The Most A-Typical Athletes In The NBA

Kobe>Jordan>God · Post #21 » by **Kobe>Jordan>God** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:00 pm

Ronny Turiaf is a fan fav.

JWiLL02 · Post #22 » by **JWiLL02** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:10 pm

Matt freakin Bonner. The guy rode the subway to games in Toronto.

Malone Strong · Post #23 » by **Malone Strong** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:17 pm

Whoever said Kareem must surely be joking. Kareem is one of the biggest A-holes in the history of athletes. He would swear at reporters and tell them to leave him the hell alone. He would get angry at fans who wanted autographs, asking them to respect his privacy. He alienated himself from fans, coaches, and teammates alike. And now, he is broke, friendless, and cant get anything more than a "charity" job on PhilJax's staff.

That being said....he is one of the truly great players of all-time

Joseph17 · Post #24 » by **Joseph17** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:27 pm

Everyone in my fav five
Varejao
Livingston
Brand
Turkoglu
Martin

also

Duncan
Foyle
Bonner
Mutombo
Grant Hill
Durant
Gasol
Ray Allen
The Collins Brothers
Fisher
Bibby

theGreatRC · Post #25 » by **theGreatRC** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:28 pm

Ricky Davis comes to mind.

edit: Oops. I thought this topic was for who is high/drunk all the time and sleeps with many women.

Elton Brand comes to mind this time.

panacea · Post #26 » by **panacea** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:30 pm

amb1ent wrote:AC Green?

or if meant now, probably Wade.

@ Wade

Given some of the names listed, it seems that many people in this thread have not been around many NBA players in a social setting.

BooRadley · Post #27 » by **BooRadley** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:10 pm

I play basketball daily and there's an extremely high correlation for people that whine on the court and being a-holes in real life. Duncan seems like a nice dude and all, but how would you ever really know? Guy's never committed a foul in his life. He very well might be an a-hole.

Philly Fresh · Post #28 » by **Philly Fresh** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:12 pm

I know for a fact Hakeem Olajuwon was, one of my teachers used to be good friends with him. Wade comes to mind, Peja.....it's really hard to tell, who knows.

technologic · Post #29 » by **technologic** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:24 pm

Malone Strong wrote:Whoever said Kareem must surely be joking. Kareem is one of the biggest A-holes in the history of athletes. He would swear at reporters and tell them to leave him the hell alone. He would get angry at fans who wanted autographs, asking them to respect his privacy. He alienated himself from fans, coaches, and teammates alike. And now, he is broke, friendless, and cant get anything more than a "charity" job on PhilJax's staff.

That being said....he is one of the truly great players of all-time

LOL. Not true at all.

Kareem Abdul Jabbar is not broke and friendless. The dude's a classy guy.

tms386 · Post #30 » by **tms386** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:58 pm

technologic wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

LOL. Not true at all.

Kareem Abdul Jabbar is not broke and friendless. The dude's a classy guy.

Now he is. He was a jerk back in the day. He's even admitted it's his past that's kept him from getting jobs in the NBA.

Malone Strong · Post #31 » by **Malone Strong** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:22 am

technologic wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

LOL. Not true at all.

Kareem Abdul Jabbar is not broke and friendless. The dude's a classy guy.

wtf

You must be thinking of that Dolphins running back who changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and was sued by the original Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. :lol:

Kareem was a real ass to people....and only now that its too late does he realize it and feel regret.....

kevC · Post #32 » by **kevC** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:29 am

Three pages and no mention of Yao?

hayden · Post #33 » by **hayden** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:45 am

kevC wrote:Three pages and no mention of Yao?

Yeah, I was gonna say. Yao goes home after games to play WoW and starcraft.

ilikecb4 · Post #34 » by **ilikecb4** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:19 am

iki4life wrote:mutumbo
dirk
duncan
adonal foyle- suppose to be one of the smartest in the NBA
gasol
peja
ginobili
(pretty much any euro player, i guess)
bibby
kareem
etc
etc
etc
there are actually more than u may think

kinda have a hard time beliving that

Point forward · Post #35 » by **Point forward** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:33 am

Kareem was a jackass in his player career, book it. In Magic's bio "My Life", you can read that KAJ was extremely condescending to ballboys, team mates, journalists, most white people, and people whom he did not like (i.e. 99% of the whole world). But at least he regrets it today and has changed for the better.