AMARE & SHAQ are the new DUNCAN & ROBINSON

[Jayem]

people are saying shaq is old and done but thats what they were saying about d rob when we won our first championship.

i'm scared of these two guys hooking up. :cry

[anjlbitz]

uhm. WHAT?

BLASPHEMY!

[Sec24Row7]

If Shaq gave amare half his brain, they would have 1 brain between them.

Lemme see... a GED and a college dropout vs A BS in Math and one in Psychology...

heh

[bull62400]

D Rob has been with the franchise for nine years when duncan came on with an already established coaching strategy. D rob was old and comfortable. Shaq is big and tired, can barely breath keeping up with pheonix, thats the way i see it. Twin Towers worked because Duncan came young, it wont work with pheonix when Shaq comes old.

[jman3000]

david robinson was a beast during our first championship year... he still averaged close to 19 points a game that year iirc.

it wasnt until the new millenia that his offensive game started deteriorating... and many will say that had more to do with his defference to duncan than any physical ailment... although he had many... and even still... he was one of the best big men defenders in the league up until his retirement.


im not sure about my facts.. but didnt amare enter the league at the age of 20? even though he went to no college? duncan entered at i believe at 21 after 4 years.

[ancestron]

:rolleyes

[SAGambler]

Well, I guess that will give Amare and Shaq something to ponder during their annual fishing expedition.

[JamStone]

If those two guys hook up, it's their business. I just hope it's at the hotel and not on the court. Not that there's anything wrong with it.

[samikeyp]

Yeah, Andy Duncan and Eddie Robinson.


:lol

[stxspurs]

What duncan is he refering to?
sandy duncan?
duncan hines?
duncan yo-yo?
micheal clark duncan?

sounds like nonsense

[dbreiden83080]

In 1999 Robinson was 33 years old built like Mr. Universe and close to his prime. Shaq is 36, way out of shape and lightyears past his prime. Plus he is never healthy anymore.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

I'd wait until I see some shaving gel commercials before I make any bold statements.

[samikeyp]

The roses are out, Timmy.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

"The ganomes can be out, Shaq."

"For the fortieth time, Stat, the G is silent. You pronounce it like the city in Alaska."

"Oh, I see. So the anchorages are out?"

"I'm getting too old for this shit."

[LilMissSPURfect]

What duncan is he refering to?
sandy duncan?
duncan hines?
duncan yo-yo?
micheal clark duncan?

sounds like nonsense


:spin

[Extra Stout]

Today, 2:24 PM
Posted by Jayem
AMARE & SHAQ are the new DUNCAN & ROBINSON

people are saying shaq is old and done but thats what they were saying about d rob when we won our first championship.

i'm scared of these two guys hooking up. :cry

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02-06-2008, 01:14 AM
Posted By Jayem
Congrats to PHX for their first Championship

these big trades ruined our chances.

garnett and allen to boston, gasol to la, shaq to phx...mini mouse to spurs :cry

Congrats to PHX for their first Championship

i hate to say it but it pretty...

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02-01-2008, 06:01 PM
Posted By Jayem
Re: Hollinger: L.A. now favorites with Gasol

have you been watching this year?

celts and lakers >>>> spurs by miles. just because we're spurs fans doesn't mean we should avoid the truth.

our reign had to come to end sometime.

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02-01-2008, 05:31 PM
Posted By Jayem
Re: Hollinger: L.A. now favorites with Gasol

we can't win a championship against these stacked celts and lakers teams.

we had a good run.

on the bright side, how fun is this boston-la finals gonna be?? man i can't wait :elephant

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I think we have a troll on our hands. Either that, or a gutless frontrunner.

[gmartin02]

The bottom line is this: If the Spurs and/or Lakers are healthy for the playoffs, one of them (probably the Spurs - it will probably take the Lakers one more year to solidify the team chemistry, even though they have D Fish & Kobe that share 3 championship rings) will make it to the finals, not Phoenix. Who knows what will happen against Boston after that?

Only one team has won the championship in recent memory without an established core that has played together at least a couple of years (Miami), and that was only due to the choking ("deer in the headlights") Mavs.

Phoenix will not win this year - Shaq is not the same as 3 years ago, and doesn't have a Zo in Phoenix to play in the 4th quarter to prevent "hack a Shaq", and Phoenix will decline very rapidly with the "big $20 million out of shape" at center. Good by Phoenix - see you in 10 years maybe after rebuilding a couple of more times.

[duncan228]

There's never going to be a "new" Duncan.
He's one of a kind, there won't be another player quite like him again.

He came into the league ready to polish, he came into the perfect enviorment for his personality. He's shown nothing but class and loyalty and a stunning team first work ethic from day one.

There won't be another one.

[hater]

Amare and Shaq dumb and dumber

[MajorMike]

Actually, Amare and Shaq are the new Barkley/Drexler/Hakeem. I would say the new Shaq and Malone... but that involves Shaq already.

[phyzik]

"The ganomes can be out, Shaq."

"For the fortieth time, Stat, the G is silent. You pronounce it like the city in Alaska."

"Oh, I see. So the anchorages are out?"

"I'm getting too old for this shit."

:lol

[urunobili]

lol.... did both shaq and amare even finish all their high school subjects?

[nfg3]

Yeah I'll believe it when I see it but I'm not counting on it.
Anyway comparing Tim to Amare? Are we serious or did someone just run out of things to do and made this stuff up? It's a joke. There is NO comparison.

