Daily Archives: 01Dec11
“I Saw A Werewolf Drinkin’ A Pina-Colada At Trader Vic’s… and His Hair Was PERFECT!” — Warren Zevon
“My Favorite Players (plural) EVER… …in The NBA??? ??? ???”
—Easy.
Sure, I Did Love Watching Bird and Magic and Stockton and Malone and Rodman and Pippen and McHale.
I Had Fun Watching It For A Long-Time.
There Were TWO Guys, however…
…That We’re “MY BOYS!“—
Rik Smits
Rik Smits - *Pacers* - "The Dunking Dutchman" ...(by way of Indianapolis)... Of Course!!!
…and…
Kurt Rambis
Kurt Rambis - *Lakers* - and Danny Ainge - *Celtics* - Tell Me THESE Guys Weren't A BLAST To WATCH!!!
Period.
(Honorable Mention To DANNY AINGE (loved that Dude, also))
—“The Dunking Dutchman” is In The News Tonight…
…and I Realized I Really HAD Lost Track of The Guy.
{“TDD” In The News: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Rik-Smits-finds-a-home-away-from-hoops-8230-o;_ylt=Aq_OgnG.tBdndh.zd6WJdLq8vLYF?urn=nba-wp11112}
It Was a Pleasant Surprise, actually.—
Sooo…
…Since I’m Working a Slightly-Different (personal) Format…
…I Felt This Was a Great-Place-To-START.
Who He WAS...
...and Who He IS! (Dirt-Bikes?!?! REALLY!?!?!?! Dirt. Bikes. ?.?.?. Am I On "Candid Camera"!!?!?!!??!)
—Kurt Rambis was ALSO In The News, recently.
{http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sports/2011-11/18/c_131254766.htm}
If You Know Me, and Kurt Rambis…
…Then You Really Already Know Our “Common-Bonds” Oh-So-Well.
Not JUST “Them Glasses”…
…no…
…but ALSO His “Personal-Style” When He Was On-The-Court.
He Wasn’t “The Most Talented.”
BY FAR.
He WAS, however, “A SCRAPPER.”
I Totally Sucked In Most Ways When I Played Sports.
I Simply LOVED Sports.
So It Was IMPOSSIBLE For Me To Stay Away From Them…
…Even Though I Wasn’t Very Good At Them.
-((Side Note:) TRUST ME, Peeps…
…That’s Another Bloggin’ing For Another Time.
It’s Already “In-The-Works” ;-| !!!)-
So I Learned To Use What I DID Have To Offer When Playing Them.
I Got SCRAPPY.
Diving For The Ball…
…Throwing Elbows…
…Swatting At The Ball CONSTANTLY…
…etc etc etc.
-((Side Note:) I Played Basketball For TWO-Seasons in The MBA (“Marion Basketball Association”… was on The Clippers, btw). I Scored THREE-BASKETS (Two Of Which Were FREE-THROWS) in Those TWO-Seasons. I Was/Am A BAD-SHOT. Therefore, My (ASSIGNED) JOB Was To “GET IN THERE AND FOUL!” Period.)-
So, It Really Wasn’t Surprising To Me (not in the slightest) When My Barracks-Roommate said…
…”Dude! Has Anyone Ever Told You “Hey, You Remind Me Of Kurt Rambis?”??”
I Simply Broke-Down in a FIT-Of-LAUGHTER.
And THEN I Got Up Off The Floor…
…and Clutched The Knee I’d Jammed Into said Floor While Diving For A Re-Bound That Was CLEARLY Out-Of-Reach-ANYWAY.—
Kurt Rambis: Man... Myth... Legend... SCRAPPER!!!
Best-KURT-RAMBIS-Pic-EVER!!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!!
"You Jivin' Me, Turkey?" 