guys don’t make me tell my Charles Barkley was a dick to me where I was a teenager story on here for like the fifth time, but yeah in sum chuck is an actual insensitive dick
― Clay, Thursday, 7 May 2020 21:09 (three years ago) link
https://youtu.be/vGAY_pKRelQ
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, May 7, 2020 4:13 PM (fifty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
lol i actually love this
― lag∞n, Thursday, 7 May 2020 21:12 (three years ago) link
Was trying to let MJ off the hook for being a dick by thinking he just got worn down by the constant scrutiny and infamy, that he developed it as a defense mechanism. But then there's that story from that great long article several years back (I'm blanking on the author. I can picture him. Name starts with W?) about him on a commercial shoot early in his career where he put his finger into every donut in a box just so the crew wouldn't have any, because they didn't deserve HIS donuts.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 7 May 2020 21:29 (three years ago) link
ok it's Wright Thompson and I mangled that anecdote:
"Back when they used to shoot a lot of commercials, Jordan's security team would wait for him in his trailer while he was on set. A woman named Linda cooked Michael's meals, and he loved cinnamon rolls. She'd bake a tray and bring it to him. When it came time to film, he'd see the guards eyeing the cinnamon rolls and he'd walk over and spit on each one, to make sure nobody took his food."
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 7 May 2020 21:32 (three years ago) link
idk i wouldnt really want to eat food that i spit on
― lag∞n, Thursday, 7 May 2020 21:34 (three years ago) link
that's why you have no 'chips
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 7 May 2020 21:41 (three years ago) link
damn was wondering why at least now i know
― lag∞n, Thursday, 7 May 2020 21:42 (three years ago) link
goon has got zero #MambaMentality
― Spottie, Thursday, 7 May 2020 21:43 (three years ago) link
fuck its true
― lag∞n, Thursday, 7 May 2020 21:44 (three years ago) link
i posted that wright thompson article a couple days back. was pretty eye opening for me when i read it as i never really followed MJ the person before.
― Spottie, Thursday, 7 May 2020 21:44 (three years ago) link
he'd see the guards eyeing the cinnamon rolls and he'd walk over and spit on each one
just an alpha dog marking his territory
― A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 7 May 2020 21:47 (three years ago) link
I think it was eye-opening for most ppl. He's so guarded, there wasn't that sort of behind-the-curtains look at him before afaik.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 7 May 2020 21:47 (three years ago) link
cinnamon rolls are for NBA game CLOSERS
where is the info re barkley feud
This is the piece I came across:
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29140010/charles-barkley-see-long-riff-michael-jordan-ending
Barkley's been one of my favourite interviews for years, even only as a casual basketball fan. I thought he was very eloquent in the documentary, saying that for the first time in that final series he had to accept that there was a player better than he was (after a game where he played great and it still wasn't enough).
― clemenza, Friday, 8 May 2020 00:03 (three years ago) link
I find his love for the humble homemade cinnamon roll a bit charming. Probably made Linda feel good anyway.
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 8 May 2020 00:05 (three years ago) link
cinnamon rolls are good
― lag∞n, Friday, 8 May 2020 00:08 (three years ago) link
This article gave me a lot of goodwill towards Barkley, well worth a read
https://amp.wbur.org/onlyagame/2018/12/14/lin-wang-charles-barkley
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 8 May 2020 00:32 (three years ago) link
Just realized why I misrembered that anecdote. My friend once brought me donuts at work and stuck her finger in one just as a gag lol.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 8 May 2020 03:09 (three years ago) link
Jordan in that Phoenix series might have been the peak Jordan.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 8 May 2020 22:17 (three years ago) link
Has anyone watched the Rodman 30 for 30?I started it but it seemed v corny so i bailed.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 May 2020 23:20 (three years ago) link
it was okay! covers a lot of the same ground but is clearly filtered through Dennis' sensibilities and focuses more on the life after basketball than during.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 9 May 2020 00:12 (three years ago) link
ok serioulsy what is going one with that security guy flipping coins w MJ?
is that a real person? He looks like a Safdie bros walk-on. Hoping he gets his own episode because...wow
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), lundi 4 mai 2020 14:22 (five days ago) bookmarkflaglink
Eheh, that was such a great moment.I also like the idea of MJ listening to W. Houston's first album on repeat... so gangsta !