[Medvedenko]

Pau and Bynum I believe are more potent than Amare and Shaq....but let's not get ahead of ourselves and compare them to TD and Drob.

[manufor3]

:idiot :ban:

[K-State Spur]

the brilliance of duncan and robinson together was that during that first championship season, other teams just gave up trying to score inside - it was almost impossible.

meanwhile, amare is the worst post defender in the league and shaq is only slightly better.

yeah...that comparison makes no sense.

[ancestron]

failthread is fail

[sprrs]

Probably closer to Dunkin' Donuts than Tim Duncan.

[shaq_h8ter]

people are saying shaq is old and done but thats what they were saying about d rob when we won our first championship.

i'm scared of these two guys hooking up. :cry

I not sure what to say about that other than...

GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL YOU IGNORANT TROLL, AMARE AND SHAQ ARE NOTHING LIKE TIM AND DAVID!

:pctoss

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Great troll. 30 responses is pretty good for only one post by the thread starter.

[Budkin]

This topic is an insult to Duncan and Robinson.

[Obstructed_View]

:lmao

[remingtonbo2001]

FYI...Shaq did go back to school and finished his bachelor's degree.

[K-State Spur]

FYI...Shaq did go back to school and finished his bachelor's degree.

don't you mean that he did go back and sign up and then his wife got his degree for him online?

[dbreiden83080]

I'd wait until I see some shaving gel commercials before I make any bold statements.

AHH YES the memories.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGa9ezemB3o

[Jeremy]

Only one team has won the championship in recent memory without an established core that has played together at least a couple of years (Miami), and that was only due to the choking ("deer in the headlights") Mavs.

Don't leave out the '04 Pistons after the mid-season Rasheed Wallace trade.

[Mister Sinister]

people are saying shaq is old and done but thats what they were saying about d rob when we won our first championship.

i'm scared of these two guys hooking up. :cry
GTFO!

[MavericksDynasty]

Amare and Shaq are not the new Duncan and Robinson, they're actually the new Perkins and Donaldson.

[Purple & Gold]

Even a Laker fan thinks this is absurd.

[dbreiden83080]

Amare and Shaq are not the new Duncan and Robinson, they're actually the new Perkins and Donaldson.

Whoa you must have the longest Sig in history.

[MavericksDynasty]

Whoa you must have the longest Sig in history.

I think the best team in history deserves the longest sig in history. I'm just posting a long-ass sig like I'm supposed to do. All the other sigs are flukes. No surprises there.

[MavDynasty]

Yeah man,why you gotta hate on a fella brotha.He's just representing the Dynasty that he's supposed to represent that got cheated outta the Finals that they were supposed to go to

[gmartin02]

people are saying shaq is old and done but thats what they were saying about d rob when we won our first championship.

i'm scared of these two guys hooking up. :cryAre you still scared? :)

[LilMissSPURfect]

What duncan is he refering to?
sandy duncan?
duncan hines?
duncan yo-yo?
micheal clark duncan?

sounds like nonsense




:lol:lol

[Harry Callahan]

There is no comparison.

Duncan was 21 years old when he arrived in SA and he was a winner from day one with flawless technique and great ability. There was no acclimation time for TD.

David was 33 years old and still an offensive and defensive force in 1998. I saw those two kick a lot of Mavie butt back in the days when I could go to Reunion Arena and hang with all the Spurs fans. Good times.

Amare plays 47 of the 94 feet and Shaq is just about ready for the glue factory. By next year, all that weight will continue to degrade his knees and hip joints. Don't worry about that combo lasting for long.

[Str8Ballin]

It aint ever yet! for all we know, the Suns could win the next 3 games and go on to win the next 10 titles!

[stress]

hhhahahahahahahahahahaha you fucking funny and get chino out your main pic man you dont deserve that !!!!

:flag::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::flag:

[Str8Ballin]

hhhahahahahahahahahahaha you fucking funny and get chino out your main pic man you dont deserve that !!!!

:flag::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::flag:

get off my nuts fag.

cool sig.

[stress]

good old school come back !!!!! ehhhh:sleep:sleep

[ClingingMars]

If those two guys hook up, it's their business. I just hope it's at the hotel and not on the court. Not that there's anything wrong with it.

ewwwwwwwwww

*pukes*

- Mars

[Str8Ballin]

I don't get it.
Should I ignore the fashion or go buy the book.

I don't want it.
I just want your eyes fixated on me...

coming back around the fur.

[manufor3]

there will never be a new duncan and d-rob.

[stress]

Ah Fuck! Who the fuck are you anyways you fuck
It's making sick sense, seeing how you're sticking out
Hardly and hoping, ah
Money please
Arise up off the fuckin' knees
Hop off the train for a second
And try to find your own fucking heart...

[UV Ray]

If Shaq gave amare half his brain, they would have 1 brain between them.

