beef bar, pizza kitchen
didn't I say once on ilx that I called Barnaby's once to ask what a beef bar is, like, was it a buffet that served beef, and they didn't understand the question, and I kept trying to clarify, and they just couldn't answer
well I pledge to you all not to do that on ilx
― Joey Corona (Euler), Sunday, 3 May 2020 15:46 (four years ago) link
actually I hate bill laimbeer too, we're not *all* like that
― Joey Corona (Euler), Sunday, May 3, 2020 9:21 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
it’s true, most notre dame athletes are not nearly as successful as laimbeer
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Sunday, 3 May 2020 15:54 (four years ago) link
fuck
― Joey Corona (Euler), Sunday, 3 May 2020 16:01 (four years ago) link
that's a beefy chili or a chilly beef. either way, i've lost my picnic spirit.
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 3 May 2020 16:06 (four years ago) link
actually excited to see new eps tonight!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 3 May 2020 16:59 (four years ago) link
yeah thank God for this show
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 3 May 2020 17:06 (four years ago) link
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Sunday, May 3, 2020 10:54 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
lmao
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Sunday, 3 May 2020 17:06 (four years ago) link
the only ND alum i know was the academic dean of the HS i teach at, shes cool
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Sunday, 3 May 2020 17:07 (four years ago) link
notre dame more like notre lame lol faced
― lag∞n, Sunday, 3 May 2020 17:09 (four years ago) link
french for "our lame"
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Sunday, 3 May 2020 17:19 (four years ago) link
more spin than rod strickland
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 3 May 2020 17:46 (four years ago) link
buncha hunchbacks
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 3 May 2020 18:55 (four years ago) link
christian laettner trending in anticipation of dream team ep tonight, cannot wait to watch behind the scenes shootarounds with these guys
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 3 May 2020 19:36 (four years ago) link
only laettner could steal the hatred away from laimbeer
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 3 May 2020 19:46 (four years ago) link
Laettner & Laimbeer join together to form the most evil Voltron in basketball
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 3 May 2020 20:01 (four years ago) link
Please don’t compare Laettner to laimbeer. Laettner was an arrogant guy who didn’t mind people thinking he was gay, which is a cool combo. Laimbeer was a criminal essentially
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 3 May 2020 20:07 (four years ago) link
a criminal champion
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 3 May 2020 20:08 (four years ago) link
agree that laettner didnt deserve the hate except that he did choose to play for duke so he kinda did
― lag∞n, Sunday, 3 May 2020 20:46 (four years ago) link
he went from college superstar to nba role player and didnt seem to mind
― lag∞n, Sunday, 3 May 2020 20:47 (four years ago) link
he did start to do some drugs about it
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 3 May 2020 20:52 (four years ago) link
laettner was a #3 draft pick, but he was never good enough to justify going that high. if he had insisted on being paid like an nba star he would have ended up playing somewhere in Europe, because he was only suited to be a role player and the league knew that after two or three seasons of trying to elevate him to a star.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 3 May 2020 20:54 (four years ago) link
i completely forgot laettner got suspended for weed late in his careeranytime i think of that guy i think of him sticking his tongue out at the crowd and throwing up devil horns; how come i can't readily find a gif of that
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 3 May 2020 21:10 (four years ago) link
I don't like Laetner but he was better than a role player. That 1992 draft class was 2 hall of famers and a handful of regular contributors, including Laetner. Maybe he wouldn't be #3 in a re-do, but he's in the top 5 or 6 in that class. He's just not a player you build a team around.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 3 May 2020 21:11 (four years ago) link
no yr right he was solid
― lag∞n, Sunday, 3 May 2020 21:24 (four years ago) link
laettner def hotter
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 3 May 2020 21:49 (four years ago) link
Always assumed that was big reason he was hated
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 3 May 2020 22:17 (four years ago) link
read an interview w him where he didnt come off like he had some big ego or smth he said he always embraced the scrappy side of life
― lag∞n, Sunday, 3 May 2020 22:22 (four years ago) link
finally watching this. is the story that this footage was just sitting around for 20 years??how does magic look EXACTLY THE SAME????
