In Case It Was Missed... Bender is NOT Playing Tonight

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  • SoupIsGood
    flexible and robust
    • Jun 2004
    • 17463

    #16
    Re: In Case It Was Missed... Bender is NOT Playing Tonight

    Picking on Bender is like picking on the smallest kid in your class..... pick on someone your own size.
    You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?

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    • Will Galen
      Pacer Junky
      • Jan 2004
      • 10308

      #17
      Re: In Case It Was Missed... Bender is NOT Playing Tonight

      You know what's going to happen? The Pacers will nurse him back to health and next year he will actually earn his paycheck. Then he will leave for more money elsewhere and say it was the Pacers fault he was injured all the time.

      Either that, or, he will start playing well and the Pacers will sign him to an extension and then he will get hurt again.

      Personally I'm all patienced out. If I could trade him for Maglorie I would.

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      • 8.9_seconds
        Member
        • Apr 2005
        • 1278

        #18
        Re: In Case It Was Missed... Bender is NOT Playing Tonight

        Ok Jon May be a good athlete/player Blah Blah, so is Chris Webber, So is Kevin Garnett, so is JO, so is Tinsley, so are a bunch of other guys, but you know what seperates these guys from Bender and makes them great? Their willingness, their availability, their hunger to play. These guys may get hurt, they may take time off, but they step up when they're needed, they don't take rests as precautions, they play through it.

        I get the argument that he's too injured to play in the, it's not his fault, he's a great athlete. Reality check Jonathan Bender has been in the NBA for 7 seasons, not one being healthy or productive, whether he can help it or not, he's worn out his welcome.
        Life without water is tough, life without air is hard,life with one leg only is wobbly, Life without Reggie Miller, is impossible.

        Do Not Trade Austin

        Originally posted by Conrad Brunner
        Veteran Austin Croshere, the longest-tenured Pacers player on the roster, has proven reliable when called upon, invariably ready to step in regardless of the circumstance.

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        • SoupIsGood
          flexible and robust
          • Jun 2004
          • 17463

          #19
          Re: In Case It Was Missed... Bender is NOT Playing Tonight

          Geez it's one preseason game guys. Let's see how things play out first.
          You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?

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          • Pacers#1Fan
            Member
            • Jul 2005
            • 3768

            #20
            Re: In Case It Was Missed... Bender is NOT Playing Tonight

            Originally posted by SoupIsGood
            Geez it's one preseason game guys. Let's see how things play out first.
            I can see where their frustration is coming from. I question his will to win/play sometimes also. I am just going to hope for the best for one more season but my patients are getting very thin.

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            • SoupIsGood
              flexible and robust
              • Jun 2004
              • 17463

              #21
              Re: In Case It Was Missed... Bender is NOT Playing Tonight

              Well I've given up being impatient with Jon. I just figure every game he plays in to be an added bonus, and him not playing to be the norm for now...
              You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?

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              • grace
                woman without a team
                • Jan 2004
                • 7050

                #22
                Re: In Case It Was Missed... Bender is NOT Playing Tonight

                Don't you people ever get tired of repeating yourself? I swear it's like watching "Groundhog Day" over and over again, but unlike the movie nothing around here ever changes.

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                • SoupIsGood
                  flexible and robust
                  • Jun 2004
                  • 17463

                  #23
                  Re: In Case It Was Missed... Bender is NOT Playing Tonight

                  Originally posted by grace
                  Don't you people ever get tired of repeating yourself? I swear it's like watching "Groundhog Day" over and over again, but unlike the movie nothing around here ever changes.
                  ^What she said...
                  You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?

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                  • Fool
                    Banned
                    • May 2004
                    • 2385

                    #24
                    Re: In Case It Was Missed... Bender is NOT Playing Tonight

                    Originally posted by SoupIsGood
                    Picking on Bender is like picking on the smallest kid in your class..... pick on someone your own size.
                    Thats a tall class.

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                    • Harmonica

                      #25
                      Re: In Case It Was Missed... Bender is NOT Playing Tonight

                      Originally posted by grace
                      Don't you people ever get tired of repeating yourself? I swear it's like watching "Groundhog Day" over and over again, but unlike the movie nothing around here ever changes.
                      I started using smilies. And Will Galen said he agrees with me a lot lately.

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                      • Bball
                        Jimmy did what Jimmy did
                        • Jan 2004
                        • 26903

                        #26
                        Re: In Case It Was Missed... Bender is NOT Playing Tonight

                        Originally posted by grace
                        Don't you people ever get tired of repeating yourself? I swear it's like watching "Groundhog Day" over and over again, but unlike the movie nothing around here ever changes.
                        And the movie had a happy ending...

                        -Bball
                        Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.

                        ------

                        "A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, that’s teamwork."

                        -John Wooden

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                        • Pacersfan46
                          Member
                          • Aug 2005
                          • 1939

                          #27
                          Re: In Case It Was Missed... Bender is NOT Playing Tonight

                          Originally posted by 8.9_seconds
                          but they step up when they're needed, they don't take rests as precautions, they play through it.

                          Reality check Jonathan Bender has been in the NBA for 7 seasons, not one being healthy or productive
                          First comment, Bender is needed in the preseason? This team is doomed when Bender has to "step up", becuase he's "needed" in a preseason game.

                          Also, playing 78 games and coming off the bench for near 8 points, and 3 rebs a game as a 20 year old isn't being "healthy" or "productive" for the role he was given on the team?

                          Interesting points.

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                          • MagicRat
                            ENABEABLER
                            • Jan 2004
                            • 7922

                            #28
                            Re: In Case It Was Missed... Bender is NOT Playing Tonight

                            Originally posted by grace
                            Don't you people ever get tired of repeating yourself? I swear it's like watching "Groundhog Day" over and over again, but unlike the movie nothing around here ever changes.
                            I'm sorry.

                            I promise that the next time someone starts a "Roll Call" or "Getting to know you" thread I won't put Transponster as my occupation........
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