Comments on: Even Though You Kinda Suck, Your Name Lives On

By: zillarocca

zillarocca — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:01:18 +0000

Yo Donnie Boyce was my shit on NBA Live. I used to bring him in off the bench and hit three’s all day! If McDyess’ knees didn’t get thrashed, I think he would’ve been one of the top 5 PF’s of the last 10 years–he was so explosive!

I remember when Priest Lauderdale got drafted, the Hawks thought they were so lucky getting a “younger Dikembe Mutombo.” He was 7’4”, 320 lbs. and averaged 3 and 2 while playing 2 years in the NBA!!! When will GMs learn to say no to 7 footers who have no intensity/passion/work ethic? Most of them know just by being a tall drink of water they can make an easy mill just by standing in the lane and committing 4 fouls.

By: CommishCH

CommishCH — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:10:02 +0000

No less than 3 Nuggets in there…McDyess had damn freaky hops in the day. Donnie Boyce used to wreck it in the old Big 8 up in Boulder. Cadillac Anderson…cool name, no-so-hot name.

True story about Priest Lauderdale, so I heard. Dude was known for being very slack and lazy with his game…like practically walked through the whole thing. In pick up games teams used to take the trainers, ball boys, assistant coaches in their 60s before Priest.

By: Zilla Rocca

Zilla Rocca — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:59:01 +0000

Dart:

I clearly rememer Serge Zwikker. He sounded like a villain in a James Bond movie with a eye patch.

Loren Woods had a soft name and a soft game, he was just lucky enough to play with Tim Duncan at Wake for a short while.

John Celestand was a Philly guy–it blows my mind how good Villanova was in the late 90s and the best NBA player to come out of that school was Tim Thomas, the defition of a 1st and 15th player (that’s when the checks are cut).

By: vincentlopez

vincentlopez — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:01:54 +0000

I think you forgot my two favorite NBA names:

Muggsy Bogues and Shamgod Wells who later changed his name to God Shamgod. Too bad he didn’t play like a god. Don’t forget about Manute Bol either.

Vincent
thimk.wordpress.com

By: DistantStarr

DistantStarr — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:17:34 +0000

Yo Zilla…..you are an asshole lol…Good Job. Bloggers unite

By: fresh

fresh — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:27:49 +0000

Scoonie was one of my roommates back in college, before he bounced to Ohio State. Samaki Walker’s younger brother was up at school with us, too. He couldn’t really play ball worth a damn, but I’ll always remember him because he used to rock a pair of ski goggles on his head 24/7.

And can I give a shout out to my high school teammate Troy Murphy?

But anyway, my favorite NBA name would probably be Yinka Dare. I don’t know who the hell Geert Hammink is, but he would probably rank second for me.

By: Dart_Adams

Dart_Adams — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:18:24 +0000

Holy shit! Other not so legendary draft picks include Serge Zwikker, Tim Floyd, Hanno Mottola, Lavor Postell, Omar Cook, Sherrell Ford, Loren Woods, Keon Clark, Bryce Drew, Ansu Sesay, Dion Glover, Jumaine Jones, A.J. Bramlett Jason Hart,, John Celestand, William Avery, Darius Miles, Marcus Fizer, Khalid El-Amin, Jerome Moiso, Kedrick Brown, Michael Bradley, Chris Herren, Scoonie Penn, Ousmane Cisse and Korleone Young to name a few.

I HATED those old Gonzaga, Richmond and Valparaiso squads!

Bryant “Big Country” Reeves SUCKED!

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