Allen Iverson knows he’s a role model

i like that fact he said it is “fake”, cause it really is. this nba cares bullshit is just show.. i hate it. it is just publicity, show how “great” the nba is… i mean what do they really do? they don’t do it because they really want to help people, they do it just because they’re asked to, because the nba wants to have a certain image.

Right now, I’m serving as an AmeriCorps member. I am making $15,000 / year, working full-time for a mentoring partnership in MI.

It’s really tough for me to stomach all this NBA cares nonsense. It’s not that the superstars don’t care, and it’s not as if they don’t make a difference — because they do.

What bothers me is that all the media hype and publicity is focused around celebrities who give only a handful of days per year to service.

If the NBA really did care, they would invest all of that money into publicizing the people who have given their entire career to service, not to celebrities who give very little by comparison.

/rant

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Good post, Matt. And that blog about faith and sports is particularly interesting to me… definitely adding that to Google Reader.

Brgulker,

I just wanted to say I commend you on your commitment. I am also an Americorps VISTA in Kalamazoo, MI.

Small world, eh chandragupta. I’m a VISTA as well…

Don’t misunderstand, I’m not bashing or undermining what the players (and other celebs) do for their communities — I am well-aware that they do a lot of good.

My beef is with the publicity surrounding all of those good deeds, such as NBA cares. All that money to highlight so few initiatives. I say, put that money to use in other ways.

FYI …

Item 1
http://khandorssportsblog.com/wordpress/2008/11/05/growth-development-in-a-fine-young-man/

Item 2
http://khandorssportsblog.com/wordpress/2008/12/08/the-answer-for-the-pistons/

Item 3
http://khandorssportsblog.com/wordpress/2009/02/19/the-answer-for-the-pistons-option-2/

It’s time for Michael Curry to put on his Captain Kirk thinking cap, as the Leader of the Pistons.

Enjoy!

PS. Hopefully the Pistons can still turn it around this season.

If AI wants into heaven, he’s gonna have to play some defense.

Rodman is a role model too.

Barkley is a racist.

A 30 second clip showing NBA players who may/may not deserve the attention goes a long way for boosting image… unfortunately for many of them who don’t deserve it.

I am actually the Public Relations and Marketing VISTA for our organization so this all quite relevant haha.

One of my recently assigned responsibilities was to establish a blog related to poverty issues in the Southwest Michigan area… One of the first things I did was come back to this site to get myself prepared.

Despite having a much different topic than poverty, Detroit Bad Boys really is a premium example of blogging. I am very appreciative to have this resource.

Anyway, as far as my job goes, I could use all the input I can get.. If anyone is intrigued, visit http://walker-institute.blogspot.com/

One of Barkley’s better known racist comments on TNT made before they acquired Shaq was.

The Suns will never win an NBA title as long as their toughest player (Nash) is a kicker(white).

Nash used to play soccer but it is obvious that Barkley wasn’t referring to the fact that Nash played soccer when he used the term “kicker”.

Maybe we should start “DBB Cares”. I was an AmeriCorps in Los Angeles a year ago.

haha I think that’s a GREAT idea. Think we can get some national TV spots?

“It’s really tough for me to stomach all this NBA cares nonsense. It’s not that the superstars don’t care, and it’s not as if they don’t make a difference — because they do. What bothers me is that all the media hype and publicity is focused around celebrities who give only a handful of days per year to service.”

Agree emphatically.

I detest the NBA Cares campaign. It’s all about enhancing the NBA brand, not about caring.

Public service is definitely A Good Thing, but the ad campaign rubs me the wrong way. The NBA cares by providing wonderful drama and entertainment to the world, and that’s how they should enhance their brand.

(And let’s not forget that the players are contractually mandated to do certain events…)

OMG. I didn’t realize David Lee was a restricted free agent this summer, let me start praying now ……“our Father which art in heaven, hollowed be thy name, David Lee comes, if thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven”. Amir who???? :-)

2:50 pm. I guess we’re standing pat, current personnel and, um, current coach.

NBA Cares Campaigns I Would Love to See:
- Stephen Jackson, Sebastian Telfair on Gun Safety
- Pau Gasol on Grooming
- Kobe Bryant, Kwame Brown and Zach Randolph on Sexual Harrassment
- Jason Kidd on Domestic Violence
- Tracy McGrady on Health and Nutrition
- Stan VanGundy on 70s Adult Film Production Techniques
- Tim Hardaway on Civil Rights
- Paul Pierce on Knives
- Alonzo Mourning on G2
- Ron Artest on Mental Health

Please add to this list.
- Allen Iverson on Practice (obvious, i know)

Haha God +1

God
Feb 19th, 2009 at 11:56 am
If AI wants into heaven, he’s gonna have to play some defense.
^

Gold.

mang. last night’s game showed kobe doing some dirty work at a school in phoenix during the All-star weekend. He was shoveling with jeans and shades on. come on now, it’s obvious he didn’t shovel one loads worth after the cameras took their pictures.

