ocean. It's great we can understand ourselves.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 30, 2009 - 5:09AM #6379
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DzieÅ„ dobry, Bezet!

I'm definitely jealous of your weather there. I'll take alittle fog anyday.

How is our Nicky adjusting to her new team and city?

Please let me know when Nicky makes her first post.

Gotta get some shut-eye. My day starts early on Fridays. So, I'll write more later.

MiÅ‚ego dnia, Bezet!
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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 30, 2009 - 3:26AM #6380
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Hey, deeo. In Gorzow no snow, no rain.
There is a fog, temperature -1 C degree and no wind.

Links to hear and see Nicky in Gorzow - will be soon.
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00lunedì 11 giugno 2012 12:42

Nicky Anosike Thread -- 2009

lstevie
Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 01, 2009 - 2:28AM #6361
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Thomas/Hayden-Johnson trade was a waste of time. I believe both Minnesota and the Sparks will end up waiving these players. Neither on has been given a constract yet, just a sigh-in-trade deal.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 31, 2009 - 11:02PM #6362
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yes, cash, I too was shocked by the Harding deal, specailly since all we got was draft choices. I also liked the Ohlde trade too, cause we get a vet point in Miller and a good post in Pringle. and no i don't think the thomas/hayden-johnson trade really help the lynx out in any way.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 31, 2009 - 9:19PM #6363
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Thank you Bezet for the articles and the update of the game today, it was a tie with no overtime. Did you go see the game? It said there were about 400 fans, that's pretty good for a practice game. If you were able to see it, how many minutes did Nicky get to play, and how many rebounds did she get? I like the statistics of the games.

Also Bezet, in the article “Mam charakter zwyciÄ™zcy!” when it mentioned the car that Nicky received, did it say that she would be recognized all over the city because her picture would be on the car? It might not have translated that right.

Now, back to the trading.....I'm not sure I understand about Vanessa's trade. Did this make the team better? I liked Ohlde's trade. But I will be honest, I didn't see the Harding trade coming, was this a shock to anyone else? And for draft picks. MORE young and inexperienced players. I liked your idea about the Lynx being a fast team, deeo'. A run and gun style might be just what they are aiming for. Time will tell.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 31, 2009 - 3:12PM #6364
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A practice game in Gorzow (today, at 05:30 PM)

KSSSE AZS-PWSZ Gorzow – CCC Polkowice 73:73 (23:17, 18:19, 21:15, 11:22)

AZS
(start 5): Koryzna 20, Taylor 16, Breitreiner 10, Richards 10, Å»urowska 7
and Anosike 6, Czubak 2, Zohnova 2.

CCC: Pierson 19, Robbins 18, Gajda 13, MieloszyÅ„ska 10, Carter 8.

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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 31, 2009 - 12:25PM #6365
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That would be great if the Lynx got Angel with the 4th pick in the draft. I do agree they should run more. But the only thing is will Angel still be around for them to take. I thought she was projected to be 2 or 3 picks (which isn't us)
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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 31, 2009 - 10:31AM #6366
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Bezet! Your video link of Nicky Anosike's press conference upon arriving in Poland has me so excited! I can't go to sleep! I got off at 3:30 a.m. -- in time to help Serena Williams win the Australian Open. Then I read your post. Now, I'm too pumped to close my eyes. I just had to thank you before I nod-out. Thank you, Bezet.

What the rest of these guys are talking about right now are the changes that Nicky's WNBA team (the Minnesota Lynx) has made this week in preparation for the upcoming season that begins in May 2009.

You can check out the players we're talking about by going to the "players" link at the top of this screen. Feel free to jump right in.

Hey, Jumanjijam and Istevie... meet and welcome Bezet... our eyes and ears on the ground in Poland... where Nicky just signed to play.

Jumanjijam... while I agree with you, I certainly hope that Istevie is right. But I just can't bring myself to trust the Minnesota front office until all the dealing is done.

I don't think Kristi Toliver will be around for the 9th pick. But I think she'll be around for the fourth pick.

However, MY preference for the Lynx's 4th pick is Angel McCoughtry out of Louisville (by way of Baltimore).

Angel is about 6"0"... quick as all-get-out, fit, slight of build... and can flat-out fill it up.

She's a primetime scorer from behind the three-point arc and slashing into the lane.

Angel has a great first step... and poof... she's at the rim. I'd compare her speed and quickness to Charde Houston's... lightning fast.

She's a solid rebounder... and a magnet to loose balls and steals. She has a great handle on the ball and loves to run the floor.

Angel McCoughtry would fit in great with the fast-breaking team that opened the season with a 5-0 winning streak for the MiniLynx last season.

Minnesota can't just pick up a lot of players without deciding what kind of team they're going to be.

I think the Lynx should run, run, run... use their quickness on defense to generate turnovers to score in transition... but stack its deck with slashers and sharpshooters who can generate their own offense when their halfcourt sets stall (like their plays were proned to do this past season).

Now, is that asking too much? (lol)

**** update ****

Hey, cash... I must have just missed you.

Thanks for the info on Kristen Rasmussen. I didn't know.

While I hate to see anyone lose their job, I do not think she fits in well with the type of team the Lynx has to reconfigure itself into. But I wish her all the best and hope she gets picked up by another team that suits her style of play.

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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 31, 2009 - 8:49AM #6367
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Just a quick answer to your Rasmussen question deeo'. On Jan 9, she was waived by the Lynx. Look under Lynx news.

More comments on everything later!!!!
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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 31, 2009 - 5:48AM #6368
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And now, there’s a link to an article (title: “Mam charakter zwyciÄ™zcy!” – To be a winner, that’s my character!) with a video of press conference.
A man (in a blue blouse), coming in with Nicky, this is a second coach of our team – Mr Janusz Wierzbicki. A bold man this is a vice-President of Gorzow club - Mr Ireneusz Madej and –finally - a man in a white sweater this is a President of KSSSE (main sponsor of the team) - Mr Krzysztof Dolganow.

link:
www.gazetalubuska.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090128/SPORT15/6...

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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 31, 2009 - 2:40AM #6369
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Teams trade to get instant results .... not to hopefully win a playoff series sometime in 2010-2014.

That's why San Antonio got Becky Hammon in a trade. Phoenix got Tangela Smith in a trade. They made the playoffs that year in 2007.
Phoenix won the Championship thanks to that trade.

Instant results, means not banking on potential.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Jan 31, 2009 - 1:43AM #6370
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The 9th pick will be a good pick for the Minnesota Lynx: There are really good players in the first round: They have a chance to get Chante Black, Walker, Toliver, ashly parish, D. Hampton, R. McCants, K, Ellis, T, Starks, and other decent centers or forwards who will be available. Yes, draft picks are a gamble. But every player in the wnba was once a draft pick.

As far the 15th pick, if the lynx play their cards right, they just may find another Charda Houston: How About Aja Mah or another sleeper. So be encouraged. It's looking like a good year for the lynx.
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00lunedì 11 giugno 2012 12:48

Nicky Anosike Thread -- 2009

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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 09, 2009 - 4:22PM #6351
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Hey, cash... Hey, Bezet... Jeepers... it was a long busy weekend for me. How was yours?

