The answers: 1. Jason Collier ($700) "Coach knows I can score around the basket and I need to maintain a strong mentality. My mentality sometimes isn't as strong as it needs to be, so this summer I have worked on being tougher and stronger inside the paint." 2. Kenny Thomas ($900) "I'm not a center, thank you very much. This is the NBA. I'm not a center. I am not a center. " 3. Rudy T. ($1,200) "We've got to check the freakin' water next time, because we haven't had a good game here since 1995." 4. Kelvin Cato ($200) "UCLA has athletic ability far beyond ours, they are a fast-break team we won't try to slow down. We'll just try to control them. We know all their guys can jump. Only a few of our guys can jump." 5. Moochie Norris ($100)"If Bullard couldn't use his legs, if you just put him on the court and told him to stand there, he'd knock those shots down, He's one of those guys who wakes up shooting. I think he shoots in his sleep." 6. Walt Williams ($1,100)"I play streetball with him (francis), so I know the kind of talent he has, The things he's doing out on the court are not surprising me. He's a great player with a lot of upside to his game. He's going to be one of the great ones. But to tell you the truth, there are so many people in his ear that my style is to just chill and lay back until he comes to me with some questions. Then I'll give him some sound advice. I'm there for him, but I'm not going to try to tell him what to do." 7. Eddie Griffin ($1,000) "I've been working hard preparing for (the SATs). Don't worry. I'll make it." 8. Steve Francis ($400) "The first thing I'm going to do is get my little sister the Internet in the house, because we don't have it, We definitely need it. She's 9 now, and once she gets to college, she'll be smart." 9. Glen Rice ($300) "Right now, basketball is not a high priority. Everybody's mind is strictly on Marcus." 10. Cuttino Mobley ($600) "It will take us awhile. We've been young, cocky guys coming in. But we're out to win this city's heart. It might take us awhile, but we've got to do it, because right now, it's our city." 11. Dan Langhi ($1,300) "I don't show my jumping ability that much." 12. Kevin Willis ($800) after his trade from Toronto Ironically... "What in the world happened to loyalty? It's irritating. I'm not overjoyed by any means. I think it's somewhat of a disappointment because of how it was done. I wake up on the morning of a game day and suddenly I'm hearing all these rumours. Then finally comes word that I'm on another team. That's not the way to handle it. It's not good business. But I'm just a player and it's not my call." 13. Maurice Taylor ($500)"Every day, if it's after practice or shootarounds, he (moochie)always shoots half-court shots, When he got it up there he's got a chance because he practices them. I don't know if he called glass, but I accept it." Good luck.
1. Kelvin Cato ($200) 2. Eddie Griffin ($1,000) 3. Rudy T. ($1,200) 4. Kenny Thomas ($900) 5. Moochie Norris ($100) 6. Glen Rice ($300) 7. Steve Francis ($400) 8. Maurice Taylor ($500) 9. Walt Williams ($1,100) 10. Cuttino Mobley ($600) 11. Dan Langhi ($1,300) 12. Kevin Willis ($800) 13. Jason Collier ($700) I hope I got at least one of them right...okay... NO MORE EDITS, I PROMISE...
1. Kelvin Cato 2. Mo Taylor 3. Rudy T. 4. Moochie Norris 5. Cuttino Mobley 6. Walt Williams 7. Jason Collier 8. Eddie Griffin 9. Glen Rice 10. Steve Francis 11. Dan Langhi 12. Kevin Willis 13. Kenny Thomas These are just guesses . . . I have 0 idea, and probably 0 right . . .
Too easy 1. Jason Collier (700) 2. Kenny Thomas (900) 3. Rudy T (1,200) 4. Walt Williams (1,100) 5. Steve Francis (400) 6. Moochie Norris (100) 7. Dan Langhi (1,300) 8. Eddie Griffin (1,000) 9. Glen Rice (300) 10. Cuttino Mobley (600) 11. Kelvin Cato (200) 12. Kevin Willis (800) 13. Maurice Taylor (500) How'd I do???
