BBTV Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Somehow I didn't know anything bad about Karl Malone. Just read about impregnating a 13 year old, then settling a suit so that he would not have to publicly acknowledge twins that he had with some other girl (actually the twins came first, the statutory rape came second) . At least both he and that girl were both 17, but when he fathered a 13 year-old's child, he was 20. That's not simply a "matter that has settled". I don't think it's virtue signaling to call that despicable. Lots of players get praised or get the benefit of the doubt after doing despicable acts, but IDK... being a 20-year-old college student and getting a 13-year-old pregnant demonstrates not only multiple occurrences of bad judgement, but is flat-out sick. Man - I loved Stockton and Malone, but knowing what I know now about both of them, I'm really glad they're not immortalized in NBA championship lore. 7 1 Quote "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digby Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Karl Malone walked so Herschel Walker could run (directly into a brick wall, multiple times over) 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 14 hours ago, BBTV said: Somehow I didn't know anything bad about Karl Malone. Just read about impregnating a 13 year old, then settling a suit so that he would not have to publicly acknowledge twins that he had with some other girl (actually the twins came first, the statutory rape came second) . At least both he and that girl were both 17, but when he fathered a 13 year-old's child, he was 20. That's not simply a "matter that has settled". I don't think it's virtue signaling to call that despicable. Lots of players get praised or get the benefit of the doubt after doing despicable acts, but IDK... being a 20-year-old college student and getting a 13-year-old pregnant demonstrates not only multiple occurrences of bad judgement, but is flat-out sick. Man - I loved Stockton and Malone, but knowing what I know now about both of them, I'm really glad they're not immortalized in NBA championship lore. 53 minutes ago, Digby said: Karl Malone walked so Herschel Walker could run (directly into a brick wall, multiple times over) Malone has a daughter, Cheryl Ford, who played in the WNBA, and the only reason he seemed to even acknowledge her was that the NBA acted like he was responsible for her talent. Which outside of the initial event, he was not around to help her become a league champion. He seems to be much closer to his children he had later in life, but he all but abandoned Cheryl and her brother right after they were born. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Philly got a championship! A slam dunk championship. Congrats to Mac McClung. Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 41 minutes ago, TrueYankee26 said: Philly got a championship! A slam dunk championship. Congrats to Mac McClung. Literally nobody has any idea who that even is. Quote "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 You hear all about how Jazz fans hate black people, and then the one they do like is a statutory rapist. It's like, come on, guys, bet on a winner. 5 Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 On 2/16/2023 at 8:56 AM, dont care said: He acknowledged in 2008 it’s too late for them to have a real father son relationship, but has had a relationship with him since 2014. So once again what’s the big deal? There are plenty of dead beat fathers out there. Sooo the outrage is actually about Karl Malone r*ping a 12 year old girl. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Germanshepherd Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 That was a great contest. Mac put on an incredible show, and everybody else had something creative and solid too. 1 Quote i have unquantifiable corpses on my conscience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepis21 Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 McClung was on fire but Murphy had great dunks too. In next year give me McClung, Gordon, LaVine and Morant/Toppin. On the other hand I gave Skills Challenge second chance but no, this new formula is still too chaotic and I still don't like it. Please NBA bring back original one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floydnimrod Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 I've been waiting for Mac McClung to have an NBA moment. And this counts! I also really like that Jae'Sean Tate was throwing passes to Kenyon Martin Jr. for his first attempt. They're teammates now and they're dads were college teammates at Cincinnati. Also, yes, the Dunk Contest has been meh the past year or two, but every year that happens people want to shut the whole event down, because god forbid we don't have a take on everything that happens, even if we don't really watch it. This was a good dunk contest! And they'll continue to happen before, after, and around bad ones. We didn't shut the Super Bowl down after the 49ers beat the broncos 55-10 or the Seahawks beat the Broncos 43-8 (unintended Broncos