Lemme see... a GED and a college dropout vs A BS in Math and one in Psychology...

heh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_notable_GED_recipients

Notable GED Recipients

Actors and comedians

* Christina Applegate, actor
* Bill Cosby, actor, comedian, and television personality
* Michael J. Fox, actor
* D.L. Hughley, actor and comedian
* Brandon Lee, actor
* Joshua Leonard, actor
* Kelly McGillis, actor
* Chris Rock, comedian, who also parodied the GED as a "Good Enough Diploma" in his comedy special Bring the Pain
* Michelle Rodriguez, actor
* Richard Schiff, actor
* Christian Slater, actor
* Talan Torriero, television personality
* Mark Wahlberg, actor
* Tori Welles, pornographic actor

[edit] Athletics & games

* Joe Bartholdi, Jr., professional poker player
* Michael Chang, professional tennis player
* Oscar De la Hoya, professional boxer
* Eddie Guerrero, professional wrestler
* T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver
* Stephen Leicht, stock car driver
* Tommy Nunez, NBA referee
* Danica Patrick, Indy Racing League driver
* Mary Lou Retton, Olympic medal-winning gymnast
* Mario Torres, Mexican soccer player
* Ron Turcotte, Triple Crown-winning jockey

[edit] Business people

* Wally Amos, founder of Famous Amos
* Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's Restaurant
* Jim Anderson Flowers, founder of Amaletzer & Co.

[edit] Computers and technology

* Christopher Blizzard, open source developer

[edit] Crime connections

* Scott Amedure, the "The Jenny Jones Show murder" victim
* Brian Deneke, punk icon
* Scott Dyleski, accused murderer of Pamela Vitale
* Robert A. Hawkins, perpetrator of the Westroads Mall shooting
* Eric Robert Rudolph, the "Olympic Park Bomber"

[edit] Entertainers

* Aaron Carter, entertainer
* Paris Hilton, socialite and entertainer
* Pink, entertainer
* Jessica Simpson, entertainer
* Ana Voog, entertainer
* Eric West, entertainer

[edit] Fictional characters

* Kim Bauer from 24 - 2002
* Harry Bosch, a character in Michael Connelly novels
* Babe Carey Chandler from All My Children
* James Evans, Sr. from Good Times - 1982
* Mr. Hooper from Sesame Street - 1976[citation needed]
* Mark Mack from Oz - 1999
* Homer Simpson from The Simpsons
* Earl Hickey from My Name is Earl

[edit] Journalists

* Peter Jennings, ABC News anchor

[edit] Musicians and singers

* David Bowie, Singer/Multi Instrumentalist
* 50 Cent, rapper
* Bo Bice, singer
* Julian Casablancas, lead singer of The Strokes
* Chris Cornell, lead singer of Audioslave and formerly Soundgarden
* Jerry Garcia, Grateful Dead vocalist and guitarist
* Chad Ginsburg, guitarist of CKY
* Waylon Jennings, singer and guitarist
* Stefan Lessard, Dave Matthews Band bassist
* Bonnie McKee, singer-songwriter
* Rob Thomas, singer-songwriter, solo artist and lead singer for matchbox twenty
* John Michael Montgomery, singer
* Remy Shand, Canadian R&B singer
* Corey Taylor, lead singer of Slipknot
* Kip Winger, musician
* Elliott Yamin, singer
* Cyndi Lauper, singer

[edit] Politicians

* Ben Nighthorse Campbell, U.S. Senator from Colorado, 1993-2005
* Richard Carmona, 17th Surgeon General of the United States
* Jim Florio, New Jersey Governor 1990-1994
* Jon Huntsman, Jr., Utah Governor 2004-Present
* Ruth Ann Minner, Governor of Delaware
* Harold Ray Presley, former sheriff of Lee County, Mississippi
* Paull Shin, member of the Washington State Senate

[edit] Writers and publishers

* Walter Anderson, editor of Parade
* Augusten Burroughs, writer
* Fran Lebowitz, author
* Steve Levicoff, motivational writer



Notable College Dropouts

http://www.education-reform.net/dropouts_text.htm

• Albert Einstein: Nobel Prize-winning physicist; "Time" magazine's "Man of the Century" (20th century) (after dropping out of high school, he studied on his own and passed the entrance exam on his second try to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)

• John D. Rockefeller Sr.: Self-made billionaire American businessman-philanthropist; co-founder of "The Standard Oil Company"; history's first recorded billionaire (dropped out of high school two months before graduation; took business courses for ten weeks at Folsom Mercantile College [a chain business school])

• Henry Ford: Self-made multimillionaire American businessman; assembly-line auto manufacturing pioneer; founder of the "Ford Motor Company"

• Walt Disney: Oscar-winning American film/TV producer; animation and theme park pioneer; self-made multimillionaire founder and spokesperson of "The Walt Disney Studios/Company"; Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient; Congressional Gold Medal recipient; French Legion of Honor admittee/Medal recipient (received honorary high-school diploma from hometown high school at age 58)

• Abraham Lincoln: 16th President of the United States; (little formal education - Lincoln himself estimated approximately one year; home schooling/life experience; later earned a law degree through self study of books that he borrowed from friends)

• Carl Sandburg: Pulitzer Prize-winning American author (little formal education; later passed entrance exam to Lombard College and graduated)

• Diana, Princess of Wales

• George Burns: Oscar-winning actor/comedian (elementary school dropout)

• Dave Thomas: Self-made multimillionaire American businessman; founder-spokesperson of the "Wendy's" fast-food restaurant chain (equivalency diploma)

• Martin Van Buren: 8th President of the United States (little formal education; began studying law at age 14 while an apprentice at a law firm, later became a lawyer)

• Andrew Carnegie: Self-made multimillionaire American businessman and philanthropist (elementary school dropout)

