The NBA Has Personality

The European Championships have just concluded. Yes, there was a basketball tournament going on involving good NBA players and A+ quality basketball that many people didn’t even know was going on. Watching and reading about this tournament made me really appreciate the passion of both the fans and players in comparison to NBA life. But what the National Basketball Association lacks in spirit, it sure as hell makes up for in character.

I mean, everywhere you look, there’s an NBA player who stands out in the crowd. Chris Andersen may be making a comeback; the Birdman has got some serious ZEST! Zest… droopy stoner eyes… whatever you wanna call it. Of course, you’ve got Gilbert’s hibachis, shark jokes and candid stories. Ben Wallace rocks the league’s #1 ‘fro and is hard as stones (see Ron Artest’s chest in ‘04). Say what you want about Artest, but you know he’s a blast to follow (from a distance).

The Big Aristotle, Shaq Diesel, The Man of Steel; no one touches this man. 5 feet, 9 inches of mouth: Nate Robinson. Dikembe Mutombo’s finger, Sam Cassell’s cranium, Ricky Davis’s brain, Dirk Nowitzki’s tongue and Joakim Noah’s dance moves. Watching Stephon Marbury always makes you feel better about yourself. Don’t forget Darko (we could use a clone of the English variety). Mike James! Allen Iverson! Ronny Turiaf! Damon Jones! (I take that last exclamation point back).

The NBA has the fewest amount of players of the 4 major sports in North America, but it has the most flair. No contest. Even a pine buster like Chris Andersen makes a fan take notice. Hardcore intensity? Maybe not. Entertainment? You can bet your last Quincy Douby on it.

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By Tas Melas at 1:09 pm on 09.18.2007 — Tags: Misc.

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4 Responses to “The NBA Has Personality”

  1. J.E. Skeets at 1:28 pm on 09.18.2007

    Tas Melas, gettin’ all Free Darko up in this mutha!

  2. 10FootBongz at 1:46 pm on 09.18.2007

    Tas,
    On behalf of Mike James, I have to put you on blast for presenting him so low on your list of NBA personalities. Don’t you realize that he is the MJ of NBA personalities? I know that you live in Toronto, and I know that you have heard Mike James speak, so for the life of me, I cannot understand why you would disrespect him so. Stop hating and rename this post:

    Mike James has Personality

    God,
    Please forgive me for putting Tas ‘on blast’, I obviously do not know how to do it properly, and to be truthful, do not even know what it means.

  3. Will at 11:02 pm on 09.18.2007

    What about Matt Harpring? He’s great.

  4. stopmikelupica at 12:05 am on 09.19.2007

    I’ve heard Mike James speak. He just kept saying in a deep voice “Find the well… it’s the passage… to hell! SHUT IT!”

    Too subtly?

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