Hey gang, I'm new to the site and quite frankly a complete rookie in how much I know about this Portland squad you seem to care so much about. I'm an enormous soccer fan and try to keep up with the international leagues as much as possible (La Liga in particular), but sometimes it's a bit of a challenge to stay up to date. The MLS has always been kind of a curiosity to me, but now that Renken is coming over to be a Timber, I figure now is a good as of a time as ever to jump in and get my domestic soccer on.

I figure this is the best spot to become well versed in Timbers-ology. So! Bros! What's to know about this team! Who are the names to watch, the situation going into this season, everything!

This has my full support. -Seth

Good morning, boogers and boog-ettes.  I come to you today with a Knicky problem.

It's been fairly obvious that Wilson Chandler has, well, not been himself lately.  He's been forcing his jumpshot. He's been taking (and missing, for the most part) bad shots.  He hasn't been watering his prized mums. Something's off with Ill Wil.

It seems as though our Wilson is in the dumps.

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Gael Garcia Bernal - Quiero que me quieras (via rober23b) 

Hola, Puestadors y Tostadas. Word on the street is that the Knicks are in dire need of a backup point guard to relieve Raymond of all his pointy doodies duties.  Sebastian Telfair's name has been floated, but I'm here today to incept y'all with another idea for the Knicks nuestro PG.  iSalta!

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Evening, beatniks.  For today's installment of story time with Uncle Thelonious, we're going to take an extremely explicit and silky peek at the stats of our New York Knicks' very own smooth operator, Wilson Chandler.  So slip into something comfortable, turn the lights down real low, light a few candles, and get ready to take a statistics-fuelled trip to Wilson Chandler's Pleasuretown, population: you.

Sade - Smooth operator (via gferdinandus2)

Take the jump!

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Hey waffleheads, it's your favorite medium-volume commenter here with a look at the upcoming month of basketball, how the Knicks are finally gellin' and swellin' as a unit, and some other mismash.  You know what to do!

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Good morning, vibraphones.  In a combination post to cover for 1. not watching the Warriors game last night and 2. a pretty heavy dry-spell in my fanpostin' and toastin, I do share with thee an interesting piece of literature that the magnificent Alan Hahn woke my ass up with this morning.  

There's been  mucho discussion over D'Antoni's decision in the past few games to completely deprive our bouncing baby Anthony Randolph of playing time, hitting him up with two consecutive DNP-CD as of the game in Oakland.  Some say it's because of Randolph's penchant for astute knuckleheadery out on the floor; some say it's because of D'Antoni's passionate love affair with the short bench rotation. Pause.  

According to the head coach himself, it's an efficiency thing.  From the Hahnery:

D' Antoni has been criticized in the past for a lack of communication with players, but with Randolph, the coaching staff has been very clear. The 6-11 Randolph's game is extremely raw, erratic and, at this point, undefined. The Knicks would like to see him define it by observing versatile players such as Lamar Odom, Boris Diaw and Marcus Camby. "At the end of the day, you have to be efficient,'' D'Antoni said. "And we're trying to get him efficient.''

Good gravy, not again.  In Golden State, Randolph had the penthouse suite in whisky fan Don Nelson's doghouse, despite his clear talent (although raw), amazingly ridiculous upside,  and overall stretchiness.  After a few seasons of this, Nelson more or less alienated the young man through his grumpiness at Randolph's goofy mistakes.  Would D'Antoni make the same mistake with Randolph in New York?!? Say it ain't so, Mike!  But, Posters and Toasters, here it is, Alan Hahn to the rescue:

"This is a cakewalk here. I love it,'' Randolph said. "Nellie had his ways but, not to say I didn't enjoy myself out here, but this situation is a lot more easier, there's a lot more dialogue with the coaches.''

So it's only been a handful of games, and there's plenty of time for Anthony to get frustrated with sitting next to Roger Mason Jr. for a few months, but the kid understands why he's in basketball time out and is willing to prove himself before he is just handed minutes.  

The interesting thing to this cat is the idea that the coaching staff wants to refine Randolph's game through a whole lot of observin' and conservin', instead of by getting gametime burn to smooth out his rough edges.  Practice is valuable, but I don't think there's much of a replacement for getting valuable experience during games.  But hey, I have a silly name.  So take that for what you will.

Questions?  Comments?  Leave your opinions down yonder and let's get a good discussion going!

Have a nice weekend, ticklemonsters.

If there's one thing, nay, one group of things that is loved here at Posting and Toasting more than our sacred New York Knickerbockers, it's mammals.  They're cuddly, sometimes ferocious and always heartwarming, but most importantly, talking about mammals is not talking about Carmelo Anthony.  (Unless you're discussing his mammal-attributes. In that case, he's fair game.)   Endlessly throwing out silly trades and talking about Eddy Curry's expensive corpse are fun and all, but the discussion gets stale after a while.  For some deeply shared, instinctive reason, animals are always fresh to talk about. 

So here we have it.  Deep in the dog days of Summer, it's time to talk mammals.

Let this be your thread for all discussions featuring our furry brethren, be they feline, equine, primate, what have you.  Anything's fair to converse about, as long as it doesn't include the keywords "Carmelo", "Melo", "Anthony", "Chris Paul", "CP3", or "moist".  

Here's an introduciton for all of you who slept through class.  It says "birth membrane" at one point, so it's fun for the whole family. 

What is a Mammal? (via jfriesgaither)

Let's kick off the conversation.  Today, I learned that Camels have a gestation period of 405 days on average, while Oppossum ladies only have to deal with a 13 day gestation period, and Cheetahs are so badass that their gestation time was just left off the chart because no one wanted to count that shit.  Also, what's your favorite mammal and why?  Are you particularly terrified of a certain mammal? Why? What are your opinions on reptiles, birds, amphibians, and lobed fish?

Fire away, cheesecakes.