• John Chancellor: American television journalist; evening news anchorman

• "Colonel" Harlan Sanders: Self-made multimillionaire American businessman; founder-spokesperson of the "Kentucky Fried Chicken/KFC" fast-food restaurant chain (elementary school dropout; later earned a correspondence course law degree)

• Samuel L. Clemens ("Mark Twain"): Best-selling American author and humorist (elementary school dropout)

• Christopher Columbus: Italian explorer (little formal education; home schooling/life experience; went to sea in his youth)

• Davy Crockett: Early American frontiersman; U.S. Congressman (Tennessee Representative); died at the battle of the Alamo (little formal education - less than six months; home schooling/life experience)

• Charles Dickens: Best-selling British author (elementary school dropout)

• Joe DiMaggio: National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee; Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient

• Sir Francis Drake: British explorer; knighted in the United Kingdom (little formal education; home schooling/life experience; went to sea in his youth)

• George Eastman: Self-made multimillionaire American inventor; founder of the "Kodak" roll film camera, corporation, and chemical company

• Thomas Edison: Self-made multimillionaire, most famous and productive inventor of all time; invented the filament electric light bulb, phonograph, and motion picture camera; electrical power usage pioneer; Congressional Gold Medal recipient; knighted (France: bestowed the rank of Chevalier, (had no formal education - home schooled)

• Benjamin Franklin: American politician - diplomat - author - printer - publisher-scientist - inventor; co-author and co-signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence; one of the founders of The United States of America; face is pictured on the U.S. one-hundred dollar bill (little formal education [less than two years]; home schooling/life experience)

• Clark Gable: Oscar-winning actor

• George Gershwin: Oscar-nominated and most celebrated American songwriter-and classical composer; Congressional Gold Medal recipient

• Amadeo Peter Giannini: American-born founder of "Bank of America"

• Cary Grant: Oscar-winning actor

• W.T.Grant: Self-made multimillionaire American businessman; founder of the "W.T. Grant Company" department store chain

• H.L. Hunt: Self-made billionaire American oil industrialist (elementary school dropout)

• John Huston: Oscar-winning American film director-actor (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Maltese Falcon, The African Queen, etc.)

• Elton John: Oscar-winning songwriter-singer; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee; knighted by the United Kingdom

• Andrew Jackson: 7th President of the United States (no formal education; home schooling/life experience)

• John Paul Jones: Scottish-born American Revolutionary War U.S. navy commander; famous quote: "I have not yet begun to fight." (little formal education; home schooling/life experience; went to sea in his youth)

• Henry J. Kaiser: Self-made multimillionaire American businessman; founder of "Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation," "Kaiser Steel," etc.

• Kirk Kerkorian: Self-made billionaire American businessman

• Ray Kroc: Self-made billionaire American businessman; founder of the "McDonald's" fast-food restaurant chain

• Jerry Lewis: Actor-comedian-singer-entertainer-humanitarian; knighted (France: Chevalier [or Chev.] Jerry Lewis)

• John Major: British Prime Minister 1990-1997

• William Shakespeare: British playwright; best-selling British author

• George Bernard Shaw: Nobel Prize-winning Irish-born British playwright; best-selling author

• Frank Sinatra: Oscar-winning actor-singer; Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient; Congressional Gold Medal recipient

• John Philip Sousa: American composer-conductor (elementary school dropout)

• Zachary Taylor: 12th President of the United States (little formal education; home schooling/life experience)

• George Washington: 1st President of the United States; former general; Chairman of the Constitutional Convention; U.S. nickname: "The Father of Our Country"; face is pictured on the U.S. one dollar bill and twenty-five cent coin (quarter) (no formal education; home schooling/life experience; went to sea in his youth)

• William Faulkner: Nobel Prize-winning and Pulitzer Prize-winning American author; screenwriter (dropped out of high school in second year; later attended University of Mississippi but did not graduate)

• Herman Melville: Best-selling American author and writer of Moby Dick, arguably the greatest novel of all time.

• Liza Minnelli: Oscar-winning actress-singer

• Robert Mitchum: Oscar-nominated actor

• Claude Monet: French painter (elementary school dropout)

• David H. Murdock: Self-made billionaire American businessman

• Florence Nightingale: History's most notable nurse; best-selling Italian-born British nursing book author (no formal education; home schooling/life experience)

• Thomas Paine: American Revolutionary War era political theorist; best-selling British-born American author; famous quote: "These are the times that try men's souls." (little formal education; home schooling/life experience)

• Millard Fillmore: 13th President of the United States (little formal education - six months; home schooling/life experience; studied law while serving as a legal clerk with a judge and law firm; later became a lawyer)

• Will Rogers: American author-humorist-lecturer-actor-entertainer; famous quote: "I never met a man I didn't like."

• Frederick Henry Royce: Self-made multimillionaire British businessman; co-founder-designer of the "Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Company"; knighted (United Kingdom: Sir Frederick Henry Royce) (elementary school dropout)

• Edmond Safra: Lebanese-born billionaire banker-philanthropist

• David Sarnoff: Russian-born American radio and television pioneer; given the title "Father of American Television" by the Television Broadcasters Association

• William Saroyan: Oscar-winning screenwriter; Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright

• Vidal Sassoon: Self-made multimillionaire British businessman; founder of "Vidal Sassoon" hairstyling salons, academies, and hair-care products

• Walt Whitman: Best-selling American poet (elementary school dropout)

• Orville & Wilbur Wright: Aviation pioneers; Congressional Gold Medal recipients

• Grover Cleveland: 22nd and 24th President of the United States; face is pictured on the one-thousand dollar bill, which is no longer printed; (dropped out of school to help family earn income; studied law while serving as a clerk at a law firm, later became a lawyer)

• Irving Berlin: Oscar-winning American songwriter-composer; film story writer; Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient; Congressional Gold Medal recipient

[Str8Ballin]

Ah Fuck! Who the fuck are you anyways you fuck
It's making sick sense, seeing how you're sticking out
Hardly and hoping, ah
Money please
Arise up off the fuckin' knees
Hop off the train for a second
And try to find your own fucking heart...



