OT-Players I like and dislike in the NBA

[Gus McCrae]

Copied the idea from the Jazz board; players I like and dislike for random reasons.

Players I dislike:
Melo- he socked that Knick, ran..also elbowed Vujacic, only starts fights with little guys
Nate Robinson- instigated that fight.
Damon Jones- wow, I cannot stand this guy..so cocky and he sucks
Diaw- Doris Diaw, just annoying looking.
Antoine Walker- everything he represents.


Players I like:
AK47- my favorite non-laker. ukranian, like my grandparents, a beast on D.
Ron Artest- the guy is an idiot and a jack#ss off the court, but watching him play is great. his D is intense and he moves like an animal.
Marcus Camby- D-FENCE. love the blocks
Mutumbo- finger wave and "who wants to sex mutumbo"
McGrady- like his shot and lacsadaisical approach
Pierce- same reasons as McGrady

[Gerald3Wallace]

dislike:
ginnobili - flop
bowen - just dont like the dude
carter - wasted talent
anderson varajeo - same as manu
melo - same as your reason
antoine walker

like:
monta ellis - very good and underrated
kobe - best today
lamar - people hate on him so much...makes me appreciate him more
cp3 - beast
iverson - a warrior
gerald wallace - his relentless style of play.."crash"
arenas - funny dude

[bobobolas1]

Dislike:
Chris bosh- A filler who was thought as a leader.
Bargani- Ruined my fantasy team and im tired of givin oportunities
Brad miller- So dirty as divac at the end of his career.
Steve Nash- I simply dont like him. Horry made a big job with the nose.
Kevin garnett- arrogant and boston's one now.
Shaq- more arrogant. the ferrari that turned to a minardi.



like:

David West: He is a big beast underrated.
Duncan- 4rings and franchise player. Simply great. A legend already.
Nowitzki- Its wonderfull how easy he make FG at midrange.
Mutombo Simply great, another legend that still in the courts.
Boozer Drafted in the second round and being compared with karl malone nowadays. Is not that great as i see?

[LLcoleJ]

dislike

Smush

like

everyone not named Smush

[Mamba Venom]

Dislike
Melo - it was my friends pot... Handed MJ's shoe line and a team
Who grabbed Kaman's package ... what a chump
R Swift Red headed kid on the Sonics was suppose to be good and doesnt practice or workout
Bowen - respect the fire but he is dirty... if he wasnt quite so dirty I would like him as a player... took it too far.
Marbury for wasting all that talent, hardwork doesnt get along w/ KG and wanted to be the leader

Like
Love Turiafs fire
Superman Howard
Elton Brand
ZO
Mutombo gives so much back... keeps playing to build hospitals
Kidd deserved to win until he came out West, has a dark side but what a player

Fav Kobe Haters: Reggie Miller, Shaq

[slifersd]

Players I like:
AK47- my favorite non-laker. ukranian, like my grandparents, a beast on D.

I'm pretty sure Kirelenko is Russian, not Ukranian.

[Chubby Chaser]

Dislike

Steve Nash: This guy is a one tricky pony. He can only thrive in a run and gun system, but fails to be effective in a half court offense. Can't play defense and cries a lot. Overrated in my book.

Dwayne Wade: Also a one trick pony. If he's not driving he is virtually ineffective. Still can't shoot, and can't play defense. And if he is supposed to be as good as everyone proclaims him to be, there's no way his team would of won single digit wins this season regardless of him being "injured" or not.

Karl Malone: I have always hated this guy. From his cheap shot elbows to his cheap shot verbal attacks on Kobe in the all star game. Even though the lakers lost in '04; a little part of me is glad he didn't get a ring.

Vlade Divac: BIGGEST FLOPPER OF ALL TIME. It truly is a testament to Jerry Buss' loyalty that he would offer Divac a job with the organization regardless of his involvement with the queens.

Doug Christie: You'd be hard pressed to find another basketball player as whooped on his wife than Christie is. He definitely needs to grow 'a pair.

Coach: D'antoni - Mike D'antoni needs to stop crying and be so animated on the sideline. He looks like a bi-polar cheerleader hocked up on starbucks running the sidelines.


Likes (non lakers)

Kevin Johnson- One of my favorite pgs of all time. The dunk on Hakim Olajuwon was one of the greatest basketball moves I've seen of all time.

Chris Paul: The kid should have statues resurrected for him in NO for what he's been doing over there.

Josh Smith: The guy is a freak. I remember when I heard rumors in the off season that the lakers tried to trade for him with a package involving LO; I was going nuts. But nothing came to fruition.

Allen Iverson: You have to respect his game. Ever since he broke Jordan's ankles on national television I became a fan. He definitely owned him.

Coach: Byron Scott He's done a great job in NO. He has the foresight to allow Chris Paul the freedom to run the offense every now and then. Scott took a lot of slack from Kidd in his NJ days. But he's proven he can still win.

[alfurd]

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I'm pretty sure Kirelenko is Russian, not Ukranian.

Yup. Former Laker great Slava Medvedenko was though.

[Slava]

Like (Non - Laker)

Slava
Nash
LBJ
Horry
Butler
Biedrins
KG
Calderon
Bosh
Tony Parker
Mad Dog..........