I did set my alarm to check out Nicky's game Saturday.

I like Coach Dariusz's game-plan for Nicky. He went to her early and often. In fact, Nicky scored the first basket of the game.

I'm wondering if Nicky was attacking the rim or hitting her baby jumper. She shot 64%... with only 3 freethrows... only one offensive board... and only one foul (that's GREAT) in the first half. I'm guessing her jumpers were dropping... because she's not going to the line and she's not in position to get on the offensive boards. I think also that Nicky may have scored off of a couple of steals... I'm just not sure what the Polish stats abbreviations were.

Help us, Bezet! What do these abbreviations stand for: "fw" "s" "p" "bo"?

Nicky did most of her damage in the first half... with about 13 points and 6 rebounds. Coach Dariusz rested her as much as he could... taking her out for the last minute-and-a-half of each quarter. But I think they put the clamps on Nicky in the second half... holding her to about 8 points and 3 boards.

Nicky did a great job getting ready for the game. She never disappoints her teammates and her fans. I just love her!

But cash... I really hate that she didn't get her double-double. Just one more rebound... ooowee! But I can understand Coach Dariusz. Nicky picked up her third foul with 4 minutes left in the game... and her team had blown the game wide open -- over 20 points. Why risk her getting injured? He took her out. Great coaching! Nicky is just going to have to get it done early-on in the game.

And Big Money... Nicky played a pretty smart game... a little soft on the boards but no foul trouble... great concentration to finish her shots... great focus at the freethrow line (100%)... and great awareness to get the ball to the open shooter for her 4 assists. She played a real heady game... a real smart cookie. That's my Nicky!

Will there be a scoreboard for the next game, Bezet? I noticed that it's not listed as a LIVE transmission.

And cash, how did you translate the entire page? I really enjoyed being able to read it. You're just like Christmas, Big Money. Thank you.

Oh, and by the way, cash... Nicky's birthday is coming up on the 27th... You get the cake, Big Money, and I'll take care of the rest. Everybody loves a party! (lol)
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 07, 2009 - 5:35PM #6352
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Nicky's team won today. I finally found the stats for the game. Nicky must be in pretty good shape because she played 31 minutes.
74.125.47.100/translate_c?hl=en&sl=pl&tl=en&u=http://www.plkk.pl/index.php%3Fp%3Dgames%26id%3D2167&usg=ALkJrhh2eKRpyja96gw8_zF-JI...

21 points and 9 rebounds, and I think 4 assists. I can't be sure what the other columns are.

And Bezet, in that last interview with Nicky, when they asked her the question about Israel, I didn't understand her reply. Could you translate that for me please?
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Bezet
Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 06, 2009 - 4:52PM #6353
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Tomorrow Nicky's first league game in polish "Ekstraklasa" (or in "PLKK", or in "FGE" - that means the same).

AZS Gorzow will fight against Utex Row Rybnik. The game will start in Gorzow on Saturday at 06:00 PM (Gorzow time). A link to on-line scoreboard of that game will apear on PLKK site (www.plkk.pl) about 20 minutes before beginning the game. The link will be on the left side of PLKK site, under "Transmisje live".

There are bad news from Gorzow team. Three players of "first 5" (of starters) have healthy troubles. Coach Maciejewski said, that Katerina Zohnova surely won't play tomorrow (something wrong with her hand). But please don't worry, Nicky's health is all right and she will surely play.

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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 06, 2009 - 8:03AM #6354
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An Interview with Nicky (entitled: "She will not throw for 3, (but) she is strong under a basket") published on the 06 Feb. 2009.

miasta.gazeta.pl/gorzow/1,35211,6243024,Za_trojke_nie_rzuci__jest_mocna_pod_kos...

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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 05, 2009 - 8:23PM #6355
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Congratulations, Big Money... you've been censored! I'm so proud of you! (lol)

Hey, cash... Big Nick knew what was up. This is a business... and her fitness is part of what pays the rent.

I just hope that she chalks it up as a lesson learned. But now she's going to have to motivate her own self to work inbetween practices in Poland. She needs to hit the pool to walk or swim some laps in the morning and in the evening. She just has to keep hydrated and work herself into game shape.

Nicky is just too lethal when she's fit. She offers so many weapons to her team when she can get out and run the floor on fastbreaks and get into the passing lanes for steals on defense.

She's just going to have to tuck the hype and fanfare under her pillow and set about the business of delivering the goods.

And to be honest with you, cash, I've never ever seen Nicky when she wasn't in game shape. So, I can't imagine her out of breath... or dogging it on the court.

Man, Bezet has been a true blessing for us... keeping us informed, translating the Polish language and explaining the Polish system and customs.

Maybe God took pity on us this time around and sent us a little angel to help us navigate through this overseas venture with Nicky. (lol)

Oh, and the reason why I felt that something was wrong with Nicky only scoring 6 points in that scrimmage game is that I had read in one of the articles where the coach said that Nicky would be in the starting five. And getting only 6 points and starting for Nicky just didn't sound right.

Now, we know.

And don't even mention Super Bowl... Yes, we celebrate Super Bowl like we celebrate Independence Day. Everybody is out and about... signifying with their Pittsburgh Steelers gear on. Plus, we had a huge birthday party that caused our Super Bowl crowd to overflow into our bar across the street... which is normally closed on Sunday evenings. We needed just oooone more bar to catch the overflow from our second bar, too. (lol)

There was a $1,$$$.$$ Jackpot. But I have to admit that I was pulling for the Cardinals... Pittsburgh has got enough championships already.

Next up is St. Valentine's Day... then Sadie Hawkins Day... A bar will turn just about any day into a holiday or event just to draw folks out and make money. (lol) Obama's Stimulus Package Day... Clean Socks Day... Engagement Parties... Wedding Receptions... Divorce Celebrations... (lol)

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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 04, 2009 - 8:56PM #6356
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Hey deeo', I just came from there and was suprised to see it. I thought it was a really good blog. I posted a day or two ago, but I must have had some word in my post that it wouldn't allow because it's not here. In my post, I said that in the practice game, I don't think that Nicky started, I believe that she came in off the bench. Read Bezet's post on the game again.

It's amazing how out of shape a person can get in a short amount of time. In just a month, Nicky is winded at practice. If it was me, I would be winded just walking out on the court. (lol) I think she will be ready to go by game day though!!!

Are you thawed out yet? Did you all have a Super Bowl shindig to prepare for at your place?
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 04, 2009 - 8:33PM #6357
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Cash... Big Money... I just about peed my pants when I saw Nicky's blog to the fans on the Lynx website! (lol)

Now, I must have really died and gone to heaven. Pinch me, girl, and see if I'm still living! (lol)

I'm looking out of my window, right now, to see if pigs are flying by. (lol)

Oh, my goodness... thank you, Roger!

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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 04, 2009 - 7:42PM #6358
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Bezet... you are a great sports reporter!

I knew something was amiss with Nicky Anosike only scoring 6 points.

Nicky must have binged alittle when she heard Israel dropped her contract. But she has to get acclimatized to Poland and work her fanny off to get into playing shape and give those fans what they want... a championship.