― AlXTC from Paris, Saturday, 9 May 2020 11:00 (three years ago) link
https://youtu.be/42OzpZB0bqA
5 hours of MJ highlights in sequential order
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 9 May 2020 18:42 (three years ago) link
ah, that's fun!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 9 May 2020 18:54 (three years ago) link
yeah I appreciate seeing all the white dudes with perms (80s Doug Collins, auerbach, security dude)
― brimstead, Saturday, 9 May 2020 18:56 (three years ago) link
albeck
― brimstead, Saturday, 9 May 2020 18:58 (three years ago) link
Something I didn’t appreciate at the time was how much of Jordan’s greatness is ballhandling. None of the other guys in the greatest shooting guard discussion had handles like that. It was like trying to guard a 6’6” Iverson.
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 10 May 2020 17:57 (three years ago) link
Isn't Steph in the greatest shooting guard discussion? Because his handles are as amazing as his shooting stats.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 10 May 2020 18:16 (three years ago) link
he’s a point guard
― k3vin k., Sunday, 10 May 2020 18:24 (three years ago) link
yes, but in a league where distinctions like these are increasingly irrelevant
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 10 May 2020 18:26 (three years ago) link
michael broke a few ankles
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 10 May 2020 18:42 (three years ago) link
Two more eps tonight!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 10 May 2020 19:22 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkJOBlWvxVA
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 10 May 2020 19:23 (three years ago) link
I was watching this highlight reel of Jordan's All-Star appearances yesterday. 1) It wasn't quite the hands-off shooting practice 20-25 years ago that it is today--the 2003 game-winner was very contested; 2) two or three of his most spectacular plays were feeds from Isiah Thomas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G89qHy8vcac
― clemenza, Sunday, 10 May 2020 21:34 (three years ago) link
yeah I caught a replay of the 98 all star game last week and those dudes were balling from the opening tip
― k3vin k., Sunday, 10 May 2020 21:35 (three years ago) link
Scouting report early on for MJ was he can't dribble with his left, so force him that way. But his 1st step was so insanely quick that it didn't matter, he'd still blow by elite defenders going right.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 10 May 2020 22:08 (three years ago) link
The 2003 all star game feels like 7 years ago to me
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 11 May 2020 01:46 (three years ago) link
re: mike’s handles and that first step it’s really insane, there are so many highlights where he’s got his back to the basket and there’s like 3 or 4 guys on him and all the sudden he’s at the rim
― k3vin k., Monday, 11 May 2020 03:01 (three years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/2C1QE5TJOR— Htims R.J. (@mike_jonsey) May 11, 2020
― k3vin k., Monday, 11 May 2020 03:02 (three years ago) link
jordan saying he was planning on retiring before his dad died
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 May 2020 04:17 (three years ago) link
omg, the payton video is just so violentdid i see r kelly guarding dennis on the space jam pickup court?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 11 May 2020 05:10 (three years ago) link
mj cldnt hit the breaking ball had to go back to hoop very sad
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 May 2020 14:12 (three years ago) link
the basketball rarely curves
based on hundreds of hanes commercials, i feel comfortable saying michael is a terrible actor which makes the moment where he tears up about being considered a bad teammate kinda wow
"Way to go Craig"
MJs personal life except for his dad appears to be completely off limits. I think his kids have shown up three times? the only mention of him being married is when a team employee asks if he wants to call his wife after winning a championship and he seems kinda like "oh yeah, i guess i have to do that"
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 11 May 2020 14:15 (three years ago) link
he seems to cry quite easily these days
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 May 2020 14:18 (three years ago) link
the only mention of him being married is when a team employee asks if he wants to call his wife after winning a championship and he seems kinda like "oh yeah, i guess i have to do that"
yeah, i was like... what??
you know what else seems to be off-limits? any breakdown of his actual skills whatsoever! i would love to understand more. for instance, moves like 'the smitty' are almost invisible to the naked eye when performed in real time - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpJ3RARZrzE - i would have loved to hear defenders talk about what made MJ so hard to beat.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 11 May 2020 14:26 (three years ago) link
he really does seem to have always just finished up a real intense sob sesh
Like a thousand people have asked me about Jordan’s eyes. He’s not jaundiced. He has racial melanosis of the conjunctiva. Benign, flat patches of pigment around the edge of the cornea. Extremely common in darkly pigmented individuals, more prominent with age #TheLastDance pic.twitter.com/nQjGLZNW83— Dr. Glaucomflecken (@DGlaucomflecken) May 11, 2020
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 May 2020 14:28 (three years ago) link
you know what else seems to be off-limits? any breakdown of his actual skills whatsoever!
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, May 11, 2020 10:26 AM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
yeah wld be cool for sure, does not seem to be this doc tho
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 May 2020 14:29 (three years ago) link
Dr. Glaucomflecken
c'mon now
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 11 May 2020 14:33 (three years ago) link