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Ecuador Pictures (Week 5)
Amusing scene at the fiesta in Otavalo.
Coastline of Isla de la Plata (poor man's Galapagos)
A pair of Blue Footed Boobies on Isla de la Plata.
Blue Footed Booby.
Female Blue Footed Booby with her eggs.
Nazca Booby and chick.
A pair of Nazca Boobies on Isla de la Plata.
An Albatross which are endangered on Isla de la Plata.
Jumping Humpback Whale off the Ecuadorian coast (Difficult to photograph, hence the grainy photo).
Jumping Humpback Whale (photo credit to Anna).

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Follow Jonas and the Corsa Crew as they spend the day at the track!
We're now accepting deposits for the 2015 Scrambler Ducati.
Don't miss out on the revival of the classic icon!
"What I'm trying to say is what we have and who we have can always be taken away. The ONLY thing we have that's permanent (somewhat) is who we are. As long as we're alive and not insane, we are all we can be sure we have." - Dennis Matson
The man who did what noone thought could be done, is doing it again.
Dennis Matson quit his job as a software salesman, and treked 16,000 miles across North America on the very first brand new Ducati Panigale S ever sold. He rode his way across the heartland and into the hearts of millions. Now he is taking on the world.
Dennis left this morning from Ducati Milan with his Panigale prepped and a matching tent.
We will be keeping up with Dennis as he travels the world on his 1199 Panigale S. With the support of his fans, and Ducati, Matson is sure to ride his way into the hearts of millions more as he traverses all tereigns and goes 'round the world on a supermodel.
"As Version 2 (or maybe just v1.2) commences, I have my doubts. I have fears, I have concerns. I'm not sure of anything except that this is my journey. And I know it's the one I'm supposed to be on."
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Join us, if you dare, for a journey across the best roads in Oregon and California to the legendary IN-N-OUT Burger in Redding California, and back again. Ride with us for the trek of the summer as we take the roads that will test your taste for adventure.
Kickstands up at 7am on Sunday, meeting at MotoCorsa. We will provide maps of our suggested route, but feel free to ride there however you like. The goal is dinner at In-N-Out Burger - Redding. You'll need to book your own accommodations for the night.
Our plan is a day there and a day back, but there are no rules. Tag along with us or plan your own version. Come back on day two or keep going. Just meet us at In-n-Out Sunday night!
Ride together, dine together, CorsaCrew for life!
I have had made a number of bad decisions in my life, some of which have come hand-in-hand with my duties here at Asphalt & Rubber. Hindsight is always 20/20, and I can certainly think of a couple machines that I have naively swung a leg over with enthusiasm. Unsurprisingly, the word "prototype", used in only the loosest of definitions, has been involved in these endeavors.
With rare occasion though, I have been able to see trouble coming ahead of time, and have either had the prudence to step out of its way, or the foolishness to forge ahead with a "what could go wrong" attitude. I would add MotoCorsa's TerraCorsa project to that latter category.
A proper 195hp superbike, designed by Italians to win road races, the Ducati 1199 Panigale is an alphabet soup of features designed to make a rider go as fast as possible on asphalt. So when MotoCorsa's Arun Sharma gave me an opportunity to ride his "track bike" Panigale S, which he painted in Desert Storm beige and shod with Continental TKC 80 tires, well…I of course uttered "what could go wrong?" and graciously accepted.
On its face, the whole idea of taking a superbike off-roading is preposterous. No doubt, you are already making a list of all the things wrong with this idea, while pouring a cold glass of Hatorade in the process. And you'd be right in doing so.
The suspension travel is too short, the Panigale's 1,199cc Superquadro v-twin engine has too much power, the riding position is all wrong, and let's just skip over mentioning that the machine is a rolling bone fide crime against motorcycling. Ducatisti, pour out an espresso for this fallen Bolognese, but be forewarned that Arun and the TerraCorsa feed off the hate that this concept brings.
But before you sharpen your pitchforks and storm the castle gates at Borgo Panigale, let me explain briefly how putting knobby tires on a purebred superbike isn't as bad of an idea as you think. If anything, the gods must be crazy, because it is surprising how well the whole thing works. These crazy Oregonians are onto something…
Part of the motivation behind the TerraCorsa is a response to the whole adventure-bike movement. After all, if a 573-pound BMW R1200GSA is the bell of the ADV Ball, then the Ducati 1199 Panigale is positively a supermodel by comparison, what with its 367 lbs dry weight.
Motorcyclists have this strange notion that in order for a motorcycle to go down the highway, as well as a fire road, double-track trail, or even a mild stretch of single-track through the woods, that the machine must be one of these burly ADV bikes — that is after all why the Ducati Multistrada 1200 was made
The TerraCorsa is out to prove that theory wrong, and to show that with maybe half an hour's work, you can go from track to trail with the same machine…and it doesn't have to be a proper enduro to do so.
You see, motorcycles are all pretty much the same at their core — an engine and a chassis. If you look back far enough into history, you won't see much differentiation between the machines destined for the street and those meant to be ridden off-road (roads back then were practically off-road by modern standards, anyways). A bike was a bike, end of story.
And while I won't argue that to get the 10/10th's out of a machine requires some specialization and fine-engineering, the fact is that a pair of tires gets you maybe three-quarters of the way in the direction you're going. To that end, the TerraCorsa finds itself to be an entirely competent trail bike, by virtue that you can find dual-sport tires for its wheel size.
Geared to go nearly 100 mph in first gear, shifting is just something you don't find necessary to undertake, though I can say with some certainty that the Panigale cooling system does not enjoy being taken through the rev range at such slow speeds.
Wearing off-road boots though, shifting becomes a moot point, as the action is just something that can't be done effortlessly while in a sport-bike position…braking is hard enough.
In some ways though, the cramped seating position of the Panigale is an advantage, especially with the TerraCorsa's relatively lower weight and seat height, compared to other ADV bikes.
If you have ever stopped on the trail, only to find your legs do not reach terra firma, the TerraCorsa might be for you, as it makes poking a leg out through a turn or a stop, a very confidence inspiring endeavor.
The confidence comes with a trade-off of course, as the 4.72 inches of forward wheel travel (5.12″ in the rear) can be quite limiting, even with the TerraCorsa's front forks pushed down to the limit within the triple clamps.
That being said, the TerraCorsa did not once bottom-out during out testing. We weren't bombing around at the same pace we were on proper enduro machines, but we weren't going slow either.
I would argue that the suspension isn't the limiting factor on the TerraCorsa, but instead it is the clip-on handlebars. Pushing you far forward into a road racer's crouch, with your weight already braced in your arms, taking crests, bumps, and yes jumps, is a jarring experience on the TerraCorsa (or any sport bike, I would imagine).
A flat bar with a few inches of rise could do wonders for the TerraCorsa, both in terms of comfort and rideability. It would also make turning easier, as I rode in constant fear of pinching a thumb between the handlebar and fuel tank. The extra rise would also make getting out of the saddle easier, especially on bumpier sections, and add perhaps a bit more familiarity for the dirt-biking inclined.