Hate:

Raja Bell
Von Wafer
Wade ( respect his game but he's never had anything good to say about Kobe's accomplishments)
Wince Carter
Al Harington (just looks dumb)
Magette for that matter any clipper


Honorable hate mention: The Portland announcers. Iwanna fight 'em.

[Flipdog69xxx]

Dislike

Bruce Bowen - Dirty Player
Raja Bell - Dirty Player
Udonis Haslem - I don't know why, I just can't stand to watch this guy.
Devin Brown - Dude looks like a shaved bird.

(uh that's pretty much it...i'll edit later if i can think of more)

Likes

Kobe - No explanation needed.
Jermaine O'Neal - Always find myself rooting for him to stay healthy and rip ish up.
Melo - I like him better than Wade and LeBron.
Chris Bosh - Amazing post player.
Dwight Howard - Dude is a beast!

[El Hardee]

Like: anyone in P&G.
Dislike: anyone NOT wearing P&G!

War Lakers!

[CITYOFANGELSX3]

Like: the lakers


Hate: Lebron

[Gus McCrae]

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I'm pretty sure Kirelenko is Russian, not Ukranian.

Your are correct I just looked it up he's Russian; from Izhevsk; coincidentally home of the AK47. Oh well. he's still one of my favorites;

I had thought most names that end with "enko" were Ukranian. Fedor Emilianenko (UFC), Fesenko formerly on the Jazz, Medlevenko. Remember the ones from USSR doesn't mean they're not from the Ukraine.

Russian last names often (obviously not always) end in the " ov" or "ova" like Federov, sharapova, kournikova, etc. good to know; I'm heading out to Kiev in August so appreciate any information of the sort.

[FukaX]

dislike

varejo
smush
luke walton
kwame brown
lebron james
carmelo anthony
dwayne wade
the greek center from bucks
yao ming
yi jian lin
the new york knicks

[Illuminati]

Kobe
Lebron
Deron
CP3
Josh Childress
Shaun Livingston

Dislike: Shaq, Ben Wallace

[chefy]

like:

kobe bryant
mutumbo (amazing dude )
chris paul
magic
tony parker
jordan
lbj
AI
nash (I like his game, hes small and not a very athletic player but he can still drive to the basket and make a layup against bigger and more athletic player and even if people overrates him hes still a very down to earth guy.)
jcritt (more minutes!!!!)


dislike:

I dont like overrated players

raja bell ( the most overrated "defender" ever )
ben wallace another overrated defender, detroit is still in my list ( teams that I would like the lakers to face in the finals detroit,celtics,miami,cleveland)
dwistle when he had shaq and was winning and everything he was so cocky and always talking trash to kobe when we were playing against them, now you cant even see him look straight to kobe
the media people that voted nash for mvp, I still cant believe this dude already has 2 mvps hes a good player but if your gonna base the mvps on assits/points magic should have more mvps, john stockton should have retired with an mvp hes the all time leader in assits!! hes even a much more better defender than nash, jkidd should have won 2 his team made the finals twice.

[lovethisgame]

dislike

the greek center from bucks

Andrew Bogut is Australian.

Anyone remember his rant even before playing in an NBA game?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/02/AR2005060201999.html

"There's no one I really hate, but Kobe [Bryant] had a demeanor of being very cocky," he said. "What happened with Shaq. . . . If I had a chance to play with Shaq or Tim, if they told me to buy them groceries, I don't care, I buy them groceries. It's a gift to play with somebody like that. Kobe is probably one of the guys that, everybody knows it, he's got that cocky arrogance to him, everything has to surround around him the whole time. Otherwise, he doesn't function. That's the biggest example.

"If you're playing with Shaquille [O'Neal], a Hall of Famer, you keep your mouth shut and play if you want more rings," Bogut continued.

[DEEP3CL]

Heres my list of who I like:
LeBron-Too damn strong to stop period

Elton Brand- Cool guy,too bad he's rotting in a Clipper uniform

Brandon Roy- Smooth game reminds me of Adrian Dantley

Chris Paul- The best passer in the game today hands down.

Caron Butler- Still wish he was a Laker nuff said

My dislikes

Bruce Bowen- Injures everybody he can't guard

Udonis Haslem- Was a fat boy a Florida, thinks he's better then he
really is

KG-Showed his true colors when he got to Boston

Jason Kidd- Coach Killer nuff said

Lenius Klezia- Only shows up against Lakers and sucks against rest

Manu Ginobili- Wanna see somebody rough this dude up for once

[El Hardee]

I'll stop being a homer and post my real list.

Fav non-Lakers:

Deron Williams-reminds me of JKidd
Jason Kidd-he is JKidd
Lebron-I hate the hype but dig the dudes game
Josh Childress-Super smooth always chill, rarely whines on the court
AK47-gotta love a guy who can guard every position on the floor


Dislike:

Shaq-fat moron
Smush-a legend in his own mind
Bowen-dirtiest player since John Stockton
Amare-I hate fools that think there all gangsta on the court
Cassell-he's ugly


All time Fav:
Magic Johnson
Larry Bird
Hakeem Olajuwon


All time dislike:

Karl Malone
Isaiah Thomas
Cornbread Maxwells towel

[Rox_Nix_Nox]

Dislike

Leandro Barbosa - I wish someone would just deck him. I think he'd shed a tear.

Any Other player not on the Lakers - Seems just seeing the purple an gold gives them superhuman abilities not seen against any other team.