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Mine's probably Sirius, with Snape coming in at a close second.

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I had thought that Snape would die by protecting Harry from the Killing Curse, like Lilly had done, and then left Harry to kill Voldemort. I felt like the way Snape died was just way too anti-climactic. I was expecting him to die protecting Harry or standing up to Voldemort.

By making the spoilers available it's forced me to into a moral dillema. It's going to take all my willpower to avoid the spoilers until Saturday. So, basically, fuck him.

US up on Poland 3-1 at half. Is that unexpected? I'm assuming that, a long with Adu's two goals in the first half, is?

You mention the Florida game as the best example of a dominant performance, but they lost and to me, that means he wasn't all that dominant.

If you really think he's going to be a top offensive player in the league, that's fine, but I'm just not seeing the reasoning. Because other centers weren't polished, it's too early to close the book on him? That's fair and I'm not closin the book, I'm just saying that as of right now, I don't see it happening.

Ultimately that doesn't matter. Someone will take Randolph and as stated their only reservation would likely be that it'll make Portland a juggernaut, hence why I see an eastern conference team taking him and hoping they can use him to help them squeak out a title before Portland becomes a dynasty

The way you're talking, Portland has suddenly become the most feared team in the league. They have a good, all around two guard who I don't necessarily see as a go to guy so much as a very steady, very dependable player. You've got an athletic forward who hasn't developed a strong enough post game yet. And you've got, if they draft him, a rookie center who will in all liklihood develop into a monster of a defensive center but still only be in that above average range offensively. There's no go to guy, there's no definitive team leader, there's no playmaker, and there's not a lot of depth. All these things could get addressed, but until they do, I'd stop with all the "Teams are scared, Portland's gonna be a dynasty" talk. I do, however, think if you leave Jack at point and let Webster try and play the three, they could be a young exciting team and start to get things turned around.

It's unfair to Oden to say he'll only become an above average offensive weapon in the league. How many of the great centers have shown any polish or an equal amount of dominance in which they had in the pros in college, especially in their freshman year? Hakeem didn't, Ewing didn't. Shaq didn't, at least not in his freshman year. (But Shaq never had to develop any real polish on his game, considering he probably has the most overwhelming physical attritibutes of any player ever in the NBA). Robinson is in the same boat as Shaq regarding his freshman year.

Oden, to be blunt, has never had to develop any form of his offensive abilities. Throughout his entire life, he's just been so fucking big that all he had to do was dunk, as is the case of most center prospects of Oden's ability. He showed the potential in his game with Florida to be an incredibly dominant center on both the offensive and defensive sides, especially considering the pussification of the current NBA big man.

Ultimately that doesn't matter. Someone will take Randolph and as stated their only reservation would likely be that it'll make Portland a juggernaut, hence why I see an eastern conference team taking him and hoping they can use him to help them squeak out a title before Portland becomes a dynasty

The way you're talking, Portland has suddenly become the most feared team in the league. They have a good, all around two guard who I don't necessarily see as a go to guy so much as a very steady, very dependable player. You've got an athletic forward who hasn't developed a strong enough post game yet. And you've got, if they draft him, a rookie center who will in all liklihood develop into a monster of a defensive center but still only be in that above average range offensively. There's no go to guy, there's no definitive team leader, there's no playmaker, and there's not a lot of depth. All these things could get addressed, but until they do, I'd stop with all the "Teams are scared, Portland's gonna be a dynasty" talk. I do, however, think if you leave Jack at point and let Webster try and play the three, they could be a young exciting team and start to get things turned around.

I'm not saying mentoring, where did I ever say that? He merely has to shoulder the offensive load, which he is capable of doing. Nonetheless, player's attitudes tend to change when they start winning(which IMO I think they'll be at least 500 next season). I'm not saying they have to start winning instantly either, it would be great for the development of Oden if he could spend the majority of his first season with a player who can shoulder the offensive load and double teams.

If they could get Kidd for him? No doubt, but I just can't see the Nets giving up Kidd for Zach Randolph. I think Rashard Lewis would be a good deal too, but it's within the division. The only way they'd be able to do it is if it was a sign and trade, they can't afford him.