1. Kenny Thomas 2. Maurice Taylor 3. Glen Rice 4. Jason Collier 5. Rudy T. 6. Walt Williams 7. Eddie Griffin 8. Kelvin Cato 9. Moochie Norris 10. Steve Francis 11. Dan Langhi 12. Kevin Willis 13. Cuttino Mobley
So far the responses have been very interesting. I'll post the answers tomorrow in the a.m.. These are very tough, but you can get a few of them by paying close attention. All you need is one to get into the next round
1. Kelvin Cato 2. Kenny Thomas 3. Rudy T. 4. Jason Collier 5. Moochie Norris 6. Glen Rice 7. Steve Francis 8. Maurice Taylor 9. Eddie Griffin 10. Dan Langhi 11. Cuttino Mobley 12. Kevin Willis 13. Walt Williams
Well in that case: 1. Francis 2. Francis 3. Francis 4. Francis 5. Francis 6. Francis 7. Francis 8. Francis 9. Francis 10. Francis 11. Francis 12. Francis 13. Francis Next round here I come!
1. Cato 2. KT 3. Rudy T 4. Collier 5. Mooch 6. Walt 7. Griffin 8. Stevie 9. Rice 10. Mobley 11. Langhi 12. Willis 13. Mo
This is hard. And I pride myself on remembering quotes. 1. Who is Kelvin Cato 2. Who is Maurice Taylor (nearly positive, last year when Dream got injured) 3. Who is Rudy T (an Orlando comment...right?) 4. Who is Kenny Thomas (total guess) 5. Who is Jason Collier 6. Who is Moochie Norris (a street ball junky) 7. Who is Steve Francis (sounds like what a community college player would say) 8. Who is Eddie Griffin (guess) 9. Who is Glen Rice (positive...Camby's sister last year) 10. Who is Cuttino Mobley (because I know my Cat quotes) 11. Who is Dan Langhi (total guess, possibly a joking Collier quote) 12. Who is Kevin Willis (must be) 13. Who is Walt Williams, or Walt is #5 edited to get my "Who is"s in there and to change #3, after I remembered the Orlando drought.
Matching - Who said what? Moochie Norris ($100) Kelvin Cato ($200) Glen Rice ($300) Steve Francis ($400) Maurice Taylor ($500) Cuttino Mobley ($600) Jason Collier ($700) Kevin Willis ($800) Kenny Thomas ($900) Eddie Griffin ($1,000) Walt Williams ($1,100) Rudy T. ($1,200) Dan Langhi ($1,300) 1. "Coach knows I can score around the basket and I need to maintain a strong mentality. My mentality sometimes isn't as strong as it needs to be, so this summer I have worked on being tougher and stronger inside the paint." Cato 2. "I'm not a center, thank you very much. This is the NBA. I'm not a center. I am not a center. " Taylor 3. "We've got to check the freakin' water next time, because we haven't had a good game here since 1995." Rudy T 4. "UCLA has athletic ability far beyond ours, they are a fast-break team we won't try to slow down. We'll just try to control them. We know all their guys can jump. Only a few of our guys can jump." the Wiz 5. "If Bullard couldn't use his legs, if you just put him on the court and told him to stand there, he'd knock those shots down, He's one of those guys who wakes up shooting. I think he shoots in his sleep." Collier 6. "I play streetball with him (francis), so I know the kind of talent he has, The things he's doing out on the court are not surprising me. He's a great player with a lot of upside to his game. He's going to be one of the great ones. But to tell you the truth, there are so many people in his ear that my style is to just chill and lay back until he comes to me with some questions. Then I'll give him some sound advice. I'm there for him, but I'm not going to try to tell him what to do." Moochie 7. "I've been working hard preparing for (the SATs). Don't worry. I'll make it." Eddie 8. "The first thing I'm going to do is get my little sister the Internet in the house, because we don't have it, We definitely need it. She's 9 now, and once she gets to college, she'll be smart." Kenny 9. "Right now, basketball is not a high priority. Everybody's mind is strictly on Marcus." Glen Rice 10. "It will take us awhile. We've been young, cocky guys coming in. But we're out to win this city's heart. It might take us awhile, but we've got to do it, because right now, it's our city." Steve 11. "I don't show my jumping ability that much." Damn Lanky 12. "What in the world happened to loyalty? It's irritating. I'm not overjoyed by any means. I think it's somewhat of a disappointment because of how it was done. I wake up on the morning of a game day and suddenly I'm hearing all these rumours. Then finally comes word that I'm on another team. That's not the way to handle it. It's not good business. But I'm just a player and it's not my call." Kevin Willis 13. "Every day, if it's after practice or shootarounds, he (moochie)always shoots half-court shots, When he got it up there he's got a chance because he practices them. I don't know if he called glass, but I accept it." Mobes
$8,000 DVauthrin: (11 of 13) $5,000 Toast: (7 of 13) $4,700 Vengeance: (5 of 13) $4,600 Hydra: (5 of 13) $4,201 Crispee: (5 of 13) $4,200 Guttersnipe: (4 of 13) $4,000 Bandgeek: (5 of 13) $3,000 Steve Francis3: (4 of 13) $ 400 Francis 4 prez: (1 of 13) FINAL JEOPARDY CLUE/TOPIC: An old quote from one of the contestants listed above. THE ANSWER WILL BE POSTED AT 7PM EST. PLEASE PHRASE YOUR RESPONSE AS A QUESTION. You can post what dollar amount you want to risk or you can secretly send it to me at cweir@asam.org Francis 4 prez. Nice strategy, but maybe you should have picked Rudy T Crispee got a bonus dollar for answering in the form of a question!
