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Unintentional Comedy In Sportswriting
« on: January 06, 2011, 12:35:20 PM »

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If you're like me, you are criminally depriving your employer of your services because you fake doing work and read a ton of stuff about the NBA every day.

Sometimes, you come across a passage that is just so incredibly but unintentionally funny that you have to share it. Here is the one I found today. The funny part is the one in bolded italics. Read it in context, then just read it alone.

And after wondering aloud in the preseason about his role, he finally knows the answer.

“Everything,” Baby said. “I’m the garbage man.

“I’m just a basketball player. I’m not tall; I’m not short; I’ve got short arms; I’m kind of chubby a little bit. But I just play basketball. That’s the plus thing. I can play whatever you want me to play.”

It’s clear that Rivers wants all of it from Davis, and he wants it every night. He’s stayed on his Baby.

"You've gotta respect a 15-percent 3-point shooter. A guy
like that is always lethal." - Evan 'The God' Turner

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« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2011, 01:16:58 PM »

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funny but
I think that one was absolutely on purpose

Did the remark end there, if so I am even more sure it was on purpose  :)
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Yeah Im with Edgar on this one. Pretty sure Baby was trying to make some laughs with that statement.

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« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2011, 02:25:54 PM »

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Yeah Im with Edgar on this one. Pretty sure Baby was trying to make some laughs with that statement.

The part I'm laughin at is:

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It’s clear that Rivers wants all of it from Davis, and he wants it every night. He’s stayed on his Baby.

And Baby didn't write that part.

"You've gotta respect a 15-percent 3-point shooter. A guy
like that is always lethal." - Evan 'The God' Turner

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« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2011, 02:36:44 PM »

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Yeah Im with Edgar on this one. Pretty sure Baby was trying to make some laughs with that statement.

Intentional by the author, not BBD

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« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2011, 02:40:21 PM »

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Yeah Im with Edgar on this one. Pretty sure Baby was trying to make some laughs with that statement.

Intentional by the author, not BBD

ah, I disagree.

"You've gotta respect a 15-percent 3-point shooter. A guy
like that is always lethal." - Evan 'The God' Turner