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“someone who can’t write interviewing someone who can’t speak”
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Apr 15, 2009 2:19 PM CDT reply actions 3 recs
*saying it as an expert at doing neither well
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Apr 15, 2009 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Rose may not be an elegant speaker that provides great quotes, but
what comes through is his maturity, class, leadership abilities, humility and an intense drive to reach his optimum potential, which is virtually unlimited.
Paxson, being a Catholic, should kneel down every day and say a Rosary to thank God for his good fortune. I think this franchise would still be a trainwreck if they had drafted Beasly.
If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost. You can still call him vile names.
Elbert Hubbard
he's already kneeling to Reinsdorf.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Apr 15, 2009 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions
I disagree.
My spies tell me when he enters Jerry’s office he immediately turns his back and bends over to assume his inferior position in the hierarchy.
If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost. You can still call him vile names.
Elbert Hubbard
by Tyrusmancrush on Apr 15, 2009 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Scoop Jackson is the second worst writer on ESPN.com
ahead of only Jemele Hill.
They are both god fuckin’ awful.
Fire Vinny.
by fundamentallysound on Apr 15, 2009 3:38 PM CDT reply actions
hmmmmm....
wonders who else is on your list.
People who can't write.
Fire Vinny.
by fundamentallysound on Apr 15, 2009 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Jemele writes??
Wow seriously didn’t know that. Skip Bayless seems to be the no.1 guy ridiculed but he might be the best out of that crowd.
Rose mentioned nobody thought he'd be ROY
and it made me go “whoa, that’s right!” Here were David Thorpe’s preseason rookie rankings.
6th, for the #1 pick in the draft. ’Atta boy, Derrick.
You underrate all three of you all...
;-)
...there's some folks that, if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.
Read "Kanye West"
skip article
"I guess I can’t do anything if you’re just irrational, but to point it out and move on."
- fundamentallysound
OOPS...meant as a reply to
your Friendly BullsBlogger
...there's some folks that, if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.
The only bit of the article that was interesting to me and seemed out of character
for Derrick to actually say in a public interview was this:
Rose: Honestly? The minute I heard them say that the No. 1 pick in the draft — and I’m a guard — wasn’t even being considered for winning the Rookie of the Year, I went right to work. I went right to the gym. I wanted to prove them wrong. I’m the type of person that needs something to push me. And the people around me, like my friends and people in my family, they know it, too. So they feed me things, they tell me things that someone said about me or something someone wrote, they know that’ll get me. I’m the type of person that looks for that. One little thing. Something someone wrote, something a coach said, something from someone who doubts or don’t expect something from me, or they think that I can’t do something … I hold on to it.
That reminds me a lot of the stories I’ve read about Jordan over the years and Tiger Woods as well, using any perceived slight as motivation to fuel them and drive them to keep pushing and to prove people wrong. I hope that’s an indication of what’s to come from Derrick, and hey, who knows, maybe someone he knows reads Blog-A-Bull and has seen the criticisms of his defense lobbed at him by myself and many others, and it’ll just drive him to be that much better on the end. I surely hope that’s the case.
Fire Vinny.
by fundamentallysound on Apr 15, 2009 4:39 PM CDT reply actions
Am I delusional, but has D Rose gone from being one of the leagues worst defenders
to being just slightly below average over the past 6 games? If he has improved, I will give almost all the credit to Brad Miller who is always telling him how to position himself and avoiding being constantly screened out and spacing his defensive stances more effectively.
If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost. You can still call him vile names.
Elbert Hubbard
by Tyrusmancrush on Apr 15, 2009 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Brad Miller for Player-Coach!
Also, yes, Derrick’s pick and roll defense and effort have both improved a lot in the last 5 to 6 games. It’s been pretty stark for those of us that pay attention to such things.
Fire Vinny.
by fundamentallysound on Apr 15, 2009 5:14 PM CDT up reply actions
You hit on his biggest issue.
From what I’ve seen of Derrick, his biggest problem is a)identifying screens and b) beating them. I think he has now learned/been taught to always be aware of what is around him and his defense has improved accordingly. He has the speed and strength to be a very good defender, he just needs to learn how to identify situations and preempt those situations, i.e. picks, from happening.
I don't think it is out of character. It is a sign that he is going to be one of the best...if not the best.
He said that his goal now is to be the best player at his position…and it will not take long for him to do that. Chris Paul, Deron Williams and the rest knows that Rose is on their heels…NOW. Once he accomplishes that goal then he is going to go after Lebron, Wade and Kobe.
I think he will not be satisfied with being to best only at his position. A day is coming REAL soon when teams will fear playing the Chicago Bulls as they did in the Jordan Era. Rose said that when there was no consideration of him being Rookie of the Year he went to WORK.