Nicky is not stranger to hard work. So, don't worry, Bezet, she'll get it done.

The coach will see a difference in her fitness by the time she gets to the Feb. 7 game. She won't disappoint him.

Great reporting, Bezet.

Hey, Big Money... what are you thinking about this?

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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 03, 2009 - 8:16AM #6359
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> Also Bezet, in the article “Mam charakter zwyciÄ™zcy!” when it mentioned the car that Nicky received, did it say
> that she would be recognized all over the city because her picture would be on the car?
> It might not have translated that right.

I have seen Nicky’s car (Peugeot silver colour). There’s no “wizerunek zawodniczki” (that means: photo/picture of the player) on that car. So I can say the article in the polish newspaper “Gazeta Lubuska” tells us not truth. The truth is that there is Nicky’s first and last name written four times on the car (on a bonnet, on a boot and on the doors). The logo of Gorzow club and name of sponsor of this car are also on Peugeot.

> But Big Money... it bothers me that Nicky started that scrimmage game against CCC and only scored 6 points.
> There's something with the style of play that she's not catching onto right now. I bet it was foul trouble.

A coach D. Maciejewski said (in an interview BEFORE a practice game with CCC), that he - soon before Nicky’s first training in Gorzow - gave her 10 the most important for him questions (coach didn’t said what the qustions were). A coach said that Nicky answered him sincerely that she “nie robiÅ‚a nic” (she did not anything?) during last weeks before coming in to Gorzow (she didn’t play basketball since her last game in Israel on the 24-th December). A coach also said that Nicky is a little bit too heavy and that during her first training in Gorzow she started lose breath, so coach had to stop her last part of training.

AFTER practice game with CCC Polkowice Maciejewski said that there were the moments when Nicky showed she has basketball skill. Maciejewski reapeted that Nicky is too heavy now and they had to work out over Nicky’s motor preparation strongly.

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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 02, 2009 - 3:45PM #6360
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Cash, my Nicky's picture is on the Peugeot 406 that the team gave her so that everyone can easily recognize her about town. What a clever marketing idea.

I guess a little hit and run action is out of the question for Nicky now... "I didn't get the license plate number, officer, but the car had this rather large face on the side of it." (lol) (lol) (lol)

But Big Money... it bothers me that Nicky started that scrimmage game against CCC and only scored 6 points. There's something with the style of play that she's not catching onto right now. I bet it was foul trouble.

Nicky is going to have to figure out what constitutes a foul over there and adjust her game. She has to settle down, throw all of this hoopla and fanfare out of the window, dig in and focus... relax and let the game come to her... dictate and dominate.

And I can't believe that the Minnesota Lynx website still has Nicky playing in Israel for Elitzur Ramla... instead of with her new team in Poland.

Hey, Bezet, what's new in Poland?

Hey, Istevie and fulda rock... I agree... Vanessa Hayden-Johnson was allowed to be traded to the team of her choice. But Minnesota should have sweetened the pot with a second player to get Sidney Spencer.

L.A. can't seem to figure out how to use her. Sidney's a good rebounder... tough as nails. And her three-point shooting will help spread the defense and open up the lane for higher percentage shots.

It's still not too late to go fishing in L.A.'s pond. We're just going to have to use some LIVE bait this time.

Still... I don't like the idea of fishing a point guard out of the draft. There's too much to learn coming into the league without having to figure out how to steer a team on the floor. And with a team as quick as the Lynx are shaping up to be, this is one instance where the darn cart just might runover the horse.

Again... I'd like to see the Lynx snag A'Quonesia Franklin at the point. A'Q is a real cool customer. She's heady and a great floor general. Her three-point shooting will keep the defense honest and open up the lane so that Minnesota's plays can be alittle more effective. And A'Q is ready right now to lead the team.

But a whole other route that the Lynx could take would be to add a little "salt" to the team... for flavor.

The Lynx could latch onto a "salty dog" to run the point... like Vickie Johnson in San Antonio or Tamecka Dixon with whatever team picked her up during Houston's dispersal draft.

They've got a lot of miles on them but they're experienced, competent, fit and comfortable in the saddle. They would give the young Lynx team what it sorely needs... direction, consistency and a veteran's savvy.

Both Dixon and Johnson are great ballhandlers with nice mid-range jumpers, great board work, and enough quickness to penetrate to the basket.

At any rate, Noelle Quinn should not be the Lynx option to run the point this year. Hopefully, she and Navonda Moore have been working on their post moves in order to move over and play alittle small forward this season. Their quickness and ballhandling skills should make them more effective on the wing than on the point.

And for goodness sake... ENOUGH with Candice Wiggins and Charde Houston coming off of the bench!

Don Zierden needs to take time during one of his commercial breaks and look at some tapes to find out what made Candice Wiggins so effective in the Stanford offense... and implement some of that into the Lynx offensive sets.

Charde has been a scoring dynamo in Israel!

Maybe the Lynx could run sort of a three-guard-type offense with Seimone Augustus, Candice Wiggins and Charde Houston (they're all in that 5'11'-6'0" height range) -- with no point guard. Then have Nicky Anosike and LaToya Pringle play high and low posts... setting high and low screens for three very potent scorers.

Let me let that one marinate for a minute... (lol)

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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 10, 2009 - 7:25PM #6341
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Oh, Bezet... they won't let me access the video at TVP Gorzow. But thanks for trying.

I do, however, like the translation of Nicky's interview. It answered a lot of questions and confirmed a lot of impressions/suspicions that I had when she was with Elitzur Ramla.

I just hope that Nicky knows that her stint in Israel was equally challenging for her fans here in America.

As you may well know by now, Bezet, we love Nicky Anosike! And we are very protective of her... and extremely defensive against any negativity directed toward her.

But as fans... we're on the outside looking in. Most of our perceptions and suspicions are based on statistics and foreign sports reports. It is always nice to hear how Nicky Anosike evaluated her time (on the court) in Israel... and to be able to validate or cancel out the conclusions we had arrived at.

Again, thank you, Bezet... and your daughter for translating this article for us.

Cash... Big Money... what do you think about Nicky's assessment of her time (on the court) in Israel?
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 10, 2009 - 11:35AM #6342
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Sorry, but adrress:
ww6.tvp.pl/19762,20090208877134.strona
doesn't work.

I think adrress:
ww6.tvp.pl/VFIC?Cat=%2019762
should work.
When the site (adrress above) will open, click on " TVP GORZÃ"W " and then, the video will start automaticly.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 10, 2009 - 10:14AM #6343
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> .................... I tried to
> look at the video you gave us but I can't view it,
> probably because I am in the U S.

Please, try use the direct address to the video:

ww6.tvp.pl/19762,20090208877134.strona

In Germany it works!

I have just got from my daughter translation of several fragments (parts) of an article: "Za trÃ³jkÄ™ nie rzuci, jest mocna pod koszem".
The first, second, third and last questions were translated by Katarzyna.

[ Title ]
She won’t score for three but is a strong center player

RozmawiaÅ‚ Ireneusz Klimczak
2009-02-06, ostatnia aktualizacja 2009-02-06 11:06

During sparing in Polkowice she upset the coach, as he saw her lack of training.- It’s going to get better for sure – assures him the new girl from KSSSE AZS PWSZ. – I can help you a lot at places on the court where you needed support.