pile on, yeah!). It's fine. Sometimes events are duds, and it doesn't have to be this big statement because we have nothing better to do. 1 Quote Mancakes: The Bandhttps://twitter.com/FloydNimrod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinsUp1214 Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 I almost passed on watching the dunk contest this year; I’m glad I decided to keep watching! McClung’s dunks had me out of my seat. The dunk contest needed that badly. Also, a very cool moment with Dame winning the 3-pt Contest here wearing a Weber State uniform. He’s the greatest player to ever come out of a Utah school and definitely beloved here (I’ve attended two Blazers/Jazz games in SLC, and both times he got a near standing ovation when introduced in the lineup), and he’s always shown a lot of love right back to the state. I was rooting for Markkanen of course, but Dame winning here was the next best thing from a Jazz fan perspective, and I was really happy to see him do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Is he the first guy to compete in a dunk contest without actually having played for the team he's representing? I just looked up his stats, and he hasn't even played in an NBA game this year (and only two in his life... one for each of two teams!) 3 Quote "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted February 19, 2023 Author Share Posted February 19, 2023 Might be a deep pull, but you have to forgive McClung for not getting too much PT, since he's got a second career as lead singer of Future Islands. (Anyone else see it? Or just me?) 3 1 1 Quote 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floydnimrod Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 39 minutes ago, BBTV said: Is he the first guy to compete in a dunk contest without actually having played for the team he's representing? I just looked up his stats, and he hasn't even played in an NBA game this year (and only two in his life... one for each of two teams!) I think Cassius Stanley in 2021 was in the G-League at the time of his participation. I know he played around 20 NBA games that year, but I can't remember if they were before or after the contest. Quote Mancakes: The Bandhttps://twitter.com/FloydNimrod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 2 hours ago, BBTV said: Is he the first guy to compete in a dunk contest without actually having played for the team he's representing? I just looked up his stats, and he hasn't even played in an NBA game this year (and only two in his life... one for each of two teams!) The world cannot handle this much white boy swag. Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepis21 Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 4 hours ago, DG_ThenNowForever said: Might be a deep pull, but you have to forgive McClung for not getting too much PT, since he's got a second career as lead singer of Future Islands. And in past he was an olympics gold medalist in gymnastics: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted February 20, 2023 Author Share Posted February 20, 2023 This live picking is...not as good as when they did it on television. Also, what's going on with the audio? 1 Quote 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted February 20, 2023 Author Share Posted February 20, 2023 Westbrook to the Clips. Good luck to everyone involved! Quote 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 18 minutes ago, DG_ThenNowForever said: Westbrook to the Clips. Good luck to everyone involved! Adam Silver foaming at mouth right now over the potential of a Lakers/Clippers or Suns/Mavs playoff series (or both!). This move makes sense for Westbrook, but not for the Clippers. He gets to stay in his hometown of LA, and he gets to play with his former teammate and buddy Paul George. The Clippers get a non-shooting, poor desicion-making, ball-dominant player who's past his prime. The same issues with his fit with the Lakers will apply across the hall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted February 20, 2023 Author Share Posted February 20, 2023 On the one hand, the Lakers gave up on Zubac and he's excelled with the Clips. On the other hand, that was really stupid by Magic and everyone knew it immediately. Westbrook's last great moment was dragging the Wizards to the playoffs, and he deserves a lot of credit for that. But it just feels like fundamentally, if you can't play with LeBron and AD, who can you play with? They gave him every opportunity to succeed, and he kind of literally threw it away. Westbrook is a high motor guy and will always keep up energy on the court. But he can't shoot, I don't recall him defending particularly well, and his passing has gotten worse. It's completely possible Kawhi and Paul George and Ty Lue get more out of him than the Lakers could. Maybe they'll prove everyone wrong. It's just that it feels like that's what we've heard about Russ ever since he left OKC and he is who he is now. 1 Quote 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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