I have to say, I think there's something a bit sad about Antawn Jamison trying to act weird so he can fit in on the Wizards. I mean, yelling "Fiji" after your jumpers because "When you think of water, you think of my jump shot." That's genuinely odd, not charmingly eccentric.
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"Hey, I'm Weird, Too!"
02 May 2007 03:16 pm
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Huh. Does this site have the no-sports RSS option?
I assumed at first that 'Tawn was shouting "Fiji" during the 'zards/Cavs series in the Nick Van Exel spirit:
Then there's the story Shaquille O'Neal repeated in his autobiography. During the 1998 playoffs, when the Lakers were one game away from being swept by Utah, the players gathered for a huddle after practice. They put their hands together and did the ritual cheer, "1-2-3, team." But instead of saying "Team," Van Exel yelled out "Cancun!"
I'm not sure we know enough to find Jamison's behavior sad. It's not clear when he started doing it, or that he started doing it in an attempt to fit in. Maybe he just started letting the freak out. Maybe it's just the first baby step towards a future in which he tattoos a life-size facsimile of his face on the back of his head. Wait and hope, as the man said.
For a better idea (oh, like in case you run into him), he should crib from mimi smartypants' (thx to Catherine she's at http://smartypants.diaryland.com/042407.html ) kid Nora:
"...between chicken wings and mary jaaaaaane, I suggested to Nora that we go to the playground. She pumped her fists in the air and yelled, "SCIENTIFIC!" This is excellent happy-exclamation slang and we should all start using it immediately. Scientific is the new kick ass."
" Maybe it's just the first baby step towards a future in which he tattoos a life-size facsimile of his face on the back of his head. "
I think that would give a definite competitive advantage - especially if you used a holographic decal for the eyes so that it looked like they were moving around.
"" Maybe it's just the first baby step towards a future in which he tattoos a life-size facsimile of his face on the back of his head. "
I think that would give a definite competitive advantage - especially if you used a holographic decal for the eyes so that it looked like they were moving around."
Were this the case, I think a high head surface-to-face ratio would be the best indicator of competitive advantage. A person with a 4-to-1 ratio, for example, could fit on 3 face tatoos, meaning confusion not only for those behind them, but also for those to either side. And so on.
looks like petey won't be making out like a bandit. Powder Blues just got spanked in game 5
The sad part to me is that 'Fiji' suggests bottled water before anything else.
Tragedy, thy name is basketball.
Impeach George Karl!
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Heads in the Sand
Straight-up stupid, really.
Does Kidd still blow a kiss before free throws? If so, he has to kind of regret it now.
Posted by MP | May 2, 2007 3:29 PM