While We’re Waiting… Olympiakos Fan Chants, Brady Quinn’s Chances, and Wiz-Cavs “Rivarly”
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Opa! “Outside in the brisk Cleveland night four Olympiacos supporters were singing. I mean, nonstop, top-of-their-lungs, in-unison singing. The Cavs fans in the area seemed mesmerized by the spectacle. At the very least, they seemed curious. Hey, look at the that team spirit! Wow, that is some pride right there. What a display of support for their team! Of course, they were singing in Greek, so no one knew what the hell they were saying, but everyone seemed roundly impressed with their fervor. I asked my friend, a Greek himself, if he could translate. He spouted some mumbo jumbo about how they were talking about women. Then, I asked his father for a real translation. He smiled and said, “They’re saying that all your mothers are whores.” [Vince/'64 and Counting]
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Recapping last night’s “game”: “There was supposed to be a preseason game Wednesday night at The Q. Considering the body count, it more resembled an ’80s B horror movie.” [Brian Windhorst]
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Brady’s fair shake? “We don’t hear folks who question the fairness of [Brady] Quinn’s treatment here openly considering whether we’ve seen anything out of him to justify leaving him in a position to earn that massive payment. We’re still thinking of all of the misses in the Denver game, and the ridiculous fumble against Minnesota. And we’re still wondering about how much Quinn looked like a guy who was playing not to lose $11 million than a guy who was playing to win football games, and the implications of that on his fitness as a leader of an NFL offense.” [Cleveland Frowns]
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And… “As for Quinn vs DA, I’d still rather see Quinn take his lumps on a bad team than watch DA. Now, maybe Anderson is better suited for this talentless squad, but I can’t help but think that Quinn has gotten a raw deal (however, if he wouldn’t have held out, he would’ve won the job his rookie year, easily). Anderson has moved the ball, sure. But if we’re judging him by the same standard we judged Brady, it’s time for Brett Ratliff, no?” [Benjamin Cox]
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But we’re not “off” neck tattoos… “When Mike Miller arrived at Wizards training camp sporting LeBron James’ shoes, DeShawn Stevenson told him “LeBron shoes — we off that,” and cited the Wizards’ rivalry with the Cavs. But even though Miller is starting to understand the rivalry, he’s keeping James’ kicks on his feet because the two are good friends, reports the Washington Post. Captain Antawn Jamison initially opposed it, but said he’s fine with Miller doing it now. “He’s a great basketball player,” Miller said of James. “You always have friends in the league. That’s how it is. The ball goes up, it’s going to be us against them. It doesn’t matter who it is.” [ESPN Insider]
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(image via Flickr/rethymnogate7)
October 15th, 2009 at 9:33 am
I love being on the right side of this Cavs-Wiz “rivalry”
October 15th, 2009 at 9:34 am
Haha, Wizards rivalry. I love how DeShawn Stevenson has to keep talking about Lebron to try to stay relevant. I would be ok with it coming from someone who’s relevant with the Wizards like Gilbert, Antwan, Caron, even new guy Mike Miller. Sweet neck tattoo of Abe Lincoln.
October 15th, 2009 at 9:34 am
Whatever exists between the Cavs and Wizards is not a rivalry (Cavs-Pistons is (was?) a rivalry.). I don’t remember a rivalry with the Bullets. The Wizards lost to the Cavs in the playoffs when the Cavs were not half as good as they are now. Where a rivalry could have developed, the Wizards have spoiled the chemistry by amplifying their sour-grapes mentality. Now the Wizards seem weird – like stalkers.
Put Arenas on a the Frankenmouth Swillers, and I can see a rivalry with the Swillers; Arenas v. James is the point there.
October 15th, 2009 at 9:38 am
Maybe it is just a couple guys being “weird” and not the Wizards, generally.
October 15th, 2009 at 10:00 am
The wiz and cavs have a rivalry like a nail and a hammer have a rivalry.
October 15th, 2009 at 10:01 am
I apologize for my numerous comments in the past about DA & BQ. If I were more concise I could have written just one and been done with it. But since I could not, I want Benjamin Cox’s quote from above to take the place of my plentiful ramblings, it sums it up perfectly.
October 15th, 2009 at 10:01 am
I don’t think it’s the Wizards as a whole – the starters really seem to be nonchalant about it all. It’s the douchey bench guys (Haywood/Stevenson) that always talk about how amped they get to play the Cavs. I don’t think they’ll be as amped this year with a Cavs second unit that will destroy them.
The starters never do anything stupid in terms of trying to hype things up – I have a lot of respect for Butler and Jamison specifically.
October 15th, 2009 at 10:16 am
@#7 – I’m really excited about our bench this year. If our bench could have scored more than 12 points a game in the playoffs, we’d be defending an NBA title this year…
October 15th, 2009 at 10:16 am
How much will DeShawn even play this year with Randy Foye and Mike Miller around to take most of his non-jump-shot-making, overrated defense minutes?
October 15th, 2009 at 10:22 am
I hope the wizards are halfway good so they make the playoffs again so we can show them the door, again.
It would only reinforce the current dynamic which is absolutely hilarious to be a part of on the Cavs side.
October 15th, 2009 at 11:27 am
(Smirks as reads)
So this is how it feels to be a Steelers fan during Browns week.
October 15th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
gotta love being able to go anywhere and do deshawn’s taunt and everyone knows what it is and gets a good laugh on his behalf…pretty sure i saw a skinny white kid do it in a pick up game and the entire game had to be stopped because people were laughing
October 15th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
As a Michigan fan (OSU) and a Browns fan (Steelers)
it has been tough dealing with these psuedo rivalries.
For once as a Cavs fan I am on the right side of a totally non existent rivalry