Its just a bad call. Its so funny how you think I'm so serious. No but thats not it, the thing is I don't give enough to give a fuck. Its just plain boring. and you bore me asleep.

[TwAnKiEs]

AMARE & SHAQ are the new DUNCAN & ROBINSON

:lmao:lmao

[Dex]

Yeah, that one game they were pretty good.

[LEN BIAS 4EVER]

I have heard that if this is a short series then this offseason the Suns will look to make another big move ???

Would it be to send Amare out of town ???

Who else can they move that would be considered big ??

Nash isn't going anywhere and nobody would want Shaq.

And if Amare is shipped out, then did they make a mistake in moving Marion ??

Could be a very interesting offseason in the Valley of the Sun.

[lefty]

people are saying shaq is old and done but thats what they were saying about d rob when we won our first championship.

i'm scared of these two guys hooking up. :cry

Please ban this member :D

[BiZNicK]

people are saying shaq is old and done but thats what they were saying about d rob when we won our first championship.

i'm scared of these two guys hooking up. :cry


Um...

http://i29.tinypic.com/2vdi1c2.gif

[jag]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_notable_GED_recipients

Notable GED Recipients

Actors and comedians

* Christina Applegate, actor
* Bill Cosby, actor, comedian, and television personality
* Michael J. Fox, actor
* D.L. Hughley, actor and comedian
* Brandon Lee, actor
* Joshua Leonard, actor
* Kelly McGillis, actor
* Chris Rock, comedian, who also parodied the GED as a "Good Enough Diploma" in his comedy special Bring the Pain
* Michelle Rodriguez, actor
* Richard Schiff, actor
* Christian Slater, actor
* Talan Torriero, television personality
* Mark Wahlberg, actor
* Tori Welles, pornographic actor

[edit] Athletics & games

* Joe Bartholdi, Jr., professional poker player
* Michael Chang, professional tennis player
* Oscar De la Hoya, professional boxer
* Eddie Guerrero, professional wrestler
* T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver
* Stephen Leicht, stock car driver
* Tommy Nunez, NBA referee
* Danica Patrick, Indy Racing League driver
* Mary Lou Retton, Olympic medal-winning gymnast
* Mario Torres, Mexican soccer player
* Ron Turcotte, Triple Crown-winning jockey

[edit] Business people

* Wally Amos, founder of Famous Amos
* Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's Restaurant
* Jim Anderson Flowers, founder of Amaletzer & Co.

[edit] Computers and technology

* Christopher Blizzard, open source developer

[edit] Crime connections

* Scott Amedure, the "The Jenny Jones Show murder" victim
* Brian Deneke, punk icon
* Scott Dyleski, accused murderer of Pamela Vitale
* Robert A. Hawkins, perpetrator of the Westroads Mall shooting
* Eric Robert Rudolph, the "Olympic Park Bomber"

[edit] Entertainers

* Aaron Carter, entertainer
* Paris Hilton, socialite and entertainer
* Pink, entertainer
* Jessica Simpson, entertainer
* Ana Voog, entertainer
* Eric West, entertainer

[edit] Fictional characters

* Kim Bauer from 24 - 2002
* Harry Bosch, a character in Michael Connelly novels
* Babe Carey Chandler from All My Children
* James Evans, Sr. from Good Times - 1982
* Mr. Hooper from Sesame Street - 1976[citation needed]
* Mark Mack from Oz - 1999
* Homer Simpson from The Simpsons
* Earl Hickey from My Name is Earl

[edit] Journalists

* Peter Jennings, ABC News anchor

[edit] Musicians and singers

* David Bowie, Singer/Multi Instrumentalist
* 50 Cent, rapper
* Bo Bice, singer
* Julian Casablancas, lead singer of The Strokes
* Chris Cornell, lead singer of Audioslave and formerly Soundgarden
* Jerry Garcia, Grateful Dead vocalist and guitarist
* Chad Ginsburg, guitarist of CKY
* Waylon Jennings, singer and guitarist
* Stefan Lessard, Dave Matthews Band bassist
* Bonnie McKee, singer-songwriter
* Rob Thomas, singer-songwriter, solo artist and lead singer for matchbox twenty
* John Michael Montgomery, singer
* Remy Shand, Canadian R&B singer
* Corey Taylor, lead singer of Slipknot
* Kip Winger, musician
* Elliott Yamin, singer
* Cyndi Lauper, singer

[edit] Politicians

* Ben Nighthorse Campbell, U.S. Senator from Colorado, 1993-2005
* Richard Carmona, 17th Surgeon General of the United States
* Jim Florio, New Jersey Governor 1990-1994
* Jon Huntsman, Jr., Utah Governor 2004-Present
* Ruth Ann Minner, Governor of Delaware
* Harold Ray Presley, former sheriff of Lee County, Mississippi
* Paull Shin, member of the Washington State Senate