Ireneusz Klimczak: The first days in your new team were so so. Coach Dariusz Maciejewski was not happy about the sparing against Polkowice.

Nicki Anosike: After the games in my former club I took some time off. I have also suffered a bit after a 15 hour trip to Poland and a jet lag. Here everything is new for me, I have to recover a bit, get to know people and the rules here, accustom myself. I think that I will show what I’m capable of in the big games. That’s why I came here. In the past, I have always been playing for good teams, and setting high targets.

In fall you played in Israel. Why have you decided to leave in the middle of the season?

- Not everything there suited me, especially on court. I was responsible for too many things, sometimes the opponents were playing two or three players against me. It was difficult for me to make a progress in such a game. I want to be responsible for the score but without such an enormous pressure being put on just one person. I know what I’m good at and this I will show for sure.

Have you known anything about Poland before coming here? Has someone told you about the Polish League?

- I was talking to my agent and I heard that the competition in Poland is very strong, that WNBA stars are playing there, and the team, which wanted me plays for the top targets. What’s more important, they need someone to play in the center, and here I think I can help KSSSE AZS PWSZ the most.

We are happy to have you here and we can’t wait to see your debut in the League. We hope you will score a lot and give us many rebounds.

- I’m happy that you count on my rebounds, as it is my specialty. If, for example, coach wanted me to score for three I wouldn’t be happy. You can count on me under the backboard though. There, I will give my best.

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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 10, 2009 - 4:21AM #6344
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(lol)
Not to worry, cash, your birthday cake for Nicky Anosike would slip right through Polish customs... They'd be too busy pulling the fried chicken and barbequed ribs out of MY pocketbook... and the bootleg BeyoncÃ©, Jennifer Hudson, Lil Wayne and T-Pain CDs and sound system out of my carry-on bag. (lol)

Party over here... Party over there...

ZataÅ„czymy (you wanna dance), Mr. Officer? (lol)

When I hit the dance flo' -- do the stanky leg -- do the stanky leg... B___, I'm wired up -- do the stanky leg -- do the stanky leg... Doopity-doo -- doopity-doo (lol) (lol) (lol)

I know... I know... the lyrics are awful, but "The Stanky Leg" is the latest dance craze around these parts. (lol) And to think... calling somebody "stanky" was fighting words back in my day... (lol) (lol) (lol)

I just can't wait for Nicky's party. It's gonna be off the chain... SOLDOUT!... poppin'-off like Skittles, ba-by!

Nicky might have to bail us out of the Polish jail... but her party would be slamming, Big Money! (lol) Just remind me to put a little bail money in my sock... just in case. (lol)

Ooooo... about that 10 pounds that Nicky dropped in 10 days... that was a lot, but I bet it was water-weight (breast, arms and buttocks, I reckon). As long as she hydrates and eats enough to burn-off... she'll be fine.

But equally important... Nicky has to make sure that she rests properly... to allow her body to recuperate from the impact of all of this concentrated training and conditioning. It's like bootcamp. She needs to linger in her warm baths or showers alittle longer... and gently massage her knees, shoulders, hips, ankles and elbows nightly... to help move the waste out of her joints... to minimize stiffness and soreness.

I'm soooo glad she had an opportunity to rest during the Christmas break. Her body really needed it. But she has to make sure that her rigorous training to get back in game-shape... and her efforts to maintain her quick weightloss... doesn't adversely effect her focus, strength, performance and production on the court.

Nicky has a huge target on her back right now... and she should embrace and relish the challenges she will face on the court... and seize every opportunity to dictate and dominate... impact and attack... whatever it takes... to bring a Cup and the championship to Gorzow Wlkp.

They sound like great fans. And they deserve it.

Cash... I believe it was Andrew Carnegie who once said that all "success" is is "preparation" meeting "opportunity."

Nicky is definitely prepared. And this week, her team has the opportunity to win the Poland Cup. I think that success is on their horizon with Nicky on the court.

By the way, cash, did you see the game photos of Nicky on the team website?

And Bezet, how big is the Poland Cup tournament Feb. 12-14, 2009?

Why isn't there a LIVE transmission of this tournament?

Hey, Big Money... Nicky's game is at 6 a.m. ET Thursday. Are you ready for this?

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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 09, 2009 - 10:20PM #6345
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4.5 kg is about 9.9 lbs. To me, that's a pretty good bit. I wonder if they have her with a nutritionist or if they've just worked her to death? Or she may not can find anything in English in the grocery store. (lol) Hot pockets may be hard to come by in Poland!!! (lol)

And I guess you read my post that I couldn't view the video either. What a shame. And you are welcome for the help with the translator. It's been a lifesaver this winter trying to follow women's basketball.

And thanks to Bezet and her help with the letters on the stats, did you notice that they even keep track of how many times each player is fouled? And not only how many shots a player blocked but how many of that players shots were blocked also. That is really cool. I don't think I've ever seen those before. Those are good stats to know too.

Feb 27.....Are we gonna grab our pocketbooks and give Nicky a surprise birthday party over there? :^O Would my cake make it through customs you reckon??:|
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 09, 2009 - 8:17PM #6346
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Bezet! Help us, pleeeease!

I was denied access to the video on your Sports Weekend link. It would not download the video to allow me to view it. What do you suggest?

Cash, did you have the same problem?

Oh, and you webpage translator is thunder, Big Money. That's how I was able to read that access to Bezet's video was forbidden. Thanks again, cash... I'm translating all kinds of stuff now. (lol)

Bezet... what can we do to access the TV video? And how can cash view the play-by-play from Saturday's game? And what did Nicky say about playing in Israel in the article you linked us to before the game?

I know that it's around midnight in Poland right now, Bezet... but we will wait anxiously to hear from you tomorrow.

****** updated ******

Hey, cash... we must have been posting at the same time... cha cha cha... (lol)

Coach Dariusz said in the article on plkk.pl that Nicky lost 4.5 kg during the week prior to the game. Is that a lot, you think?

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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 09, 2009 - 7:19PM #6347
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You are up late Bezet. Thank you for the all of the information, it's good to know what all of the letters mean when we look at her stats. I tried to look at the video you gave us but I can't view it, probably because I am in the U S. I was in that website last week trying to figure out if we could watch the game on Saturday and it would not let me see a video then either.

Do you know if their next game will have the live scoreboard?
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 09, 2009 - 6:27PM #6348
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> Help us, Bezet! What do these abbreviations stand
> for: "fw" "s" "p" "bo"?

"zb" zbiÃ³rki ____ rebounds

"za" zbiÃ³rki w ataku ____ rebounds in attack

"zo" zbiÃ³rki w obronie ____ rebounds in (on?) defence

"a" asysty ____ assists

"f" faule ____ = how many times Nicky fouled the other players (Nicky was active in fouling)

"fw" ____ = how many times the other players fouled Nicky (the other players were active in fouling Nicky)

"s" straty ____ turnovers

"p" przechwyty ____ steals

"b" bloki ____ blocks

"bo" bloki otrzymane ____ = how many times Nicky was blocked by the other players
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 09, 2009 - 5:58PM #6349
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I asked my daughter Katarzyna - living in Germany (Munchen) - to translate to English an article "Za trÃ³jkÄ™ nie rzuci, jest mocna pod koszem". She promissed to do it tomorrow.

