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Funny article on Yao, the Rockets and the Wild Wild West

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by ckfol, Jan 28, 2004.

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  1. ckfol

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    http://espn.go.com/page2/s/wiley/040126.html

    Section on Houston:

    R-DOG: Yeah, but I still get the feeling that they're gonna go out. Houston, Dub. Chairman Yao, Stevie Franchise. Hammered my Knicks twice since The Trade. Seems like they've still got one piece missing, somehow, but it's good for them I can't really peep which piece it is. Some nights looks like Jim Jackson will fill it up nicely, some nights it looks like Cato will be the Missing Link. I just ain't feeling Mo Taylor, but then he'll drop 20 and 8 on you. Some nights looks like Cat Mobley can stack up at 2 with the best of them, when I know for a fact that's mostly a mirage. He's good, but not with the best of them. Kobe's a 2. Spree's a 2, really.


    So it's all about Chairman Yao. They keep saying this Goliath's been figured out and all people have to do is push him out of there, knee him in the back of his knees, pound on his guts, give him a country fake and he'll back off, get all shrink-wrapped. But we sat there and saw him eat up Deek with 29 in 28 minutes. You better be able to bully him; that's all that's left for you to do. Yow! on Chairman Yao. The Tao of Yao is what? Maybe if he listens to Jigga's Black Album. Maybe if he uses Shao-lin principles. All I know is, like you like to say, Dub, everybody's whistling past the graveyard on this true Goliath. It's all in how he decides to handle what's upcoming. Does he shrink from the physical? Does it try to battle it with the mental? Does he rise above it, or step to the side?


    R-DUB: You saying you like the Rockets in the West Final Four?


    Shaq and Duncan represent the best of the West.
    R-DOG: I guess I am. Not that the Spurs are going down without a fight. But if Yao's Tao is right, the Alamo ain't the only thing they'll be remembering in San Antone. Mandarin Akeem.
     
    #1 ckfol, Jan 28, 2004
  2. qrui

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    thx! interesting read. especially this:
    "Seems like they've still got one piece missing, somehow, but it's good for them I can't really peep which piece it is. Some nights looks like Jim Jackson will fill it up nicely, some nights it looks like Cato will be the Missing Link. I just ain't feeling Mo Taylor, but then he'll drop 20 and 8 on you. Some nights looks like Cat Mobley can stack up at 2 with the best of them, when I know for a fact that's mostly a mirage. He's good, but not with the best of them. "
     
    #2 qrui, Jan 28, 2004
  3. ayears

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    It's funny to hear what's R-DOG(a Knicks fan) attitude on Yao,especially this paragraph:
    Thank for your post,ckfol.:D
     
    #3 ayears, Jan 28, 2004
  4. Rockets2K

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    O..........k.

    Someone want to translate this one into English?

    Im sorry...Im old...I dont speak whatever language that article is in.
     
    #4 Rockets2K, Jan 28, 2004
  5. RocketScientist

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    Heh... 'Mandarin Akeem'

    I love it!
     
    #5 RocketScientist, Jan 28, 2004
  6. Raven

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    It's always stupid when a white guy tries to sound street.

    Raven
     
    #6 Raven, Jan 28, 2004
  7. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    Ralph Wiley (who wrote the article) is not white.
     
    #7 bobrek, Jan 28, 2004
  8. Lionheart

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    Ralph Wiley is a YOF ...
     
    #8 Lionheart, Jan 28, 2004
  9. JuanValdez

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    Huh, and somehow it still sounds stupid. Maybe it's that there are things that can be said but not written.
     
    #9 JuanValdez, Jan 28, 2004
  10. Rockets2K

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    thats why I asked for a translation....

    whatever language that article is written in...I dont speak it.
     
    #10 Rockets2K, Jan 28, 2004
  11. Rocket104

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    This is one of Wiley's gimmicks... R-Dub is his alter-ego.

    Ralph Wiley's straight columns are usually excellent. The R-Dub ones suck.
     
    #11 Rocket104, Jan 28, 2004
  12. fietguy

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    this is just pure hate...

    unless you were being sarcastic, then its all good
     
    #12 fietguy, Jan 28, 2004
  13. Williamson

    Williamson JOSH CHRISTOPHER ONLY FAN

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    I'm confused. It doesn't even seem to contain much slang in my eyes. It's a bit colorful but it isn't really full of slang. The only thing I can find in it that I would figure an older person might not understand is the reference to jigga (aka jay-z. a rapper).

    and i'm a 27 year old upper middle class white guy who doesn't listen to much hip hop at all.
     
    #13 Williamson, Jan 28, 2004
  14. AroundTheWorld

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    I can understand it, but find it unbearable to read.
     
    #14 AroundTheWorld, Jan 28, 2004
  15. haven

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    Wiley's a good basketball writer, but I find the gimmic just flat out annoying.

    That said, I agree with him - particularly about the missing link.
     
    #15 haven, Jan 28, 2004
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