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Traber simply needs the attention, and craves acknowledgment. Good, bad, no real difference. For him, the true nightmare would be for someone to pull the plug and turn off the lights, leaving him ignored. That's the one thing he couldn't tolerate. He lives for the attention. He's basically a sideshow act, but I don't think that matters to him as much as having everyone know who he is. His chest-thumping isn't self-importance so much as insecurity. But that's how I think you define him.

I linked to the "JimTraberSays" site to read Clark's comments, and there wern't any- Just Traber responding childishly. Were Clark's comments there at one time, and were deleted, or do I just not understand how that site/the whole twitter thing works? They should seriously consider re-naming it "JimTraber'AssSays", though I suppose the new name would be a bit redundant.

Oh, he just looks angry. He is imaging Royce's head tattooed on a baby kittens face right then, foreseeing what is coming to plan. Man, and $1.44 shipping and handling!? Will it cover the bill to cut that raccoon off the back of his head?

@J.G.
Yeah, I mean it's closer to 150,000 a month and while I'm very excited about the interest in these here site, hits don't mean everything to me. I'm glad this can be a place that Thunder fans can come and discuss. If only 10 people looked, that'd be good enough for me. This team deserves a good site and I intend on giving it to them.

@Zach Actually, according to eBay, it's worth $1.00.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1988-JIM-TRABER-BASEBALL-CARD-...

@Royce
Now Royce, I think you should do the hit counts on a monthly basis, far more eye-opening in number. I mean, isn't that what he wants this to be based on? Sheer size instead of accuracy, integrity and class when commenting on sports?

And 60,000 just for him...righhhhhhht.

You should send Traber a nice little care package with his rookie card- net worth 20 cents?-, a box of toilet tissues, pads, and tampons. Excuse my language.

@Royce
See, that's the rational truth. I almost said that earlier. I know you're right. Just drives me nuts when people create their own little world where their fantasy is "God's honest Truth."

@Brad
Per day, around 6,000. Sometimes closer to 8-9,000 depending on the events of the day.

I don't have no 60,000 listeners EVERY DAY listening to me or anything. Because of course, I'm no Jim Traber.

Brad :
“more people go to my website in a day than you get in a week.” direct quote from traber to royce. love it

Its his "Mine is better(bigger) than yours" insecurity showing up again.

For real Royce, what is you're average hit count per day?

@Brett
Eh, I don't need to get in a pissing match with him. I just can't believe how childish this man is. Literally can not believe it.

Don't be classy Royce! Stick to him. He'll never shut up, but it will still feel good to make him see the numbers.

@Brad
I think Royce is probably too classy to do that...but is it wrong of me to kind of wish that it would happen? Haha!

U guys should publish those numbers and send him a little twit comparing the two sites.

I'd actually be really interested in Traber and Simmons doing some kind of baseball trivia showdown. I still think Simmons would school him.

And then write a best selling book about it.

@Brad
I think he might need to have a look at those numbers again. :)

If Traber only knew how many hits the Daily Thunder gets in a day/week/month thanks to solid writing, insight and, obviously, the TrueHoop connection, I think he'd have to reassess life itself if he compared them to his site.

"more people go to my website in a day than you get in a week." direct quote from traber to royce. love it

The guy who got obliterated by Nick Collison has a bone to pick with you? Hahaha. Sometimes you're glad certain people are not on your side.

Hey 'Roycee' your blog still rocks!

When Traber takes a face first dive right into the foot of the opposing player is one of the funniest moments in the history of sports.
Barry Tramel (sp) is great at pissing of that Yardbird Traber.

I owe Presti a family size bag of Funyuns for voiding the Tyson Chandler trade. I got so tired of hearing how he's a great young center. I never liked that flavor kool-aid.

Then again, Traber will probably just steal the Funyuns for his own fat ass and lecture Presti on how sissified sports have become.

dylan :
When Tramel slammed him the other day for running to japan to play baseball cause he couldn’t hack it in the states, you could literally hear his forehead veins pumping. It was a glorious moment.

And we all remember how well that turned out....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DY2HargZ7g

@KingGondo "His political “debate” with Doug Gottlieb almost made my head explode, too. What an idiot."

Just thinking about the two of them talking politics makes me want to off myself like Paris Hilton's puppy on South Park.

I lost the office pool on how long it would take Traber to play his "I played professional ball" card, but I'm still in the running for him mentioning Cal Jr.'s house.

@Royce Don't take his stubborn slights with a grain of salt. Their ratings are faltering and it seems like he's clinging to this issue as a last resort. The Sports Guy knows basketball. Royce knows basketball. Most people who post here know basketball. Jim (Fat) Traber does not know basketball. Hearing him try to discuss the Stephan Jackson issue is like my pug trying to tell me how to drive a car.

dylan :
When Tramel slammed him the other day for running to japan to play baseball cause he couldn’t hack it in the states, you could literally hear his forehead veins pumping. It was a glorious moment.

My favorite moment during the Traber-Collison feud was when Tramel reminded Jim that he bragged about the weather compared to OKC when he lived in Phoenix. Traber kicked him off the show, and refused to apologize the next day.

His political "debate" with Doug Gottlieb almost made my head explode, too. What an idiot.

When Tramel slammed him the other day for running to japan to play baseball cause he couldn't hack it in the states, you could literally hear his forehead veins pumping. It was a glorious moment.