Here is the link to TV-magazine "Sport weekend" (05 Feb. 2009), where you can see and hear Nicky:
1) between 4:40 and 6:12
2) at the end of recording (11:42).

Edit:
I'm so sorry. I've forgotten about link.
Here it is:

ww6.tvp.pl/6479.dzialy

Then site: TVP GORZÃ"W
then look for "Serwisy specjalne" (on the right side of this site)
then look for: "Sport weekend VIDEO 05 II 2009"
and - finally - push "play" to enjoy Your Nicky.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 09, 2009 - 5:18PM #6350
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Man deeo', I missed her game, wasn't around the computer that day! Is there anywhere to go to see a play by play now? I couldn't find anything but the stats.....

Did you see the last article that Bezet posted for us? She will not throw for the three.....my translator did not translate some of the words for me, so I couldn't understand her reply to the question they asked about her playing in Israel, hence me asking Bezet to translate for me.

(and deeo', the way to translate an ENTIRE website is to copy and paste the entire web address at the top of the website onto the "Translate a web page" line on the google translator--given below--and choose your language)
www.google.ca/language_tools?hl=en

Here is the plkk.pl website translated--http://translate.google.ca/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plkk.pl%2F&sl=pl&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

If you need more help, just let me know.

Thanks for filling me in on the game. It sounded like the other team adjusted their game plan at half time to take care of Nicky. They didn't clamp her down completely though. She is just going to get better the more comfortable she gets with her team and their system. I thought she did an excellent job for her first game.
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Bezet
Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 18, 2009 - 4:35AM #6331
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> .......................... It looks like they have only 6
> more games left, they will finish up on March 14.
> She can have another small rest, then CAMP. I can't
> wait until the WNBA begins!

Hey cash, The games of PLKK 2008/2009 won't finish on 14 March 2009.
Now there is a regular season PLKK. It finishes on 14 March 2009. Then first eight teams (teams 1-8 after regular season) begin first round of play-off games [1. team play against 8. team, 2. play against 7., 3. against 6., 4. against 5.; ( they play until 3 wins) ]. Then teams 1-4 begin second round of play-off games (they play until 3 wins). At the end, winers of second round play-off games play in a third round (they play until 4 wins). The team which wins at third round of play-offs is Poland Champion. The third round play-off games will finish in a second half of April.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 17, 2009 - 7:53PM #6332
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Hey, deeo'. I've been checking in with Ramla too and noticed that they haven't been doing well. I read an article today where they have replaced their point guard again.

And you are right about Nicky's production in the second half, I hadn't thought about it until now. In the 1/4 game against Leszno, she had 11 free throws in the first half, none in the second half. Same thing in the next game too. All of the free throws in the first half. And she didn't try many 2 pt fg in the second half. It looks like they have only 6 more games left, they will finish up on March 14. She can have another small rest, then CAMP. I can't wait until the WNBA begins!
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 17, 2009 - 1:39PM #6333
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Happy Valentine's, cash and Bezet!

Great weekend... even with Friday the 13th being thrown in there!

Big Money... I saw where Elitzur Ramla got eliminated from the FIBA EuroCup playoffs on Feb. 4th by Athinaikos BC, 91-72. And their team is really struggling in the Israeli league without their American players. I hope that they get a major sponsor to replace the one that they lost. I don't know why, but I still feel connected to them.

And did you see the photos from the Poland Cup? Nicky looks paper-thin to me... around the ankles and arms.

Her production goes down in the second half. I'm wondering if she's eating enough to burn-off... especially late in the game. She may need to eat a banana and an energy bar during halftime to fuel-up for the second half... and hydrate.
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Yikes! Any team that has Candice Dupree and Chamique Holdsclaw coming off of the bench has got to be awesome. And it was!

Nicky Anosike (18 points and 8 rebounds) and her KSSSE teammates fought valiantly, but Wisla Can Pack just had too much fire-power.

The first two points of the game came off of Nicky's 15-foot jumper. But Nicky's jumper just wasn't dropping enough to hold off Wisla.

It was unfortunate that Edyta Korynza was whistled for four fouls in the first half. But Anna Breitreiner had a real solid game.

Wisla was just too big and too deep.

With that said, cash...

You know that Nicky is fired-up to play Wisla again. Her team got scalped... and she don't like that one bit! Heck... she would have played them all over again that night if she could have it her way. (lol)

The next time these two teams meet-up, Wisla had better bring its lunch... because it just might be on the court for awhile. (lol)

By then, Nicky will have learned enough Polish to pump her teammates up and get them stoked.

One good thing that came out of this loss was that Nicky got real aggressive in the fourth quarter. I like that. Good things happen when she channels her aggression.

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Good Morning, ladies.

That was a good game, you guys. Who do they play next?

Again, KSSSE AZS kept pounding the ball into the lane... very few outside jumpers.

And Nicky was taking it to the rim... 11 freethrows tell the story.

That's where she's supposed to be... in that lane... drawing the contact... shooting a high percentage shot and going to the freethrow line. That's my Nicky!

And she had excellent focus at the freethrow line to knock down 11-11!

From what I could tell, Nicky only shot about 4 jumpers and hit 2 of them. All the rest of her shots were going strong to the rim... where she was 3-3... and drawing the contact and going to the line.

Again, Nicky did all of her damage in the first half... 17 points and 3 boards... even though she was being double- and triple-teamed.

The double- and triple-downs on Nicky were evident by the first 3 quick turnovers she had at the beginning of the first quarter. The ball was stripped from Nicky by three different players... making it obvious that she was being teamed-up on.

Seven turnovers for Nicky is more than she does in 6 or 7 games.

What Nicky has got to do is recognize the double-team coming in on her... and pass the ball in the direction from which the double-teamer is coming from. The double-teamer's man should be wide open.

Or Nicky can even fake the pass out to the open man to make the double-teamer hesitate coming in.

And while I'd like to see more rebounds out of Nicky... her team is an excellent rebounding team. Everyone hits the bounds. Outstanding!

Now, Nicky needs to eat, hydrate and rest in preparation for the semi-finals tomorrow.

Oh... and did you guys see where CCC got knocked out of the tournament? Plenette Pierson was injured and didn't play. She should be back in their lineup in a week.

Gotta run now. We had a windstorm yesterday that blew part of the roof off of our restaurant... which missed my car but knocked down the cable TV wires for our bar across the street... which happens to be reserved for a basketball-game-viewing party tonight... a game which is shown -- of course -- only on cable TV.

Now, if you guys hear a loud thump... it's probably me... either falling off of the roof or the cable TV pole. (lol) (lol) (lol)

********** update **********

Hey, cash... Nicky has to play Wilsa Can Pack (the #1 team) in the semi-finals tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET.

