a buddy of mine named his son Cal. all i’ve ever called him is calbert cheaney

I respectfully disagree with you Darrell. They laid the blueprint for the Knicks and Heat and their utterly unwatchable brand of basketball. That was bad for the NBA. Ugly, terrible basketball that no one wanted to watch. And they only beat the Lakers because Magic and Byron were both out in the Finals.

nah, Pat Riley laid that blueprint, directly on his own. That Pistons team was too young. They played physical basketball, but they were also young and skilled. Rodman and Salley off the bench filling the lanes and blocking shots? The Lakers had no answer for that. Mark Aguirre with the low post offense along with Dumars and Isiah with Vinnie off the bench? Buddah Edwards coming in with instant offense in the post? They would have beaten the Lakers, just like they beat the Celtics. I’ll give you Magic maybe making a difference for a game, but Byron Scott was never known for showing up in the Finals. Plus Kareem retired the year before, so they weren’t the same squad.

Sorry if you can’t accept the truth. I sat through all of that crap live and it was ridiculous. And terrible for the NBA.

The only way they were terrible for the NBA, I would guess, was they eventually became good enough to end the Celtics/Lakers run, and the Bulls had to wait awhile before they became good enough to beat them. But, the Pistons beat them all with skill and the physical play the Celtics taught them they had to play with before they could climb that mountain.

vincent, stop being a dummy.

Sorry if you can’t accept the truth. I sat through all of that crap live and it was ridiculous. And terrible for the NBA.

Maybe AC Green would qualify as a character in the NBA too, probably the most unique guy of the bunch

Dude’s wiki page makes him seem like a hero.

I wish I could find that news piece/interview I saw with him a few years ago. I can’t remember if it was 60 Minutes or another news magazine program. They talked exclusively about all the money he lost. People even tried to scam money from him with fake charities and stuff. It was really sad.

Manute Bol’s story is very very sad. Gave almost every dollar he had to help the Sudan. That celebrity boxing match humiliated him but he did it for the money. Died at 47 in chronic pain.

Met him in New Orleans at the Dunk Contest.

#WeakBrag

He is just a douche. Not funny.

I always thought it was funny that he acted like a douche but was tiny and wouldn’t be able to do shit to most of the guys he barked at.

Dude’s wiki page makes him seem like a hero. This is pretty sad:

In July 2004, Bol was seriously injured in a car accident, breaking his neck, when he was ejected from a taxi that hit a guardrail and overturned. The driver had a suspended license and was drving under the influence.[24] Because his fortunes were mostly donated to Sudan, he was in financial ruins because he had no life insurance or health insurance.

No love for The Glove?

He is just a douche. Not funny.

I would add Yao Ming to the list. His teammates and those around him always say how funny he is. He also got a technical in his first game in the NBA for cussing at the official. Truly an effort, since he couldn’t speak english at that point.

Also Mark Cuban has flavor to the NBA like no other owners. Dissing DQ employees, apoplectic rage at losing 2006 NBA finals, altercation with Kenyon Martin, literally millions and millions of dollar worth of fines etc. David Stern is sneaky funny too. Perhaps the most arrogant commissioner of all time. Constantly talks down to people, yet he let fly with some wonderful zingers at those who dare speak up against him. Phil Jackson is another good one. If not for anything, than for his flirting with sideline reporters. Lebron James is funny too. Although not for the reasons he intended.

I can go on and on. God I miss the NBA.

Wish youtoube had the clip of him running into the stands in Portland.

He probably should have sent the money to the south exclusively.

This is a tab before my time, but wasn’t Joe Dumars well respected throughout the league?

I guess Dumars and Vinnie Johnson are exempt. But since the Pistons couldn’t compete straight up, you had Rodman and Laimbeer pulling some dumb shit to try and throw people off their games. Zero respect for guys who resort to that garbage. Isiah was one of the greatest of all-time, but was a fucking crybaby.

Ha, yeah I thought that was the case but didn’t feel like searching.