If all that is the bad, then the good is quite sublime. Thanks to Ducati making the Panigale with a near 50/50 weight distribution, the TerraCorsa turns predictably, even in the muddy single-track sections we hit on our first outing.
If you have the chance to find an open fire road, ridiculously unsafe speeds can occur, which irked the ire of some Oregonian loggers, but brought a small to my child-like brain. In this regard, the TerraCorsa already fits the bill of many ADV rides, although does it with far more panache and something resembling stability.
Getting your hands dirtier though, one finds that braking the rear loose, pushing the front, and riding with blips of the throttle are hair-raising undertakings on the TerraCorsa, to be sure; but Ducati's liter-bike is as predictable off-road as it is on the street, and only begs you to explore the limits further with each try.
Pretty soon you find yourself railing berms without a second though, and looking for new places to explore the relationship between the coefficient of friction and tangential momentum.
A single-thought summary of riding the TerraCorsa is the pursuit of the ridiculousness. Each minute on this knobbied Panigale is spent finding how far the silliness will go. Can I take that jump? Can I spin it up around this bend? Oh look, a puddle…you've never had more fun with your clothes on, unless you're Mormon.
If motorbikes are supposed to be fun, then the TerraCorsa takes motorcycling back to its roots…you know, back when there was really only one type of motorcycle, and you had to ride it in all conditions. There is a football-in-the-mud aspect to riding this machine…where you know you're going to get yelled at by mom for doing, but every minute was worth the endeavor.
I guess if you were so inclined, you could toggle Ducati's rider maps and put the TerraCorsa in rain mode, thus sending a slightly more sane 100hp to the rear tire. But this is 'murica, and we like our dirt bikes to have a full 195hp, right? Traction control is for sissies (not to mention completely useless), ABS too. The only thing sophisticated about the TerraCorsa is its khaki outfit, courtesy of a Rustoleum rattle-can.
If you want to talk modifications, the list is pretty small. Ducati has used the TerraCorsa to experiment with some different fuel-injection options, but we rode it with the basic Panigale maps. A skid plate has been added, to help protect the Termignoni exhaust system that's been fitted, and the front fender has been raised to accommodate the TKC's.
The suspension is the stock Öhlins pieces you'd find on a Panigale S, which is what the TerraCorsa started life as originally. A bar end mirror replaces the stock units on the fairing, and then of course there are the knobby dual-sport Continental TKC 80 tires. It's a simple recipe, really.
You may have already seen MotoCorsa's TerraCorsa at events near Portland, Oregon, like the One Show, Alley Sweeper Ride, or Dirt Quake USA. You can also find the TerraCorsa in its more native habitat, like a Portland International Raceway track day, or its domicile at the MotoCorsa dealership. Interested in joining the fun? It'll cost you about $300 in tires.A
I doubt we're going to see ADV riders trading in their bike machines for a sport bikes with knobbies, I haven't completely flown over the cuckoo's nest after all. But, I hope bikes like the TerraCorsa inspire street riders not to fear a path less followed. You would be surprised by what your Street Queen can handle off-road, and you will be even more surprised by how much fun you will have in the process.
From our friends at Asphalt & Rubber
There has never been a production superbike like the Ducati Superleggera. The bike's specs read like a flashback to Chemistry 101 and trying to memorize the periodic table of elements: Mg, Ti, W, Al, and C. With its magnesium monocoque chassis and forged wheels, countless titanium fasteners, exhaust, con-rods, plus a carbon-fiber tail section and bodywork, Ducati has delivered a liter-class sportbike that weighs a scant 390 pounds (claimed) fully fueled. But the Superquadro engine is equally exotic and tuned to produce just shy of 190 rear-wheel horsepower. The combined result delivered 150-mph, fifth-gear wheelies on our exclusive ride at Italy's Mugello Circuit. This isn't the finest production superbike of the year. It's the most incredibly trick superbike ever made.
The Corsa Crew celebrates a mindblowing week of new additions to the family. Five members of MotoCorsa got new Ducatis in one month!
Rob, Parts Specialist at MotoCorsa, bought a legendary 899 Panigale and couldn't wait to show off his new trick with the Corsa Crew! The same week that Chuck picked up his amazing Ducati Streetfighter, so we helped him pick it up in the Red Room.
Miles, the Parts Manager, has a Diavel already, but he couldn't turn down the gorgeous Diavel Carbon!
Burnout in The Red Room! Jarrod couldn't wait to turn the tires of his new Multistrada 1200!
The whole Corsa Crew grew mustaches to help celebrate Christian's new 1199 Panigale S! MotoCorsa is having the month of a lifetime in true Italian style.
We can't wait to see what happens next in The Red Room!
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ALTON — Estella Farias Vela, 84, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012 at her residence in Alton. She was born to Santos and Maria Farias in Mission on Jan. 15, 1928.
Survivors include her husband, Carlos Vela; children, Juan Antonio Vela, Maria Estella Sandoval, Jesus Vela, Ricardo Vela, Roberto Vela, Eduardo Vela, Joel Vela, Maria Elena Garcia, Maria Elva Peña, Maria Eliza Lopez, Jaime Vela, Maria Elia Colorado, and Maria Elma Ramos; sister, Maria Guadalupe Mercado; and 34 grandchildren and 44 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Jose Carlos; and brothers, Reynaldo, Ramiro, Ruben and Raul Farias.