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 3 May 2020 22:47 (four years ago) link
99.99999% of people who play basketball aren't good enough to be NBA role players, Laettner wasn't that badbut EZ otm he was resented for being cocky like a star and drafted 3 but only being a role playerthe 30 for 30 on him is good. funny always assumed he was a rich kid but he was working class
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 3 May 2020 22:52 (four years ago) link
also he was drafted by the timberwolves which is a good way to ruin your career
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 3 May 2020 22:54 (four years ago) link
laettner was a great troll. i think there's a lot of ways he could have had a better career. just got unlucky.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 3 May 2020 23:29 (four years ago) link
timberwolves first round picks being busts is the ultimate nature vs nurture debate
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 3 May 2020 23:31 (four years ago) link
anything is possible
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 3 May 2020 23:42 (four years ago) link
yeah, Laettner might yet surprise us
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 4 May 2020 00:31 (four years ago) link
there was really no way jordan wasnt good enough to make his high school team ever right i mean some coach just hated him or something
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 May 2020 01:27 (four years ago) link
I dunno. jordan growing half a foot and growing his game exponentially every offseason is a theme.
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 4 May 2020 01:43 (four years ago) link
at some point his dad mocked him about not knowing how to use a jigsaw, so he grew himself and began dunking.
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 4 May 2020 01:44 (four years ago) link
its doesnt matter hes still good enough to make a high school team
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 May 2020 01:45 (four years ago) link
maybe he asked to run more lines at the end of practice to make the team better and everyone hated him
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 4 May 2020 01:49 (four years ago) link
idk if anyones heard that story in more detail ive only ever seen it like how it was in the doc michael didnt make the team and was sad for one day but then after that he was determined and became amazing at basketball, like who made the team ahead of him what was the whole deal how good was he then
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 May 2020 01:58 (four years ago) link
the timeline is weird like he didnt make the sophmore team, and then at some point between then and college north carolina came to the conclusion he was the best player in high school basketball, what was the interval between not making the team and being the best in the whole damn country, i mean i get that he grew but six one is plenty tall enough to play high school basketball, theres are tons of 6-1 guys in the pros
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 May 2020 02:03 (four years ago) link
i don't remember the specifics well enough but i did read roland lazenby's michael book and the vibe was definitely that he was never some sort of incredible prospect but more someone who gradually built his game over time.
i'll try to skim it soon and see if there are some good details.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 4 May 2020 02:12 (four years ago) link
im calling bullshit i think there was a coverup something weird happened
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 May 2020 02:13 (four years ago) link
you tell its not a real jordan story cause he doesnt talk about someone he has generated an intense petty resentment for, like hes mad at his dad for shit talking him abt his poor handyman skills, hes mat at clyde drexler for just existing, but theres no one hes mad at for getting snubbed from his hs team
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 May 2020 02:17 (four years ago) link
He made hs team. Just was the last cut for varsity as a sophomore.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 4 May 2020 02:33 (four years ago) link
He played in small city in NC. Wasn't recruited outside of NC really. Didn't get invited to all tge elite national camps. Then when he finally did get invited to one of the most prestigious camps he balled out and basically overnight became a top prospect.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 4 May 2020 02:40 (four years ago) link
He played in small city in NC. Wasn't recruited outside of NC really. Didn't get invited to all tge elite national camps.
all of this points to that his hs team was prob not that hard to make! why didnt he make it
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 May 2020 02:46 (four years ago) link
i mean it was prob something dumb like there were upperclassmen the coach just liked and felt loyal too ahead of him, but still its a reason, i mean no one ever even really tries to say he wasnt good enough to make the team they just say he didnt make it
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 May 2020 02:48 (four years ago) link
Jordan's HS coach could have had a fetish for seniors and a poor sense of his players' potentials. Or he could have hated MJ's style as not old-school enough. Or he could have been blind and daft. Or racist. You never know the whole story on this stuff.
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 4 May 2020 02:50 (four years ago) link
it's 100% the small southern town deference to upperclassman thing and i've always assumed as much
― Clay, Monday, 4 May 2020 02:52 (four years ago) link