Neither Boston nor Orlando will want to face Rose in this first round. It has already been said that the Bulls will not make it and I think Rose is going to use that as motivation to pull an upset…just to show the naysayers not to bet against him.
Great read
Scoop can put some good pieces together, sometimes
It's tough to be around competitive situations . . . but I've been able to manage. I've been able to survive. (GOAT)
All the years I’ve been over there, um, all the years I’ve been in the area and nobody’s ever touched me or anything like that. And now you’re telling me that I can’t go stand on the same corner I’ve been standing on for 13 years?
Derrick, please don’t stand on any corner, especially that one.
Hmm I was even near Simeon the other day
and some fool pulled out a gun and was waving it around. People were diving on the ground a lady was calling for her baby. People on the bus yelling at the bus driver to drive and people outside to open the door. Pretty crazy…and actually something crazy always happens around there when I go seems like trouble follows me.
But I really hope that he doesn’t go anywhere near those places.
I remember he went by Dillingers after the draft some time that was cool not a bad neighborhood, and he seemed pretty cool.
Scoop Jackson is amazing
He’s the journalistic equivalent to Soulja Boy. Why the fuck is Michael Wilbon not talking to Rose if they’re going to pimp Chicago roots?
That Steve Nash is exactly the same as Kirk Hinrich, but worse.
by NBA Observer on Apr 8, 2009 12:23 PM CDT
If by amazing, you mean horrid. Scoop Jackson shames Chicago everytime he speaks or types.
Fire Vinny.
by fundamentallysound on Apr 15, 2009 9:27 PM CDT up reply actions
He meant horrid. Soulja Boy is, like, the worst rapper out there right now.
When I watch NBA games I often call the fouls before the referees do. Sometimes it’s a gift. Most of the time it's troublesome. - NBA Observer
I stopped listening to rap about 3 years ago.
Fire Vinny.
by fundamentallysound on Apr 15, 2009 10:35 PM CDT up reply actions
I figure I will be saying the same...in about three years.
When I watch NBA games I often call the fouls before the referees do. Sometimes it’s a gift. Most of the time it's troublesome. - NBA Observer
Hey, if you lasted that long, you can still find good hip-hop out there.
Stuff out right now isn’t any worse than then. I mean, if you know where to look.
Viva la nuance! Reading comprehension rules!!!
I used to enjoy Kanye, but he drives me nuts now. Jay-Z barely ever puts out new tracks
anymore. I still enjoy listening to guys like Wordsworth or Common, but I haven’t heard much of that in mainstream rap and given the choice between listening to rap or listening to Kings of Leon, the Cribs, the Silversun Pickups, etc. I just ultimately choosing the more rock stuff.
Lil’ Wayne is supposed to be the best rapper alive now from what I gather, and I just don’t find his stuff to be particularly enjoyable – musically or lyrically. It’s just not that special.
Fire Vinny.
by fundamentallysound on Apr 16, 2009 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions
I enjoy some of Lupe's stuff, haven't heard enough of him, though. Some of his
songs are really good, but he’s had other songs that I’ve been less enamored with.
Fire Vinny.
by fundamentallysound on Apr 16, 2009 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions
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Joakim Noah: Better than you.
Impressive you've never heard of Soulja Boy
Not only is he the worst rapper, lyrically-wise, he’s also a shameless self-promoting hack who is hated by everyone else in the industry.
That Steve Nash is exactly the same as Kirk Hinrich, but worse.
by NBA Observer on Apr 8, 2009 12:23 PM CDT
by Ozzie Montana on Apr 16, 2009 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions
oh I've heard of him, I just didn't know he was the worst.
here’s the kind of rap that I enjoy now:
the ironic kind:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yfISlGLNU
Fire Vinny.
by fundamentallysound on Apr 16, 2009 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Ha ha very good
I think SNL gets progressively worse but that guy is pretty good. (though I haven’t seen the show in a while.
heh a KG reference.
I’m more surprised that Sboy is Dwight Howards favorite
those guys are fuckin' hilarious.
there are so many great lines in that song.
I particularly enjoy when Akiva says “Fuck land” (drops the grass with disdain) “I’m on a boat, motherfucker. Fuck trees, I climb buoys motherfucker.”
My other favorite line is when he says “I got a nautical-themed pashmina afghan,” because that’s just ridiculous.
T-Pain saying “believe me when I say… I fucked a meerrrrrmaid,” is also high comedy. I just love that song, it makes fun of everything that is ridiculous about rap and is even better because T-Pain is in on the joke.
Fire Vinny.
by fundamentallysound on Apr 16, 2009 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions
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