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HoopsHype Kurt Thomas rumors
The Bulls continue to express confidence they'll be able to re-sign veteran big man Kurt Thomas. And NBA.com reported they are one of four finalists for veteran Grant Hill, though Hill is widely expected to re-sign with the Suns. A source close to Hill said beyond the attraction of playing for a title contender in a defensive-minded system, Hill was impressed when Bulls Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf called him and his mother last April after a United Center fan cursed and spat at him following a game. Chicago Tribune
The Post has learned Knicks assistant GM Allan Houston spoke with Kurt Thomas yesterday and had "a good conversation.'' The Bulls are interested in re-signing Thomas, and the Heat and Celtics are also involved. In the Knicks' favor with Hill is the Suns are shifting into rebuilding mode, reportedly planning to waive Vince Carter. Hill may instead want the challenge of playing in New York for an Eastern Conference contender. New York Post
The Knicks also like center Aaron Gray but feel he'll likely accept a multi-year offer. The club is concerned Kurt Thomas prefers Chicago because the Bulls are perceived to be closer to winning a championship. New York Post
The Knicks would like to add another veteran defensive center to start and are waiting on the likes of Kurt Thomas, Aaron Gray and Jeff Foster. There has been a terrific amount of debate in the organization on Kwame Brown, but an NBA source says they've lost interest despite an initial push. New York Post
Warriors sources said they have evaluated all of those centers, but they may not have enough salary-cap space for one of the bigger-name guys. Even if they use the amnesty clause (which allows a team to cut a player without a salary cap hit) on Charlie Bell, they'll have about $10 million to parse between a center and a big guard - the team's top two offseason priorities. Of course, the Warriors would love to get in on the trade sweepstakes for Orlando center Dwight Howard, who is set to become a free agent in 2012. But Magic executives have shown no interest in the Warriors' offers, team sources said. That could leave the Warriors looking at second-tier centers from a second-tier free-agent class. Less than inspiring names like Jarron or Jason Collins, Joel Przybilla or Kurt Thomas might be the most realistic. San Francisco Chronicle
The Bulls continued Wednesday to cast a wide net, contacting representatives for Caron Butler, Grant Hill, Shane Battier, Kurt Thomas, Jamal Crawford, Josh Howard, T.J. Ford, Keith Bogans and several others. Because no deals can be signed until Dec. 9, Wednesday marked a day for all teams to start gauging the market and seeing what options and interest exists. The Bulls appear to be attempting to upgrade at shooting guard while expressing interest in bringing Bogans back with his $1.73 million option, likely in a reserve role. Chicago Tribune
Frank Isola: Knicks reached out to agents for Jeff Foster, Grant Hill, Caron Butler, Kurt Thomas, Jared Jeffries and Shawne Williams...just to name a few Twitter
Kurt Thomas, Kwame Brown, Aaron Gray, Tony Battie and Theo Ratliff also are on the Knicks' wish list. But in this condensed free-agency period and camp, the club probably will re-sign Jared Jeffries, who knows the system well despite his lack of impact late last season. New York Post
Jerry Hicks, representative for free agent center Kurt Thomas, said his client is playing now solely to win a championship and feels the Bulls are closer to that goal than the Knicks. "Kurt thinks Chicago has the pieces to win a championship,'' Hicks told The Post. "And that's the only reason Kurt is still playing — to win a championship. The Bulls have those pieces. Are the Knicks there? Do they have all the pieces? I don't know.'' New York Post
The Knicks have a modest center wish list — considering they only want to offer one-year deals — with Kurt Thomas, Kwame Brown, Tony Battie, Theo Ratliff and Aaron Gray. New York Post
Kurt Thomas is the NBA's oldest player and he might just hold the title of slowest and most vertically challenged, too. Yet, he's precisely what the Knicks need. According to a team source, the Knicks intend to make a run at reacquiring Thomas this summer, or whenever the expected NBA lockout ends. The veteran power forward is a free agent who spent last season with the Chicago Bulls and has made it clear that he wants to play at least one more season. New York Daily News
"Everyone knows how I feel about the Knicks," said Thomas, who averaged 4.1 points and 5.8 rebounds in 22.7 minutes per game last season. "I have a lot of friends there. We'll see what happens. It's too early to say right now, especially since there might be a lockout. But I'm keeping myself ready because I want to keep playing." New York Daily News
There are other free-agent centers who could be had for one-year deals that will pique the Knicks' interest -- Tony Battie, ex-Knick veteran Kurt Thomas, who filled in solidly in spots with the Bulls, Joel Pryzbilla, Aaron Gray and ancient Theo Ratliff. New York Post
A source close to the situation told 1500 ESPN former Toronto Raptors head coach and current New Jersey Nets assistant Sam Mitchell would jump at the opening, although he'd be a long shot to get the job. ESPN.com
Ronnie Brewer laughed when pregame locker room talk shifted to Celtics forward Glen Davis' takedown of Kurt Thomas, who drew a technical foul Thursday for standing over and taunting Davis. "Somebody showed me a YouTube clip of Kurt and all it was all fights," Brewer said. "You don't want to mess with that guy." Thomas' 16-year run dates to a different era, when fights didn't always result in lengthy suspensions or hefty fines. "I feel I'm old school, so I definitely like when you're able to bang bodies," Thomas said. Chicago Tribune
Given how invaluable Kurt Thomas has been in his versatility to seamlessly plug into the lineup when injuries have occurred, do you see the Bulls re-signing him next year to fill a similar role? Tom Miller, Palatine Thomas first would have to decide to play. I've asked him about this and he said once he got to 10 years, he took his playing future summer by summer. He obviously still can play, but there's no guarantee he will. Then, I'd guess he'd be in a similar position as Brad Miller. The Bulls would've certainly re-signed Miller last summer (and thus, Thomas wouldn't have been here) if it had been for the right price. Instead, Houston made a surprisingly high offer and Miller jumped. If Thomas decided to play and the price was right, I could see it happening. Chicago Tribune
The question was about the relative lack of pounding his body has sustained throughout his 16-year NBA career and whether he thought perhaps that contributed to his longevity. "I definitely take a lot of pounding," the Bulls forward said. "I really sacrifice my body out there doing a lot of the banging, the fighting for position, taking charges, so there's pounding." "I meant, um, vertical pounding," I asked as diplomatically as possible. "From jumping? High?" Fortunately, Thomas, who's 6-foot-9, is not sensitive when it comes to his vertical challenges. Or any others. He laughed. "I've never been a high jumper, it's never been a big part of my game," he said. "It's something I wish I would've had, but all told, I haven't needed it to contribute. And as far as my playing longer because of it, I can agree with that." ESPN.com
(Kurt) Thomas said five or six teams reached out to him. But his familiarity with Tom Thibodeau from their shared Knicks days swayed him to the Bulls. And don't worry too much about his career-spanning motivation. He knows he's no longer a starter when Noah returns. Chicago Tribune
Kurt Thomas reverted to his career-spanning motivation shortly after signing his one-year, free-agent deal with the Bulls on July 26 for his 16th NBA season. "I come in every year expecting to start," Thomas said. So, apparently, Thomas forgot Joakim Noah was on the roster? "Oh, I knew he was," Thomas said. "But that's what my mindset is. That's how I go into my offseason. I have to consider myself a starter." Chicago Tribune
During a 24-5 run, the Bulls scored on 11 of 13 possessions and Rose scored or assisted on nine of them. That included a 3-pointer to start the spurt and a gorgeous, stop-and-go move that led to a wicked reverse layup past two Cavaliers to end it. In all, Rose scored 12 of his 28 points and had five of his 11 assists in the period. Rose left the locker room without saying much, but his teammates marveled for him. "Just amazing to be on the floor with him," said veteran Kurt Thomas, not known for hyperbole. "He's getting better and better each year. I think playing on the USA team this summer took his game to a new level. He's definitely right there at the top (for point guards). He's playing unbelievable." Chicago Tribune
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X.Org 7.4 Includes New Functions
With a development time of at least a year, X.Org will be released today, delayed by almost six months. Developers want to free themselves from dependencies in future versions.
X.Org developers have not only fixed security leaks and bugs, but the new release promises higher speeds through its EXA-based architecture. X-maintainer Daniel Stone reports in the release notes of its new functionality and drivers. The Intel and Nvidia graphic drivers were reworked, Radeon-HD devices are supported, and the developers promise that RandR 1.2 now supports all chipsets. Ben Byer and Jeremy Huddleston worked on updates for the Mac OS, James Cloos drove enhancements for libX11 1.1.5, and Ian Romanick replaced the PCI bus scanning code with the libpciaccess libraries.
