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3 minutes ago, Goo Punch said:

that was the best, most moving rendition of Amazing Grace I've ever heard.  

I thought that it was so distractingly slow that it was almost impossible to follow, let alone carry a moving tune. To each his own.

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4 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

I thought that it was so distractingly slow that it was almost impossible to follow, let alone carry a moving tune. To each his own.

i find amazing Grace to be an incredibly boring song, so i really enjoyed what he did with it. 

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I'm just rooting so hard for Quin Cook tonight. I hope he gets a brilliant moment or two out there, preferably late in the 4Q.

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11 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

I thought that it was so distractingly slow that it was almost impossible to follow, let alone carry a moving tune. To each his own.

Yeah, but did you had the over on him?   

 

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22 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

"Usher, we need you to stretch Amazing Grace into 13 minutes."

That's a quintessential American style of singing.  Before we got that gospelish style and all the other derivations of it, people were singing operatically and just mimicking whatever was done in Europe. 

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3 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Was it just pregame on tnt?  Game is on espn. 

yeah i was tripping earlier when i said that. it was all on ESPN. 

edit- wow i said it was on TNT twice. I just woke up at 9 pm, and clearly i need my coffee. /derka'd

edit 2: maybe report my OP with a note about changing the thread title

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Lakers playing Bron, AD, Javale, Green, and Bradley. That's a big lineup, but when you have freaks like AD and LeBron I guess you can do that. Lakers are winning the title this year if they stay healthy. 

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I was at work and saw the pre-game ceremony. There was no way they were going to win. They were emotionally drained before they took the court. Dealing with a tragedy like this can take a mighty toll on any of us, much less dealing with the loss of someone they all considered a brother and having to do so while being in the public eye constantly. 

I am glad they honored him properly and LeBron spoke straight from the heart which was nice. I do not like to hear Amazing Grace. The last time I heard it was at my dad's funeral while the bagpipes were playing it. Just brings back a sad memory. I thought Usher did a tremendous job with it though. I sing in a gospel choir in the Bronx and this is the style I would've heard it in at church.

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8 hours ago, Radical Larry said:

Whiteside is 13-14 shooting with 30 points, 12 rebounds and 5 blocks. That's a hell of a stat line.

He has really been playing well this yr.   It will be interesting to see what POR does with him before the trade deadline since he was always considered a placeholder until Nurkic returned.

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7 hours ago, UpperWestside said:

I was at work and saw the pre-game ceremony. There was no way they were going to win. They were emotionally drained before they took the court. Dealing with a tragedy like this can take a mighty toll on any of us, much less dealing with the loss of someone they all considered a brother and having to do so while being in the public eye constantly. 

Another thing I didn't notice, which Frank Vogel was asked about at the post-game presser: everyone played. All thirteen guys on the active roster got minutes. Very cool gesture, but not conducive to winning.

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