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MU_was_not_so_hard · Jun 29, 2006

Songbird said:

mustardbased said:

Double Down said:

I think Isaiah is the real life Rachel Phelps, from the movie Major League. He's actively trying to ruin that team. I don't care if you don't draft Williams, but you don't draft a 6-5 forward who averaged less than 10 points a game. Holy shit they're a disaster.
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Again, he would certainly have been there at 29 and almost certainly would have been there in the mid-second round.

But the Knicks have scorers. If what some of the heads were saying is true, and the Knicks need somebody to come out, bust ass, grab some rebounds and clean shit up around the rim, Balkman will be perfect for them. If the fans give him a chance, they'll love him.

And I'll be the first to admit I'm not even close to impartial when it comes to Balkman. Love the guy. You couldn't always count on him scoring -- in fact, you were better off not counting on him scoring -- but you could always count on him working harder than anybody on the court.
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It sounds like Balkman's very much like Bo Outlaw, who I absolutely loved because no one in the league worked harder than him for so many years. A star? Not in a million years. But a goddam worker bee. One night, still living in Jamaica, I was stoned 7 ways till Sunday, and got locked into a game on TNT or TBS or whatever. Outlaw put up something like 10 points and 15-20 rebounds. They talked to him afterward, and he summed up his game in 3 words:

"It's about desire."

I may have shed a tear. 3-4 years ago, I wish the Lakers would have given Outlaw his final home before retirement.

So it really sounds like Balkman is this type of "It's about desire" player the Knicks desperately need.
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Only problem here -- Balkman's language skills aren't that advanced.

steveu · Jun 29, 2006

Buck said:

Vitale was too distraught about Redick going 11th. He just found it too hard to continue.
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Frickin' priceless. God, I laughed my ass off. For not being an NBA fan, I actually found this year's draft entertaining. It seemed like no one knew who they wanted.

Sam Mills 51 · Jun 29, 2006

MU_was_not_so_hard said:

Songbird said:

It sounds like Balkman's very much like Bo Outlaw, who I absolutely loved because no one in the league worked harder than him for so many years. A star? Not in a million years. But a goddam worker bee. One night, still living in Jamaica, I was stoned 7 ways till Sunday, and got locked into a game on TNT or TBS or whatever. Outlaw put up something like 10 points and 15-20 rebounds. They talked to him afterward, and he summed up his game in 3 words:

"It's about desire."

I may have shed a tear. 3-4 years ago, I wish the Lakers would have given Outlaw his final home before retirement.

So it really sounds like Balkman is this type of "It's about desire" player the Knicks desperately need.
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Only problem here -- Balkman's language skills aren't that advanced.
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Neither are his defensive skills.

Thank goodness I was done with my gamer when I was told this on assignment. I couldn't stop laughing or get the tears out of my eyes from imagining the Knicks' fan reaction.

CitizenTino · Jun 29, 2006

So, who's the best of the rest? Any players not drafted tonight who have any chance of doing anything in the NBA?

MU_was_not_so_hard · Jun 29, 2006

Sam Mills 51 said:

MU_was_not_so_hard said:

Songbird said:

It sounds like Balkman's very much like Bo Outlaw, who I absolutely loved because no one in the league worked harder than him for so many years. A star? Not in a million years. But a goddam worker bee. One night, still living in Jamaica, I was stoned 7 ways till Sunday, and got locked into a game on TNT or TBS or whatever. Outlaw put up something like 10 points and 15-20 rebounds. They talked to him afterward, and he summed up his game in 3 words:

"It's about desire."

I may have shed a tear. 3-4 years ago, I wish the Lakers would have given Outlaw his final home before retirement.

So it really sounds like Balkman is this type of "It's about desire" player the Knicks desperately need.
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Only problem here -- Balkman's language skills aren't that advanced.
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Neither are his defensive skills.

Thank goodness I was done with my gamer when I was told this on assignment. I couldn't stop laughing or get the tears out of my eyes from imagining the Knicks' fan reaction.
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I mean, this is a guy who basically tested the draft waters because he was sick of finding ways to skip class. He's easily the luckiest dude on the planet this week.

DyePack · Jun 29, 2006

CitizenTino said:

So, who's the best of the rest? Any players not drafted tonight who have any chance of doing anything in the NBA?
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Marcus Vick.

Sam Mills 51 · Jun 29, 2006

MU_was_not_so_hard said:

Sam Mills 51 said:

MU_was_not_so_hard said:

Songbird said:

It sounds like Balkman's very much like Bo Outlaw, who I absolutely loved because no one in the league worked harder than him for so many years. A star? Not in a million years. But a goddam worker bee. One night, still living in Jamaica, I was stoned 7 ways till Sunday, and got locked into a game on TNT or TBS or whatever. Outlaw put up something like 10 points and 15-20 rebounds. They talked to him afterward, and he summed up his game in 3 words:

"It's about desire."

I may have shed a tear. 3-4 years ago, I wish the Lakers would have given Outlaw his final home before retirement.

So it really sounds like Balkman is this type of "It's about desire" player the Knicks desperately need.
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Only problem here -- Balkman's language skills aren't that advanced.
Click to expand...

Neither are his defensive skills.

Thank goodness I was done with my gamer when I was told this on assignment. I couldn't stop laughing or get the tears out of my eyes from imagining the Knicks' fan reaction.
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I mean, this is a guy who basically tested the draft waters because he was sick of finding ways to skip class. He's easily the luckiest dude on the planet this week.
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Now he can pay a tutor to skip class for him. Oh ... wait. :-\

MU_was_not_so_hard · Jun 29, 2006

Balkman might be one of the best players I've covered in college -- if for no other reason that every game of his I covered I could count on two things every game: One, fucking himself up on scorer's tables and basket support bases, and two, saying something tremendously stupid after the game.
Fantastic.

Sam Mills 51 · Jun 29, 2006

So that near-run-in he had with a trash can during the Southeastern Conference Tournament in Nashville was par for the course?

And none of the South Carolina SIDs could train him to say the same stupid cliches? Wow.

MU_was_not_so_hard · Jun 29, 2006

Sam Mills 51 said:

So that near-run-in he had with a trash can during the Southeastern Conference Tournament in Nashville was par for the course?

And none of the South Carolina SIDs could train him to say the same stupid cliches? Wow.
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As good of a human being as Kerry Tharp is, he didn't exactly make the best of decisions in putting Schmidt in the basketball gig.

Sam Mills 51 · Jun 29, 2006

Well, maybe Dave Odom can find some sharper students to aim the program to another stellar NIT outing.

DyePack · Jun 29, 2006

Sam Mills 51 said:

Well, maybe Dave Odom can find some sharper students to aim the program to another stellar NIT outing.
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They should rename the tournament after him.

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