Our Nicky is going to need us tomorrow. So, get your rest, cash. We've got another early day tomorrow.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 12, 2009 - 7:13AM #6336
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cash, on PLKK site there is an access to the other kind of live transmition. Under "Transmisje live" click on "Zobacz wszystkie mecze live w jednym oknie!" and then wait few seconds until applet loading. There are available statistics: f, fa, b, bo. Nicky was fauled 6 times so far.

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There is also throws topography there.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 12, 2009 - 6:58AM #6337
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I've been watching. Nicky has been busy at the free throw line, 11 for 11 at halftime.

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Hey guys, deeo', cash, are you there? Are you ready?
I can see teams roosters. The game starts in a few seconds.
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> Nicky's game is at 6 a.m. ET Thursday. Are you
> ready for this? I will have to set my alarm, you
> DID say 6 A.M. It will be 5:00 here. Is it live?

cash, you’ve asked “is it live?”.
Yes, there will be on-line scoreboard on www.plkk.pl. I can find it out now, when I look at “Transmisje live”. Under it, there is written at the moment: “Do najbliÅ¼szego meczu
zostaÅ‚o: 01 dzieÅ„ 01 g. 01 min” (it works like a countdown). That means: “there is left one day, one hour, 01 minutes to the next game”. When I look at “NastÄ™pne mecze”, I can see that the next game is PKM Duda Super Pol (Leszno) – KSSSE AZS PWSZ (Gorzow) in Eventim Cup on Thursday at 12:00 AM Polish time.

There’s no doubt. All games PLKK (Ekstraklasa koszykÃ³wki kobiet) are transmitted as on-line scoreboard and also – parallel - are transmitted as on-line play-by-play of the game.

But, notice. After ending the game you can see theese “on-lines” only next 20-40 (sometimes 60) minutes, then “on-lines” disappear. There is NO ACCESS (not only for you, but also for all fans in Poland) to the play-by-play for past games. We all (fans) have access to stats of past games (PLKK and Eventim Cup) only.

[ Edit ]:
1) ___ It seems it will be very interesting game tomorrow. Yesterday there was a very sensational score in “Ekstraklasa” in Leszno city: Leszno team beat KrakÃ³w team 86:80 (in Krakow team played: Chamique Holdsclaw, Dominique Canty, Jelena Skerovic, Marta Fernandez, Candice Dupree). Yesterday score in Leszno makes that a score of tomorrow game Gorzow team against Leszno team is unpredictable.

2) ___ On PLKK you (we) can't see the whole play-by-play (from beginning to the end of the game). We can see only 5-10 last actions (last plays?). But on FIBA EUROPE site we can see a whole play-by-play all games (including past games). Don't ask me why on PLKK it;s impossible, becasue I don't know.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 10, 2009 - 10:55PM #6340
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DziÄ™kujÄ™, (thank you) Bezet (and to your daughter) for the translation of that article. I thought that was what her reply was but some of the words didn't translate and I wanted to be sure, so again, thank you.

Cash... Big Money... what do you think about Nicky's assessment of her time (on the court) in Israel? I knew they were depending on the foreigners to score a lot of points, so you know that had to be a lot of pressure on her to perform. So now, what do you make of the story about financial trouble of the team? Probably true.........

By the way, cash, did you see the game photos of Nicky on the team website? Yes, I did. And did you see the ones where some of the team went to the school to speak. There are more of Nicky on the PLKK website. And speaking of photos, you said you wanted copies of the Holiday Hoopla photos (the Lynx with the Santa caps on). Look in the Lynx website, Facebook, and it is under Photos-10 albums. Just view all 10, click on Candice with the Santa cap and they all will come up.

Nicky's game is at 6 a.m. ET Thursday. Are you ready for this? I will have to set my alarm, you DID say 6 A.M. It will be 5:00 here. Is it live?
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00lunedì 11 giugno 2012 13:07

Nicky Anosike Thread -- 2009

deeorumpshaker
Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 24, 2009 - 1:36PM #6321
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BEZET! Thank you... thank you... DziÄ™kujÄ™!

BZ... you have been biz-zy! (lol)

The photo links are fabulous! I'm not going to be able to get anything done today. I'll be too busy browsing for Nicky's photos.

Thanks, Bezet!

But TVP GorzÃ³w still doesn't allow me to download the video to watch it.

A blank (black) video screen appears when I click the small square with the triangle in it.

When I press the "play" button, the "download video" button appears in the upper righthand corner atop the video screen.

When I press the "download video" button, it indicates that the download will not be permitted.

But I'm so happy you shared the other links with us... it doesn't matter that our access is blocked to the video at TVP GorzÃ³w.

I'm just so excited!

I've dropped everything and cleared my schedule for the next couple of hours. I have my big glass of sweet tea... and it's on, baby!

If anyone wants to reach me, I'll be in Poland for the rest of the day. (lol)

Do widzenia, do zobaczenia (bye, see you later). Przyjemnego dnia (have a great day), Bezet!
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 24, 2009 - 10:28AM #6322
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Thank you deeo’ for your advices. I follow them (I used hyphens ( “-“ ) inside “dangerous” words).

> Oh, Bezet... they won't let me access the video at
> TVP Gorzow. But thanks for trying.

deeo, the matter above doesn’t allow me to sleep for several days. I do don’t like unsolved problems. Well, I don’t think someone is watching what you do in Web.
So, let’s try again. Please open the site TVP GorzÃ³w: ww6.tvp.pl/6479.dzialy
Then look for: “SERWISY SPECJALNE” (white letters – on the right side of the site).
Then look for:
“Lubuskie Informacje Sportowe 22 II 2009”

And now, VERY IMPORTANT.
DON'T CLICK on “Lubuskie Informacje Sportowe”.
Click on the litle square shape (with a triangle inside) next to „22 II 2009”.
After a few seconds record should start. At the beginning of it you can hear and see some information concering last game AZS GorzÃ³w-Duda Leszno (on 21-II-2009).
Please, let me know how do you manage the access to recording above.

Here, there are links to the p-h-o-t-o-s of last game (21-02-2009, with Leszno):

1) ___ www.gorzow24.pl/f-o-t-o-r-e-p-o-r-t-a-z/663/1/azs-pwsz-duda-6...
2) ___ miasta.gazeta.pl/gorzow/1,35214,6309138.html
3) ___ www.gazetalubuska.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/g-a-l-l-e-r-y?Site=GL&Date=20090221&Category=SPORT&Artno=27104954&am...
4) ___ f-o-t-o.sportowefakty.pl/index.php?k=1&p=2&g=2494
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Edited:
As I can see, the result is O.K.
Good job, deeo'! Well done.

deeo', cash, I'm not sure you have seen on PLKK site (2009-02-22): "RafaÅ‚ Sroka: Polsko-angielski sÅ‚ownik koszykÃ³wki" (Polish-English dctionary of basketball). Mr RafaÅ‚ Sroka is the basketball coach.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 24, 2009 - 8:31AM #6323
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Good morning, Bezet.

The problem that you are having posting photos is because of the WNBA censor. It tries to discourage photos because their files are so large.

So, what this website does is prevent you from using words like... i-m-a-g-e... or... b-a-c-k-g-r-o-u-n-d. So, if either of these words are in your link, this website would censor it and treat it as though it were profanity.

