Iceman

Fuck aggy. IDGAF about even engaging them in the conversation. They are such a pain in the ass on every front concerning the subject. All they care about is themselves. They have blocked and complicated this on every front. They do not care about the farmers and ranchers of Texas. It’s just all about their bullshit. They can all go die in a gotdam fire for all I care.

I have discovered my impulsive consumerism is worse than I thought. Besides making it a point to frequent a number of mom& pop restaurants During CV-19 and buying normal groceries and booze; I haven’t spent shit relative to what I normally do. For the first time I can recall, wife tells me Sunday to get all of the extra money out of checking that has accumulated and put it in savings. It was a strange conversation. I have made it a point to call my brothers every week. My mom is more often than that. Have called and had grat conversations with long time friends that live away from me, just because I had the time on my hands. Yesterday I spoke 2 hours with a good buddy from The Woodlands...just because. Thaat is the most positive win, IMHO.

Dam should have just worn a mask...

pretty tough shot at the boy's skills in diction...

and some drama unfolds... Former Chicago Bulls forward Horace Grant has fired back at claims Michael Jordan made about him during "The Last Dance" documentary series on ESPN. In a radio interview with Kap and Co. on ESPN 1000 in Chicago on Tuesday, Grant said it "is a downright, outright, completely lie" that he leaked much of the information in Sam Smith's famous "The Jordan Rules" book, as Jordan alleged during the documentary. "Lie, lie, lie. ... If MJ had a grudge with me, let's settle this like men," Grant said during the interview. "Let's talk about it. Or we can settle it another way. But yet and still, he goes out and puts this lie out that I was the source behind [the book]. Sam and I have always been great friends. We're still great friends. But the sanctity of that locker room, I would never put anything personal out there. The mere fact that Sam Smith was an investigative reporter. That he had to have two sources, two, to write a book, I guess. Why would MJ just point me out? "It's only a grudge, man. I'm telling you, it was only a grudge. And I think he proved that during this so-called documentary. When if you say something about him, he's going to cut you off, he's going to try to destroy your character." Grant, who helped Jordan and the Bulls win three NBA championships from 1991 to '93, noted that some of Jordan's closest relationships have deteriorated over the years because of critical comments made about him. "Charles Barkley, they've been friends for over 20, 30 years," Grant said. "And he said something about Michael's management with the Charlotte Bobcats or the Charlotte Hornets, and then they haven't spoken since then. And my point is, he said that I was the snitch, but yet and still after 35 years he brings up his rookie year going into one of his teammates' rooms and seeing coke, and weed and women. My point is: Why the hell did he want to bring that up? What's that got to do with anything? I mean, if you want to call somebody a snitch, that's a damn snitch right there." Like other former teammates, Grant was unhappy with the portrayal of various players and situations throughout the documentary. "I would say [it was] entertaining, but we know, who was there as teammates, that about 90% of it -- I don't know if I can say it on air, but B.S. in terms of the realness of it," Grant said. "It wasn't real -- because a lot of things [Jordan] said to some of his teammates, that his teammates went back at him. But all of that was kind of edited out of the documentary, if you want to call it a documentary." One of the storylines throughout the documentary centered on Jordan's bullying of his teammates. Grant said Jordan's behavior sometimes crossed the line. "He felt that he could dominate me, but that was sadly mistaken," Grant said. "Because whenever he went at me, I went at him right back. But in terms of Will Perdue, Steve Kerr and the young man, Scott Burrell, that was heartbreaking [to watch]. To see a guy, a leader, to go at those guys like that. I understand in terms of practicing, you have a push and shove here and there, but outright punching and things of that nature. And calling them the B's and the H's; that wasn't called for." In a separate interview earlier this month on KNBR in San Francisco, Smith relayed a story about Jordan telling flight attendants not to serve Grant food on the plane after a bad game. Grant said Tuesday that the story is true, but also said he always went right back at Jordan after the criticism. "Anybody [who] knows me, as a rookie, if anybody comes up and tries to snatch my food away, I'm going to do my best to beat their ass," Grant said. "And believe me, back then, I could have took MJ in a heartbeat. Yes, it's true that he told the flight attendant, 'Well, don't give him anything because he played like crap.' And I went right back at him. I said some choice words that I won't repeat here. But I said some choice words and stood up. 'If you want it, you come and get it.' And of course, he didn't move. He was just barking. But that was the story. But anybody [who] knows me, where I come from and what I stand for, come on, man. There's nobody in this earth would ever come and try to take food off my plate and not get their rear ends beaten." Grant added this in a separate Zoom call he did with Betonline.AG on Monday in which former Bulls Ron Harper, Bill Cartwright, Craig Hodge also participated. "Let me clear something up about this food thing, that he tried to take my food," Grant said. "I would have beat his ass, guys ... you come back and try to take my food? I would have whipped his ass. [There] wouldn't be no Air Jordans right now. It wouldn't be no six championships, I guarantee you that." Grant said on Kap and Co. that the last time he spoke with Jordan was about three years ago in a series of text messages about golf. Grant said he thinks they would be respectful toward each other if they saw each other, but he isn't concerned about whether the relationship has run its course. "The crazy thing, for one of my charities he sent me an autographed pair of shoes," Grant said. "I don't understand it. If he had some difference with me, he could have text me, he could have called me, the whole nine yards. But if I see him today, we would hopefully pay our respects to each other because we went through three championships together. But if not, believe me, I'm not going to lose any sleep over it." Grant also defended former teammate Scottie Pippen, who has not spoken publicly since the documentary began to air last month. As ESPN's Jackie MacMullan wrote earlier this month, Pippen has been stung by his portrayal in the documentary. "I have never seen a quote unquote No. 2 guy, as decorated as Scottie Pippen, portrayed so badly," Grant said when asked whether he thinks Pippen was portrayed fairly in the documentary, which detailed his decision not to play the final seconds of a 1994 playoff game. "In terms of the migraine, in terms of the 1.[8] seconds, [Jordan calling him] selfish. I have never seen this in all of my life. ... Pip was out there in Game 6 [of the '98 Finals], could barely walk, getting knocked down on his back. Tried to do whatever he could to help that team. My point is, why was that 1.[8] seconds in the documentary, so-called documentary, about Pip? "MJ wasn't even on the team. Why was that in there? We handled that that year really well as a team. Pip knows that he was wrong for doing it. ... Bill Cartwright stood up and said what he had to say, and then we handled it. It was over. It was over. We go on to take the Knicks to seven games. It was over. Why bring that up? That's my question to everybody out there who's listening." The interview concluded with Grant being asked why he repeatedly referred to "The Last Dance" as a "so-called documentary." Some have pointed to the fact that two of Jordan's closest confidantes, Estee Portnoy and Curtis Polk, were executive producers on the docuseries as an indication that Jordan had final say and creative control over the project. Director Jason Hehir has pushed back against that criticism, but Grant didn't hesitate to discuss what he believes to be a biased point of view in favor of Jordan. "When that so-called documentary is about one person, basically, and he has the last word on what's going to be put out there ... it's not a documentary," Grant said. "It's his narrative of what happens in the last, quote-unquote, dance. That's not a documentary, because a whole bunch of things was cut out, edited out. So that's why I call it a so-called documentary."