From Hollingers chat today…I’m looking for any type of positive news with the way this season has gone.

John (Detroit) [via mobile]: Any reason the Pistons didn’t cash in their chips? Dumars is kidding himself if he thinks he’ll be able to sign any meaningful free agents.

 John Hollinger: (3:27 PM ET ) Guess again. Free agents are nice but think about the trade possibilities for a second — I think he might clean up this summer. If he’s way under the cap and the luxury tax number comes in around $70M, then several teams are going to be calling him and basically offering bribes to take their players into his cap space.

-Bruce Bowen on Fair Play
-Rasheed Wallace on Anger Management
-Chris Anderson on Drug Use
-Tim Duncan on Feelings
-Michael Jordan on Gambling
-Derrick Rose on Safe Driving

Jim, here’s something else from Hollinger’s chat (I posted it in a previoius thread).

Collin (Syracuse): Im assuming that Richard Jefferson didnt get traded so with him still being in Milwaukee will the Bucks be able to keep both Charlie V and Sessions for the future.

SportsNation John Hollinger: (3:45 PM ET ) I think that’s a really huge question mark. They may have to trade Bogut to somebody under the cap in order to keep both Sessions and Charlie. The only good news is that nobody else has any money either, so they may be able to resign the two at very reasonable dollar figures.

If Bogut were available, should the Pistons pursue him? I don’t really know much about him. Laughton?

Dime Magazine has an article on Stuckey (via Need4Sheed). http://dimemag.com/2009/02/rescue-me/#comment-123432

Honestly, it’s a bullshit puff piece, and poorly timed since Stuckey has been brutal of late, but still nice to see him get some pub.

Petey – the AI haircut video you posted on one of these threads is hilarious.

“Yeaaaaaah. Do it Chaun”
“Shit, I got grey hairs?”

Thanks for that little nugget there Birdman. I really think Bogut would be a nice addition to the Pistons. He can play D, he knows how to score and he has a no fuss attitude. He might never me All-Star good, but he would be damn solid and an upgrade over anything the Stones have had in the middle for some time.

by me, I meant be.
:)

The Bucks don’t really seem to care much for Sessions – they had him behind Ridnour and Lue (!!??) to start the season. Would they really move Bogut to clear money for him?

We need stuckey to be the beast of a player he is. This man is capable, and confident, and nobody else is (or seemingly will) step up and put the team on his back.

-Michael Curry on Decision Making

Stuckey is in a weird position right now, I wish he could just be our #1 guard option, but right now its Rip, and AI ahead of him, he gets to go one on one every once an awhile, or gets thrown the ball with 5 on the clock. But he needs to be atleast the 2nd option if hes gonna be consistant, we also dont use his some of his best qualities.

-we never post him up
-we dont let him push the ball up the court(honestly stuckey can go coast to coast tons if he gets the opportunity)
- we run tons of ISO’s but it seems they are never for him.

@shinons:
In spite of Sessions’ brief breakout last season (like his 25 assist game against Chicago), there were glaring concerns about his shooting, defense and leadership. Skiles and co. were not yet confident enough in Sessions to put him at the helm of that team, so they brought in Ridnour to have a known quantity to deal with while Sessions develops.

While Ridnour was a decent substitute starter, it has been clear that Milwaukee has wanted to build around Sessions since the end of last season (and thanks to the Dumars-cultivated wisdom of John Hammond). The goal was to develop Sessions behind Ridnour, work on his weaknesses and then hand him the keys in a season or two (which I wish the Pistons had “stuck” with and kept Chauncey around).

I am surprised, however, that the Bucks would prefer to focus on Villanueva. In spite of this great run he’s on, he seems like an unsteady building block due to injuries and overall inconsistency…

Thing is, Sessions is an unrestricted free agent this summer, so someone is going to have to open their pocket books and you’d bet that Milwaukee will go deep to keep him. If it weren’t for the fact that both Sessions and Stuckey can’t shoot the three ball, Sessions is one of the only PGs in the league that I’d be willing to move Stuck to the 2 spot to play with.

*correction— Sessions is “unrestricted”

man, how could I mess up my own correction? “restricted, restricted, restricted”. I need to get away from the damn computer…

where’s the spurs game thread?

cool to know there are other AmeriCorps peeps here.

Small, small world.

@Rban:

- we dont let him push the ball up the court(honestly stuckey can go coast to coast tons if he gets the opportunity)

Definitely. There were tonnes of games earlier in the season when he went coast to coast off the inbounds for a driving lay-up to end a quarter. Now other teams just do that to us.

@Shinions,

“Michael Curry on decision making”

+ infinity

why is everyone so negative? the nba cares is a positive experience for many kids, and the players do it, you don’t know if they want to or not, so you can’t judge that opinion, the do it, so judge that