Grantland feature on Mark Deeks

HINrichPolice · Post #41 » by **HINrichPolice** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:24 pm

musiqsoulchild wrote:Please click on the article.....great read as well.

On another note, we are lucky to have Sham be a Bulls poster. And his continued allegiance (No BG, No Deng) is good to see.

Oh, Sham was a fan waaaay before BG and Deng. I started posting regularly when we had Tyson and Eddy, and I'm almost positive Sham was here then, if not before that era (Elton/Artest/Crawford?).

CousinOfDeath · Post #42 » by **CousinOfDeath** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:26 pm

Sham the GOAT

Making me follow my dreams

RyGuy24 · Post #43 » by **RyGuy24** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:37 pm

Deeks is going to live the dream of eventually becoming a GM and hiring an all realgm front office. "GarPax" will eventually become "ShamDoug" or something.

ATRAIN53 · Post #44 » by **ATRAIN53** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:43 pm

awesome, keep going man.

The accent he has really makes him great for US radio too. Loved hearing him on The Game last week.
We really love British/English accents and humor in small doses.

It's why American Idol was so popular when Simon was on.
No one watches it anymore since he left.

grave · Post #45 » by **grave** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:49 pm

HINrichPolice wrote:
musiqsoulchild wrote:Please click on the article.....great read as well.

On another note, we are lucky to have Sham be a Bulls poster. And his continued allegiance (No BG, No Deng) is good to see.

Oh, Sham was a fan waaaay before BG and Deng. I started posting regularly when we had Tyson and Eddy, and I'm almost positive Sham was here then, if not before that era (Elton/Artest/Crawford?).

Exactly. Congrats Sham. It was a real pleasure to read that article

FecesOfDeath · Post #46 » by **FecesOfDeath** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 6:12 pm

I remember ShamBulls from the other popular Bulls forum on BBB since the Chandler and Curry days. Nice to see he's turned himself into a Matt Drudge-type in the NBA universe.

Babari Bulls · Post #47 » by **Babari Bulls** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 6:23 pm

HINrichPolice wrote:That will be the day when you're officially working for an NBA team. And how cool would it be if it were with our very own Bulls? Man...

Gar: Oh, hey Mark. Sorry to barge in, but I have this board room booked for 1:30.

Mark: Oh, not at all, Gar. Let me just gather up my things here...

Gar: Wait, is that... Do you have an 8X10 of me? And what have you... Did you draw on my face?

Mark: Uh, er, well, marketing research, Gar. You know. How we might make you seem more "in commmand" and the like. Increase your, ahhhhh, QP.

Gar: "QP?" I don't think that exists. The beard and mustache are fairly... luxuriant. But why the double eye patches? And what is this hand coming in from the left.

Mark: Cautionary tale, Gar. I was also working on an employee safety campaign in preparation for when Pax is in the office. "Keep all ties tucked in, at all times, or your eyes may be jumped from the sockets as resulting from asphyxiation.

Gar: ...........................

Mark: I'll uh... just be going now, Gar. Big meeting coming up, yes? Knock 'em dead!

Gar: Mark?

Mark: ?

Gar: Leave the picture. Oh, and what do you call that facial hair?

Mark: Oh, that's the double-handlebar smotherer, with optional Abraham Lincoln and chinstrap.

Gar: Great work, Mark. Carry on, carry on.

Droseisthe1 · Post #48 » by **Droseisthe1** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 6:27 pm

ShamSports OG right here.

Those player look-alikes were hilarious on his site.

thedarkstark · Post #49 » by **thedarkstark** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 7:22 pm

This is really amazing, congrats to Mark for all your hard work, it's great that you're being recognized.

I know he hasn't made it to the promised land yet, but this is really inspirational, really makes you think dreams ARE possible.

Do us proud, Deeks.

Scott May · Post #50 » by **Scott May** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:07 pm

John Keramaris · Acton, Massachusetts
Grantland: Please do us all a favor and stop making your articles so long. Ain't nobody got time to read all of this

I stand proudly with John Keramaris from Acton, Massachusetts.

ATRAIN53 · Post #51 » by **ATRAIN53** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:53 pm

samwana · Post #52 » by **samwana** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:59 pm

Magilla_Gorilla wrote:He famous.

I knew that boy back when he was posting pictures of the rash on his foot on the internet.

Don't remember me, those pictures still haunt me every now and then...

samwana · Post #53 » by **samwana** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:01 pm

And Mark/ShamBulls/Deeks great to see you get some props!

johnnyvann840 · Post #54 » by **johnnyvann840** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:09 pm

Thing with Deeks is it's not just him getting the numbers from the organizations, it's his understanding of the rules and bylaws of the CBA and the NBA.. What you can and cannot do. How to create loopholes... How to STRUCTURE deals. These are the things that will land him a job. Hell, in a couple of articles he apparently pointed out errors that violated the CBA ... and the team's changed them!! These are swings of hundreds of thousands of dollars that Deeks actually influenced changing hands in the NBA. Mind boggling really.

He's like a lawyer who specializes in the NBA CBA, but he has the skills of an accountant

.... and he can spell!

kyrv · Post #55 » by **kyrv** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:42 pm

Magilla_Gorilla wrote:He famous.

I knew that boy back when he was posting pictures of the rash on his foot on the internet.

We knew him back when he was a teenage girl from the Dakotas.

Great stuff kudos to him.

Gmoney3 · Post #56 » by **Gmoney3** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:05 pm

Scott May wrote:
John Keramaris · Acton, Massachusetts
Grantland: Please do us all a favor and stop making your articles so long. Ain't nobody got time to read all of this

I stand proudly with John Keramaris from Acton, Massachusetts.

I couldn't disagree more. Its rare you find good, detailed, long-form articles in this era. Especially in sports. Everything now is about condensing, less space, small newspaper articles, the golden era of the tweet. I understand the reasoning and I love what twitter provides but I definitely think there is still a demand for well researched, interesting long-form.

Grantland does a pretty good job of it for the most part too.

Gmoney3 · Post #57 » by **Gmoney3** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:08 pm

kyrv wrote:
Magilla_Gorilla wrote:He famous.

I knew that boy back when he was posting pictures of the rash on his foot on the internet.

We knew him back when he was a teenage girl from the Dakotas.

Great stuff kudos to him.

I knew him when we were sitting courtside for the Artis Gilmore Bulls, and we only paid a quarter for the seats!

laxmosher1 · Post #58 » by **laxmosher1** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:29 pm

It's great that he is getting all of this press, but lets hope those foot pictures don't show up and ruin his career.

chadrucf · Post #59 » by **chadrucf** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 12:17 am

Thank you, Mark. Your dedication makes being an NBA fan easier.

Afan_84 · Post #60 » by **Afan_84** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:09 am

FecesOfDeath wrote:I remember ShamBulls from the other popular Bulls forum on BBB since the Chandler and Curry days. Nice to see he's turned himself into a Matt Drudge-type in the NBA universe.

Sham was on the espn boards back in the Chandler and Curry days. I was mostly on there as well. I also joined his forum when he first started. Due to lack of posts and time, didn't go back there after first 6 months.

I still remember a post he put up when he talked about just played basketball for the first time in his life, at age of 21.

Congrats Sham.