here it is...

It's his turn...to sink the Cowboys. LOlz. IDGAF what they pay him, but if it hinders the Cowboys' ability to attract and retain talent, Dak prescott is NOT the player who can make up that deficit.

Then why the fuck do people keep posting stats to say the guy is in the same discussion, in order to justify the alleged compensation he's seeking? It's been done multiple times in the thread. It's like this cocksucker at the 8:00 mark.

You misspelled Manu... and the bitchass in H-town.

Jordan would have prolly busted out laughing at the 'falling down to get a foul' crap relative to some of the beatings he took.

Lean in. I still don't know where the fuck that stupid expression came from, but they love the fuck out of it.

each county generally has one of the new mega stops for traffic in each direction on major arteries. Unless you are in Brewster or some shit, can you not make it 30 minutes?

It's a slippery slope in KY...

Jesse Owens, Jim Thorpe, Jim Brown, or Gretzky? There are multiple layers of influence there.

Yeah, I think he loses ‘value‘ or ‘points’’ in the elite lists, because he didn’t really carry a franchise. When he was ‘the man’ they came up short. My bigger point, and your post supports it too, is that Pipp is pretty well respected for his legacy in the NBA.

The franchise and transition tags do not work as originally intended. make the exception player actually a franchise player and a salary Kaep exception. Maybe I’m just naïve, but for some owners the salary cap actually saves them from themselves. There are owners out there who want to win and would pay more. For all of his faults, Jerry is right in middle of that discussion

why? if the player warrants it, anyone not named Cincinnati or Cleveland would be willing to pay it. Just charge the team like a certain percentage of the cap for their 'exception' player. Early on in the Dak discussion, I said whatever the Cowboys pay Dak doesn't matter to me, save for its impact upon their salary cap and ability to retain/attract players. I still feel that way.

Pippen being recognized on the 41st best player EVER in the NBA is pretty damned "due" https://bleacherreport.com/articles/833472-nbas-50-greatest-players-remix-what-will-the-list-look-like-on-nbas-75-b-day For me the quitting on his team post-MJ and the Houston experience were 2 major blemishes on his career. He still gets props though.

If Andy Dufresne hadn't been a whittler of walls, he had the time it would take to unfuck that engine.

Oklahoma’s is more of a two bit fight song...

“It belongs in a museum” #indianajones, #can’tfindsteaknow

Wennington said Jordan was “chalky white.” With the flu/ sick. lolz

yep. The answer was correct. people argued and hemhawed about it, but the 18 year old is not eligible for that credit.