But there are ways to get around this censor.

Now, you may be able to delete the part of your link that says i-m-a-g-e (or whatever the censored word is) and give us directions the rest of the way to reach the webpage.

Or you may just put hyphens inbetween each letter of the word (as I have done here) so that we can type the link directly into our browser windows.

I know it's a hassle... but I sure would like to see those photos, Bezet.

I'm no computer expert. But maybe cash will log-on and offer some suggestions.

Big Money, where are you? (lol)

Have you been able to attend any of Nicky's games?
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 24, 2009 - 5:04AM #6324
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I'm trying to post some links to photos of the last game, but I can't do it because of the red message I can see:
"Your post can not be published because it contains content that violates community standards."
I don't know, what's the reason of this situation.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 22, 2009 - 11:16PM #6325
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Hey, cash... I'm still plugging away on my daily grind. So, here's that link... on the down-low, Big Money. (lol)
translate.google.ca/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gorzow24.pl&sl=pl&tl=en&hl=en&...
I'll catch you later, percolator. (lol)
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 21, 2009 - 10:14PM #6326
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Evening deeo', I didn't get to follow the game today, but as soon as I got to a computer I pulled up the boxscore to see how they did, then I went into the play by play and broke Nicky's game down. She was a little slow to get started, but once she got warmed up, she was awesome. I finally figured out what the words meant, but I sure didn't catch the part where she dove after a ball. How did you get all of the information, (ie. score, player, and time) since play by play is no longer there? I tried gorzow24.pl and couldn't find it there either.

It was a good win for them today, especially since the coach didn't know if they could pull it off with a couple of their players injured.

Did you look on the Lynx website and see the poll on who you would like to see the Lynx draft at #4? What are your thoughts on this? I like all 4, but what do you think is their greatest need? My thoughts are a big at #4. Or possibly a really good p g.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 21, 2009 - 5:38PM #6327
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Oh, my... what an exciting game! A nail-biter... with Nicky Anosike and KSSSE AZS PWSZ sneaking pass Duda Leszno, 67-63.

Cash... Big Money... Bezet... did you see Big Nick just dictate and dominate in the lane today for 14 rebounds, 17 points, 2 blocks and a steal?

Now... that's Nicky bringing her complete game... for four full quarters.

With 6 points and 7 boards at the half, look how Nicky just locked, loaded and exploded to dominate the third quarter. Here's Gorzow24's play-by-play for the third quarter (score - play - time):

[The end of the second quarter. KSSSE AZS PWSZ trails Duda Super Pol Leszna 35:38
For the most points won Duda Super Pol Leszna: Shields, Koc and Krysiewicz - 8
For the most points won KSSSE AZS PWSZ: Breitreiner 9 and Anosike 6]

We start the game after the break!
37:38 Koryzna 9.40
Anosike 1os 8.38
38:40 Czarnecka 8.20
40:40 Kaczmarczyk 2 1 OS 7.19
41:42 Koc 6.29
Richards 1os 5.32
Czubak three !!!!!!! 4.51
45:44 Krysiewicz 4.35
Anosike dive after a ball into advertising
47:44 Anosike 3.20
Time for a trainer Krysiewicz
49:44 Anosike 2.20
49:46 NAWROTEK 2.00
51:46 Anosike 1.42
53:46 Richards 0.50
KrÄ™Å¼el 0.30 for the three
55:49 Anosike 0.13
57:49 Breitreiner equally siren!

Big Money, did you see where Nicky dove into the advertising for the ball?

Nicky came to play, baby. She came to WIN!

Anna Breitreiner had an excellent game, too! She scored the clutch freethrows to ice the game.

Did you get to follow the game, cash?
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 18, 2009 - 11:47AM #6328
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Hey, cash... remember what Lior Klinger said about each country having both a Cup and a league championship?

I'm excited that Nicky gets another chance to bring a crown to the fans in Gorzow Wlkp.

Bezet, keep the faith. My Nicky is hitting her stride.

Once she gets her energy level up where she needs it to be... it's going to get real exciting in Poland.

And Big Money, you're right about the freethrows going down in the second half for Nicky. She's settling for jumpers instead of sealing-off her defender in the lane and drawing the contact going to the rim.

But I got to see alittle of Nicky playing on the court in that yearlong video interview on the KSSSE website. They showed the game in the b-a-c-k-g-r-o-u-n-d of one interview and some whole excerpts inbetween interviews.

The footage showed Samantha Richards hitting Nicky in the open court, but she's missing the opportunity to get Nicky the ball when Nicky has sealed her defender off at the rim.

The point guard has got to get the ball to Nicky where and when she can do the most damage.

What I saw was Nicky sealing her defender off on her backside -- with no one between her and the rim -- and the ballhandler failing to feed the ball to her. Then Nicky had to release from her position and go to the high post at the freethrow line to get the pass.

Their point guards have got to learn how to feed the low post.

Katarzyna Czubak seems to do a decent job getting inside to Nicky. But Samantha Richards' game has really changed from what I remember... more turnovers than assists... and her shots are not dropping. She needs to slow down and get a better handle on the ball... and square-up to the basket when she shoots.

But other than that, Gorzow Wlkp. has a really solid team. Anna Breitreiner and Edyta Koryzna are real warriors. I really like Justyna Å»urowska, too. I wonder when she'll be back in the lineup.

And as for Elitzur Ramla, cash... I guess we'll always be emotionally linked to our Israeli compadres... thanks to mj23, Lior and others.

********** update **********

Hey, Bezet, we must have been posting at the same time.

Do you guys have an All-Star game in Poland or is the All-Star game in Paris, France, the only one for overseas players?

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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 18, 2009 - 10:56AM #6329
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> Okay Bezet, I'm confused. What is the Polish Cup
> that they just played for? And why did they play it
> now, instead of at the end of the season? I just
> assumed that they had played for the
> championship.......But you are saying that they have
> an end of season playoff to determine #1 too.

Every season in "Polish women basketball" exist (there are) two kinds of tournaments:
1) ___ first kind , it's an "Ekstraklasa",
2) ___ second kind, it's a "Poland Cup".
Notice, "Ekstraklasa" and "Poland Cup" are independent tournaments.

Ekstraklasa beginns September/October and it consists of:
a) regular season (2 rounds),
b) play-off (it concerns teams 1-8 after regular season),
c) play-out (it concerns teams 9-13 after regular season).

Poland Cup games are usually played during Ekstraklasa regular season. This year (this season) Poland Cup is called (named) "Eventim Cup" (because of the name of the sponsor firm). The games were being from 03 December 2008 to 14 February 2009 (final: WisÅ‚a - Lotos 72:61).

In a common opinion coaches, players and fans, Poland Cup (Eventim Cup) is a less important tournament than Ekstraklasa.
Ekstraklasa (also called "FGE") is more important than Eventim Cup.
To be a Poland Champion (to win final Ekstraklasa game), that means to get gold medal and it is much more appreciated in Poland than to reach (to be an owner) Poland Cup.
The team which wins Poland Championship gets the right (gets posibility) to play in Euroleague FIBA EUROPE. Sometimes the second team (I mean a team-loser of Final Game Poland Championship) can (may) also start in Euroleague games.