[edit] Writers and publishers

* Walter Anderson, editor of Parade
* Augusten Burroughs, writer
* Fran Lebowitz, author
* Steve Levicoff, motivational writer



Notable College Dropouts

http://www.education-reform.net/dropouts_text.htm

• Albert Einstein: Nobel Prize-winning physicist; "Time" magazine's "Man of the Century" (20th century) (after dropping out of high school, he studied on his own and passed the entrance exam on his second try to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)

• John D. Rockefeller Sr.: Self-made billionaire American businessman-philanthropist; co-founder of "The Standard Oil Company"; history's first recorded billionaire (dropped out of high school two months before graduation; took business courses for ten weeks at Folsom Mercantile College [a chain business school])

• Henry Ford: Self-made multimillionaire American businessman; assembly-line auto manufacturing pioneer; founder of the "Ford Motor Company"

• Walt Disney: Oscar-winning American film/TV producer; animation and theme park pioneer; self-made multimillionaire founder and spokesperson of "The Walt Disney Studios/Company"; Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient; Congressional Gold Medal recipient; French Legion of Honor admittee/Medal recipient (received honorary high-school diploma from hometown high school at age 58)

• Abraham Lincoln: 16th President of the United States; (little formal education - Lincoln himself estimated approximately one year; home schooling/life experience; later earned a law degree through self study of books that he borrowed from friends)

• Carl Sandburg: Pulitzer Prize-winning American author (little formal education; later passed entrance exam to Lombard College and graduated)

• Diana, Princess of Wales

• George Burns: Oscar-winning actor/comedian (elementary school dropout)

• Dave Thomas: Self-made multimillionaire American businessman; founder-spokesperson of the "Wendy's" fast-food restaurant chain (equivalency diploma)

• Martin Van Buren: 8th President of the United States (little formal education; began studying law at age 14 while an apprentice at a law firm, later became a lawyer)

• Andrew Carnegie: Self-made multimillionaire American businessman and philanthropist (elementary school dropout)

• John Chancellor: American television journalist; evening news anchorman

• "Colonel" Harlan Sanders: Self-made multimillionaire American businessman; founder-spokesperson of the "Kentucky Fried Chicken/KFC" fast-food restaurant chain (elementary school dropout; later earned a correspondence course law degree)

• Samuel L. Clemens ("Mark Twain"): Best-selling American author and humorist (elementary school dropout)

• Christopher Columbus: Italian explorer (little formal education; home schooling/life experience; went to sea in his youth)

• Davy Crockett: Early American frontiersman; U.S. Congressman (Tennessee Representative); died at the battle of the Alamo (little formal education - less than six months; home schooling/life experience)

• Charles Dickens: Best-selling British author (elementary school dropout)

• Joe DiMaggio: National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee; Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient

• Sir Francis Drake: British explorer; knighted in the United Kingdom (little formal education; home schooling/life experience; went to sea in his youth)

• George Eastman: Self-made multimillionaire American inventor; founder of the "Kodak" roll film camera, corporation, and chemical company

• Thomas Edison: Self-made multimillionaire, most famous and productive inventor of all time; invented the filament electric light bulb, phonograph, and motion picture camera; electrical power usage pioneer; Congressional Gold Medal recipient; knighted (France: bestowed the rank of Chevalier, (had no formal education - home schooled)

• Benjamin Franklin: American politician - diplomat - author - printer - publisher-scientist - inventor; co-author and co-signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence; one of the founders of The United States of America; face is pictured on the U.S. one-hundred dollar bill (little formal education [less than two years]; home schooling/life experience)

• Clark Gable: Oscar-winning actor

• George Gershwin: Oscar-nominated and most celebrated American songwriter-and classical composer; Congressional Gold Medal recipient

• Amadeo Peter Giannini: American-born founder of "Bank of America"

• Cary Grant: Oscar-winning actor

• W.T.Grant: Self-made multimillionaire American businessman; founder of the "W.T. Grant Company" department store chain

• H.L. Hunt: Self-made billionaire American oil industrialist (elementary school dropout)

• John Huston: Oscar-winning American film director-actor (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Maltese Falcon, The African Queen, etc.)

• Elton John: Oscar-winning songwriter-singer; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee; knighted by the United Kingdom

• Andrew Jackson: 7th President of the United States (no formal education; home schooling/life experience)

• John Paul Jones: Scottish-born American Revolutionary War U.S. navy commander; famous quote: "I have not yet begun to fight." (little formal education; home schooling/life experience; went to sea in his youth)

• Henry J. Kaiser: Self-made multimillionaire American businessman; founder of "Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation," "Kaiser Steel," etc.

• Kirk Kerkorian: Self-made billionaire American businessman

• Ray Kroc: Self-made billionaire American businessman; founder of the "McDonald's" fast-food restaurant chain

• Jerry Lewis: Actor-comedian-singer-entertainer-humanitarian; knighted (France: Chevalier [or Chev.] Jerry Lewis)

• John Major: British Prime Minister 1990-1997

• William Shakespeare: British playwright; best-selling British author

• George Bernard Shaw: Nobel Prize-winning Irish-born British playwright; best-selling author

• Frank Sinatra: Oscar-winning actor-singer; Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient; Congressional Gold Medal recipient

• John Philip Sousa: American composer-conductor (elementary school dropout)

• Zachary Taylor: 12th President of the United States (little formal education; home schooling/life experience)

• George Washington: 1st President of the United States; former general; Chairman of the Constitutional Convention; U.S. nickname: "The Father of Our Country"; face is pictured on the U.S. one dollar bill and twenty-five cent coin (quarter) (no formal education; home schooling/life experience; went to sea in his youth)

• William Faulkner: Nobel Prize-winning and Pulitzer Prize-winning American author; screenwriter (dropped out of high school in second year; later attended University of Mississippi but did not graduate)

• Herman Melville: Best-selling American author and writer of Moby Dick, arguably the greatest novel of all time.

