Thread: I wonder...

Originally Posted by P-funk

if he learned to speak so eloquently like this at Georgtown?

what a dumbass

He said the word "practice" in that clip more than he actually has practiced his whole career. What a waste of talent.

I wish douche bags like that and TO, that are just a cancer wouldn't get picked up by any team.

Originally Posted by FatCatMC

He said the word "practice" in that clip more than he actually has practiced his whole career. What a waste of talent.

lol, this is the clip from the best damn sports show where they counted how many times he said "practice".....lol, i love when they gave him the .5 when he half said it....haha

Originally Posted by IainDaniel

I wish douche bags like that and TO, that are just a cancer wouldn't get picked up by any team.

Instead they all end up in Philly.

Matches the Philly fans

Originally Posted by IainDaniel

Matches the Philly fans

Philly fans are magical beings.

Why does he sound like a drunk old man?

AI is a good guy, get off his back b/c he looks conceited on the court. He's given millions over his tenure to local charities and is known as a community player. If you poll the NBA for the hardest playing player I guarantee he'd be in the top 5. He can coem off as selfish on the court b/c he has no team, and off the court b/c he is the only correct player ever to say that he is the team.

He had that one stint of domestic abuse that he immediately apologized for, and came out publicly against abuses and explained what happened. Even Jason Kidd has had a domestic charge.

Don't hate him b/c he's tatted up and passionate. I wouldn't want him on the Wizards b/c we don't need a PG, but I have the utmost respect for the guy.

Originally Posted by P-funk

if he learned to speak so eloquently like this at Georgtown?

what a dumbass

Was this before or after you learned how to spell Georgetown?

Originally Posted by P-funk

if he learned to speak so eloquently like this at Georgtown?

what a dumbass

That's the appeal Jordan had, he was very well spoken.

Don't get me wrong, I also butcher the english langauge with my New Yawk accent, but I am not in TV.

With all that money he has he could take speech classes.

Speak smart in public and just speak your langauge among your people.

Originally Posted by P-funk

if he learned to speak so eloquently like this at Georgetown?

what a dumbass

If you ever heard Patrick Ewing talk to his buddies in private you'll notice he will have a thick Jamaican accent, in front of the cameras it disappears.

I can't believe he came out from there...

Knowledge of correct speech doesnt necessarily mean you should change it. The way you speak is as much a part of you and your culture than anything else.

Originally Posted by goandykid

AI is a good guy, get off his back b/c he looks conceited on the court. He's given millions over his tenure to local charities and is known as a community player. If you poll the NBA for the hardest playing player I guarantee he'd be in the top 5. He can coem off as selfish on the court b/c he has no team, and off the court b/c he is the only correct player ever to say that he is the team.

He had that one stint of domestic abuse that he immediately apologized for, and came out publicly against abuses and explained what happened. Even Jason Kidd has had a domestic charge.

Don't hate him b/c he's tatted up and passionate. I wouldn't want him on the Wizards b/c we don't need a PG, but I have the utmost respect for the guy.

He definitely plays his heart out.

Originally Posted by goandykid

Knowledge of correct speech doesnt necessarily mean you should change it. The way you speak is as much a part of you and your culture than anything else.

Hmmm....I disagree.
I tell the young kids on my block to learn how to speak properly, leave that ghetto shit on our block.

I tell them if a Police offficer where to stop you or pull you over you talk to them properly.
Not like "Yo, wassup po po."
The surburban cop will not like that at all.

Originally Posted by goandykid

Knowledge of correct speech doesnt necessarily mean you should change it. The way you speak is as much a part of you and your culture than anything else.

Presentation of yourself has a huge impact on how you are percieved and accepted.

Originally Posted by min0 lee

Hmmm....I disagree.
I tell the young kids on my block to learn how to speak properly, leave that ghetto shit on our block.

I tell them if a Police offficer where to stop you or pull you over you talk to them properly.
Not like "Yo, wassup po po."
The surburban cop will not like that at all.

I agree with the police speech, but his grammar as a whole was better than the majority of the rest of the NBA. It's been a couple days since I saw it, did he even curse? It's not ghetto speak anymore like it was considered 20 years ago, now it should be considered an entirely different accent. African American city speak should be considered no differently than a southern drawl or a Canadian oot and aboot.

Originally Posted by IainDaniel

Presentation of yourself has a huge impact on how you are percieved and accepted.

To the adult, white community. The way he spoke there had no ill effect on how I perceived him, I'm glad he was himself and not the "default answer" player you see in most interviews.

Originally Posted by goandykid

African American city speak should be considered no differently than a southern drawl or a Canadian oot and aboot.

All the same to me.

Yea, I felt like I made a hell of a point too.

Originally Posted by goandykid

To the adult, white community. The way he spoke there had no ill effect on how I perceived him, I'm glad he was himself and not the "default answer" player you see in most interviews.

So to sound like an educated person is a white adult perception, and to sound like a retard is acceptable?

He is lucky to be making the money he does playing a game. If he didn't have that, he would be gangbanging in the streets. He is a fuckchop.

He is so overrated.

Originally Posted by IainDaniel

So to sound like an educated person is a white adult perception, and to sound like a retard is acceptable?

He is lucky to be making the money he does playing a game. If he didn't have that, he would be gangbanging in the streets. He is a fuckchop.

Can you imagine him representing you in court?

IA the lawyer......defending Dale on a DUI charge..

"Yo, my Jurors....we are just talking bout a drink....a drink....we talkin about a drink................

Originally Posted by the nut

He is so overrated.

I think he's actually a real good player.

I think all great point guards should make everyone around them better, and I don't see that out of him. I think he'd be much more valuable to a team as a 2 guard. I'll take Davis, Nash, Kidd, Paul, Arenas or Billups over him anyday. I consider him a good player too, just not the elite player he thinks he is. And, defintely not worth the headache.

I thought he moved to a shooting guard?

Yeh, they put Ollie as the starter this year... but he was running it a lot.

Originally Posted by IainDaniel

So to sound like an educated person is a white adult perception, and to sound like a retard is acceptable?

He is lucky to be making the money he does playing a game. If he didn't have that, he would be gangbanging in the streets. He is a fuckchop.

Funny how you can judge him jsut because of the way he speaks as a gangbanger w/o basketball, and speaking like a retard. Glad to see all the racial tolerance up there in the 51st state.

He sounded intelligent to me, slang and an urban accent don't affect my perception of someone else's intelligence. From all the pre/post game interviews and press conf I've seen him in, I know he's an intelligent and educated man, even though he may not want to speak like you want him to.

Originally Posted by the nut

Yeh, they put Ollie as the starter this year... but he was running it a lot.

Yea, he's a 2 that still has one hand on the reigns. I agree that great PG's amke their team better, but there's only so much he can do. Remember the finals run a few years back? Who was there second leading scorer, w/o googling it? He was the team b/c everyone else was a true scrub. He had no Pippen, no Shaq, no Ric Hamilton.