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- Posted on: Sun, 04/24/2011 - 10:15am #28284
bennydabullParticipanthttp://insider.espn.go.com/insider/blog?name=player_x&id=6396873
Can someone with an Insider account help me out? This looks like an interesting read. Thanks in advance.
0 - Posted on: Sun, 04/24/2011 - 10:16am #524757
llperezIt is interesting, il see if ican post it.
0 - Posted on: Sun, 04/24/2011 - 10:21am #524759
llperezSomeone else will have to I don’t know how to copy and paste from my phone
0 - Posted on: Sun, 04/24/2011 - 10:49am #524777
ProudGrandpaParticipantI’m po cuz I be reppin’ da Ghetto in da Robertson Projects, yo
0 - Posted on: Sun, 04/24/2011 - 11:00am #524782
TyroberParticipantBy Player X
Player X is an anonymous NBA star. This is his fourth column.
THERE ISN’T ENOUGH trash-talking in this league, and we’re the worse for it. Players are just too buddy-buddy; a lot of us grew up together in AAU ball and have remained friends. Because of that, the NBA basically looks like the cool-kid clique in high school.
Christian Peterson/Getty Images"Show me a trash-talker, and I’ll show you a winner," says Player X. "Unless his initials are KG."I miss the loud old days. A few decades ago, in the heyday of trash, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and the Knicks couldn’t shut up. Those guys all played with emotion, and that fuels the best trash-talk. It’s no coincidence that some of the best ball ever seen was played during the top trash-talking era.
When players hold their tongues, the league is boring. And we’ve been quiet too long. I blame all the foreign guys. They don’t like confrontation. I don’t know many who can talk trash, or even try. The refs are at fault too. A lot of the T’s you see called are preemptive; refs hear some noise and blow the whistle before it escalates. If you ask me, they’re trying to take the "black" out of the game. Besides Bird, all the great trash-talkers have been black. We were born talking trash. They want to silence us, but that’s like telling a bunny to stop jumping. The bunny can’t help it.
The lack of on-court chatter is bad because it’s such a good way to get in an opponent’s head and rattle him. A player’s manhood is always fair game; question that, in language they won’t let me use here, and see how he responds. Great trash-talkers also love talking junk about another guy’s finances. It doesn’t always work, though. Legend has it Gary Payton, who vets say talked an endless stream of trash, once told Jordan that he drove a better car than MJ. "The cars I got are just like yours," Jordan replied. "Except mine were free." That cracks me up.
Trash-talk can go too far fast, though, so there is a code. Off-limit topics: moms, wives, girlfriends, kids. And health. Honestly, I never thought anyone would cross the line to crack on an opponent about a medical condition. But according to Charlie Villanueva, that’s whatKevin Garnett supposedly did earlier this season when he called the Pistons forward a "cancer patient." Garnett later claimed otherwise, saying he had called Villanueva — who’s hairless because of a skin condition — a "cancerous" player.
I don’t know who’s telling the truth, but I don’t care. Garnett is a punk and a coward. I know, I know. Easy for me to say behind this column. Don’t worry, I’ll tell him to his face, too. And I’m not the only one who thinks that: If you’re not on his team, chances are you hate the guy. You can learn a lot about him by watching his eyes. If he’s talking to you — and he’s always talking — he avoids eye contact. My advice to other guys in the league: Stare him down, and he’ll retreat. From what I’ve seen, he’ll never mix it up with a player who’s bigger than he is. Personally, I think he’s scared to fight — like a playground bully who barks but doesn’t bite.
But I have to admit, the Celtics are the most talkative guys in the league. And that makes sense, because it’s the mark of a championship team. Mouths help you win big games. Ray Allen got mean in Boston, and Paul Pierce will look at you, say, "Stop this," then drop a J on your head.
The Lakers aren’t as good at it, but the defending champs have an edge over most other teams because Kobe can talk with the best of them while he lights you up and Ron Artest is just weird. One reason he’s a great defender is he’ll get way too close and whisper in your ear.
The things that make all of these guys good talkers — passion, a mean streak — are what also make them great basketball players. Not surprisingly, some of the quietest guys happen to be ringless. Chris Bosh, for one, never says a word. LeBron? Even when he does talk, he’s terrible at it.
0 - Posted on: Sun, 04/24/2011 - 11:30am #524799
MF2kParticipantwhat a joke
the manhood, the toughness, the blackness
then a bat comes in and you see tattoed hypertrophic wanna be gangstas screaming and running away like little girls. While that foreign guy that can’t talk trash slams it down with his bare hands. Keep talking player x, that’s all you got
0 - Posted on: Sun, 04/24/2011 - 11:36am #524802
omar dayzeParticipant"trying to take the black out of the game"…
was it Player X or Malcolm X?
0 - Posted on: Sun, 04/24/2011 - 11:44am #524807
cward23Participantlol….funny article. I do miss the trash talking though. I always play better in football when someone talks trash or i start talking trash
0 - Posted on: Sun, 04/24/2011 - 12:40pm #524817
Da1potParticipantI have literally never seen Ray Allen do any trash talking, but I do agree about Garnett never wanting to mix it up with anyone bigger than him
0 - Posted on: Sun, 04/24/2011 - 2:05pm #524839
bozman11Participantplayer x is dwight howard
0 - Posted on: Sun, 04/24/2011 - 3:18pm #524861
aamir543Participantplayer x is joakim noah
0 - Posted on: Sun, 04/24/2011 - 3:25pm #524863
ProudGrandpaParticipantKevin Garnett-I’m gonna f****** kick your motherf****** a** then I’m gonna make you do inappropriate things wit my d***.
Peja-I vill tek you to the school, beetch. Geet som, neega.
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