Even the xorg-server profited from revisions, among them a faster startup and shutdown process, secure RPC authentication, a smarter autoconfiguration, easier GL code programming and other code fixes. The planned MPX support was deferred to the next release. The full list of enhancements is on the X.Org Foundation project page.
The original release was planned for March 2008, but was pushed out to May and eventually to June. The first pre-release in March included more than 100 changes and fixes, but lacked improved functionality. It turned out that the Mesa open source library was critical for Xserver 1.5. Delays with Mesa 7.1 thus impacted the X-Server and, in turn, the X.Org release. By June the situation proved to be just as frail. The developers thus want to make up for the time loss in the next version: Xserver 1.6 should appear before year's end and version 7.5 is already in the plans. At the top of Daniel Stone's list is the suggestion that the "Xserver build no longer needs to symlink to Mesa sources."
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Mozilla Labs Shuts Down
Mozilla's product think tank sinks silently into history.
Internet Giants Launch Collaboration to Improve Open Source
TODO group will focus on open source tools in large-scale environments.
Fedora Announces New Partition Manager App
New tool will look like GParted but support a wider range of storage technologies.
Mozilla Releases a New Firefox
New public key pinning feature will help prevent man-in-the-middle attacks.
Tool Predicts Which Websites Will be Compromised
Carnegie Mellon researchers say 3 million pages could fall down the phishing hole in the next year.
SSH Key Management Guidelines
The US government rolls new best-practice rules for protecting SSH.
Knoppix 7.4 Released
Klaus Knopper announces the latest version of his iconic Live Linux system.
PHP Attack Puts WordPress and Drupal at Risk
All websites that use these popular CMS tools could be vulnerable to denial of service attacks if users don't install the updates.
Heartbleed Bleeds On
According to a report, many potential victims of the Heartbleed attack have patched their systems, but few have cleaned up the crime scene to protect themselves from the effects of a previous intrusion.
Drone Brain Goes Open Source
DARPA and NICTA release the code for the ultra-secure microkernel system used in aerial drones.


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Olga Kurylenko stars in the new Universal Pictures movie Oblivion. It also stars Tom Cuise, Melissa Leo and Morgan Freeman.
The movie is based on the graphic novel by Joseph Kosinski.
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On a spectacular future Earth that has evolved beyond recognition, one man's confrontation with the past will lead him on a journey of redemption and discovery as he battles to save mankind.
2077: Jack Harper (Cruise) serves as a security repairmen stationed on an evacuated Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying alien threat who still scavenges what's left of our planet, Jack's mission is almost complete. In a matter of two weeks, he will join the remaining survivors on a lunar colony far from the war-torn world he has long called home.
Living in and patrolling the breathtaking skies from thousands of feet above, Jack's soaring existence is brought crashing down after he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Drawn to Jack through a connection that transcends logic, her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he thought he knew. With a reality that is shattered as he discovers shocking truths that connect him to Earth of the past, Jack will be pushed to a heroism he didn't know he contained within.
Fashion designer Nicky Hilton has been immersed in the industry since childhood when she began creating jewelry and accessories. The New Yorker and recently engaged socialite is sharing her strategy to building a wardrobe in the new book, '365 Style.' Hilton follows the 365 method which she invented.


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With Thanksgiving a few days away, local churches and charities are busy planning holiday meals for those in need.
St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Smithfield Township at 139 Craigs Meadow Road is busier than usual this season conducting food drives and making sure that its food pantry is full so needy people in the community can enjoy a Thanksgiving meal, complete with a turkey. The church has a long-running food pantry, from which many eligible families (other than church families) have benefitted.
• SALVATION ARMY FOOD PANTRY: 226 Washington St., East Stroudsburg. Call for appointments. Monthly food distribution with prior registration, emergency food assistance available. Fourth Thurs, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., must be registered two weeks prior to distribution to be included. Serves residents of Smithfield and Stroud Townships, Borough of East Stroudsburg, Stroudsburg, Delaware Water Gap and parts of Pocono Township. 570-421-3050, ext. 25.
• PLEASANT VALLEY ECUMENICAL NETWORK: McIlhaney Road, Saylorsburg. Clothing distribution and pantry hours are 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tues. Donations accepted between 9 and 11:30 a.m. Tues. and Fri. mornings. Serves the West End residents of Hamilton, Polk, Jackson, Chestnuthill, Eldred and Ross townships. Federal income guidelines apply, identification and proof of residency required. Information, 570-992-3136 or email email@example.com.
• POCONO MOUNTAIN ECUMENICAL HUNGER MINISTRY: Coolbaugh Municipal Building basement, Memorial Boulevard, Tobyhanna. Pantry hours are 9 a.m. to noon first Wed. and first Sat., or emergency appointment. Serves Pocono and Coolbaugh townships, borough of Mount Pocono and parts of Paradise and Tobyhanna townships. Income guidelines apply. Identification and proof of residence required. Information, 570-894-2072. Will reply to local calls only.
• BUSHKILL OUTREACH PROGRAM: Route 209, old Bushkill Reformed Church, Bushkill. Office hours 8 a.m.-noon Tues.-Thurs. or call for appointment. Serves residents of Lehman and Middle Smithfield townships (Pike and Monroe counties). Federal income guidelines apply. 570-588-0660.
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"Our pantry is solely run from the donations we receive from the church members or their workplace," said Laura Pride, secretary at the church.
Early this week, 45 families were on its receiving list. "Along with the meal itself, the families are to receive at least three to four days of groceries to keep them running," Pride said.
Free dinner Thursday
The church has a free Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday open to the public at its Celebration Hall from 4:30-6:30 p.m. The event will have prayers, homily and liturgies conducted by pastor Harding. "We never turn anyone away if we can give them anything," said Pride. She said anyone in need of assistance must call ahead and schedule an appointment.
As in the past, Middle Smithfield Presbyterian Church on Route 209 has received donations for its "Thanksgiving bags" to be given to families of needy children attending Middle Smithfield Elementary School, Resica Elementary, Lehman Intermediate and East Stroudsburg High School North. Two families from each school will receive the bags.
"This year, the schools had limited the number of bags that are to be donated; so, we are able to do only two bags per school," said Carol Bagley, church deacon in charge of the endeavor. Requests have poured in from the congregation to help with donations. Bagley suggested that their generosity would go to purchasing more turkeys and other necessities.
Bushkill Outreach has planned to provide for a Thanksgiving dinner again at the Middle Smithfield Presbyterian Church.
The outreach recently helped families in the area without power by supplying food for meals at the Bushkill Volunteer Fire Company.
The church's Thanksgiving dinner is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Thanksgiving eve, at its Fellowship Hall.
The free event is to be overseen by Ana Turrentine of Bushkill in place of Kate Newman, director of Bushkill Outreach, who will be away this year.
