Joey Dorsey Appreciation Thread
Posted: Tue Mar 2, 2010 4:35 am


Yeah, he played like 7 minutes in 3 years or whatever, and has got to be a colossally disappointing draft pick if you went by his potential (unless you're one of the lucky bastards that shorted his stock), but the guy sparked an entire series of awesome short made-up wtfage at The Dream Shake that really makes me wonder what kind of psychopath he really was. Did we have the future Dennis Rodman (minus the bit about being an epic defender and perhaps the league's greatest-ever rebounder) on our hands and let him slip away quietly into the cold, cold night, only to be eaten by a vicious rabbit? Found out today that when he was in RGV, the Rockets had to take his passport away to keep him from going to Mexico every night.
Here's some links, show the idiot some love:
Union Selection: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/02/11/joey ... selection/
From U of Memphis: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/s ... id=2941884
Pre-draft Grizz article: http://www.grizzblogs.com/index.php?/fe ... ey_dorsey/
Thrown out of Summer League: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2008/07/19/joey ... t-he-wasn/
Kings Intro 1: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/02/27/256941 ... rss=Sports
Kings Intro 2: http://www.sactownroyalty.com/2010/2/18 ... oey-dorsey
There are four types of guys in the D-League: guys who are there for the coaches to pick on, guys signed because of local appeal to sell tickets, guys who are long-term projects but have some talent, and guys who are obviously and profoundly better than the talent around them, but need to focus on what the NBA team in question wants from them. Dorsey is the latter.
Maybe the best thing about him is that he's been broken of all the instincts most Memphis guys come with: that is, the myth that they are legit scorers. He's been torn down by the Rockets system into believing he should simply kill the ball, get putbacks, then do the same again.
Random segue: after seeing Dorsey first-hand at the summer league in Las Vegas, I just wanted to add that the guy is an absolute house. You can see it a little on TV, but it doesn't do him justice: he not only dwarfs reporters but also his fellow players. I'm not kidding, his shoulders make Dwight Howard blush.
Post whatever else you can find, and for crying out loud can someone hook him up with his Gorilla Dunk Bonus?
Ruminations Series:
http://www.thedreamshake.com/2009/8/20/ ... -bench-the
http://www.thedreamshake.com/2009/5/5/8 ... -the-bench
http://www.thedreamshake.com/2010/2/19/ ... s-from-the
Remember, I'm looking for accounts of Joey Dorsey being clinically insane while flaunting his morbidly flaccid IQ in public.
(Police involvement optional)