*without financial stakes
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 4 May 2020 20:17 (four years ago) link
calling kobe that little guy from the lakers lmao dude he literally modeled his entire existence off of you and your success wins system have some compassion
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 May 2020 20:18 (four years ago) link
if you are rolling to Atlantic City the night before a playoff and you are using high-stakes gambling as a means to ~calm down~... you MAY have a gambling addiction
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 4 May 2020 20:19 (four years ago) link
its just betting a few hundo thou to take the edge off
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 May 2020 20:20 (four years ago) link
#hoooboy
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 4 May 2020 20:24 (four years ago) link
seems like a person with just an extremely high energy level and a lot of his life was figuring out how to channel it
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 May 2020 20:25 (four years ago) link
Woz hustled the absolute hell out of Jordan in the third game, he got MJ to agree to book an even money payout when Jordan was nearly a 10:1 underdog.Jordan went out to the court minutes later and beat the Celtics by 23.https://t.co/pTNnGtEq0a pic.twitter.com/aOt3mS4Y9R— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) May 4, 2020
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 May 2020 20:27 (four years ago) link
as an anti-gambler, I'd say he def had/has gambling addiction
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 4 May 2020 20:29 (four years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EXLjQnWU4AEBg_G?format=jpg&name=small
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 May 2020 20:32 (four years ago) link
like you don’t have to be putting up your house as collateral or depriving your family of food to be addicted. there’s such a thing as a functioning addictone good way to be a functioning gambling addict is to have so much fucking money it's hard to blow it all
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 4 May 2020 20:35 (four years ago) link
exactly!!
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 4 May 2020 20:36 (four years ago) link
I can't help but see how Drexler NOT being a psycho dickhead "competitor" hampered him.
Michael was this weird blend of mental illness, astonishing physical prowess, intelligence, creativity and basketball skill that rendered him pretty much inarguably that much better than Drexler and, on any given night, better defensively and offensively than anyone on the court. The only other modern era player I thought came close to Michael's skillset and approach was Kobe. Which is not to say that, say, LeBron or Steph are "worse" than MJ; they just were playing a different game with different bodies in a different league.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 4 May 2020 21:46 (four years ago) link
MJ’s red eyes creep me out
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, April 28, 2020 10:19 PM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglink
I feel like they are *yellow*—how does that happen?
He has not aged well.
― horseshoe, Monday, 4 May 2020 21:49 (four years ago) link
If he had been a sociopath on top of that, it wasn't going to elevate his game to MJs level!
coulda got him closer to it
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 4 May 2020 21:52 (four years ago) link
but agree to disagree on this one I guess
he was p bad in 92 Finals
shouldn't say he was bad. Just pretty blah. Never exerted his will. Just a meek dude.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 4 May 2020 21:54 (four years ago) link
i always thought of Drexler's game as "elegant"
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 4 May 2020 21:58 (four years ago) link
Clyde the Glide is an all time nickname
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 4 May 2020 22:02 (four years ago) link
guess you'd have to also say sociopathy didn't give MJ an edge either then
xxpost horseshoeyeah the whites of his eyes are def yellow!, but his irises look red either way, not colors recommended for eyes
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 4 May 2020 22:09 (four years ago) link
His bristly, sparse soul patch also not a good look
― horseshoe, Monday, 4 May 2020 22:09 (four years ago) link
xp i guess the thing is that MJs sociopathy clearly did give him an edge but i see that as part and parcel of his approach to the game and it's not transferrable as a bonus. Like I wouldn't argue that Michael would've been that much more dominant if he had been a seven footer.#80sbabythoughts
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 4 May 2020 22:11 (four years ago) link
Tbf to 90s Jordan, in one of the clips from the last ep, Scottie Pippen also had a lone gold hoop earring. Looks worse on MJ, though, maybe bc he’s bald?
― horseshoe, Monday, 4 May 2020 22:11 (four years ago) link
Is there a thread on ILH to explain why everyone hates Isiah Thomas?
― horseshoe, Monday, 4 May 2020 22:12 (four years ago) link
start one!!!! also hi horseshoe!!!!!!!
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Monday, 4 May 2020 22:30 (four years ago) link
hi m bise!!!
