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06-06-2008, 07:46 AM
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| | I love it when ya call me
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| Paul Pierce just carrying his flopping to the extreme. Nobody flops as much as he does. | 
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06-06-2008, 08:09 AM
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| | VN GURU
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Originally Posted by milohimself  The Celtics seem to be the favorite team of the 30+ year old white males who have been disenfranchised with the NBA around the last decade. As you know, that's the key demographic of sports fans. Guys who consider all today's NBA stars "thugs" and would prefer to sit around and watch Larry Bird games on ESPN Classic. | Except for the thugs thing, this is pretty much me. I was an 80s Celtic fan, and when Lenny Bias died it seemed my NBA attention span did as well. The Jordan years were captivating, but still didn't compare to the way I followed those Celtics of my youth. In January I bought a new Celtics cap. Felt good to have a team in Boston I could take pride in again... | 
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06-06-2008, 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by BigPapaVol Paul Pierce just carrying his flopping to the extreme. Nobody flops as much as he does. | Tyler Hansbrough is pissed.
He's going to spend the next few months in the gym, falling down repeatedly, working to get better so that he wil one day make you eat those words. | |
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06-06-2008, 09:18 AM
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| | I love it when ya call me
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Originally Posted by Jaytrain5 Tyler Hansbrough is pissed.
He's going to spend the next few months in the gym, falling down repeatedly, working to get better so that he wil one day make you eat those words. | Hansbrough doesn't count. I'm talking about basketball players. | |
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06-06-2008, 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by BigPapaVol Hansbrough doesn't count. I'm talking about basketball players. | I actually laughed out loud.... | |
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06-06-2008, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by BigPapaVol Hansbrough doesn't count. I'm talking about basketball players. | 
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06-06-2008, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by BigPapaVol Paul Pierce just carrying his flopping to the extreme. Nobody flops as much as he does. | wrong, all foreign players flop more. as well as rip hamilton and billups
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06-06-2008, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by orange+white=heaven Except for the thugs thing, this is pretty much me. I was an 80s Celtic fan, and when Lenny Bias died it seemed my NBA attention span did as well. The Jordan years were captivating, but still didn't compare to the way I followed those Celtics of my youth. In January I bought a new Celtics cap. Felt good to have a team in Boston I could take pride in again... | Quote:
Originally Posted by orange+white=heaven I actually laughed out loud.... | Quote:
Originally Posted by Vol Mania 21 wrong, all foreign players flop more. as well as rip hamilton and billups | Amen bro's and sisters.  GO GREEN, KG just scored again | |
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06-06-2008, 05:16 PM
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#39 (permalink)
| | Abides
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| Pierce is a drama queen. | |
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06-06-2008, 06:15 PM
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| | Volmeister extraordinaire
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Originally Posted by The Dude Pierce is a drama queen. | He was all giddy when he announced he was "going to be a part of history"... | |
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06-06-2008, 06:23 PM
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| I am definitely part of the 80s crowd that used to love the celtics havent really cared much since though until this year. Hope they pull it off, it will be tough i think Cobe Bryant is amazing.
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06-06-2008, 06:25 PM
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| Sorry it Kobe
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06-06-2008, 06:36 PM
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| | Overweight Underachiever
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Vol Guerilla in UConn Territory
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Originally Posted by hmanvolfan How did you get to be a Volunteer? | Well, as a kid there was no such thing as DI-A football here, so i rooted for Johnny Majors on saturdays because he seemed like a nice guy.
When i joined the Army, all my friends were from various SEC states, so i picked up the UT flag and carried it onward.
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06-06-2008, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by JTrainDavis Well, as a kid there was no such thing as DI-A football here, so i rooted for Johnny Majors on saturdays because he seemed like a nice guy.
When i joined the Army, all my friends were from various SEC states, so i picked up the UT flag and carried it onward. | I like it!!!  | |
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06-06-2008, 07:11 PM
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| | Abides
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Originally Posted by hmanvolfan He was all giddy when he announced he was "going to be a part of history"... | Its exactly what ESPN/ABC wants all of America to believe. | |
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