"I think God put it on my heart to do this," Turrentine said. "Instead of canceling the event, I thought, 'Why not I (run it)?'"
The congregation is encouraged to bring in a covered dish for more food for everyone. Turrentine expects at least 125 people coming for the dinner, open to the public.
Last year, there were 120 people.
"For me, Thanksgiving is all about giving back," said Turrentine. Donations can be dropped off at the outreach or the church itself.
Food baskets for the needy
St. John's Catholic Church on Route 209 in Middle Smithfield is helping members of the parish put together a meal. "We have names of parish members submitted to us, and depending on the donations that we receive we will help them," said the Rev. Jeffrey Walsh, church pastor. Though they do not have a Thanksgiving dinner, they have put together two baskets for those in need.
The Reformed Church of Bushkill on Route 209 has a Thanksgiving dinner in its church on Thanksgiving eve, only for its congregation. "It would be a covered dish, but we would be providing turkeys and potatoes," said Mary Scarnecchia, secretary at the church. "Because of very limited budget, we are not able to open it to the public this year."
The Mountain Stream Baptist Church at 2300 Foxmoor Drive at Pocono Square in Middle Smithfield hosts a fellowship luncheon after its service on Sunday instead of on Thanksgiving eve. The church itself is putting together four grocery baskets to be given to needy families in the community.


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Brandon Jennings switched agents recently.
Brandon Jennings is a restricted free agent this summer.
Brandon Jennings is somewhere between okay and very good, depending on the night. Over the course of this season, among players with at least 100 minutes played, Jennings is 66th in the league in PER, sandwiched between Mike Conley and Vince Carter.
Brandon Jennings reportedly is interested in signing a contract worth a great deal of money this off season, the most allowed supposedly. I'm interested in dating super models. They seem less interested, but hey, shoot high, right?
If he's able to convince someone to sign him to that, more power to him. If the Bucks sign him to a contract that pays him that much, you might no longer have a Bucksketball to visit any more.
Basically, I don't care about Brandon Jennings' contract situation any more at this point. I've allowed myself to believe the Bucks would never be foolish enough to give him a maximum contract and so long as that doesn't happen, anything is fine. Four years, $44 million? Okay. Five years $50 million? Sure. The Bucks are going to continue to be the Bucks unless they magically stop, so getting worked up about it at this point just seems silly.
I'm more concerned with Jennings shooting percentage situation, the Bucks' win situation and the Bucks' future situation. I recognize that he's going to factor into that future one way or the other, but I also recognize that I can't control it. Hopefully the Bucks will operate as a rational organization, the sort of organization that can tell what kind of player is worth maximum money and what kind of player isn't.
None of us want to see a Redd Redux, and I'm sure the Bucks don't either. Of course Jennings is looking for maximum money, it's almost his job to do that. But it seems pretty unlikely any team would be
crazy stupid desperate deluded enough to give him that sort of deal.
The Bucks will forever be in the driver's seat with Jennings. If they want him back, he'll be back. It seems insanely unlikely that he'll be able to land a max deal and unless Milwaukee is ready to head in a brand new direction, and there's been very little indication that that is the plan, it seems like that's the only way he's going anywhere this summer.
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Why! At this point I'm so frustrated. We began with such promise. Jeremy is it that Monta and Jennings dont like one another or is it they dont want to play here? Is it just the fact that we are in milwaukee, and they believe there is no hope? Can we just blow up the team then? Is that an option? I'm afraid if we do that though, they will move the team away..which would equal imminent sadness.
Could it simply be, that Jennings and Ellis aren't that good when it comes to the sole objective of playing basketball: to win the games
Flashy? Yes! Exciting? Yes! Winners? No…..
No way Jennings is worth a max contract, I don't want to see another Mike Redd again type of contract unless if that player is absolutely a true all star player. I hope the Bucks do trade Jennings and Monta as soon as possible and start over on the PG and SG positions. The Bucks need size and efficient consistent effort at those two positions and will never get it from keeping Jennings and Monta.
He hasn't done anything to earn a new contract, any sort of contract.
I honestly believe the 55 point game is the worst thing to happen to the Bucks, in regards to Jennings. It has allowed him to claim he still has potential, when all signs indicate that he should be a backup level PG and JR Smith type bench player in the NBA.
Offer him 20mil/2 years, no one in their right minds is going to offer him more than that. If he wants to go to a large market team and they are going to pay him, good riddance.
I really hope they don't adopt the Toronto mindset of overpaying for average to below average talent just to keep them in town.
Let's play devil's advocate for a second and go worse case scenario.. Monta opts out and leaves.. Brando gets offered a ridiculous contract that the Bucks decline to match and he leaves.. Udrih decides to test the market and leaves.. that would mean that Lamb is the only real guard on the team going into the future depending on where Marquis is slated.. Is that the future you want? now that Hammonds just signed a new contract and the fan interest waning?
I have been a BJen defender since forever, but if that is legitimately what he is seeking then he must go.. he knows he hasn't played to that contract and I do blame the bevvy of other bad contracts around the league for contributing to his mentality.. BUT THEN WHAT????
"Is that the future you want?"
Sometimes you have to take a step back to move forward.
Yes actually, I think that the Bucks can stay in Milwaukee even with 1 or 2 bad seasons. Ticket sales really can't get much worse, and if we can land a meaningful draft pick in a year or two it might create some real excitement about this team. Fans aren't buying into Monta and BJ3 as stars with any promise that is pretty evident.
And in reality we wouldn't be much worse off with a pg-g duo that we could obtain through FA (hopefully on short-term deals). Sanders will keep improving, Henson will be better, the rest of this team will be ok without BJEllis. Some replacements might not be all that bad, good teams and GMs pull guys out of the woodwork all of the time. There is plenty of talent in the league, trying to stretch the salary cap to keep a clearly mediocre back-court duo together is pure non-sense.
Trading Jennings and Ellis now would get the highest possible return and I think Hammond should roll the dice and see what he can get.
Sometimes you have to take a step back to move forward.
and sometimes a step back is just a step back
a step back from 8th seed in a weak eastern conference? a step back from a mediocre team that is frustrating to watch? a step back from bottom of the league for ticket sales and revenue? What do we have to lose really? This version of the Bucks will do little to rally support for a badly needed new arena and lifeline for the franchise.
Something needs to change I think that much is clear. The Bucks haven't tried 'taking a step back' as a building strategy since I have been watching them. I think the time is now to try something new.
No way he is worth max money but someone might be crazy enough to do it. The suns offered Eric Gordon to a max offer sheet and Roy Hibbert got signed to max offered sheet as well. Its not out of the realm of possibility that some team will offer close to max.
In theory I think his shooting problems can be fixed in this upcoming offseason. He shoots pretty well from everywhere outside of the rim and if he learns to finish with his right hand (something that we all are fundamentally taught about by the time we are 12 on the court) then I think those numbers will improve too. He cant seem to put on any more weight and he doesnt seem to be willing or able to get the right kind of contact to draw fouls so he either needs to eliminate that from his game or change it.
