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Post#1 » by Scuall » Wed Feb 16, 2011 5:43 am

SIAP, From http://www.sportsgrid.com/ncaa-basketball/former-nba-all-star-reduced-to-random-dude-in-tv-mishap/

"Any onscreen graphic is especially susceptible to such an embarrassing error – you can’t make a typo verbally, after all. What you can do, however, is put in placeholder text to be changed before the broadcast…and then never get around to changing it.

This, it appears, happened a few days ago when former NBA player Wally Szczerbiak stopped by CBS College Sports to do some studio analysis. Szczerbiak, as is plainly evident, has a difficult-to-spell name."


Former NBA All-Star Wally Sczerbiak, now better known as...

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Post#2 » by Tim_Hardawayy » Wed Feb 16, 2011 5:49 am

Wally was a pretty good player at one point in his career, before his back problems really crippled him. Always got hated on because he wasn't a good enough second fiddle for KG, but was just miscast really.
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Post#3 » by logical_art » Wed Feb 16, 2011 7:20 am

Tim_Hardawayy wrote:Wally was a pretty good player at one point in his career, before his back problems really crippled him. Always got hated on because he wasn't a good enough second fiddle for KG, but was just miscast really.


It's more like KG wasn't a good enough first fiddle.
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Post#4 » by tmac4real » Wed Feb 16, 2011 7:21 am

logical_art wrote:
Tim_Hardawayy wrote:Wally was a pretty good player at one point in his career, before his back problems really crippled him. Always got hated on because he wasn't a good enough second fiddle for KG, but was just miscast really.


It's more like KG wasn't a good enough first fiddle.


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Post#5 » by wilhelmthe1st » Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:38 am

tmac4real wrote:
logical_art wrote:
Tim_Hardawayy wrote:Wally was a pretty good player at one point in his career, before his back problems really crippled him. Always got hated on because he wasn't a good enough second fiddle for KG, but was just miscast really.


It's more like KG wasn't a good enough first fiddle.


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Post#6 » by Salty » Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:39 am

i lol'ed. poor random dude
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Post#7 » by AstonMartin » Wed Feb 16, 2011 1:51 pm

CBS sports has officially lost all their credibility.
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Post#8 » by ClarenceDerozan » Wed Feb 16, 2011 2:09 pm

Feel sorry for Wally. He was a good player back in the day.
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Post#9 » by The Main Event » Wed Feb 16, 2011 4:12 pm

I couldn't look at myself in the mirror with a nickname like 'Wally'. Its such a goofy sounding name. 'Random Dude' has more swagger to it then 'Wally'.
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Post#10 » by Pass the ball » Wed Feb 16, 2011 4:15 pm

Wally's a cool name. I might name my kid Wally someday.
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Post#11 » by The Main Event » Wed Feb 16, 2011 4:16 pm

Pass the ball wrote:Wally's a cool name. I might name my kid Wally someday.


I might name my kid, Random Dude - RD for short.
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