― horseshoe, Monday, 4 May 2020 22:57 (four years ago) link
doug collins: “when i was coaching michael, he became the league mvp, the all-star game mvp, and defensive player of the year. now that’s greatness.”are you talking about mj there, doug? or...
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 4 May 2020 23:03 (four years ago) link
― horseshoe, Monday, May 4, 2020 6:12 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
there are a lot of assholes in the nba but i think what sets isiah apart is hes the smarmiest person in the world, hes just fake as fuck and ppl dont like that, and then also players hated the pistons cause they played too rough and isiah was the pistons best player, is how i break it down to an extent
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 May 2020 23:23 (four years ago) link
ty!
― horseshoe, Monday, 4 May 2020 23:25 (four years ago) link
im sure there are also particular stories of shit he did u cld track down, if u do post them here thx
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 May 2020 23:26 (four years ago) link
it bothers me that Isiah has a similar speaking voice to Smokey Robinson. I wish his voice was more jerk-sounding.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 4 May 2020 23:27 (four years ago) link
also there's that whole sexual harassment thing
― Spottie, Monday, 4 May 2020 23:27 (four years ago) link
i wish he were less handsome
― horseshoe, Monday, 4 May 2020 23:28 (four years ago) link
yeah i mean hes exactly the type of guy to talk a corrupt billionare into hiring him then oversea a hellish work environment all the while acting like his shit doesnt stink
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 May 2020 23:29 (four years ago) link
horseshoe otm
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 4 May 2020 23:34 (four years ago) link
eveything about him is infuriating, gross or weird or all three
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 4 May 2020 23:36 (four years ago) link
im sorry he had to be so attractive my thoughts are with you in these difficult times
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 May 2020 23:37 (four years ago) link
ty
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 4 May 2020 23:49 (four years ago) link
i hated him and respected him because he was the celtics' nemesis for awhile, along with reggie miller
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 4 May 2020 23:53 (four years ago) link
i was only a casual basketball fan at the time - i watched the playoffs when the celtics were in it - but that was probably the peak of my fandom until the ewing-era knicks/heat rivalry, so it's been pretty amazing to hear the details behind what i only saw the outside of at the time, in passing
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 4 May 2020 23:55 (four years ago) link
laettner was a #3 draft pick, but he was never good enough to justify going that high. if he had insisted on being paid like an nba star he would have ended up playing somewhere in Europe, because he was only suited to be a role player and the league knew that after two or three seasons of trying to elevate him to a star.
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 4 May 2020 23:57 (four years ago) link
Drafted by one of the worst organizations in the history of the league, settled into being a pretty good starter/sixth man, a lot worse can happen at the number 3 pick
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 4 May 2020 23:58 (four years ago) link
lol this allstar game footage all these alltime great and then antoine walker and vin baker
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 00:02 (four years ago) link
i love how there's always a couple losers on the all-star teams but the late 90s/early aughts were the zenith of the phenomenon
― Clay, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 00:03 (four years ago) link
actually i guess there's so hq talent these days that we haven't had a true wtf guy like dale davis or whatever making a squad in a few years
― Clay, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 00:04 (four years ago) link
loosening the positional requirements helped too
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 00:05 (four years ago) link
ok so i did just flip through the chapter in lazenby's book on jordan not making varsity as a sophomore. here's the quick version:
- the team was returning 11 seniors and 3 juniors- 8 of the returning upperclassmen were guards- jordan was 5'10" at the time, and the sophomore who made the team was 6'6"- "he couldn't beat any of the upperclassmen 1 on 1 until the end of his sophomore year"- sadly, the varsity coach was out of coaching 3 years after jordan graduated due to the onset of schizophrenia
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 00:59 (four years ago) link
Been thinking bout him since i first saw him. In the movie over the course of the season MJ gets into him for over 50k - this guy needed 50k he promised for his daughter and her husband for a mortgage payment. He won’t take MJ up on another bet. MJ SHOWS UP AT HIS HOUSE.— SAFDIE (@JOSH_BENNY) May 4, 2020
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 01:30 (four years ago) link
omg I called it
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 01:32 (four years ago) link