Former Georgia Tech player and Duke nemesis.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3182673
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Former Georgia Tech player and Duke nemesis.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3182673
This is sad news. I don't think that Bynum is inherently "bad." I suspect that he, like so many others, was unable to escape the cultural circumstances of his early life. Duke makes a difference. Compare Bynum etc. to Sean Dockery. This is why inner city players (Carrawell, Dockery), of less than propitious circumstances, are among my favorite ^$%^$%^$%^$%ies. Duke is always more than basketball. And this why we (i.e., Coach K and staff) should always consider the circumstances and attempt to recruit some of these players. Potentially they can do so much for our program while also confirming that a Duke experience can also benefit those who were not advantaged by birth.
So he ran over someone who was smashing his car windows? Geez I would have too, he probably feared for his life. Guess that's just my cultural upbringing.
By "advantaged by birth," do you mean physically, mentally, or financially?Quote:
Originally Posted by OrangeDevil
That's what I was thinking. From the description given, I don't see anything wrong with what he did, and I would have run that guy over with my car as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by hondoheel
Dockery's dad was actually his head coach in high school so he didn't really come from a bad background. Will the Thrill was however from the other side of the tracks.Quote:
Originally Posted by OrangeDevil
Can't see Will Bynum did anything wrong. He was "accosted" in a club by people who later "smashed his car windows." Sounds like he was trying to get away from a bad scene.
sagegrouse
I don't know for sure what he meant, but I can surmise. Those children who are born into two parent families, where both parents have at least finished high school if not college, where both parents are employed (or one is employed and makes enough money for the family to live on), where neither parent has any history of drug/alchohol/legal trouble, where there is adequate housing and stability of place/employment/family, have an advantage from birth over those chldren who are born to families where the above is not true.Quote:
Originally Posted by gotham devil
And topping today's "Not so Surprising" news...
1. The sun came up this morning, right on time, making it's 578,457,982th consecutive on-time appearance since man began recording the event.
2. Lots of people across the world died yesterday. No matter how many times we hear it, that news is something we can never seem to get used to.
And finally, former Atlanta Hawks player Isaiah Rider was arrested again, this time in the great state of California:
http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sp...ider_0107.html
-EarlJam
Awwwww come on! Why does he have to be a former Hawks player? What about Isaiah Rider, former Laker? Or even better, former Trailblazer?Quote:
Originally Posted by EarlJam
I mean really...how many former Trailblazers have been in trouble with the law in the last 10 years?
My parents lived in Oregon for about 12 years and my brother still lives out there. I believe the proper name for the NBA team in Portland is the JAILblazers:DQuote:
Originally Posted by ugadevil
Or, how about former UNLV Runnin' Rebel? Isn't Rider from the Tarkanian era?Quote:
Originally Posted by ugadevil
First time I've thought about Rider in years. The man could dunk though.
And can steal with the best of 'em.Quote:
Originally Posted by Devils8780
-EarlJam