From his NBA profile: "Laimbeer was called 'the prince of darkness,' 'a street thug,' 'an ax murderer' and 'His Heinous.'"
I was more comfortable with the white supremacist stuff.
Always provacative, always pervy.
It will be interesting to see if the flypaper strategy deployed in this recent series of posts will work. Ogged & Labs: fighting commenter terrorists/insurgents there so they don't have to fight them here.
Wasn't he the guy that Bird (or maybe Parrish) and Magic (or maybe Kareem) threw the only punches of their career at?
I never really had that big a problem with Laimbeer. His job sucked, but he did it well. And he shot a lot better than people realize.
Kevin McHale was the sickliest, feeblest-looking major athlete I ever saw. Like Bob Dylan, he was from Hibbing, Minnesota.
Mark Olberding was also from Minnesota, near my undisclosed location in fact. He did more with less talent than anyone could ever have expected.
http://www.thebluesteels.com/images/players/kevin_mchale_200.jpg
He did his job. He was just obeying orders. Look, these are bad excuses for bad behavior in the best of cases. But in Laimbeer's case, they also have the disadvantage of being transparently false. He *liked* playing dirty, he *liked* fouling on every play, he *liked* flopping like a fricking soccer player. He was almost dislikable to make you dislike Joe Dumars by association, and that is damn dislikable.
Sigh. 7 to 4.
That's why I think people should always quote the comment they're responding to. Less confusing.
Also, it's a bit of a pain to scroll all the way back up the thread and then back down again when comment 237 says "72 to 19".
Just sayin'.
people should always quote the comment they're responding to
Agreed. I don't like all the scrolling around either.
If I could win a world championship by making more talented people look bad, I'd happily do so. So sue me.
Talent-free Olberding shuts down Larry Bird.
. He *liked* playing dirty, he *liked* fouling on every play, he *liked* flopping like a fricking soccer player.
That a Celt fan, who no doubt cheered when McHale clotheslined Clark Kent, could say this....My generosity towards Laimbeer is actually a result of that play (and similar such plays). I hated the Celtics so much, for so long, that any enemy of theirs was a friend of mine. I spent at least three years cheering for the Pistons to beat Boston.
Just when I start thinking that you might be a decent guy, SCMT, you go breaking out the Laimbeer apologetics.
Just when I start thinking that you might be a decent guy, SCMT, you go breaking out the Laimbeer apologetics.
I like Thomas Kinkade, if that helps. Look, in the late 80's, as between the Celts and the Pistons, who did you want to win?
in the late 80's, as between the Celts and the Pistons, who did you want to win?
This is the Hitler / Stalin question in disguise, I think. I was in Chicago, I wanted both their planes to crash.
Confronted with Hitler and Stalin, you refuse to choose. You are --- France. I, OTOH, am Churchill. And, thanks to WGN, I was also a die-hard Bulls fan.
Oh for the days when the likes of Bill Laimbeer, Jack Sikma, Jon Koncack and Paul Mokeski could roam the lane (mainly because MJ would be playing too).
Confronted with Hitler and Stalin, you refuse to choose. You are --- France.
I thought France was divided between Hitler and de Gaul/Churchill?