I cant see a scenario where anyone offers him a max deal unless there is a GM/Owner out there who has a personal vendetta against Herb Kohl and John Hammond, I wouldnt be surprised if in the end he takes the Qualifying offer and becomes a Free Agent the following year and then we have to deal with this charade again :/
Ted, BJ does not shoot 'well' from the field. He is a career 39 or 40% fg shooter. sure he could improve but i wouldnt hold my breath.
he's a career 40% shooter because he shoots a career 44% at the rim which is 12% below the league average
Ok, is there a site that breaks down shooting percentages from different spots on the floor? Because I would guess that his shots at the rim are not a significant enough percentage of his attempts to somehow make him an average shooter away from the rim.
Seems like an all-around sub-par streaky shooter to me, but Id like to see the statistical breakdown for shot location fg% if one exists.
http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/002/946/497/Jennings_display_image.jpeg?1359677721 this is from a few days ago. Just a shade under 1/3 of his shots are at the rim if he converted even 1/2 of those shots which is still 6% below league average he'd be shooting 43% this season. He gets his shot blocked/altered constantly because everyone knows he's going to finish with his left hand. It's a habit that can easily be corrected with enough practice
Players get offered contracts they aren't worth every year. Im pretty sure Jennings will get an offer the bucks wont be willing to match, and that team will be doing the Bucks a favor because Jennings just isn't that great of a player as a number 1 or 2 best player on a team. Oddly enough I don't think he would fit seamlessly as a 3 or 4 guy on a team because his game is a ball dominating style. Same goes for Ellis.
Start fresh, I don't know how anyone could argue against that. We're an eighth seed in a very weak conference with little promise to get much better. No reason not to break up the backcourt really.
Sometimes you gotta take a step backwards to move forward.
trade jennings, Dalembert, and udrih to the Jazz for Jefferson and Alec Burks
we need a gerthy center like that. Alec can run the point like he is right now in utah
does anyone watch the bucks play? early in the season sure he was awful, but how can you guys possibly just get the thought of tossing him, lately he has been doing everything to get this team wins. he is playing an all around pg role scoring passing defense. he shot selection has been EXTREMELY good compared to early on when it was very questionable, he is consitently finding the open guy and setting guys up for easy plays, hell ive even seen him pass up wide open 3′s more than once to get a better shot or get someone else a better shot. he has been driving alot more and i think thats the key to his game with his quickness and hes starting to get more fouls called and finishing alot of tough shots. everyone expects way to much of him and you guys wonder why he wants out of milwaukee he may not deserve a max contract but its definately not as simple as you guys are making it seem
I have watched most of the games and sure his decision making is getting better but i don't want to pay a player 12mil+ to see stat lines of 5-15 and 6-18 and turnovers late in games when defenses clamp down on him. Sure he has had his moments of coming through, but just like his shooting, it's inconsistent. And that's the price you pay when you want to be considered an All-star, other all star's don't mind criticism besides maybe Dwight Howard but that's another story
Hahaha, ridiculous commentary. No he hasn't been playing too well in February or lately.
Sure Jennings plays hard and as a fan I respect that. Don't mistake the comments for hatred of Jennings, its pretty objective analysis, getting emotional about it clouds your vision. NBA basketball is a business, people like Jennings I get it, but that doesn't change the fact that he would be a bad investment for the future of the Milwaukee Bucks if he demands a big contract in the FA market as it seems he will. He shoots (in volume, not makes) like the best player on a team, and he wants to get payed like the best player on a team. Fact is he isn't good enough to be the best player on a team and we have 4 years of evidence to make that apparent.
jennings situation is extremely similar to a situation like lebron in cleavland for example, he could never win a ring there everyone critized him said he wasnt a 4th quarter player which was never true he just couldnt do it all by himself no player in the nba can. now before every starts assuming im comparing jennings talent to lebrons just stop and shut the fuck up, jennings is a great player that can do it all but when you force him to do everything his numbers arent going to look good we do not have a consistent go to scorer so he is forced to try and be that, he is a 6 foot tall 180 lbs point guard he can score the ball but without the right guys on the floor he is never going to do what all you ass clowns expect.
fact is that if you watch the games he is doing it all, there are games where he only takes 10 shots a game or only has 10 points a game along with 10 assists and there are games where he has 30 points with maybe only half the assists and that is how it will happen with a small point guard expected to do everything. he probably wants a max contract to get out of milwaukee so he doesnt have to be expected to score 55 every night
putting swear words constantly in your posts just makes you sound ignorant. It doesn't make you sound anymore intelligent or correct for that matter.
"Jennings is a great player that can do it all"
Replace the words "a great" with "an average" and "it all" with "shoot 40%" and that is a factual statement.
He certainly would be better off as a # 3 option on a team. I mean his numbers are the exact same as Jameer Nelson's. He will always be a defensive liability and his shot hasn't improved in any significant sort of way since his first year.
His best situation would be as a role playing PG on a team with good efficient scoring at the 2/3 spots. But that isn't the Bucks and never will be if they resign him.
Hahahaha, awesome.
People don't seem to understand that keeping him decreases our chances of obtaining a real #1, or hell even a real #2. If we can get a real 1 or 2 scoring option then we'll be in business because we got some good pieces.
and as far as jennings being a role-playing pg…Im sure he could get good at it after a while but he plays like a scorer right now, doesn't demonstrate a great ability to do the things role-playing pgs do (find open guys, play defense, consistently knock down open shots). It would be interesting to see how his game would evolve alongside legitimate scoring threats.
all you guys continue to do is say er he haz 40% shotz he no good, he averages about 16 shots a game 50% shooter which would be one of highest percentages for point guards would be making 8 out of the 16 instead he is shooting 40% which is 6-7 out of 16. now if you idiots can figure this out jennings is making 1 or 2 shots less than the top percentage point guards in the league while playing on a team where he is forced to be the go to guy and is forced to take tough shots.
if you dont like jennings thats fine its your opinion but if your going argue your reason why you dont think hes good than it should at least be a good one.
Okay then, if you don't accept his shooting % as a reason, how about his True Shooting? He is the 52nd ranked PG in TS%, tied with CJ Watson.
SP all of your arguments are saying its because he is being forced to be the # 1 guy. While that is true, if he isn't capable of that, he should not be asking to be paid like a #1 guy when his abilities are that off a #3.
He has value, he isn't Monta Ellis bad (yet), but he shouldn't get more than a 3 year deal at ~10 mil a year. That would be a fair price to him and for the Bucks to pay to see if he ever develops under a new coach or continues struggling.
Goran Dragic was signed for 7.5 mil last year, and truth be told he is probably a more effective PG than BJ3 despite what most people believe. Dragic is playing statistically superior to Jennings (as he did last year) on perhaps the worst team in the League. Dragic is a pure pg who would be more effective than Brandon in a situation with a star or two to feed the ball to.