I don't think Portland should trade Randolph, at least yet. He can help Oden/Aldridge develop offensively due to the double teaming he will get. Just the mismatches that the group together would possess, it's almost unfair on paper. I think the best thing to do right now is make Aldridge a sixth man(Randolph is a MUCH better as of right now, regarding offense and rebounding game). Everyonce in a while, use a combo line up of Randolph/Oden/Aldridge with a lot of kicking out to Aldridge (who would have a MUCH smaller player guarding him) and allow him to shoot his nice midrange J. Either way, the Blazers would wear down the opposing teams big men in the post as the game goes on with the posting up of Oden/Randolph and would likely be able to keep their big men fresh.

Not saying it's the best long term option, but Aldridge's too soft to bang in the post, and Oden's offensive moves aren't near ready to be able to take on NBA double teams. Roy, while a great player, is going to be consistent and not neccesarily often a game changer. Keeping Randolph to allow Portland's future big three to gel with each other and Aldridge/Oden to develop without the full pressure of the offense on their shoulders seems like a no brainer to me.

But how can he effectively be the bomb yet not die without using Claire's powers? I thought it was opposite, with him telling future Peter that Peter was the bomb and not him. I guess I'll have to go back and rewatch the episode.

Did they ever state that Sylar got DL's/Shapeshifting girl's powers before the bomb in the future episode? I always assumed that happened following.

DL murdering Linderman was definately unexpected, but I liked it. I've always liked DL as a character, it was Nikki/Jessica that has always annoyed me.

Sylar gets their powers by eating their brains or whatever. He never did that, Mohinder knocked him out and then dropped off Peter at his parents house.

He never killed him. Unless you mena the other way around since Peter could just remember Sylar and take those powers.

One thing I'm curious about, does Sylar get Peter's powers?

Honestly, I was laughing my ass off the entire episode.

Yeah, that's what I meant. I think the general backlash is due to the hard-on the half the MMA fan base gets for Chutebox. Never really understood it, but oh well I'll rejoice when I get to see Shogun/Chuck and so forth.

A few thoughts.

What's the big fucking deal about no more soccer kicks/stomps in Pride? I agree with Dana whenever he said they really don't take much skill to pull off. And generally they are far less effective than they look(and they look fucking brutal), and at least in the US would put pretty give the media something to complain about. I think making the sport more proffessional by coming up with a universal set of rules is far more important than watching Wanderlei or Shogun to stomp someone's head in.

EBG you saw that Brandon Vera post on sherdog? Got me pretty excited as I've always been a big Vera fan. I was really hating the idea of him heading over to Showtime, especially now.

Chuck vs Shogun?!?!?!?

That would be amazing.

Very awesome episode. Mr. Bennett's backstory was great throughout and Hiro's dad being the one who gave Claire to Mr. Bennett was very interesting. The scene with Claire coming out of the house was great. And the end with Mr. Bennett dying.

Hopefully UFC resigns Vera. Really, EliteXC is a joke. What is it? A 15 second ground rule? I don't see it lasting much longer than WFA did. On top of that, I really want to see Vera face Big Tim and leg-kick him into oblivion.

What ever happened to the UFC signing Aleksander E rumors? That'd really be a great pick up as well. Either way, future's looking bright for UFC.

Holy shit. I totally forget about the fights tonight so I check Sherdog for the results and find out that UFC has gotten Cro Crop, Rampage, Herring, etc. Holy fucking shit.

At least tampa didn't allow a big rushing game today. Our secondary fucking sucks iwht Barber being the only bright spot. Fuck Jon gruden though because he doesn't know how to call plays.

Brandon Vera.. . Hopefully, he'll get a title shot after this. Sticking him to fight Arvloski, even though I think he would win, would be a terrible marketing decision on the UFC's part.

Everyone is underestimating Arkansas. They have the most experienced team in the NCAA in terms of returning starters. They've got 18 of them. That's amazing. The kids in Hogville know the deal, and they can play a little ball too. I really doubt they're done beating people this year. If McFadden had played in the USC game, it might have gone differently.