PJ Tucker deserve a 30 for 30

[shadow_operative 15932]

from a text thread with some buddies:

also, i remember someone suggesting we retire LA's jersey. LA and PJ both played on the EE team and left Texas the same year. we should retire byou if their numbers on the same night, preferably some huge conference game late in the season/during the all star break if pj is still playing. i know that a lot of people don't think they deserve to have their jerseys retired, but have you considered that you're wrong and stupid? it would be an awesome way to honor two of our best and most important players, it would be great for exposure (we should host some recruits that night) and program prestige, and it would add some character to the moody center. what's not to love? PJ and LA 4ever. i am derka derka and i approve this message. eat at baris. 

[South Austin 52491]

This is Derka. This is your brain on Derka. Any questions?

[Henry Hill 3156]

Would get the same/less amount of views as LHN. Stick to kenpom screenshots.

[ztejas 43420]

Disagree his jersey should be retired. Agree that it would be a great 30/30. 

[hornmpa96 2618]

What if I told you ….

he was academically ineligible because his counselor enrolled him in the wrong class

[Pig Bellmont 8717]

I’d watch 

[HornOnTheBayou 8922]

Wow, this new Derka ChatGPT is super realistic! 

[Guest]

Had a spanish class in the six pack where he and LA had a class next door at the same time. So there would be about a dozen people waiting there before the doors opened. One day, this dude starts talking about sports betting during football season and asks PJ Tucker if he ever bet on the games. He explained that it was way against the rules, even if wasn't basketball.

That's my PJ Tucker csb.

[UTGrad98 2272]

For a thread that had absolutely 0 reason to be started these first 8 posts fucking deliver. Well done surly.

[Mittens 8267]

2 hours ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

That's my PJ Tucker csb.

Summer after his senior year, I'm at an afterhours party down south - like the Escarpment area.  Not a college afterhours party - everyone is like 30ish, young professional types.  Pretty packed, good vibes, etc.  Bump into someone in the dining area, turn around and see a backpack at about eye level, look up and there's a large black man attached to it.  Some of y'all may recall PJ started wearing a small backpack as a fashion accessory downtown around that time.  Exchanged pleasantries and went about my night, but definitely thinking wtf is PJ Tucker doing here?  Somehow as the night progressed, PJ ended up being the bartender in the kitchen and seemed to be having the time of his life at this party w/ a bunch of folks he didn't know and would never see again.  

/csb

[South Austin 52491]

He doesn’t deserve a 30 for 30, or a jersey retirement. But . . .

I was actually watching him play last night. I’m eating dinner with my kids in Santa Monica, and the Sixers/Cavs game is on. My son asks me, “Who are you rooting for?” I say, “When I don’t really care for either team, I root for the Longhorn, so I’m pulling for PJ Tucker.” And then my son asks me about him, and I explain, “PJ wasn’t the most talented player to ever suit up for the Longhorns, but if I ever needed a Longhorn with me in an alley fight, I’m probably picking PJ.”

[MAUFRAIS 6624]

The last seconds of the movie could tick off with him dribbling.

[Reese Bennett 3611]

I wonder if he will donate his sneaker collection to Texas?

[GringoSalado 1651]

6 hours ago, South Austin said:

This is Derka. This is your brain on Derka. Any questions?

Everything in moderation

[WBT 20565]

33 minutes ago, South Austin said:

if I ever needed a Longhorn with me in an alley fight, I’m probably picking PJ.”

I feel like you're forgetting about James Thomas, good sir

[shadow_operative 15932]

i'll take jd lewis.

[Ignatius 4017]

6 hours ago, South Austin said:

This is Derka. This is your brain on Derka. Any questions?

An omelette sounds really good….

[Ignatius 4017]

41 minutes ago, South Austin said:

He doesn’t deserve a 30 for 30, or a jersey retirement. But . . .

I was actually watching him play last night. I’m eating dinner with my kids in Santa Monica, and the Sixers/Cavs game is on. My son asks me, “Who are you rooting for?” I say, “When I don’t really care for either team, I root for the Longhorn, so I’m pulling for PJ Tucker.” And then my son asks me about him, and I explain, “PJ wasn’t the most talented player to ever suit up for the Longhorns, but if I ever needed a Longhorn with me in an alley fight, I’m probably picking PJ.”

I’ll bring Gabe Muoneke….

[conVINCEd 21469]

Sonny Alvarado for the fight if we have to pick a basketball player.

[ztejas 43420]

Let me snag Damion James with the next pick.

[shadow_operative 15932]

i'll take fredie williams in the under 6-foot category.

[WBT 20565]

17 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

i'll take fredie williams in the under 6-foot category.

Jamal Tinsley didn't want any!

[Ignatius 4017]

2 hours ago, WBT said:

Jamal Tinsley didn't want any!

Or whoever that fuck from UConn was that he stripped twice in the last 2:00 st the FEC…

[shadow_operative 15932]

either timmy or disu needs to be in the high post against this zone.

[South Austin 52491]

1 minute ago, shadow_operative said:

either timmy or disu needs to be in the high post against this zone.

ESPN should do a 30 for 30 on that.

[staboner 4969]

fuck yeah. love me some PJ Tucker. total badass and one of my fav horns across any sport

[shadow_operative 15932]

46 minutes ago, South Austin said:

ESPN should do a 30 for 30 on that.

[DaggerHorns 3085]

6 hours ago, MAUFRAIS said:

The last seconds of the movie could tick off with him dribbling.

That’s what I was thinking of…. When that silly fucker just dribbled around and wasn’t aware there was a clock. We reverse aggyed the aggys. WE ran out of time. 

[tx 3 putt 76934]

6 hours ago, Reese Bennett said:

I wonder if he will donate his sneaker collection to Texas?

this !! His shoe collecting easily deserves a 30/30 

the man is a shoe collecting legend 

Edited March 17, 2023 by tx 3 putt

[Biff Tannen 45681]

my csb/

I worked the doors at the dorms for a summer.  I'm stationed at Jester East around 1am and PJ and a girl walk in.

Me: You have your card?

PJ: Yeah...shit...no.  

Me: C'mon man, I need your card.

PJ: Hang on, maybe I have it.

Girl he's with: PJ..why you gotta be so baaaaaad???

Me: Fucking hell, just go in.

 

We still say "PJ why you gotta be so baaaaad?" in my friend group to this day.

[shadow_operative 15932]

met him several times, always very cool and down to earth. also bigger in person than you realize, even if you e been around basketball players your entire life. dude is stout. 

[Majorcholas 508]

12 hours ago, ztejas said:

Disagree his jersey should be retired. Agree that it would be a great 30/30. 

Yup. Had me till the jersey retirement.

[shadow_operative 15932]

On 3/16/2023 at 9:47 AM, Henry Hill said:

Would get the same/less amount of views as LHN. Stick to kenpom screenshots.

"stick to posting useful, quality content." lol sick burn brah. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

17 hours ago, Majorcholas said:

Yup. Had me till the jersey retirement.

yeah maybe not a jersey retirement, but a ring of honor type deal.

[Deej 76768]

On 3/16/2023 at 10:54 AM, HornOnTheBayou said:

Wow, this new Derka ChatGPT is super realistic! 

AI has more self-awareness.

[Henry Hill 3156]

4 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

"stick to posting useful, quality content." lol sick burn brah.