So why should Brandon make more than 7.5? I don't think he's really worth it. Rondo makes 11, if Brandon made 10 that would be an abomination. If we let him go he will be totally replaceable, and the pg we bring in might actually be better at distributing to the real scorer we need at G or SF if we ever want to be serious.
Thankyou sp. Most of these people dont know what there talking about.
and anyone that compares jennings to michael redd is a fucking idiot and your opinion should no longer be allowed
That much i agree
Jennings is still on his rookie contract and both other guards are geting 6 and 11 million respectively and you can not see BJ getting a decent contract. It is not difficult to see that so many are accustomed to loosing. This team has almost all the parts, except a super star, Duran, King, Rose etc. and we probally may never have one. This team begins and ends with Jennings working to make our team better. Every team works to take the ball out of Jennings hands and othr guys need to hit shots. This is an exciting team on both sides of the ball, so quit your whinning, like the Bucks announcer. If you do not like the team, get a new job, but this team is and will be better then any Buck team dating back to the Allen, Cassel, Robinson days. Be patient and get behind your team…such whinners…should be winners.
Ya we have a pretty good team now, and yes there is still some room to grow, but do honestly think that a jennings lead team will be better than the Cavs, the Bulls, the Pacers, and maybe even detroit in the next 2 years? I don't see it without some shakeup. This team dosn't have a lot of time to be patient. If they don't start putting up a better team than a fringe playoff team, there won't be a Milwaukee team and thats why so many people are calling for change. Unless you're willing to buy the team and to assure it stays here in Milwaukee, then by all means ill be patient
Larry Sanders is more important to this team than Brandon Jennings.
The Bucks play well in spite of Jennings at times, they play extraordinary because of him at times. The end result is mediocre.
This stuff about Jennings carrying the team is a bunch of BS. The bench has routinely outplayed the starters this year. The Bucks can take him or leave him it won't affect things nearly as much as his fans want to believe, somebody else can chuck up 18 shots a night and make 40% of them. Only in the area of having available cap space and a better draft position will the decision to keep or discard him have an impact. In that regard keeping Jennings has a negative impact.
larry is great for blocks and rebounds other than that he is absolute shit on the offense end unless jennings gets him the ball which jennings seems to be the only one who can
watch the fucking games all you do is talk out your ass, you really think larry sanders is going to lead this team
Obviously this is an apples and oranges argument right now.. These two guys have completely different skill sets at different positions.. I actually think they compliment each other very well, not just on the court but in overall personality.. but Sanders is much more important to the success of the team as we speak
Sanders is a more important asset to the future of this team. His offensive game is coming along he's not 'absolute shit'
sp pretty defensive about Jennings are we?
I read this article 6 hours ago and haven't been able to stop laughing since.
I think what I'm reading is that Jennings is
good, maybe very good, but that he hasn't done
enough to merit anywhere near a max contract.
He's still very young, and it's hard to determine
how much he'll improve; also, it's hard to
determine where his head and his heart are at.
He doesn't seem to be an exceptionally good
ballhandler, passer, finisher-at-the-rim, or
floor leader at this point. Maybe $8 million
per year plus incentives. One final thing: I
think Bucks fans will embrace any player who
embraces Bucks fans. We're afraid that most of
these guy are just biding time with the Bucks
until they get an opportunity to move on.
upcoming impact free agents who i would rather see playing and getting paid than bj/monta:
kyle lowry
darren collison
jeff teague
devin harris
isaiah thomas
ronnie brewer
Love this comment!
Oh dear god. Resign Monta (can believe I said that) and package either Illaysova or Dalembert along with Brandon for Millsap and Burks. Problem (mostly) solved. I've hate this kid's attitude since the 55 point game.
Kohl, grow some balls and amnesty Gooden already.
Blow it up. I've seen enough to make we wanna puke. I posted the way I would blow it up in the horrible, disapointing, spirit-stealing, lose-a-fan-of-20-plus-years, loss.
We can still make the playoffs with a completely different team, our front court is good-great when Sanders plays. Our back court is either the king of diamonds, or a suicide Jack.
Lol king of diamonds or suicide jack, I like it
People keep bringing up Redd. Redd WAS better than Ray Allen. I think Ray Ray is the worst Bucks trade blunder to ever exist(Dirk was a wtf situation too) Glenn Robinson over Hill situation. If the Bucks didn't sign Redd to a 16 mil a year contract, they would have lost him. People get injured… it happens. Why don't people bring up the Bogut contract being a blunder? Because we got Monta? Essentially I'll say this, if Redd never got injured, especially if Ford never left, that back-court would have done what this back-court should be doing. Redd was a top 5 2 guard back in his max contract year. Joe Johnson got more than Michael Redd.. Yes injury, blah blah. Point is, Michael Redd earned every damn point he scored on the Bucks. BJ is told to shoot lights out. Redd would have bad nights, but rarely. He was consistant. Redd's defense was questionable… was it worse than Monta's? Nights where Redd played outstanding man defense were more plentiful than monta's. Monta just causes a lot of turnovers on both sides of the court. I believe Monta should just be given the point, or Beno. Trade for a better 3. A defender with consistency. I've started to notice anyone with skill playing along BJ as a star player. He seems to hate other scorers to the teeth. Almost like an emperor syndrome. As where Larry and Andrew were his big brothers/chroney that beat up other people. Argh Keith Van Horn where are you, the greatest player to ever exist to white people.
you are an idiot, you really just said michael redd was better than ray allen. redd was extremely selfish and couldnt play defense when you play like that sure you will win games but you are never going to actually contend for something important. no to your idiotic comparisons, michael redd was a 6'6 shooting guard he shot the ball behind his head he was a great shooter no doubt but he could get the shot off against just about anyone so i dont see how you are comparing him to jennings or ellis. jennings is a point guard he can not just freely throw up shots, and monta ellis defense is far better than redd even though ellis is completely under sized. ellis is playing very consistent scoring around 15-20 and getting anywhere from 6-10 assists a night. jennings is extremely un selfish when ellis is feeling it jennings just hands it off to ellis and lets him run the offense and same for other way around. they have no problem playing together i dont know where you possibly came up with that
sp your posts are unadulterated non-sense.
Young Michael Redd is an extremely good comparison for Jennings — a homegrown player whose had some exciting moments, and was probably better off being a #3 option but is a #1 on a team like the Bucks. Let's hope the lesson the Bucks learned from that is to be ok letting Jennings go if his price gets too high.
Hindsight is 20-20 regarding Allen and Redd. Redd wasn't a good defender, but neither was Allen — they both made their way as shooters. And in their last year as teammates, Redd was four years younger and a MUCH better shooter. We got poor value in the Allen trade, and he obviously has turned out to have the better career. But Redd was absolutely the more desirable player ten years ago.
Just because Jennings signed a new agent doesn't mean poop! He is looking to sign the best contract he can possibly get, and I just don't see ANY problem with that. His new agent might be better at getting Jennings exposure and contracts for endorsements too.
No way do I want Jennings to leave the Bucks.