• Liza Minnelli: Oscar-winning actress-singer

• Robert Mitchum: Oscar-nominated actor

• Claude Monet: French painter (elementary school dropout)

• David H. Murdock: Self-made billionaire American businessman

• Florence Nightingale: History's most notable nurse; best-selling Italian-born British nursing book author (no formal education; home schooling/life experience)

• Thomas Paine: American Revolutionary War era political theorist; best-selling British-born American author; famous quote: "These are the times that try men's souls." (little formal education; home schooling/life experience)

• Millard Fillmore: 13th President of the United States (little formal education - six months; home schooling/life experience; studied law while serving as a legal clerk with a judge and law firm; later became a lawyer)

• Will Rogers: American author-humorist-lecturer-actor-entertainer; famous quote: "I never met a man I didn't like."

• Frederick Henry Royce: Self-made multimillionaire British businessman; co-founder-designer of the "Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Company"; knighted (United Kingdom: Sir Frederick Henry Royce) (elementary school dropout)

• Edmond Safra: Lebanese-born billionaire banker-philanthropist

• David Sarnoff: Russian-born American radio and television pioneer; given the title "Father of American Television" by the Television Broadcasters Association

• William Saroyan: Oscar-winning screenwriter; Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright

• Vidal Sassoon: Self-made multimillionaire British businessman; founder of "Vidal Sassoon" hairstyling salons, academies, and hair-care products

• Walt Whitman: Best-selling American poet (elementary school dropout)

• Orville & Wilbur Wright: Aviation pioneers; Congressional Gold Medal recipients

• Grover Cleveland: 22nd and 24th President of the United States; face is pictured on the one-thousand dollar bill, which is no longer printed; (dropped out of school to help family earn income; studied law while serving as a clerk at a law firm, later became a lawyer)

• Irving Berlin: Oscar-winning American songwriter-composer; film story writer; Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient; Congressional Gold Medal recipient


You win. Amare and Shaq are Presidential material...Academy award winning material, Aviation Pioneer material, and Lebanese-born billionaire material.

[UV Ray]

You win. Amare and Shaq are Presidential material...Academy award winning material, Aviation Pioneer material, and Lebanese-born billionaire material.

Just sticking up for all the college dropouts and recipients of GED's that are insulted.

[Avitus1]

Laugh Of The Day!

[ShoogarBear]

Just sticking up for all the college dropouts and recipients of GED's that are insulted.

The only people insulted in this thread were Duncan and Robinson.

[UV Ray]

If Amare is as dumb as a box of rocks as many of you claim, then anyone with a GED would be insulted, unless of course they are as dumb as a box of rocks.

[ShoogarBear]

Because Amare is the Patron Saint of GED-earners?

[UV Ray]

Because Amare is the Patron Saint of GED-earners?

Yes and that's why the Pope was visiting.

The original comparison did not bolster the argument, but was merely insulting. There are too many exceptions.

[td4mvp21]

The only people insulted in this thread were Duncan and Robinson.

:lmao

[jag]

Yes and that's why the Pope was visiting.

The original comparison did not bolster the argument, but was merely insulting. There are too many exceptions.

In your attempt to defend accomplished people with GED's, all you've managed to do is insult said people by comparing their intelligence to Amare's.

[tlongII]

Actually Aldridge and Oden are the new Duncan and Robinson...........only better.

[ShoogarBear]

Actually Aldridge and Oden are the new Duncan and Robinson...........only better.

I think Oden is the old Robinson.

[Strike]

Actually Aldridge and Oden are the new Duncan and Robinson...........only better.

Actually Oden needs to set foot on an NBA fucking court without being crippled before he can even be considered.

Until then he's Sam Bowie II

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

I think Oden is the old Robinson.

:lmao

[lefty]

I think Oden is the old Robinson.

Or a young Yinka Dare

[UV Ray]

In your attempt to defend accomplished people with GED's, all you've managed to do is insult said people by comparing their intelligence to Amare's.

I never made an assessment of Amare's IQ. That seems to be the province of many Spurs fans. I was merely pointing out that although educational level is often an indicator of future success there are exceptions, especially when it comes to an extreme specialization such as professional basketball. It seems that you enjoy arguing for the sake of arguing.

[Obstructed_View]

Please ban this member :D

Jayem, you aren't allowed to use the avatar I created anymore. I'd have revoked it if I'd seen this thread when you started it.

[lefty]

D'Antoni really looking for another "T"

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7360/cat7eyuw8.gif

[statman32]

Amare has actually been taking college classes at ASU the last couple of summers. No reason to hate on him because he didnt go to college directly out of high school.

While this thread is dumb, at least get your facts straight.