PhiSlammaJamma I think I should get extra points for phrasing my questions as questions, since no one else did. How about, a $1 bonus...that's all I need! lol. Are you going to give us the correct questions? I bet it all.
The answers: 1. Jason Collier ($700) "Coach knows I can score around the basket and I need to maintain a strong mentality. My mentality sometimes isn't as strong as it needs to be, so this summer I have worked on being tougher and stronger inside the paint." 2. Kenny Thomas ($900) "I'm not a center, thank you very much. This is the NBA. I'm not a center. I am not a center. " 3. Rudy T. ($1,200) "We've got to check the freakin' water next time, because we haven't had a good game here since 1995." 4. Kelvin Cato ($200) "UCLA has athletic ability far beyond ours, they are a fast-break team we won't try to slow down. We'll just try to control them. We know all their guys can jump. Only a few of our guys can jump." 5. Moochie Norris ($100)"If Bullard couldn't use his legs, if you just put him on the court and told him to stand there, he'd knock those shots down, He's one of those guys who wakes up shooting. I think he shoots in his sleep." 6. Walt Williams ($1,100)"I play streetball with him (francis), so I know the kind of talent he has, The things he's doing out on the court are not surprising me. He's a great player with a lot of upside to his game. He's going to be one of the great ones. But to tell you the truth, there are so many people in his ear that my style is to just chill and lay back until he comes to me with some questions. Then I'll give him some sound advice. I'm there for him, but I'm not going to try to tell him what to do." 7. Eddie Griffin ($1,000) "I've been working hard preparing for (the SATs). Don't worry. I'll make it." 8. Steve Francis ($400) "The first thing I'm going to do is get my little sister the Internet in the house, because we don't have it, We definitely need it. She's 9 now, and once she gets to college, she'll be smart." 9. Glen Rice ($300) "Right now, basketball is not a high priority. Everybody's mind is strictly on Marcus." 10. Cuttino Mobley ($600) "It will take us awhile. We've been young, cocky guys coming in. But we're out to win this city's heart. It might take us awhile, but we've got to do it, because right now, it's our city." 11. Dan Langhi ($1,300) "I don't show my jumping ability that much." 12. Kevin Willis ($800) after his trade from Toronto Ironically... "What in the world happened to loyalty? It's irritating. I'm not overjoyed by any means. I think it's somewhat of a disappointment because of how it was done. I wake up on the morning of a game day and suddenly I'm hearing all these rumours. Then finally comes word that I'm on another team. That's not the way to handle it. It's not good business. But I'm just a player and it's not my call." 13. Maurice Taylor ($500)"Every day, if it's after practice or shootarounds, he (moochie)always shoots half-court shots, When he got it up there he's got a chance because he practices them. I don't know if he called glass, but I accept it."
I know, Toast. I put down Moochie, knowing both of them played street ball with Francis, yet why would Moochie say he's ready to give Francis advice?? Like you'd ask for advice from an insomniac who can barely deal with the NBA pressure himself....lol! I also bet the SAT one on the kid who didn't pass it versus the one who obviously did. I don't think I got one guess right. btw: Francis 4 prez should have known #11 was not Francis...sheesh!