I want the Bucks to get a SG that can shoot, defend and draw fouls when they attack the rim. Like John Salmons was during the "Fear the Deer" run.
I want another SF that can score and defend. We were hoping Harris would show a little more promise this year, but he's not doing it right now for me.
I want one good center/PF guy with some girth and youth to run with the team and help defend & rebound against bigger teams. Udoh isn't doing it for me.
Now you know what I want. Know where I can find those three players? LOL
THANK YOU! Im with you 100% Patti. I think those are the things Bucks need to focus on more so than Jennings contract. Let the market dictate his worth and if it's too ridiculous then let him go.
Yea but Ted that wouldn't be in the best interest of the Bucks as far as managing and maximizing their assets (roster). If they know now that Jennings is going to land offers in the FA market that they don't wish to match then they would be stupid as a team not to attempt to get some return for him via trade. The playoff picture complicates things but longer term thinking says they trade him if they don't intend to resign him. Im pretty sure Hammond has a good idea right now how much suitors will be willing to offer Jennings and he would be stupid not to be proactive in the trade market if he doesn't intend to extend him.
….and IF Chris Paul really wants to play in Milwaukee because we have great bowling alleys…
THEN we should sign him.
Spirited opinions on this issue. My two cents:
I agree with Patti- "Fear the Deer" was an enjoyable , energetic, and uplifting BOOST for our small market team. The "Siberia" of basketball ive heard it called. Lets all remember that feeling for a minute or two-at least. Now,….that was a ways back I know- I get it- I feel the frustration too. We are all screwed-we are Bucks fans right? Maybe not!
Should BJ get max contract…hmmm. Nope. Should BJ get our respect… Y U P !! He knows where he is… "Siberia", but still he gives EFFORT. Seems like he wants to WIN- thats a good thing. Quite a few nba players only want $$$- they truly dont care if they are on winning teams. Bucks losing mentality must change-seems BJ wants that too change as well.
Just my two cents… no foul here
I get the feeling that most of these people arent real bucks fans and should stop sharing opinions like they are. And if you are bucks fans, you should act like it and support the team instead of pretending ur some kind of talent scout or trade experts. Ur role is a fan and as a fan ur only job is to cheer, let the front office do there job, support there decisions and then cheer some more. good riddance. P.S. Leave jennings alone. You forget this is milwaukee, if the city sucks AND the fans SUCK(thats you guys) why would he or anybody else with talent want to play here.
As a fan I would not pay more than the proper amount for Jennings to stay on our team. I will restate that, unless Jennings decides to bulk up some, I don't want him on a team I watch. He gets pushed around on D by guys shorter than him. He also either gets pushed out of the paint when driving by the same smaller player, or gets a miracle shot off, gets fouled, then almost dies cause he is lying on the court. TJ/Bogut was enough for me.
On the other side of the argument, Jennings is the best we can get in our market, when he's on he unstoppable, maybe we can work around his weight with the proper team makeup. This team should be pictured above the word dichotomy. >.<
you are the only person on here with common sense
and that was to amanwithantlers
It's so interesting to me to see the best Free agent lists by various basketball websites that pretty much agree that Monta is the second best free agent SG behind Iggy.. and Brandon is the second best free agent Point behind Paul.. yet here we are
Some years a farmer has to let his field lie fallow to maintain fertility.
The Bucks may need to have a rough year or two to obtain the talent everyone wants. Not guaranteed to work but it would be a different strategy than has been employed in the past 20+ rather unsuccessful seasons. No reason not to try it.
Actually, there are a lot of reasons not to try it.
After a decade of mediocrity and the potential risk of Milwaukee losing the team due to lack of a fan-base, give me one reason why they shouldn't try something different Patti.
like i have said in a recent post..how is charlotte doing with their rebuliding? hows new orleans doing? hows washington doing? hows sacramento doing? all of these teams are the teams that completely tanked and have all had a top 5 picks is the last maybe 5 years. i really would suggest you find another team to cheer for because all you do is bitch about every player on the bucks
oh and remember that one time where we got the #1 pick, how did that turn out?
I think New Orleans looks pretty promising actually. As for Washington and Sacramento, well they don't have John Hammond picking their players. Plus none of those teams have a core like Sanders, Henson, Ilyasova, Udrih, Dunleavy, LRMAM, etc. The Bucks just need to add a star, not start from scratch.
Im not saying the Bucks should tank, Im saying that they should not commit significant long term cap space to players that are not legitimate stars. The bucks have everything except for 1 real all-star, or even 2 for that matter. If jennings asks for 10 or less, sure resign him, but anything more would be ill-advised. And Ellis is overpaid the way it is and looking to make more.
Trade Monta for sure, and Brandon if we can get a valuable PG in return… Goran Dragic?? And everyone keeps talking about Brandons FG%… Yea thats terrible but what about his complete lack of ability to play defense? Steals aside, does anyone else realize that every team we play their PG absolutely blows up against us. Hes too small, with no desire to play on that end of the floor.
Did I forget to mention we NEED to trade Monta?
Like the comment but its funny if you would ask the average person about dragic vs Jennings and they would tell you that Jennings is a far better player when really that's not true at all. I would give the edge to Dragic especially on a team with some talent. He makes 7.5 mil a season, lets see how much more Brandon ends up making for being flashy.
Haha I know Dragic is a stud, 6'3″ with good % and a high basketball IQ. He's definitely on the trading block because everyone on the suns is (deservingly so) and I totally agree, I'd pay for Wins over Flash any day of the week. THE NEW LOOK BUCKS! (hopefully)


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In India, for example, that means appealing to the vegetarian population. Here at home, it means appealing to the many health-conscious Americans.
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With a really high level of contentment that DISH TV Packages has been able to achieve with its customers, the very mention of the word DISH brings to mind supreme quality at incredibly low prices. "Serving a diverse group of consumers by providing exactly what they need has been the consistent achievement" is the talk of the town. DISH has become synonymous with excellent quality at a never before price. You need to experience the ultimate to understand what these packages have to offer.
- Smart Pack
- Starting at
- $19.99mo.
- 55+ Channels
- Save $10/mo.
- for 12 mos.
- Reg Price $29.99/mo
- America's Top 120TM
- $29.99mo.
- 190+ Channels
- Over 70 in HD
- Save $20/mo.
- for 12 mos.
- Reg Price $49.99/mo
- America's Top 200TM
- $39.99mo.
- 235+ Channels
- Over 85 in HD
- Save $25/mo.
- for 12 mos.
- Reg Price $64.99/mo
- America's Top 250TM
- $44.99mo.
- 290+ Channels
- Over 95 in HD
- Save $30/mo.
- for 12 mos.
- Reg Price $74.99/mo
- America's Everything Pak
- $89.99mo.
- 290+ Channels
- Over 120 in HD
- Save $30/mo.
- for 12 mos.
- Reg Price $119.99/mo
Not eligible for Hopper or iPad 2 offer. Not eligible for iPad 2 offer.
All promotional pricing for 12 months with 24 month agreement. See terms for details.