@Royce

You mean you aren't actually a "little person"?

And here I was only reading your blog because I thought you were a leprechaun and it brought good luck to the team (not to mention the possibility of a pot of gold).

I think the fact he likes to say, "Little man" and "little Thunder boy" and other crap like that is basically a window into his thoughts. He's got serious issues with being "manly" and feeling big. Whatever. It all kind of rolls off my back. I've got more important things to worry about than Jim Traber, like a .500 basketball team! Woo!

He's not just acting like it. He actually called Royce a nerd. He is that guy.

@Duncan
Same here, though he's not the first to pull a, "I played at a higher level than you and thus know more." Normally though, those guys were somebodies in high school and are living off that for their life. Traber had a pro sports career (not in basketball mind you), what exactly does he feel he has to prove? He's acting like that kid who played JV all four years and still thought himself tough enough to call everyone not on the team a nerd.

Duncan :

Clark Matthews :
What’s funny about this one is that Jim might as well be describing himself at The Sports Animal. He knows all about how important ratings are, and if Simmons wasn’t the biggest draw to ESPN.com, Jim might have a point.

I would say it’s quite definitely the other way around… ESPN is the biggest draw to Bill Simmons.
Simmons is the ESPN vanilla equivalent of Stephen A. Smith and will hopefully last as long.
The only appropriate response to the slight about the coaching staffs suits being on sale in OKC would be the equally honest and thoughtful “so is your mother” or “so is your face” which are the default come back to any unwarranted or nonsensical putdown.
All that being said… I would absolutely love it if the teams name actually was the ‘Zombie Sonics’.

Smith and Simmons should never be used in the same sentence . . .

Clark Matthews :
What’s funny about this one is that Jim might as well be describing himself at The Sports Animal. He knows all about how important ratings are, and if Simmons wasn’t the biggest draw to ESPN.com, Jim might have a point.

I would say it's quite definitely the other way around... ESPN is the biggest draw to Bill Simmons.

Simmons is the ESPN vanilla equivalent of Stephen A. Smith and will hopefully last as long.

The only appropriate response to the slight about the coaching staffs suits being on sale in OKC would be the equally honest and thoughtful "so is your mother" or "so is your face" which are the default come back to any unwarranted or nonsensical putdown.

All that being said... I would absolutely love it if the teams name actually was the 'Zombie Sonics'.

@Duncan
That makes you the luckiest man on the face of the earth.

@Omar
I didn't hear Traber's rant, but I'm guessing that it had something to do with Simmons making fun of Brooks and Cheeks for wearing cheap suits to the Clippers game...

This blog is the only reason I have any inkling whatsoever who Jim Trabor or Jenni Carlson are...

@dylan
But to balance it out, we'll have a "Walk 15 feet without stopping" contest, which I should dominate.

@astrorob
woah, woah, a hot dog eating contest with THE ULTIMATE? royce may be out of his league on that one.

@astrorob
Brilliant.

What exactly did Simmons do that hurt Traber's feelings? I quit listening to his show awhile ago. I have a feeling this has more to do with the fact that Simmons has been everywhere the past 2 weeks promoting his book and Traber thinks its a great way to get listeners.

@Royce
As most of us have seen the athletic specimen that is Jim Traber and along with his years a college quarterback, pro baseball player, and backup shooting guard to Air Jordan, you two should have a "Sports-Off." A game likening to Mad Max and what a better venue than the Thunderdome? Trivia, HORSE, Hot dog eating, sky is the limit. Bring it up next time you two hang out.

That "clutch" article is pretty interesting. KD sure is good at getting to the line late in the game, especially with that wild swinging motion he uses where he basically fouls himself by hit the other player's arms (must be frustrating as hell to guard).

BUT... I wonder what the stats would look like if they eliminated free throws and just looked at clutch field goals...???

@astrorob
Completely agree. Mark Rodgers is great. I really enjoy his show. All about sports, no nonsense and he's not a lunatic.

Interesting that all this Traber stuff comes up today, because NewsOK just released the new radio rankings in today's paper. Not all that surprising considering it's data from the summer, but it will be interesting to see the effect that OU's season has on WWLS's fall ratings.

http://newsok.com/twister-regains-top-spot-in-rati...

I wish Mark Rogers did the 2-6 slot instead of Traber. That is when I am in the car the most and listening. If there was another station to listen to, Traber would lose more obvious numbers. I played basketball at a high level, coming of the bench for my YMCA rec league team has given me the knowledge to cover the NBA and I will be submitting my application to the Sports Animal.

@Royce

LOL... I heard a rumor about that, only I heard it included two little people playing dualing banjos...

@Brett

You're right. My bad.

@Bryan
That would require more than just one of them to have a fully functioning central nervous system.

@Bryan
Yeah he spends the night at my house every Friday and we come up fun and entertaining ideas to get people talking. You should see what we have in story for December. I'll just say this: Megan Fox, hot chocolate, Pittsburgh Steelers.

It's gonna be insane.

@Royce

Yeah. It was about 5:40 in the morning, but that is what he said. And he doesn't understand why people think he is racist.

@Chris Illuminati
Now that's funny.

I never listen to Traber... for all the reasons stated by everyone else above.

But anytime the wants to mention my favorite blog on his show... that's good news. I mean, seriously, nothing drives traffic like controversey.

hey, @Royce you two didn't get together and dream this up did you?