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playa2
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9/5/2007  12:04 PM
Post random facts about the NBA here....

1. Kobe Bryant speaks fluent Italian.

2. Both Carmelo Anthony and Gilbert Arenas are actually Half Puerto Ricans
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playa2
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9/5/2007  12:32 PM
3.Vince Carter played the drums in high school and was offered a scholarship for it
JAMES DOLAN on Isiah : He's a good friend of mine and of the organization and I will continue to solicit his views. He will always have strong ties to me and the team.
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9/5/2007  12:37 PM
4. Danny Ainge made it to the major leagues with the Blue Jays in 1979 while still in college, but amassed only modest numbers for the team for parts of three years. In 1981, after receiving the John R. Wooden Award as college basketball player of the year, Ainge was chosen in the 1981 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics, who had to buy out Ainge's contract from the Blue Jays after enduring a legal battle over the rights to it.
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9/5/2007  1:01 PM
I didn't know arenas was half puerto rican.

I like this thread.
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playa2
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9/5/2007  1:05 PM
5. Michael Jordan wore #12 in a game against Orlando in 1991(or 1992) when his #23 jersey was stolen.
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9/5/2007  1:12 PM
Posted by playa2:

Post random facts about the NBA here....

1. Kobe Bryant speaks fluent Italian.

2. Both Carmelo Anthony and Gilbert Arenas are actually Half Puerto Ricans
Actually that is not true, he is 1/8 Cuban.

[Edited by - CDB on 09-05-2007 1:22 PM]
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9/5/2007  1:45 PM
6. Steve Nash went completely unrecruited by the U.S. NCAA schools

7. Nash was born in South Africa. He was 18 months old when his parents moved to Canada. Why did they move? The negative effects the apartheid system may have on their children.

Ponder this: If not for Apartheid, would Steve Nash even play Basketball? If the lack of recruiting was a problem when he was in Canada, imagine if he had grown up in South Africa?
lol @ being BANNED by Martin since 11/07/10 (for asking if Mr. Earl had a point). Really, Martin? C'mon. This is the internet. I've seen much worse on this site. By Earl himself. Drop the hypocrisy.
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9/5/2007  1:47 PM
Gene Conley played for both the Celtics and the Knicks of the nba and the Boston/Milwaukee Braves, the Phillies and the Red Sox of mlb - and played both professional basketball and baseball at a high level. He played in the world series, the nba finals and three mlb all star games.

As a baseball pitcher, he had a career era of 3.82. As a back-up forward in the nba, in 16.5 minutes he averaged 5.9 points and 6.5 boards. He played the 1962-63, and the 63-64 seasons with the Knicks.
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9/5/2007  2:10 PM
8. Steve nash is really black. He changed when he immigrted to canada.

9. Bill Bradley likes Mallowmar cookies. With milk!

10. Clyde got laid more then Isiah. Game over.

11. Wilt buit a mountain top home IN LA and had a sex room with a ceiling that opened up.

12. Dave Debussure was a relief pitcher for the Chicago White sox at the major league level for two seasons.

13. Earl Monroe likes to produce shows and is not gay.

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14. Nalod is an agent of Cablevision
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9/5/2007  4:02 PM
15. The Knicks won't make the playoffs this season. Yes, it's a fact.
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9/5/2007  4:10 PM
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lol @ being BANNED by Martin since 11/07/10 (for asking if Mr. Earl had a point). Really, Martin? C'mon. This is the internet. I've seen much worse on this site. By Earl himself. Drop the hypocrisy.
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9/5/2007  9:49 PM
Had it not been for his high school not having a baseball team, Tracy McGrady would have pursued baseball instead of basketball.
JAMES DOLAN on Isiah : He's a good friend of mine and of the organization and I will continue to solicit his views. He will always have strong ties to me and the team.
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9/6/2007  2:45 AM
17. Allan Houston grew up down the street from where Muhammad Ali lived

18. T-Mac wears number #1 because his favorite player was Penny

19. Allen Iverson once said "practice" over 20 times in an interview

20. Mike Bibby's dad is an assistant for the Hawks

21. Long before the Toronto Raptors existed, The Toronto Huskies existed.

22. Michael Jordan's major in university was "cultural geography"
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9/6/2007  3:52 AM
23. Red Auerbach used to call David Stern "idiot" to his face.

24. Red also was a taxi-cab confession away from becoming President & GM of the Knicks in the 80's.

25. Patrick Ewing is Jamaican, not African.

26. Michael Jordan once regarded Latrell Sprewell as the best player to ever guard him.
DLee is the best thing to happen to NY in Isiah's 4 year tenure. And that alone, though a positive on the radar, is sad as hell.
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9/6/2007  8:21 AM
27.Antonio McDyess has a ritual in which he removes his clothing and puts his game jersey on in a specific order. If the order is not met, he puts his clothes back on and starts over by walking back into the locker room.
JAMES DOLAN on Isiah : He's a good friend of mine and of the organization and I will continue to solicit his views. He will always have strong ties to me and the team.
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9/6/2007  8:30 AM
Posted by playa2:

27.Antonio McDyess has a ritual in which he removes his clothing and puts his game jersey on in a specific order. If the order is not met, he puts his clothes back on and starts over by walking back into the locker room.

I wonder if he changed that after like the 3rd blown out knee.
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9/6/2007  8:32 AM
28.Flip Saunders and Tony Dungy (Coach of Indianapolis Colts) were college roommates at the University of Minnesota.
JAMES DOLAN on Isiah : He's a good friend of mine and of the organization and I will continue to solicit his views. He will always have strong ties to me and the team.
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9/6/2007  10:35 AM
Quadruple Doubles - The only ones ever recorded

1974 -- Nate Thurmond; 22 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists, 12 blocks
1986 -- Alvin Robertson; 20 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists and steals
1990 -- Hakeem Olajuwon; 18 points, 16 rebounds, 10 assists, 11 blocks
1994 -- David Robinson; 34 points, 10 rebounds, assists, and blocks
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9/6/2007  12:16 PM
Allen Iverson's middle name is Ezail
JAMES DOLAN on Isiah : He's a good friend of mine and of the organization and I will continue to solicit his views. He will always have strong ties to me and the team.
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