The Eagles were happy to have Amare, despite his miserable academic record. It wasn't that he was a dumb kid. In fact, on an IQ test at Lake Wells, he scored higher than almost every kid in the school.
:toast

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

people are saying shaq is old and done but thats what they were saying about d rob when we won our first championship.

i'm scared of these two guys hooking up. :cry

lol

[IronMexican]

i know this thread is 4 months old, but HORRIBLE comparison. Duncan and The Admiral worked because neither was egotistical. and in these two case, they both have ego's big enough to fit inside Amare's nose.

[A.H 21-50]

duncan compared to stoudemire ???

wtf it's amazing
just see what duncan do now and during his first years in the nba : no comparison is possible

[Flux451]

Duncan and Robinson's game = clockwork
Shaq and Amare's game = won'twork

[SPURSGOAT]

Are you fucking serious!? You have got to freaking shitting me... You call your self a Spurs fan and you bring shit like this to a post? 65 year old, slow, broken down shaq!? and Amare!? They are not even in the same room as DROB and TD....Are you trying to call those losers the next twin towers!? Your afraid, and your are crying, of that pathetic crap!? Its as pathetic as this fucking post... you should be ashamed to call yourself a Spurs fan... sound more like a band wagon fan if you are thinking what you posted...

[Oh, Gee!!]

if shaq was ten years younger and wasn't too lazy to play defense, and if Amare wasn't an idiot and knew how to play defense---then maybe.

[misterx91578]

9-AfOhyn_S4

[Spurtacus]

Epic fail?

[rj215]

Epic fail?

Shaq is a horrible teammate. He throws teammates, coaches and entire organizations under the bus when they trade his overweight ass to some sucker team. He was washed up in '07 and this year was even funnier to watch.

Amare is immature and plays defense when he can make a highlight block but other than that he sucks on that end of the floor. He's got a an ego as big as Shaq's and I'll bet they lose in the first round next year.


D Rob and Timmy both play defense, both are great teammates, both are leaders and both are coachable. End of story.

[TDMVPDPOY]

taste my ass

[anakha]

Nice bumpage. :lol

[angelbelow]

laughable, no?

[Tully365]

Fat Albert & Mushmouth.

[Avitus1]

That is the funniest shit I've read all year.

[mrspurs]

if anything west and chandler compare more to dave and duncan....great defender next to a great scorer.......i know they killed us in the paint in the PO's

[Darthkiller]

well i dont know about u guys, i see shaq playing better next year when the style change to piston slowish style instead of dantoni run and gun style.

[BOHOLANO#21]

people are saying shaq is old and done but thats what they were saying about d rob when we won our first championship.

i'm scared of these two guys hooking up. :cry
if you're scared dickless MF just keep it to your self. aight?

[exstatic]

well i dont know about u guys, i see shaq playing better next year when the style change to piston slowish style instead of dantoni run and gun style.

They still don't have the right personnel to run a system like that. If you slow down, you'd better be able to play air fucking tight defense, and they have two starters, Shaq and Nash, that play none at all.

[marcflynn2009]

well i dont know about u guys, i see shaq playing better next year when the style change to piston slowish style instead of dantoni run and gun style.

yeaaa thats a really good point...

shaq is too injury prone to play a full season though... theres no way he will make it...

spurs fans: give the suns two years and we'll never have to worry about them again... i love kerr but he is an idiot... nash is out in a few years... shaq is out in one year... they lost marion... theyre shopping boris and barbosa... all theyre gonna have in a few years is amare and bell

[all_heart]

Don't Ever Insult Timmy And Mr. 50 Like That!!!!!

[lotr1trekkie]

Shaq has been defrocked of his badges--- his knees, ankles and shins go next. Amare was born to play in the 7 second offense. However, Terry Porter's was an traditional player. IMO Nash will go insane by midseason running a halfcourt offense.

[Brutalis]

Today, 2:24 PM
Posted by Jayem
AMARE & SHAQ are the new DUNCAN & ROBINSON

people are saying shaq is old and done but thats what they were saying about d rob when we won our first championship.

i'm scared of these two guys hooking up. :cry

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02-06-2008, 01:14 AM
Posted By Jayem
Congrats to PHX for their first Championship

these big trades ruined our chances.

garnett and allen to boston, gasol to la, shaq to phx...mini mouse to spurs :cry

Congrats to PHX for their first Championship

i hate to say it but it pretty...

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02-01-2008, 06:01 PM
Posted By Jayem
Re: Hollinger: L.A. now favorites with Gasol

have you been watching this year?

celts and lakers >>>> spurs by miles. just because we're spurs fans doesn't mean we should avoid the truth.

our reign had to come to end sometime.

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02-01-2008, 05:31 PM
Posted By Jayem
Re: Hollinger: L.A. now favorites with Gasol

we can't win a championship against these stacked celts and lakers teams.

we had a good run.

on the bright side, how fun is this boston-la finals gonna be?? man i can't wait :elephant

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I think we have a troll on our hands. Either that, or a gutless frontrunner.

Nice quote. He was half right. Bet you didn't think I'd happen huh.

[Showtime24 LAKERS]

Snaq is old and useless...pretty much just like the spurs situation now!

[Ghazi]

Lame bump.

[Indazone]

They will be great with Shaq and Amare next year because Kerr got rid of the run and gun style of D'Antoni.

[The George Hill]

George Hill is the one and only George Hill.

There is nothing else, but what George Hill chooses.

[SpurAddict561]

You can't put "Shaq" & "new" in the same sentence unless you're saying "Shaq just dropped a new Kobe diss"