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I'd have to go with Sean Marks or Brent Berry as far as likeability is concerned.
I have a friend whose a Miami Heat fan, and he talks about how cool he thinks some of his guys are. He said he likes it that they seem like they'd be cool to hang out with, citing guys like Dwayne Wade, Shaq, and even Antoine Walker with his goofy disposition.
It got me thinking...who do you think would be a cool/interesting/charismatic Spur to mix it up with a bit? For the life of me I couldn't think of a single guy on the squad that would seem to make good company. While Duncan would be awquard and stiff, Tony Parker would be insufferably arrogant and dim, at least from what I could gather from his less than tantalizing "Oprah" appearance.
Maybe Robert Horry could be considered cool? He looks like the Fresh Prince.
At least these guys are good at playing basketball.
I'd have to go with Sean Marks or Brent Berry as far as likeability is concerned.
Proving once and for all pussy is a Mav Fan, probably Mark Cuban himself.
I've actually already done this.
Hung out with Malik Rose and Speedy Claxton (along with Tony's dad) one night down at Sunset station during the 2003 le run.
Also hung out with Tony's dad watching I think it was game 4 of the first round (Suns??) at Reggiano's along with Jaren Jackson, his wife and about six other couples.
Cool points goes to Malik and Speedy. Speedy and I hung out upstairs that night watching peeps and tripping.
Tim is actually very funny and not stiff at all.
Tony is actually very personable and not even slightly arrogant.
Robert Horry is cool.
It probably depends on your age as to who you'd like to hang out with and talk to. But don't confuse things, just because the Spurs aren't "gangsta" doesn't mean they aren't cool.
shoogarbear, are you a proffesional comedian? You have a way with humor that is nothing short of transcendent.
the way you changed "hang out with" to "shower" in your quote was f'ing awesome. Me and all my sons' friends in the 7th grade agreed that that was a good one.
Okay that's not good hanging out with your sons' friends. Michael Jackson tried that once and you see he went to Belize!!!!
sean, manu and beno
hehhe... Kori, your latent racism really shines threw in that "gangsta" comment.
If thinking guys like LeBron James would be more fun to hang out with than "Big Handsome" Bruce Bowen, than I guess I'm guilty of chasing the jock of "gangstas."
You say "gangsta"...maybe you meant hiphop. either way, you might agree that was a pretty regretable comment
No, I meant Gangsta. Because some of the Spurs players are actually Hiphop.
By the way my husband is part black and into hiphop, but not gangsta. So I don't think you can throw racist at me.
And I agree that LeBron would probably be more fun to hang with than Bruce.
I like hanging out with intelligent and respectful people.
Just about all of the Spurs would fit that bill.
racism?
The gangsta reference isn't racist; it's a perception of urban culture.
where in my comments did you get that I was into the "gangsta" thing? Is Dwayne Wade "gangsta"? He's well spoken, likeable, articuate. Shaq??? He is a lovable, huggable teddy bear who makes me giggle like a school girl.
The only obvious these guys really even have in common is that the color of their skin is all conducive to Kori writing them off as "gangsta" with smug superiority.
No Wade isn't Gangsta.
Iverson is Gangsta.
I didn't say that you were into Gangsta. You didn't even say who you wanted to hang out with. I just said a statement that just because the Spurs aren't gangsta, in the news with trouble, etc doesn't mean they aren't cool.
I would like to hang out with Manu. I think he would be awesome to hang out with.
Ah, you beat me to it.
Anyway, back to watching him hang himself . . .
This was the content of my first post: "I have a friend whose a Miami Heat fan, and he talks about how cool he thinks some of his guys are. He said he likes it that they seem like they'd be cool to hang out with, citing guys like Dwayne Wade, Shaq, and even Antoine Walker with his goofy disposition. "
You responded that you were "sorry if the Spurs weren't 'gangsta' enough for me.
Will you at least agree that this comment had no place in this thread based on what was being put forth? Once again, I suspect it reveals something about your innermost thoughts that this is the response you thought of out of the blue.
ta, more likeI didn't say that you were into Gangsta.
the reference to hanging out with 7th graders was intended to drive home the point that that shoogerbear guy isnt funny and has a childish sense of humor.
I think it was more a reflection of your innermost thoughts.
If there was any question at all that you were never a Spurs fan to begin with, that cleared that up as well as anything could have. Anyone who follows the Spurs regularly knows that Tim Duncan is one cool mofo and has a fantastic sense of humor.
And that Tony Parker is pretty much the same way.
Although, if by hanging out you mean comparing notes on the best way to beat your spouse or pass a drug test, then no, they probably wouldn't be that cool.
pussyface:
The Spurs have guys who are good role models and model citizens in the community. DWade isn't 'gangsta' as far as at ude but I've seen him dress in the trendy urban gear.
As Kori refers, gansta these days in the press refers to getting your ass arrested because you are tying to prove something. Example, even though Gilbert Arenas isn't gangsta, the fact that his dumb ass got arrested for disorderly conduct fits his action into the gangsta profile.
Gangsta can also be referred to lifestyle. Oftentimes those who decide to 'pimp' their rides live this lifestyle.
In today's venacular, the word gangsta has little to do with race but has more to do with the socio-economic trends of how younger generations are 'living'.
"I just said a statement that just because the Spurs aren't gangsta, in the news with trouble, etc doesn't mean they aren't cool." Kori Ellis
I didn't realize that I had implied that I picked the athletes I liked based on whose getting busted on the news and getting tagged with that "badass" outlaw image.
You are coming at me with some really absurd defences.
It says VERY MUCH about you and VERY LITTLE about this discussion that the only reason you can imagine to yourself why someone might not find the Spurs' players personally appealing is that they have a fetish for the gangsta image.
You named players that your friend hung out with. You didn't even indicate that you wanted to hang out with those players. By the way, I've hung out with Shaq when I lived in L.A. along with a lot of other NBA players. And I don't think he's gangsta ... just an ass.
You proceeded to trash the Spurs as boring, stuffy, and conceited (under your fake guise of being a Spurs fan) which a lot of people do.
In case you didn't know, a lot of the Spurs dress "urban" depending on the occasion. So obviously "gangsta" to me doesn't have anything to do with how they dress.
I just made a statement about not confusing cool with gangsta. If you don't like the gangsta players, then you should have just said, "I'm not. The players that I think cool are ..." and named them.
"The Spurs have guys who are good role models and model citizens in the community. DWade isn't 'gangsta' as far as at ude but I've seen him dress in the trendy urban gear."
Wow...what is your point here? ...points off for a young guy wearing trendy, age appropraite clothing? Great...so im supposed to like these SA guys because they represent a bastion of conservatism? For the record, i dont even think this is true as Wade is a married guy with a pension for preppy clothes, although this obviously is not relevent.
The racism in this thread is so evident its startling.
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