So, that is what Gorzow team fights for during this "Ekstraklasa" season. They want to be at least the second team in Poland.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 18, 2009 - 9:01AM #6330
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Okay Bezet, I'm confused. What is the Polish Cup that they just played for? And why did they play it now, instead of at the end of the season? I just assumed that they had played for the championship.......But you are saying that they have an end of season playoff to determine #1 too.

Thanks for letting us know.
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00lunedì 11 giugno 2012 13:11

Nicky Anosike Thread -- 2009

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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 27, 2009 - 1:39AM #6311
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Oh, jeepers... cash, thanks for reminding me.

When I'm blue, Big Money, you always manage to cheer me up!

Happy 23rd Birthday, Nicky Anosike!

Hey, cash and Bezet, be sure to extend your Birthday wishes to Nicky by e-mail through the team's club office: azs@pwsz.pl and on the team's forum.

Oooo... I got to go bake a cake... and blow up some balloons. It's Nicky's Birthday!
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 26, 2009 - 8:15PM #6312
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I agree, deeo'.

I just wanted to remind everyone that tomorrow, Friday-Feb 27 is Nicky's birthday. :-)
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 26, 2009 - 7:15PM #6313
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Bezet... now, let me see if I've got this straight.

KSSSE AZS PWSZ is 16-3.

KSSSE AZS PWSZ has already defeated WisÅ‚a Can Pack twice.

So, why is WisÅ‚a Can Pack ranked #1 ahead of KSSSE AZS PWSZ?

KSSSE AZS PWSZ's three losses came to Energa ToruÅ„ (74-70), Lotos PKO BP (72-61) and CCC (65-63).

Lotos is 18-2 with one loss to KSSSE AZS PWSZ (83-76).

CCC and WisÅ‚a Can Pack are 16-4. How are they ranked higher than KSSSE AZS PWSZ?

I don't get it.

It doesn't seem fair.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 26, 2009 - 12:40PM #6314
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deeo' has written:
> But please explain to me why GorzÃ³w is in third
> place. I do not understand the ranking system.
>
> What do all of those numbers mean on the team
> standings chart?
>
> What is GorzÃ³w's record... how many wins and losses
> this season?

Now GorzÃ³w is in fourth place because our team has less Points (35) then WisÅ‚a (36), CCC (36) and Lotos (36). What is going on when two or more teams have the same number of Points? In such a case ............. oh no, it"s too complicated for me (to me?) to explain it in English.
The most important thing for GorzÃ³w team is do their best to win upcoming 5 games and to take a good place at the end of regular season.. Specially, to win with INEA AZS PoznaÅ„ and CCC Polkowice. The last game of regular season we will play against CCC. They are our everlasting enemy. So, on Saturday, the 14-th March it should be expected we'll see the blood on the court in GorzÃ³w.

Standing chart (Tabela PLKK / peÅ‚na tabela ), explanation.

PKT (Punkty) ____ Points
mecze ____ games (played so far)
zw.-por. (zwyciÄ™stwa - poraÅ¼ki) ____ wins - losts (losses?)
dom ____ (at) home
wyjazd ____ away
pkt. zd. - pkt. str. (punkty zdobyte - punkty stracone) ____ little points scored - little points conceded
stosunek ____ result of dividing (little points)
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 26, 2009 - 11:11AM #6315
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cash has written:
> Do you go to the games Bezet?
Yes, I do. However because I am short in my English, I don't discuss about games and players.
> The fans seem to be excited.
Yes, they are. I think there is a quite good mood at Gorzow basketball arena. There is a lot of noise, lately.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 26, 2009 - 9:22AM #6316
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Hey, cash... Bezet, I'm sorry I didn't get to check-in with you yesterday. I had a pretty rough day... Be sure to pray for me.

Thanks for the link, Bezet. All of the links were great!

But please explain to me why GorzÃ³w is in third place. I do not understand the ranking system.

What do all of those numbers mean on the team standings chart?

What is GorzÃ³w's record... how many wins and losses this season?
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 25, 2009 - 9:30PM #6317
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We are able to view A-Zet-eS, Bezet. Thanks.

Do you go to the games Bezet? The fans seem to be excited.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 25, 2009 - 12:57PM #6318
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Down there is a link to the v-i-d-e-o on web portal "gorzow24".
It's almost as a whole about GorzÃ³w-Leszno game (21-02-2009). You can see Nicky (playing) and the other players of Gorzow team and Leszno team (coches D.Maciejewski from Gorzow and J.Krysiewicz from Leszno are too).

Title: Magazyn koszykarski „A-Zet-eS”
Link: www.gorzow24.pl/sport/19-koszykowka/news/5946/magazyn-koszykarski-a-zet...

I hope v-i-d-e-o will start without problems.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 24, 2009 - 6:13PM #6319
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Bezet, this is the message I get when I try to download the video:

Telewizja Polska S.A.
00-999 Warszawa
ul. J.P. Woronicza 17

403

DostÄ™p do pliku jest zabroniony

/2009/02/23/193482/film.asf

Access forbidden

BÅ‚Ä...d ten zostaÅ‚ wywoÅ‚any z powodu:

Plik nie moÅ¼e zostaÄ‡ wyÅ›wietlony. Informacja: DostÄ™p do materiaÅ‚Ã³w wideo z terenu Ameryki PÃ³Å‚nocnej i PoÅ‚udniowej zostaÅ‚ zablokowany z powodÃ³w prawnych.
JeÅ¼eli sÄ...dzisz, Å¼e nie jest to prawidÅ‚owe dziaÅ‚anie serwera zgÅ‚oÅ› to administratorowi pod adresem webmaster@itvp.pl

403 @ 2009-02-25 00:01:49, IP:68.18.114.230, ref: 209.85.133.132/translate_c?hl=en&sl=pl&tl=en&u=http://ww6.tvp.pl/16094,20090223885500.strona&prev=_t&usg=ALkJrhiaz9Y1cSYpMr3e8-XdxD...

It states: "Access Forbidden"

I think it may not be a matter of software, but a matter of policy for international browsers.

But I will conform to your media player to see if that makes a difference.
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Posted: 3 years ago • Feb 24, 2009 - 2:42PM #6320
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deeo', I'm sorry that I'm interrupting you your wonderful journey to Poland, but I've just found something interesting.
Here's the link to Forum TVP (subject: "Wymagania techniczne")
forum.tvp.pl/index.php?topic=22277.0
There are a lot of angry (bad) words about what TVP, Microsoft and Mr Gates are doing, but I don't know if viewers (fans) have the right (reason) to write it.

I'm not good at computers, but if I can understand, to use recording TVP - it needs:

1) operating system Windows XP (or Vista)
AND "Windows Media Player" v.10 (or higher?/upper?)

______ or __

2) operating system Linux
AND "Mplayer"

On my computer I have Windows XP, Windows Media Player and I use web-viewers: Opera or/and Mozilla Firefox.
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Edited:
Almost everything about MPlayer you can find here (in English):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPlayer
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