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The Laron Profit Shrine - Part II
Posted: Fri Jul 4, 2008 3:03 am
by pineappleheadindc
I did a search for Scabs' original Laron Profit thread b/c I wanted to be a smartass about knowing how EG could spend the $$ leftover for FAs - now that Gil's left $$ on the table.
But the darn original thread is gone. The "topic no longer exists".
Let's use this thread to renew our commitment to The Ron. Ernie - you KNOW who you can sign as a FA. Make it happen!
Laron for the Wiz in 08-09.
Re: The Laron Profit Shrine - Part II
Posted: Fri Jul 4, 2008 3:09 am
by long suffrin' boulez fan
I can't believe that all that serious, pithy commentary was just erased from the record. What is this? Argentina?
Che Laron lives!
Re: The Laron Profit Shrine - Part II
Posted: Fri Jul 4, 2008 3:11 am
by pineappleheadindc
My favorite Laron Profit memory was during a game versus the Bucks. It was a really close game - and pretty physical. I remember that, with about 2 minutes left, the Wizards started to pull away. As the Bucks called a time out, Laron got off of his seat at the end of the bench and started waving his towel in such a manner that it really fired up the crowd.
A real pro move.
Ahhh......memories of Laron.
Re: The Laron Profit Shrine - Part II
Posted: Fri Jul 4, 2008 3:19 am
by miller31time
^^^ That's a good one. My favorite Laron moment was when he recorded a triple-double, while simultaneously saving the life of a cat in a tree across from (at that time) the MCI Center.
A class act, indeed.
Re: The Laron Profit Shrine - Part II
Posted: Fri Jul 4, 2008 3:22 am
by GB
I don't get this thread.
Why y'all so stuck on Bronta?
Re: The Laron Profit Shrine - Part II
Posted: Fri Jul 4, 2008 5:10 am
by keynote
Re: The Laron Profit Shrine - Part II
Posted: Fri Jul 4, 2008 3:05 pm
by long suffrin' boulez fan
GB wrote:I don't get this thread.
Why y'all so stuck on Bronta?
Once one gains knowlege of self, only then can he begin to fathom the world creating power of the Profit.
Re: The Laron Profit Shrine - Part II
Posted: Fri Jul 4, 2008 4:19 pm
by Soup's Uncle
miller31time wrote:^^^ That's a good one. My favorite Laron moment was when he recorded a triple-double, while simultaneously saving the life of a cat in a tree across from (at that time) the MCI Center.
A class act, indeed.
By recording a triple double you mean he was taping a Nets game where Jason Kidd had 13 pts, 10 rebounds and 11 assists...
Re: The Laron Profit Shrine - Part II
Posted: Fri Jul 4, 2008 4:47 pm
by nate33
Soup's Uncle wrote:miller31time wrote:^^^ That's a good one. My favorite Laron moment was when he recorded a triple-double, while simultaneously saving the life of a cat in a tree across from (at that time) the MCI Center.
A class act, indeed.
By recording a triple double you mean he was taping a Nets game where Jason Kidd had 13 pts, 10 rebounds and 11 assists...
Of course. He was making recording of all of Kidd's mistakes so he could then go instruct Kidd how the game really should be played.
Re: The Laron Profit Shrine - Part II
Posted: Fri Jul 4, 2008 4:57 pm
by WizBiz
nate33 wrote:Soup's Uncle wrote:miller31time wrote:^^^ That's a good one. My favorite Laron moment was when he recorded a triple-double, while simultaneously saving the life of a cat in a tree across from (at that time) the MCI Center.
A class act, indeed.
By recording a triple double you mean he was taping a Nets game where Jason Kidd had 13 pts, 10 rebounds and 11 assists...
Of course. He was making recording of all of Kidd's mistakes so he could then go instruct Kidd how the game really should be played.
What a nice guy, even helping out his opponents.
Re: The Laron Profit Shrine - Part II
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:55 am
by pineappleheadindc
Hey, don't we still have $1.5M to spend until we hit the luxury tax line?
I wonder who we can sign for that kind of money???
Hmmm...
Re: The Laron Profit Shrine - Part II
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:56 pm
by newslowsad
I vaguely remember Laron tipping in a game winner for the Wiz and how pumped I was for him. This did happen, right?
Re: The Laron Profit Shrine - Part II
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:14 pm
by crackhed
pineappleheadindc wrote:Hey, don't we still have $1.5M to spend until we hit the luxury tax line?
I wonder who we can sign for that kind of money???
Hmmm...
$1.5mill is kind of an insult for a consistent triple double threat.
Re: The Laron Profit Shrine - Part II
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:50 pm
by JAR69
Oh, the honor of being on the first page of the new shrine.
Even from the ashes of having all of the previous praise of the The Great One erased, he still brings joy.
He is the Phoenix.
Re: The Laron Profit Shrine - Part II
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:53 pm
by Wizards2Lottery
Laron Profit was a scrub.
/runs away in a Ferrari
Re: The Laron Profit Shrine - Part II
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:24 pm
by doclinkin
Sports Bog: Who was the funniest teammate you ever had?
Chris Whitney: Probably Laron Profit. He would just say anything. He was crazy. Good guy, great guy, but crazy. He had this thing he would always do, I think the referee's name was Hugh Evans. [Profit] would make a move [in practice], and if you bumped him, he would just yell out 'Oh come on Hugh! You've got to call that!"
And we would sit there like, 'Who is Hugh? Who are you talking about?' Until he told us--'Hugh, the referee!'-- and it became that everything we did in practice, we was like, 'Come on, Hugh!' Next thing you know, Rip Hamilton, everyone, walking around, like 'Come on, Hugh!" If anybody did everything, it was Hugh's fault.
Re: The Laron Profit Shrine - Part II
Posted: Fri Jul 3, 2009 7:00 am
by The Laker Kid
Count me in as a Laron Bronta fan. Kwame + Laron was a great dynamic duo.
Re: The Laron Profit Shrine - Part II
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:07 pm
by fishercob
Bump. Just 'cuz.
Re: The Laron Profit Shrine - Part II
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:28 pm
by Nivek
The Wizards (and the rest of the league) blundered BIG TIME when they let Profit go overseas after the 2000-01 season. In his rookie year, Profit posted a PPA of -14 -- a learning year for The Ron. The next season: 72 -- an 86 point improvement! The following season, The Ron would have leaped to 158; followed by 244 in year 4, which is league MVP territory. F-ing Ernie.
Re: The Laron Profit Shrine - Part II
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:43 pm
by AFM
Pretty interesting, Nivek. I had no idea he is now an Orlando Magic assistant coach.